Safe Walking Is Emphasized For School Children
Parents are urged to start preschool training in safe walking habits for children entering school. Lee Jones of the Alabama Motorists Association stresses supervised practice crossing streets, using marked crosswalks, watching for cars, and obeying signals. He advises teaching routes with minimal crossings and traffic, ideally with police or safety patrol guidance.
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Lee Jones
Alabama Motorists Association
American Automobile Association
Jones
Mr . Jones
Owl intelligence questioned by Chicago curator
Chicago Natural History Museum curator Austin Rand notes owls appear impressive but young owls learn feeding slowly. He recalls a captive owl refusing liver until forced into a mouse skin, then eating it. He adds that crows and jays are the truly intelligent birds.
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Chicago
Austin L. Rand
Chicago Natural History Museum
Veterans Answers On Benefits And Insurance Rules
VA guidance covers non service connected tonsil surgery with payment limits and bed wait times, simultaneous VA disability and Army retirement compensation, and Civil Relief Act protection for life insurance premiums with post discharge repayment. Also notes Ethiopia resettlement for 171 displaced persons with three year contracts offering land subsidies, salaries from 275 dollars monthly, and profiles across farming and skilled trades.
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Army
Navy
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
International Refugee Organization
Germany
Morgan Negro Paroled After Brief Inmate Service
Clara Shine, a Morgan County murder suspect, was among 25 paroles granted last week by the state pardon and paroles board. Negro, sent from Morgan County on a December 3, 1948 murder charge, had received an 18 year sentence in Morgan County courts.
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Clara Shine
Morgan County
State Pardon and Paroles Board
Associated Press
Montgomery
Killing of Red Chief Deplored
In Liege Belgium the communist party blamed pro Leopoldists for the assassination of Julien Lahaut party president. A manifesto urged workers to disarm murderers and stage mass demonstrations as the country faced renewed crisis after King Leopold III’s return and a new government took power. Lahaut was shot at his suburban doorstep by two youths with two bullets to the head and body. The party called a mourning strike in Liege area metal works while the burial was planned for Tuesday. Lahaut was known beyond Communist ranks for his outspoken views.
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Liege
Belgium
Communist Party
Julien Lahaut
Leopold III
Lahaut
Baudouin
Leopold
Joseph Pholien
All Social Christian
M. Julien Lahaut
Seraing
Chapman Receives Promotion at Wolverine Tube Decatur Plant
Billy M Chapman of 1502 Seventh Avenue East Decatur is promoted to Bull Block Assistant Foreman in the Finishing Department at Wolverine Tube Division Decatur plant. A Decatur High School graduate and three year Army veteran, he previously served as office manager of Decatur Printing. This is his second promotion, earlier moving from Operator to Group Leader on February 28 1949.
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Billy M.chapman
Seventh Avenue East
Decatur
Bull Block
Wolverine Tube Division
Chapman
Wolverine
Decatur High School
Decatur Printing Company
Mr. Chapman
Cats Essential Farm Helpers Against Destructive Rodents
Cats are viewed as crucial farm animals for controlling destructive rodent populations. Their natural predator role supports livestock health and crop protection on rural properties.
Sunday burglar in Redondo Beach robs home thrice
Dorothy Santone told police she repeatedly found items missing after Sunday movie trips in Redondo Beach California. First week loss was $20 then $80 the next Sunday. On the third visit she spooked the burglars by seeing lights flicker as she returned home.
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Redondo Beach
Calif
Dorothy Santone
States Righters To Renew Plea In Elba Contest
States righters plan to renew a bid Monday in Elba to overturn an injunction blocking four Democratic committee contests. The Alabama Supreme Court limited review to two questions about timeliness and bond adequacy after four county contests for national party seats. Local battles began in Lee, Russell and Coffee counties with parties clashing over the May 2 primary results and inquiry by a four righters to one loyalist panel named by Democratic Chairman Gessner McCorvey. A temporary restraining order halted hearings pending the court outcome.
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Montgomery
Ala
Elba
State Democratic Committee
State Supreme Court
Circuit
Bowen Simmons
Supreme Court
Coffee Circuit Court
Lee
Russell
Coffee Counties
National Party
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Simmons
Raymond Kolman Wins Teen Cake Bake Contest
Raymond Kolman, 15, topped many teen girls in a Chicago cake baking contest. He quips that choice cooks are men, surprising the crowd with his win and confidence.
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Chicago
Raymond Kolman
Raymond
Cat’s nine lives promise: mothering over a hundred kittens
In roughly nine years a female cat can bear well over a hundred offspring. This fact highlights feline reproductive potential and its implications for population dynamics and pet care.
Convict Faces New Charges Of Sending An Obscene Letter
In Montgomery a Kilby prisoner Elton R. Dabney of Richmond Virginia is charged by FBI with sending an obscene letter to his ex wife Geneva Bew of Richmond. Dabney, serving 20 years for assault with intent to murder, awaits arraignment as Kilby officials note inmates sometimes smuggle mail via trustees.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
FBI
Elton R. Dabney
Richmond
Geneva Bew
U. S
Ralph Hughes
Dabney
Calhoun County
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Doris Rowe
Falkville
Miss Rowe
Falkville High School
Mac Studio
News For
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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act
Culver Cleaners
Wolverine Tube
Loyd’s
Moulton St. and
First Ave
Chevrolet
LEE Street
Decatur, Alabama
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