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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
8
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin and three other lawmakers flew to Europe in military aircraft, billed as in the national interest. Wiley, 67, married Dorothy May Kydd, 41, May 11. Senators Flanders and Carlson and Representative Armstrong also traveled separately by plane.
The ultraviolet rays of the sun that cause sunburn are stopped by ordinary window glass. The statement notes glass provides protection from UV exposure.
The ad showcases convertibles hardtop sedans and station wagons all fully equipped with radio and Weather Eye at no extra cost. Shoppers are invited to visit today or call to try without obligation.
Inventor Joaquin De La Roza demonstrates bagasse newsprint at the Savannah Morning News press run. The cost estimates run to 55.92 dollars per ton with engineering input at 65.92, aiming to trim ten dollars. The test used bagasse paper at speeds up to 30 000 copies per hour and impressed pressmen with ink uptake and whiteness.
Three people died in separate road crashes yesterday. Soldier James H. Sullivan of Pineapple Alabama, on furlough from Japan, died near Laverne in a collision with a truck. companion Albert D. Wright was slightly injured. In the Birmingham area Donald W. Hicks of near Birmingham and Annie Mildred Edwards of Birmingham were killed when a car ran a stop sign and collided with a tractor truck. A Mooresville area farm bus and a car collision caused $225 damage with no injuries.
Thomas Guy Woolford co founder of the Retail Credit Co died at St Josephs Infirmary Atlanta from rupture of a major blood vessel He led the Georgia Forestry Association for 16 years Survived by wife Frances Tremere son T Guy Woolford Jr daughter Frances Woolford and brother F Rees Woolford of Chattanooga
In Eldorado Illinois a group of 100 miners each contributed 100 to raise 10 000 to restart the abandoned Dering Mine. The mine closed last fall after the owner sold it for junk. The new Eldorado Coal Corp plans to extract coal for about 20 years and pays a royalty to the salvage firm.
Chlorophyll exists predominantly in plants and algae but may occur in some animals. The evidence is limited and raises questions about its role or function in animal species. Further study could clarify distribution and significance across taxa.
Brig. Gen. Frank C. McConnell was named to the U N armistice delegation by Gen. Mark Clark in Tokyo. McConnell will begin his duties immediately, succeeding Vice Adm. C Turner Joy who departs June 9 to become superintendent of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The Snake River’s Hells Canyon on the Idaho Oregon border is deeper than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and features narrower canyon walls between the rims.
A bamboo specimen was measured growing 16 inches in 24 hours indicating extreme rapid growth. The observation notes the plant height increase within a single day.
Robert L. Granger is appointed manufacturing superintendent of the yarn area at Chemstrand Corporation nylon filament yarn plant near Pensacola Florida. The 50 million pound yearly facility plans preliminary operation in late 1953. Granger has a long background in chemical engineering and military service and will relocate with his family to Pensacola.
Funeral services for Rev J B Roberts a former Morgan county resident 72 of Fort Lauderdale Florida will be held Thursday at 10 A M at Fairchild funeral home in Fort Lauderdale He died at 2 30 A M He is survived by his wife Maggie Roberts and six sons Guy Hill Roy Neal and Hoyt and one brother Jasper Roberts of Moulton
The record lists Roberta Roberts and Ruth Grantland of Fort Lauderdale and Alice Aldridge of Chattanooga as daughters of R. Z. Roberts of Fort Lauderdale, with Fay Roberts of the U.S. Navy and the late Mrs. Maggie Brown of Fort Lauderdale as a sister. The family includes 18 grandchildren.
A unique larva species inhabits 1000 feet underwater in Lake Superior and surfaces only sporadically, curiosity rising among researchers studying abyssal life forms.
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