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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1955

Page

3

Control Of Cigarette Beetle Not An Easy Job

APL Extension Entomologist W A Ruffin explains cigarette beetles attack tobacco and dried products. The beetle reproduces year round, with up to six generations yearly, and control requires thorough cleaning, DDT spray, fumigation for infested furniture, regular upholstery spraying, warehouse sanitation, and installing 4 mesh screens to seal openings.

W. A. Ruffin Auburn United States Canada

Your Health Distress and Chiropractor's Modern Methods

A health feature promotes chiropractic care to locate and correct headache causes. It highlights the Shown Clinic at 104 Church Street N.E. near Canal, emphasizing experience and results, with contact via telephone 197.

Church Street N.E Canal

Dear Miss Dix on wives, other women and infidelity

A reader urges Dorothy Dix to explain why married men seek affairs and why wives protect them. The column argues the lover seeks only himself and endless entertainment, while the wife bears blame and shields the husband's indiscretions for children, family, and scandal.

Miss DIX Muriel Nissen

Bates Mill Strike Ends as Lewiston Union Workers Return

Bates Mfg Co in Lewiston and Edwards mill in Augusta resume operations after a three year contract. CIO Textile Workers Union members ratified the agreement keeping the $1.30 hourly wage and seeking pay and benefits equalization with rival mills. The settlement leaves 17,000 workers still on strike in Massachusetts Rhode Island and Maine.

Lewiston Maine Bates Mfg. Co Bates Edwards Augusta Bates Mills CIO Textile Workers Union New England Massachusetts Rhode Island

Heroes and Promises in Marital Affairs

Paula addresses double standards in relationships. The piece critiques philanderers who promise the moon to lovers while keeping wives loyal, urging women to see through polished phrases. It argues extra marital affairs ruin families and urges women to avoid such men.

Paula B Paula Philanderer

Bao Dai Seen as Symbol of French Inability in Indochina

James Marlow argues Bao Dai embodies French failure to resolve Indochina crisis. Ho Chi Minh’s Vietminh pressure, US support for Diem, and the Binh Xuyen civil strife in Saigon redefine South Vietnam’s path, with Bao Dai abroad as a French proxy.

Bao Dai Washington Asia Viet Nam Indochina United States Ho Chi Minh Annam France South Viet Nam Ngo Dinh Diem Binh Xuyen

Roof wrecking mishap after house purchase shocks Cleveland

J. C. Bryant hired a former house wrecker to fix a new home. Upon inspection the house stood torn almost to ground as the wrecker forgot he had quit wrecking.

Cleveland J. C. Bryant Bryant

Florida Forests Dry In Danger Amid Weekend Fires

Florida Forest Service warns more blazes may follow after weekend fires scorched over 30 000 acres. Chief John Bethea cites drought and minimal rain as fires spread from Columbia and Baker counties to Lee and Volusia. Lake City suffered ash showers from the 7 500 acre Columbian County fire near the city, while Lee County fires topped 10 000 acres with 15 houses briefly endangered near Fort Myers.

Lake City Fla Florida Forest Service John Bethea Columbia Baker Georgia Line Lee County Florida Flagler Marion Dixie Volusia Jacksonville Columbian County Fort Myers

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Hartselle State Vocational Trade School Decatur Troy Nunn John Burleson M. C. Lyle Jack Houffhaus Hartselle Enquirer Troy L. Nunn Jack Templeton Carlton Kelley Dewitt Prince DR. J. D Co Aga 1St Ave 2Nd St. S.E Wally Fowler the Statesmen Quartet Blackwood Bros Sunshine Boys OAK Ridge Quartet Decatur High School Loyd’s Goidel’s Drugs Dorothy DIX Nee Second Avenue Textile Mills Union MOOSE Winburn Young J. T. Siniard Leroy Dietz Cecil Allbrooks J. Earl Patton THE By James Marlow Associated Press News Dinh Diem Diem Loyd Stane Evans Awning Co 2Nd Ave. N Ton Mathes H. Ryan Electric Department Decatur, Ala
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