Dear Dix Advice on Engagement and Young Love
In this column Dorothy Dix answers readers about engagements and love. An engaged woman should break off the engagement to avoid a loveless marriage. A 25 year old warns about a 80 year old partner with kids. Dix says he may always come first and suggests leaving him. A 16 year old asks about eloping with an 18 year old. Dix urges waiting for college and patience, not rushing to marriage.
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Dix
Hites
Eileen
Miss DIX
Annende
Elmer Wheeler's SUCCESS SECRETS
Mark Likins, a 44 year old former railroad ticket agent, quit his 25 year job after reading about MHI Time Defrosters. He pursued direct selling, tested a sample, and achieved rapid success with refrigerator time defrosters. His bank book now shows four figure gains, proving the potential in direct selling for those willing to work.
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Mark Likins
Likins
Dorothy Dix Advises Prospective Career Girls
DOROTHY DIX offers guidance in leaflet D-4 Ambition. To obtain a copy, send a 3 cent stamped self addressed envelope to Miss Dix c o this newspaper.
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Dorothy DIX
Miss Dix
Sacred Harp Singers Convene at Alabama Annual Convention
Hundreds of singers gathered in Birmingham for the Alabama State Sacred Harp Convention at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The event celebrates 300 year old folk tunes and draws participants from across Alabama.
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Sacred Harp Singers
Birmingham
Alabama
Alabama State Sacred Harp Singers
Jefferson County
Energy efficiency shifts cut coal use per kilowatt hour
A historical comparison notes that modern power plants can produce one kilowatt hour with under one pound of coal, whereas three pounds were needed thirty years ago. The change highlights advances in technology and efficiency.
Motive Sought In Man's Death In Alabama Slaying
In Bessemer Alabama 40 year old hauling contractor John Barbour is jailed on murder charges after former schoolmate Arthur G Parsons Jr 40 is shot in his living room Barbour claims a grudge over domestic difficulties Parsons a lumber company manager and brother of City Commissioner Raymond Parsons was killed as his wife Evelyn and two friends listened Barbour surrendered soon after the shooting and investigators seek a motive with details of a near miss on Mrs Parsons and a silent exit by the gunman
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Bessemer, Ala
Arthur G. Parsons Jr
John Barbour
Parsons
Bessemer
Herman Thompson
Howard Sullinger
Evelyn Parsons
Raymond Parsons
Barbour
Kids Backyard Circus Ends With Flaming Finale
In Grand Junction Colorado an 11 year old ringmaster Billy Davis tumbles from a tree house 15 feet above spectators with pants on fire. He and three promoters planned a flaming torch act using a jar of gasoline and a match. Firefighters arrived with sirens to extinguish the flames. no injuries reported.
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Grand Junction
Colo
P. T. Barnum
Billy Davis
Billy
Debris Clean Up Underway After Bakersfield Earthquake
Bakersfield works to clear debris and plan reconstruction after the worst quake in city history. Two dead and 32 injured amid property damage estimated at 20 million dollars. Over 100 buildings seriously damaged as officials assess disaster needs.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Roy Rogers daughter dies at age one reaching two tomorrow
In Encino California Roy Rogers youngest child Robin Elizabeth died yesterday from pneumonia complications just shy of her second birthday. The report notes the child would have turned two tomorrow. Linseed is cited as a major Greek and Roman staple for context.
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Encino
Calif
Roy Rogers
Robin Elizabeth
Similar Symptoms Signal Heart and Gallbladder Disease
The article explains that coronary heart disease and gallbladder disease often co occur and share similar symptoms. It notes chest pain, pallor, and the need for electrocardiograms to distinguish heart versus gallbladder issues. It also discusses gallbladder removal sometimes improving heart symptoms and cautions about surgery timing and diabetes dietary management.
Scout Work Is To Be Mapped In Hartselle
Dr Roland King of Hartselle announces plans to reactivate Scout troops and Cub packs and seeks a training program for local citizens. Morgan District training committee will direct a basic Boy Scouting methods course with 6 to 8 adults from each city institution, five sessions set for Sept 15 16 22 23 at 730 PM in the Methodist church basement Hartselle. a fifth outdoor session to be scheduled later.
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Roland King
Hartselle
Morgan District Scout Training Committee
Morgan District
Ainslie Wyle
Ed Price
Ned Frazier
Floyd Harris
Decatur
Baltimore Hero Snatches Child From Window Ledge
Sidney Dea rescued a three year old boy who toppled from a second floor window ledge. He ran across the street and waited beneath, catching James Kenner Jr. as he fell. The child scampered away unharmed.
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Baltimore
Sidney Dea
James Kenner Jr
Sidney
Jimmy
Solar Cycle Planting Plan Aids Bigger Crops
Brundidge Alabama farmer Quay Flowers claims his 13 year solar cycle planting method boosts cotton corn and peanut yields up to 20 percent. He cites evidence from 54 day peanut plots three foot vines and up to 125 boils on a cotton stalk with 11 stalks yielding 30 ears of corn. Some farmers have tried cycle dates with noted increases, including Carson Watters whose cycle planted corn stands seven feet tall with three ears per stalk and expected 15 to 25 percent higher yields.
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Brundidge
Ala
Quay Flowers
Flowers
Pike County
Carson Watters
Watters
Bus Plunges From Bridge in Edgewater Tragedy
A crowded bus fell 30 feet from a small wooden River Road bridge into a railroad cut near the Susquehanna tunnel at the Palisades across from New York City. One woman, Mary Murigian of Edgewater, was killed and at least 15 injured. Cause of the 7 p.m. crash was not given.
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Edgewater
River Road
Palisades
Hudson River
New York City
Mary Murigian
Separation of Gases by Fractional Liquefaction
The text explains that since oxygen boils at a higher temperature than nitrogen, air can be separated by liquefying it and allowing the nitrogen to boil off. This method relies on differing boiling points to isolate oxygen from the gas mix.
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