Death Takes Scotty's Pal Albert Johnson 72
Hollywood January 8 The man who backed Death Valley Scotty for 30 years Albert Massey Johnson 72 former president and chairman of National Life Insurance Co of Chicago died after an operation. He promoted railroad mining and public utility ventures and helped Scotty financially. He was a founder of the Fundamentalist Saiety and served at a Chicago mission. Immediate relatives survive.
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Hollywood
Jan
Death Valley
Scotty
Albert Massey Johnson
the National Life Insurance Co
Chicago
Walter E. Scott
Castle
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Saiety
Missing state education check found in Florida forged endorsement
A $1,817.50 check issued to the Mobile County School Board disappeared after mailing from Montgomery. The Jacksonville man cashed it with a forged school board endorsement. The matter is now in federal hands.
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Mobile
Mobile County School Board
Jacksonville
Fla
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Ray E. Venman
Venman
FPC fixes Alabama Power Jordan project original cost
The Federal Power Commission set 9,516,932.52 as the legitimate original cost of Alabama Power's Jordan hydro electric project as of December 31, 1929. The order revises a prior ruling, disallowing 3,530,576.98 of the claimed cost. Original cost data influence rate setting.
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Washington
Jan
Federal Power Commission
Alabama Power Company
Jordan
Birmingham
Ala
Textile Consumption Rise Over The Decade
Over the last ten years American per capita textile use increased from about 33 pounds to around 45 pounds annually, signaling growing demand and shifts in apparel and fabric consumption patterns.
Parents and teens clash over freedoms and discipline
In a discussion sparked by Anna W. M. Wolf, parents and children clash on rules and freedoms. Teenagers resist strict oversight while parents criticize late hours, manners, and irresponsibility, prompting a Parent-Teachers meeting to seek agreement.
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Panion
Miss Wolf
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mackenzies Column on Christmas in Russia and Religion
Mackenzie notes Orthodox Christmas celebrated in Russia despite atheistic rule. He cites World Almanac figures of believers and recalls Soviet anti religious policy after 1917. He mentions Stalin's 1943 revival of church rights and discusses a cautious revival of faith, especially among children under Bolshevik rule.
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Russia
Stalin
Moscow
America
Communist Party
Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University
Washington
Local Notes From Aldridge Grove And Surrounding Areas
Lawrence County and Aldridge Grove report visits by family and friends including Miss Lucille Logan from California and Edna Chaney with John Chaney. Local ball game plans feature Speake against Mount Hope. Also informal reflections on religion and politics appear at story end.
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Odlas Sparks
Moulton
Homer Vinson
Marlin’ Gillespie
Lowell Cole
Edna
John Chaney
George Cooper
Tom Sutton
Russellville
George Melson
Lucille Logan
California
V. L. Logan
Mary Rodgers
Frances Cole
Thad Chaney
Sparks
Ennis Mullican
Everett Mullican
Dock Mullican
C. C. Smith
Audrey Stephenson
O.W. “Dock
Dodd
What Teenagers Want in Their Parents
The piece argues kids prefer parents who share interests with them and listen actively. It urges parents to be humorous, non nagging, and genuinely engaged in their teens lives while avoiding overprotective fussing. Vivian Brown invites new angles in readers gangs.
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Pop
Mary
Libby
Anna W. M. Wolf
Makazine
Woman’s Home
Johnny
Junior
Pasteeta boosts denture fit for comfort and odor control
A short ad touts PASTEETA a pleasant alkaline mon ocid powder that keeps false teeth in place for easier eating and talking. It claims no gummy taste and notes it also helps prevent denture breath. Available at drug stores as FASTEETH.
Guardsmen Begin Food Service Training at Fort Benning
Three members of company C 1343rd Engineer Battalion Hart selle are ordered to attend a 12 week food service course at Fort Benning Georgia class 17. Privates Jesse B. Cook Lawrence E. Houser and Doyle E. Houser from Somerville will depart January 9 and return around March.
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Hartselle
Fort Benning
National Guardsmen
Jesse B. Cook
Somerville
Lawrence E. Houser
Doyle E. Houser
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