Southeast Adds Much Housing Growth 1940 to 1950
The Southeast region added nearly 1% million dwelling units in ten years, rising from 4,674,272 in 1940 to 5,910,635 in 1950. Florida led gain with 51.4 percent, followed by Georgia 21.4 percent, South Carolina 21.5 percent, Alabama 19.1 percent, and Mississippi 9.4 percent, per 1950 census figures released by Merrill C. Lofton of the Commerce Department.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Merrill C. Lofton
U. S. Department of Commerce
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Bids Sought to Clear Land for Jim Woodruff Dam
U S Engineers call for bids to clear 8200 acres along the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers to flood with the Jim Woodruff Dam reservoir. Col W K Wilson Jr said the project will take more than a year as part of APalachicola Chattahoochee Flint basin development spanning Georgia Florida and Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
U. S
Chattahoochee
Jim Woodruff
Col
W. K. Wilson Jr
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Senators Reaffirm Opposition to Cloture Change Amid Civil Rights Debate
Senators from multiple states express steadfast opposition to modifying Senate rules to allow cloture by simple majority. They reiterate defense of unlimited debate and resist compulsory civil rights legislation, with comments from Hill Georgia Long Louisiana Eastland Mississippi Hoey North Carolina Byrd Virginia Johnston South Carolina and others.
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Bama
Senate
Hill
Alabama
Russell
Georgia
Johnston
South Carolina
Tortuous Withdrawal Of Explorers From Cave Begun
Four cave explorers begin a slow inch by inch withdrawal from Pierre St. Martin in the Pyrenees after an explorer died in the 1,153 foot deep cavern. Jacques Labeyrie, son of a former Bank of France official, is first to be rescued after eight days underground.
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Licq Athery
France
Pierre St. Martin Cave
Jacques Labeyrie
Bank of France
Pyrenees
Army joins fight to halt vesicular exanthema spread
Third Army at Fort McPherson orders mess halls to keep fresh pork scraps out of garbage cans to curb the hog disease. Rescue efforts at a cave expedition continue amid a fatal accident with French officials promising an inquiry.
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Atlanta
Third Army
Fort McPherson
Bible Class Slated For Children At East Acres
The Central Baptist church will sponsor a children's Bible class at the East Acres recreational building this week. All children three years old and over are invited. The class meets Monday at 10 A.M. with quizzes stories handwork singing and prayer taught by Mrs. C S Whitmire Mrs H S Sheffield Mrs Walter LeCroy and Mrs N L Finch.
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The
Central Baptist Church
East Acres
C. S. Whitmire
H. S. Sheffield
Walter LeCroy
N. L. Finch
New Party Formed in Germany Promoting 1937 Frontiers
In Lemgo on August 16 a new political party named the Republican Citizens Party of Germany was organized. It demands restoration of Germanys 1937 frontiers and pardons for all convicted German war criminals.
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LEMGO
Germany
Republican Citizens Party of
Hunter Discovers Anthracite Coal in Cabron County Pa
In 1791 hunter Philip Ginter accidentally found coal in Cabron County Pennsylvania. The substance was described as a black stone by contemporaries and later identified as anthracite coal.
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Philip Ginter
Cabron County
Town Imposed First 1921 Cigarette Tax in Country
In 1921 the town enacted the nation’s first cigarette tax and later repealed its own law prohibiting cigarette sales within the state.
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Attend Press Roundup
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan posed arm in arm at her Beverly Hills home as cameras clicked. They offered no comment on reconciling, while Rita spoke of daughter Yasmin who swallowed sleeping pills but recovered after a stomach pump, amid a tense, public briefing.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Aly
Beverly Hills
Hayworth
Yasmin
Rebecca
Miss Hayworth
Orson Welles
Sparkman Fete Moves From Hartselle To Huntsville
The Morgan County high school class of 1917 reunion in Hartselle includes speakers and a luncheon with committees led by Merrill Doss and C. R. Hood. Gov Gordon Persons plans to attend a Huntsville celebration Monday, while Vice President Al Ben Barkley cannot attend. Sparkman then heads to Birmingham for a similar welcome the next day.
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Morgan County
Doss
Alben Barkley
Gordon Persons
Sparkman
Huntsville
Hartselle
Merrill Doss
Luther Roberts
W. H. Block
Hugh F. Penn
D. S. Sivley
Cecil Johnson
Ernest Maddox
Fred Speake
Phil Wasson
M. H. Broom
W. H. Stewart
E. L. Drinkard Jr
L. H. Houston
Troy Nunn
C. R. Hood
Hartselle Homemaker’s Club
Bristol Britannia Maiden Flight Tests In England
The Bristol Britannia with four Proteus propeller turbines completed its maiden test flight in Bristol. It is set to join British Overseas Airways Corporation as a complement to the all-jet Comet airliners.
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Bristol
England
British Overseas Airways Corporation
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