Rister Hunter Vows In June Ceremony At Baptist Parsonage
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hunter daughter of Mr and Mrs William Cyle Hunter Sr became the bride of Mr Ben Allen Rister son of Mrs Tillman in a nine o’clock morning double ring ceremony at the First Baptist Church parsonage Reverend Jesse M Rogers officiated The couple planned a Daytona Beach Florida honeymoon and now reside at 407 East Moulton Street The ceremony included bridesmaid Miss Sarah Stockton and best man L A Strain Jr The Royal Service program and society meetings followed at the Central and First Methodist churches with prayers and devotional lessons referenced to missions and rural prospects
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Rister-Hunter
Mary Elizabeth Hunter
William Cyle Hunter
Ben Allen Rister
Tillman
Rister
First Baptist Church
Jesse M. Rogers
Sarah Stockton
A. Strain, Jr
Daytona Beach
Florida
East Moulton Street
Little Fever Victim Gets Letter From Truman
Nine year old rheumatic fever patient Jeanette Cameron in Tarrant Alabama received many visitors and a letter from President Harry S Truman promising cheer. The note urged her to keep her chin up after she left the hospital. Doctors had told her parents she might outgrow the illness.
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Tarrant
Ala
Jeanette Cameron
Washington
Harry Truman
Wedemeyer details postwar plans for Manchuria and arms
The account covers Wedemeyer recalling efforts to safeguard Manchuria after World War II. He discusses proposing U S divisions in Manchuria, transferring Japanese arms to a Chinese government, and concerns over Soviet intentions. He notes MacArthur’s occupation choices and questions Chiang Kai-shek's ability to restore order south of the Great Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMahon
U. S. Treasury Department
Knowland
Calif
Wedemeyer
Manchuria
Yalta
Russia
Japan
China
Ruhr
Far East
Germany
Europe
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great Wall
MacArthur
Local Social Notes and Travel Snippets
Friends note Mrs. Bill Simmons is ill at 203 Fourth Avenue West. Mrs. W. T. Jordan attends North Alabama Librarians Workshop in Huntsville at Huntsville High School. Mrs. Theo Morris and Judy Ann Parker vacation with Harvey Morris family in Virginia Beach and Newbern North Carolina. Henry Richeson returns home from St Andrews School Tennessee for the summer. Cecil McKeever and Cragg Birmingham visit relatives then return home after staying with Mrs Willeford family on Eighth Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Simmons
Fourth Avenue West
W. T. Jordan
Huntsville
North Alabama Librarians Workshop
Huntsville High School
Theo Morris
Judy Ann Parker
Virginia Beach
Harvey Morris
Newbern
North Carolina
Cecil McKeever
Tornado hits Shreveport injuring two in June storm
A small tornado ripped through Shreveport Louisiana on June 12 injuring two people minorly and leaving damaged houses and trees in its wake. The fragmentary report captures a brief city impact amid broader unrelated political chatter.
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Shreveport
Costly Drouth May Be Ended
Alabama faces relief as the U S Weather Bureau predicts five days of generally heavy rain across scattered thundershowers. While drought could ease, a mix of rain and dry areas remains likely, with Alabama crops and pastures damage pegged at 150 million dollars by State Commissioner Frank Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Tennessee Valley
Mississippi
Frank Stewart
Labor Leader's Boy Died From Pitch in YMCA Game
Birmingham dispatch reports 13 year old Carey Haigler Jr son of Alabama labor leader Carey Haigler Sr died after a pitched ball struck him in the head during a YMCA game on Saturday. He ducked into the pitch and never regained consciousness. Haigler Sr is state director for Alabama and Florida for the Congress of Industrial Organizations and he led Bush School eighth grade president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Carey Haigler, Jr
Carey Haigler, Sr
Alabama
Florida
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Young Haigler
Bush School
Iran Premier Denounces Anglo-Iranian Oil Control
Prime Minister Mossadegh pledges no trespass on international law as Iran seizes oil assets. He vows to raise production while criticising the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company for wartime hardship and deceit, citing Iran’s need for outside help and protection of its people from poverty. He reiterates Iran's friendship with the United States and aims to safeguard cordial ties with Britain.
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McMahon
State Department
China
Wedemeyer
United States
Bey
MacArthur
Korea
Russia
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Iran
U. S
Truman
Anglo-Iranian Company
Mossadegh
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Central Baptist W. M. S
Woman's Missionary Society of the Central Baptist Church
H. S. Sheffield
Frank Perkins
Middle America
T. A. Patterson
Cuba
Mexico
Society
Mary Lou O. E. S
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Agnew
J. B. Bradford
Finley Island
Bob Agnew
James Johnson
Lesso
Bradford
D. D. McGehee
Jack Smith
Mason
Johnson Circle
George Rucker Mason
J. W. Darrah
Pruett
P. D. Wilson
Sam Pruett
Murray King
Charles Scales
Decatur Armory
Dan Strock
Seventh Avenue West
A. J. Houser
Houser
Seekers Bible Club
H. Leon Reeves
Procter & Gamble
Jooks
Loyd
2Nd Ave
Moulton St
HST
Helen Henry School of Dancing
Decatur High School
Athens
Decatur
Bill Walker
Wallace Church
Leonard
Guy Habercom
ST. John’s
Woman's Auxiliary
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Kate Oakes
Central Baptist Church
Greer Black
Twelfth Avenue East
Henry Richeson
St. Andrew’s School
St. Andrew's
Tennessee
United
Don's Floor Service
Don Williams
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