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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1951
Page
3
Readers discuss babysitting duties and perks with Dorothy Dix. Advice covers defining responsibilities, avoiding dishwashing traps, and handling pets during hired care. Further column addresses a wife anxious about her husband’s locked love letters and how jealousy affects marriage.
A newspaper item presents Mirabel asking if a girl may write to a lonely overseas soldier using an address from print. Dorothy Dix says papers publish pen pal lists and finding a friendly, lively note is fine. She notes she cannot answer personal mail and promotes a leaflet for further guidance.
Twenty six University of Wisconsin students guided by Prof. L. R. Laudon trek the Rocky Mountains in Montana for geology research. They plan to reach Pentagon mountain base by a 35 mile hike from the nearest road this summer.
Dr William H. Spruell 46 and 14 year old C B Hester died in a private plane crash near Russellville Alabama shortly after takeoff. Spruell a noted surgeon and former Army colonel had been giving short flights to Boy Scout troop members. Surviving are the widow several children.
The Alabama Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association urges voters decide in the 1952 primary how electors vote. Delegates fear binding by Democrats loyal to the national party or hand-picking electors. The group also backs a six year sheriff term bill and announces new officers led by Joe T. Burton.
In Pensacola on June 20 the Alabama-Florida Cottonseed Products Association elected E. P. Kidd of Birmingham as president after a joint convention with the Georgia Cottonseed Crushers Association. Georgia named Sam McCowan as president and Homer G. Ray Jr. as chairman of the board, with T. R. Cain reelected executive secretary and C. M. Seales named chairman of the Alabama-Florida group. Delegates urged the Agriculture Department to lift export restrictions on cotton linters due to expectations of a large 1951-52 crop.
FRANKFURT Germany June 20 The United States abruptly ordered millions of scrip dollars from American occupation and defense personnel in Europe and Africa to stop counterfeiters and black market traders The order voids outstanding scrip after today and replaces the old issue It is believed as much as 50 000 000 worth was being called in This is the third such wartime action by American forces west of the Atlantic.
In Ensenada a Mexican fishing boat carrying 37 divers and crew sank in 120 feet of water after turning over in the Cedros island channel Saturday night. Abalone divers, helpers, and three crew members including Captain Fausto Sylva were trapped inside. The disaster is among the worst along the lower California coast. Word of the sinking arrived yesterday.
Alabama parole board announced that only one convict was freed on parole last week. Fifty one applicants were denied and two parolees had their paroles revoked. The parolee was Ellen L. Franklin, a white man from Tuscaloosa County, sentenced February 4, 1947, to six years for first degree arson.
A natural light display occurs 60 or more miles above the Earth's surface, visible in high latitudes during geomagnetic activity. The phenomenon results from charged solar particles interacting with the atmosphere, creating vivid colors and shapes.
Mrs. Lula Bell Helton 24 was summoned for trial on a murder charge in the shotgun killing of her father Lum Lamar 57 a farmer. Her cousin B B Brasher 20 pled guilty to a similar charge and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Lamar's 13 year old son Billy was committed to the Alabama Boys Industrial School. Officers said Brasher and Billy admitted they killed Lamar on April 9 over alleged family mistreatment. Lamar was nicknamed the hog man from years of pig peddling on Bessemer streets.
The Lincoln Memorial was built at a total cost of 2,940,000 dollars. The figure reflects the expense of designing and constructing the iconic monument.
Mrs Edwina Mitchell a former pardon parole board member and ex assistant attorney general was appointed to head Alabama prisons and will assume duties today She will also become warden of Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka on July 1 replacing Mrs W Austin who resigned after long service Mrs Mitchell a Vanderbilt Law School graduate previously served as assistant state attorney general from 1922 25 and in 1939 later on the pardon parole board by Gov Dixon
Four miles southeast of Ashland City a fuel truck and car collided. The truck burned, halting traffic for over an hour after it carried 3,195 gallons of fuel. Passenger Hershel Spears Sr., 63, Nashville, suffered burns and injuries.
A Birmingham truck driver William H. Oliver 38 died when his transport trailer plunged 40 feet from a Cahaba river bridge at Trussville. The truck carried four loads of used tires and was crushed beneath the cab as flames destroyed both vehicle and load. Loss valued at 13,000 dollars.
The load line of a ship is known as Plimsoll's Mark named after Samuel Plimsoll a 19th century British reformer who campaigned against grossly overloaded and unsafe coffinships.
A newborn infant commonly increases weight to about three times its birth weight within the first year, reflecting rapid early growth and development.
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