Jet Explosion Kills State Man
Nine sailors died aboard the aircraft carrier Boxer in Korean waters after a jet explosion. Lt. James E. Shropshire Jr. of Birmingham and hospitalmen Richard Smith Taylor of Noble Indiana and James Vergle Wark of El Monte California were among the fallen while aiding wounded shipmates on the hangar deck.
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Tokyop
Navy
James E. Shropshire Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Carrier Air Group Two
Richard Smith Taylor
Noble
Ind
James Vergle Wark
el Monte
Calif
Rediscovery of Cement Secrets in the 18th Century
The text notes that cement was well known to ancient builders, vanished in the Middle Ages, and was rediscovered in the 18th century, highlighting a return of its practical knowledge.
Rev Frank T Smith To Lead Cave Springs Revival
Rev. Frank T. Smith will preach the annual Cave Springs Baptist church revival in Morgan County with morning and afternoon services and a noon lunch. He has pastored multiple area churches since 1929 and previously moderated the Morgan County Baptist Association for seven years. The public is invited.
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Frank T. Smith
Cave Springs Baptist Church
Smith
Morgan County
16Th Avenue
Bethel
Danville
Falkville
Hartselle First Church
Morgan County Baptist Association
Hartselle First Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Church
Five Men Charged in Robbery and Rape Case
Five men including Jimmie Glass Eddie Glass F O White Russell Whitman and Emmett Whitman face robbery and rape counts after a deputy found a naked bruised woman on a country road near Calera. Mrs Judy Morrello 34 described being tricked and abducted as the group promised transport to a bus station. Next arraignment date set for Friday pending victim’s condition.
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Columbiana
Ala
A. E. Norwood
Calera
Bisweed
Judy Morrello
Bradford
Montgomery
Norwood
W. P. Hill
Morrello
Jimmie Glass
Hill
Glass
Eddie Glass
F. O. White
Russell Whitman
Emmett Whitman
King Faisal to visit Muscle Shoals and Florence
King Faisal of Iraq will inspect Tennessee Valley Authority plants in Florence on September 7 and 8 as part of a four week U S tour. He arrives August 12 and will be hosted by President Truman at Blair House with a lunch August 16.
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MUSCLE /SHOALS
Ala
King Faisal
Iraq
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
North Alabama
Middle East
United States
Faisal
Truman
Blair House
Principals Denounce Fraternities at Alabama Convention
Montgomery is the site of a state conference where Alabama high school principals blasted fraternities and sororities for snobbishness and class distinctions. They also cited low teacher salaries, difficulty hiring qualified staff, and the need for schools to raise funds through special projects, with Shades Valley High School’s Frank Peake noting Jefferson County schools raised $1.5 million last year.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Frank Peake
Shades Valley High School
Jefferson County
Liquor Roundup Expands Across Counties in Alabama
Federal and state officers continued a third day of arrests in a southwest Alabama liquor ring. Fifty-one arrestees, plus detectives from Mobile Police, face liquor-law charges and a federal grand jury action is pending. A Mobile salesman, Charles V Cowart, was charged with impersonating a federal agent.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mobile—Police—Department
Buck
Slade
Grand Jury
Charles V. Cowart
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Grove Hill
Jenkins Hill
ATA
Hill
Cecil Thomas
Two Die as Gas Tank Cleaners Fall Ill in Panama
A Colombian laborer died after leaping from a second story hospital window in Panama City. He is the second death among ten workers poisoned while cleaning U S Air Force aviation gasoline tanks in the Panama Canal Zone. Eight survivors include three who have gone insane and are in an asylum. the contractor is blamed, and an Air Force board investigates while the work is suspended.
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Panama
U. S. Air Force
Panama Canal Zone
Caribbean Air Command
U. S
Air Force Board of Inquiry
Soldier Rest Tour in Japan Before Returning to Korea
Pfc. George Journey of the 25th Infantry Division in Korea completed a five day rest and recuperation leave in Japan. He and hundreds of soldiers from other divisions stayed in upscale hotels and enjoyed luxuries unavailable in Korea as part of the Army policy to refresh combat troops. Journey is a poleman with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
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25Th Infantry
Korea
George S. Journey
E. Journey
Walnut Street
Decatur
25Th Division
Japan
Pfc
Journey
27Th Infantry Regiment
Interior of Early Atomic Fireball Reaches Millions of Degrees
The initial fire ball in an atomic blast reaches temperatures of many millions of degrees and is described as nearly a vacuum inside this core region.
Huey On Trial Third Time For Fatal Highway Chase
Former Birmingham detective captain Huey faces a third trial over a deadly chase that killed a school teacher. He was fined recently for speeding in Leeds and postponed on Highway Patrol charges. Huey drove at 100 mph from Leeds to Birmingham July 26, and a Patrol car crash near the city limits injured a woman. Huey suspended then resigned, claiming he was returning to Birmingham for a prior engagement.
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Birmingham
Bud) Huey
Birmingham City
Leeds
Highway Patrol
Huey
Devils -Poliece
John Pledger
Pledger
Ella Mattison
Irondale
Speaker Warns on Soviet Persecution at Grace Baptist
Rev Robert Tarzier former Calvary Baptist Riga Latvia will speak Sunday night at Grace Baptist Church on whether world Communism led by Soviet Russia can destroy Western civilization and Christianity. Tarzier escaped Soviet Russia in a leaky boat after WW II and recalls his father buried alive by Bolsheviks. The public is invited to attend at 7 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tarzier
Calvary Baptist Church
Riga
Latvia
Grace Baptist Church
Soviet Russia
Chris
Tarzier
Sweden
Grace’ Baptist Church
Central Baptist Elects Officers for Coming Year
Central Baptist Church chose officers at a Sunday night meeting. Elected were H. G. Williams as Sunday School superintendent Mrs. Arthur Nebrig as WMS president Doyle Taylor as Training Union director and LC Craig as Brotherhood president.
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Central Baptist’ Church
H. G. Williams
Arthur Nebrig
Doyle Taylor
Craig
Brotherhood
Wreck Kills 2 At Scottsboro
Two Scottsboro women Sara Sheoks and Anne Jones were killed when a car driven by Kenneth Devers 20 rear collided into a coal truck on Alabama Highway 32 near Goose Pond. Devers, home on furlough from the Air Force, was hospitalized in Chattanooga after the crash.
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Highway Patrol
Kenneth Donald Devers
Scottsboro
Sara Sheoks
Anne Jones
Alabama
Goose Pond
Devers
Coleman B. Holt
Carbon Hill
Chattanooga, Tenn
Air Force
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MNY
Hatmore
J. H. Smith
A&s
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E. Moulton ST
George Journey
Green’s Radio
Central Baptist
Alabama Asphalt Co
Ote Is A
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Humanity
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Canada
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