Lightning strike kills Clanton brothers in Alabama field
In Boaz Alabama two brothers Ralph 16 and Charles 13 were fatally struck by lightning while plowing a field about a mile south of Boaz. The accident occurred as they walked toward a wagon with their father Fitchue Clanton Ray and Herman Bishop nearby. the bolt killed the two boys, injured three others lightly, and damaged the wagon and five mules. Weather remained unsettled with storms across the region.
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Boaz
Ala
Eld
Ralph
Charles Clanton
Fitchue Clanton
Ray
Herman Bishop
Clanton
Bishop
Hoffman calls for resolve as communist grip shows strain
Mackenzie’s Column cites Paul Hoffman at White Sulphur Springs warning Russia and satellites show mounting tensions. He argues dictatorship rests on dynamic expansion and notes forced labor camps, breakaway Yugoslavia, and Islamist style, while praising Western unity and defense to prevent world war III.
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Paul G. Hoffman
White Sulphur Springs
Russia
Hoffman
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Europe
Italy
France
Ruhr
Germany
Community Notes From Morgan Countys Johnson Chapel Area
Johnson Chapel hosts Mrs Ethel Glasgow as guest in Morgan County. Local gatherings include Hatfield Lake picnic by Forest Chapel Methodist Youth Fellowship and a fishing trip by several residents. Visitors travel from Decatur Huntsville and Austinville. preaching day urged for next Sunday.
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Charles Maples
Jack Garner
Long Bottoms
Hendelene Rogers
Hatfield Lake
Forest Chapel
Jimmie McLaughlin
Decatur
Lizzie Hampton
Charley O’kelly
David
Grayson
Clarence Pike
Neel
Gees Pike
Joe Kirby
Azel Kirby
Amber Glasgow
Mary Lois
Ethel Glasgow
J. O. Braswell
Austinville
Herman Glasgow
Nettie Draper
Salem
Mary Lois Maples
Heavy Mobile Cloudburst Deluges Bates Field
A Mobile area cloudburst dropped 3.19 inches of rain on Bates Field in under four hours while downtown Mobile saw about 0.5 inches. The Weather Bureau reported miniature lakes across the area though plane service remained uninterrupted.
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Alabama
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Bates Field
Heitman Named Head of Journalism at Texas Tech
J Russell Heitman of the University of Alabama staff is appointed head of the Senses of Journalism at Texas Technological College in Lubbock Texas. He is secretary manager of the Alabama Press Association director of the University News Bureau and an associate professor of journalism. Heitman will begin duties in September.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
J. Russell Heitman
University of Alabama
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Texas
Eitman
Alabama Press Association
University
Doyle L. Buckles
Heitman
Black Belt Counties Lose In Population
Preliminary 1940 1950 census figures show Escambia County gaining population while Greene Perry and Sumter counties of the Black Belt lost population in the 1940s to 1950s. Escambia rose from about 30,100 to 30,000 in 1950 while the other counties fell from 1940 totals of 19,185 26,610 and 27,321 to 16,463 and 23,628 respectively.
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Birmingham
Ala
Escambia County
Black Belt
U. S
Escambia
Greene
Perry
Sumter
Toned Down Report On Coffee Price Rise
A Senate subcommittee agreed to revise and tone down its report on coffee price increases after the state department joined Latin American diplomats in protests. Senator Gillette of Iowa, chair of the subcommittee, said the report would be redrafted as 14 Latin American diplomats protested to the secretary of state. Edward G. Miller Jr. stated the sharp wording could jeopardize good neighbor relations with American republics.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Gillette
Iowa
Edward G. Miller, Jr
Full
Agriculture Committee
United States
Congress power to compel answers before committees debated
Milo Washington explains the long standing question of Congress authority to demand answers and punish refusals. He notes the Supreme Court rulings affirming power, outlines contempt penalties under the 1857 law, and explains procedures for contempt cases in either house or federal courts. He also states the sole excuse for refusal is potential self incrimination.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
Supreme Court
Congressional Committee
House
Senate
House of Congress
Two Scouts Die in Truck Crash Near Lumberton
A truck transporting 24 Boy Scouts from a jamboree overturned on a curve near Lumberton North Carolina. Eustace King 12 and David Lee Faulk 18 of Freeland Brunswick County were killed. Ten were injured with three reported in critical condition.
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Lumberton
N. C
Eustace King
David Lee Faulk
Freeland
Brunswick County
Deformities From Long Bed Confinement in Patients
A medical note outlines dangers of prolonged bed rest, focusing on foot deformities where the foot bends downward. It recommends weekly foot examinations, stretching, and use of foot boards or folded pillows to maintain normal position. Early treatment shows improvement in days. It also addresses geographical tongue causes and treatment with silver nitrate.
Reverend Ward Ashley Leads Morgan County Services
Community notices from Union Grove report Reverend Ward Ashley delivering Sunday messages in pastor’s absence and revival by Reverend Tom Darrow. Visitors include James Ralph Cobb and John R. Stover with sons from Pennsylvania planning a Grand Ole Opera trip, plus local social updates and visits.
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Ward Ashley
Tom Darrow
Alabama
James Ralph Cobb
John R. Stover
Frank Whisenant
Nashville
Ladies Culture Club
Ethel Royster
Mary Williams
Talladega
Communist Petition To Outlaw A Bomb
A Communist sponsored bid to outlaw the atomic bomb seeks 5 million signatures by mid September. The Stockholm petition calls for war criminal branding of first national leaders to use the bomb and strict international control.
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New York
United States
Stockholm
World Peace Partisans Congress
Sweden
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