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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
9
Capt. Eph C. Murphy of Boston, 32, a tanker captain, died when his Army trainer aircraft crashed on the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio railroad tracks about ten miles west of Mobile. He had soloed for a private flying license two hours after taking off from the municipal airport.
The House Naval Committee approved legislation by Rep Grant to transfer historic Fort Morgan on Mobile Bay to Alabama for a state park. Grant said Alabama plans to spend about 1 million dollars to convert the 408 acre reservation.
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