Two Trustees Clash at Miners Welfare Meeting
Miners welfare fund trustees met behind closed doors as John L. Lewis and Charles Dawson clashed over recognition and voting. Senator Styles Bridges remained neutral, but the dispute prevented any action and left the session unresolved with Dawson denied the floor.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Charles Dawson
Louisville
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Dawson
Lewis
Decatur High Choral Club to Sing at Riverside High
Carl Schwachow announces Decatur high school choral club of 65 members will perform in concert next Sunday afternoon at Riverside High School at three o clock. The program promises a pleasant Sunday afternoon listening to well chosen songs by capable singers.
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Carl Schwachow
Decatur
Riverside High School
TVA Forestation Milestone Two Million Trees Planted
The article notes the Tennessee Valley Authority has reached its forestry program milestone with two million trees planted. It highlights the broad benefits expected for the TVA and the nation from this extensive effort begun in the 1930s.
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TVA
Year Of The Locusts We Remember 1949 Fires Hit Farm Areas
The record year 1949 saw cotton losses to boll weevils estimated at 50 million dollars in the state. Now forest fires add to the agricultural woes with unusually dry weather and careless land burning blamed. Farmers weigh the appeal of town life amid perpetual blazes after nightfall.
Unfortunate Little Girl Temples Divorce Casts Shadow on Star�s Career
The article recalls Shirley Temple's public divorce from John Agar and reframes her career decline. It compares her fate with other child stars like Jackie Coogan and Jackie Cooper, noting growing up dimmed the magic once beloved by American households and suggesting she might be happier away from films.
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Shirley Temple
John Agar
Shirley
Jackie Coogan
Jackie Cooper
Good Fun As We Go Along With Decatur Baseball Plans
Decatur residents weigh building the city into a future sound giant through community efforts and a new Dixie League baseball plan. The venture promises pleasure for thousands, boosts spirit, and may not yield direct investor returns, yet last summer’s semi pro schedule drew 23 000 fans, signaling strong public value.
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Decatur
Marathon Service Continues 5 Days in Memphis Temple
The Church of God in Christ holds a 24 hour daily marathon in Mason Temple Memphis as ministers note signs of unease yet press on for 16 more days. Worshipers endure with food, medical care, a beauty parlor and dormitories available in the basement while Bishop Mason, founder from Mississippi, has led for 54 years.
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Memphis
Tenn
Church of God In Christ
Mason Temple
William H. Burson
The
United Press
Bishop Mason
Big Temple
Mississippi
Illegal Air Treaties Shake U S State Department Power
A high court challenge to the State Department’s use of executive air treaties without Senate ratification sparks a dispute with Canada over Colonial Airlines Montreal to New York while big airlines hire top lobbyists and smaller carriers rely on constitutional limits. Alabama Governor James E. Folsom faces a comic publicity moment as publisher R B Chandler warns of sockless feet at inauguration to protect the cotton belt image.
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State Department
Canada
U. S
Jim Proctor
Alan Goldsborough
Senate
United States
Supreme Court
Colonial Air Lines
Colonial
Montreal
New York
Washington
American Airlines
State Acheson
Pan American
Louis Johnson
National Defense
Kissin
Jim
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Mobile
R. B. Chandler
Mobile Press Register
Chandler
Big Jim
Ambition and Values in a Diamond Dream
A column discusses how the burning drive for status symbols like oversized diamonds cars or clubs reflects warped values. It argues ambition is positive only when aimed at worthy goals and inner growth, service, and improving the world, not personal vanity.
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Mars
Neglected Children Highlight School Gap for Feeble Minded
A call laments Congress and governments neglect public school facilities for mentally retarded children. It notes fewer than 90,000 of an estimated one million receive special classes, with progress in Wisconsin Cincinnati and Euclid. Nevada and Mississippi lack training schools, Arizona building one.
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Congress
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Euclid
Ohio
American Legion
The
Kiwanis
Nevada
Mississippi
Arizona
Nomination of Chamber Officers Featured in Notes
A local notice lists a nominating committee for Chamber of Commerce officers and directors including J W Clapton T A Bowles F D Peebles S M Thompson and another appointee. Other items note Marguerite Papenburg engagement to Rev Karl Hoffman, wedding planned for early spring, and social events at Miss Sabine Dupont’s home for Mr and Mrs Roy Wyatt.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Clapton
T. A. Bowles
F.D. Peebles
S. M. Thompson
Mrs
Henry Papenburg
Marguerite
Rev
Karl
E. C. Payne
Shoumatoff Breaks Silence on Roosevelts Final Days
Westbrook Pegler reports Elizabeth Shoumatoff, Roosevelt portraitist, reveals she was startled by publicity after painting the late president the moment he collapsed in 1945. She notes Mrs. Ruthfurd, seen in the study, sparked a mystery tied to wartime connections, secrecy, and witnesses at Warm Springs and in Hyde Park.
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New York
Elizabeth Shoumatoff
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Winthrop Rutherford
Washington
Lucy Mercer
Maryland
Shoumatoff
Rutherford
Rutherfurd
Eleanor
Mrs. Rutherfurd
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. Rutherford
Grace Tully
Secret Service
Edward M. Ward
Steve Early
Remembrance of Pearl Harbor Eight Years On
The narrator recalls a winter fishing trip near New Orleans with Cleveland Sessums eight years ago and the day the radio linked Pearl Harbor to the Japanese attack. He notes changing memories, Roosevelts era figures, and the concealed presence of Mrs. Rutherford at a historic moment. Veterans confess they had nearly forgotten the exact anniversary date.
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Washington
Cleveland Sessums
Louisiana
New Orleans
Bayou
Sam
Cleveland
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Jack
Fellowship Class To Be Organized At First Methodist
A fellowship class will begin Sunday December 11 at 6 PM at First Methodist Church. Adults youth and children are invited to hear S D Whitten teach the Story Of Methodism. Thirty minutes of singing will precede the study.
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First Methodist Church
S. D. Whitten
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Birmingham
Emory Wardlow
Pulaski, Tenn
John Wardlow
Ninth Avenue South
Mary Jervis
Atollege
Colleen Moore
W. M
Central Baptist Church
T. E. Williams
Grant Street
Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook
Stalin
Yalta
Bill Hassett
Morgan County National Bank
Decatur, Alabama
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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