Alabama Democrats Set Sept 8 for Fund Drive
Gov. Gordon Persons chairs Alabama fundraising kickoff to aid Democratic candidates in doubtful states. He predicts an overwhelming November win for Democrats, criticizes Republicans and praises Adlai Stevenson while outlining a county and city by city organizing plan. Eight Alabama Congress members attended the closed caucus as party leaders map the campaign.
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Alabama
Gordon Persons
Democratic National Committee
Persons
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Frank Boykin
George Grant
George Andrews
Kenneth Roberts
Albert Rains
Edward DeGraffenried
Carl Elliott
Bob Jones
Ben Ray
Birmingham
Jim Smith
Tuscumbia
Anna Thomas
Montgomery
Atty
Si Garrett
Milton Cummings
Huntsville
Roy Wallace
Joe L. Moore
Gadsden
Cummings
Wallace
Moore
South
Tom Dewey
Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
Barber Thomas Jackson Held in First Degree Murder Case
A 35 year old barber identified as Thomas Jackson is jailed on a first degree murder charge in connection with a woman's death. The report notes agricultural issues including fungal diseases and pests like cucumber beetles, melon aphids, and wireworms affecting watermelon crops per the National Geographic Society.
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Thomas.Jackson
The
National Geographic Society
Stray blond cocker spaniel find in Sun day night
A four month old blond cocker spaniel named Tango strayed from 221 Grant Street Sunday night. The boy owner asks any finder to call phone 3159 to reunite the pet.
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Grant St
Amusements Listings For Princess Roxy Elite Hatfield Strand
Theaters show Love Is Better Than Ever at Princess with Parks and Taylor and Smugglers Island at Roxy with Chandler and Keyes. Elite screens Tension with Basehart and Totter. Hatfield presents Desert Fox starring Mason. Strand in Hartselle runs Smugglers Island and a raid thriller with Audie Murphy and Brian Donlevy.
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Larry Parks
Elizabeth Taylor
Elderly Sisters United In Death
In Montgomery two elderly sisters, Mary Chalmers of Aliceville and Pattie Upchurch of Montgomery, died within hours of each other after a long reunion at a fashionable home for the aged. Chalmers died first in her sleep from a heart attack. two hours later Upchurch also died of a heart attack, never aware of her sister’s passing.
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Montgomery
Mary Chalmers
Aliceville
Ala
Pattie Upchurch
Cotton and grain prices with Decatur hog quote
Middling cotton 38.75 cents, strict low 36.75 cents. No 2 wheat new crop 1.95 dollars, No 2 oats 0.80. No 2 yellow corn 1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur 20.25 cents.
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Decatur
Nashville cattle and hog market summary
Federal State cattle trade slow with prices generally lower. Opening sales show weak to 50 lower for slaugh ter steers heifers and stockers while cows drop 50 on early trades. Calves steady. hogs down about 25. sheep and lambs about steady to higher on spring lambs and slaughter ewes.
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Nashville
North Georgia Live Poultry Market Steady Amid Tight Supplies
Atlanta reports the North Georgia live poultry market holding steady to firm. Desirable weights remain scarce while demand remains good. Dressing plants pay 32 to 33 cents delivered to doors for supplies. Farm prices show broilers 3 to 4 pounds at 31 to 34 cents, few at 42 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Teller Returns Most Of Cash He Walked Off With
Teller John F. Smith Jr. 26 confessed after leaving Bank of Virginia with 28000 dollars and returning 27800 after a weekend trip to New York. He said the 200 dollars paid for the journey. He was arraigned before a U S commissioner and released on 500 dollars bond. He is married with one child.
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Richmond
John F. Smith Jr
Bank of Virginia
New York
Smith
United States
Day Do Mr and Mrs Miller Return to Charleston
Mr and Mrs L E Miller and children Deborah and Roger return to Charleston South Carolina after two weeks visiting friends and relatives here.
Youth Revival Underway at Northside Baptist Church
The Northside Baptist Church in Decatur hosts a week long revival led by Rev. Ledbetter with Rev. Mack R. Douglas of Nashville preaching each night at 7 30. Douglas has previously directed Central Baptist Church music and led a vacation Bible school here. A Christian film Mr Texas screens Saturday at Riverside School at 7 30, promoting revival efforts. public invitation extended.
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Northside
Riverside School
Billy Graham
Fort Worth Texas
Alabama Tennessee Gas firms seek rate changes on new schedule
An Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas and Tennessee Gas and Transmission rate protest outlines a two part rate replacing a flat charge for Decatur. The plan would set a 22 cent commodity rate plus a $3 demand charge, based on maximum usage, with revisions expected from the Federal Power Commission.
