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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1955
Page
9
Classified ad offers a 30 foot all steel trailer for sale with trade possibility of a used car. Viewable at Ten nessee Valley Trailer Court. Write Box 26 care The Daily.
An old newspaper fragment advertises television price cuts with a bold offer of 89.50 and 89150, listing various electric motor related items and sale details though text is fragmented.
Public notices announce final settlements in the estates of Nellie Lynch O Connor and Jack Herman Thomas with adminstrators Lewis C Brown and Beatrice Holland. Court hearings set for May 17 1955 and May 24 1955 respectively. claimants urged to file within legal deadlines. Also mentions prior ad regarding estate notices and a note on alloy bronze composition.
Montgomery officials announce Alabama Broiler-Fryer Day at the State Coliseum on May 17 as part of Alabama Poultry Week May 14-21. Gov Folsom and leaders will join in crowing about a 72 million dollar annual poultry industry second only to cotton, with regional agriculture officials invited. In a separate note, a student caused a minor police incident in Ann Arbor by eating eight cheeseburgers without paying.
Daily crossword clues and a cryptoquote puzzle present in the page. The crossword lists numbered hints such as narrow roadways scrub sloths lampre music note and more with several entries including state names and biblical cities. The cryptoquote decodes to a quotation about self importance from Le Sage, with the answer THIS IS THE WORLD.
Birmingham and Mobile high school students won top honors at the Alabama Junior Academy of Science convention in Tuscaloosa. First place went to Earl Ray for Photomodulator. second to Charles Herbert Brown for Acne and Its So Called Cure. third to Jack Morgan for Spiders Our Friends and Foes.
In Indianapolis a telephone directory places Grandma's Kitchen above Grand Pa's Liquor Store. the two are not adjacent despite the order.
Newly chartered Civitan Club at Hartselle votes to field a softball team and erects Civitan road signs. Jerry Rea as club president outlines committees and meets May 2 at 6 15 p.m. at Smith's Restaurant.
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell warned at Arden House that the United States must train more skilled workers to keep ahead of Russian industry. He cited undereducated areas and bias against Negroes, women, and workers over 45 as wastes of potential manpower.
Yorktown VA. Edward B. Jelks found a bronze bound cask marked British ordnance containing gunpowder. A spark and a reassuring whoosh confirmed the discovery’s age and preservation, suggesting it was left after the siege era.
Florence Civitan Club announces E. B. Stone sgt at arms of Civitan International and Roy M. Abagnale president of Civitan International.
Mrs. Eisenhower canceled all social engagements for today and next week after her doctor said she has not fully recovered from a recent influenza like illness. The decision was announced by her secretary Mrs. Mary Jane McCaffree.
A report notes that about 25 000 communities rely entirely on highways for their transportation needs highlighting the critical role of road networks in rural and urban areas.
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