Alabama election reshapes with Folsom victory in North region
Alabama voters elected Folsom as governor defeating Ellis in a mudslinging race. The campaign highlighted North Alabama strength, farmer and veteran support, and mixed CIO alignment. Chad to politics surged after Poole’s defeat and a reformist wave appeared across the state.
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Alabama
Joe Poole
Handy Ellis
Miter
Graves
Dixon
Sparks
Folsom
Big Jim
Cullman
CIO
Birmingham
Walker County
Jim
Jim Folsom
North Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Critique of Sir Walter Citrine and American unionism
A Westbrook Pegler column criticizes Sir Walter Citrine for praising American labor and highlights past AFL leaders and incidents as proof of corruption and crime within American unions. Pegler contrasts British and American unionism, arguing British unions are legally responsible while warning against lax American oversight.
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Sir Walter
Elliott Roosevelt
Gyp
Rise of Christian Democracy Reshapes Western Europe Politics
The June 5 dispatch notes a shift in Western Europe as Christian democracy gains ground against communism. It cites France Italy and Holland where Catholics and centrists join socialists in opposing state atheism, with Spain’s Franco viewed as a future peace threat.
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Washington
France
Republican Movement
Italy
Holland
Europe
United Nations Committee
Spain
Franco
U. N. Assembly
Gibralter
Australia
Britain
UNO
Russia
Miss Mabel Hartung Wins $2000 Shrine Car Prize
Years ago today Miss Mabel Hartung city clerk aspirant to her father Henry Hartung won a chance on a $2,000 Chalmers car from the Shrine club of Mobile and today was notified her number is lucky. She will receive the car as it is shipped to her. The item notes various local visitors and guests including Mrs. Sam Evans and baby in Pulaski, Mrs. Audry Falk leaving for Normal at Florence, Messrs A. L. Handley and C. D. Layman at Birmingham Shriner ceremonies, C. F. Searcy of Chattanooga visiting his sister Mrs. Ida Price with nephew James Searcy, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Keltner of Nashville visiting Frances Keltner.
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Mabel Hartung
Albany
Henry Hartung
Shrine Club of
Mobile
Sam Evans
Mary Will
Pulaski
Evans
W.harkins
Nashville
Mr. Keltner
Frances Keltner
Zamora Temple Shrine Band concert draws Stone County visitors
Several from Limestone County attended the Zamora Temple Million Dollar Shrine Band concert in Athens last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson of Huntsville visited relatives in the area. Mrs Frank Carter of Athens and Mrs Ira Brown hosted guests. Georgia connections include a Florence wedding attended by Mrs Richard Grubbs and daughter. Allen Evans stayed with grandparents John Evans and family while others visited local residents.
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Athens
Robert Johnson
Huntsville
Clifford Zehner
Frank Carter
Ira Brown
Richard Grubbs
Ethel Ham
Florence
Allen Evans
John Evans
Luther Glaze
Fred
Murray Hudson
Marvin Glaze
Lester Evans
Stettinius leadership speculation and postwar politics
The text weighs Edward Stettinius as our man in leadership amid postwar shifts. It notes diplomats wary of protracted dealings with Russia and hints at health and happiness concerns for those in diplomacy. It cites Stettinius delaying Tru man’s exit and remarks on election results showing waning communist support in free elections and limited Russian influence nearby.
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UNO
Edward Stettinius
Stettinius
Mr. Truman
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Walter Winchell on Broadway satire reels
Walter Winchell On Broadway captures Hollywood legends and the film trade with wry anecdotes. Jokes about Mayer Jessel and O’Hara mingle with notes on set tricks ships fake the cinema world and a century of showbiz vanity.
Hollywood gossip and quips from early studio era
A collection of humorous anecdotes about Hollywood figures and traditions. Jokes about marriage, racing, managers, and famous quotes involve Bob Benchley Will Rogers Edward Cantor and John Barrymore. Notes on divorces and the era’s first talking film with a production twist.
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly In Place
Advertisement advises applying a paste to dentures to stop slipping and wobbling. Claims the alkaline paste keeps teeth in place for eating and talking with a gummy taste and no odor. Promotes buying PASTEETH at drug stores.
Hollywood anecdotes miss Goldwyn and crown Gable’s ghost
A columnist recalls a South American theater showing a Clark Gable film in which his character dies. Audiences laughed, treating Gable as dead in fiction. The piece laments lack of Goldwyn in a collection of show business stories.
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Huntsville Times
Congress
ABC Board
Mobile Press Register
Gulf Coast
Maine
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Morgan County
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Tuscaloosa
Clint Harrison
Public Service Commission
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Poole
Westbrook
Pegler
New York
Walter Citrine
Walter
the Waldorf
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Joe Fay
Delaware Aqueduct
Fay
Dave Dubinsky
Ladies 'Garment Workers’ Union
Citrine
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British Trade Union Congress
London
Chicago
Tommy Maloy
George Browne
Brother Maloy
A. F E. of L
Wibor Tracher
America
Joseph V. Moreschi
Hod Carriers’ and Common Laborers’ Union
United States
Joe
International
Mr. Roosevelt
Joe Padway
Browne-Bioff
Capone
Jimmy Petrillo
Supreme Court
Jimmy
Ameran
Ican
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Butte
Mont
Amercan
Pito
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Bill Mauldin
Limestone County
Blackburn
Lovice Evans
Bank St
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
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Paradise
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Mayer
George Jessel
Brooklyn
Maureen O'Hara
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Foy
Eugene Pallette
Ring Lardner
Dimwit
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Bob
Phony
Benchley
Manvilles
Will Rogers
Edward Cantor
John
Warner Brothers
Bryan Foy
Clark Gable
Gable
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LOS
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Royal Tire Service
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