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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
10
A humorous collection from a Midwest boardinghouse features a boastful employee, a quarrelsome couple, and wry quips on marriage and money. Exchanges touch on who truly has the last word, home cooking, and the slow humor of daily life among guests.
A 28 by 25 foot two story small home blends Cape Cod and Colonial styles with three bedrooms, a compact U shaped kitchen, a long living dining area, a potential outdoor terrace, and a full basement. Plans and the Third Book of Small Home Designs are offered by Scale Model Home Planning Co. in Royal Oak Michigan for seven dollars per first set and three fifty for each additional set.
The piece notes civil rights as a pivotal issue for the 1952 conventions. It compares Republican mildness in 1948 to potential shifts under Eisenhower and Taft. FEPC debate divides parties, with Harriman and McMahon backing a strong federal FEPC and Truman urging a bold Democratic plank.
An action packed camp tale describes a fast violent gambling scene in Nevada. The dealer threatens with a six gun as Slippery Sam refuses the dealt hand. A GI in camp laments payday while one man keeps money and refuses to move, rolling with a lazy dig.
A local resident described as a perpetual talker is asked if she considers what she will say before speaking. The exchange highlights her tendency to ramble in the town.
The German War Dead Cemetery Organization relocates Allied and German remains from makeshift 1945 graves near Huertgen Forest to new sites in the Rhineland, with 3000 Germans buried there three quarters known and unknown. Rome’s film industry resurges as Italian production dominates in 1945, with 25 of 32 Italy-made films shot there and Hollywood on the Tiber guiding output.
Rome leads Europe in film production with more pictures shot in Italy than any other country. A quoted lady worries she cannot decide her view without speaking first on the subject.
It is estimated that salmon lay about 1 000 eggs for every pound of weight of the fish. There are 92 known elements and it is believed no more can exist.
Lightning shut off power in Du Quoin for about two hours cutting the Grand Theater’s Saturday audience of 300 in darkness. Power returned before the film Viva Zapata could be seen to completion.
The report states Americans use about 135 pounds of wheat flour per person each year. It also notes gunpowder is a mixture of saltpetre sulphur and charcoal.
Pearl Cross of Decatur a Good year Mills employee says fishing paid off with an off day haul of 100 pounds caught by pole and line. He earned twenty five cents a pound for carp and thirty for other fish, highlighting profitable river fishing.
The report notes five catches for the cat with most of the haul being carp, yet Cross remains unbothered by the mix.
The town of New Salem in Indiana once home to Abraham Lincoln reportedly disappeared. The National Geographic Society says many log buildings were dismantled and moved to a nearby town.
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