Four Youthful Convicts Recaptured Near Draper Prison
Guards and highway patrol recaptured four teenage Draper Prison convicts after a breakout on a farm detail. Warden Reeves and Guard Adcock restrained one escapee, Ed Womble, then captured the others within hours. The convicts faced multiple counts including grand larceny, forgery, burglary, and escape.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Bloodis
Draper
E.R. Reeves
Clinton Adcock
Ed Womble
Adcock
Russell Johnson
Thomas Hall
Phillip Dyer
Manhole Cover Accident Injures Worker in Los Angeles
Warren W Campin, tending a weed fire, stood on a manhole cover when it blew up, lifting him about four feet. He suffered burns and injuries and was treated.
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Los Angeles
Warren
Campin
Camplin
Ponce
Nat Camplin
Fine Progress Shown By Fairview Church East Limestone
A steady program of building and progress vacation Bible school at Fairview Baptist Church East Limestone County drew nearly 100 pupils on the first day. The event organized by AL Funderburke aims to expand church youth outreach this summer.
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Fairview
Capshaw
Limestone County
Ralph Halbrooks
Fairview Church
East
Fairview Baptist Church
Howard College
Halbrooks
Louisville Seminary
Training Union
Torrid Day Repeats Across Alabama Statewide Heat Records
Alabama endured another day of extreme heat with record highs. Selma hit 106, Birmingham 105 near its July record, and Huntsville 105. Other cities reported 104 in Anniston and Tuscaloosa, 103 in Montgomery, 102 in Evergreen, while Mobile cooled at 96. A weak front over Arkansas offered slight relief with possible clouds and scattered showers tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Selma
U. S
Arkansas
Huntsville
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Evergreen
Mobile
Three Area Students Given Scholarships for Alabama study
Three district students received United Daughters of the Confederacy scholarships for the 1952 53 year at the University of Alabama. Gailyn Adcock of Hartselle won the Gen John Gregg Memorial scholarship, Paul Everett Jones II of Courtland earned the Elizabeth B Bashinsky award, and William Earl Rasco of Cullman received the Dr Clarence Dancy Memorial scholarship.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
University of Alabama
Gailyn Adcock
Hartselle
Gen
John Gregg
Paul Everett Jones
Courtland
Elizabeth B. Bashinsky
William Earl Rasco
Cullman
Clarence Dancy
Forest Fire Near Pell City Threatens Homes
A fire near Pell City Alabama burned several hundred acres of tinder dry woods and threatened Center Star area. About 400 volunteers and two giant bulldozers from the Bynum Ordnance plant moved in at dawn to build a firebreak to control the blaze that destroyed three homes. Forester E J Riddle said containment was possible if wind stays calm.
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Pel City
Ala
Bynum Ordnance Plant
E. J. Riddle
Pell City
Center Star
R. W. Wiggins
Vigil Keeping Collie Still Watches Abandoned Mine
In Spring City Missouri a collie kept a 25 day vigil at the mouth of an abandoned mine shaft. Workmen reached the bottom and found only a small bone after volunteers pumped out flood water and two miners lowered into the shaft. Residents speculated the dog’s owner may have fallen into the mine.
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Spring City
Missouri
Women Workers For Polio Foundation Meet At Auburn
Women workers for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will meet at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn tomorrow. Mrs. R. B. Freeman of Decatur and Mrs. Mary Ellen Schlosser of Cullman head districts covering Morgan Marshall Madison Limestone and Blount Cullman Walker Winston counties. The meeting aims to organize Alabama women in the polio fight.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
R. B. Freeman
Decatur
Morgan
Marshall
Madison
Limestone
Mary Ellen Schlosser
Cullman
Blount
Walker
Winston
Alabama
Old Man Barkley Triumphs At Democratic Convention
Alben W. Barkley, age 74, defied critics who called him too old for the presidency. His speech before more than 12,000 stirred a roaring, weeks-long ovation, marking a dramatic keynote moment amid party debates on Korea UN relations and foreign policy.
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Belman Morin
Chicago 7
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Veep
Kentucky
Korea
United Nations
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Chattanooga
AL Funderburke
Jemima
Aunt Jemima
Ars
Collie
Women Workers For Polio Foundation
Vgummer
Songstress
Morton
Baby Limas
Ford Hook
America
Duncan Hines
Fleetwood
Rms
Cudahy
Bacon
Yesterys Vaches & Hats
Heinz
Stokely’s Grape
Locust St
Somerville Road
Fron
Somerville Road School
Aree
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