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Decatur
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
Federal Power Commission
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
FPC
Mrs. Charles A. Young Dies at Moulton Home
Mrs. Charles A. Young, 78, died at her Moulton 2 home yesterday at 5 20 PM. Funeral services are set for 3 PM tomorrow at Antioch Methodist church with three ministers officiating. Burial will be in Red Hill cemetery with Highsmith of Moulton directing. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, four sons, eight grandchildren, a great grandchild, and other relatives. Pallbearers include Ellison Smith and several Smiths, Crow, Shelton, Litrell, and Farley.
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Charles A. Young
Moulton
Antioch Methodist Church
Will Ware
Doss Shaddix
Willie Parker
Red’ Hill
Highsmith
Young
Brigham
Jackson
Shelton
Brooks
Lawrence County
Charles .A. Young
Public Libraries and Tax Support in Early United States
Fragmentary line notes that modern public libraries supported by taxes were scarcely known in the United States before 1850. The remark hints at taxation as a later driver for library expansion and public access to books.
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United States
Name Linked In Probe Ties Finnegan Case to Grand Jury
Washington probe into St Louis internal revenue disputes reveals Ellis Slack as acting AAG denying approval of a grand jury report. The subcommittee seeks to determine possible grand jury interference while James P. Finnegan appeals his bribery and misconduct conviction from last March.
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Washington
Ellis N. Slack
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Internal Revenue Office
George H. Moore
Collector of Internal Revenue
Robert A. Collier
Finnegan
Slack
Collier
Chelf
D-Ky
Grand Jury
Truman
House Ways and Means Subcommittee
Legion Parade Recalls Veterans Pomp Across City
Thousands lined the avenue as Legionnaires in blue caps led a parade with drum majorettes and bands from numerous states. Children cheered while veterans marched with their sons and a Navy blimp drifted above, papers fluttering from office windows.
Transactions in Beal Parish Daily Records from Past Era
A series of old transfer entries lists sums between individuals and entities. Names include Ed Hall Frank J Stone Beatrice Henderson Louise Whitehead John L Bean and others with amounts ranging from one dollar to four thousand dollars. Roselawn Development Company appears with Mary Anna Slaten and Lawrence E Saylor with high values noted.
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Ed Hall
Frank J. Stone
Beatrice Henderson
Louise Whitehead
D. H. Lamon
Alice L. Long
B. L. Parker
Eunice L. Ralph
John L. Bean
John Vines
Roselawn Development. Company
Mary Anna Slaten
Thomas W. Wert
D. C. Coleman
John F. Appleton
Morgan County attachment suits and garnishment actions
In Morgan County Court Jesse Robinson sues Joh Cooper in an attachment suit with Noble Russell for the plaintiff. E W Phillips sues Floyd L Abbot with Huffman Wolfe Company as garnishee in a garnishment. W L Chenault for Huffman Wolfe. Case appealed from L Rogers JP court. John Davis and F Hunt Jr sue W N Whitlock in an attachment. Harris and Harris represent the plaintiffs.
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Morgan County Court
Jesse Robinson
Joh Cooper
Noble Russell
Robinson
E. W. Phillips
Floyd 'L. Abbot
Huffman-Wolfe
W. L. Chenault
L. Roger
John Davis
F. Hunt, Jr
W.N. Whitlock
Harris and
Harris
Davis
Hunt
Personal Notices From Hartselle Detailing Marriages
Arthur Joe Roberts of East Main Street Hartselle wed Eula. Merle Burchell 18 of Danville married Ester. Pauline Bright 21 of Arab listed with U S Army. Stance Light 26 of Geneva Ohio listed in the notice.
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Arthur Joe Roberts
East Main Stret
Hartselle
Eula
Merle Burchell
Danville
Stance Light
Geneva
Ohio
U. .S. Army
Ester
Pauline Bright
Montgomery Highway Patrol Reports Day’s Accidents
State police compared yesterday’s 16 accidents with 11 injuries to the same day last year which had 36 accidents and 31 injuries. No deaths occurred in either period, with property damage estimated at 4 110 yesterday and 11 185 a year ago.
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Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
Stevenson Aims for East Campaign Kickoff in New York
Stevenson schedules a New York address to spark an East Coast boom as he tours nine Western states. In Springfield he meets farm leaders and as the national tour unfolds he faces questions on Korea War end talks and presidential contrasts with Eisenhower.
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Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Clyde H. Seybold
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
American Legion
New York
East
Detroit
Denver
Des Moines
Eisenhower
Kasson-Dodge Center
Rochester
Minn
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Sen
Nixon
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
C10
Reuther
John Sparkman
Alabama
Washington
Bronze dragon fountain unearthed in Herculaneum ruins
A seven foot high fountain in Herculaneum reveals a bronze five headed dragon entwined around its tree shaped base. Found in the sunken basin of a cross shaped pool the statue survived mud and ashes possibly since 79 AD when Vesuvius destroyed the city and Pompeii.
