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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1939
Page
7
Troop 47 held its regular meeting Monday at Westside Presbyterian church. The scoutmaster called the meeting to order and Gilbert Stewart read scripture. Dues were collected and a get-together planned for the next Scout room meeting. Dismissal was at nine. Capture the flag was played and the meeting closed with the scoutmaster's benediction.
Sarasota, May 16. Potter D Orsay Palmer a four times married Chicago heiress heir was named the aggressor in a stag picnic fist fight that left him dead. The 34 year old Palmer died late yesterday from a cerebral hemorrhage after a blow to the head Thursday at a Junior Chamber of Commerce outing near Bradenton.
Kenneth Nosworthy, a Bradenton meat cutter, admitted striking Palmer with his fist. Sheriff Mutches said Nosworthy is free pending grand jury action. Palmer later died in hospital. Palmer, tied to potter Palmer estate, was married to Pluma Louise Lowery Abatiello and had relatives in Chicago and Sarasota.
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