Parking Meter Test Planned in Birmingham
Birmingham officials plan a trial of two meter types in a limited area to compare penny nickel and nickel only meters. The city will buy 1,250 dual meters at 61.50 each with option for 4,000 more. expected annual revenue about 110000. Installation due by mid October with 15 more officers at about 60000 yearly.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dual Parking Meter Co
Eugene Connor
Cooper Green
Jimmy Morgan
Green
Mobile Bus Strike Ends With Higher Fares Granted
In Mobile Alabama on August 24 commuters returned to yellow buses after a 69 day transit strike. A two year contract raised pay for 225 AFL drivers and mechanics and increased passenger fares. Over 300 jitneys operated during the walkout but did not fully solve the transport problem. The breakthrough came when the city commission approved a fare increase in exchange for wage raises.
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Mobile
Ala
AFL
City Commission
Extradition Denied for Script Writer Seth Larrabee
In Augusta Maine Governor Frederick G Payne denied Alabama Governor James E Folsoms extradition request for Portland radio script writer Seth L Larrabee The case cited concerns non support or desertion of his five year old invalid daughter who resides with his ex wife in Birmingham Alabama The governor called the move an attempt to collect an underpayment on a divorce decree a civil matter
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Augusta
Alabama
Seth L. Larrabee
Portland
Frederick G. Payne
James E. Folsom
Larrabee
Larabee
Birmingham
Ala
Payne
Offbeat Anecdotes and Local Tales Mix in City Notes
A collage of comic vignettes and brief anecdotes from city life. Jokes about grammar night school, a homeowner’s delay, a fortune teller, and a schoolteacher’s mistaken identity mingle with ribbing about prosperity and a police misread. Dolphins and Napoleon briefly mentioned.
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Han
Brazil
R. J. Scott
Maine
Coffee
Canaries
Canary Islands
Encyclopedia Americana
Moody’s
Cain
Bank St
Janine
Cindy Marcks
Doris Dazzle
Miss Dazzle
Doris
Meester
George Washington
Yassum
Sam
Joe
Alaska
Napoleon
A&p
A&p Food Stores
Lexington Avenue
New York
N. Y
California
Apples
Malaga
Ann Page Foods
Ann Page
Pure Grape
Ann
Lona Bartlett
LSM
Homestyle
Jane Parker
Jane Parker Brown
Angel Food
Seabrook
Ballard
Seabrook Farm
Iona
Armour
Armibier
Staley
Zeigler
Sunnyfield Creamery
Tenderloin
Sunnybrook
Doz
Wisconsin
Borden's
Kraft
Yalb
Coldstream
New York State
Ylutley Margarine
Sunnyfield
White House
Dexo
Johnston Street
Bank Street
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