Folsom Fee To Attend Parley
State Senator J Bruce Henderson plans to attend budget hearings as budget adviser, seeks five fiscal year disbursement data and income estimates. He leads a bloc of about 20 senators pushing expenditure curbs and clerk hire fund limits, with top officials refuting his spending claims.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
J. Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Henderson
Treasury
Wilcox
Votem
Folsom
Birmingham
Doctors Propose Plan to Break Laxative Habit
Five New York doctors promote Carter's Pills as a method to end daily laxative use. The program spans three weeks with nightly doses and increasing water intake, claiming 83 percent success and no habit forming drugs. The ad urges readers to buy Carter's Pills for 33 cents at drugstores.
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New York
Carter
Gaggle of Short Jokes and Local Quips From A Rural Column
A mix of quick humor and anecdotes shows daily life in a small town. Jokes touch on speed and cars, marriage, ancestors, homesickness, and courtship, with lines about a farmer and lanterns and a note on Nanking as a government seat eight times.
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Nanking
China
Work Stoppage Ends At Alabama State Docks
Mobile Alabama January 26 the Alabama state docks bulk handling plant and coal tipple were to resume today after a two day unexplained work stoppage. Focks director Henry W Sweet said full crews would report though the cause remains unclear. About 80 employees did not report Monday and those continuing to stay away risk losing seniority. Supervisors helped unload an ore boat at the bulk handling plant yesterday.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama State Docks
Henry W. Sweet
Focks
Sweet
Doubled School Budget For Next Year Is Given Approval
A conference of Alabama educators endorsed a 94.9 million dollar public school budget for 1950-51, nearly doubling the current funds. The plan includes a 132 percent rise in Negro college aid and a 216.98 million building program split between public schools and colleges. It would raise total appropriation to 98.47 million, with emphasis on teacher salaries and operating funds. The proposal also calls for a constitutional amendment for the state superintendent’s appointment and a shift to elected board members advising the governor.
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Montgomery
Ala
Conference of Alabama Educators
Alabama
Alabama Association of School Administrators
State Board of Education
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama College
Alabama State College For
A&m Institute
Normal
Jacksonville
Florence
Livingston
Troy
Vote Curb Law Edict Appealed in Alabama
Mobile officials announce an appeal of a federal ruling against the Boswell measure. The case heads to the U S Supreme Court for a final decision with records to be prepared for appeal. Participants include Attorney General Albert Carmichael Assistant AG Si Garrett Boswell of Geneva and Carl M Booth of Mobile. The ruling held the amendment restricted voting rights based on race.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Albert Carmichael
Si Garrett
E. C
Bud) Boswell
Geneva
Carl M. Booth
13Th Judicial Circuit
Boswell
Streetcar Advice Echoes in Brief Notice
A clipped public notice urges patience with streetcar service and notes that another car will arrive shortly, reflecting transit cadence and minor crowding in the era.
Strong Female Support in Britain War Effort
Fragmentary clipping notes widespread female support for Britain’s war effort with figures over half a million women involved. A maid confronts a mistress about a husband’s advances as a moral tension thread appears in the snippet.
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Britain‘s
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Elsie
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