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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
13
Brookhaven national laboratory scientists led by Dr. Arnold H Sparrow test x ray doses on potato eyes to speed breeding. Varying radiation delayed growth with stronger doses causing stunted plants, while researchers await harvest outcomes and potential new varieties.
Clyde M. Ganaway, Mobile port agent for the CIO National Maritime Union, was ousted by rank and file caucus. Leo McCarthy was elected to replace him, claiming the move aimed to rid the union of communist control. Ganaway had led NMU Mobile for about four years and had resisted a previous purge attempt by Joe Curran.
A mixed page of a crossword with clues across and down including animal and object terms and a Daily Cryptoquote challenge with a sample quote and attribution. Notes include long quotation hints and prior day's quote solution.
The City of Decatur Alabama enacts ordinance 490 paving Seventh Street South with bituminous surface and six inch base. Officials will file plans in City Clerk’s office for public inspection. The cost will be assessed on abutting property with no exceedance of actual costs or enhanced value. A public hearing is set for August 9, 1948 at 2:00 PM.
Friday afternoon notices call for cemetery cleanup and a revival meeting to run all week starting Sunday with Rev B H Nethery aiding. Household news reports illnesses and visitors including Wilburn Willis Burt Willis from Oklahoma, and Otis and Malinda Lewis visiting Eva.
Mrs Mae Turrentine and sons visited the Robests. Funeral for Bill Burnett held in Center. Sgt Vermont Hogan on ten day furlough. Numerous neighbors spent time with Hogan, Burnett, and Williams families. Grand Ole Opry trip cited. Pleasant View meeting to begin the second Sunday in August. Miss Lorene Turrentine and Eldean Staples noted.
Industrial use of silver in the United States has amounted to about 100 million ounces a year since World War II, more than three times as much annually as before the war, reflecting expanded manufacturing demand across sectors.
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