Alabama airport expansion plans across multiple cities detailed
Rountree outlines large scale airport investments in Burn and mobile expansion with new runways, hangars, aprons, lights, and administration buildings. Pufaula, Gadsden, Selma, Muscle Shoals, Dothan, Jasper, Alexander City, Anniston, and other centers reveal runway upgrades, hangars, and enlargements. Civil Aeronautics Authority aims to install radio beam stations and 24 hour airways, with beacon sites between Tallahassee and Memphis and emergency night lighting under consideration for several fields.
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Ymaound Sigement Pro
Administra
Asa Rountree
Burn
Rountree
Pufaula
NYA
Gadsden
Selma
Muscle Shoals
Montgomery
Mobile
Army
Southeastern Air Base
Dothan
Jasper
Alexander City
Anniston
Civil] Aeronautics Authority
Commission
Memphis-Talahassee
Tallahassee
Memphis
Morgan County Corinth Community News
Weather delays singing as several residents battle influenza and tonsillitis. Cora Morgan and Loona McClellan are ill while Rigby, Bryant and Guthrie visit, ski and play cards. Woodrow Guthrie visits Aldridge family. townsfolk report sledding and a rock party.
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Cora Morgan
Loona McClellan
Woodrow Guthrie
Melvin Aldridge
W. A. McClellan
Decatur
Grady Morgan
Cora. Morgan
Woodrow
Hartselle
Orbie Morgan
Aaron Blegins
Howard Evans
Roy Hampton
J. W. Bryant
J. H. Rigby
Oma Bryant
Model Vivian Wildman Seeks 50000 in Auto Crash Suit
Los Angeles reports Vivian Wildman a 22 year old model filed a damage suit seeking fifty thousand dollars for injuries from an automobile accident. The case seeks compensation for damages and medical costs.
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Los Angeles
Vivian Wildman
Popcorn Popping Barn Fire Sparks 15 Tons of Popcorn
A barn fire near Indianapolis on January 30 caused 15 tons of popcorn to pop as the heat ignited the stored kernels. Fire crews contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Want Ad Teaser: Local Inquiries and Phone Contact
A concise want ad note invites readers to call a telephone number for more information. The fragment hints at a residential listing or service inquiry and emphasizes direct contact.
Hartselle School Opens After Weather Closure
Hart sel le Public School Morgan County High resume classes after a week layoff due to ice and snow. County High adopts short session schedule 9 a m to 1 20 p m for several days to aid bus travel.
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Hartaselle
Morgan County High School
County High School
Relief Load Is Increased In Alabama Weather
In Alabama the number of people seeking surplus commodity aid rose as frigid weather closed roads and halted WPA projects. Miss Laula Dunn, state welfare chief, estimated new lists adding 10 000 to 20 000 recipients. About 1 000 applied for food on Saturday and Sunday. prior to the emergency 50 000 were served. Coal and medicine were distributed by city and county governments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Laula Dunn
Miss Dunn
Local students and visitors spend holidays at home and with families
Howard McClanahan visits Florence with his parents Mr and Mrs Will McClanahan. Donald Kyle teaches at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and visits his mother Mrs John T Kyle. James Howell Stephenson F M Speake Jr and William Cooper McClanahan return to Auburn after mid term holidays. Nelle Sample goes back to University of Alabama after visiting her mother Mrs Eugene Sample. Novel Miller visits Somerville with her mother Mrs Myrtle Miller. Frances Lee teaches music at Hanceville High and stays with her sister Mrs Ci Lee during snow closure. Emily Alexander spends a week at home in Lawrence County. Powers Booth returns from the University of Alabama and Mr and Mrs W B Booth host them with their son in Athens. George Ashworth spends mid term holidays with Dr and Mrs Sam Ashworth. Hardwick resumes studies at the state university after holidays.
