Dismissal of Officer Upheld in Merit System Case
The Alabama state personnel board sustained the dismissal of Highway Patrolman Lee Burroughs for political activity. Burroughs admitted supporting candidates in 1946 and 1950 gubernatorial campaigns but denied soliciting votes. witnesses offered mixed testimony about campaign activities and distribution of political materials.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lee Burroughs
State Personnel Board
Public ‘Safety
Bankhead Bates
Burroughs
Ashland
Gadsden
Bates
Elbert Boozer
Anniston
Edward Miller
Dward Rives
Boozer
Floyd M. Clark
Calhoun County Commission
James E. Folsom
Folsom
J. B. Burkhalter
Cherokee County
Burrough
D M Crane Heads to Two Week Naval Reserve Training
D M Crane of 247 Grant Street Decatur a third year student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn will join 949 other Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps midshipmen from 52 colleges for a two week amphibious training at Little Creek Virginia beginning July 23 The program covers shore and afloat operations sea air live fire demonstrations and a full dress assault landing with Marine Corps reserve troops.
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Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Crek
D M
Crane
Grant Street
Decatur
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Marine Corps
Dr John Endsley Dies at 63 in Fulton Springs
Dr John Thomas Endsley, 63, a retired dentist and businessman who owned the Southern Burial Association, Southern Burial and Funeral Home, and the Fulton Springs tourist courts, died at his home in Fulton Springs following a heart attack. A native of Etowah county, he had lived in the Birmingham area for more than 50 years. He is survived by two sisters in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Thomas Endsley
Fulton Springs
Southern Burial Association
Southern Burial and Funeral Home
Etowah County
Bam
Revival At Somerville Church Begins Sunday
The Somerville Church of God will start a mid summer revival Sunday morning July 9 and run through July 23. Evangelists Rev and Mrs William C Neece of Alexandria Indiana will lead the events with sermon and song. Pastor Rev Silas Mefford invites the public to attend services each evening at 7 45 PM.
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Somerville Church of God
William C. Neece
Alexandria
Indiana
West Coast
Silas Mefford
Condemned Man Granted Reprieve for Sanity Hearing
Gov. James E. Folsom granted a reprieve to Henry Alder son a 63 year old Coffee county man slated for execution at Kilby prison to allow a sanity hearing. Homer Garland Odom of Jefferson County also received a clemency hearing as his July 14 execution looms for the 1949 shooting death of storekeeper William Alexander McDonald.
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Montgomery
Ala
Coffee County
Kilby
James E. Folsom
Henry Alderson
Early Stokes
Enterprise
Homer Garland Odom
Jefferson County
Ursday
Odom
William Alexander McDonald
Language Barriers Broken in Chicago Shipboard Romance
First mate Hughbert Olsen a 32 year old Norwegain officer and his 28 year old fiancée Miss Tora Skaaltveit, both unable to speak English, secured a marriage license in Chicago. The couple and ship Turnefjell crew communicated by sign language and gestures during the crossing.
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Chicago
Hughbert Olsen
Turnefjell
Olsen
Tora Skaaltveit
Crackdown on Speeders Cuts Detroit Jailings
Detroit records show 590 speeding drivers jailed under a tough policy while traffic deaths drop to 23 in the latest 60 days compared with 34 in the prior period. Traffic Judge John B. Watts says results look promising and wants six more months to prove success.
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Detroit
John B. Watts
Athens College to graduate 23 in summer commencement
Athens College announces the summer commencement on August 9 with 23 graduates under the continuous courses system. Dr. Perry B. James presides. Dr. Houston Cole speaks at McCandless Hall. baccalaureate service on August 6 at First Methodist Church.
