Tots Li Up For Experiment To Fight Polio
In Houston 17 polio age children join a gamma globulin trial with 17 receiving a sham substitute. Dr William Hammon leads University of Pittsburgh researchers under the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aiming to prevent paralysis rather than polio itself. State polio cases surge with a new weekly record and several deaths. Trials will continue through the fall with results expected in early 1953.
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Houston
William Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Texas
State Health Department
National Foundation For
Hammon
Provo
Utah
Medicine Dominates Fresh Malaya Enrollment
A University of Malaya spokesman reports 128 new students with 85 enrolling in Medicine 26 in Arts and 17 in Science. Among Medicine entrants 15 are girls driven by doctors high standing and income.
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Singapore
University of Malaya
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Science
Senators Reply To President Over Price Controls
President Truman scolded Congress for easing price controls and warned of a dangerous gap in mobilization. Senators Ellender Dirksen Bricker Maybank fired back citing inflation from spending and credit policy while praising Congress for passing the new law.
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Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
Bricker
Ohio
Maybank
D-S.c
Banking Committee
Tornado Lifts Farmhouse Killing North Dakota Farmer
Louis Olson, 70, a farmer in Wing North Dakota, was killed when a tornado lifted his house from its foundation and dropped it 200 feet away upside down. The storm flattened farm buildings, cut power and telephone lines, and carved a five mile wide swath for about 40 miles. Tuttle 15 miles north also suffered heavy damage.
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Wing
N. D
Louis Olson
Tuttle
Here
Four New Members Joined Decatur Exchange Club
At the weekly meeting of the newly formed Decatur Exchange club at Why Not Care last night four new members were formally installed. They are Ben Rapport Carlton Mann John C Fisher and Alfred E Oldaker. Bob Brigham club general chairman welcomed them and outlined the club aims and future growth plans.
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Decatur Exchange Club
Ben Rapport
Carlton Mann
John C. Fisher
Alfred E. Oldaker
Bob Brigham
Typhoon's Full Fury Strikes Philippines
A 115 mile per hour typhoon swept into south central Philippines. The northeast Mindanao coast saw heavy winds while Southern Leyte was paralyzed. Philippine Airlines canceled all Manila flights and ships in Tacloban and Cebu ports canceled departures and rode out the storm.
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Manila
Philippines
Mindanao
Leyte
Philippine Airlines
Tacloban
Cebu
14 To Leave For Induction for Morgan County July draft
Morgan county will send 24 men to induction on July 8 to fill the July draft quota. Local board 52 released the list including Wilburn Motes Decatur Hartselle Gene Lentz Decatur Hal White Hartselle Billy Moore Hartselle Talmadge Mosley Decatur Lenard King Trinity Jack Allen Decatur Oscar Terry Hartselle Albert Lenox Somerville Ottis Alford Falkville Hollis Birdwell Decatur M L Cox Decatur Robert Atkins Lacon Charles Bibb Danville Lawrence Humphrey Eva Dan Lenox Talucah Byron Wenzel Decatur Jimmy Johnson Somerville George Gilbert Decatur Joe Fowler Somerville Morris Dowlin Poff Decatur Gordon Harvey Terry Decatur James Harold Smith Valdosta Springs Billy Smith Somerville 2.
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Morgan County
Wilburn B. Motes
Hartselle
Gene H. Lentz
Decatur
Hal L. White
Billy F. Moore
Talmadge C. Mosley
Lenard King
Trinity
Jack E. Allen
William Oscar Terry
Albert G. Lenox
Somerville
Ottis F. Alford
Falkville
Hollis O. Birdwell
M. L. Cox
Robert J. Atkins
Lacon
Charles E. Bibb
Danville
Lawrence L. Humphrey
Eva
Dan E. Lenox
Talucah
Byron T. Wenzel
Jimmy J. Johnson
George Gilbert
Joe von Fowler
Morris Dowlin Poff
Gordon Harvey Terry
James Harold Smith
Valdermosa Springs
Billy V. Smith
Ohio Robins Diet Baffles Calif Bird Feeds On Human Fare
A Columbus, Ohio brought robin in California eats spaghetti bacon peas diluted milk bread and bologna. Adopted as a naked chick named George or Georgette the bird joined a vacation trip and thrived on the Thomases meals. A few whisky and water drops revived the tired bird on the midwest leg.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ohio
California
Jack Thomas
Columbus
George
Georgette
Thomases
Midwest
Thomas
Yeager Rites Set Thursday
Final rites for 88 year old Edd W. Yeager a former Hartselle resident who died at his daughter's Cullman home will be held Thursday at 3 P M at Bethel church near Hartselle Rev Joe Gomes to officiate and interment will follow Moss Service directing Survivors include two sons E Z Yeager Birmingham and Dewey E Yeager Thompson Station Tenn and two daughters Mrs George A Brindley Cullman and Mrs Frank Reeves Hartselle
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Edd W. Yeager
Hartselle
Cullman
Bethel Ehurch
Joe Gomes
Moss
Mr. Yeager
George A. Brindley
Bethel Church
Andrew M. Coltharp
E. Z. Yeager
Birmingham
Dewey E. Yeager
Thompson Station
Tenn
Frank Reeves
Eisenhowers celebrate 36th anniversary with quiet dinner
Denver report notes Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower paused political duties to mark 36 years of marriage. A quiet dinner at Mrs. John S. Doud's home, where they wed, highlighted the celebration and the couple’s long association with public life.