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Ing
Howard McClanahan
Florence
Will McClanahan
Donald Kyle
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
John T. Kyle
James Howell Stephenson
F. M. Speake, Jr
William Cooper McClanahan
Auburn
Nelle Sample
University of Alabama
Eugene Sample
Novel Miller
Myrtle Miller
Somerville
Frances Lee
Hanceville High School
Cc. I. Lee
Emily Alexander
Lawrence County
Powers Booth
W. B. Booth
Athens
W M. Booth
George Ashworth
Sam Ashworth
Virginia Brown
Jean Freeman
Margaret Payne
Clarence. Hardwick
State University
Carpetbag Bonds Retired Today
The Alabama state finance department announced the purchase and retirement plan for $32,000 of old bonded debt known as carpetbag bonds. Issued during Reconstruction, they were refunded in 1906 for 50 years and finally funded for retirement in 1939 with a $50,000 yearly appropriation. The bonds mature and are retired in 1956.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Finance Department
Alabama
Pneumonia Fatal for 100-Year-Old Farmer Herman Fulcher
Petersburg Indiana reports the death of Herman Fulcher a centenarian farmer who avoided water his entire adult life and drank sour wine to quench thirst. He died yesterday of pneumonia at age 100.
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Petersburg
Ind
Herman Fulcher
Willkie Urged to Seek Presidency by Wooster Friends
Wendell L. Willkie told Wooster friends he has received thousands of letters urging him to run for president. He said he would accept a nomination if offered without strings but would not actively seek delegates or make contingent statements, valuing his independence.
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Wooster
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corp
Willkie
Laughton Upsets Co Star Plan With Sidewalks of London
Hollywood report says Charles Laughton surprised by adding Vivien Leigh to his film Sidewalks of London retitled from St Martins Lane. Leigh rose from newcomer to marquee partner as Laughton keeps solo billing while owning a healthy interest in the movie. Tim Whelan directed the project in London two years ago.
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Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Laughton
St. Martins’ Lane
Elsa Lanchester
England
Miss Leigh
Vivien Leigh
London
Labor Board Orders Election at Foundry in Alabama
The national labor relations board ordered an election within 30 days at United States Pipe and Foundry Company in Bessemer Alabama to decide if employees favor representation by industrial or craft units.
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Atlanta
National Labor Relations Board
United States Pipe and Foundry Company
Bessemer
Ala
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Alabama Institute of Aeronautics
Tuscaloosa M.nicipal Airport
Goidel
Thrift
Scott
R. J. Scott
Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson
Ake
Morgan County
Corinth
Jack Cooper
Winfield
By Rigby
Bruce Bonds
Lou Rigby
H.H. Machine Works
Cc. K. Parker
Birmingham
Danville
J. C. Glasscock
Parker
Suggs
Miss Ann Speake
F. M.peake
Isses Zelma Jean Payne
Martha Tillian Whitman
Hal Jean Blair
Virginia Claire Bailey
Virginia Smith
R. Q .Rollins
James Howell
Stephenson
Dick Strain
Allen Ryan
Horace Ryan
Billy Stephenson
Gurney Gene Lackey
Culture Club
W. H. Lovelady
J. P. Hodges
J. E. Stone, Jr
A. L. Anderson
Hood River
Oregon
David Worth
Harvey Coleman
Molly Cochrane
Keller Smith
Knoxville
J. E. Stone
Roy Newman
J. V. Henderson
W. H. Block
Harold Parker
J. W Henderson
Stone
Mesdames
J. F. Stewart
Phil Orr
Coy Summerford
J. R. Stone
Arthur Howell
Eric Howell
W.H. Block
Grace Buchanan
Tuscumbia
Julia McDonald
Scottsboro
Willie Griffith
BE. E. Risdon
Washington, D. C
J. L. Day
Risdon
Doll Day
Hammond Russell
Woodland Mills
Dayton
Tenn
Elizabeth Glasscock
Trinity
Grayce McBride
Emily Jane Cox
Clyne Terry
Livingston
Terry
Carolyn Stewart
Bill Stone
John Lile
Elise Edwards
Lois Rains
Priceville
Jane Todd
Mattie Kyle Dur
Jean Cagney
Joseph Allen, Jr
Princess ‘Theatre
Denver
Ros Osborne
Inset
New York
Pullman Company
Griffin’s Jewelry CO
2Nd Ave
Decatur Neon Sign CO
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