Tributes Paid Star of Stage on Ethel Barrymore Birthday
President Truman Herbert Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt Winston Churchill and other leaders sent tributes to Ethel Barrymore on her 70th birthday. Lionel Barrymore quipped about his writer while Billie Burke and others hailed her as the finest actress of the day.
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Charge It Plan for Movie Ducats Latest Wrinkle
Hollywood reports a new box office scheme called boxoffice charge accents. The King brothers Frank Maurice and Hyman Kozinsky plan to offer it to theater owners in September as a way to boost profits by letting patrons pay later for concessions and tickets.
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Hyman Kozinsky
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Dubuque Named for Pioneer Julian Dubuque
The city of Dubuque in Iowa was named after the French-Canadian trader Julian Dubuque, reflecting its early settlement history and notable local figure.
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Dubuque, Ia
Julian Dubuque
Malaria Fight Helps Grow Food Across World
United Nations campaigns against malaria aim to boost global food supplies as 25 million people are added yearly to the population. The WHO and FAO report successes in Greece and other nations, with DDT use, vehicle support for anti malaria teams, and farm practice changes reducing cases and increasing farm labor capacity.
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Revival Chooses Ene Friday Night With Eleven Additions
Morgan County Rock Creek F Tanner ie revival chose ene Friday night with eleven additions to the church. Everyone remembers church service here every third Sunday morning and singing in the afternoon. Miss Susie Chunn visits with Aud rey Henderson at Hartselle. Herman Ward of Bessemer spent Saturday night with Louis Tanner. Bud Hamiltons parents from near Hartselle visit. Donald Tanner from near Holly Pond stayed with Cecil Tanner. Mrs Paul Oden from Decatur attended dinner with Eloise Tanner. Elbert Julian attended a school in Hartselle for school bus drivers. Robert Woodall from Tennessee with Cecil Tanner. Mrs Raymond Rochell and son.
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Audrey Henderson
Hartselle
Herman Ward
Bessémer
Louis Tanner
Bud Hamilton
Donald Tanner
Holly Pond
Cecil Tanner
Paul Oden
Decatur
Eloise Tanner
Elbert Julian
Robert Woodall
Tennessee
Raymond Rochell
Local residents visit kin and return home
Decatur residents spent last week with their parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Oden and with Mrs Lillie Mae Garrett and her children from Decatur. Mrs Janie Drinkard and children also from Decatur stayed with the Odens. A B Bradford of Mt Hope was in the community Sunday. Jean Chunn returned from Florida last week.
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Harvey Oden
Lillie Mae Garrett
Janie Drinkard
Aaron Oden
A. B. Bradford
Mt. Hope
Jean Chunn
Florida
Bond Hangs Over Noted Confidence Man Dus tean Youngs
Dus tean A. Youngs alias Roy Farnsworth and Bill Watkins, once a lavish spender and top fugitive, faces a $50,000 bond at arraignment on a stolen property act charge. FBI tallies show claims of $3,000 in Aniston Alabama and $16,000 in Greenville Mississippi, with connections to a directory confidence game netting up to $100,000 in 1947.
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Dustean A. Youngs
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George D. King
Southside
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U.S
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King
Anniston
Ala
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Miss
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Herbert Baron Silversmith
Silversmith
Los Angeles
Welfare Unit Fate Awaited
President Truman faces a Senate test on his plan to create a threefold welfare department. Opponents seek 49 votes to block the plan. supporters anticipate a heavy turnout. Oscar Ewing is named as potential cabinet head. Taft, Fulbright, and Hunt oppose the plan. The reorganization would place welfare, education, and public health under one department with cabinet rank. The measure awaits final votes after a late Senate session. The Chinese used fans to blow up fires and cool items, a separate note.
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Barkley
Daily Crossword Across A Speech Sound Clue Meant For Think 12
Crossword styled list of clues and partial answers spans sciencey terms and names, including entries like speech sound, vengeance, guide, centril cluster, fruits, and scattered numbered hints. The grid contains many gaps, placeholders, and stray characters from an OCR. the intended solution anchors on a long list of Across and Down clues with mixed solvability and unclear crossings.
