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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1948
Page
4
In Alabama's Morgan County a lengthy commentary notes farmers can diversify into dairy without hurting cotton. It praises bond-payoff progress, laments inflation talk, and highlights local youths rescuing a boat with a home built diving helmet from the Disco slip.
TVA reports payments in lieu of taxes to seven Southern states and 132 counties totaling 2,007,803 for the year. Combined with municipal and cooperative systems, TVA power districts paid over 4.5 million in 1948, well above former ad valorem taxes on reservoir lands and private power systems. Alabama leading with 341,889 and 42,378 in adjacent counties. Georgia figures also listed.
The Selma Times Journal urges Chauncey Sparks as the next Alabama governor, arguing his experience financial steadiness and broad support make him the clear choice while cautioning conservatives to learn from past voting splits and consider Sparks as the leading candidate for 1954.
The article reports a 2 million dollar tax fraud indictment by a federal grand jury in New York on June 30 against Raymond Patone and his mother linked to the Philadelphia Inquirer sale. It notes prior Washington Merry-Go-Round revelations from 1943 and ongoing investigations.
The Nation discusses Tito's complex balance between Moscow and London, Yugoslav peasants resistance to collectivization, and U S aid as Washington weighs support. It recalls Teheran and Bari scenes, Western and Soviet influence, and how Yugoslavia seeks Marshall Plan help amid shifting alliances.
The larva of the carpet beetle moth feeds on fur feathers hair wool bristles and fabrics made from them, showing moths prefer animal fiber sources.
Medical column explains normal blood pressure varies by age, race, season and individual. It describes secondary and primary low blood pressure, symptoms like dizziness, and notes orthostatic hypotension with standing. Guidance includes when to seek a doctor and possible remedies such as salt intake and sleeping with the head raised.
In equity, Velte Mae Huggins vs William Felix Huggins in Morgan County Court requires publication once weekly for four weeks in The Decatur Daily. Defendant, a non resident over 21 with unknown address, must plead or demur by July 29, 1948, or the bill may be confessed. June 26 1948. Bryan McAfee, Register.
In Morgan County Circuit Court Alabama an equity case the affidavit of Norman W Harris solicitor for the complainant states Arthur Gillespie is over 21 and more than 90 days have passed since the bill was filed and summons issued returned by the Morgan County Sheriff.
Westbrook column notes Robert Best, aged 52, sentenced to life for treason amid debate over American policy toward communism and Nazi influence. The piece criticizes DOJ and State Department for past anti communism tactics and questions patriotism of journalists in Europe while contrasting Allied wartime loyalties. The column ends by recalling the completion of the first transcontinental telephone line in 1915.
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