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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1950

Page

11

For Sale Gladioli and various flowers.

Classified notices advertise gladioli in colors, fancy daisies feverfew and other flowers with ordering options. Also sewing machines sold with lifetime guarantee and repair parts offered. Listings include Lytton C Walker 609 Oak St and contact numbers. Misc items include Oak number and other ad text from Clancy Lumber Co Grayson Ala.

Raymond Matthews Austinville Lytton C. Walker Oak St Coenis Neat Plant_ CLANCY LUMBER CO Grayson, Ala

Bankruptcy notice in District Court of Alabama

In the Northeastern Division of Alabama Edward W. Terry has been adjudged bankrupt. A first meeting of creditors will be held at the Office of Referee 6092 Second Avenue Decatur on June 22, 1950 at 10:00 AM for creditors to prove claims examine the bankrupt appoint a trustee and conduct further business. Dated Decatur Alabama June 6 1950. Charles W. Bethany Jr Referee in Bankruptcy.

District Court of the United States Alabama Edward W. Terry Second Avenue Decatur Charles W. Bethany, Jr

Notice of Petition to Probate Will in Morgan County Alabama

Oliver J. Shepard petitions to probate the last will of L. Bessie Shepard deceased in Morgan County Probate Court. The notice lists named heirs and interested parties from Ohio Maryland and Alabama and sets hearing for June 22, 1950. Judge T. C. Almon presides with publication May 31 through June 14 1950.

Alabama Morgan County Oliver J. Shepard L. Bessie Shepard Clarence Goon Mansfield Ohio Howard Lewis Knoxville Dick Danner Brunswick Jennie Breeh Nash Street Akron Ida Edwards Canton Margaret and Albert Porter L. Besse Shepard T. C. Almon

City Council Reschedules Hearing on 8th Avenue Improvements

Decatur Alabama city council votes to hear objections to Improvement Ordinance 565 approving pavement curbs and gutters on 8th Avenue West from Moulton Street to 2nd Street South. Hearing continued to June 19 1950 at 7 00 PM at City Hall with notices to taxpayers by publication and mail.

Decatur Alabama City of 8Th Avenue Moulton Street 2Nd Street City of Decatur Decatur Daily

DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS AND DOWN PUZZLE

A newspaper style grid of crossword clues across and down with numbered hints and a cryptoquote feature. Readers solve by filling answers for 1 across to 42 down including themed entries and a quotation cipher. The page lists clues for categories from Movable barrier to Daily Cryptoquote with an example solution and yesterday's quote.

Mrs Lee Heads Danville WSCS Installation

Mrs Arthur Lee was reelected and installed as president of the Danville WSCS for the new year at the final meeting held in the church. The program included “Christianizing Our Homes” led by Mrs Guy Smith, with assistants, followed by installation of officers and a social hour.

Arthur Lee Danville WSCS Lee Guy Smith Smith Add Randolph Sammy Stabler Burl Hardwick First Corinthians H. L. Heflin Robert Owens A. M. Whitten Nettie McKay Earl Craze Margaret Templeton

Hearing Continued by Decatur City Council Meeting

The City Clerk notes a hearing before the Decatur City Council has been continued. The document is dated June 195, indicating a clerical entry for the meeting schedule.

Py. Council City of Decatur Joe Pee Mayo

Dragonfly Eye Contains About 30000 Units for Wide Vision

The dragonfly eye is made up of nearly 30 000 ommatidia enabling vision in almost all directions.

Cotton Industry Opposes Further Tariff Cuts at Torquay Talks

Cotton textile spokesmen pressed against more tariff concessions before reciprocity talks with 23 countries at Torquay England. Industry briefs urge protecting home markets and warn wage disparities leave the U S at a disadvantage. MLAs Martin and other figures back preserving Northern mill jobs amid projected declines.

James C. Munn Ernest G. Warren Washington Service Washington Committee Torquay England State Department House Martin Massachusetts Indusyt Fall River New Bedford Lawrence Lowell Mass Bichard Province R. I New England

Board weighs plea of Montos for second conditional release

Alabama board weighs Nick George Montos appeal for a second conditional release from Kilby prison while officials in Alabama and Georgia discuss extradition. Montos denied links to Newnan and Anniston break ins and claimed he was elsewhere. Police found traveler's checks at his home. attorney called the case weak.

Montgomery Ala State Nick George Montos Kilby Alabama Georgia Montos James E. Folsom Newnan Ges Western Union King-Tucker Motor Co Anniston Montes Chicago Auto Company Circle B Ranch Livingston Demopolis Birmingham Floyd Eddins American Railway Express Roderick Beddow Beddow

Missouri River Basin Project Coverage Across Nine States

The Missouri River Basin Project spans parts of Montana Wyoming Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa and Missouri. It covers a wide geographic area including multiple states and regional water management initiatives.

Montana Wyoming Colorado North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa Missouri

Winecoff to Be Reopened as Peachtree-On-Peachtree

The Winecoff hotel in Atlanta, site of the 1946 fire deaths, will be remodeled from basement to roof and reopened by January 1 under a new name Peachtree-On-Peachtree. Attorney William Grant, head of a new company that bought the property, says it will be the Southeast’s finest and safest with fireproof stairways enclosed fire escapes and full air conditioning.

Irwin Atlanta Peachtree Hotel Inc Atlanta Winecoff William Grant Procergy Southeast Peachtree-On-Peachtree Grant Arlington Corporation Annie Lee

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