Backyard tourism and civic pride in Alabama parks
The Decatur Daily notes rising interest in state park development across Alabama with figures from the Selma Times Journal showing over 222,000 visitors to parks through July 15. Desoto Fort Monte Sano Oak Mountain and nearby Auburn areas lead attendance as officials tout parks as tourist magnets and local benefit. The column also references bread shortages and local reflections on Birmingham vs Decatur lifestyles.
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Selma
James L. Segrest
State Conservation Department
Parks Division
Desoto
Fort Monte Sano
Huntsville
Oak Mountain
Shelby County
Auburn
Alabama towns seek new high school stadiums
The Tuscaloosa News contrasts Tuscaloosa and Decatur amid stadium shortages. Decatur civic groups press the city to fund 12000 for a new site and sod for a 1947 season, with funds available from a school bond. Tuscaloosa cites unresolved plans and urges immediate action for next year.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Tuscalosa
Decatur Council
Decatur School Board
Civic Club
van de Graaf Field
United Nations Move Faces Local Resistance in Westchester
A columnist argues Westchester County residents resist a United Nations settlement near New York City and warns against uprooting locals to house foreign leaders. He mocks the plan, contrasts it with displaced Europeans, and proposes Fort Huachuca in Arizona as a remote alternative.
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New York
United Nations
Westchester County
N. Y
New Deal
Pound Ridge
Ernest Schelling
Mortgage Manor
Dun Huntin
Harrison and
Rye
Europe
Hyde Park
Ickes
Sudetenland
Hitler
Mr. Big
Ireland
Chicago
Pittsburgh
South Dakota
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New England
Union Square
Marshal Tito
Jugo-Slavia
Oklahoma
United States
Dea
Arioma Desert
Fort Huachuca
Old
Mexico
News Behind the News on Russia Pressures and World Peace
Washington reports expose a pattern of nerve pressure by Russia and its satellites to weaken Anglo American resolve and advance communist aims. The piece cites air travel controls, Yugoslav and Romanian incidents, and Nazi style tactics, arguing these acts threaten international diplomacy and the UN.
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Washington
Tito
Russia
Hitler
Mussolini
Machiavelli
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Romania
UNO
Mongolia
Britain
trans-Jordan
Eire
Paris
Albania
Trieste
Winchell on OPA quirks and meat controls in New York
Walter Winchell riffs on OPA hunt for violators of meat ceilings and new bureaucrats. He cites paratrooper turned investigator and 2500 veterans to enforce meat rules while lampooning price shocks, shortages, and policy jargon with satirical tone.
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Walter Winchell
New York
Feeding Problems in Infants Emphasize Gentle Care
The article cites Dr. Benjamin Spock advocating that babies are individuals with tastes and should not be forced to eat. It warns against awakening a sleeping baby for leftover milk and cautions that pressure can create long term feeding issues and misbehavior. It also advises gradual introduction of solid foods around four to six months and trusting the infant to regulate intake.
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Benjamin Spock
New York
Spock
Years Ago Today leisure notes and social events
Sunday edition will feature a comic supplement as a special feature. A tourist camp has been on Moulton Street. Miss Mary Barry complimented Miss Bella Rudulph of Selma at a rock party Friday afternoon. Minnie and Ora Engle hosted Thursday evening. Frank Brown Jr. hosted Friday at his parents on Oak Street with lawn games. Mrs. W. J. Garnett hosted for Miss Elizabeth Cobb of Huntsville. An all day singing planned for August 28 at Fairview. Mrs. Pawrown and daughter Peggy to visit Miss Lizzie D. Bouldin in Scottsboro next week. Miss Lula Garnett to return from Humboldt, Tenn with Miss Gladys Kerr. Mrs. Kimball Jones and Mary to return tonight from Weaverville, N C. Mrs. T H Alexander and son Dave to visit relatives in Mount Pleasant, Tenn next week. William Hardage recovering from tonsil surgery. Mrs. Frederick S. Hunt visiting Mrs. W. T. Allen in Talladega Street and Mrs. T. B. Hendley of the U S Navy visiting Mrs. W. R. Shelton. The Daily announced the big…
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Moulton Street
Mary Barry
Bella Rudulph
Selma
Bess Bailey
Minnie
Ora Engle
Frank Brown Jr
Oak Street
W. J. Garnett
Elizabeth Cobb
Huntsville
Fairview
Pawrown
Peggy
Lizzie D. Bouldin
Scottsboro
Lula Garnett
Humboldt, Tenn
Gladys Kerr
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Murphreesboro
Columbia Herald
Birmingham
Headland
Ashford
Alabama Journal
Memphis
Eighth Congressional District
Vienna
Tennessee Valley
Benson Field
Pew
Pegler
Hook Peglen
Westbrook
Jimmy Petrillo
Huachuca
Bisbee
Tombstone
Harrison
Paul Mallon
By Jack Lait
Bob
OPA
Winnie
Homburg
Wall Street
Turkey
Dardanelles
Germany
World Order
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Connally
Mr. Byrnes
Sweden
CPA
Naib
Bolivia
Kurile Islands
Bureau of Invitigation
OPABI
Hirohito
Ted
Walter
Winchell
Patton Furiture CO
West Vine Street
Beatty
Tire Headquarters
Joe Hagler
Lee
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