Lyerly to Get Finney's Post
Gov. James E. Folsom appoints W. W. Lyerly of Tallassee as executive secretary succeeding O. H. Finney who resigns to enter private business. Lyerly will start Feb. 1. he has worked with the Folsom administration since 1946 and is currently assistant director of the state Department of Public Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
W. W
Bill” Lyerly
Tallassee
O. H. Finney
Lyerly
Finney
Folsom
State Department of Public Safety
R. L. Tucker
Africa
Sicily
Germany
France
Belgium
Mail and Express Destroyed When Mail Car Burns
A railway baggage car on a Chattanooga to Birmingham train burst into flames near Fort Payne Alabama. Thousands of dollars worth of mail and express goods were destroyed before firefighters controlled the blaze. The train halted and the blazing car was moved to a siding. items including hosiery lingerie cameras guns and fishing tackle bound for Birmingham and Mobile were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Payne
Ala
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Alabama and Great Southern
Mobile
Clinics Reopened at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital in Birmingham
Birmingham's Jefferson-Hillman hospital reopened 33 clinics closed since December 22 to provide charity care as a temporary financial relief. The Jefferson County Commission funds hospital bills for those unable to pay but cannot increase the appropriation, leading to cautious spending and emphasis on essential charity cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson-Hillman
Jefferson County Commission
Body Of Driver Found In Local Truck In Warrior
A 30-year-old truck driver named L. D. Roger of Sheffield was found dead in his locked running truck in Warrior. Police said autopsy is needed to determine cause. Roger worked for Jack Cole Inc of Birmingham and had been returning from Chicago when the incident occurred. Termites, when eaten, are said to taste like roasted chestnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrior
Ala
L. D. Roger
Sheffield
Birmingham
Jack Cole Inc
Royer
Chicago
New X ray Department Given to Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
A new cancer treatment X ray department valued at 22000 was donated to the Medical College of Alabama at Jefferson-Hillman hospital in Birmingham. Liberty National Life Insurance Company funded the gift and Frank M. Samford presented it to Medical College Dean Roy R. Kracke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
the Insurance Company
Medical College
Roy R. Kracke
Dr. Kracke
Alabama
Anniversary of Worst Blizzard Hits Rocky Mountain States
On the first anniversary of the Western blizzard outbreak, farmers across the Rocky Mountain states recall seven weeks of storms that claimed lives and livestock yet filled reservoirs for spring and summer moisture. They now pray for snow to ease drought across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
West
Rocky Mountain States
Mountain States
Burglary and Arson Strike Ensley Home on New Year's Eve
A burglar broke into the home of E. M. Carnes, Ensley high school's boys' supervisor, during a New Year visit. Firemen found three separate blazes in the house, two rooms burned out, indicating a coordinated arson after the break-in. Carnes and his family were away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Carnes
Ensley High School
Record of a Great Blizzard and Western Hardship
The piece notes December as the balmiest on record with drought harming winter wheat. It recalls a previous great blizzard that halted highway travel, froze railroads, buried relief trains, isolated towns, and killed thousands of range animals. Maj Lewis A. Pick led efforts to dig out, with moisture later needed to restore water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Pick
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A. A. Jones
J. H. Jones
Birmingham Hospital
Birmingham News
Gene Akern
Robin
Don
Williams
Memphis, Chattanooga
Nashville
ST. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Knoxville
Atlanta
Hoover Motor Express
Belk’s Gigantic
Pacific
Belk
Dimity
Batiste
Nansook
Isles
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