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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1946
Page
3
A Frankfurt dispatch reports that postwar German attitudes toward the United States reveal distrust over food aid. A military government study notes Germans believe the U S is lying about a critical world food shortage, fueling bitterness toward occupation troops.
The text notes vertebral counts differ among birds with swans at 25, ducks around 16, and a hummingbird at 14. It highlights lack of a single standard vertebral number across species.
In Oroville California District Attorney J M McPherson said 14 year old Albert Jones who confessed to two slayings would be examined by a psychiatrist while the state seeks full satisfaction on double murder charges. The boy’s mother Ada Jones defended him in Chico court as Patricia Ann Crandall’s mother W J Banta accused him. A courtroom confrontation followed with Deputies restraining the feuding women. The juvenile court was asked to take jurisdiction, with possible transfer to superior court if declined.
Washington July 20 Alabama members of Congress voting records show on OPA revival amendments and related measures. Notable roll calls include rejection of a 5 percent rent hike plan and acceptance of keeping rent ceilings, plus final passage of the OPA revival bill. Names Hobbs Jarman Manasco Rains Andrews Boykin Grant Patrick Sparkman appear among voting records.
Lawmakers report the British loan bill cleared the chamber with a 219 to 155 vote. Names cited include Alabama Hobbs and Jarman on one side and Mann and Andrews on the opposite, reflecting party positions during the session.
Historical text notes that ancient peoples held the sun moved around the earth rather than the other way. The idea reflects early cosmologies and geocentric models used to explain celestial motion.
In Deal Island Maryland a 24 year old former soldier Ross J Abbott was charged with murder after a beach party shooting that killed Pansy Twigg age 14 or 19 at the Chesapeake Bay beach near the Twigg home. Abbott admitted firing in a jealous fit and later shot himself.
In New York a man abducted, bound, and killed his victim Eleanor Wanderling in a East 54th Street apartment. Abbott then shot himself after the crime while three robbers looted a strongbox with 5,000 dollars in jewelry. The couple’s two year old child was unharmed.
A new combine developed digs potatoes sacks and loads them for transport. This machine streamlines digging collection and loading, promising efficiency improvements for potato farmers and storage operations.
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