Tax distributions in Morgan county May report shows near full collection
May tax distributions declined further as Morgan County neared 100 percent collection. Alvis Briscoe reports 494.57 in goal and personal property taxes distributed May 15 through 31. Automobile taxes total only 10.89 for May. Disbursements: state 75.71, Morgan County 120.91, treasurer 64.56, custodian 33.85, City of Decatur 180.47, Decatur Daily 1.63, probate court 1, Board of Revenue chairman 16.44. auto taxes: state 2.13, county 2.79, treasurer 1.64, custodian 0.64, city 3.23, board chair 0.46.
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Morgan County
Alvis Briscoe
Morgan
State of Alabama
C. L. Allgood
J. T. McMullan
City of
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Sim L. Howell
Board of Revenue and Control
C.L. Algood
J. T. McMullen
Educational Tour To Big Cities Sets Departure Date
About 25 people from Decatur will leave June 12 on a deluxe bus for Washington and New York, touring along the Tennessee river through Chattanooga Knoxville Bristol Roanoke and Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Walter Jackson superintendent of schools directs the trip with W H Jenkins supervising. college credit is offered. The journey, arranged with Alabama Polytechnic Institute, includes Skyline Drive and a Virginia Natural Bridge visit, returning June 26.
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Decatur
Washington
New York
Walter Jackson
Jackson
W. H. Jenkins
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Bristol
Roanoke
Virginia
Gettysburg
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah National Park
America
Revival Services Underway in Tent on Fifth Avenue
Revival meetings are held this week in a tent in the 1500 block of Fifth Avenue East. Reverend Jack Parker leads the talks, with Billy Compton as song director. Nightly worship begins at 7:30, with children’s services from 7:00 and a Sunday service at 3:00. The public is invited to attend.
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Fifth Avenue East
Jack Parker
Billy Compton
Tennessee Temple College
Bomber Crashes Near Loveland Killing Four
A U S Air Force B-26 light bomber from Greenville South Carolina crashed four miles east of Loveland Colorado today killing all four crew members. The aircraft had refueled at Lowry airbase Denver and was en route from Greenville to Great Falls Montana.
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Loveland
Colo
Greenville
S. C
Here
Lowry
Denver
Great Falls
Mont
Michigan State Ranked Fourth in Total Offense in 1948
Michigan State’s 1948 football team posted a nation leading total offense average of 402.7 yards per game, ranking fourth overall in the final statistics.
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Michigan State
Split in Berlin Rail Line Urged
West Berlin strikers urged the German railroad administration to split the system into East and West offices to end the two week walkout. They demanded 100 percent wages in West marks and continued bargaining with the communist union. Western officials report large food and coal reserves maintained despite the strike and ongoing freight and transit disruptions.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
West Berlin
German Railroad Administration
Willy Kreikemeyer
Kreikemeyer
Ernst Reuter
Westmarks
East Berlin
UGQ
East Marks
Free German
Railway Administration
West Marks
Germany
Death Claims Mrs Woods Falkville Woman 82
Elizabeth Woods aged 82 of Falkville died Saturday at 4 30 PM at Falkville medical center. Funeral services by Rev L E Toon at Brown's Chapel Monday at 3 PM with interment in Childers cemetery. Peck directing. Survived by four daughters E Puckett Nettie Cloer Margaret Feldman Freda Woods. one son Dawbie Woods. one sister Mrs Jake Millican. two brothers Wiley Childers and Joe Childers. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Senie Elizabeth Woods
Falkville
Falkville Medical Center
L. E. Toon
Brown's Chapel
Childers Cemetery
Peck
E. Puckett
Nettie Cloer
Hartselle
Margaret Feldman
Falk
Three 10-year men on 1949 Cincinnati team
The Cincinnati roster features three players with a decade in the major leagues. Ray Mueller, Harry Gumbert, and Johnny Vander Meer are highlighted as veteran stalwarts set to anchor the club during the 1949 season.
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Cincinnati
Ray Mueller
Harry Gumbert
Johnny Vander Meer
Lions Horse Show Plans Announced for July 28
The Lions club scheduled the Tennessee Valley horse show at Legion Memorial Field on July 28 with chairman Sam Wheat announcing. Notices will go to exhibitors and entry blanks are on press. The 14 classes include local amateur walking horses, ponies 58 inches and under, 3 gaited ponies, two year old walking horses, junior walking horses, fine harness ponies, walking mares, 5 gaited ponies, walking stallions or geldings, 3 gaited horses, roadster to bike, walking horse stake, and open stake with open rules and vet clearance for winners of certain classes.
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Lions Club
Legion Memorial Field
Sam Wheat An
Morgan Lawrence
Limestone
Red Cross aids 155 in Morgan chapter May report
The Morgan chapter of the American Red Cross Home Service reported aid to 155 individuals in May including 40 service members and families, 104 veterans and dependents, and 11 civilians. Services included four furlough extensions, 59 home condition reports for military authorities, 58 pension, disability, and family allowance applications, 69 guidance and consultations, 17 other services, and two WWI pensions and three WWII veterans increased pensions arranged with Red Cross help.
