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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1946

Page

8

Wedding Bells Rise In Beauregard City Circles

A wedding solemnized Thursday morning July 4 at 5 o clock united Miss Dorothy Jo Smith and William Bean Lee in the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist pastorium with Rev. L C Redford performing the double ring ceremony. The couple will reside at 1008 Olive after a Memphis honeymoon.

Dorothy Jo Smith William. Bean Lee William B. Lee Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church L. C. Redford L. C. Radford Mildred Lee Memphis Tenn Mrs. Lee Southern Bell Telephone Company Lee William Bean Lee Walker W. Smith Decatur Hobbs & Looney

Bald Eagles Protected Nationwide From Hunters and Collectors

A historic move protects bald eagles across the United States from hunters and collectors. The measure seeks to preserve the species and ensure legal protections nationwide.

United States

Negro Vote Challenges Show South Georgia Turmoil

In Coffee and Pierce counties 600 Negro registrants were disqualified prompting judicial rulings and temporary restraining orders. Judge Scarlett extended an injunction while hearings proceed. In Ben Hill and Colquitt counties further actions and mass challenges of around 800 Negro voters sparked heated exchanges and calls for removal of local registrars.

Coffee County Appling Kravitch Coffee Pierce County Scarlett Macon Hoyt Davis Ben Hill Moore Davis Democratic Executive Committee Colquitt South Georgia Board of Registrars O. H. Dukes C. E. McClendon McClendon Dukes McLendon Herman

Disqualification Hits Colquitt Registrars Hearing

Green a farmer in McLendon, six of the twenty one appearing before the Colquitt registrars have been disqualified since hearings began.

Alexander Bradford Rites Saturday

Funeral services for Alexander M. Bradford of Decatur were conducted by Rev. H. M. Layman at Pisgah Church at 3 p.m. Saturday. He died Friday afternoon at his home after a short illness. Survived by two sisters, Maggie West of Trinity and Mollie Duncan of Leighton, and many nieces and nephews. Burial in Pisgah Cemetery. Brown of Decatur directing.

Alexander M. Bradford Decatur 2 H. M. Layman Pisgah Bradford Maggie West Trinity Mollie Duncan Leighton Brown Decatur

Marriage Licenses for Alabama couples listed

J. W. Thompson of Hartselle and Heddy Viola Braswell of Decatur obtained a marriage license. Donald Turner Haley of Birmingham and Mary Frances Clouse of Decatur received a license. Tommy Eugene Crutche of Hartsville and Erma Ozell Hill of Hartsville were granted licenses.

J. W. Thompson Hartselle Heddy Viola Braswell Decatur Donald Turner Haley Birmingham Mary Frances Clouse Tommy Eugene Crutche Hartae Erma Ozell Hill

J. D. Bush Named to District Manager Post

J D Bush of Decatur has accepted a district manager position with Standard Life Insurance Company of Jackson Mississippi. He will oversee several North Alabama counties including Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman with offices in the Masonic building.

J. D. Bush Decatur Standard Life Insurance Company Jackson Miss Mr. Bush North Alabama Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone Cullman Masonic Building

William Fearse Hicks Critically Ill in Florida

William Fearse Hicks, former Decatur resident, is critically ill in a hospital in Ocala, Florida. His sisters Mrs. Henry Wade and Miss Sadie Hicks notified here Saturday, and he has been living with his son Elvin S. Hicks in Florida.

William Fearse Hicks Decatur Ocala Fla Henry Ww. Wade Sadie Hicks Hicks Elvin S. Hicks Florida

Rail lines in Cuba Owned by Sugar Firms

About 3,000 miles of Cuba's railroads are owned by sugar companies, reflecting the sector's paramount role in the island's economy and transport needs.

Cuba

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