Texas Man Is Champion Liar
The Burlington Liars' Club crowned Airman 3C Harry V. Cummings of Dallas as the 1952 World's Champion Liar, citing a tall tale of Japanese mosquitoes at Johnson Space Base near Tokyo. Honorable mentions went to John S. Kendeix of Brooke Army Hospital for a heroic boiler tale, Fred Craven of Atlanta, Elliot Stein of Bristol for political switch fiction, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Rumsey
Burlington
Wis
John S. Kendeix
Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Fred Craven
Atlanta
Craven
Elliot Stein
Bristol
Conn
Eisenhower
First Methodist Sets Watch Service
New Years Eve services at First Methodist church include a watch party hosted by the senior department and college students. Thad Johnson says the event starts at 8 P.M. with recreation and ends at midnight with a Communion service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Thad Johnson
Court Studies Rubinstein Case
Three federal judges temporarily shield Serge Rubinstein from deportation to Ellis Island as the Rubinstein case awaits a Court of Appeals decision. A 4 p.m. deadline for surrender loomed, with the court asking for a hold while it reviews the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
U. S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Rubinstein
Atty
Kiwanis Club To Install Officers In Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis club will install officers at Friday noon meeting at the Lyons hotel. John ny Caddell will install William Eyster as president and Frank Troupe, Bill Schelbe, John Harlow, Rex Rankin in key posts. Outgoing president Redus Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Lyons Hotel
Johnny Caddell
William Eyster
Frank Troupe
Bill Schelbe
John Harlow
Rex Rankin
Redus Collier
Rites Held Thursday For Mrs. Anne Ryan
Funeral services for Mrs. Anne E. Ryan 56 of 711 Third Avenue SE died at Decatur General hospital. The service will be at Brown's chapel Thursday at 11 a.m. Interment at Gurley Alabama. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Ross Johnston Gary Indiana three sons Joe A Johnson Walterboro S C Earl E Johnson Gary Indiana J W Johnson Decatur her mother Mrs Florence Tipton Decatur sister Mrs Katrina Cadieux Nashville brother W O Tipton San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne E. Ryan
Third Avenue SE
Decatur General Hospital
Brown’s Chapel
H. M. Layman
C. L. Ellis
Gurley
Ala
Brown
Ross Johnston
Gary
Ind
Joe A. Johnson
Walterboro
Mrs Luanna Camp Rites Held Today
Final rites for Mrs. Luanna Camp, 77, of Vinemont 2, will be held at Union Grove church today at 2 P.M. Rev. T. E. Bright will officiate and interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Camp died at Cullman hospital yesterday at 8 A.M. She is survived by four daughters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luanna Camp
Vinemont 2
Union Grove Church
T. E. Bright
Cemtery
Deed Transfers Listed in Daily Records
Daily Records shows multiple transfers including T A Hill to J M Perry correction deed and various cash sums such as 2650 dollars from O S Graham to A H Holmes and 2800 dollars from Theo Holloway to O H Oaks. Other entries include 200 100 300 and 4500 dollar transfers between named individuals and families across several pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Hill
J. M. Perry
C. W. Lane
J. H. Lane
E. C. Latham
C. E. Smith
J. F. Martin
H. W. Martin
Travis Martin
O. S. Graham
A. H. Holmes
Theo Holloway
O. H. Oaks
Elizabeth B. Roberts
E. C. Payne
Mary Grace Warrick
Maudie Meadows
W. L. Watson
A. H. Williams
Decatur Chemstrand Employee Wedges Youthful Student
Herbert Cleo Sharp Jr., 21, of Decatur and Chemstrand employee, marries Elizabeth E. Lentz, 15, of Trinity, his bride a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cleo Sharp Jr
Decatur
Chemstrand
Elizabeth E. Lentz
Trinity
Gobble Fite Lumber Firm Sues Har rison Over Lien Suit
Gobble Fite Lumber Company a partnership led by W. M. Gobble Roy Fite Jr and J P Fite and James R Fite sues Carlton Harrison in an account and materialman lien case Peach Caddell and Shanks of represent Gobble Fite Lumber company in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobble-Fite Lumber Company
W. M. Gobble
Roy Fite Jr
Jack P. Fite
James R. Fite
Carlton Harrison
Peach, Caddell and Shanks
Bay Minette to Get Well Made Pants Plant in 1953
Bay Minette will host a Well Made Pants Co. branch employing about 100 women with an annual payroll over 200000 dollars. A local citizens group will finance a 72000 dollar building to house the plant, announced by chamber of commerce president C A Bodden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAY Minette
Baltimore, Md
C. A. Bodden
Bay Minette Chamber of Commerce
Well Made Pants Co., Inc
Bodden
Bay Minette Citizens Group
Program Discussed By Exchange Club
Exchange Club members met at Pitts Motel to discuss plans for 1953 and club goals for the new year. Program chairman George Sletcher led the session with vice president Glen Davis presiding in the president’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts Motel
George Sletcher
Glen Davis
Bob Brigham
St. Louis
John Lewis Camp Dies at 67 in Cullman
Funeral services for John Lewis Camp of Cullman aged 67 who died yesterday in a Tuscaloosa hospital will be announced later by Mass Service in Cullman. He is survived by one brother Wyatt Nix of Cullman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis Camp
Cullman
Tuscaloosa
Wyatt Nix
Toll Of Aerial Crashes Heavy Toll Of Aerial Crashes Heavy WASHINGTON Airplane accidents took the lives of almost 1 000 civilians and hundreds of military personnel in the United States this year.
