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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1949

Page

9

Notice of Foreclosure Sale on Mortgage in Morgan County

Default on mortgage from Artie K Fisk and Jessie O Fisk to Realty Investment Company dated July 30 1946 and later transferred through multiple parties has led to foreclosure. Realty Investment Company as transferee will sell at public outcry for cash in front of the Decatur courthouse on June 13 1949 to satisfy the debt secured by Lot 11 Block 12 in the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Addition No 1. Attorneys Peach Caddell Shanks represent the transferee.

Artie K. Fisk Jessie Orlene Fisk Realty Investment Company Morgan County Alabama Volunteer State Life Insurance Company Decatur Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Decatur Land Company Peach, Caddell & Shanks Attorneys

Mortgage Foreclosure in Morgan County Alabama

The First National Bank in Tuscumbia seeks public sale of Lot 14 Block 1 Burch Addition to Austinville Morgan County Alabama to satisfy mortgage dated June 26 1947 recorded Mortgage Book 437 page 38. Sale at Decatur courthouse doors at 11 30 AM June 8 1949. Mortgagee Marshall Dugger Cashier Jack Carter Reed attorney.

OF Alabama Morgan County First National Bank Tuscumbia Alabama Congress Amos Harold Hogan Audry Wright Hagan Decatur Burch Austinville Marshall Dugger

Probate Court Grants Administration in Livingston Estate

Letters of Administration for the estate of Pruitt B. Livingston were granted May 9 1949 by Judge T C Almon of Morgan County Probate Court. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legal time limit or be barred. Bertha A. Livingston.

Probate Pruitt B. Livingston T. C. Almon Probate Court Morgan County

Luce Urges Negro Progress at Tuskegee Graduation

Mrs. Clare Booth Luce addressed 400 Tuskegee Institute graduates urging full participation in government and the destruction of a color caste. She warned capitalism and communism relate to Christianity and soul, stressing education to end discrimination.

Tuskegee Ala Clare Booth Luce Tuskegee Institute

Notice of Probate Claim Bar for J. D. Whisenant Estate

The estate of J. D. Whisenant, deceased, is in probate before Judge Almon of Morgan County. All persons who have claims against the estate must present them within the time allowed by law, or be barred from recovery. The notice is dated May 2 1949 and May 3 1949 with deadlines May 10 and May 17.

Alabama Morgan County Robert Pates Lucy Mae Pates Th.s T. C. Almon J. D. Whisenant Honry Almon

Daily Crossword and Cryptogram Puzzle Preview

Puzzle page includes a 1 across list of clues from Dancing girls to Old measures of length and a down grid with wall recess cushion spirit lamp and other entries. Also features a cryptoquote puzzle with the quotation by Longfellow and a note on how to work it.

Egypt China Longfellow

Paris Firemen Aid Odd Ad Campaign at Luxor Obelisk

A Paris scholar- Egyptologist prompted authorities to inspect the Luxor Obelisk at Place de la Concorde as firemen supported a ladder truck. A crowd halted traffic while the man claimed his cigarette lighter flames rivaled the obelisk. The piece also notes 275000 jukeboxes in the U S and Lake Geneva’s record low water this year.

Luxor Palace de la Concorde Paris

Notable Converts to Negro Cause Highlighted in Remarks

Mrs. Lute, a former U S representative from Connecticut and wife of Henry Luce publisher of Time and Life magazines, praises Dr George Washington Carver for making more converts to the Negro cause than lobbyists.

Te Latu George Washington. Carver Mrs. Lute U. S. House of Representatives Connecticut Henry R. Luce Time Juife

Unclear fragment hints at slang prison reference

Incoherent OCR fragment mentions prison slang and a personal dispute with names Gwena Carl and Leopard Man, lacking coherent event or context to report a concrete news item.

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