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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1950
Page
3
In a Korean plain two weeks into the war a temporary graveyard holds American dead. Plain crosses and metal tags identify two marked graves while unmarked ones lie in red clay. Soldiers dig new graves as distant church spires glow under a wartime sky.
The Bureau of Naval Personnel increases the naval aviation cadet quota by over fifty percent. Over 1,500 cadets will train in the coming year, up from about 1,000. Eligible unmarried male citizens 18 to 26 with two years of college may apply. Training spans four years on active duty, including 18 months flight training and two and a half years as an officer. Lt Edward W Menefee of Alabama notes Birmingham Naval Air Station processes applications. visit in person or write Navead, Naval Air Station, Birmingham, Alabama.
The National Geographic Society notes the University of Helmstedt in Germany was established in 1576 and operated until 1810. The institution played a historical role in higher education within the region.
Age related stress and exertion can slow kidney function causing headaches dizziness and back discomfort. Minor bladder irritation from cold dampness or poor diet may cause frequent trips at night. Doan’s Pills are a mild diuretic claimed to rinse kidney tubes and filters and provide relief.
Adm. John Crommelin, who retired to run for the Senate, says Korea’s fighting does not alter his plan to oppose Senator Lister Hill in November. He would return to duty if a war is declared, otherwise he remains out of active service.
Technical Sergeant Forrest D Baker of the local Marine Corps recruiting station urges young men aged 17 through 28 who can qualify to enlist now. Service of their choice is possible, with duty types they prefer, or they may delay and be assigned to the service and duty that the draft currently needs.
The Alabama ABC board announced price reductions of five to 25 cents per bottle starting this month. The cuts follow an April increase of similar amounts, issued after sales declined since the earlier raise.
In Birmingham Alabama a widow Mrs W O Cleveland learns her son Sgt Ned J Cleveland has been fatally wounded by shrapnel July 7 while serving as gun chief with the 63rd field artillery battalion of the 24th infantry division in Korea. She is mother to 12 children and had lost a sailor son in World War II.
D. W. Blend, plant manager at Wolverine Tube Division, announces Robert A. Allen of 601 Prospect Drive is promoted to engineering draftsman. Allen, Auburn graduate and Navy veteran, will begin new duties in the engineering section on Monday July 17.
Two Alabama men, Sidney Goltsman and M. H. Mandelcorn, partners in a Montgomery wine company, were killed when their light plane crashed in a wooded area near the Louisiana Texas border six miles northwest of Waskom. Identification came from personal effects. crash occurred about 4 30 P.M. authorities notified at 8 P.M.
The Census Bureau estimates the Washington DC metropolitan area population at 1,402,000. This figure reflects recent demographic data for the region including the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia suburbs.
Mackenzie argues the United Nations faced Moscow backed aggression in Korea with courage, comparing its stance to the League of Nations and noting potential splits if the Soviet bloc withdraws. He cites Hoover’s call for a new united front and observes ongoing Soviet obstruction despite a Korean cease fire order.
Misses Patty and Gail Armstrong visit grandmother in Athens. Baylis Hightower family vacation at Jacksonville Beach Florida. B D Peck returns from Gulf Coast. Robert Martin of Mobile visits family in Athens. Ragan couple to attend Starlight Opera in Birmingham. About one hundred locals to perform in amateur show It's a Date at the high school auditorium Thursday and Friday.
A 1960 article describes thinning skin around acne pits by vigorous sandpapering under anesthesia to smooth facial pits. The method requires active disease to be absent and involves bleeding controlled by pressure, petrolatum dressing, and a ten day healing period.
Dr. Keener L. Rudolph, professor at Athens College, will guest preach at Moulton Methodist Church on Sunday morning July 16 and at First Methodist Church Huntsville on July 30. Both pastors are on vacation. Rudolph has led Athens College since 1941 with prior terms 1934–37 and was president of Martin College at Pulaski. He holds degrees from Emory and Henry College and Emory University, and studied at Vanderbilt.
County solicitor Thomas G. Steele spent Saturday in Montgomery on business. John Drinkard, vice commander of the American Legion Department of Alabama, will install the new officials of the local post at a special meeting Tuesday night.
Four generations gathered for a Taylor family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Taylor on the Fourth of July in Courtland. The picnic included children grandchildren and great grandchildren with a lawn meal and social time.
A large family gathering lists attendees from Decatur Courtland Town Creek Florence Sheffield and Courtland including W C Taylor and Kyle Taylor with Barbara Theresa Ann and Roger among many others. The Jersey Giant chicken breed is noted as one of the largest with roosters weighing 12 pounds or more.
Fred Dunn of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. He Taylor with children Dwight Lois Jimmy Windell Nell and Billy were the members not present.
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