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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1949
Page
3
Philadelphia police plot an all out fight on crime as a manhunt runs for a liquor store slayer. Director Samuel H. Rosenberg vows to push a well considered program with Police Superintendent Howard P. Sutton. Over 900 officers are deployed citywide.
Assistant Superintendent George F. Richardson reports a door to door search in a two square mile area for a short, squat, negro suspect who killed the store manager Herman Weintraub and clerk Howard Robinson and wounded Fielder Jackson. Hundreds questioned. no arrests. Police say the suspect fled after a failed robbery attempt.
In Asbury Park three year old Roy Allen Hollaway faced a dangerous kidney condition and doctors ordered watermelon as part of his treatment. Police Chief Roy Hollaway organized a nationwide relay of melons from New Jersey, Florida, and New York to Fitkin Memorial Hospital to fight his fever.
Mrs. Albert E. Dillard of Pritchard was killed in a truck auto collision near Alberta on Saturday. Her husband and two young children, one blind, were injured. State Highway authorities investigated the crash.
J M Crawford 87 a longtime farmer and civic leader died after a lingering illness at a daughter’s home in Hartselle. Funeral services at Center Grove Baptist Church were set for today with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, one son, three sisters, four brothers, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
An unsigned post card found among about 1,000 greeting cards in Atlantic City New Jersey dated March 14 expresses regret over injuring a youth. It reads God help me for hitting you but I haven't the strength to give myself up. The card was linked to Eddie.
Patrolmen M. G. Rush and L. H. Hudson investigated a crash involving the Dillard family. Rush said the war era vehicle collided with a truck driven by 42 year old Ben Seltzer, described as a negro.
Extension telephones offer on the spot service for the whole family. They can be installed easily at surprisingly low cost without writing or visiting the office. Call the Telephone Business Office to arrange.
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