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Athens College
Perry B. James
Houston Colé
Alabama State Teachers College
Jacksonville
McCandless Hall
First Methodist
Athens
Emma Jean Berrette
Joycelin Elizabeth Hale
Elizabeth Hamilton
Marjorie Elizabeth Whitt
Rebecca Isabella Davenport
Jeff Judson Cheatwood
Murrycross
Ala
Odie Gregg
Moulton
Harvey Redus Gilbert
Elkmont
Hilda Frances Hitt
Lth Ave. W
Huntsville
Inez June Willis _Tippins
Ramer
Tenn
William Earl Mellette
Newman Ave
Winford Glenn Brock
Ardmore
Clarence Robert Lumpkin
Dennison
Neil Rice
Harold Crutcher Smith
Vera Pearl Newby
Mable Douglas Davis
Shuqualak
Miss
Sam Laws Parks
Marie Surette
Water Valley
James Thomas Syler
New Hope
Walter Allen Walker
Forrest Vernon Sewell
Geraldine
Daniel Ralph Brett
Panama City
Florida
Turner’s Party Draws 129 Relatives Across States
Mr and Mrs C F Turner entertained 129 relatives and friends on July 2 with attendees from Birmingham Decatur Moulton Athens Harvest Alabama and Cleveland Columbia and Taft Tennessee. All nine Turner siblings attended except one brother. A noon picnic featured barbecue and generous food as guests enjoyed a day of fellowship.
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C. F. Turner
Birmingham
Decatur
Moulton
Athens
Harvest
Alabama
Cleveland
Columbia
Taft
Tennessee
Mr. Turner
Trg
Ingalls Jr Spurns Two Million Offer in Family Rift
In Birmingham Alabama Robert I. Ingalls Jr rejects a 4 501 share offer worth over two million dollars from his father in a family industrial dispute. Armed guards delivered the box of cash to Gen John Persons at the First National Bank before the offer was refused.
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Birminghay
Ala
Robert I. Ingalls Jr
Ingalls
John Persons
First National Bank
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Office Cat B Junius The Naked Truth
A dated vignette recounts a witty exchange about appearances and honesty. It notes a rich asbestos manufacturer and his family living across from a church minister who avoids public judgment, quietly remarking on their faith in asbestos.
Always Be Careful Lesson Sparks Wedding Breakoff
Dialogue notes a cautionary line about prudence in relationships. A humorous exchange shows a fiancés’ plan failing after his prospective mother in law complains the house is too small for three, prompting the groom to retreat.
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ABC
Robert
Fragmented comic snippets and a taxi tale from a busy page
A collage of humor and light misadventure fills a newspaper page. Vignettes include a cook and tailor banter, a half day at school, a Decatur couple in a comedy taxi ride, a boastful speaker, a missing overcoat tale, and a child wedding photo moment with an unexpected question.
Veteran Accused Of Driving Bus To Home In Gadsden
A 26 year old Gadsden veteran was held on federal charges for driving a 39 passenger Trailways bus from Dallas Georgia to Gadsden Alabama. Milton Judson Moore was arraigned before U S Commissioner Ruby Price Robinson at Anniston Alabama. He told officers he woke in the Dallas bus terminal and entered the unoccupied bus. The bus was found abandoned in Gadsden nine hours after being missed. Moore gave no explanation for the act.
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Gadsden
Ala
Sign at drug store proclaims No Dogs Allowed
Dialogue recalls a boss chiding Bill for lateness and mules that refused to understand his words after picking up Rev. Davis. A nearby drug store sign reads No dogs allowed signed by Tom Katz. Veronica Simson, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bill
Rev. Davis
Tom Katz
Veronica Simson
Brooklyn, N.Y
Evacuee Richard J Comisky Returns From Seoul
Richard J Comisky of Lostant Illinois arrived back in Seattle aboard Northwest Airlines after a brief two month stay in Seoul. He went to assist under the Economic Cooperation Administration but the trip ended three days after arrival when North Korean planes attacked Seoul.
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Seattle
Richard J. Comisky
Lostant
Seoul
Korea
Economic Cooperation Administration
Comisky
Northwest Air Lines
United States
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