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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1948
Page
3
A two-vehicle collision occurred at 3 51 PM at Sherman Street and 6th Avenue East injuring Cecile Wilhite Vinemont and G C Mann Decatur. Both women were treated for slight cuts and dismissed at Hamilton clinic.
Funeral services for Pfc. Robert Smith will be conducted Sunday at two o'clock by Elder Jessé O. Carter of the Latter Day Saints church in Athens. He was killed in action in France on July 19, 1944. Burial will be in Bottoms cemetery at Elkmont. Surviving are his wife, one daughter, his parents, and three sisters.
A collage of birth name data and quips from 1947 ponder the popularity of John Michael Richard David Anthony Peter Charles James Christopher for boys and Anne Elizabeth Mary Jane Susan Margaret Jennifer Caroline Diana for girls. It notes rising light on winners, a 1946 farmer death toll higher than 1945, and a string of light jokes about accidents and misheard phrases.
Mrs. Lee Marksbury escaped injury when her car flipped five times near Centralia Missouri. She fainted after exiting and sustained a severe cut. The report notes concerns about postwar car grill design and pedestrians.
The report notes a nine percent rise with most deaths caused by cars and trucks while home accidents stayed steady from 1945 to 1946. It cites risky highway travel and mentions a police scene connected to a murder inquiry and a reporter’s note about a suspect sent to Vare.
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