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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
5
The Community School Improvement Association reports 526 quarts of beans canned over three days for the lunch room. Beans were grown on school land, harvested by students, and processed by local ladies in the new kitchen of the new building.
Buenos Aires is a Spanish phrase meaning good air and refers to Argentina’s capital city. The term combines buen as good and aire as air.
A design named the TUNER features a living room with large picture windows above a painted brick flower bed and a natural fireplace. The kitchen minimizes cabinet space with four large windows for ventilation and light, two generously sized bedrooms with cross ventilation, and a full basement. blueprints available through local lumber dealers.
Flood waters along the Columbia River are receding at all gauges but remain above flood stage in the lower valley for three weeks. Levees may collapse after days of pounding. The disaster has 41 known dead and about 60,000 homeless across U S and Canadian flood zones, with Vanport toll still uncertain.
The Baptist revival tent on 7th Avenue West suffered wind and rain damage during Monday's storm and will be repaired today. Services are expected to resume in the tent Tuesday night at 8 PM with Porter Barrington delivering "The Mistakes of a Great Man." Monday's service was at Central Baptist Church and well attended.
Electioneering for governor heats up as 11 teenage candidates vie at the annual Girls State opening at Huntingdon College. Delegates will vote tomorrow for a governor and other honorary state county and city officials. Candidates include Ish Powell Scottsboro Thelma Leon Citronelle Barbara Hughes Montgomery Faye Samford Auburn Frances Durrett Bessemer Meredith Price Birmingham Jean Stone Fairfield Nadine Manley Russellville Harvilee Phillips Huntsville Anne Williams Opelika Sarah Ann Sherman Gadsden.
In Bangkok Siam on June 15 the Tiger Gang staged a housewarming for a thousand guests including officials and reporters. A police raid followed an open battle from 10 P M to 7 A M leaving several dead and four officers wounded. officials were arrested for aiding the gang.
Roy Adams a 14 year old confessed slayer of 8 year old Nancy Schuler attempted to hang himself in his Cook county jail cell. Guards were on 24 hour watch after the failed attempt. Adams told a deputy they would not get him back in court. The belt broke as he stepped off a bank in his cell. Chief Justice Harrington ordered a behavior clinic examination and delayed the hearing to June 25.
Federal Judge John McDuffie will hear arguments today on a petition by Alabama Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Co to dismiss a $200,000 overtime pay suit filed by a local union. The company argues the action is barred by the 1947 portal to portal act.
A family reunion was held at the home of W. T. Oakes in Lacey's Springs on Sunday with a buffet luncheon. Many relatives attended from Huntsville Hartselle Decatur Monrovia Eva and neighboring towns including the Oakes, Green, Johnston, Mills, McMurtrie, and McCutcheon families.
An open AA meeting is set for Thursday at eight o'clock at the Legion Hall on Banks Street. Representatives from the Tri Cities Huntsville and Decatur are invited to attend and meet a large Birmingham delegation. Several Birmingham area members will attend by carload.
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