Cullman Plans New High School and Auditorium
Cullman city board of education advances a brick and steel auditorium at Eastside grammar school as part of a widening program. The 1000 seat hall will have maple floors and removable seats for gym use but will be delayed due to late steel delivery. A nine acre West side site for grammar and junior high buildings, park and playgrounds is planned with state board approval. Charles H. McCauley of Birmingham designs the project as an educator search proceeds for city superintendent.
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Cullman City
State Board of Education
Charles H. McCauley
Birmingham
Horn Picked to Head up Draft
Larue Horn a World War I field artillery lieutenant will administer the peacetime draft in Alabama. He was confirmed by President Truman as state Selective Service director, with four aides. Horn, 55, is a friend of Gov. Folsom and will appoint local draft boards soon while drawing 7400 dollars annually. He has a background in revenue and state public service and is married with two daughters.
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Montgomery
Larue Horn
Alabama
Horn
James E. Folsom
Truman
James T. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Joseph N. Langan
Mobile
Col
Josephy M. Simpson
James S. Saliba
State Military Department
State Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Birmingham
Houston County
Folsom Administration
Victoria
Ala
Dan J. Brooks
Saint Joe
Fla
Larue
New Salem Baptist Church Plans Revival Week
New Salem Baptist church at Center Grove will host a revival the week of July 25 to 31. Daily services begin at 11:00 A M with evening meetings at 7 30 P M. Sunday July 25 features a 10:00 A M preaching by Rev D C Prince and a 1:30 P M service by Rev Billy K Stephenson. Clyde Crawford leads Sunday school at 11:00 A M.
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New Salem Baptist Church
Center Grove
Rev
D. C. Prince
Clyde Crawford
Billy K. Stephenson
Not a single bird extinct in Africa or only a few elsewhere
The report asserts no bird species have gone extinct in Africa and only one or two in Asia, South America, and Australia, highlighting minimal global avian losses.
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Africa
Asia
South America
Australia
Banana boat Thalia returned after dock collision
The banana boat Thalia of Guatemalan registry was returned to its owners after the U S marshal's disclosure. It had been seized following a collision with the Louisville and Nashville railroad wharf in Mobile damages of 1200 dollars were sought in admiralty court but dismissed after the wharf suffered 835 dollars in damages paid by the boat owners.
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Mobile
Ala
U. S. Marshal's Office
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Theowners
Two Paralyzed Vets Bonded For Shooting Third
Two semi-paralyzed Texas veterans Wallace Rice and Don Duckworth were held on five thousand six hundred dollar bonds each on federal charges of intent to murder a paraplegic man, Richard Hicks, in Missouri. Rice shot Hicks in the left thigh after a wheelchair confrontation on a sun porch. Duckworth said he unjammed the pistol but claimed fear.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Wallace Rice
Amarillo
Don Duckworth
Gainesville
U. S
Leslie Nicholson
Clyde Beck
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Rice
Richard Hicks
Canalou
Sixth Convict Recaptured as Kilby Escape Continue
Montgomery July 25 Two young white Draper prison convicts Lawson and Goodman escaped a prison truck on state highway 22 while returning from road work. No trace found. Lawson, 22, faces burglary grand larceny receiving stolen property in Lauderdale county. Goodman, 18, has a year and a day for grand larceny in Mobile. Patterson, a Scottsboro case figure, remained at large with two others, as Sloane, a murderer, nears Verbena on a life sentence. Still at liberty are Williams Oakley and Joseph Owens with various sentences.
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Montgomery
Draper
Kilby
James” Lawson
Melvin Goodman
Lawson
Lauderdale County
Goodman
Sloane
Highway Patrol
Jefferson County
Patterson
Scottsboro
Liberty
Williams Oakley
Lauderdale
Joseph Owens
Jefferson
Berea Baptist Will Dedicate Building In All Day Service
The Berea Baptist church invites the public to a all day dedication Sunday July 25 for its new building. Rev J A Gomes will give the dedication message at 11:00 a.m. Rev Elmer D Sage will speak at 2:30 p.m. Church ladies will provide a basket lunch at noon.
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Berea Baptist
Berea Baptist Church
J. A. Gomes
Elmer D. Sage
Old Ship Gunwale Named From Cannon Clash
The gunwale of a ship gets its name from the need for strong rails on old fighting ships to withstand the recoil and movement of muzzle loading cannons during battles.
The Debate Over Church Names and Unitarian Unity
The text argues that Jesus holds all authority and that Christians should avoid human names, urging adherence to biblical church naming such as the churches of Christ. It cites scripture to claim unity through the New Testament church and warns against denominational divisions caused by human designations.
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Jesus
Paul
Christ
House of God
Jesus Christ
Church of the Firstborn
Mid Ship Ride Promises Comfort and Style
The new Mid Ship ride seats six in a spacious level center section with ample hip and shoulder room. It is praised as the most beautiful car on the road and claimed to be The Car of the Year with a dream-car silhouette.
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Ferry ST
Tom Pathettic
Tom
Patty
Joe Florida
Phil
Strawszill
Jones Coal Co
Stat L. & N
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Lewyt
H. Ryan
East Moulton St
Transit
Hubby
Jack Chancellor
Junior
Davidson
Coal & Feed Co
Grandpa Clay
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
National
Washington
Maj
Frank B. Clay
Frank, Jr
Berlin
Gene Aker
Terry
New Salem
Ingrid Bergman
U.S
London
JIN Stationers ‘Office Outfitters
Bank St
Madam Rose Palmist
Life
Guaratnees
Ihfe
Grantland
Decatur
Hartselle
Duckworth
Birmingham Barons
Johnnie Aycock
The
Radio Shack
Hi-Way
Moulton St
Decatur Typewriter Co
First Ave
Don’s Floor
Don Williams
A. L
Pete” Henderson
Churches of Christ
Rom
Were
Ford
John White Motors
First Avenue
Moulton Street
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