Central Methodist Church Plans Easter Services
The Central Methodist church prepares for Easter with Holy Week services daily at 7 30 p m led by Rev G M Davenport who will preach on the Passion of Jesus Miss Ruth Graham directs music A missionary offering to Foochow China will be renewed on Easter Sunday The prayer meeting group will show Salt Of The Earth next Wednesday to invite non attendees to the event The campaign to unify services through Easter is deemed successful The Easter preacher will sermonize morning and evening next Sunday
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Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Ruth Graham
John A. Pilley
Foochow
China
Central Methodist
Eastor
Churchill shifts stance on Russia after three years
Washington reports that Winston Churchill, who once warned of a Russian menace, now argues war with Russia is not inevitable. He cites Western military strength and potential leadership changes, noting changes since 1946 and the Marshall Plan and Atlantic pact as evidence of a changed global position.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Russia
Fulton, Mo
Soviet Russia
Boston
Europe
London
United States
Joseph Stalin
Churchill
Stalin
Fulton
Fonda to star in Mister Roberts stage run and film
Henry Fonda signs for the Broadway run of Mister Roberts and a shipboard film version. The Navy backs the project offering a ship for use and supporting the production with enthusiasm despite its anti brass theme. The movie, postponed to 1950, aims to follow the stage company after the Broadway run.
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New York
Henry Fonda
Grand Island
Neb
Mister Roberts
Roberts
Fonda
Frank Bacon
Lightning
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
James Barton
Tobacco Road
Frank Fay
Harvey
Reber
Navy
West Coast
Peraps
Gigging Allowed In Daylight Hours Under New Laws
Wheeler refuge manager Lawrence S. Givens announces that gigging and striking non game fish are legal in all backwater areas during daylight hours with no license required. Species allowed include carp buffalo drum cat and gar while game fish such as bass bream and crappie may not be gigged.
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Lawrence S. Givens
Wheeler national wildlife _refuge
Churchill Speech Reflects Deep Religious Convictions
Mackenzie lauds Winston Churchill for masterful English in MIT convocation remarks. He notes Churchill’s blend of grim history with hopeful forecasts and stresses the prime role of Christian ethics in daily life. Churchill drafts, rehearses, and delivers his own speeches without ghostwriters. He also cites London’s wartime resilience and London press lore. New York state has 62 counties.
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Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Churchill
Kremlin
London
Asia
England
New York State
Famous Japanese minister to speak at local church
Dr. Otis E. Kirby urged Sunday attendance to hear Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto of Hiroshima Methodist church. The guest, who witnessed the atomic bombing, will address First Methodist Church with loudspeakers for overflow crowds as sensors of his message of recovery and hope.
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Otis E. Kirby
Hiroshima
Kirby
Tanimoto
Beorith
More Highway Funds Sought in Alabama Budget
Highway Director Ward McFarland says Alabama needs additional state funds to match $14,930,189 in federal aid for 1950. He notes $5,023,607 more must be matched for county use and that funding methods remain undecided until the 1949 legislative session. The department reports 796 miles paved in 1948 across various federal and state programs.
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Montgomery
Ward McFarland
Alabama
McFarland
Highway Department
Lawrence County Lindly Hall Visitors and Local Guests
O D Hill Buck Walker and Amon Armstrong visited Junior England recently. Mrs Roxie Burnett and Pollie England were guests of John Wood of Danville. John Wood is seriously ill at home. Several locals moved to the community and many families visited each other at social events and the Moulton fair.
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O. D. Hill
Buck Walker
Amon Armstrong
England
Roxie Burnett
Pollie England
John Wood
Danville
Palmer
Lectlow
Decatur
Melton Fulmer
Deward
Isbell
Joe. Hampton
J. S. Burnett
Lester Burnett
Wesley Burnett
Hartselle
Lawrence Alex
Ander
Ray Aldridge
Move Lackey
Elene Hill
Russell and
Garlin Alexander
Moulton
Sales Gains in the South Report February Commerce Data
The Department of Commerce dated April 1 reported February retail sales rose in most Southern cities with Birmingham flat and Savannah down five percent. Atlanta up two percent while Augusta and Columbus/Macon rose four percent and one percent respectively. Area counties Chilton Perry Alabama up 27 percent. Bleckley Twiggs, Ga. down 10 percent.
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Atlanta
Department of Commerce
C. Parker Persons
Birmingham
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah
Johnson City
Tenn
Chilton
Perry
Ala
Jefferson County
Bleckley and Twiggs Counties
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First Ave
Moulton St
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Oklahoma
Canton
Okla
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R. J. Scott
Brazil
Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie
Fred Hall
Detroit
Smoky Mountains
Calderwood
J. N. Newcomb
Lawrence County
Lindly Hall
Pollie
Oscar Jackson
Palmer -Ledion
Hannah England
Palmer Ledlow
Hubert Jackson
Roxie Bur
Naomi Ballinger
Clark’s
Austinville
Naomi
Cocato
Wheeler Wildlife Reservation
Morgan County
Betty Cook
Georgia Flack
Helen Goodner
Martha Garner
Virginia Johnson
Mary Russell
Howard Allen
B. Frank Chenault
LBM Tractor CO
Avery
West Moulton St
Don‘s Floor
Don Williams
Atolls
BUICK
Sik
Creo
Fisher
Poole Buick CO
Lee Street
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