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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1946

Page

3

Harttselle Rotary Club Sheds Light On Local Progress

The Harttselle Rotary Club weekly meeting spotlighted a new business venture and local industrial progress. Rev O L Millican received a service appreciation token. Ernest Maddox joined Belk Hudson as a new member. birthday donors aided the Crippled Children fund.

Harttselle Rotery Club Dusiness Enterprise Vocational Service Committee Millican Ernest Maddox Belk Hudson Crippled Children’s Fund Edwin Price John S. Hood Meridian Miss Rev. O. L. Millican Hartselle Price L. E. Roberts

Realist turn in U S relief policy signals tighter aid

Mackenzies Column discusses the end of UNRRA and a shift toward a more self interested American aid approach. It weighs how Austria Greece India and Finland may fare under a policy linking relief to strategic interests and asks where new funding will come from as loans and guarantees tighten.

J. M. Roberts JR UNRRA United States Yugoslavia U.S Austria Greece India

Sale of Valley Cigar Company Personal Property in Decatur

Justice of the Peace George W Norwood ordered the sheriff of Morgan County Alabama to sell at auction the Valley Cigar Company assets seized to satisfy a 1946 judgment against H L Slaughter and Mrs Pearl Peterson. The sale on September 23 at 113 East Longton Street lists numerous medicines, cleaners, rat poisons and related goods from the former store.

W. H. L. Slaughter Pearl Peterson Valley Cigar Company Justice OF the Peace Court George W. Norwood Decatur Morgan County Alabama Fruit Exchange B. E. Johnston W. E. Johnston Valley’ Cigar Company Justice of the Peace Morgan I. W. T. Willoughby Cngulton Street

Community Notes From Morgan County Somerville Area

Local social scene highlights visits and travel across Morgan County Somerville with relatives from Decatur Huntsville Cullman Hartselle and California. Notable mentions include Kyle Gilchrist family groups Nell Gilchrist Brad Echols Ottis Goree and J M Rowe among others as well as a Labor Day reunion for the Billings clan.

Charley Carter Kyle Gilchrist Charlie Slate Hartselle Myrtle Miller Guy Walker Decatur Ethel Morrow Huntsville Evelyn Brown Cullman Inez Clayton Esther Speegle Jean Grantland Seldon Cooper Brad Echols Valdermosa J.H. Rowe California W. T. Wade R. C Miller R. C. Miller Lula. Wade J. M. Rowe J. A. Garrison C. “W. Waugh Freeman Nell Gilchrist Nel. Gilchrist Ottis Goree Veterans Hospital Montgomery Annie Black Blue Springs Asa Smith Grady Maxwell Leroy Lyle Hartseller Lula Wade Bertha Jacobs Lacey's Springs G. Mikell Memphis Tenn Don Wendell Smith Athens College Leo Lyle Joppa Floyd Lyle Billings Marlie Puckett Clifford Arthur Jr John Billings Otto Webster Clay Russell Elwood Billings Nashville Oscar Billings Rockvale Robert Billings

Complex political burdens shift to Britain over loans and China

The excerpt notes that transferring burdens to Britain would uphold British position but reduce mutual benefits of a loan. It also highlights China as a factor and contrasts with American cities where food baskets translate into votes on election day, suggesting more complex politics this time.

China

Local Families Gather in Community Portrait

The article lists residents and relatives from Hartselle Decatur Huntsville Fayetteville and California including Buford Mason Loyd Sh Gordon Billings Esmond Billings Billie Watson and Melvin Moody with their spouses and children as part of a neighborhood scene. It highlights interconnected households and regional ties across Alabama and beyond.

Melvin Moody Place

Birmingham Records Highlight 1946 Marriage Case

Jefferson County Court House in Birmingham issued a 1946 marriage record last month clear in public notice. The item notes August rather than September as the marrying month and mentions the court as issuing authority in the city.

Birmingham Jefferson County

Marriage licenses issued drop in August compared to July

Data shows 846 licenses issued in August, down from 312 the previous month. The decline indicates fewer marriages recorded as the month closed.

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Ktlewest Industries R. A. Payne Rex Levan Gunter Second Avenue Johnston Street Aherp Basy Mackenzie By DeWitt Mackenzie Finland Czechoslovakia Massachusetts Avenue Washington Britain Treasury York Somerville Sardia Winton Belk Fruit Designs Belk’s Bargain Basement Fulmer Auto Paint & Body Shop Harry Fulmer Holly S Belk’s Shoe Dept Belk’s Boys’ Dept Gabardine
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