Birmingham Man Elected Head of State Seedmen
R R McDonald of Birmingham was chosen president of the Alabama Seedsman Association at a two day meeting in Mobile. Raymond Shreve of Andalusia became vice president and A B McFerrin of Montgomery named secretary. The group voted to award four $50 savings bonds to top yielders in four districts. Otto Brown and A G Anderson spoke at the gathering as a banquet and dance concluded the annual meeting.
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Mobile
Ala
R. R.mcdonald
Birmingham
Alabama Seedsman’s Association
Raymond Shreve
Andalusia
A. B. McFerrin
Montgomery
S Association
Otto Brown
Gulf Coast Experimental
Fairhope
A. G. Anderson
Frisco Railroad
Frank Currie
Atmore
Georgia Sets Campaign Pace in Democratic Primary
Six candidates for governor, two for U S Senate and many others qualified for Georgia’s September 8 primary. Incumbents face limited opposition as about 1.2 million voters become eligible. Key races include Russell vs Lankford for Senate and multiple gubernatorial hopefuls led by Talmadge ally Evans entering late with a 100 percent white primary platform.
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United States Senate
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
William C. Lankford
Joe Rabin
Hoke O’kelley
Herman Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Hoke Willis
Randall Evans, Jr
Henry Persons
S. Marvin Griffin
Belmont Dennis
Dr. L. N
Huff
Dennis
W. M
Don) Wheeler
John S. Gibson
Douglas
Country Johnson
Valdosta
E. E. Cox
J. Neely Peacock
Peacock
Albany
Cox
James C. Davis
Helen Douglas Mankin
Wyman Lowe
Prince Preston
Stephen Pace
Sidney Camp
Car Vinson
Henderson
Lanham
John Wood
Paul Brown
Lankford
Russell
Talmadge
Millen
Evans
Eugene Talmadge
Herman
Negro Girl Under 12 Gives Birth In Louisville
A negro girl under 12 years gave birth to a baby at General Hospital in Louisville. The mother is 11 years and 41 months old and the birth occurred June 22. The baby, two months premature, weighs three pounds 10 3-4 ounces and was delivered normally. The mother has returned home. the infant remains hospitalized.
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Louisville
General Hospital
Emory Grants Land For Communicable Disease Center Building
Emory University announced a 15 acre tract in Atlanta for a 111 story disease center building. Dr R A Vonderlehr of the Public Health Service said no immediate construction plans exist as Congress must appropriate funds. Dr Wesley E Gilbertson noted all facilities would be unified in Atlanta with staff from Montgomery Alabama joining the new headquarters.
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Atlanta
Emory University Today
Wesley E. Gilbertson
Montgomery
Ala
Old Street Car 2150 Saved From Torch In Norfolk
Public sentiment and Virginia Transit Company support saved a 40 year old street car 2150 from being burned during Jamestown Exposition ceremonies ending street car operations in Norfolk. Citizens including New England visitors offered to buy the car and schoolchildren raised 27 dollars. The fate of the historic car remains undecided.
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Norfolk
Pine
Virginia Transit Company
New England
VTC
Mrs Miller Rites Sunday in Cullman
Funeral services for Mrs. W. W Miller 33 of Schlater Miss will be held at 3 PM Sunday at First Baptist Church Cullman. Interment in Cullman city cemetery Drinkard's Brown Service in charge. Survived by husband Rev W W Miller two daughters Martha Ann and Mary Louise a son W W Jr all of Schlater parents E E Estes Sr Cullman six brothers and three sisters.
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W. W Miller
Schlater
Miss
First Baptist Church
Cullman
Jack Estes
Auburn
E. E. Estes Jr
Montgomery
R. M. Gore
Birmingham
W. E. Bedord
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Hubert Mitchell
Children Hour In Jersey Saloon Sparks Local Kids Event
In Hoboken New Jersey Parky Radigan runs a saloon that hosts a daily children's hour. He turned on child friendly TV programs after noticing youngsters watching through the bar’s lights and began inviting neighborhood kids inside. The younger patrons leave before the adults return to the bar.
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Hoboken
N. J
Parky Radigan
Parky
Bibb Lumber Company Warned on Labor Standards
Federal Judge John McDuffie issued a ruling prohibiting Bibb Lumber Company of Selma from forcing workers to exceed forty hours per week without overtime pay and from paying less than forty cents an hour for covered operations.
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Mobile
Ala
Bibb Lumber Company
Selma
John McDuffie
Byrnes Asked To Defend Suit In South Carolina
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes was asked to defend the South Carolina democratic party in a federal suit seeking to enroll negroes. J. K. Mayfield telegrammed from Bamberg asking Byrnes to represent him and others who wish to join. The suit, brought by David Brown with NAACP backing, targets party rules excluding nonwhite members from primaries.
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Bamberg
S. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Degroes
J. K. Mayfield
Bamberg County
Byrnes
Spartanburg
Mayfield
David Brown
Brown
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Naimes
Advertising Executives Arrive for Southern Clinic in Birmingham
Advertising executives from Southern newspapers will attend a three day clinic sponsored by the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association beginning tomorrow in Birmingham. The convention runs through Tuesday with a welcome address Monday morning by Clarence B. Hanson Jr publisher of The Birmingham News and Herald.
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Birmingham
Southern Newspapers
The
Southern News
Paper Publishers Association
Clarence B. Hanson, Jr
Birmingham News and Herald
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Decatur
Tom Hamilton
Johnston, St
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Bellevue-Stratford
Philadelphia
Fiectrolux
Vlma VA
Lede
Vacuum Stores
Birmingham, Ala
Emory
Mrs. Miller
Jersey
Nancy Fletcher Charmel
U. S
New York
Joseph—_Lenardo
Herbert Rosenberg
Choremi
Paul Fletcher
Casablanca
LeRoy Simms
Associated Press
Sunshine Cleaners
Second Ave
Second Avenue
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Grant Street
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