Three Yates Sentenced in Slaying Case
Roy Yates and his sons Harold and Iva were convicted of first degree murder in the death of Sherrill, a high school senior, on a lonely Normandy road near Tullahoma. The verdict followed four days of testimony and a brief jury deliberation.
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Manchester
Tenn
Roy Yates
Gunstoo
Harold
1 Is
Amestrebert Sherrill
Coffee County
Sheron
Tullama
Ruth Yates
Tennessee Hills Country
Sherrill
Normandy Road
Regional tuberculosis hospital plan eyed for Alabama
A State Planning Board study with the Health Department and Montgomery TB Hospital Board urges a seven region system of TB hospitals in Alabama. It calls for enlarging three existing facilities and building five new ones at about 3.702 million dollars, totaling 1,851 new beds within a decade after the war.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Planning Board
State Health Department
Montgomery Tuberculosis Hospital Board
Lafayette
Birmingham
Flint
Morgan County
Mobile
Scottsboro
Anniston
Gadsden
Truman Tells of Selection in Wartime Campaign
President Roosevelt seeks a fourth term as the Democratic banner rises. Truman accepts the nomination at Lamar Missouri, urging steady progress on peace while Republicans plan a broad September campaign including Dewey Bricker speeches. NAM denies campaign contributions as Hillman defends PAC.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Lamar
Truman
John W. Bricker
Bangor
Portland
Maine
West
Spoensones
Detroit
Connally
Texas
Army
Navy
Thomas E. Dewey
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Edward J. Thye
Minnesota
Dewey
Bricker
Republican National
Philadelphia
Washington
Robert M. Gaylord
National Association of Manufacturers
House
NAM
Sidney Hillman
Cio-Political Action Committee
Governor Sparks Calls Waves Recruitment in September
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks announced two September recruitment drives targeting Georgia and Florida to enlist Waves.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Georgia
Florida
Wave to Interview Young Women at Navy Recruiting Station
Miss Doris J. Campbell of the U S Navy officer procurement office Birmingham will visit Decatur every Monday in September to interview women ages 20 to 36 for WAVES enlistment. Criteria include 20–36 years, no children under 18, at least two years of high school, or business school, and passing mental and physical exams. The Morgan County courthouse station is open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays. appointments after hours may be made by calling 417.
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Doris J. Campbell
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Birmingham
Decatur
Navy
Women's Reserve
U.S. Navy
Campbell
Morgan County
Birthday Dinner at Battles Home in Hartselle
On Sunday August 27 a birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Battles in Hartselle honoring Seaman Second Class Howard Leon Battles on his 21st birthday and Hugh Battles on his 16th birthday. Attendees included numerous Morris, Long, Sandlin, and Pittman families and friends. The note ends with a fact that the word graphite comes from the Greek meaning to write.
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Seaman 2Oward
Leon Battles
Hugh Battles
Gordon Battles
Hartselle
Henry Morris
Eugene Morris
Clay Morris
Milton
Jackie
Janice
Joe Long
Birmingham
Paul Sandlin
Fred Sandliy
Bert Allen
Hoyt
Jack
Bill Stephenson
Jimmie
Janie Lou
Ovalee Pittman
Betty Jean Morris
Amandalee Sharrot
Freida Atkins
Joe Sandlin
Peggy
Honores
Brownell appeals Arnall to place regular GOP electors on Georgia ballot
Republican National Committee Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr appealed to Governor Ellis Arnall to personally intervene and place the regular Republican electors on Georgia’s general election ballot. The move follows an earlier failed bid to compel Secretary of State John B. Wilson to list the biracial ticket.
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Chicago
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Brownell
Arnall
National Committee
John B. Wilson
What Causes Epilepsy Free Reader Booklet
A free booklet presenting doctors’ opinions on the causes of epilepsy will be mailed to readers who write to the Educational Division at 79 Fifth Ave Newark N J. Dent J-108.
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Ava
Newark, Nly
Dent J
Grant St
2Nd Ave
8Th Ave
Prospect
4Th Ave
6Th Ave
5Th St
7Th St
Moulton St
9Th Ave
2Nd St
5Th Ave
1St Ave
Johnston St
Rental hire plan listed for rent adjustment petitions
The rent examiner cites steps for processing petitions due to hardship from higher costs. The landlord requests forms from the rent examiner at the courthouse annex, supplies financial data, and government accountants review the figures before the examiner rules on hardship and possible rent increases. Both parties receive notices and appeals are allowed.
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OPA
John Iis
Courthouse Annex
Cain and
Line St
Decatur
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Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
The
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Okraf
Blackhawk
Aoe
Scott CO
Libby
Carton
Clapp’s
Heinz Baby Foods
Gettysburg
Pickett
Alabama Monument
Herbert
Moulton Street
Moulton St. Market
Bacon
Bologna
Dextrose
Wave
Gene Ahern
Tuh
Battles
Graphite
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
Goodyear
Goodyear Mill
West Vine
3Rd Sts
Lee and
Bank Sts
2Nd Aves
Ferry
Walnut St
Ferry St
Bank St
Jackson St
South West Line
Somerville Road
9Th St
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