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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1950

Page

12

Temporary Ban On New Bank Is Continued Pending Hearing

A Montgomery circuit court kept the temporary injunction blocking the chartering of a new bank at Dothan. A hearing was set for Oct. 4 to decide if the charter for the Commercial Bank of Dothan would be permanent, with First National Bank of Dothan alleging political pressure and improper actions by State Supt. of Banks D. E. Marley.

Montgomery Ala Dothan Eugene Carter Nstead First National Bank of Dothan First National Bank James x. Folsom Richard T. Rives First National Rives Guy Hardwick D. E. Marley Issuirg Commercial Bank of Marley State Banking Board Gov Folsom C. E. Shelton Altoona J. William Hightower Brundidge Houston County Asst Si Garrett Banking Board Ant Marilyn Baker East Sycamore St Evansville Indiana Iran

229 Bird Species Reported At Wheeler Refuge

Bird observations from eleven years at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge compiled show 229 species plus four subspecies and two hybrids. The list spans small birds to large swans and pelicans and includes several rare finds such as the avocet marble godwit anhinga white ibis and Lapland longspurs. Visitors are welcome to study the birds at the refuge.

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge P. M. Johnson Johnson Lapland

Fragmented Letter Series Reveals Personal Struggles and Romance

A set of correspondence topics mixes themes of success self improvement and travel with emotional loyalty and romantic complications. The sequence references personal relationships and social dynamics across days and visits, highlighting how communication shapes affection and conflicts.

Governor Faces Court Over Bank Charter Ruling

A Montgomery attorney argues the governor pushed into a quasi-judicial body's affairs and tried to influence the court's ruling. He claims Marley improvised the charter after strong pressure and that the banking superintendent ignored public hearing testimony on the bank proposal.

Montgomery Marley Big Boy

Flight Nurses On Planes Bringing Wounded Angels

Wounded GIs praise flight nurses who serve as doctors and chaplains on mercy airlifts from Korea. At Brookley Air Force Base three times weekly, two nurses per plane care for patients en route to hospitals in Memphis and other cities. In one Hawaii to San Francisco hop, 74 patients were carried.

Mobile Ala Korea Brookley Air Force Base Arthur Mitchell Blytheville Ark Mitchell Naktong River Memphis Tokyo Hawaii San Francisco

Lowly Catfish Gets Its Own Association

South Alabama catfishermen and dealers plan to organize an association at a meeting in Mount Vernon on September 27. Attorney T O Howell Jr says the group aims to combat a state regulation banning salt boxes to trap catfish, a ban the Conservation Department has paused until a Mobile hearing on October 6.

Mount Vernon South Alabama T. O. Howell Jr Mobile Howell State Conservation Department

Brothers Held for Grand Jury Slayings in Alabama

Two brothers Joe and Gary Cole were held under $4 000 bond each on charges they killed cattleman Glenn Mills on the Lapine Ramer road last July 24. Judge Alex Marks set bond at a preliminary hearing in the court of common pleas in Montgomery.

Montgomery Ala Pendin Ramer Joe Gary Cole Glenn Mills Lapine-Ramer Road Alex Marks Court of Common Pleas George Mosley Mills Joe Cole

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