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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1958
Page
13
The piece compares 1948-49 1953-54 and 1957-58 downturns in industrial production noting the depth and slow recoveries. It argues the end of decline signals prolonged stagnation, not immediate rise, with 1959 as a projected milestone. Historic patterns show quick rebounds after 1948-49 and 1953-54 and longer recoveries after bigger downturns.
The Miami NAACP president says he will take objections to a color line at the municipal golf course clubhouse to the City Council. Rev. Theodore P. Gibson plans to cite court precedents as Negroes protest segregation in the clubhouse service after the course was desegregated and leased to a private operator.
William P. Cornell son of Mr and Mrs B M Cornell of 214 Lafayette St NE has enlisted in the Marine Corps and will report for active duty with the Johnny Red Company on July 11 under a new program allowing delayed active service within four months. A Decatur High School graduate he served as senior class president assistant editor of the yearbook and was named Student of the Month. He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and works as a lineman for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph.
Army PFC Dewey L. Hargrove 19 son of Mr and Mrs Wiley L Hargrove Tanner 1 recently took part in a field training exercise with the 8th Infantry Division in BAD KREUZNACH Germany Hargrove entered the Army in June 1957 and arrived in Europe last January.
Bobby R. Woods boilerman third class USN son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Woods of Joppan returned to San Diego April 23 aboard USS Arnold J Isbell after six months at sea in the Western Pacific. Carlton E. Beasley seaman USN son of James H Beasley of Cullman returned to San Diego April 23 aboard USS Ozbourne after six months in the Far East. PFC Max D. Lauderdale son of Mrs L L Lauderdale Athens 8 left Fort Story for Newfoundland in April to join a supply exercise with the 854th Transportation Company.
Army Pvt Robert L Allen 22 and PFC Owen J Miller 19 are noted in overseas postings. Allen, a Mt Hope High School 1955 graduate and former farmer, completed an eight week crane shovel crater course at Fort Leonard Wood after basic at Fort Chaffee. Miller, son of Mr and Mrs QO Miller Cullman, is in a field training exercise with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, driver for Company B 51st Infantry, basic done at Fort Jackson.
Double Springs prepares for a Saturday night alumni event featuring a Book of Memory listing Winston County’s honored dead from 50 years ago who shaped the Winston County High School. Donald Comer of Birmingham will address the gathering with Judge Weaver presenting his father’s background.
The Marines announce a new enlistment program forming 75 men from Alabama Northwest Florida and Mississippi to receive basic training at Parris Island South Carolina. They will get advanced infantry training at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Additional applicants may obtain full information at the Marine Recruiting Office Post Office Building Second Floor.
The statement notes that under the Salic Code of Laws proclaimed by King Clovis in the Fifth Century a woman cannot become ruler of France. It reflects a historical succession rule attributed to early Frankish law guiding royal eligibility and gender limitations.
Falkville High School junior class traveled to Chattanooga by chartered bus, departing at 5:30 a.m. and returning by 8 p.m. The itinerary included Chickamauga Battlefield, Pin Point Park, and Rock City with an incline ride after lunch.
Dorothy Smith, Martha Sledge, and Gayle Sandlin are named in a fragmented note. The text also references the diary writer Samuel Pepys who died in 1703, but context is unclear.
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