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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
7
Local society notes list visits and travel among Cullman residents including Forney Fuller family members, Kathleen Julian and others. The Cullman Hospital dismissals enumerate numerous patients and family connections across surrounding towns.
In a Kiwanis luncheon debate in Montgomery Editor Grover Hall Jr. of the Montgomery Advertiser defended Eisenhower while Truman Hobbs urged Stevenson. Hall urged Southerners to move past Civil War prejudices and predicted Alabama’s 11 electoral votes would stay Democratic. Hobbs accused Hall of editorial endorsements and argued Republicans are divided on foreign policy. Democrats unite on big issues, he said, and could do a better job.
Federal officers detained a 9-year old suspected car thief, the youngest case on record in Birmingham. The Atlanta boy, unnamed, will be sent back for Juvenile Court action after claiming he was talked into a theft by an older youth. He faced interstate transportation of a stolen automobile charge.
The article notes that nerve once meant tendon and now refers to structures carrying brain messages, including much of the brain. Names cited include Cullman, W. W. Harrington, Mrs. F. C. Fowler, Cullman and daughter Patti Van.
The Exchange club meeting at Pitts Motel heard Bob Brigham of Chemstrand describe Chemstrand's New York Acrilan exhibition. He outlined the New York show reception and his experiences traveling to the event.
Paul Burgess of Hartselle is promoted to sergeant. He serves as chief clerk at battalion headquarters supervising 10 enlisted men. Inducted February 28 1951, he has been at Fort Campbell Kentucky since then. He is a Danville High School graduate, son of Mrs. Lillian Burgess of 408 East Main Street.
Humble Oil and Refining Co plans to place the 11th producer at Pollard Field in Brewton Alabama after a daily flow of 33 barrels via a 9/16 inch choke. The Laura H Kennedy No 1 offset tested between 5,889 and 5,893 feet in the Lower Tuscaloosa formation as Humble moved the Kennedy rig.
A Mobile federal court hearing on motions by four defendants in the Thomasville Alabama bank case has been postponed to 10 a m September 10. Defendants include J Moody Drinkard president of the old Thomasville Bank and Trust Co his wife and W P Stutts president of Stutts Lumber Industries Inc and his wife. They seek dismissal of charges alleging a conspiracy to misappropriate over 900000 in bank funds and request more details of the alleged conspiracy.
Early observers misinterpreted the moon’s dark mare as oceans, believing those lunar seas covered the surface. This misconception reflects historical astronomical thinking before modern lunar mapping clarified the features.
The article notes American Indians savor roasted crickets and also highlights the queens of leaf-cutting ants as part of their ecological interactions and cultural narratives.
The report notes ongoing drilling at the L. G. Crosby No. 2 offset and at the H. D. Finlay No. 2 offset, indicating active operations in multiple offset wells.
City officials report first day enrollment fell by 617 from last year as showers may have reduced turnout. Enrollment stood at 43 613 with White elementary schools up 656 and White high schools near last year while Negro enrollment dropped 1 273.
A new agricultural settlement named Kibuz La han is founded on the Biblical site Tsiklag in southern Israel. Settlers say the soil warms barley farming on the hill, claiming historic ties to the Book of Samuel where Ashish King of Gath granted Tsiklag to David after his flight from Saul.
U S millionaire R G Le Tourneau sponsors Ark Le Tourneau delivering a million dollar shipment of bulldozers power plants and rice planting and harvesting machines to Liberia. He greetings the missionary ship arriving off the Liberian coast and plans to establish a new community at Tournain with a half million acre concession to aid conversion and development.
Labor Day weekend crash death toll in Alabama climbs to nine with a late report naming Willie Crum, 41, of Montgomery as the deceased.
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