Boll Weevils Leap Upward Across Alabama Counties
The extension entomologist W. Ruffin reports rising boll weevil infestation across Alabama with Barbour 42 percent and Dallas 16 percent punctured, averaging 10.8 percent statewide. He urges farmers to monitor cotton fields and start poisoning at 10 percent to protect the top crop. Arbor Day note appears as historical context.
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Auburn
Ala
W. . Ruffin
Polytechnic Institute
Wee
Barbour County
Covington
Monroe
Butler and
Greene
Pike
Rice
Lowndes
Shelby
Dal- Macon
Sumter
Clay
Randolph
Talla
Limestone
Ion
Tuscaloosa
Winston
Marengo
Bullock
Hale
Calhoun
Coosa
Choctaw
Mr. Ruffin
Combat Fatigue Is Less Of Worry Now
An American airbase report from Eng lish Midlands shows combat strain easing. Medical rest homes and rest periods help airmen recover while many still endure long missions and disrupted sleep. Some cases of dysentery and nerves arise, but doctors see no lasting mental impact on crews returning from leave.
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English Midlands
Luftwaffe
Germany
Air Force
Red Cross
Passengers Urged to Demand Receipts After Rail Rate Rise
Utilities Commissioner Leon Jouromon Jr. urges Tennessee travelers to keep ticket receipts after August 15 when ICC rate increases take effect so refunds can be claimed if the order is reversed by a higher authority.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Leon Jouromon Jr
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Behold the Man in Gordon Revival at Westside
A large crowd heard Rev. Vance A. Gordon at Westside Presbyterian in a revival themed Christ And The World. He outlined three facets of the man Jesus: ministry, mastery, and mystery, linking peace, justice, and salvation to Christian principles.
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Vance A. Gordon
Westside Presbyterian Church
Christ
Pilate
Jesus
Garden of
Gethsemane
America
Washington
England
Russia
Sodom
Gomorrah
Hell
Lazarus
Tax Assessors Association names officers at 14th annual convention
At Montgomery on August 11 the Alabama Tax Assessors and Collectors Association reelected President H L Lozenby of Monroeville and all other officers for anew term. Bill Hamilton of Birmingham is vice president Huey P Smith of Coosa is second vice president and W L Woodham of Abbeville is secretary treasurer.
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Montgomery
H. L. Lozenby
Monroeville
Alabama Tax Assessors and Collectors Association
Bill Hamilton
Birmingham
Huey P. Smith
Coosa
W. L. Woodham
Abbeville
Know Aspirin from St. Joseph for fast relief
Advert says ask for St Joseph Aspirin the fastest strongest aspirin. Claims it is the world s largest seller at 10 cents and urges demand for St Joseph Aspirin over higher priced brands.
Reputed Early Chinese Bread and Wine Maker Story
A fragment notes Ching-Noung is reputed to have taught the Chinese how to make bread from eel and wine from rice in 1998, reflecting a claim about ancient food origins. The text is incomplete and lacks full context or corroborating details.
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Ching-Noung
Samuel and the Ark of God in Shiloh
A historical reading on Elkanath of Ramathaim zophim and his wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Hannah prays for a son, Samuel, who grows in favor with God. Eli the priest and judge fails to control his sons Hophni and Phinehas, leading to Israel’s defeat, the Ark’s capture, and Eli’s death at 98. The piece links Samuel’s call to divine instructions and the fate of Eli’s house.
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Shiloh
Jerusalem
Ramathaim-zophim
Elkanath
Hannah
Peninnah
Eli
Samuel
Mary
Jesus
Hophni
Phinehas
Aaron
Navy Man Survives Occupation of Guam
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed of Portland Oregon endured 31 months hunted by Japanese on Guam after Dec 1941. He escaped a 50-man patrol, lived in the bush on rainwater and foraged food, and was rescued 10 days before Allied landings. He reunited with wife Mary Frances Tweed and sons Ronald and Robert in San Diego.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Fortune
George Ray Tweed
Graying
Guam
Navy
Tweed
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Portland
Ore
Agana
Japan
Flint Methodist Church Remodel Completed and Reopens
Remodeling at Flint Methodist Church is finished. The first service since work began will be Sunday at eight PM with Pastor Thelmer Vaughn preaching. Estimated cost of the project is 1500 dollars.
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Flint Methodist
Thelmer Vaughn
United States naval shipping losses exceed Pearl Harbor toll
A report shows United States naval shipping losses since Pearl Harbor amount to around 1.6 billion dollars, reflecting wartime maritime costs and impact on American logistics and war effort.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
In Memory Of Our Brother Contributed By Mrs Collum
Poem tribute to a fallen serviceman. It recalls a new bride awaiting his return and his distant wartime letters. He dies in action on a foreign shore June 16, with a bare cross under the American flag marking his grave.
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Albert Collum
Card of Thanks Precedes Death in Bucklin
George N. Borron aged 63 who told friends he had an incurable ailment died yesterday in Bucklin Missouri. A former insurance agent and teacher he ran a newspaper notice to reach friends, thanking them for kindnesses and noting the hospital staff call his case beyond medical aid and in the hands of a higher power. He praised East Linn county as a good place to be born and to live even as he faced death.
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Bucklin
George N. Borron
Borron
Barron
Champ Clark
Missouri
East Linn County
Democratic committee sets meeting for mayoral primary
Montgomery officials report chairman Robert T. Goodwyn will preside over a meeting to plan the primary nominating a successor to the late Mayor Cyrus B. Brown. The session aims to finalize delegates and candidate support ahead of the contest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert T. Goodwyn
City Democratic Committee
Cyrus B. Brown
Fulbright Is Paid Tribute by Senate Colleagues
Democratic and Republican senators forecast a bright Senate future for Rep. Fulbright of Arkansas after his nomination in the Arkansas runoff. Senators Pepper Austin and Hill praised his qualifications and international policy stance, hailing his record and potential sober diplomacy. A stray sentence about ancient beer in Babylon is noted but unrelated.
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Washington
Senate
Rep
Fulabright
D-Ark
Arkansas
Pepper
D-Fla
Caraway
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
University of Arkansas
Austin
R-Vt
Senate Military Committee
Hill
D-Ala
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