Churchill's Eleventh U S Visit Highlighted in Chart
The Associated Press notes that Winston Churchill’s January 1942 White House visit began a long sequence of 11 U S trips. The chart lists meetings with Roosevelt Truman and later Eisenhower, plus key conferences from Casablanca to Potsdam and honorary degrees at Harvard and MIT.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Mid-Atlantic
White House
Tobruk
Quebec
Harvard University
Yalta
Potsdam
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eisenhower
New York
President Truman
Spy Equipment Dropped From Plane Aimed at Espionage
A wartime report notes that radio sets cameras arms and codes parachuted from a plane were intended for spying and diversionist activities. The story emphasizes hidden equipment and its use in covert operations.
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States Intelligence Service
Maid of Cotton Alice Corr to Leave Selma for Memphis Crown
Alabama's 19 year old maid of cotton Alice Corr will travel to Memphis with her parents to pursue the national crown. A Selma delegation led by State Rep Walter S Givhan and Dallas County Farm Bureau president will follow on Monday. The article notes a historical aside on rubber's commercial use after its discovery by Europeans.
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Selma
Alabama
Maid of Cotton
Alice Corr
Memphis
University of Alabama
M. S. Corr
Walter S. Givhan
Dallas County Farm Bureau
Farmer's Nose for Ruins Leads to Rare Discovery
In the Negev Desert, farmer David Alon alerted archaeologist Jean Perrot to pottery fragments that led to excavations near Beersheba. The dig uncovered seven chalcolithic houses at Bir Abou Mater, with round walls, clay straw bricks, and grain stores, revealing copper artifacts and other signs of early settlement dating 4500 to 3000 B.C.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Alon
Kibbuz
Mishmar Hanegev
David
Negev
Jean Perrot
Jerusalem
Perrot
Beersheba
Abraham
French National Center of Scientific Research
Paris
Abou Gosh
Counsul
Rene Neuville
Judean Hills
Mandatory Palestine
Bir Abou Mater
Teleilat-el-Ghassoul
Jordan Valley
Jericho
Jordan Territory
Cyprus
Mesopotamia
Near East
Solomon
Red Sea
Ouadi Fennan
Fennan Valley
Jordan
Dead Sea
Hebrew University
Army Plans to Maintain 1,552,000 Strong Defense Force
Calls to the Defense Department for monthly draft requests persist for transmission to Selective Service. Navy Marines and Air Force have not sought draftees since last May, relying on recruiting and reenlistments. Army strength sits around 1,552,000 as planners factor in the soldier rotation program reservist releases and replacement of battle casualties.
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Defense Department
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Army
Far East
Christmas weekend traffic toll falls to five in Alabama
Alabama fatal Christmas weekend toll remained at five as Highway Patrol credits increased vigilance and motorist cooperation. Four deaths were from traffic crashes and one from an accidental shooting in Calhoun County.
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Alabama
Highway Patrol
Calhoun County
L. B. Sullivan
Army Induction Needs Remain High After Korea War
The Defense Department reported sustained high drafts two years after the Korean War. Fallout from the fall offensive showed U. S. casualties averaging about 1 200 weekly, with recent weeks at 200 to 400. The February call noted an Army expansion with a peak of 80 000 inductees per month in early 1951, now needing replacements to maintain force strength as two-year active service periods end.
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U. S
Defense Department
Apology Issued Over Cafe Arrests In Mobile Case
Mobile police chief publicly apologized after three cafe patrons Elise Courtney John Marinkovich and Bud Nixon were arrested for disorderly conduct by off duty Patrolman Charles Boyes who had allegedly been drinking. Charges were dismissed and the chief promised city commission action. No formal charges against Boyes were filed.
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Mobile
Dudley McFadyen
Charles Boyes
Recorder’s Court
McFadyen
Boyes
Elise Courtney
John Marinkovich
Bud” Nixon
Joe Burch
Burch
May Goff
Recorders’ Court
City Commission
Sparkman Day Celebrates Alabama Son John Sparkman
In Hartselle a crowd welcomed John Sparkman on his homecoming as the first Alabama native honored in a hundred years with a celebratory day. In Chicago the Democratic convention nominated Sparkman as vice president in a surprise move. A Morgan county liquor referendum failed three to one under the new county option system. A Fourth of July drowning in Mallards Creek left two men and four children dead after a small boat capsized. victims include James McKinney of Decatur and his three year old son Phil.
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Sparkman
Chicago
John Sparkman
Hartselle
Morgan County
Mallards Creek
James McKinney
Decatur
Phil
Anthony
Tennessee River drowning and tornado damage in Morgan county
Report outlines July Fourth events with a river outing tragedy on the Tennessee River, a deadly tornado in Morgan county killing four and injuring sixty, and widespread house destruction. It notes Red Cross aid and Bee Line highway progress toward Decatur and Cullman.
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H. C. Ryan Jr
Riverview
Shirlean Easterwood
Birmingham
James B. Terry
Moulton Heights
Tennessee
Massey
Morgan County
Red Cross
BEE Line
Decatur
Cullman
Sixth Avenue
H. R. Summer
Knox McRae
Cubans Weigh Changes to New Tax Law Amid Debate
In Havana the government signals possible revisions to a tax package that raised public ire. Treasury Secretary Mariano Lopez Blanco says some taxes aim to curb imports and spending abroad, with higher rates on auto tags and cigarettes. President Batista cites repaying losses from the previous regime and fraud as justification.
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Havana
Cuba
Mariano Lopez Blanco
the Treasury
Fulgencio Batista
Queen Alexandrine in critical coma after major operation
Copenhagen report notes dowager Queen Alexandrine remains in a coma more than 36 hours after a major operation. Doctors privately fear low chances of recovery. In a separate incident on Fourth Avenue officers L L Landers and R J Hyde sighted a chicken thief carrying a chicken. Five shots killed the thief, who proved to be a large red fox.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Alexandrine
FOX Hunt
L. L Landers
R. J. Hyde
Fourth Avenue
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