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Morgan Chapter
American Red Cross Home Service
Red Cross
Veterans’Administration
Florida Faces Heavy Deficit
The 1949 Florida legislature adjourned after approving a record 240 million dollar two year appropriations bill but failed to fund it. Comptroller Gay warns a 180 million revenue forecast yields a 30 million dollar annual deficit, prompting possible across-the-board cuts or a July 1 shutdown. Governor Warren questions immediate special session viability.
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Tallahassee
Florida
C. M. Gay
Warren
Gay
Budget Commission
Thomas D. Bailey
House Appropriations Committee
C. L. Alford
Grand Ridge
John Scruggs
Scruggs
Leon County
Steve Trumbull
The
Siami Herald
Senate
A. G. McArthur
Fernandina
Slayer Convicted in Marianna Pistol Slaying Case
Circuit court convicted J E Parnell, 64, of degree murder for the November 14 shooting death of Jewell Lupo, a pulp wood operator, on a Marianna street. The trial concluded last night after evidence linked Parnell to the fatal pistol slaying.
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Marianna
Fia
J. E. Parnell
Parnell
Jewell Lupo
Lupo
Swim Classes Planned Here
Morgan County's Red Cross announces summer swimming classes at Crystal Plunge starting June 13. Lee Stockton will lead beginner instruction, with two Morgan County residents attending a national Red Cross aquatic school today. George Porter and Horace Broom will serve as instructors at the Montgomery Bell State Park aquatic school in Tennessee.
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Morgan County
Red Cross
Crystal Plunge
Morgan
Morgan Chapter
American Red Cross
Broom
Hartselle
Gadsden Home Rocked by Minor Blast on East Side
Police in Gadsden report a blast damaged a small frame house in the Garden City area tonight, felt across East Gadsden. The occupant Bonnie Sue Quarles was not home. no motive yet. Windows and porch features sustained minor damage, neighboring homes spared.
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Gadsden
Ala
Fay Boman
Bonnie Sue Quarles
Goodyear Tire
Boman
Walgreens Remodeling Plan Combines Two Stores
Hagerty announces contracts for complete remodeling of the Lawson Street Walgreen store and the Griffin Jewelry space to form a single Walgreen Agency super drug store at Second Avenue and Johnston Street. Work by Ray Childs of Decatur starts Monday, about 90 days to finish. Architects are Albert R. Frahn and Associates of Decatur.
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Hagerty
Walgreen Agency
Second Avenue
Johnston Street
Griffin Jewelry Company
Griffin
Rowland Compton
W. J. Hagerty
Ray Childs
Decatur
Albert R. Frahn and
Navy Training Program Opens for 2100 Midshipmen
A summer naval training program for about 2100 midshipmen from 52 colleges begins in Pensacola Florida and Little Creek Virginia. The aviation phase runs at the naval air basic training command until August 27 with two Eglin Air Force base fields aiding. A second Virginia group will join the Pensacola contingent after completing Virginia training. A Norfolk based seaplane patrol squadron with nine PBM 5 Martin Mariner aircraft and 32 officers and 226 enlisted men participates.
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Naval Air Basic Training Command
Little Creek
Navy
Eglin Air Force Base
Fort Walton
Virginia
Pensacola
Norfolk
Eye coats serve protective vascular and sensory roles
The human eyeball comprises three coats that provide protection, blood vessel support, and sensory function. The outer protective layer shields the eye, the middle vascular coat supplies blood, and the inner sensory layer enables vision.
How Alabamians In Congress Cast Votes
Washington June 4 FP How Alabama members of congress were recorded as voting on recent roll calls. Senate amendment to District of Columbia home rule bill to provide for referenda on any changes in segregation policy in district defeated 49 to 27. Hill and Sparkman voting for. House bill to provide 72 a month pensions for World War I and II veterans at age 65 passed 365 to 27. Andrews Boykin DeGraf Fenreid Elliott Grant Jones Rains for. Battile against.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
District of Columbia
Hill
Sparkman
House
Andrews
Boykin
DeGraffenreid
Elliott
Grant
Jones
Rains
Battile
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5Th Avenue
Belk
Belk’s
Belk Hudon Co
Mrs. Woods
Garrison
Clothes Depository
Lions Horse Show
Fla
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Star Gazer
Clay R Pollan
Taurus
Suny
Leo
VIRGO
Asd
RIBRA
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Gobble-Fite Lumber CO
Gobble Fite Company
West Market Street
D. W. Speel
Diagnostician
Los Angeles
California
DR. Kirk
Farmer's
Kirk
Neil Kirk
W. E. Farmer
Blance Farmer
Grant Street
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