Alabama Bond Drive Closes July 17 With County Gains
The U S Treasury extends the final accounting date to July 17 for bond sales credited to the security loan. Alabama has bought 7,719,200 in bonds, 37.65 percent of a 20,500,000 quota. Dale and Winston counties lead the state with over the top status, while several counties report lower percentages as of now.
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United States Treasury Department
State Security Loan
Ed Leigh McMillan
Treasury Department
Alabama
Mr. McMillan
United States Savings
Dale County
Winston County
Dale
Winston
Pike County
Chambers
Lamar
Henry
Randolph
DeKalb
Geneva
Lowndes
Bibb
Marshall
Sumter
Tallapoosa
Talladega
Lee
Choctaw
Calhoun
Lauderdale
Nabors Speaks At Athens College Campaign
Dr A H Nabors district superintendent of the Methodist church from Decatur was guest speaker at the Athens Rotary Club luncheon. He urged support of Athens College's $50 000 drive for improvements and showed how the college benefited Athens and saved local students money.
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Athens
Ala
A H. Nabors
The
Methodist Church
Decatur
Athens Rotary Club
Athens College
Nabors
Code Names of Navy Revealed
Washington reports a partial Navy list of World War II code names for leaders and figures. Duckpin labeled General Eisenhower, glyptic for Stalin, kneepiece for Harry Hopkins, and iceblink for James Byrnes. Roosevelt and Churchill codes remain undisclosed as classified.
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Washington
Duckpin
Glyptic
Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Truman
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
James F. Byrnes
Iceblink
Increased Job Openings Reported Across Alabama
Industrial Relations Director Fleetwood Darnley reports more job opportunities in May across Decatur Mobile Montgomery Talladega and Tuscaloosa areas. He notes many positions remain unfilled due to skill gaps while unemployment claims fell from April figures of 8 953 initial and 51 675 old to 6 501 and 49 797 respectively.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Fleetwood Darnley
Darnley
Decatur
Mobile
Talladega
Tuscaloosa
Extra Session Talk Fades Amid Alabama Politics
Governor James E. Folsom faces a cooling off in efforts to call a summer special session. Despite weeks of talk, leaders debate whether to reconvene as Highway Department funding, pensions, schools, hospitals and prison reform shape the agenda. Folsom rests at home recovering from a throat infection as conferences stall and prospects fade.
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Rex Thomas Y
Alabama
Senate
House
James E. Folsom
Highway Department
Folsom
Segregation of Teachers Group Draws Pickets in Baltimore
Picket lines formed around a Baltimore high school designated for attendance by Negro teachers as the University of Maryland planned a first summer session for Black teachers. Registration began with only one instructor crossing the line, while NAACP leaders condemned the facilities compared with College Park.
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Baltimore
The
Nation Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University of Maryland
George J. Kabat
Offices Shifted for Cotton Firms in Decatur
Decatur sees carpet of changes as several cotton businesses move locations. R F Cooney relocates to the second floor of Nungester building on Bank Street under J F Pete Graham. H P Sivley and George H McFadden and Brothers also move, with W B Markstein of Hohenberg Brothers now in the Jones building beside Weil Brothers.
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Decatur
R. F. Cooney
Cotton Market Exchange
Nungester
Bank Street
H. P. Sivley
George H. McFadden and Brothers Agency
J. F
Pete) Graham
W.B. Markstein
Hohenberg Brothers
Jones
Weil Brothers
Lucy Blast Furnace Named for Carnegie Kin in 1872
One of America's early large blast furnaces was completed in 1872 and christened Lucy in honor of Andrew Carnegie's sister-in-law, reflecting industrial era naming practices and Carnegie family ties.
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America
Lucy
Andrew Carnegie
Negro student denied graduate admission at Kentucky University
Lyman T. Johnson, a Louisville Negro school teacher, was stopped from enrolling as a graduate student at the University of Kentucky. He plans a federal suit claiming Kentucky’s constitutional ban on his entrance violates the 14th amendment. Dean Seay said admission would be denied as unconstitutional.
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Lexington
Lyman T. Johnson
Louisville
University of Kentucky
Johnson
Maurice H. Seay
Seay
Kentucky
Plans For Sunday School in West Decatur Delayed
Rev Paul Roberts stated plans to start Sunday school in West Decatur are postponed because the tent cannot serve as a permanent meeting place. He said a Baptist church building will be erected on 7th Ave West once the Johnston Street building is completed, with plans to inaugurate the work within a few months.
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West Decatur
Paul Roberts
7Th Ave
Johnston Street
Birmingham Police Shoot Black Man in Robbery Charge
Edward L. Houston, 21, identified by police as the man wounded in Birmingham when Patrolman J A Cooper shot him in the leg. Officers say Houston had a pistol in his hand and charged him with robbery. The incident occurred today as the officer reported resisting arrest.
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Birmingham
Edward L. Houston
J. A. Cooper
Houston
Negro Bible School Set At Cherry Memorial Church
Daily Vacation Bible School will run June 21 to July 2 from 9 to 11 A M at Cherry Memorial Church. U K Mosely chairs the board of religious education and lists instructors for Beginners to Intermediates groups plus art music and recreation staff. Refreshments will be provided by the Women’s Society circles.
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Cherry Sponsored
Negro King's Memmorial Church
U. K
Two Are Elected to Represent Alabama
June 19 at Samterdor Huntsville and Harvilee Phillips of Huntsville will represent Alabama at Girls Nation later this summer. They were chosen last night as the annual Girls State meeting prepared to break up. Alternate delegates named include Caroline Robinson of Jackson and Ruth Nell Doden of Florence. Best Citizens awards were given to Willa Dean Hetchox of Tallassee Joan Holland of Anniston Bobbie Dean Saxon of Oxford and Ish Powell of Scottsboro. The session ended with 103 high school students in attendance.
Birthday Dinner Honors L A Covey and John Turney
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Turney hosted a noon birthday dinner at their home in Hartselle. Attendees included Bessie Sanders and son Coy Louie Tapscott and family Joyce Ward Arril Sanders Dolphus Turney and the honorees L A Covey and John Turney from Decatur and nearby areas.
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Leonard Turney
L. A. Covey
John Turney
Bessie Sanders
Coy
Louie Tapscott
Joyce
Ve Ward
Hartselle
Arril Sanders
Decatur
Dolphus Turney
L. A
John Covey
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