Editor Cash Stanley Recovers as Primaries Near
Alabama Journal editor Cash Stanley, resting near the gulf, shows marked improvement. Bob Thomas notes the shift of the chorus girl to ice shows, a payroll concern, while Stanley’s states rights stance remains a fixture in the political climate ahead of the Democratic primaries.
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Cash Stanley
Alabama Journal
Montgomery
Gulf
Mr. Stanley
Mobileway
Bob Thomas
Decatur Views Then and Now After World War One Photo
The Daily recalls changes in Decatur since World War One through a 1919 May 9 photograph of lower Second Avenue. The image, loaned by Elwood Tarpley of Sheffield, shows Company E returning with the Rainbow division from overseas, a local scene now hardly recognizable to many viewers.
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Decatur
Daily
Elwood Tarpley
Sheffield
Lower Second Avenue
Company E
Rainbow
Navy Conference Outlines Four Point Public Relations Program
Public relations gain prominence across business, religious groups, and military. The Navy holds a Pensacola conference of public relations officers. A four point program guides PRO conduct: avoid deception, show enthusiasm but be careful, avoid exaggeration, and refrain from belittling competitors.
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Navy
Pensacola
Seekers Sail for Utopia Off South American Isles
Seven prominent Americans led by artist James Amory Sullivan sail seeking perfect peace away from modern society. They complain of forced conventions and pretensions and hope to find happiness among tiny offshore islands. The piece ends with a jab about Utopia perhaps being near Washington, D.C.
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Utopia
South America
James Amory Sullivan
United States
Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Polio Drive Urges Help As March of Dimes Soars
Urgent appeal notes 1949 polio epidemics were the worst in U.S. history with over 40,000 cases. It warns thousands need ongoing care, cites 26 million raised last year, 31 million spent on patient care in 1949, and urges donations during January 16 31 1950 to fund the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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March OF Dimes
National Foundation For
Secret Russian Hungarian Plan Threatens Yugoslavia
Intelligence in Vienna and Belgrade reported a Moscow Budapest plot to attack Yugoslavia with bases in Hungary’s Tatras for rocket strikes. Tito dismissed the rumors as Moscow's nerves warfare while Washington offered aid to preserve Yugoslav sovereignty.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
State Department
Vienna
Belgrade
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Constantin Rokossowski
Europe
Greek
Tito
Acheson Talks Franco Spain Policy In Secret Hearing
Secret House committee session with Secretary Acheson reveals U S policy toward Franco regime. He urges continued nonrecognition while condemning Franco and notes potential embassy return only after a government change. Mention of Formosa and ECA limits accompanies veteran toy drives and a Cain confrontation at a Washington labor meeting.
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U. S
Spain
Formosa
Dean Acheson
House Foreign Affairs
John Kee
West Virginia
Acheson
Senate
State Department
United States
Franco
United Nations
Madrid
European Cooperation Administration
ECA
Rely Upon Yourself in Life and Success
Elihu Root chose New York as a base to test self reliance and personal grit. The piece argues independence builds character but warns that modern life requires cooperation and timely help to avoid failure, noting the balance between self reliance and mutual support.
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Elihu Root
New York
Root
Ourh
Lead Poisoning Dangers And Treatment Guidance
A medical alert outlines lead poisoning sources such as peeling paint and burning old car batteries. It details dangers, symptoms like abdominal pain and anemia, and treatment using calcium gluconate injections to move lead into bones, with calcium supplements afterward.
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Le66
King
Years A 25 Today Tonight Meeting Albany-Decatur Chamber
Citizens of Albany Decatur will meet at 7 30 to elect Chamber of Commerce officials for the year and discuss plans for growth and upbuilding. John T. Cooper of Hartselle will preside at a Monday lay leaders meeting at Central Methodist church. Sam Ory is ill in a Gadsden hospital. Harry Snodgrass left the Missouri penitentiary with 3587 25. City Council heard paving estimates for Davis Street from Bank to Alabama Streets by City Engineer Bingham. New Chevrolet at Huie Motor Company. City taxes delinquent. pay now to avoid penalty. Social Service Class at Central Methodist Church will have a social Friday afternoon. Mrs Turner and Mrs Smith hostesses. Lillie Harley of Madison visiting Mrs Walcott. Evergreen guest Mrs Gordon of Evergreen visiting Mrs Branum.
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John Sanders
Tacoma
Wash
William L. Reed
Madison General Hospital
Reed
Battle of
Bastogne
Europe
Santa Claus
Ind
Nick
Ray L. Woolfolk
Legion
St. Nicholas
Chester
Philadelphia
Harold J. Keating
Main Line
Times
Lower Merion Township
Richland
Albany-Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
John T. Cooper
Hartselle
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
Davis Street
Alabama
Bingham
B. A. Turner
L. B. Smith
Celebrities and misfits in a winter gossip list
A column lists famous names paired with unlikely roles from vaudeville to crime, then shifts to Roz Courtright’s rising singing career at the Beverly Hills hotel. It notes Jack Wrather’s Guilty Of Treason preview and a March New York City reunion for Iceland veterans, plus the scoop on a frost bit drink idea.
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New York
INS
Noth
Toots Shor
Aly Khan
Bill O'Dwyer
John Frederick
Tex McCrary
Frank Costello
Alexis Thompson
White
Rosalind Courtright
Beverly Hills Hotel
Big Town
St.Regis
Roz
Hernando Courtright
Beverly Hills
L. B. Mayer
Jimmy McHugh
Jack Wrather
Cardinal Mindszenty
Overseas Press Club
Russia
E. P. Dutton
Iceland
New York City
William S. Key
Dave Zinkoff
Morgenthau defends lend lease quest in Westbrook column
In Westbrook New York Jan 17 Pegler shows Ed Foley and Oscar Cox as the drafting forces behind the lend lease bill. Morgenthau claims uncertainty about authorship while acknowledging key role but evades direct disclosure amid Senate questions.
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New York
Ed Foley
the Treasury
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lend-Lease
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Morgenthau
Foley
The
Treasury
Oscar Cox
Lend-Lease Administration
Cox
Charles A. Beard
Lend Lease
F. D. Roosevelt
United States
Norman Thomas
Stalin
Senator la Follette
Henry
la Follette
la Folletté
Myseorders
Cordell Hull
Hiram Johnson
California
Mr. Foley
Virginia Declaration of Rights Influences Bill of Rights
The 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights helped shape the U S Bill of Rights as part of the foundational framework for American liberties. It established protections for individual rights and limited government authority that influenced later constitutional provisions.
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N. H
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Harry
State
Pasco
Bill Green
A. F. Of.l. Building Trades Department
Richard Gray
Gray
Senator
National Association of Manufacturers
Harry Cain
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Davidson
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Satarer Eyndicate, Inc
Sam Ory
Gadsden
Gadsden Hospital
Harry Snodgrass
Missouri
Chevrolet
Huie Motor Company
F. L Carswell
Henry Hartung
T. M.gordon of
Evergreen
E. T. Branum
International News Service
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Barry Gray
Harvard
Babe Didrikson
Lee Carson
Devereaux Milburn
Oscar Levant
Kate Smith—Cook
Ezzard Charles
Steve Hannagan
Whitehope
Sloan Simpson
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Bob Considine
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Senator Johnson
Dixie Freezer
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