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Denver
Eisenhowers -Dwights
Mamie
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Fender Damaged In Street Collision
A 1951 Chevrolet turning from Grant Street into a driveway collided with a 1950 Chevrolet pulling from a parking space at 4 52 P M yesterday. The right front fender of the 51 was damaged. Drivers were John H Lemley Sr Falkville and Maxine Bennich Falkville with vehicle owners L B Bennich Falkville. The 51 traveling west on Grant Street bumped the other car as it neared the driveway.
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Grant Street
John H. Lemley Sr
Seventh Avenue
West
Maxine Bennich
Falkville 2
L. B. Bennich
Somerville Newsroom Social Roundup and Visits
Local notes detail numerous visits and travels among Somerville residents. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Leo Johnson returning to Elizabeth ton Tenn after a week with Tollie Johnson family. Horace Ryan and family from Birmingham spend weekend in Decatur. Several months of hospital stays, picnics at Wrights Spring, singing events in Cullman and Caddo, and family gatherings in Brooksville and Decatur are noted. SFC Louis Johnson on leave from Ft. Campbell visits, and births announced for Captain Raymond Stem in Decatur General Hospital.
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Leo Johnson
Elizabethton
Tenn
Tollie Johnson
Horace. Ryan
Birmingham
Ryan
Decatur
Robert Maples
R. C. Miller
Hartselle Hospital
Hartselle
Guy Walker
Northside
T. M. Nelson
Florence Brindley
Joe Martin
Nixon Chapel
Marshall County
Joe Winton
C. Mikell
Don
C. P. Johnston
Mabelle Kinnebrew
Wright’s Spring
Almon Walker
Sons of
Huntsville
Horace Ryan
Russell Johnson
Brooksville
Lola Main
Route Two
Caddo
Don Mikell
Sara Jo Allen
Route One
W. T. Wade, Jr
Olney Stringer
C. E. Maples
Myrtle Miller
O. H. Bradford
Bakersfield
California
Olen _Mooneyham
Troy
Bonita
Willo
Dyne Mooneyham
Oral Mooneyham
Don~Ryan
Concord
Cullman County
Hart
Mikell
Donald Dodd
Chattanooga
Robert Shafer
Shafer
SFC
Louis Johnson
Ft. Campbell
Army
Thomas Ransom
Buddy
Rebecca
Wilbur Lemley
Ruby Maxwell
Euel Green
Hugh
Herbert Key
Six Miles
Ashley Snader
Henry Thompson
Cave Springs
D. B. Mooneyham
G. Mikell
Tennessee
Shelbyville
Modie Lyle
Shirlene
Pattie Lyle
Joe Barcliff
J. G. Carrel
Jupiter Shows Light and Dark Belts Across Its Surface
Telescopes reveal Jupiter’s face marked by bright and dark bands. Observers note alternating belts of light and darker materials shaping the planet’s striped appearance.
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Jupiter
Pastors School Plans Shaped for North Alabama Conference
The North Alabama Conference pastors and laymen will hold a school at Athens College from July 7 to 11. Dr Samuel W Marble will lead as platform speaker. Faculty includes Dr R E Smith, Dr Howard Grimes, Dr F F Thompson, and Dr W G Henry Sr. The event is sponsored by the conference commissions on ministerial training and education along with church boards.
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North Alabama
Athens College
Samuel W. Marble
Enid
the Methodist Church
Oklahoma
G. M. Davenport
Board of Managers
Birmingham
E. Hobson Clark
Effie Kelley
R. E. Smith
Centenary College
Shreveport
Louisiana
Howard Grimes
Columbia University
Perkins School of Theology
F. Fagan Thompson
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Millsaps
Norwood Methodist Church
W.G. Henry Sr
Boston University
General and Conference Commissions On
General and Conference Boards of Education
Board of Missions
North Alabama Conference of the
Methodist Church
Body in Box Turns Out To Be Runaway Boy In Brooklyn
A woman who found a cardboard box on an empty Brooklyn lot screamed and phoned police, believing she found a dead boy. The box opened and Aubrey Williams, ten, sat up and said he had run away from home about a mile away.
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New York
Brooklyn
Aubrey Williams
James Graves Duncan Dies in Prattvill e
James Graves Duncan 55 former state senator and head of the state employment service during ex Governor Bibb administration dies in Pratville. He led the state employment service and served in public office, shaping labor initiatives during his tenure.
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James Graves
Prattville
Ala
James Graves Duncan
State Employment Service
Bibb
Graves Died Here Yesterday Funeral Services Today
Graves died here yesterday and funeral services are scheduled for this afternoon.
Lamas of Tibet Practice Modified Buddhism Form
Tibetan religious leaders adopt a modified form of Buddhism influencing monastic rituals and lay practices. scholars note shifts in doctrine and ceremonial emphasis across monasteries in Lhasa.
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Tibet
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