Marvin Speake is Commended by USAF for Meritorious Service
Technical Sergeant Marvin L. Speake of the Far East Air Material Command earned the Commendation Ribbon for meritorious service from June 27 to September 30, 1950. He supervised 160 Japanese employees in ammunition work, directing unloading of 73 railroad cars and loading of 73 cars per 12 hour shift, contributing to Korea operations. A May 16 1951 letter from Brigadier General John P. Doyle confirms the award and praises his performance and its credit to the United States Air Force.
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Marvin L. Speake
Ulric Speake
Danville 2
Far East Air Material Command
Marvin Lamar Speake
United States Air Force
Speake
Far East Air Forces
AC. Speake
Danville
Alabama
United Nation
Korea
John P. Doyle
USAF
Kansas Tops in Wheat Growth Across the United States
The article notes Kansas leading the nation in wheat production as the state with the largest gains in wheat cultivation, highlighting its dominant role in U.S. agriculture and productivity.
Germans To Revive Gliders After War Ban
AP reports in Frankfurt that fifty thousand West Germans join gliding as Allied policy shifts permit sport flying for the first time since 1945. West German Aero Klub reaches 17,000 members amid a revival of gliding and model flying. East Germany revived gliding earlier under Communist rule.
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Frankfurt
Germany
European de
Aero Klub
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Furters
Otto
Lilienthal
Ikaros
Klemperer
Wasserkuppe
Kassel
Social Security Info On Farm and Household Workers
Foster urges farm and household workers under Social Security to obtain or verify account numbers for their employers to use on quarterly wage reports. July is the next reporting period. Apply at the Decatur office or any Post Office for new or replacement cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware Foster
Decatur Social Security Office
Decatur
Foster
SMU professor links daylighting to student vacation benefit
Prof. R L Biesele of Southern Methodist University argues that school children need time away from daily routines to escape indoor lighting and poor daylight. He leads a new lab at SMU studying daylighting with movable walls to control natural light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
R. L. Biesele, Jr
Southern Methodist University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Biesele
Libby-Owens- Ford Glass Co
SMU
Beavers Found High in Sole Dad Canyon Near Newhall
A small colony of beavers was discovered high in Sole dad Canyon east of Newhall California, less than 50 miles from Los Angeles, by a Los Angeles County Fire Department party during an annual inspection. The source notes beavers are usually in northern states and asks how they arrived.
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Newhall
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Soledad Canyon
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Sign Painter Coffin Honors Foster at Cincinnati Library
Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, designed a commemorative sign for the Stephen Collins Foster room in the University of Cincinnati library. The room houses the second largest Foster memorabilia collection, honoring the Cincinnati songwriter who lived a century ago.
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Cincinnati
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Evangelists Tour Canada From Tennessee and Alabama
Rev. C. E. Robinson of Nashville Rev. William Compton and Rev. Jack Parker of Decatur join in a summer evangelistic tour of Canadian provinces with the Canadian Independent Fellowship of Baptist Churches in home mission work. They will hold meetings mainly in Cornwall Ontario and Atiboken Ontario. Compton formerly led Carey Baptist Church Limestone County and earned a BA from Tennessee Temple College this year. Parker, former Madison Street Baptist Church Athens pastor, is a Tennessee Temple College sophomore.
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C.E. Robinson
Nashville
Tenn
William Compton
Jack Parker
Decatur
Ala
Canadian Independent Fellowship of Baptist Churches
Cornwall
Ontario
Atiboken
Compton
Carey Baptist Church
Limestone County
Record invalidated by FIA during wartime
In 1943 a pilot’s aviation record was ruled invalid by the International Aeronautic Federation for being flown during World War II, nullifying its official status and recognition.
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International Aeronautic Federation
FIA
Beef Price Ceiling Lists Postponed to June 25
Dr. A R Meadows North Alabama District Director Office of Price Stabilization said beef price ceiling lists will be posted June 25 instead of June 18 to allow markets time to receive the lists. The posters are being distributed from Washington to OPS regional and district offices. The article also notes a church group photograph and a culinary aside on Roman sausage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Meadows
North Alabama
Office of Price Stabilization
Washington
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Ting
Thelma Ritter
Gene Tierney
John Lund
Princess
Kansas
U. S. State
Motors
Lincoln—Mercury
Greyhound
Tomel Mile
Miami
Florida
Miami Beach
South Bay
Key West
Overseas Highway
Chicago
Chinatown
Jacksonville
Tampa
St. Augustine
Marineland
Bilver Springs
St. Petersburg
Bok Tower
Gerome
Greyhound Bus Depot
Vereen
Ferry Street
BY Hanns Neverbourg
Evangelists
Canada
Don's
Don Williams
G. Parker
Moulton Heights Church
Milford Walker
Rev
C. E. Robinson
Nashville, Tenn
Southeastern Baptist Seminary
Chattanooga, Tenn
New Hampshire
W. Church St
Betsy Ross
W. E. Long
Fred E. Bowen
W. E. Long Company
Roryce
McGough Bakeries
Vaal
Naga
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