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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1951

Page

9

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Snags and Solutions

A reader discusses marrying with a child and hiding the daughter from her mother in law. Dorothy Dix urges honesty now, telling the mother in law about the child promptly to avoid greater trouble later and preserve family harmony.

Miss DIX Dorothy Dix

Spiders Use Silk Streams to Ride Warm Air High

The report notes that young spiders release silk to catch rising warm air currents, lifting as high as 14 000 feet and enabling travel across thousands of miles in some cases.

TVA Revises Visiting Rules at Dams

TVA announces June 9 1951 changes to dam visiting rules with daylight hours and limited access at locations where construction is ongoing. Some sites remain closed during construction including Guntersville dam powerhouse until about April 1952. Navigation locks continue to restrict visitors.

TVA Guntersville

Margaret Truman Visits Shakespeare Country

Margaret Truman left London for Stratford-on-Avon to tour Shakespeare country. She arose after a dance at the U S Ambassador Walter Gifford's home and planned a day of sightseeing including the trooping of the colors for King George VI's birthday and visits to the House of Lords and Buckingham Palace.

London Margaret Truman England U. S Walter Gifford Stratford-on-Avon Margaret George VI House of Lords Buckingham Palace

Narwhal Tusk Harpoon Reference In Historic Text

A narwhal tusk often grows up to ten feet and is sometimes fashioned into a harpoon for hunting. The note mentions reed applied to a conical brass tube as part of the device.

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Dorothy DIX J. E W. E.T Decatur Dana Diana Palmer Dice Ceiver Fungo Duchess Icensee Winton Casey Cheyenne Mel Wim MR. Kirby Jeff Jim Walters Mgr WC Aa Lumber Coo IVA F.H.A Natural Gas Heating CO E. Moulton St
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