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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
9
Multiple listings: a 10 inch four side planer 1200, a Kelvinator refrigerator 65, two cotton gins, sewing machines with parts and service, a double breasted tuxedo, a late 1949 Spinet piano. Also legal notices: Estate administration for Annie Motes Hill and mortgage foreclosure by Federal National Mortgage Association.
Public outcry sale of Lot 13 Block 12 Decatur Land Improvement addition Decatur Morgan County Alabama to satisfy indebtedness under mortgage and other notices regarding estate of Ada Kimble Young and quiet title suit by Thomas L Newsom against Horace Ewing and others seeking fee simple ownership of Lots 2 11 and 13 in Block 22 Frey s Addition Decatur Alabama with claims to possession tax payments and deadlines for response to the suit divided into mortgage sale and probate notices and equity actions in Morgan County.
Nashville Vols, clinging to a pennant lead, edged New Orleans 9-8 as veterans from the 1949 club watch from Sulphur Dell. Atlanta and Chattanooga won, Memphis moved to second with a big day from Bill Wilson, and Bob Schultz delivered the decisive blow in the twelfth.
Southern Association results include Nashville over New Orleans 9 8 in 12 innings, Chattanooga 7 Mobile 1, Memphis 8 Birmingham Atlanta 7, Little Rock 6. Southeastern League Pensacola 9 Anniston 6. Alabama State League Ozark 3 Dothan 1 Headland 3 Brewton 0 Enterprise 3 Andalusia 2 Greenville 15 Geneva 7. Georgia Alabama League Alex City 10 Rome 3 Griffin 16 Opelika 0 Newnan 18 Valley 2 LaGrange 6 Carrollton 4.
Emma Sansom of Gadsden defeated Russellville 10 0 and Montevallo topped Gurley 5 3. Lanier of Montgomery beat Ashford 11 3 and McGill Mobile shut Tallassee 5 0.
The card lists tomorrow’s games across the American and National Leagues. Chicago at New York with 12 30 and 2 30 first pitches. Detroit at Philadelphia 1 00. St Louis at Washington 1 30. Cleveland at Boston 1 00. Boston at Pittsburgh 12 30. New York at Cincinnati 2 00. Philadelphia at Chicago 1 30. Brooklyn at St Louis 2 30.
Miss Lucy Blackburn will visit Harmony on June 1 at two o'clock to address the ladies about forming a Home Demonstration club. All local ladies are invited.
Morgan County residents welcomed guests including Mr and Mrs Arthur Prince of Texas and Mrs Lola Cudlip for a Sunday visit. Bill Russell returns home from Marion Military Institute and passed his Naval Reserve exam. The community hosted picnics and visits with Reverend Robert Glenn and family attending the Rural Mail Carriers picnic at Hatfield Lake. Local travelers attended a singing at West Point Union church and residents discussed television reception effects from distant transmitters.
Alabama tax collections show a rebound as of May with $8,274,419 collected, up $1,338,245 from the prior year. In eight months of the 1949 50 fiscal year the department collected $62,302,689 versus $64,041,803 in the previous year.
The schedule lists Chicago at New York and Cleveland at Boston among multiple NBA style matchups. Detroit visits Philadelphia with two morning games noted as N. Other pairings include St. Louis at Washington and Philadelphia at Chicago with additional games across the circuit.
Two Alabama law school students were nominated in the Democratic primaries for state offices. Jackson W. Stokes, 21, of Elba, campaigned mostly on weekends and won a runoff view, while Virgil M. Smith, 25, a sophomore, was nominated state senator from Cherokee and DeKalb counties. Stokes voted for the first time in the May primary.
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