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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1949

Page

9

Public notices from Morgan County Alabama March 1949

Multiple legal notices cite probate court final settlement for Jesse R Martin estate. bankruptcy meeting for Karl Kirby Elam with creditors at Decatur. and sale of Wheeler Lake Grocery Store rights from H L Wood to Albert Boyer. Notices specify dates March 11 1949 and March 28 1949 with court locations in Decatur and Morgan County.

Morgan County Board Son Decatur Ala Morgan County Iust Board of Education Priceville School Morgan, County Alabama Probate Court Reno T. C. Almon Stella Porter State OF Alabama Jesse L.R. Martin Jesse L. Martin Philip Vaughan Jesse R. Martin T.C. Almon District Court of the United States Karl Kirby Elam Second Avenue Charles W. Bethany, Jr State OF H. L. Wood Wheeler Lake Grocery Store U. S. Highway 31 Albert Boyer

Goldie's Return Entered In Daify Tax Competition

In Los Angeles on March 28 the competition for daify tax returns is noted with Internal Revenue Collector Harry Westover entering a case. A napkin note reads Please excuse this informal nap.

Goldie Los Angeles Internal Revenue

The Customer Is The Core Of Our Work

An Office morale piece on treating customers as essential, not interruptions, stressing empathy and profit through service. It includes a vignette with Paddy Mulligan answering Colonel Waterford and a quip about soil and national service. The dialogue contrasts customer focus with practical business concerns and tax figures.

Eleven Survivors Rescued From Navy Flying Boat Crash

Eleven survivors were rescued from a sinking Navy Catalina in the Pacific nine hours after going down. The airmen were picked up by LSM 448 75 miles north of Johnston Island and were ordered to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. The Catalina ditched 605 miles southwest of Johnston Island with a dead engine as life rafts were deployed amid rough seas.

Pearl Harbor Navy Ince Pacific LSM 448 Kwajalein Marshall Islands Catalina Johnston Island Here Hickam Field

Brickmaking Bluntly Promised In Spare Time

A speaker muses that if the material is clay he could craft a few bricks in his spare time, indicating practical plans or a craftsman like approach to a forthcoming task. The remark carries a folksy tone and hints at informal work or construction ideas.

Paddy

Private thoughts and taxes in a city life vignette

The piece blends comic dialogue and social satire as characters discuss privacy, monitoring, and daily quirks. A judge jokes about small taxes while citizens debate intrusions into private thoughts and everyday theft from farmers and homes.

Daily Crossword Across and Cryptogram Phrase

The page lists a large crossword with clues across 1 to 53 plus a cryptogram. It includes sample code DONGFELLOW style and a sample quote MAY VERY WELL PASS FOR FORTY THREE with attributed by Distributea MBeatures Syndicate tar.

Catalina Disaster Echoes Far In Pacific Remembrance

A Catalina two engined aircraft went down in a lonely Pacific area. Its distress call, picked up by a surface craft radio operator on duty, triggered a Navy rescue by an LSM commanded by Lt Floyd McDaniel Farr of Rockhill. The location recalls losses from World War II involving Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Amelia Earhart. Argentina translates to republic of silver.

Navy LSM Floyd McDaniel Farr Rockhill Pacific Eddie Rickenbacker Amelia Earhart

Frank Thomas Recovering After Heart Attack at Hospital

Alabama athletic director Frank Thomas shows rapid improvement after a March 19 heart attack. Dr. Joe Hirsh says he is no longer critically ill though still seriously ill, with progress since the illness began a week earlier.

Birmingham Ala Frank Thomas Alabama Joe Hirsh Thomas Hirsh

Irene Dunne Wins Notre Dame Catholic Award

Actress Irene Dunne is chosen by the University of Notre Dame for a Catholic award in South Bend on March 28. The presentation honors her contributions to film and public life.

America Frank C. Walker Miss Dunne National Conference of Christians American Brotherhood Francis Dennis Griffin New Irene Dunne South Bend University of Notre

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