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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
3
Hollywood star Claudette Colbert recalls enduring wild on set acts for past films. She jokes about fish baths in Love Is Big Business and mud battles from No Time For Love and The Egg And I. Colbert notes stunts and endurance helped sustain her two decades in cinema.
The annual Oak Grove singing in Lawrence County will be held on Sunday. Hillan Standridge, president, urged every singer to attend and promised plenty of dinner on the ground for all singers.
Black-Draught may help if headachy feeling stems only from constipation. As a friendly laxative it is prompt and thorough when used as directed and costs a penny or less per dose. It has sold for four generations.
Federal Judge Seybourne Lynne dismissed three suits seeking 210000 in damages stemming from a bus accident on Warrior River road. The actions were filed by Lorene Coleman as administrator for Gladys Chambress 22, by F H Abernathy on behalf of Floyd Abernathy Jr., and by I Gibson for Weldon Gibson.
Residents of four communities English Village Redmont Park Rockridge Park and East Crescent Heights voted to annex into Mountain Brook Alabama. The combined area near Birmingham has about 2000 residents shaping the city’s growth.
The Moulton town council heard J E O Toole's report on a 1.75 mile main street survey. Paving would cost 47000 with curbing and guttering raising it to about 80000. storm sewers not included. Petition plans were set to gather property owner input on curb and guttering, paving scope, and payment via escrow.
Billy Caine of Moulton left Saturday for Fort Sheridan Illinois to take examinations for entrance to West Point. He is 18 and earned his appointment in January after a recommendation by Congressman Bob Jones. He graduated in the 1948 class of Lawrence County High School.
G C Paver owner of Florence cafe opened a new ice cream parlor and sandwich bar linked with The Chatter Box in the Almon Glenn building near the Square on Decatur Highway. Local operator J Keaton, former Sheffield cafe man, will run the restaurant and ice cream venture.
Local garden clubs sponsor a spring landscaping project at church parsonages. New shrubbery and early spring greenery were planted on grounds last week while plans for improved grounds are detailed. Legal note on City Grill operations resumes March 15 as Hambrick couple renews management after settlement.
Cadet Wade Hays Tysinger of 1518 Buchanan St Washington DC son of Mr and Mrs Chas H Tysinger is among Columbia Military Academy cadets in Columbia Tennessee who made scholarship rating for the first semester at the school. The rating requires an average of 86 percent or higher across subjects for the semester and a continuation of this average through senior year. He is nephew of Mrs W E Steed of Decatur.
The United States ranks far ahead of other nations in production of coal natural gas oil and hydroelectric power.
Chicago averages about 58 snowfalls annually while New York averages around 35. On the eve of World War II automobile registrations totaled 32 500 000 in the United States.
Two Russians fled to U S occupied Japan after deserting the Soviet Union. Innokentiy Zyrvanov 24 claimed to have paddled from Kuriles to Hokkaido on a homemade raft while fighting seals to escape racial persecution. Sgt Vladimir Barashkov landed a Russian transport on Rishiri island last November and voiced anti Soviet views asserting communism and atomic bomb myths.
The state prison investigating committee plans to present its report to the legislature. Members met in a closed session with Rep. J. Paul Meeks noting subcommittees filed reports. Attendees included Rep. Meeks State Sen. R. J. Lowe Rep. G. M. Taylor Max Shirley W. L. Martin Dr. Hallie Farmer Mrs. Mervyn Sterne and Charles F. Zukowski.
The U S Weather Bureau reports Alabama's southern counties made excellent farm progress last week. Gardens were planted and general field activity increased, signaling strong early-season momentum across farming communities.
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