Charter Night to Welcome Tennessee Valley Cost Accountants Chapter
The Tennessee Valley chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants will receive its charter September 15 in Decatur during Charter Night with Anniston and Birmingham chapter officers. The Alabama group includes about 100 members from Athens Florence Huntsville Sheffield Tuscumbia Decatur and nearby areas led by President Colin J. Andrews of Decatur. The article also outlines the association’s 1919 origins and benefits of membership, noting its 40 000 members and multiple professional advantages. An England note adds that a station wagon is called an estate car.
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Tennessee Valley
National Association of Cost Accountants
Anniston
Birmingham
Decatur
National
Alabama
Athens
Florence
Huntsville
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Colin J. Andrews
L. S. Doster
Frank Holle
Jack W. Mueller
J. C. Dobbs
E. H. Atkinson
Peyton W. Drake
James E. Hughes
James Hairston
Mason L. Wood
Sam D. Nettles
S. Laws Parks
James Williamson
N. A. C. A. Bulletin
Dunlap Addresses Tax Policy Amid Openness Push
Commissioner John B Dunlap defended IRS methods as seeking full tax collection while pledging more transparency. He said light would be shed on secret bureau matters but noted legal limits. He agreed to publish all applications for tax free status and kept current policy on publicizing compromise settlements.
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Frank O'Brien
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
John
Dunlap
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Pope
FBI
Ding Dong Daddy Seeks Liberty After Fifteenth Bride
Francis H. Van Wie, 66, once a San Francisco streetcar conductor, lion tamer, and boxing athlete, has wed his 15th wife Amelia Pritchard 73, then was locked out of their LA home. Pritchard says she will stay put until she decides her next step after learning of his prior marriages. Van Wie previously served prison time for bigamy and testified he had 12 or 13 weddings.
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Los Angeles
Francis H. van Wie
San Francisco
Amelia Pritchard
van Wie
Pfc Freddie Mills Serving In Korea
Pfc Freddie H Mills of Mount Hope 2 serves with the 25th Infantry Division in the eastern Korean sector. The division, noted for the Pusan Perimeter and Taegu breakout, has units probing Communist concentrations northwest of the Punchbowl. Mills, a gunner in the 14th Infantry Regiment tank company, previously was at Fort Hood Texas. He was a farmer before entering the Army in April.
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Freddie H. Mills
Mount Hope
25Th
Pusan
Taegu
Mills
14Th Infantry Regiment
Fort Hood
Texas
Driver License Checks Snap Irregular Tests in Birmingham
Governor Gordon Persons ordered a broad review of driver test records after the arrest of Corporal Ross H Weeks. Weeks allegedly approved road tests for applicants who did not take them, taking gifts and money from Sam Jones who routed applicants for licenses. Weeks faces charges of willful neglect and malfeasance and is suspended pending investigation.
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Birmingham
Gordon Persons
Ross H
Eugene Connor
Weeks
Sam Jones
Negro Ice Informer
Jones
Dairy Shows Slated in Decatur With Segregated Event
Dairy shows are slated in Decatur for September 3 and September 45 according to John Parrish Auburn extension agent. The September 3 event is for Negro farmers. Twelve shows are planned statewide through September and October, with three specifically for Negro participants.
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Decatur
John Parrish
API
Auburn
Court jesters and their rising fortunes
The article discusses how medieval court jesters began as mental detectors of humor and rulebreaking but later evolved into notable individuals who attained significant positions at royal tables and political circles.
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Cost Accountants
England
Vern Diamonds
Second Ave
U. S
Chuck
Dixie
Fat
Cosine
Duncan Hines
Butler
Doz
Baby Limas
Sunny South
Fleetwood
Coffee
Oscar L. Tudor
Iwankia
Japan
West Court
Ding Dong Daddy
Pfc
Freddie Mills
Korea
Egg Rock
Niger River
West Africa
America
Heinz
Jemima
Ibs
Songstress
Boston Butts
Locust St
Somerville Road
Oer Road
Ares
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