Lions Install Officers at Decatur Country Club Banquet
Decatur Lions will install officers for 1949 50 at a banquet tonight at the Decatur Country Club. About 150 attend. District Governor Munson Hinman of Birmingham will officiate. Rooster Roberts of Birmingham also plans to attend. Former VP Dr. G H Nungester will take gavels from retiring president Ben Britnell. Claude Carter becomes first vice president. A S Kramer third VP. Russell Humphrey starts a second year as secretary. Colin Andrews becomes treasurer. B G Ryan will become tale twister.
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Decatur
Decatur Country Club
Lions
Munson Hinman
Birmingham
Rooster Roberts
G. H. Nungester
Ben Britnell
Claude Carter
A. S. Kramer
Flip
Timberlake
Russell Humphrey
Colin Andrews
Reneau Carrell
B. G. Ryan
State to Export To Puerto Rico Patterson Says
Alabama agriculture Commissioner Haywood Patterson predicts future exports to Puerto Rico as the island imports about 2,200,000 pounds of food daily. Alabama already ships chickens and plans milk products and ice cream. Patterson spoke at a Rotary luncheon after a trip to Puerto Rico noting climate suitability for an experimental station.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Alabama
Puerto Rico
Haywood Patterson
Puerto
Drowning in Clay Pit Pond Near Gadsden
Luther Bulger a 44 year old black man drowned yesterday while swimming in a clay pit pond near Gadsden Alabama. His body was not recovered immediately and a search party worked into the night to locate him.
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Gadsden
Ala
Luther Bulger
Here
Lions Club Announces Banquet Board for New Term
James Wade and Ed Rogers as lion tamer from Melvin Ozier. Directors to be installed at the banquet will be Bill Stone, R. B. Freeman and Sam Wheat as continuing members. Paul Robson, Leo Wright, R. R. Easter, James Wade and W. W. Dinsmore are new board members.
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James Wade
Ed Rogers
Melvin Ozier
Bill Stone
R. B. Freeman
Sam Wheat
Paul Robson
Leo Wright
R. R. Easter
W. W. Dinsmore
Nadine Hastings Admitted to David Lipscomb College
Nadine Hastings of Decatur has been admitted as a student for the 1949 50 school session at David Lipscomb College Nashville She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Clifford Hastings and will major in home economics The college begins its fifty ninth session on September 19 1949 marking its third year as a standard senior college
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Nadine Hastings
East Church Street
Decatur
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Paul Clifford Hastings
Nadine
Athens Bible School
Lipscomb
COLUMNIST DIES IN CHICAGO AT 39
Chicago columnist Kene Saw Mountain Landis of The Chicago Sun-Times and Logansport Indiana died today at Billings Memorial hospital after surgery begun July 5. He suffered years of ill health and was a son of former Congressman Frederick Landis and a grand nephew of baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
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Chicago
Kene
Mountain Landis
Chicago Sun-Times
Logansport
Ind
Billings Memorial Hospital
Landis
Frederick Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Revival Opens On Wednesday At Flint Baptist Church
The Flint Baptist church revival begins Wednesday evening and runs through July 22 with two services daily at 10 00 am and 7 15 pm A modern bus provides free transport to and from services with schedules from Decatur and Hartselle to Flint The evangelist E W Roark from Camden Alabama will preach and lead youth services at 7 15 pm Rev Ray Morgan County Baptists Missionary Ural Morgan County will be the pianist The pastor M G Fields and Rev and Mrs Ray Felkins plan to assist in the revival with many workers expected to attend.
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Flint Baptist Church
9Th Street South
Decatur
Flint
Hartselle Legion Field
Ninth Street
E. W. Roark
Camden
Alabama
M. G. Fields
Roark
Alabanga
Ural
Olin Ray
Morgan County Baptists Missionary
Ray Felkins
Flint Hill
Wreckage Sighted Of Transport Plane Crash In Russian Zone
Wreckage from a transport plane shot down or crashed in the Russian zone was spotted from the air. There was no sign of life near the site, suggesting all three crew members may have died.
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Frankfurt
Germany
French plane crashes near Agadir kill 18 people
A Junkers 52 flying from Agadir to Dakar, carrying 12 passengers and six crew, crashed into the sea offshore south of Agadir. The French news agency reported the 18 fatalities.
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Agadir
French Morocco
Dakar
Here
Tea as a pickled vegetable in Burma practice
In Burma, tea is commonly pickled and consumed as a vegetable. The practice showcases local culinary improvisation where tea leaves serve a savory role rather than a beverage, reflecting regional taste and preservation methods.
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Burma
Fight Over Fugitive Mills Extradition Sparks Battle
Attorneys for Fletcher Mills 23 year old Alabama fugitive vow to fight his return as governors orders and federal warrants clash. Mills faces possible lynching claims and a court fight shifts to the third circuit with a fall hearing after staying extradition actions in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Alabama
Fletcher Mills
Moyamensing Prison
Mills
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Georgia
Clare G. Flenerty
James H. Duff
Albert B. Gerber
U. S
Roy Terry
Terry
Detroit
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gerber
Duff
John I. Coyle
J. Culley Ganey
Circuit Court
Leon Johnson
U. S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia Civil Rights Congress
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Ronald Strong West
Wilfred L. Painter
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Gene Ahern
David Lipscomb
Sfoat
Fleetwood Coffee
Houser
Florist
East Moulton St
Belk’s
China
Belk
L. G. Griffin
Clarksville, Va
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COPE
American Tobacco Compa
Mr. Money
5Th Avenue West
Decatur, Ala
Scottsboro
W. J. Money
Herman Andrews
J. W. Johnston
H. C. Andrews
Athens, al
Zenith FM
Radio & Television Service
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Radio Shack Hi-Way
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