Thompson in Georgia Race
Former Gov. M. E. Thompson announces for governor as anti-Talmadge challenger in the 1950 primary. He calls for a complete tax revision and funding for a $25 million minimum foundation program for schools and colleges. Governor Talmadge responds that Thompson is welcome to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Barrett
Atlanta
M. E. Thompson
Herman Talmadge
Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Talmadge
Champion
Georgia
Legisla
Arnall
E. D. Rivers
Government employment grows from 348000 to 2111000
Fifty years ago only 348000 people worked for the federal government. Now the figure is 2111000.
Dr. Mordecai Ham Opens Crusade at Riverside Sunday
International evangelist Dr. Mordecai F. Ham will start a weeklong Crusade at Riverside High School auditorium Sunday at 2:30 PM with the message Christ Control or Else The Fall of The American Republic. He will also speak at Hartselle First Baptist at 11:00 AM and Riverside will host a 7:30 PM address on The Weakness of Sin. Local churches join in the effort and suspend evening services to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai F. Ham
Riverside High School
American Republic
Friends of Christ
Old Kentucky
Hartselle First Baptist Church
Ham-Ramsey
North Carolina
Durham
Decatur
Ham
John Cowell
Fayetteville
Riverside High Auditorium
Safety Meet Plans Shaped Traffic Safety Seminar
Traffic experts from Nah ge Anan will present plans at a Montgomery seminar on the Annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities. The program, coordinated by the President's Highway Safety Conference and the National Safety Council, will assess each city’s accident prevention efforts and provide tailored recommendations. James D. Hill leads the Alabama effort for the National Safety Council with support from Major N. W. Kimbrough of the Department of Public Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nah Ge Anan
Montgomery
National Safety Council
James D. Hill
Southern
Hill
Department of Public Safety
Alabama
N. W. Kimbrough
Juke joint operator accused in brutal assault and kidnap
Coy Collins operator of Happy Land between Oak Park and Lyons is jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder and kidnapping after allegedly beating Ann Grizzard with an iron pipe and keeping her locked in a cabin for a week. Several employees and witnesses are jailed for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swainsboro
Peyton Youmans
Coy Collins
Happy Land
Oak Park
Lyons
Youmans
Collins
June Williams
Francis Craft
Alice Collins
Will Carter
Peyton
Ann Grizzard
Dublin
William McDuffie
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Grizzard
Savannah
McDuffie
GBI
Ex convict admits extortion letter to Birmingham dentist
The FBI says Victor Borkaskie of New Jersey admitted mailing a 10 000 extortion letter to Dr Sidney Weinstein, a Birmingham dentist. The 42 year old was being held in Meridian Mississippi on a 25 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
FBI
New Jersey
George D. King
Victor Borkaskie
Meridian
Miss
Sidney Weinstein
Sales Group Plans State-wide Congress in April
Decatur Life Insurance Underwriters Association publicity director Watson Carlisle said plans to host the state-wide sales congress in April. At Friday’s noon meeting 18 members heard Wear Foster discuss Social Security and John McGee report on a Gadsden trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Life Insurance Underwriters Association
Watson Carlisle
John McGee
H. G. Williams
Phil Nungesser
Wear Foster
Howard Belser
Foster
Aeronautics Commission Sets February 7 Meeting
The Alabama Aeronautics Commission will hold its regular meeting on February 7 at 10 a.m. in the office of Asa Rountree Jr state director of aeronautics. Announcement was made by W Hayden Brooks, chairman of the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Aeronautics Commission
Asa Rountree
W. Hayden Brooks
Planes Cause TV Interference in New York
In home television reception fluttering pictures occur when airplanes fly through the signal path. The fluttering passes as planes move on, serving as a possible indicator for radar detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Huntsville to Host North Alabama Representatives Event
About 300 representatives are expected. Last year Huntsville hosted the North Alabama event, highlighting regional collaboration and local engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cator
Huntsville
North Alabama
Fire Victim Improves After Fatal Blaze
A letter from Bland, a wounded veteran, notes skin grafts to legs and hips and improved health as he hopes to leave hospital soon. He recounts saving his wife and three children from the 100 year old farm home where a stove explosion ignited flames. His wife died of burns hours after being taken to Falkville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan O'Reilly
Bland
Falkville
Deep Freeze For Sale With Ham And Shoulder
Public sale listing reads an 8 ft Frigidaire Deep Freeze available with one large ham and shoulder. Call 2389-M for inquiry.
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Esquire and
YOUNG
E. Moulton St
Shoe Service
Decatur, Ala
Mordecai Ham
Riverside
Wynona Porch
L & H and
Deepfreeze Home Economist
East Moulton St
Moulton Heights
Milford Walker
Fairview
Cowell Keenum
M. F. Ham Evangelistic Association
Jesus Christ
Scott
YES Haas Mons
B.C
R J. Scott
Aeronautics Group
Alfalfa Hay
Clark’s Fishery
Autsinville
Wallace
Hnry A. Wallace
House Un-American Activities Comms
Washington
Russia
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Don's Floor Service
Don Williams
Home Ice Co
Home Ice & Coal CO
Black Creek
Tucky Coal
Home Ice&coal Co
Laurel St
M. F. Ham
M-a-r-c
Christ City-Wide Crusade
Hartselle
Dr. Mordecai
Our Republic
A. R
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