Forest Roads Cash Allocated for Federal Aid
Washington announced apportionments from a 20 million dollar federal aid fund for forest highway improvements in 1951. Forty states Alaska and Puerto Rico receive shares based on land value within national forests. Several states with no forests receive nothing.
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Washington
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Commerce Department
Bureau of Public Roads
North Dakota
California
Bureau
Connecticut
Delaware
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Parachute for Use Underground Claim by Reds
Russia announced it has invented the first parachute for underground use as a safety device for lift cages in mines. Tested 68 times with animals acting as miners, the device would open if the cable snaps to lower the cage safely to the shaft bottom.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Field mice threaten young trees in heavy snow
Field mice cause notable damage to young trees during winter, especially when snow is deep, chewing the tender bark when other food is scarce.
Thanksgiving social notices in Morgan County Lebanon area
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Morgan County Alabama including Hicks Smith Duncan Hughes Winsett Wright Boger Knox Lamar Hughes Eaton and Crow families. A football injury is noted as Harold Glenn Pete Lee broke his ankle after a Tuesday game in Birmingham.
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Clayton Hicks
Raney B. Smith
Ellen Duncan
Birmingham
Harold Glenn
Pete
Lee
Lonzo Hughes
Hartselle
Solon Hughes
Ernest. Winsett
Ernest Winsett
Jessie Wright
Elmer Lee
Jill Wiley
Homer Boger
Hewlett
Maurice Knox
Lamar
Mitchell Hughes
John Henry
Garnett
Falkville
Hubert Lee
Shirley Fay
Thery Knox
George Eaton
Betty Sue Crow
Decatur
Harold Morris
Harolyn
Those Tractors Tout Power At Indiana Weight Pulls
Debates rage over tractor pulling as Indiana contests draw crowds. A 140 tractors program in SWAYZEE attracted 4000 spectators while state team pulling reached 10 000. Tractors weighing 3200 to over 6000 pounds compete. Gene Ahlfield won the grand championship with 7175 pounds at 185 percent efficiency.
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Swayzee
Ind
Indiana
Gene Ahlfield
Roann
Ahlfield
For Rent 3 Room Unfurnished Apartment
Classified notice for a three room unfurnished apartment with private path and entrance. Contact via phone number 3393 J for details.
Pleasant View Notes On Local Family Life And Visits
Mrs. Mary Dotson visits Mr and Mrs Will Dotson this week. Many local residents attend events and visits with the Turrentine, Hogan, Dotson, and Yates families. A bridal shower at Mollie Lee Hogan’s home honors Mrs Coy Turrentine. several from the area attend and bring gifts. Walter Williams is ill and multiple families are at bedsides or hosting guests as neighbors share news and small gatherings through the week.
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Mary Dotson
Will Dotson
W. D. Hogan
T. L. Little
Ruthie Turrentine
Lorene
Frank Yates
Margie Cheatham
Hilda
J. A. Turrentine
H. C
Red) Self
Tarrant City
Birmingham
Guy Williams
Williams
Walter Williams
Rip Turrentine
Brice Hogan
Nina Fay Little
Mrs Eaton Improves After Eye Operation in Gadsden
Friends report Mrs Berta Eaton is improving at home after an eye operation in Gadsden last week.
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Berta Eaton
Gadsden
Monthly Singing at Forrest Chapel Invites All Sunday Night
In Morgan County Forrest Chapel invites everyone to a monthly singing this Sunday night. Jim Roberts is ill. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Olen Battles and daughter Susan of Birmingham, and other relatives gathered in Hartselle and surrounding areas.
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Morgan County Forrest Chapel
W P Roberts
Jimmy Roberts
Olen Battles
Susan
Birmingham
H. Battles
Hartselle
Rs. Battles
F. L. Crowe
S. J. Curtis
Armom
Leon Osborn
Austinville
MacArthur to Return When Peace is Signed
Honolulu dispatch quotes Gen. Douglas MacArthur saying he will go home as soon as the Japanese peace treaty is signed. Rep. A. L. Miller reports MacArthur is home sick and eager to return to roast a hot dog and soda.
