Alabama considers lash punishment after prison escapes
Alabama Prison Director Frank Boswell says he will seek a meeting with Gov. Folsom on resuming flogging in extreme cases after 22 prisoners escaped last week. Eleven of 18 recaptured received 15 lashes each. new policy would flog extreme escape cases instead of court trials. Eldridge Duke, 22, Calhoun county, was recaptured in St Clair county.
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Marion Wilson Wins Cinderella Girl Honors
Marion Wilson wins the Barter Theatre Cinderella Girl honor after competing with 500 Broadway hopefuls. She rises from Idaho to the Barter Players in Abingdon and will perform in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest in Decatur on January 13 at Riverside High Auditorium.
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Tax law cited as unfair in disability retirement payments
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall says complaints about tax free disability payments to retired officers stem from a statute that should be changed. He cites a 1946 report noting tax exemption and 75 percent base pay distort retirement. Forrestal’s memo lists 25,582 officers retired for disability since VJ Day and details by service.
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Marion Wilson Cinderella Girl of Barter Theatre
The young actress from Buhle Idaho rises at Barter Theatre in Abingdon earning praise from Helen Hayes. A Barter visitor notes proteges are doing fine as leads, and Hayes confirms their promise as she recalls choosing them.
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DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE NOTES
A collage of crossword entries across and down with numerous clues from intimidation to motorboat. Also includes a Cryptoquote puzzle with the quotation SELF-LOVE MY LIEGE IS NOT SO VILE A SIN AS SELF-NEGLECTING SHAKESPEARE and a note on yesterday's cryptoquote.
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Athens Rotary hosts Ireland talk at Colonial Club
The Athens Rotary Club resumed Friday luncheon with Father O'Reilly of Decatur as speaker on Ireland’s history and religious tolerance. Attendance included M S Kennemer presiding in absent leaders.
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County Law Changes Prompt Rush For Marriage Licenses
J. W. Worthey and his son Joe Worthey visited Capshaw while J. R. Vanderford, newly assigned highway patrolman, is staying at the sheriff's residence in the county jail. Tennessee couples hasten to obtain licenses ahead of upcoming stricter examination laws.
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Coast Cleared on Mississippi Gulf Coast After Hurricane Debris
Col Joseph J Twitty said 11000 dump truck loads of hurricane debris along a 45 mile Biloxi to Lake Shore coast were cleared by Army engineers. $100000 from President Truman emergency fund funded the rehabilitation. Judge R L Malone married ten couples in one day.
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