Cotton Maid Named Tonight in Nationwide Pageant
Memphis Tennessee hosts the 1950 Maid of Cotton pageant final with 20 contestants from 12 states. Christina judges led by Virginia Pope select the winner who will serve as goodwill ambassador for the cotton industry and model outfits made entirely of cotton in cities across the United States and abroad.
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Memphis
Tenn
Virginia Pope
New York Times
National Cotton Council
Cotton Council
Memphis Cotton Carnival Association
Cotton Exchages
New Orleans
New York
Tennessee
Emma Cariashville
Anne’ Marie Caskey
Helen ‘Patricia House
Ellen Craft Ramsay
South Carolina
Joanne Woodward
Greenville
Elizabeth A. McGee
Spartanburg
Mississippi
Elinor Green
Grenada
Alabama
Lallie Hudgings
Fort Payne
Sara Jones
Gadsden
Mary Pharr Lathram
Bessemer
Georgia
Carol Pyle
Columbus
Early Blooms Surprise Birmingham In January
In Birmingham Alabama January blooms surprise residents with petunias camellias roses and verbena already in full color. Botanist Dr James A Doubles of Birmingham Southern College explains warm sun and moisture plus light winds trigger spring like growth earlier than usual.
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Birmingham
Ala
James A. Doubles
Birmingham Southern College
Mobile
Montgomery
Death claims circus magnate Ringling in Sarasota
Robert Edward Ringling 52 longtime Ringling Brothers executive and former opera singer died after a stroke in Sarasota. He chaired the circus board and twice led the organization as president, leaving widow and two sons James Conway Ringling and Charles Joseph Ringling, his mother Mrs. Charles Ringling, and sister Mrs. Charles E. Sanford.
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Sarasota
Fla
Robert Edward Ringling
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Big Top
Ringling
Charles Ringling
Munich
Opera
Chicago Civic Opera
Samuel Insull
Cincinnati Opera Company
James Conway Ringling
Charles Joseph Ringling
Charles E. Sanford
The Child Who Stutters
Article discusses stuttering in young children and guidance for parents. It notes most preschoolers repeat sounds, warns against harsh correction, and emphasizes nonmedicinal approaches and parental cooperation. It contrasts mild early stuttering with harder cases in older children needing speech therapy.
Inside Dope on Formosa Debate at White House
White House conference led by President Truman debated Formosa crisis. Gen Omar Bradley and Steve Early urged U S troops and naval action to block a Chinese invasion and speed aid to Chiang Kai Shek. MacArthur pressed US title to Formosa and occupation rationale due to no Japanese peace treaty. Acheson remained calm through the discussion.
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Drew Pearson
White House
Far East
Truman
Barmaca
Omar Bragsley
Steve Early
MacArthur
Washington
Formosa
U.S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bradley
United States
Japan
Acheson
Acheson Warns Against Sending Troops to Formosa
Former Secretary of State Acheson argues against U S troops or military staff to China amid tensions over Formosa. He compares Formosa to a crowded island with internal dissidence and cites harsh history under Chinese rule to warn of a chaotic intervention.
Eight Hurt as Train Derails in Geneva Georgia
Five cars of Central of Georgia passenger train number 5 derailed on a siding near Geneva Georgia at about 2 05 a m injuring eight persons None of the cars overturned The wreck caused by a broken rail occurred on the Columbus to Macon run Three injured were taken to a Columbus hospital and the rest to Macon Traffic on the line was not disrupted Wrecking crews from Macon and Columbus planned to re right the cars by noon
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Geneva
Central of Georgia
Central
Columbus
Luther Chandler
Macon
WSCS Meeting At Basham Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Basham Methodist met Monday night. The session opened with hymn singing and prayer, followed by a devotional on Standards and Measures and scripture from Zachariah and 2 Corinthians. Aleta Martin led the discussion Take My Love with several assistants listed.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Basham Methodist Church
J. O. Martin
Toney Ratliff
Aleta Martin
Acheson Tests Formosa Defense Policy Before UN
In a Security Council briefing Dean Acheson warned that Britain will recognize China and back Red China for a UN seat. He questioned defending Formosa with great force if China gains recognition and control of the mainland. He noted past efforts by Roosevelt Hurley and Stilwell and Hawaii’s absence from threat.
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China
Roosevelt
Hurley
Stilwell
Acheson
Security Council
Britain
Red China
United Nations
U. N
United States
Council
Formosa
Hawaii
United States Deliberates Taiwan and Indo China Aid
The administration and Truman administration agreed to ship weapons and equipment to Chiang Kai-Shek to defend Formosa with a portion of a 75 million dollar bill. About 20 U.S. advisers would survey the region while consideration was given to recalling General MacArthur. The council ordered rapid U.S. military aid to the French in Indo China, with twenty million dollars of supplies to move there within six weeks to counter communist advances and deter Red China's UN Security Council bid. The first U.S. lighthouse was built in 1791 at Cape Henry, Virginia.
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Truman
Formosa
U. S
MacArthur
Japan
Council
Indo-China
France
Red China
U. N. Security Council
Income tax filing date outlined for 1949 returns
Washington reports that January 16 is the filing date for many taxpayers to estimate and pay 1949 taxes or file final returns. It covers those with no tax withheld, partial withholding, or extra outside income. Farmers have separate rules with until January 1950, with options to file estimates or wait until January 31 to complete final returns.
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Washington
Anniston Real Estate Broker Mortimer Sterne Dies
Mortimer Sterne about 60 a real estate and insurance broker died at his home in Anniston after a heart ailment He was a native of Albany Georgia moved to Anniston as a boy Survivors include his widow a son Maj Charles Sterne U S Army a daughter Mrs Mary Sterne Rich of Birmingham and two sisters and three brothers including Mervyn Sterne of Birmingham
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Anniston
Ala
Mortimer. Sterne
Albany
Charles Sterne
U.S. Army
Mary Sterne- Rich
Birmingham
Mervyn
Hy, Sterne
Star of Silent Screen Emil Jannings Dies in Vienna
Vienna telegram reports Emil Jannings 62 longtime silent film star died in his sleep at home in Zinkenbach after weeks of illness and liver pain. He planned burial by barge across Lake Wolfgang to Sankt Wolfgang in the American zone, after winning the first Academy Award in 1928 for The Way of All Flesh.
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Vienna
Austria
Emil Jannings
Wood
Jannings
Zinkenbach
Gardson
Lake Wolfgang
Agriculture Dept Distributes First 100 Pounds Seed
The Department of Agriculture plans to distribute the first 100 pounds of onion seed to commercial nurseries. This initial allotment aims to support growers and expand production.
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Department of Agriculture
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Pearson
President Truman
Greece
Germany
Johnnie Aycock
Georgie
WSCS
Basham
Cape Henry
The
Dixie Freezer
Bank St
Dodge
Dillehay
Berline
Star of Silent Screen
Frigidaire
Maytag
RCA Victor
Baldwin Pianos
Albany Grain & Coal Co
Rou
McNelly Motors
Second Ave
Decatur, Ala
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