Ballot Contests Move On as Supreme Court Pulls string
Alabama Democratic ballot fight heads to the U S Supreme Court after the state supreme court rejected a permanent injunction blocking contests in the third district. Loyalists hold 43 of 72 seats on the new committee set to take office January 15 while States Rights supporters plan quicker investigations in Lee Russell and Coffee counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Party
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
Coffee Circuit
Bowen Simmons
Democratic Executive Committee
Coffee
Russell
Lee
Richard T. Rives
William S. Pritchard
Birmingham
Elba
Gessner T. McCorvey
Robert T. Simpson, Jr
Supreme Court
McCorvey
Dear Miss Dix: Married men and the trap of divorce
Dorothy Dix exhorts married men to stop romanticizing single life. Ex husbands admit divorce rarely brings happiness, revealing homes as shelter and stability. Many regret wrecked marriages, missing home cooking, faithful partners, and quiet firesides.
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Miss DIX
Bank
Dear Miss Dix Advises on Extravagant Sister Support
A reader asks about marriage plans this summer and notes the bride plans to continue working while also supporting her two sisters aged 12 and 15 by clothing them. The piece explores the financial and social implications of such arrangements.
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Miss DIX
Baptists Back Social Security Plan in Denomination
The Southern Baptist Convention voted unanimously to allow Social Security benefits for about 25,000 church and institutional employees, stating participation is voluntary and complies with separation of church and state. The four day meeting also approved a $10 million operating budget for 1952 and projected $32 million income from 6.761 million members in 22 states with $23 million allocated to mission work.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Modest Maidens Trademark Tale From Norma Ill
A fragmented excerpt mixes punctuation and dialogue about trademarks in Norma Illinois. It touches on profanity, a factory worker’s son bedtime ritual, and odd legal notes about human faces and dogs. The piece shifts to a hotel scene with a guest praising service and the manager responding.
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Norma, Ill
Cindra Ann Forsythe
San Francisco
Huge Surplus of Pork Indicates oe Drop
The text mentions a large pork surplus and a related drop, with collateral quotes about profits and a tax transfer to petty cash. It includes miscellaneous dialogue and a note about remembering to buy pickled onions.
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Fred
Bill
Flash Fire Kills Goodrich Employee
A flash fire at the BF Goodrich plant in Tuscaloosa Alabama killed Roswell Jones and injured two others. P N Robinson, a plant guard, aided in pulling Jones from a rubber lined tank car despite heavy fumes while Wilton P Gay was only slightly hurt. The accident occurred during a strike idleing about 1000 workers and followed a earlier shutdown in a tire finishing unit over work assignments.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
BF Goodrich
Roswell Jones
Wilton P. Gay
P. N. Robinson
Jones
Tougher Going For Chinese Predicted
United Nations forces have fallen back against overwhelming odds but Gen. George C. Kenney predicts the Chinese will face a different fight when Gen. Douglas MacArthur reassembles his forces. Kenney, commander of the Air University at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala., spoke in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
United Nations
George C. Kenney
Douglas MacArthur
Kenney
Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Blind Marine veteran seeks justice after dog poisoning in Birmingham
In Birmingham a blind Marine veteran, John McDowell, 25, faces displacement from his Alabama school for the blind as his seeing eye dog is poisoned. He requests a new dog from New Jersey while his family situation and future legal studies are at a standstill. The item also features a Dear Dorothy Dix column discussing marriage risk, intuition, and tips on financial trouble letters.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lis
John McDowell
Alabama School For the Blind
New Jersey
Office Cat Funny Verses from Decatur Readers
A collage of humorous vignettes from Decatur readers. Jokes about aging actresses, a car outing, lipstick finding, costly dinners, a Paris pastor in a tie, a dark room punchline, and observations on experience. The piece ends with economic woes and wartime shortages.
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Scott
R. J. Scott
Puis Dad
Butterfly's
Gatun Lake
Panama Canal
India
Dorothy DIX
Woodall
Decatur-Moulton Road
Wayl
Deltch
Gruen
Shaeffer
Jewelry Company
Johnston St
Baptists
Junior
Noth
Don's Floor
9Th St
Phorme
Don Williams
Sunbeam
Sunbeam, G.E. and
Betty Crocker Irons
Weoffle Irons
Rogers
Hardware Company
Second Ave
Goodrich
Molly
Times Square Station
New York
N. Y
Junius
Ilee J. Burke
Decatur
Farmer Perkins
Paris
America
Bank Street
R.E. Ellis
Mgr
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