War Threats Hover Over Welcome To The New Year
The Associated Press reports 1951 begins amid war worries and prayer for peace. Americans mark midnight with mixed celebrations and mass prayers as President Truman and top officials address world tensions and rearmament.
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Associated Press
Yesteryear
Times Square
Horace W. Beae
Protestant Episcopal Archdiocese of
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Truman
Williamsburg
Washington
Dean Acheson
George C. Marshall
U. S
Marshall
National Safety Council
Peace a way of living and shared responsibility in a warless world
An editorial piece defines peace as more than words and ink, listing qualities like open mindedness patience and cooperation. It frames peace as God on both sides of talks, global goodwill and top level thinking beyond weapons and force. A separate humor item jokes about a Detroit wife's divorce suit over creased trousers.
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Detroit
Moulton Residents Thank Santa Claus Helper
Negro citizens of Moulton express thanks to Thomas W. Wert for again serving as Santa Claus this year. The note mentions St. Helena, the South Atlantic island where Napoleon was exiled.
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Moulton
Thomas W. Wert
Santa Claus
St. Helena
Napoleon
South Atlantic Island
Night Thoughts on Counting Sheep and Silly Thoughts
A short verse notes racing thoughts as the speaker counts sheep. The line emphasizes inner musings and playful ideas that surface during bedtime contemplation.
Former Alabama newspaperman injured in French crash
Charles Franklin Edmundson about 40, a former Alabama newspaperman and editor, was seriously injured in an automobile crash near Montpelier, Southern France, while returning from a honeymoon in Spain. His wife, a minor knee injury, and Edmundson, a back injury, followed a Dec 15 marriage. he previously worked for Birmingham and Memphis papers and for St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Paris
Charles Franklin Edmundson
Alabama
Edmundson
France
Spain
Montpelier
Birmingham
Memphis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July Symbols Larkspur and Ruby Cited for Birmingham
The larkspur is noted as the July flower and the ruby as the July jewel in Birmingham. The tradition links local color with the month through plant and gem symbolism.
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Walter
Bessie
Fortune Magazine
Nieman
Harvard University
Dren
Kurfees
H. L. Reeves
Maytag
Bendix
H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture
E. Moulton St
Coal & Grain CO
Checkerkoard Store
Moulton St
Penney
Homemaker
Penney’s
White Goods
Sorority Bayons
Daisy Bell
Advance Patterns
Penney’s Own
Rondo
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