4 H Camp Opens With 700 Youths At Auburn
About 700 farm youngsters attend the 35th annual 4 H Club camp at Auburn the largest of its kind in the state. Alabama Polytechnic President Ralph Draughon welcomed the group. Contests include leg, tractor driving and sewing with some winners earning trips to Chicago for the national 4 H Club Congress. Joe Beasley of Red Bay presided at the opening.
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Auburn
Ralph Draughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Hahchey Logue
Alabama
Chicago
Joe Beasley
Red Bay
Remembering Magic Nights and a Lone Star
A reflective poem recalls magical nights and a lone star in a dark sky. The speaker fondly remembers shadows on timeless grounds where eras began and people built the world anew. The voice accepts aging, loss, and wisdom born of pain, not youth’s treasures.
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Herschel Stegar
Driver Dies At Wheel Of Truck In Birmingham
A 38 year old man died apparently of a heart attack yesterday while driving a truck that crashed into a utility pole. His eight year old son suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to University Hospital. Coroner Joe Hilderbrand planned to determine the exact cause of death.
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Birmingham
Joe Hilderbrand
Alex Cheeks
University Hospital
Global horse population declines since World War I
The world has about 14 million horses, a 22 percent drop from the start of World War I, reflecting widespread impacts on breeding and usage across regions.
Control of Atomic Rays And Public Health Caution
Dr. W. W. Bauer discusses atomic radiation risks in peacetime use, comparing X rays to modern shielding and safety practices. He notes low ambient radiation, protective film badges for workers, and robust safeguards in industry and medicine to prevent harm from radioactive materials or accidents. The article ends with a transition to INSECT BITES.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Atomic Laboratories
British Freighter Anshun Shelled at Entry to Gulf of Aqaba
The British freighter Anshun was holed between decks 16 feet above the waterline as Egyptian shore batteries shelled her at the Gulf of Aqaba entrance. No casualties or heavy damage were reported and Britain will wait for full Egyptian facts before seeking compensation. The 6,224 ton ship continued to Aqaba to pick up Muslim pilgrims from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan en route to Mecca.
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Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Aqaba
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Mecca
Gulf
Israel
Emperor penguins guard eggs on their feet
Emperor penguins incubate eggs on their feet or balance them on their feet off the ice, sharing the task between male and female parents.
Weeks Seeds Sericea On Farm West Of Cullman
Cullman area farmer Buell Weeks planted six acres in Arlington sericea west of Cullman along Highway 31. He notes the new sericea shows a fine stand and will be used for seed, hay, and grazing on well drained land, with a wet area to be sown to fescue and clover this late summer.
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Cullman
Buell Weeks
U.S. Highway 31
Weeks
Arlington
St. Bernard College
Evans' Son Takes Over Silliman
Silliman Evans Jr. named publisher of The Nashville Tennessean succeeding his father who died June 26. The will places most estate in a trust for the widow and two sons with a lifetime right to income and future outright ownership at 35. Trustees are urged to continue liberal editorial policy and oppose the Memphis political machine.
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Nashville, Tenn
Silliman Evans Jr
Nashville Tennessean
Evans
Daily
Lucille McCrea Evans
Tennessean Newspapers, Inc
Memphis
Tenn
Cowboy DJ Locks Out Listeners at San Mateo Station
Red Lodner of KVSM, solo night staff, left to stretch break. door locked, record halted, listeners rang police. Officers found Lodner outside, then needed doors keys from the engineer's home to restart the record player. In agriculture notes, five acres of steep land won’t host alfalfa corn rotation but will hold sericea for hay and soil protection.
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San Mateo
Calif
Red Lodner
KVSM
Lodner
Young Men Join Army Rotation Plan for Europe Service
Alabama volunteers enlist in the 3rd Armored Division under the Army rotation system. The unit is set to rotate to Europe in spring 1956, with 33 months overseas and 31 months back in the United States. Basic training starts at Ft. Knox, Ky, and the Buddy Plan lets friends join together at Decatur recruiting station.
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Alabama
3Rd Armored Division
Army
Quintavalle
US Army
Decatur
Third Armored Division
Europe
United States
Ft. Knox
Third Armored
Red Cross
Truman Completes 500000 Word Memoir Manuscript
Former President Harry S. Truman has finished a huge manuscript of his memoirs totaling about 500000 words. The project reflects Truman’s early post presidency period and outlines his reflections on public service and key events.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Serial and book publication planned for memoirs
The author will publish memoirs in serial form starting in the fall in the New York Times Life Magazine and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Doubleday & Co. will also publish the memoirs in book form.
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New York Times
Life Maga
St. Louis Post-Dis- Moubleday & Co
Southern Cement Plans Expansion
Southern Cement Co announces a major expansion to raise production by over 50 percent. Vice president Cc. H. Ellison declined to reveal costs. The firm operates a lime plant and a cement plant in Shelby County with current capacity of 280 000 tons of lime and about one million barrels of cement. President William J. Cabinise cites rising business in the territory as the primary driver.
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Birmingham
Southern Cement Co
Cc. H. Ellison
Shelby County
William J. Cabinise
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