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports 245 deaths in commercial transport operations including 200 passengers, 26 crew, and 19 on the ground with Alaska and foreign crashes included. Private flying deaths are estimated 600 to 650. The Defense Department withholds military air crash figures, citing security, though bomber accidents and North Pacific Rim losses are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alaska
Alaskan Airlines
Defense Department
Navy
North Pacific Rim
Korea
Pacific Northwest
Troy Woman Active In Church, Civic Circles Succumbs
Mrs Lane Enzor prominent in Alabama church and civic organizations died in a hospital after a long illness. native of Blakely Georgia wife of Troy Bank and Trust Co president. She held several offices with the State Federation of Women's Clubs. Funeral services set for First Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Lane Enzor
Alabama
Blakely
Troy Bank and Trust Co
Enzor
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
First Methodist
Employees Expanded At Plane Plant In Birmingham
Hayes Aircraft Corp enlarges Birmingham modification plant to 4,000 workers. The facility, tied to Hayes Manufacturing of Grand Rapids, Michigan, converts World War II aircraft for Air Force use as training or administrative planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Hayes Aircraft Corp
Hayes Manufacturing Corp
Grand Rapids
Mich
Air Force
State Fair Net Profit Reaches Seventy Seven Thousand
The Alabama State Fair reported a net profit of 77000 for the fair week. Auditors show 155290 paid admissions and gross revenue of 196327 with operating expenses of 119145 including 2352 paid for Miss Neva Jane Langley, Miss America 1953. Net results compare with 1950 profit of 51000 and 1951 profit of 55000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Neva Jane Langley
Alabama Girl Is 1953 Maid of Cotton for King Cotton
Alice Carr, 19, a Selma Alabama native and University of Alabama math major, was chosen Maid of Cotton 1953 from 22 entrants from 12 Cotton Belt states. She will tour 35 U S cities plus Canada Latin America and Europe beginning February and receive a convertible car along with gifts from sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Alice Carr
University of Alabama
Brownette
Selma
Ala
King Cotton
Worl
U. S
Canada
Latin America
Europe
Ann Turner
Yazoo City
Robette Bentley
Los Angeles
Calif
National Cotton Council
New York
New Orleans
Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Georgia
Oklahoma
California
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Missouri
Arkansas
Miss Carr
Buck with penny found in Montana deer's hide
ISMAY Mont A hunter found a penny under the hide on a hind leg of a deer he shot He believes the coin was placed in the buck when it was a fawn and left there for years by someone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismay
Mont
State Press Group To Study Freedom Of Information
The Alabama Press Association will study freedom of information at its Jan 22 24 convention in Birm ingham. Louisville Courier Journal editor James S Pope will speak at a Jan 24 luncheon. Jefferson Hornaday Alabama AP News papers committees lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Press Association
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
APA
Cecil Hornaday
Talladega News
Association
Freedom of Information Committee
Alabama_ Associated Press Newspapers
James E. Mills
Birmingham Post-Herald
The
Press Association
Alabama Associated Press Newspapers
Charles A. Fell
Birmingham News
Pope
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Freedom of Information
Woman Delivers Identical Triplets in Newport Tenn
In Newport Tennessee a 24 year old wife gave birth to identical triplets three girls by Caesarean section at a local clinic. Dr Glenn Shults reported all three babies are doing fine and the birth occurs once in about 35300 births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Tenn
Glenn Shults
Roy B. Brown
Eisler to Take East Berlin University Post Next Year
Berlin report states Gerhart Eisler, Soviet propaganda chief in the zone, will be reassigned to a professor position at East Berlin University early next year. The shift follows his role in coordinating information activities in the U.S. sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Neue Zeitung
Gerhart Eisler
East Berlin University
German freighter Melanie Schulte bound for Mobile
The 6,367 ton German freighter Melanie Schulte was reported today sailing from Narvik Norway toward its destination of Mobile Alabama with the route indicating an Atlantic crossing undertaken for commercial shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Melanie Schulte
Narvik
Norway
Mobile
Ala
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Pryor Field
Kiwanis Club
Mrs
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Mrs. Luanna
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Arthur D. Carr
Orvil Davis
Dollie Davis
Morgan County Court
N.C
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Albert R. Harwell
Grady Allen Tilley
Fort Benning
Kannapolis
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Raymond Harper
Harwell
Tilley
John Lewis
State Fair
Eisler
Second Ave
T. V
Ofcatuk
Radio Shack
Hwy. 3
Lafayette St
Lamar Penney
Decatur, Alabama
M. R. Rankin
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Rankin Agency
Lamar Penney Agency
M. R. Rankin Agency
Penney Agency
Mr. Penney
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