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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1952
Page
3
The high court debates whether President Truman may seize private mills for the general welfare in an emergency while considering options from sending the case back for more arguments to issuing a quick or delayed ruling. DOJ argues no explicit constitutional grant, but none denies it either.
Mary Joe Entrekin of 401 West Gordon Drive won first prize in group 2 of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Clean-Up Essay contest. She describes city improvements over five years, home yard projects, a fishpond, garden beds, painted fence, and hopes for a skating rink and summer Youth Center. A stray line notes a water molecule with two hydrogen and one oxygen atom.
A brief filed with Claims Court contends the President may act under the Constitution to meet a national emergency within constitutional limits. The document notes several related issues that could be resolved without deciding the central question.
Leo Corrigan, a 57 year old Dallas real estate operator, claims holdings near half a billion dollars with January 1 valuations at least $100 million higher than the prior year. He leverages clear ownership borrows and develop now for growth, insisting every property has worth and a right purpose.
In Morgan County Alabama the estate of W M Fowler deceased seeks final settlement with hearing set for May 30 1952 at 10 A M at Morgan County Courthouse. Edward Blevins and others are notified to appear and show cause. Also notice to J W Looney to answer within thirty days regarding chattels in a Decatur Transfer and Storage suit.
Three men are believed dead after a gasoline barge explosion near Gretna across the Mississippi from New Orleans. A tug discharging 750000 gallons from its tow at Gulf Refining was damaged. missing crew are W R Lamey Nolen Marzette and Blanch Esterling from Mobile. Damage estimated at 650000 with a destroyed barge and floating dock.
Salt Lake City valley streets overflow as streams flood, blocking roads with sandbags and forming makeshift canals. The improvised system diverted water toward the Great Salt Lake, keeping central business and residential lowlands dry amid spring floods.
Eyewitness reports and officials say a fiery object exploded over Seattle and Puget Sound at 1 26 a m PDT probably a meteor. Col Bennett of McChord Air Force Base and Dr J Hugh Pruett of the American Meteor Society cite radar gaps and typical meteor behavior while noting no damage was reported.
James Bilbert Speake of Danville was elected president of the Florence State Teachers College Student Council. Other officers chosen: Mrs. Rebecca Hester Draper of Tuscaloosa as vice president, Johnny Ruth Stovall of Carbon Hill as secretary, and Jimmy Cheatham of Nauvoo as treasurer. Speake is a junior, former Speake High School graduate, pursuing pre law, and active in the International Relations club and last year played on the B basketball team.
The south temperate zone shows a more uniform climate than the north temperate zone due to the broader ocean areas surrounding it, moderating temperatures and reducing extremes.
Vera Lingerfeldt 16 of Roswell Ga died today after a train struck a school bus in East Point last Friday. Two other girls, Sarah Nell Burger 15 and Vera Chaffin 16, remained in critical condition as twenty injured pupils were aboard the bus at the crossing.
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