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Herculaneum
Naples
Vesuvius
Pompei
Alabama Alumni Association forms local chapter in Tuscaloosa
The first Alabama Alumni Chapter was organized at Pecatar Country Club with 50 to 60 alumni present. Officers include Albert P. Brewer president and Dr M A Edwards vice president. dues set at 1 dollar per year. Speakers covered university goals and Alabama football prospects. A film of the Alabama Auburn game was shown.
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University of Alabama
Alabam
Morgan, County
Alabama Alumni Association
Country Club
J. W. Mustin
Tuscaloosa
John M. Gallaled
Pete Cawt
Morgan County
University of Alabama_ Alumni Association
Pecatar Country Club
John M. Gallalee
Mortimer Jordan
Pete Cawthon
Hank Crisp
Jack Edwards
Alabama
Albert P. Brewer
Melba Jeanne Langford
W. T
Doc) Jordan
General Alumni Association
Jordan
Noble J. Russell
Eighth Congressional
John Caddell
Gallalee
Cawthon
Crisp
Mustin
Edwards
Auburn
Poisoning Tactics Warned for Field Checks
The directive urges constant checks on each field and advocates starting poisoning as soon as worms appear using 20 to 30 pounds of DDT Toxaphene BHC DDT or other recommended material.
Mrs. Wates Heads Alabama Republican Women’s Campaign
Mrs. Roy Wates of Birmingham was named to lead the Republican women’s drive for Eisenhower in Alabama. A former Republican National Committeewoman she will organize women in every district with age level groups. Announcement by Claude O. Vardaman the state campaign director.
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Birmingham
Roy Wates
Eisenhower
Alabama
Wates
Republican National
Training Newark Bloodhounds Through Patient Practice
Patrolman Bill Taylor trains bloodhounds, stating two years are needed to master the fine points. His prize pupil, a 100 pound pure-bred American Red dog, has tracked a vandal two miles over mountains to the culprit’s doorstep. Training starts with distinguishing scents of persons and gradually lengthens an open trail from 100 feet to over two miles.
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Newark
N. J
Bill Taylor
Taylor
Hood Terminology in England Calls It a Bonnet
In English usage the front cover of a car is termed the bonnet. The article notes the spelling and pronunciation differences from American English and explains its origin and regional acceptance.
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England
Bakery Truck Heist In Wardman Park Area Sparks Arrest
A Washington man with a duplicate key to an armored car stole $65,000 in small currency from his bakery route. He led police to the money after being taken into custody at his home. FBI and Brink’s officials verified no link to a prior $1,219,000 Boston robbery. He and his wife, two children, live in a modest duplex.
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Wardman Park
Murray
Farmer’s
Farmer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brink's
Boston
Jo Ann
Billy
Washington
James Luther Lewis Laid To Rest In Morgan County
Funeral services for James Luther Lewis 58 were held at 2 p m Sunday at Hebron Church of Christ Morgan County. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr Lewis worked in railroad service in Jackson Michigan for 33 years. Surviving are three sisters Mrs Parler Cabbiness Dutton Mrs MIllie Roberts Joppa and Mrs Florence Robertson Jackson Michigan five brothers Joe Lewis Joppa Jesse Lewis John Lewis Dave Lewis Cleveland and Solomon Lewis St Louis Missouri and other relatives.
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James Luther Lewis
Jackson
Mich
Hebron
Church of Christ
Morgan County
Cullman
Lewis
Parler Cabbiness
Dutton
Millie Roberts
Joppa
Florence Robertson
Joe Lewis
Jesse Lewis
John Lewis
Dave Lewis
Cleveland
Solomon Lewis
St. Louis
Squally Atlantic area strengthens east of Miami
A squally area in the Atlantic about 1,300 miles east southeast of Miami is intensifying with winds of 55 mph. The 11 a.m. advisory placed the squall wave 325 miles northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico and moving northwest at about 13 mph.
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Miami
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Labor disputes keep 425,000 workers idle nationwide
Associated Press reports labor conflicts and a memorial holiday keep more than 425,000 workers idle. John L. Lewis leaders ordered miners to observe a holiday through Labor Day. In Cleveland CIC steel workers end a week-long strike at Republic Steel. Bethlehem shipyards face potential walkout as ITU Mine Mill and Smelter vote trends toward strike.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cleveland
CIC Steel
Republic Steel Corp
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
Denver
Independent International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Koje Island demo arrests and Korean War fighting heat up
Three oners of war Aug 11 suppress a Koje Island demonstration by alleged Communist trouble makers. In Tokyo Gen. Mark W. Clark reorganizes Far East command to give Navy and Air Force a near equal voice in planning and policy including the armistice talks. Major fighting on the Panmunjom front centers on Bunker Hill four miles east with a U S Marine capture, Reds’ renewed attacks, and a 270 casualty tally official after heavy machine gun, tank and artillery resistance.
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Koje Island
South Korea
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Navy
Air Force
Army
MacArthur
Ridgway
Bunker Hill
Panmunjom
U. S. Marine
U. N
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