Veteran Dies In Needless Rescue Attempt
Hollis R. Huffstetler, a nearly disabled World War II veteran from Friendsville Tennessee, perished trying to save his two children from a burning car after a collision near Fort Payne Alabama. His wife Clara Strickland Huffstetler delivered both children to safety before the fire. The accident involved a truck driven by Dub Nicols of Sylvania. Mrs Huffstetler suffered burns while the two children escaped with minor injuries or none.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Here
Hollis R. Huffstetler
Friendsville
Tenn
Birmingham
Sherry Lee
Clara Strickland Huffstetler
Myrtle Kate
Huffstetler
Dub Nicols
Sylvania
Hartselle Offers Red Cross Swimming Classes At New Pool
The Red Cross begins swimming classes Tuesday at 9 A.M. at Hartselle’s new municipal pool. Lifeguard Harold McClanahan and certified water safety instructor will lead the sessions with Horace Broom assisting as co chairman of Morgan County Red Cross water safety services.
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Red Cross
New
Hartselle Municipal
Harold McClanahan
Horace Broom
Morgan County
Red Cross Water Safety Services
McClanahan
Dairy Production Tops One Billion Dollar Mark
A report notes that American dairy production brings in more than one billion dollars annually, underscoring the sector's economic scale and impact on national agriculture.
Eisenhower nickname origin and light anecdotes
A collection of short vignettes about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nickname origin and various humorous exchanges. Casually notes how Ike became a common nickname, interspersed with witty lines about secrets, money, and office life.
Tito Crisis Test for Stalin as Yugoslav Appeal Shapes Power
Mackenzie analyzes how Yugoslav communists appeal to Marshal Tito against the Cominform attack, risking a rift with Moscow over the succession to Stalin. The piece centers on Andrei Zhdanov, his role in the Cominform, and the possible fallout if Stalin or Zhdanov bears blame. Also notes Molotov as a potential successor and ends with trivia on the average adult heart.
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Cominform
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Stalin
Marshallin
Comin
Tito
Zhdanov
Dic
Moscow
Long
Molotov
Morgan County Social Roundup Visits and Calls
Mrs. Claudie Edwards visited her son Roy Edwards and family over the weekend. Numerous calls followed Sunday as neighbors and relatives dropped by to see each other including Vigie Helms, Kathryn Helms, Rev. and Mrs. Owens, Olen Leach, Leslie Owens, Albert Myrick, Mary Williams, Vera Wilson and Robert, L. D. Blevins, Buford Bowling, Dan West, Aubrey Couch, J. A. Hendrix, Grace Pike, Kate Myrick, and Herman Myrick. Local trips included Grace Pike’s visit to Huntsville.
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Claudie Edwards
Roy Edwards
Paul and
Roy Jr
Coy Moon
Vigie
Kathryn Helms
Falkville
C. C. Garrett
Louisville
Kentucky
Owens
Seldon Hornbuckle
Olen Leach
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Hartselle
Chel
BUICK
Knox McRae
Charles Price
H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture
East Moulton St
McBride-Lewis Co
J. B. McBride & Son
Holly St
T. R. Harrison
West Moulton St
Studebaker
Junius
Eisenhower
Duncan Emrich
Saturday Review of Literature
Carl Sandburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Jerry
Clara Evanhoe
Charley
Kitchener
Waterloo
H. E. Zimmerman
The
Ofice
Mackenzie
Adrei Zhdanov
Leningrad
Comintern
Raymond Poteete
4Th Ave
Just
Aluminum
Wyker’s
Bank Street
Birmingham Barons
Johnnie Aycock
Radio Shack Hi
Moulton St
Dept
Panamas
Jodphurs
China
Batiste
Morgan County Rescue
W A Helms
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