Annual Meeting Of Scouts Set
The 1949 annual meeting of the Tennessee Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at the Decatur Country club Friday evening at 6:00 P. M. M. P. Tinsley, council president, said over 300 Scouters reserved. Reports cover membership, leadership training, camping, advancement, health and safety, interracial work, and finances. Highlights include Silver Beaver awards, veteran certificates, president’s streamers, Acorn awards, and training and Scout master keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Decatur Country Club
P. Tinsley
W. W. Thompson
Tuscumbia
E. J. Chenault
Decatur
Rufus Hibbett
Florence
Charles Shaver
Huntsville
John Graham
Henry Homer Chase
Huntsub
F. N. Sefton
Tinsley
Acorn
American sleeping car passengers use liquid soap
American sleeping car passengers use about 65 000 gallons of liquid soap a year.
Read All The Sunday Papers To Keep in Perfect Shape
HAL BOYLE extols reading a large Sunday paper as exercise to trim weight and strengthen the body. He recalls building core strength by stacking sections of tabloids, leading to a dramatic weight loss and a fit feel, while warning against overdoing it near an open window and noting a film depiction of the Battle of the Bulge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
New York Public Library
Frances
New York Times
Daily News
New York Mirror
New York Herald Tribune
Manhattan
Hollywood
van Johnson
Marshall Thompson
James Whitmore
Judy Garland Plans Rest Between Films
Hollywood gossip notes Judy Garland will follow a Clark Gable style schedule with four months between films and a three month vacation after each project. She will visit Europe after shoots and return to Boston Hospital to report progress. The piece also mentions Bogart Sinatra scenes and a lively Screen Publicists Guild event at Grauman's Egyptian with Phil Silvers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Judy
Garland
Actess
Clark Gable
Europe
Boston
Humphrey Bogart
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Bogart
Dore Schary
Phil Silvers
Danny Thomas
Frankie Fontaine
Gloria DeHaven
Marie Wilson
Retail Sales Show Decline
Retail charge account sales in Alabama stores rose 115 percent in October from 1948, per Federal Reserve data, while cash furniture sales fell 31 percent. Household appliances up five percent and installment furniture up one percent. Jewelry store sales down 10 percent from October last year with Montgomery stores posting the heaviest local decline. Birmingham off 20 percent, Mobile down 10 percent, and other Alabama cities down 23 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Federal Reserve Board
Montgomery
Mobile
Mine to Resume at Concord Mine After Idle Week
The Concord mine in Birmingham district, the area’s only large coal operation idle over the week, was ready to resume today under a three day work week. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. said morning and evening crews failed to report, leaving about 400 workers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Ron & Railroad Co
U. S. Steel
Concord
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First Avenue
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