Daily Cryptoquote Featured by King Features Syndicate
A cryptogram quote puzzle presents a substitution cipher puzzle with a fresh, daily quotation. The example shows how letters map to reveal a saying, here noting yesterday's Macrobius quote about laws and manners.
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Macrobius
King Features Syndicate
New Zone Plan Aims at North Smithfield for Negro Homes
Birmingham city officials will study a proposed ordinance to re zone part of North Smithfield on the Westside for negro residences. The plan covers 15 acres and includes three bomb damaged homes from last March but excludes two ministers' homes hit by dynamite last Friday. A public hearing is set for Aug 3 after heated debate, with a 150 foot buffer strip contested as to its effectiveness. A mass meeting to discuss the bombings is announced for tomorrow night.
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City Commission Banky
North Smithfield
J. H. Willis
George Byrum, Jr
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Cooper Green
No Fireworks As Iron City Council Fails To Meet
Iron City Ga August 16. A promised council meeting did not occur as two councilmen said no meeting was on schedule. The next meeting is set for September 5. Mayor C L Drake has had feuds with Klansmen and exchanged gunfire with robbers.
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Iron City
J. A. Beard Jr
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James J. Curvin
C. L. Drake
U S colonial steel used mainly for bayonets swords and tools
The limited steel produced in early American colonies was primarily employed to forge bayonets, swords, and cutting tools, reflecting the era's scarce metallurgical output and strategic needs.
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U.S
Maples and relatives visit across counties
Mary Lois Maples and family return from Barton after a week with Rev and Mrs S E Maples. Lula Roberts visits sister in Danville. Hendelene Rogers vacationing with relatives in Decatur. Jimmie McLaughlin of Cheyenne Wyoming visits family. Mr and Mrs Jimmie McLaughlin host guests from Liberty. Alton Moore and Ethel Glasgow visit Black Warrior Forest. Luther Glasgow of Falkville visits. Braswell family from Austinville visits relatives. Mary Lois Maples listed as sick. Jerry Glasgow spends time with sister in Austinnville.
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Lois
Charles Maples
Aand
S. E. Maples
Barton
Lula Roberts
Joe Glenn
Danville
Hendelene Rogers
Decatur
Jimmie McLaughlin
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davis Roberts
Liberty
and Mirs
Alton Moore
Louisiana Muskrats Yield About Eight Million Pelts
Louisiana wildlife report notes muskrats produce roughly eight million pelts annually. The figure highlights a significant fur harvest and indicates the species’ economic role for local trappers and markets. Tenure and specific regional impacts not provided in the brief.
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Louisiana
Bridges Defies Hawaii Strike Edict
Honoulu Aug 16 leif erickson Bridges defies an anti picketing injunction during Hawaii 108 day CIO dock strike. The territorial government seized stricken firms under emergency seizure law and must decide arrest for contempt. Bridges pledged the case goes to the supreme court and called for legislative action as crews remained on duty at pier nine.
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Harry Bridges
Hawaii
CIO
Territorial
Walter D. Ackerman, Jr
Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Ackerman
Pier Nine
ILWU
Supreme Court
Islands
Aide Named Washington Appoints George McKee Elsey
President Truman appointed George McKee Elsey of Oakmont Pennsylvania as an administrative assistant. The 31 year old former assistant to Clark M Clifford joins the White House staff at a salary of ten thousand dollars a year.
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Washington
Truman
George McKee
Elsey
Oakmont
Clark M. Clifford
Georgia Leads U S In Kaolin Production
Georgia ranks as the largest producer of kaolin in the United States, supplying material used for paper and china clay.
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Georgia
United States
All Bran cereal praised in unsolicited letter
A Portland Indiana resident Mrs J A Hamma reports relief from constipation after daily one ounce of All Bran with water. The ad promises satisfaction with bulk in diet and offers a double money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days and invites sending empty carton to Kellogg in Battle Creek Michigan.
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