Decatur Civitan members predict 1951 events at meeting
The Decatur Civitan club met at the Lyons hotel with guests Pat Sandlin C A McCumber and C B Sansberry. Each member forecast events for 1951 and these were recorded for playback a year later.
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Decatur Civitan Club
Lyons Hotel
Pat Sandlin
C. A. McCumber
C. B. Sansberry
A. M. Roan
Civitan
Elmer Ange
John Wers
Hill Woodard
Cole Young
Decatur
D. L. Allen
Garnett Young
Johnny Smithers
Bill Chenault
John Powers
Floyd Sherrod
Bobby Ellis
Russia
Paul Stroud
Civitans
Eddie Henson
Joe Elliott
Theo Putnam
Meredith Woodall
John Darby
Frank Manker
W. C. Montgomery
Bill Sherman
Louis Bell
Frank Whisenant
Leonard Moody
O. D
Open Gate Invitation From Charles R. Brewer
Poem-like exhortation urges readers to embrace renewal in the New Year. It encourages leaving fear behind and transforming sorrow through faith and action. The speaker speaks of hope, divine help, and reaching others in need before it is too late.
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Charles R. Brewer
Louisville Bomb Fear After Car Hits Hot Wire
Two loud explosions and flashes caused widespread alarm in suburban Louisville after a car struck a fallen electric wire knockout a 13 000 watt transformer. Sirens and fire calls flooded the city as residents feared bombs though the vehicle burned with two occupants jumping clear before flames consumed it.
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Louisville
Tarnished Tartans Forbidden in Scotland Two Centuries Ago
The text notes tartan wearing was illegal in Scotland about 200 years ago, tied to clan authority the British sought to suppress. It highlights how SNP and tradition faced suppression as authorities moved to erase clan identity.
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Scotland
Apple Picker Admits He Slew Former Follies Girl
An upstate New York apple-picker admitted to strangling former Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Evelyn Hughes after a night of questioning. Police quoted Birger Nordkrnst saying he "blew his top" when she resisted in his Manhattan hotel room. He recalled using a handkerchief and scarf to suffocate her.
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Follies
Evelyn
Yvonne) Hughes
Ziegfeld Follies
New York City
Birger Nordkrnst
Utica
N. Y
Nordkist
Hughes
New. York
New York
Manhattan
Ashland
Remington Alleged to Have Pledged Communism in Marriage
New York dispatch reports Ann Moos Remington testified at her former husband William H. Remington's perjury trial that she compelled him to remain a communist before their 1938 marriage. She quit the party in 1946 while Remington, 33, then a Commerce Department economist, faced a federal indictment.
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New York
William H. Remington
Ann Moos Remington
Remington
Communist Party
Ridgewood
N. J
Commerce Department
Attorney General Suspends Louisiana U S Attorney
Justice Department pauses Harvey L. Carey from the Western district of Louisiana amid an investigation into allegations concerning the conduct of his office. The temporary leave was announced yesterday in Washington.
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Washington
McGrath
Harvey L. Carey
U. S. Attorney
Western District of
Louisiana
Justice Department
Shreveport
Shoes range from size 4 to 15 for soldiers in Korea
The article notes that military footwear in Korea is produced in sizes spanning from four to fifteen, covering a broad fit range for American soldiers. It highlights supply considerations and standardization of sizing for field use.
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Korea
Stone of Scone May Have Been Dumped in River
Rural police near London probe reports that the historic Stone of Scone was dumped into the River Crouch under cover of night. Essex police confirm sighting of a heavy bundle lowered from a small boat as officers search the riverbank for the relics.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Crouch
Essex
Chelmsford
Scotland
Death Claims L P Waddell
Funeral services for L P Polk Waddell 74 will be Friday at 2 PM at New Salem church. Rev Bunyon Wallas and Rev Albert Jones will conduct. Interment in adjoining cemetery Mutual Service directing. Survived by widow four sons seven daughters a brother and a sister forty four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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L. P
Polk) Waddell
New Salem Church
Bunyon Wallas
Albert Jones
Waddell
Hartselle
Salem Methodist Church
Albert
Claude
William
Oscar
Emmitt Pruitt
Cullman
Almer
Thomas
Nathan Prince
Tennis Waugh
Robert Hutson
Decatur
Tommie Bolan
North Salem
Ind
Seth Ballen
J. J. Waddell
Lizzie Martineau
Minneapolis, Minn
Parole Curbs Planned in Birmingham Senate Confirmations Sought
Birmingham city attorneys draft amendment to limit parole board powers until Senate confirmation. Police Commissioner Eugene Connor notes the change would strip authority from unconfirmed members as mass prisoner releases draw scrutiny. Names Glen Vinson William H Drinkard Howell Turner are tied to existing board tensions and past cases including a $67000 jewelry store robbery.
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Birmingham
State Senate
Eugene Connor
James E. Folsom
Glen Vinson
William H. Drinkard
Howell Turner
Vinson
Drinkard
Connor
G. B. Parsons
Studebaker Plans 20 Percent Cut In January Output
Studebaker Corp will trim January production of passenger cars and trucks by 20 percent after a record year. President Harold S. Vance cites government civilian-use restrictions on defense materials. The passenger car plant shifts to a four day schedule while the truck plant runs five days with 20 percent manpower reduction.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Harold S. Vance
Civil flights in six-state area become mandatory
Civilians in portions of six states around Oak Ridge Tennessee must file flight plans with the Civil Aeronautics Administration when they begin flights. The move makes filing mandatory rather than voluntary.
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Asheville
N. C
Oak Ridge
Paroled Prisoner’s Christmas Release Noted
A former welfare worker, Mrs No ra Barfield, previously sentenced for theft of welfare funds, received a five day Christmas parole. The pardon recipient is unnamed in the fragment and the parole period ends today.
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Nora Barfield
Danish Couple's Dream Is Ended
Danish couple Einer and Mrs Henrichsen left Mobile aboard a freighter bound for South Africa after abandoning their wrecked ketch Viking. They crossed the Atlantic in the vessel and had sought U.S. compensation for damage. Immigration officials said they left voluntarily prior to deportation. Henrichsen signed on as an ordinary seaman aboard the Blue Master with his wife in the steward’s department.
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America
Einer Henrichsen
South Africa
Henrichsen
Steward’s Department
Henrichsens
U.S
Viking Ran
Heavy Traffic Toll Over New Year Holiday Forecast
The National Safety Council estimates 330 lives will be lost in traffic crashes during the three day New Year weekend. This forecast covers fatalities from 6 P.M. Friday to midnight Monday following a Christmas period that killed 545 motorists or pedestrians.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Henrichsens’ Coastal Tow Sinks Viking After Sea Dispute
The Henrichsens claimed the Viking ran aground off Northwest Florida in 1947 when an Army tug allegedly dragged it onto a sand bar despite protests. The case was rejected. The Viking was towed to Mobile, and the couple lived aboard until the vessel began sinking this summer, after which they beached it and went ashore.
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Florida
Henrichsens
Mobile
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