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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
9
Classified ad from Penney & Taylor Furniture Co. at 115 East Moulton St. offers a $400 value double oven electric range for half price and a solid maple three-piece living room suite originally about $300, now $75.00.
Court notices announce final settlements in guardian ship of Fred Murray Murdock and partial settlement for Jerry Clifford Murdock with July 11 1952 hearing. Also equity guardianship for George Vincent Walker and insolvent Jewel B Adams estate final accounts set for July 18 1952. Publication summons issued in Dean suit with response due by July 25 1952.
In the Probate Court Don ald Rogers as Administrator for the estate of Anna D Abernathey filed accounts vouchers and statements for a final settlement to be heard July 10 1952 Proceeding to be held before the Judge of Probate on that date Readers may appear and show cause why the settlement should not be approved June 17 24 1
The rim diameter of Chubb Crater in Northern Quebec averages 11 500 feet while its circumference is 6.8 miles.
Gordon E. Struck, 34, operator of a Far Rockaway mail order photo business, appeared on a federal charge of sending obscene nude pictures through the mail. He posted a $1000 bond at arraignment in connection with a Centreville Alabama post office delivery. Struck, a former aeronautical engineer with degrees from Georgia Tech and Columbia, denied the charge. Trial date not yet set.
A truck carrying cotton workers plunged off a rural road near Dallas, overturning after skidding 100 feet. One man, Luis Rodriguez of Arlington, died. 37 were injured, including 13 seriously. Driver Joe Castillio said weight shift caused loss of control. 38 aboard returning from a farm south of Dallas.
Buckingham Palace announced the Duke of Edinburgh has jaundice and must cancel immediate engagements. Doctors say he will stay in his room for some days. The report recalls Mars’ close approach to Earth in May 1952.
Moss-Thornton Company Inc gives notice that it completed contract with the State of Alabama for Project F152(2) in Morgan and Lawrence Counties. All claims must be filed in Leeds Alabama within four weeks from June 16 1952.
The Civil Aeronautics Board examiner resumes hearings on Southern Airways request to renew its permit for feeder service in the Southeast. The carrier operates routes from Atlanta to Charlotte Charleston Jackson Memphis Mobile and New Orleans. Authority expired February 8 and a renewal decision will follow examiner Ferdinand Moran's recommendations.
Investigation of the break-in at John D. Lee and Sons store on the Somerville highway continued with no arrests. Owner John D. Lee offered a $100 reward for the return of at least half the merchandise and arrest of the burglar or burglars. Loot included 245 cartons of cigarettes 14 boxes of cigars two dozen cigarette lighters seven boxes of chewing tobacco and 22 tubes of lipstick. The entry involved prying window frame breaking glass and crawling through to unlock the back door.
During World War II the Anglo Egyptian Sudan served as a crucial link in Allied supply routes to the Middle East, acting as a strategic bulwark in the North Africa campaign.
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