Peggy Cummins May Reprise Amber Role In September
Hollywood reports Peggy Cummins may return as Amber in Forever Amber when production restarts in September. Director George Marshall invites mystery writers to view The Blue Cahilia, with Thad Brown correctly guessing the whodunit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Peggy Cummins
Amber
George Apley
Gene Tierney
Vivien Leigh
Susan Hayward
Lana Turner
George Marshall
Earle Stanley Gardner
Raymond Chandler
Craig Rice
Leslie Charteris
Thad Brown
Los Angeles
Meat Theft Laid To Trio In Birmingham
Three Black men including a restaurant owner and a Fort McClellan sergeant were charged by the FBI with stealing 700 pounds of meat and other foods. Rogers was stopped in Williams' car at a Fort McClellan gate. Williams was later arrested and released on bond. the sergeant was held at the fort and jailed in Calhoun County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Fort McClellan
Ala
Federal Bureau of Investigation
R. J. Abbaticchio
FBI
Robert L. Williams
Bob’s Savoy Resaurant
Nick Rogers
Abbaticchio
Rogers
Williams
Calhoun
Anniston
Sparks Panel Seeks More Student Housing Funds
Gov Chauncey Sparks emergency committee on higher education recommends using a maximum portion of a 625000 state fund for additional student accommodations. Dr Raymond R Paty committee chairman and University of Alabama president says funds should be prorated to institutions by need. Recommendation sent to the Governor for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Raymond R. Paty
University of Alabama
Pasteeth Offers Comfort For Dentures
An alkaline powder named PASTEETH is marketed to hold false teeth more firmly so wearers can eat and speak more easily. It claims no gummy taste or paste feel and also helps reduce denture odor. Availability noted at drug stores.
Water runs into hollow log to rotate mortar tool
A hydraulic hammer operation uses water filling a hollow log to tip it upright. Once water drains, the log falls and pounds the grain in the mortar, illustrating a crude grinding method observed in the field.
Reunion at Woodall's draws Norton and Cagle families
A Nortons and Cagles reunion at Woodall's barbecue Sunday July 7 featured a bountiful lunch and singing. Attendees included numerous Norton and Cagle family members from Mount Dora Saginaw Haleyville Athens Falkville Rogersville and New Ark along with friends. A second item notes foreign jobs abroad attract South Alabamians amid high living costs and limited US opportunities with 16 to 20 daily interviews and about a quarter referred for placement.
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Nortons
Cagles
Woodall
W. O. Norton
Elsie D
Mount Dora
Fla
S. T. Norton
Saginaw
Texas
E. V. Wilson
Haleyville
Ala
Janie Cagle
Ada Cagle
Velma Lee
Robert
Norman
W. E. Bean
Roberta
Gladys
Neal Cagle
Newell
B. D. Cagle
Baxter
Clyde Fretwell
Esta Bee
Dorothy
Magis Ann
Sidney Ricks
Peggie Marie
John Allen
Bettie Jean
Linda Gail
Walter Cagle
Luke Cagle
Millard Cagle
Elvege Cagle
Homer Sharp
Mobile
United States
William P. Stainback
U. S. Employment Service
Washington
Housing Tightness Persists in Mobile After War
An official of the Mobile Real Estate Association says Mobile still faces a tight housing situation nearly a year after the war ended, despite 18,000 new residential units built during the war to house the expanded wartime population.
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Mobile
Mobile Real Estate Association
Hillman Post Is Wide Open in CIO PAC Succession
Sidney Hillman, long time chair of the CIO Pac, died at 59 leaving the post vacant. Possible successors include Phil Murray, R J Thomas, and Hillman's three assistant chairmen Thomas Burns Tilford Dudley and Jack Kroll with Van Bittner unlikely due to other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Hillman
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
Phil Murray
Cio-Pac
New York
Roosevelt
Murray
The
Long Island
Ciopac
Murray Himelf
CIO Steelworkers Union
R. J. Thomas
Reuther
UAW
PAC
Eight Man Pac
Thomas Burns
Tilford Dudley
Jack Kroll
van Bittner
CIO Southern
Germans convicted in Malmedy massacre trial
Seventy three Waffen SS veterans including Gen Josef Dietrich and Lt Gen Hermann Priess were found guilty by an American military court of slaughtering 900 American prisoners and Belgian civilians. Prosecution focused on Col Joachim Peiper and the Malmedy massacre in Belgium.
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Munich
Hermann Priess
SS Panzer Corps
Fritz Kraemer
6Th Panzer Army
Joachim Peiper
Peiper
Malmedy
Johnny Waddell Honored at Birthday Dinner
Mrs. Ann Brown hosted a Saturday night dinner honoring her son Johnny Waddell on his twenty first birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Howard Verner and daughter Glenda Darleen Emmett Waddell O Neal Waddell Dan Waddell Linda Waddell Mrs Johnny Wad dell Roy McCleskey Johnny Wad Get and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Brown
Johnny Waddell
Howard Verner
Glenda Darleen
Emmett Waddell
O'Neal Waddell
Dan Waddell
Linda Waddell
Roy McCleskey
Johnny Wad
Get
Parchment Lamp Shades and More Dusted for Easier Clean
Wax protecting parchment lamp shades venetian blinds radiator towers flower pots and nail plates and brackets makes the cleaning job easier according to guidance.
Dick Cassidy Speaks as Civitan Speaker on Youth For Christ
Decatur Civitan Club heard Dick Cassidy discuss Youth For Christ at the Westside Presbyterian church. He cited 125,000 youths at Madison Square Garden and 117 cities with Saturday night meetings, noting the movement's international reach and 32 foreign nations involved. New members Watson Carlisle and Guinnie Puckett joined. guests R. L. Mawthorn e, Nathan Pryor and O. N. Williams attended. Next meeting is at Hotel Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Cassidy
Decatur
Youth For Christ
Watson Carlisle
Guinnie Puckett
R. L. Mawthorne
Nathan Pryor
O. N. Williams
Hotel Lyons
Licensing urged for cotton machinery in South farm plan
Nashville July 11. George S. Mitchell urged licensing and federal supervision of cotton picking and cultivating machinery at Fisk University during the Institute of Race Relations meeting. He said the move could help preserve the family type farm in the South as part of a broader plan discussed before more than 100 attendees from 35 states.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal Agricultural Agency
Institute of Race Relations
American Missionary _Association_at_Fisk_University
George S. Mitchell
Atlanta
Veterans Services
Southern Regional Council
South
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Beery
Jackson’s Hole
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Utah
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Wyo
Kay
Kyser
Rocky Mt. N. C
Art Linkletter
Claudette Colbert
Sun Valley
Vic Mature
Genius II
Genius
George Brént
Lucille Ball
Vera Zorina
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Leroy Lowwon
Decatur Drug
Belk’s Men’s Dept
Belk
Hudson CO
Dearman Auto Body Works
Lee Street
Belk’s Piece Goods Dept
Highness
Dagwood
Vince
Knobly
St.francis High Hospital
Phan — Dill
Palooka
Ernie Pyle
Dugger’s Book Store
Johnston Phone
RJ. Scop
Scott
Asia Minor
Demitasse
Wein
Austria
Frank Cagle
Mt. Hope
Flossie Huey
Rogersville
Loyd Cagle
Florence
Walter Smith
Walter Sons
Harold Lentz
Jack Norris
Jack Cannon
Athens
Fannie Royer
E. R. Graham
H. R. Hood
Cecil Carter
Belk’s Bargain Basement
World Book Encyclopedia
P. D. Box
Alabama
Tire & Battery Service
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Tom Hamilton Highway
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Tor Diamonds
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