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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1952
Page
6
Residents of Somerville and nearby towns hosted and visited family and friends across Alabama. The listings mention gatherings in Springville Decatur Hartselle Cullman Austinville and Memphi with numerous households hosting dinners trips and church events. The tone reflects a busy local social scene with birthdays and illnesses noted.
The Covington County Grand Jury will hear evidence of voting list irregularities during the Democratic Primary. Circuit Solicitor Edward W. Boswell said irregularities appeared in Beat Nine Florala registration and any affidavits signed may not have been witnessed by authorized oath takers. The report references a large number of voters and emphasizes probate of eligibility and registration procedures.
Scores of cows and pigs died in a packing house fire at Armour Packing Company in Birmingham. Survivors roamed near downtown, with some reaching the bus station opposite City Hall as police corralled livestock and company officials estimated damage between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars.
Answers include transfer between schools with VA approval and timely start at the new school, that a single family home with up to four units may be financed with a GI loan, a World War II veteran on active duty can still qualify for a GI loan if leaving in 1952 with a deadline around July 25, and how to change a National Service Life Insurance beneficiary by notifying the VA District Office with proper identification.
A Birmingham Alabama man Henry Pogolick was identified by a U S Post Office money order clerk as the offender who flashed a note reading this is a stickup Hand me 100 00 Pogolick was arrested within an hour two blocks from the post office Bond set at 2500 by U S Commissioner T V Cashen to hold for Grand Jury on assault with intent to rob money from the post office
Daytona Beach Florida attorney Horace Hill for five negroes seeking entry to the University of Florida says he has asked the State Supreme Court for a final decision and set to be heard on June 9. The U.S. Supreme Court declined review due to no final ruling from the state court on the case begun in 1949.
The land north and east of the Great Lakes is slowly rebounding after being depressed by ice age weight, the National Geographic Society reports.
Joe Parks, a 70-year-old sportsman, poultryman and banker, has filed seven new patents. His ideas include a leg fishing device that frees hands for rowing, a retrievable deep-hook fishing leader, a ballast weight addable by sand or gravel, and a rear-view boat mirror for rowboats.
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