Negro Prefers Alabama Pen To Chicago Life
Johnny Mack Brown a 17 year old Tuscaloosa Negro who surrendered in Chicago was returned to Tuscaloosa County Jail. State Investigator Jack Parsons said Brown preferred penitentiary life in Alabama to freedom in Chicago. He faced burglary charges for a Holman Lumber Co. office safe theft of 800 dollars in Northport.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Chicago
Johnny Mack Brown
Jack Parsons
W. F. Wright
Parsons
Brown
Holman Lumber Co
Northport
Naval Reservist Sails On Caribbean Training Cruise
Thomas G. Culver seaman USNR son of Thomas A. Culver of Decatur sailed from New Orleans aboard the destroyer USS John W. Weeks for a naval reserve training cruise in the Caribbean. Reservists from two districts join four-ship squadron for Port-au-Prince Haiti. They will receive gunnery drills battle problems and lectures to refresh training and learn new Naval equipment.
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Thomas G. Culver
USNR
Thomas A. Culver
Decatur
Whas
New Orleans
John W . Weeks
Caribbean
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Rumor Of Draft Exemption Fails To Spur Marriages
In Athens Alabama on August 28 rumors that married men would be exempt from the draft did not prompt a marriage rush. Instead marriages are down and divorces set a county record for August with the divorce rate rising notably.
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Athens
Ala
88S Tonic Promises Sleep Relief and Digestive Boost
This ad claims stomach gas and sour taste disrupt sleep and mood, urging use of 88S Tonic to increase gastric juice flow, aid digestion, and build red blood. It touts proven lab support, non organic stomach disturbances, and broad health benefits with millions of bottles sold.
New Chevrons Adopted For U S Army Noncommissioned Ranks
AP reports new chevrons replace older insignia for seven noncommissioned grades in the U S Army. Combat troops gain blue on blue chevrons while noncombat use blue on gold. Buck sergeants disappear with title changes. those men become corporals. Corporals take the former private first class chevron.
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AP News
U. S. Army
The Miracle Year of Peace as Told by an Old Man
An elderly storyteller recalls the year 1955 as The Year of the Great Command when the world embraced do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Nations united in Paris, Stalin visits, a world congress forms, and war energies shift to peace with a universal currency and disarmament.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
Washington
A. D
White House
Union of Nations
Paris
Josef Stalin
World Congress
Moscow
United Nations
All-Nations Atomic Energy Foundation
Grandpop
Athens News Items Highlight Local Social and School Updates
Mrs B D Peck hosts Coca Cola party for sisters and niece with Athens College ties. Mrs Pryor Williams and Miss Dorothy Ross return from California trip. Pool closes after record season with no serious accidents in eleven years. Miss Elsie Johnston to clerk county draft board after training. Local youths and travelers visit kin in Huntsville Detroit and Florence. Athens city schools open with same staff, North Alabama Bible School progressing, and several residents returning from travel and camps.
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B. D. Peck
Clara Nolen
S. P. Adams
Panama City
Florida
Marvin Clem
Elsie Johnston
J. E. Barnes
Florence
Athens
North Alabama Bible School
W. P. Cooper
Allen Beasley
Limestone County Bank
Mississippi
Tennessee
Eugenia Darby
Mount Solon
Virginia
Voltaire Introduces Wash and Clock Industry to Switzland
A note states that Voltaire introduced the wash and clock industry into Switzland. The phrasing implies a historical claim linking Voltaire to this industry's arrival in the region.
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Switzland
Voltaire
No Dairy Selling Grade A Milk Now
Athens Alabama August 28 Ernest Holland who ran a dairy for over 25 years sold his herd of 72 cows and heifers to A L Williams and Sons of Tusculumbia. The Holland outfit made their last delivery Wednesday morning leaving Athens without a dairy selling raw milk.
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Athens
Ala
Ernest Holland
A. L. Williams and Sons Day
Tuscumbia
Holland
Lost four keys on Bank Street near Murdock's corner
Four keys were found Friday morning on Bank Street near Murdock's corner. Return to Albert Clapton at 202 Fourth Avenue West or call 1682-M.
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Bank Street
Murdock
Albert Clapton
Fourth Avenue West
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