TVA Payments Rise for 1949 Across Seven States
TVA payments in lieu of taxes to seven states and 135 counties total 2 050 437 for the year ending June 30, up 42 634 from 1948. Monthly payments are based on a preliminary schedule with May and June adjustments, final totals to each state and county to be set. Including municipal and cooperative systems, total taxes and payments in lieu of taxes for TVA and distributor power ops exceed 4 600 000, about 1 460 000 more than former property taxes.
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TVA
Eisler Case Highlights Western Rights vs. Communist Threats
The Nation essay contrasts the Eisler case with East and West legal norms. Eisler, twice convicted in the United States, fled to England where judges ruled his rights under law. The piece argues democracy protects individuals even in hostile acts, unlike communist regimes where state needs precede personal rights.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
United States
U. S
England
Europe
America
Eisler
Russia
Rotary speaker discusses Morgan County finances and roads
Sim L Howell spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Morgan County finances and county roads. Attendees from Decatur included John Pennell, Dr. Sam E Pruett, and Don Blend. The Methodist church Youth Fellowship toured a new camp site near Steel in St Clair county, elected officers, and planned a June 2 fellowship supper to honor new church members.
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Sim L. Howell
Rotary Club
Morgan County
Mr. Howell
John Pennell
Sam E. Pruett
Don Blend
Decatur
Methodist Church
New Methodist
Steel
St. Clair County
Willie Lott
C. L. Orr
Willard Floyd
J. K. Haynes
Howard Miller
Toland Whitten
Emily Jean Alexander
Youth Fellowship
Claude Carter
Charles Smith
Martin Kerlin
Robert Halfacre
Talladega
Lions International
New York
Country Club
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Civitan
Lionism Awards Are Given Here
The Decatur Lions Club distributed 32 week attendance pins to members including Ben Britnell Reneau Carrell Wesley Cook and James Wade. Special awards recognized top attenders and new member recruiters with Sam Wheat earning a master key plaque for enrolling 12 new members in five years.
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Decatur Lions Club
Ben Britnell
Reneau Carrell
Wesley Cook
W. W. Dinsmore
Ned Frazier
Russell Humphrey
John Keyes
A. S. Kramer
Leroy McEntire Jr
Melvin Ozier
Paul Robson
Ed Rogers
B. G. Ryan
Wm. G. Stone
W. H. Tankersley
James Wade
Sam Wheat
R. B. Freeman
Albert Clapton
Thomas D. Edgil
W. E. Hockensmith
G. H. Nungester
Mr. Wheat
North Alabama
Robert A. McMasters
Leo Wright
Who Ever Pays More Why St Joseph Aspirin Sells Global Leader
An OCR fragment debates aspirin pricing and market leadership naming St Joseph as a claimed world’s largest seller. The text hints at consumer value and competition but provides limited verifiable details.
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St.Joseph Aspirin
Swimmers in the 14th Century Wore Cramp Fins Warding Off Cramps
The article notes that divers of the fourteenth century used special cramps fings believed to prevent stomach cramps. It reflects quirky medieval remedies and equipment myths.
Ex-Slave Floral Moody Dies in Alabama Hospital
Floral Moody, an African American former slave who claimed to be 110 years old, died yesterday in an Anniston hospital. Born in Georgia, she moved to Alabama soon after the Civil War and spent most of her life in Oxford area. She worked until about three years ago and left no known relatives.
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Nell Payne
Smyrna
Tenn
Henry Wesson
Gatlinburg
M. G. West
Birmingham
Louise Fite
Russell Still
J. E. Freeman
Merle
Jean Freeman
Atlanta, Ga
Nie St. Clair
Tormingham
Jessie Nell Lee
C. I. Lee
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
C. W. Maples
Barkley Street
Coleman Locke
Bobby Orr
Athens
W. C. O'’Barr
Neal Wilcoxson
Glenn
Gregory
Florence
W.H. Smith
Oliver H. Doss
Jean Simmons
Scottsboro
J. S. Parker
Tuscaloosa
Zelda Ashcraft
L. H. Houston
J. Clifton Draper
Lee Dodson
Dayton
Ohio
Tommy
Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Oxford
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the Nation
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A. H. Nabors
Sue Oden
Moulton
P. R. Chenault
C. B. McBride
Leo Barcliff
Harry Currier
E. R. Currier
W. E. Smith
John O’barr
Bjack Templeton
Walter Newman
Lee Helton
Gary
Truman Aldridge
J. W. White
Billy Don Aldridge
Mc Nelson
Prentiss Payne
Knoxville
John R. White
Donna
Weatherford
Oklahoma
Wm. J. Berryhill
Melba Jean Langford
John Paul Puckett
Johnnie
Memphis
Sue Billingsley
Sarah Benthall
Pearl Sheats
T. W. Hatchett
Sheila
Grady Hatchett
Ernest Greer
Howard Evans
J. G. Thrasher
Ruby Eubanks
Carl Williams
Ted Williams
Will McClanahan
Bertha Lee
Audry Ballew
Pierce Pattillo
Arthur Holder
B. Frank Chenault
Grant ST
Ford
John White Motors
First Ave
Moulton Street
Sally
Vita
Oyd
A. A. Jones
J. H. Jones
Presci
Goidel
Belk
Windows
Belk’s
Belk Hudson Co
Decatur Daily
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WHOS
Green Furniture CO
Abe Stein
Decatur, Ala
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