Spanish War Vets Close Sessions
Alabama Spanish American War veterans wrap up their annual encampment in Montgomery after business sessions and visits to historic sites. The ladies auxiliary held its meeting electing officers led by Mrs. Ollie Bradley in Birmingham and other officers across Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ollie Bradley
Birmingham
Carrie Hoyle
Mobile
Alma Shores
Marine Ford
Eugenia Olsen
Baby in Santa Barbara Learns to Breathe Through Tube
A nine month old boy, Scott Leiby, born to Garold and Betty Leiby in Santa Barbara, was diagnosed with a windpipe obstruction at two months. Surgeons inserted a silver tube below his larynx to aid breathing. He cannot cry yet but remains a happy baby as doctors hope his condition improves with time.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Scott Leiby
Garold
Betty Leiby
Scott
Six Accused Men Arrested in Birmingham Gambler Probe
Six men were arrested in Birmingham on vagrancy indictments after the Jefferson county grand jury returned 101 indictments against about 75 people following a gambling investigation last week. The arrestees include J. O. Popwell Sam Fiorello Clyde Smith A B Maynard George Zarrour and Louis Pike all freed on $1,000 bonds. Popwell’s Shelby County home has been raided three times recently with no charges filed.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
J. O
Little Man
Shelby County
On the Line: Kamikaze Attack, Priestly Calling, and Einstein
A Kamikaze pilot set fire to the carrier St Louis during Leyte, Lt. Comdr Chris Maino, a Detroit-born pilot, becomes a Maryknoll priest and says his first Mass in Detroit before heading to Kyoto. Also notes Gen Marshall’s role in WWII strategy, Eisenhower’s wartime rifts, and Albert Einstein’s private life and austere study at Princeton.
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New York
CINS
Leyte
St. Lou
Navy
Chris Maino
Detroit
Saipan
Halmahera
Philippines
Raymond A. Lane
Kyoto
Japan
Albert Einstein
Princeton
Institute For Advanced Study
Woman reports parking lot collision and notes license number
In Fairmont West Virginia a desk sergeant questions a woman reporting an accident in a parking lot. She responds that she did obtain the other car's license plate number and asserts she was hit.
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Fairmont
W. VA
Radioactive dye helps locate brain tumors in surgery
A dye called fluorescein combined with radioactive iodine localizes brain tumors before surgery with 91 percent accuracy in a 95 case series. The method guides tumor type and removal extent, though it is not yet released for general use. Spinal cord tumors are less clear due to dye uptake by lungs liver kidney and spleen.
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King
Ratures Syndicate,"Inc
Old Soldiers Never Die Rush to Screen
Hollywood reports Sam Fuller will rush the film Old Soldiers Never Die based on General MacArthur’s phrase. He bypasses usual development, writing the script to fit an prepared set, with production expected in mid July and six days of rehearsal prior to filming.
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Hollywood
Sam Fuller
General MacArthur
Darryl Zanuck
MacArthur
Fuller talks profits from Korean war film The Steel Helmet
Fuller describes the wartime film The Steel Helmet as the swiftest and cheapest Hollywood keeps making. He notes a 12 day shoot cost 104000 dollars, grossing about 800000 with a possible 2 million total.
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Tion
MacArthur
20Th Century-Fix
Fuller
Hollywood
Treasury
Repairs Underway At Mobile Docks After Fire
Workmen labor to complete repairs on Mobile state docks bulk material handling plant damaged by fire caused by welder sparks. The blaze forced a shutdown of nitrate handling. directors expect readiness to process a Chilean nitrate ship today. Welders fix a cat walk along a conveyor belt feeding nitrate to a warehouse. Mobile Fire Department extinguished the fire.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama State Docks
Leonard Hardy
Chile
Mobile Fire Department
Tax Burden Quote Sparks Debate On Government Spending
A speaker derides fiscal policy noting that 91 cents of every dollar earned go to the government, framing the burden as excessive and prompting discussion on taxation and revenue use.
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Ada Sutton
Josephine Page
Mable Black
Nellie Cammack
Winnie Brassell
North Alabama Termite Co
E. Moulton
John R. Cook
R J. Scott
Acinas
Syndicat
Cayless Baby
POP
Manhattan
Marlboro
Regal
Wembley
Swank Jewelry
Marlboro Sport
Waos
Bob Considine
International News Service
Omar Bradley
Gen. MacArthur
Henry Holt and Co
Gen. Marshall
Washington
Bradley
General Marshall
Marshall
Europe
J. Lawton Collins
Guadalcanal
Collins
Pacific
Ike
Pentagon
Eisenhower
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
By Bob Thomas
Cody Riplen
Helen
Gale
Emember
Dodge
McNelly Motors
Second Avenue
Goidel
Decaiur
Paul C. Davis
Mitchell’s
Decatur Hatchery
Morgan County Exchange
Decatur
Preuit Simms & Son
Turner Coal & Grain Co
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