Lions Aid In Alabama Light Conservation Work
Decatur Lions endorsed 46 needy individuals in Morgan and Cullman counties for Alabama Light Conservation Association aid from July 1945 to July 1949, totaling 2031. Private eye surgeons, clinics, and free surgery support the program across Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Mobile.
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Decatur Lions
Morgan and Cullman County
Alabama Light Conservation Association
Alabama Light Conservation Group
Sight Association
Lions Clubs
Lions Club
Lion
Association
Alabama Medical Center
Department of Opthalmology
South
The
Light Association
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Mobile
Lions
Birmingham
Alabama
Death notice and community notices from Lawrence County Lindly Hall
The column notes the death of Mrs. Lindy Jackson and extends sympathy to her relatives Mr and Mrs Gordon Alexander and Carolyn of Decatur and Mary Alexander of Birmingham, Arkansas family visits, Casey Alexander celebrating his 16th birthday on August 17, revival starting August 20 at Holy Church of Christ led by Rev Grady Parker, visitors Pollie England Pelmer Ledlow and Larry Don, and Dannie Joyce Legion returning home after visiting Hannah England.
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Lindy. Jackson
Gordon Alexander
Carolyn
Decatur
Mary Alexander
Birmingham
Lawrence. Alexander
Casey Alexander
Moulton
Holy Church of Christ
Grady Parker
Pollie England
Pelmer Ledlow
Larry Don
Hannah England
Little Dannie Joyce Legion
British Officers and Wives Brought First U.S. Ice Cream
British officers and their wives who traveled to America during the Revolutionary War are believed to have created the first ice cream in the United States. The tale links Continental military life and early American culinary practice to a dessert later popular nationwide.
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United States
Mackenzies column on British character and private initiative
De Witt Mackenzie discusses brothers Stanley and Colin Smith crossing the Atlantic in a 20 foot sailboat as a gauge of British private initiative amid economic crisis and rising socialism. He compares London press opinions, questions Britain’s socialist shift, and notes America favors free enterprise while strikes surge in Helsinki and Kemi, with about 45,000 workers on strike.
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Smith
Stanley
Colin Smith
London Daily Mail
Britain
The
London News Chronicle
England
London Daily Graphic
London
John Bull
Socialist Party
Young Smith Brothers
America
Helsinki
Tyoekansan Sanomat
Aimo Aaltonen
Kemi
Finns Move to End Red Threat
Finnish government acts swiftly to crush a Communist offensive as police arrest Red leaders in Kemi after yesterday’s deadly strike violence. 1,500 lumberjacks clashed with police while authorities call the action an attempt to turn Finland to communism. a strike meeting planned tonight defies a governor’s ban.
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Usko Kauppala
Helsinki
Kemi
Lahja Heikkilae
Finland
School Opens At Oak Ridge For Back To School Day
Oak Ridge opens Monday morning August 22 for Back to School Day. 8:30 a.m. start with Miss Ruby West guiding first and second graders, Mrs Verona Black supervising third through fifth, and Orval Sparkman teaching remaining grades. Ninth grade not offered. seventh and eighth may be added if enrollment allows. Parents are invited to the opening program.
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Oak Ridge
Ruby West
Verona Black
Orval Sparkman
Ohio reaches record rural electrification with 200000 farms
Two hundred thousand farms in Ohio now have electricity marking the nation’s largest rural electrification effort. The milestone highlights Ohio’s progress in extending power to rural areas and supporting agricultural communities.
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Ohio
Nudism Foretold by Mack Sennett on Beach Fashion
Hollywood gossip reports Mack Sennett predicting nudism in 10 years driven by women’s fashion and beachwear. He recalls past police checks for indecent exposure and notes sun suits downtown. He cites plunging necklines and bare midriffs as signs while joking about waistlines and social norms by 1959.
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Hollywood
Mack Sennett
Sennett
New York
Boston
Ellenen Buys 100 Steel Hoppers for L N Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville railroad authorized about 600000 dollars to purchase 100 70 ton covered standard steel hoppers to be built by Pullman-Standard at its Bessemer plant. Delivery expected late this year for transport of alumina dry phosphate rock clay talc crushed oyster shells slate and cement. The railroad currently operates 125 such hoppers to meet growing demand.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
Two Soldiers Held In Death of Jap Girl Struck by Army Jeep
In Osaka Japan on August 10 an 8 year old girl Akiko Yamamoto was hit and killed by an Army jeep. Sgt James B Inman driver and Lt James Betts passenger are charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene respectively.
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Osaka
Japan
U. S
Here
Army Public Information Office
James B. Inman
Florence
Ala
James Betts
Flourtown
Betts
Ann Bailey Honored At Eighth Birthday Party
Mrs Charles Mattox hosted at her mother Mrs Newton Bailey’s home on Hartselle 2 to honor Ann Bailey on her eighth birthday Tuesday August 16. Guests included 28 little friends who enjoyed games and received gifts. helpers were Mrs Bailey Mrs A M Whitten and Mrs L P Hail.
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Charles Mattox
Newton Bailey
Hartselle
Ann
Bailey
A. M. Whitten
L. P. Hail
The Reciprocal Trade Agreements in Senate Slowdown
Washington report explains how the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, pushed by Roosevelt and Hull, shapes U.S. trade by tariff concessions. Despite renewal efforts, the Senate delays have stalled new deals with 42 nations, leaving agreements paralyzed until Congress acts, with ongoing talks in France paused by the stalemate. The delay risks slowing U.S. trade momentum and keeps postwar talks in limbo.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Truman
France
Mr. Truman
U. S
State Probing Home Blasts in Birmingham Riot
Two state investigators joined Birmingham detectives probing outbreaks of violence in a white zoned area. Governor Folsom urged restraint and pledged state action to halt bombing. Negro ministers’ homes were blown up with three earlier incidents. no arrests. Compromise zoning proposals face opposition as mass meeting vows lawful action toward ending Jim Crow rule.
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Birmingham
James E. Folsom
Floyd Eddins
Oay
Smithfield
Folsom
Oldest World Map Found on Ancient Clay Tablet
Harvard University preserves a clay tablet unearthed 200 miles north of Baby lon site, believed to be the oldest map in the world. The tablet, dated to ancient Mesopotamian times, suggests early geographic knowledge and cartographic intent.
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Babylon
Harvard University
Man Finds Relief After Radio Ad For Scalf's Medicine
A Addison Alabama man recounts suffering from stomach ulcers and gas pains after surgery and dieting. He says listening to Scalf's Indian River Medicine on the radio led him to try the product, and he reports a dramatic improvement, calling Scalf's a Godsend. Scalf's is advertised as available at local drug stores. Hear Scalf's Harmoneers Quartet on WVOK Dia 690 at 12:30 PM weekdays.
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Sidney Alaridge
Addison
Mac
Hreara
Scalf
Harmoneers
WVOK
Dia
Adv
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Atlanta
Miss Mitchell
Peachtree Street
John R. Marsh
MacKenzie
By DE Witt MacKenzie
B. Frank Chenault
Grand ST
Scott
California
Death Valley
Whitney
R. J. Scott
Girls OF
Burma
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Los Angeles
By Bob Thomas
Bob Tromas
Ellenen
Ann Bailey
Cain
Bank St
Sally
James Marlow
House
Sidney Aldridge
Tennessee Valley Hotel Cafe
New Mo
Vondilee
Makamisk
Rea
Joe Wheel% Electric Cooperative
Decatur Coliseum
Casey Electric CO
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