Woman Slayer is Under Guard in Asheville
The wife of 56 year old Montgomery native Susie Russell Henderson is under guard after shooting her husband to death at their Asheville home. Henderson, an accounting businessman since 1925, died yesterday. Mrs Henderson, who was wounded in the arm, claimed she did not know why she shot him. Visitors heard the shots but did not see the incident. Funeral services are planned locally.
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Asheville
N. C
Montgomery
Ala
Bob Michael
Susie Russell Henderson
Henderson
Birmingham
Marie Clark
Gennette Bedenbaugh
Winnsboro
Marines Opened For Year's Duty
The Marine Corps invites Marines veterans and reserve personnel to one year of active duty. Capt. C. M. Spurlock said unlimited quotas apply for all male applicants and decisions on women in regular service are forthcoming. Most locals will be assigned to Camp Lejeune. Applications to the Decatur recruiting office.
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Marine Corps
C. M. Spurlock
Alabama
Spurlock
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Second Marine Division
Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Courthouse Annex
Decatur
Houston Named Souths Largest City by 1950 Census
Houston's final preliminary 1950 census figure was 593 600, beating New Orleans at 568 407 to become the South's biggest city. The rise moves Houston to 14th among U.S. cities, up from 21st in 1940, with New Orleans slipping behind.
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Houston
Texas
George Findlay
New Orleans
Food price fears spark calls for possible controls
Washington reports warn that price increases in bread and other foods may reflect war scare profiteering. Sen Gillette urges investigation and warns that unchecked gains could lead to price controls. Rep Klein and Rep Flood push inquiries as Birmingham area employment rises.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Orean
Gillette
House
Rep. Flood
D-Pa
Flood
Gillett
George
D-Ga
Philadelphia youth held on auto theft charges in Pensacola
Bond of 1600 dollars was set for 18 year old Eugene Charles Brannan of Philadelphia after a minor accident in Pensacola. He could not show a driver's permit or car title and was found driving a 1950 convertible reported stolen in Biloxi Mississippi shortly after midnight Saturday.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pennsylvania
Eugene Charles Brannan
Philadelphia
Brannan
Biloxi
Miss
Kilimanjaro Rises with Two Named Peaks
Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, is described as having two distinct summits Kibo and Mawenzi marking its celebrated twin peaks in a concise geographic note.
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Kilimanjaro
Africa
Kibo
Mawenzi
Union Leaders Turn To Courts In Mobile Banning Union Ties
MOBILE Ala July 17 A police union leader sought a circuit court temporary restraining order to block the city from enforcing a new ordinance requiring police and firemen to deny union membership by midnight or face firing Hugh Prine president of Mobile police local 1001 said 112 officers signed pledges yesterday not to join unions and the petition named Mayor Charles Baumhauer and city officials as respondents for the hearing.
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Mobile
Ala
Hugh Prine
Mobile Police Local 1001
City Commission
Prine
Charles Baumhauer
Police
Fire Departments
Baumhauer
Three Released in Death of Florida Fishing Camp Operator
Wewahitcha sheriff said three persons questioned in the death of fishing camp operator W. E. Brockett near the Dead Lakes camp were released. No foul play evidence found. Brockett died in a fire that destroyed his building and left him apparently overcome by smoke.
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Wewahitchea
Fla
Byrd Parker
Parker
W. E. Brockett
Brockett
Dead Lakes
Army Reserve Judge Advocate School Graduates
Leroy McEntire Jr. and James N. Bloodworth of Decatur, both captains in the judge advocate general corps, completed the third Army Reserve judge advocate school at Fort Benning. The session ran July 2 to 15, according to a dispatch.
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Leroy McEntire Jr
James N. Bloodworth
Decatur
Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Army Reserves
Third Army Reserve
Fort Benning
Reserve Judge Advocate School trains legal officers for Third Army program
The reserve judge advocate school trains reserve judge advocates and selected officers from other branches who are lawyers as part of the third army national preparedness program.
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Reserve Judge Advocate School
Third Army
Military justice course notes and safflower dye base Carthamin
Colonel William H. Beck leads 12 regular Army officers through a study on military justice military government contracts and claims with focus on recent trends in military law. The note mentions Carthamin derived from safflower blossoms as a dye base.
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William H. Beck
Ctien
Pele the Hawaiian goddess of fire
Pele is described as the native Hawaiian goddess of fire and creator of volcanic activity. The text notes her as a central figure in Hawaiian mythology with power over lava, volcanoes, and fiery aspects of nature.
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Pele
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