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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1946

Page

3

Yoshida Shuffles Cabinet Amid Party Demands

Premier Shigeru Yoshida revamps his cabinet lineup to placate liberal and progressive critics who say the draft is too bureaucratic and lacks regular party members. Diet silence persists as Miki and Kimura await formal appointment, while Shidehara faces moves to leadership challenges within his party.

Russell Brines Tokyo Shigeru Yoshida Yoshida Diet Takekichi Miki Kenzaemon Kimura House of Representatives

Physician killed in Alabama crash near Wetumpka

Dr. O C Powell 68 a Lebanon Alabama physician was killed and his two year old granddaughter Linda Samples critically injured when their car collided head on with a truck nine miles north of Wetumpka Alabama. The truck driver was thrown clear and unhurt. Purple pink white and black beans noted as staple fare in Middle America in unrelated passage.

Wetumpka Ala O. C. Powell Lebanon Linda Samples Here Middle America

Legal notices from Morgan County Probate Court and mortgage sale

Estate of E Edward Woolard. Letters of Administration granted May 7 1946. Creditors must present claims within legal time or be barred. Guardian accounts final for James J Harkness estate set for May 21 1946. Notice in McGahee vs McGahee requires defendant to plead by May 26 1946. Public notice for mortgage sale of J B Grooms property in Decatur. Sale May 28 1946 to satisfy debt to Home Owners Loan Corporation.

Dward H. Woolard T.C. Almon Morgan County Elsie W. Purser Alabama James J. Harkness Lucy Harkness T. C. Almon James I. McGahee Willie May McGahee Morgan County Court Register Willie Mary McGahee Decatur Daily Marvin West J. B. Grooms Lucy Grooms Home Owners’ Loan Corporation J.B. Grooms Court House Decatur Deca Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Home, Owners’ Loan Corporation Peach & Caddell

Political candidate announcements polling June 4 1946 in Morgan County

A series of Democratic primary campaign notices from Morgan County Alabama urging support for candidates in circuits clerk sheriff and board of revenue and control. Names listed include A Harrison Gill Cline Thompson Bibb Humphrey John F McCutcheon Leonard E Slate Fred M Speake with towns Decatur Somerville and Hartselie.

Cote Sek Circuit Court Morgan County A. Harrison Gill Decatur Ala Humphrey Decatur, Ala John F. McCutcheon Somerville Board of Revenue A Control Leonard Slate Martselle Board of Revenue and Control Fred M Hartseile

Parents sentenced in whipping case in Mobile

A jury convicted the mother and stepfather of a five year old boy on assault and battery charges for whipping the child. Judge David H. Edington sentenced Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Nicholas to fines of 500 dollars each and 140 days in jail. The stepfather received an additional three months in prison.

Mobile David H. Edington Allen E. Nicholas Uson

New Orleans dishes shipped nationwide amid freezing distribution

New Orleans restaurants plan freezing for national distribution of dishes such as shrimp Premoulade oyster stew gumbo bouillabaisse and Crepes Suzettes. Australia harvests about 13 000 000 acres of wheatland yearly with an average yield around 150 bushels.

New Orleans Australia

Noted Prison Holding Nazis at Hohenasperg Fortress Camp

By Godfrey Anderson notetales describe several hundred former Nazis confined at Hohenasperg fortress near Ludwigsburg Germany. The camp, atop a hill 270 feet high, is run by Americans and guarded by Poles, with inmates reflecting on wartime glories amid a peaceful Internee life.

Godfrey Anderson Hal Boyle Ludwigburg Germany Wurtemberg Hohenasperg Demokratenbuckel Napoleon Bonaparte Central Park Christian Schubart Karl Eugen Francesca von

Slaying Evidence Given in Birmingham Shooting

Coroner Joe Hilderbrand said he turned over all evidence to the solicitor in the fatal shooting of veteran Henry Martin Brown by patrolman D E Murchison. No inquest will be held. evidence will go to the grand jury. Brown, a railroad worker, was arrested after a night club fight.

Birmingham Joe Hilderbrand Henry Martin Brown D. E. Murchison Floyd Eddins Martin Murchison Brown

Railroad Man Praises O zar-k Tonic

A Kentucky railroad conductor reports improved health after using O ZAR K TONIC since October 1944. He states he could eat sleep and work better, and recommends the tonic to others. The ad calls the product an effective hematinic appetizer and stomachic made from herbs and minerals and sold at Thompson's Drug Store in Decatur.

Decatur Thompson's Drug Store

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