Tribute Paid To Negro Educator H. Councill Trenholm
In Montgomery Alabama a tribute marked Dr H Councill Trenholms 25th anniversary as president of the Alabama State College for Negroes and the colleges 75th birthday A banquet featured Dr Elton Clark president of Southern University Baton Rouge Louisiana as a speaker Trenholm who succeeded his father in 1925 led the institution while it grew from a Teachers College to a four year school He is a Morehouse graduate with degrees from the University of Chicago and has received honorary degrees from Morehouse and Yale University The college was founded by white educator W B Patterson who moved the school to Montgomery in 1899 after establishing a negro college near Greensboro Alabama
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Montgomery
Ala
Alaama
H. Councill Trenholm
Alabama State College For
Elton Clark
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Trenholm
George W.irenholm
Morehouse College
Atlanta
University of Chicago
Morehouse
Y Poe University
Columbia
W. B. Patterson
Scotland
Greensboro
Lincoln Normal University
Marion
Lincoln NM Courthouse Becomes State Monument
The old Lincoln County Courthouse, where Billy the Kid made his famous 1881 escape, has been designated a New Mexico State Monument in the frontier town of Lincoln, New Mexico.
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Billy the Kid
New Mexico
Lincoln, N. M
Polio Cases Rise Across Alabama in Week
Eighteen more infantile paralysis cases were reported in Alabama last week, raising the 1950 total to 113. Jefferson and Tuscaloosa each logged four cases, with Blount Lauderdale Talladega at two, and Montgomery Walker Chambers and Houston reporting one each, the Health Department said. Cases in Chambers and Houston were the year's first.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Tuscaloosa
Blount
Lauderdale
Talladega
Walker
Chambers
Houston
State Health Department
Chilton Countians Seek New Trials
Four people convicted of misusing Chilton county funds seek new trials in Clanton Alabama. The group includes Mrs Delene Wyatt former Probate Judge J Lee Smith D C Littlefield and George Huddleston each given three year terms. Judge Melton has not indicated when a ruling will come. Their convictions have been appealed to the state court of appeals.
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Clanton
Ala
Chilton County
Oakley Melton
Delene Wyatt
J. Lee Smith
D. C. Littlefield
George Huddleston
Melton
State Court of Appeals
Navajo Nation Population Surpasses Fifty Thousand
The Navajo Indian tribe across Arizona and New Mexico is counted at more than 50,000 people.
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Arizona and
New Mexico
Leave-Lieut Harold Lichtenstein to Attend Jet School
Lieut Harold Lichtenstein on leave to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Max Lichtenstein then depart Saturday for Chanute Air Force Base Illinois to attend a jet training school after serving at Eglin Field Florida.
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Harold Lichtenstein
Max Lichtenstein
Chanute Air Force Base
Ilinois
Eglin Field
Fla
Navajos Named Largest Indian Tribe in U S
The National Geographic Society reports the Navajos are the largest Indian tribe in the United States today, highlighting their population and cultural presence across the country.
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U. S
National Geographic Society
Three Crosses Burned in Nashville Night
In Nashville Tennessee three fiery crosses were set ablaze last night. Leaflets reading Wake Up America and Ku Klux Klan Rides Again were distributed with a signed message by Federated Ku Klux Klans Inc. The items called for white supremacy and opposed communism. They were placed in mailboxes on buses and at homes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federated
Ku Klux Klans,_ Inc
America
Ku Klux Klan
New Antioch Church Announces Weeklong Revival
The New Antioch Church of Christ will start revival services on Sunday with 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. sessions. The revival continues daily all week with 10 30 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. services throughout.
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New Antioch Church
New Antioch Church of Christ
Civitan Club Plans Birthday Party This Month
The Decatur Civitan club announces a tenth birthday celebration to be held at the Country Club during the week of the 20th. Dr. Eugene Chenault, program chairman, said arrangements are not yet complete after a regular Lyons Hotel meeting.
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Civig Club
Eugene Chenault
Lyons Hotel
Chenault
Joe Elliott
Florence
Howard
Decatur Stadium
Why Not
Euel Thompson
Charles Grider
Alabama School of the Blind
Marines Urge Reservists to Check Identity Classification
Marine reservists are urged to verify their classification to determine draft eligibility. If listed as III c, write to reserve district HQ for form 44 to prove Marine status. address provided in Atlanta. Contact Decatur Marine Recruiting Office if status is uncertain.
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Marine Corps
F. D. Baker
USMC
Courthouse Annex
Decatur
Baker
Reserve
Alabama
Peachtree St
N. E
Atlanta
Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Recruiting Office
Man-eating lion Asad the Assasin killed by villagers
In Equatoria Province South Sudan natives killed the man eating lion Asad after it killed seven people. Three victims are in serious condition at Sources Yuba hospital. The beast, very large and old with missing teeth, stalked Zande Country before being speared to death by villagers.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Asad
Sources Yuba
Zande
Equatoria
Ancient submarine deposits found in Atlantic cores
The Encyclopedia Americana reports submarine deposits in core samples from the Atlantic Ocean are estimated to be 2.2 billion years old, indicating ancient marine activity and geological processes in early Earth history.
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Atlantic Ocean
Encyclopedia Americana
Dusting season keeps Pryor Field flying around the clock
Dusting operations at Pryor Field near Decatur run day and night as pilots use three dusters from the Tennessee Valley Flight Service to spread cotton poison, totaling 65 000 pounds last week. Runway work faces rainy delays but aims for September 30 1950 completion. Civil Air Patrol remains active with new GI trainee pilots Raymond Baker and Lionel Freeman and seeks members to join Thursday meetings at Pryor Field.
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Pryor Field
Dusters
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
G. I
Raymond Baker
Lionel Freeman
Civil Air Patrol
Decatur
Farmer Freed Under Big Band
Monty J. Pearch a Giles county farmer is freed on 10000 bail ahead of the October 10 grand jury probe into the July 24 shooting death of Aaron Steven son Stevenson seven miles west of Fayetteville Police say Pearch admitted firing the shots after a dispute Stevenson allegedly reached toward his pocket Stevenson was Elkton native survived by wife and daughter
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Monty J. Pearch
Giles County
Aaron Stevenson
Stevenson
Poarch
Fayetteville
Giles
Fred March
March
Elkton
State Bonding Authority Upheld by Alabama Court
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones ruled that Alabama may bond its own employees rather than rely on private companies. The 1935 act, made effective last year, authorizes the state to issue bonds for employees required to be bonded. Arthur Mead challenged the act but the court sustained the demurrer and upheld the law.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
James E. Folsom
Arthur Mead
Montgomery Real Estate
Ralph Eagerton
Eagerton
Department of Examinations of Public Accounts
Mead
Jones
Copper output leaders: US Chile Canada exceed Katanga
The United States Chile and Canada are noted as surpassing the Katanga region of Belgian Congo in copper production. This highlights three nations with record mining capacity ahead of Katanga in the sector.
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U. S
Chile
Canada
Katanga
Belgian Congo
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