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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1945

Page

8

Chaplain Sends Condolences for Sgt Roy Hamilton

Chaplain John W Scannell writes Mrs Tressie S Hamilton Route 3 Tur Alabama to express sympathy after her son Sgt Roy T Hamilton was killed in action near Pangasinan Philippines January 30 1945. He was buried with military honors at Bivalonan and remembered as heroic.

John W. Scannell Tressie S. Hamilton Roy Hamilton P. I Bivalonan Roy

Trial Begins in Walton Slaying Case in Greensboro

Jury selection started in Greensboro circuit court for the trial of two Black defendants charged with killing 63 year old Halé county plantation overseer Jack T. Walton. Walton was ambushed and found shot March 6 near the Warrior River.

Greensboro Ala Jack T. Walton Halé County Walton Warrior River

Court Urged UN Constitution and Global Supreme Court

A group of 22 jurists, legislators and educators urged the American delegation to the San Francisco conference to create a United Nations constitution and a supreme court empowered to judge violations by individuals or nations.

New York San Francisco United Nations Supreme Court

Efficient Cooking Tip to Save Fuel

The article suggests using double or triple pans over a single heating unit to save fuel. It emphasizes optimizing heat by trapping heat within multiple pans to reduce overall energy use.

Rival Doctor Sparks Beauchamp Affair And Tensions

Young Beauchamp physician Gail Benton clashes with Dr. Cassius McCormick and faces jealousy from Burke as Stephen McCormick, the latter’s war hero son, enters a tangled social scene. Reyna Thayer undermines Gail while Gail and Burke drift toward a heated dispute over trust and fidelity.

Gail Benton Beauchamp Thayer Hospital Cassius.McCormick Zayle Gail Lucienne Thayer Agnes Howard Thayer Lucienne Howard Reyna Thayer Cassius McCormick Thayer Burke Gentry Reyna Stephen McCormick Stephen McCormick Renya

German police under U S military rule show aging profile

Reporter Wade Werner notes that many German civilian police are older than expected under American occupation. He observes a large portion being in their 50s and 60s, with younger German men conscripted into the army, while the initial purge of Nazis shaped the police force.

Wade Werner Hal Boyle Germany

Unarmed German Police Aids Occupied Area Under U S Rule

Hal Boyle describes the blending of German civilian police with American Military Government oversight in the occupied zone. Former police serve unarmed in civilian dress or uniforms with armbands while MPs and guards bear arms. tensions rise with displaced foreigners and concerns of Werewolf threats.

Hitler Ian

Daily Crossword Across and Cryptoquote Challenge

A pasted crossword puzzle with numbered clues across and down for letters forming words like Portion curved Father Source Birds Lily Market places Part of to be Masuru symbol Diocesan center Quaker state Obtain Stupefy Necessary journey Cow s cry Bounder Bowers Cried Sting ing Insects Moth Honest The Old English The Sailor Part of Mountain pass Mark Knave of clubs Topaz humming bird Prevail on In the rear nautical Crowns Plant Land measure Grampus Bird s stomach Sunshade Midday Coin in Swedish King of Israel Hardy Pig pen Musical instruments Civil wrong Rock garden plant Vats or Pickled beef Dismay Astringent fruit Boss of a shield Lights out Built Down Biblical Mount Affirmative reply Wine receptacle Yesterday s Cryptoquote excerpt hidden within.

Father Masuru Sym Diocesa Center Quaker State Bounder Bowers Sailor

Girl 15 Marries Twice As Bridgeport Sailor Case Probed

New Haven police and juvenile officials scramble to straighten a 15 year old Bridgeport girl’s two marriages. She wed Seaman William F. Beaumont of Bridgeport last September and later married Seaman Thomas E. Pellecia, with a May license listing her as 22. Authorities say she did not know why she married both men. In Alabama, a nine year old boy, Udell Tunnell, drowned while minnows hunting. his body was still not found as divers searched the Warrior River near Oliver dam.

Gail Dr. McCormick Mis Son Mr. McCormick Au Revoir Burke Reyna Thayer Doctor McCormick Cassius McCormick Reyna Darling Agnes’ Thayer Mrs. Thayer Stephen McCormick New Haven Conn Bridgeport William F. Beaumont Justice of the Peace Joseph H. McGovern McGovern Thomas E. Pellecia Simon Reisling Pellecia Reisling Ani Tuscaloosa Ala Warrior River Oliver Dam Udell Tunnell J.R. Tunnell Pete Mathews

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