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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1951
Page
8
Mayor H R Summer proclaims Saturday May 26 as Poppy Day urging citizens to wear memorial poppies in tribute to war dead. Poppies made by disabled veterans at Tuscaloosa will be distributed by the American Legion Auxiliary and contributions will aid veterans and needy children.
Huntsville Alabama May 22 N T Strong Meridianville yesterday won championship honors in the North Alabama lamb producers show with a 95 pound Hampshire ewe M B Spraggins Huntsville exhibited the champion wether He also won the pen of 25 competition Strong had the best pen of 10 lambs His ewe was auctioned off for 47 cents a pound Slightly more than 1000 lambs were sold at prices from 36 to 37 30 per hundred pounds an average of one to two cents above midwestern markets Entries were from Madison Jackson Lawrence Colbert and Morgan counties.
Franksfoort Austria and Germany had long feuded over the Danube Inn and Salzach rivers. After Hitler's 1938 move and postwar reconstruction, both nations cooperated to share hydro electric potential. The Austrian Bavarian Power Company was formed with equal ownership by West Germany and Austria to divide the water resources.
A crossword with clues across and down including winded pincerlike organ and high-seas robber, plus a cryptoquote puzzle AXYCLBAAXR equals LONGFELLOW with a substitution cipher changeling and an old past cryptoquote sample yesterday’s line about love and freedom.
Beauty editor offers wedding day beauty tips for hands eyes and lips. Focus on hand care before the wedding with daily creams and lemon or bleach for whitening. Skip nail polish to keep nails strong and long. Use eyelash curlers eye drops and a light perfume to complement bridal wear.
James Willis Yeldell, 46, vice president in charge of operations at Southern Natural Gas, died after a fall from the 12th floor of a downtown building. He reportedly slipped in a washroom while looking out a window. Coroner investigates. Survived by widow, daughter Janice 17, and sons James W. Jr 14 and Charles 10. Yeldell joined the company in 1930 and was named VP last August.
A skin sachet praised for a light clean aroma, inspired by Chantilly lace, is offered as a cheaper perfume option. An accident near Tuscaloosa last July 11 involved Southern Natural vice president R. H. Ulrich being killed and Yeldell injured.
Bishop Homer Tomlinson plans to meet with dissenting ministers to discuss a break with Church of God national secretary Oliver Mills. Mills invited him to attend a June 7-10 meeting in Red Bay and Mills has led the church since June 1943. The general assembly is set for July 1-10 in Scottsville, Kentucky.
The article explains cerebral aneurysm as a brain blood vessel outpouching that may rupture causing stroke. Early diagnosis via spinal fluid analysis and X ray angiography improves survival, with bed rest and vitamin K treatment followed by surgical clipping if found. Strokes from aneurysm are most common in ages 15 to 45.
India uses its entire annual castor oil supply totaling 25 000 tons while exporting about 100 000 tons of castor seeds after meeting an internal requirement of 6 000 tons according to official sources in New Delhi.
Pfc James W. Dillard son of Mr and Mrs J G Dean 1306 6th Ave S is stationed with the U S Northeast command at Pepperrell Air Force Base near St Johns Newfoundland. The 21 year old airman serves as an air policeman. He entered service last October trained at Lackland AFB Texas and Camp Gordon Georgia and is married to Betty Jane Grant of La Salle Illinois.
Pat Foy of Clarksdale Mississippi, a junior at Clarksdale High, wins the Lion Oil Grand Prize Scholarship worth 3000 for four years. Her essay How to Keep America Strong previously earned a 1000 one year prize. She appears as guest on a network radio show on Mother’s Day, supported by her parents and school officials.
Lion Oil Company awarded six one year scholarships and one three year scholarship to Southern high school students after six contest rounds. Cash prizes went to 12 students and 18 teachers who sponsored prize winning essays. Colonel T. H. Barton praised the program as faith in the South.
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