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Honolulu
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Douglas MacArthur
Miller
Tokyo
MacArthur
Eisenhower Warns Scots on Liberty and Security
In New York on December 1 General Dwight D. Eisenhower told 1100 St Andrew's Society members that overemphasis on personal security harms liberty. He endorsed Jefferson's least-governs philosophy and warned that defining liberalism as powerful government erodes freedom. The address cited Scots thrift and independence.
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New York
Dwight D. Eiséfillower
Columbia University
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
St. Andrew’s Society of
New York State
Eisenhower
Grable Sends 1.5 Millionth Grable-in-Bathing-Suit Print
Hollywood shows Pretty Grable reached a milestone as her 1,500,000th Grable-in-a-bathing-suit cheesecake photo was mailed by the studio. The autographed print went to fan Alan Faith of Wenatchee Washington, reflecting GI comfort worldwide.
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Hollywood
Pretty Grable
Alan Faith
Wenatchee
Wash
Named to board Montgomery December 1 Appointment
Miss Ethel Marshall of Alabama College at Montevallo and J W Richardson of Alexander City are named to the State Water Improvement Commission. Marshall is a wildlife specialist and Richardson a …
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Montgomery
Ethel Marshall
Alabama College At
Montevallo
J. W. Richardson
Alexander City
State Water Improvement Commission
Marshall
Richardson
Textile representative appointment details announced
Gov. James E. Folsom named a textile representative yesterday. Both terms will expire in November 1955.
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James E.folsom
Clove Trade Centered in Zanzibar and Pemba
Four fifths of the world’s cloves come from Zanzibar and Pemba, islands off the East Africa coast, highlighting their dominance in the global spice trade.
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Zanzibar
Pemba
East Africa
Jersey Town Faces Water Shortage Crisis in New Jersey
Newark dispatch reports Roosevelt in Monmouth County lacking any water as New Jersey’s Wanaque reservoir drops to a 60 day supply. Emergency trucks deliver water from Hightstown while artesian wells are deepened. Schools and three factories shut. homes lose heat and hot water amid dwindling reserves.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Rooseve
Monmouth
Minty
Wanaque
Butler
Bayonne
Roosevelt
York City
Hightstown
Mark Kiststein
Early radio pioneer Greenleaf Pickard’s crystal detector work
The crystal detector, a key means of introducing radio to many in the early days, emerged from the efforts of American scientist Greenleaf W. Pickard.
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Greenleaf W. Pickard
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Georgia
Mississippi
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Tennessee
Reds
Morgan County
Lebanon
AP News
Young Adult Training Union
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G. A
Judy
E Janette Barkley
Hal Wiley
Huntsville
Felix Thomason
Childersburg
Otto Glasgow
Dewey Anders
Howard Anders
T. M. Anders
Cullman
Jimmy Shaneyfelt
Tommy Shaneyfelt
Nashville
Jimmy
J. B. Shaneyfelt
Ray ‘Lee
Birne Wiley
Ottie Dutton
The
Highway
Neil Simpson
Malcolm Laughmiller
Dr. Lee Roberson
Tennessee Temple
Gospel Singers
Pleasant View
Lorene Turrentine
Wesley Hogan
Ralph Tucker
Calthan Hogan
Theodore
Mattie Kelley
Elza Tucker
Hubert Reed
Guy Miller
Tommie Lou Dotson
Fay Hogan
Steven
Family
Milton Morris
Jack Allen
Ervin Story
Benton Roberts
Ramon Wallace
Miss Lettie Story
Almon Story
Moulton Heights
Harry Wiggins
Sebren Garner
Joe
John Halbrooks
Lottie Story
Martha Story
Eugene Morris
Don
Emmett Steele
Mr. Morris
Bert Allen
Hoyt Allen
J. W. Story
U.S. Army
Washington Heights
Meiji Temple
Grable
Eli
Scranton
Ecru
Rad
Jersey Town
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Pappy Oye Ozo
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