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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1950
Page
3
Absentee ballots for the May 30 Democratic primary run-off are in Morgan County at the register’s office. Six voters have cast absentee ballots so far as ballots arrive late after Phillip J. Hamm conceded to Gordon Persons for governor.
Car dealer promotes Economizer Mercury as America's top economy car and urges buyers to visit Blackwell Motors for a real trade-in value. Includes invitation to inspect the model and get a fair deal on used trade-ins.
Gov. James E. Folsom challenges a Dallas county local act as unconstitutional and ignored it by appointing Col. Joseph Bibb of Selma to the county revenues court. The action prompts a lawsuit over the act which restricts appointment to the probate judge and other court members. Rep. Thomas M. Martin Jr. was named to the vacancy but will not take office until January 1951.
Absentee ballots available through May 25. Candidates include Ver non I. St. John and W. J. Bill Terry for Superintendent of Education with Terry leading St. John in the earlier race. Local races list C B Humphre and John F. McCutcheon for sheriff, Sim L Howell and Joseph Owain Curry for chairman, and L H Clemons G Clyde McRae Willis T Watkins and J Chris White for two board of education posts.
Decatur junior and senior high schools will hold student council elections Wednesday with president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer chosen. A second election will occur next fall after seventh graders join the junior-senior high, with council members from each class later.
Rep. Carl Elliott proposed moving Alabama Democratic primary from May to September to reduce campaign conflicts for lawmakers and boost farmer participation. He argued the Tombigbee Warrior Tennessee waterway would gain strategic value in war and support river projects, while noting such changes require state action.
A Washington lawyer is elected president of the Alabama Club of Washington succeeding Jamie Johnson an FBI agent from Clay county. The club with about 300 members meets monthly Arthur B McLean Mobile becomes deputy administrator of the Federal Security Administration Corrine Young Florence joins the State Department and Irene Willis Vernon joins the national military establishment as treasurer
Naturalist John James Audubon recorded a flock of pigeons near Louisville in 1812 estimated at more than one hundred birds, noting the remarkable abundance of the species in that region and period.
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