Woman jumps from Saturnia with fortune in handbag
Capt Arrigo G Gladulich reports Mrs Eliana Pezzini Turilazza, 32, Philadelphia native, leaped 40 feet from the Saturnia deck into the Mediterranean on a Europe voyage. Her handbag held jewelry, 50000 in currency, 100000 in traveler's checks, and inheritance papers. She was rescued, could not recall the event, and was met in Genoa by her Italian navy doctor husband.
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New York
Mediterranean Sea
Arrigo G. Gladulich
Gladulich
Eliana Pezzini Turilazza
Philadelphia
Europe
Turalizza
Genoa
Insects Tamed for Alabama Fourth of July Festivities
Gulf State Park will be treated with DDT by plane on three days before July 4 to keep insects down for picnickers. Gov. James E. Folsom is invited to dedicate the beach as Alabama Beach. Max Lawrenz says thousands are expected for a day featuring boxing, a beauty contest, boat races, an air show, band concert and dance.
Armament Production Share During World War II
At the peak of wartime operations the United States produced about forty five percent of all armaments generated by all belligerent nations.
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United States
Open-Minded Bank Clerk Faces Mock Threat From Comic Letter
A Scottish driver and an English passerby clash beside granite dog statues at a Glas glow estate. A bank cashier requests proof of identity when a bold woman presents a check, she retorts with bravado. Dialogues reveal social satire and daily-life quips.
Local Social Notes From Morgan County Winton Area
Mrs Floyd Sivley and Rudolph Sivley hosted a chic ken supper with S C Dunaway family. Audry Henderson visited Tim Sharp. Vera Nell Smey stayed with grandparents T C Dunaway family. J D Winton and Thadis Lynn visited Howard Dobbs. George Belew visited Thomas Winton.
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Morgan County
Winton
Floyd Sivley
Rudolph Sivley
S. C. Dunaway
Audry Henderson
Tim Sharp
James Dunaway
Vera
Nell Smey
T.C. Dunaway
J. D. Winton
Thadis Lynn
Howard Dobbs
George Belew
Thomas Winton
Veoa Maze
E. L. Hunt
Lester Whitten
Elena Faye Lemmond
Nell Waugh
Begolia Watkins
Vesta Winton
O. T. Sharp
T. C. Dunaway
Edward Sharp
Near Oak Forest
Judge Opposes Baldwin County Separate Circuit
Bay Minette Ala June 24 Circuit Judge F W Hare of the 21st district says he opposes creating a separate Baldwin County circuit due to taxpayer expense He warned in a written statement to the state legislature committees that a new circuit would be leeches on the state treasury costing over 100000 within a few years Hare's district covers Baldwin Escambia Monroe and Conecuh counties.
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Bay-Minette
Ala
F. W. Hare
21St Judicial District
Baldwin County
Baldwin
Leeches
Montgomery
L. B. Brannan
Foley
Jokes and quotes fill camp tales and railroads count
A jumbled collage recalls camp humor with a skeeter tale a mustering out remark about trains and a Twain quip. It ends noting Washington state has 5 215 miles of railroad.
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State of
Washington
Local Social Notes From Morgan County and Nearby Towns
Mr. and Mrs. G C Walker and Mr and Mrs H J Latham visit Texas. Mrs Claudie Briscoe and Dorothy Ann McKelvey with Mrs Newman Childers of Decatur. Rev Myers and Rev Dobbs preach at local churches. Joppa singing draws many from the area. Arab visitors Mr and Mrs John Thomas Earwood attend on Sunday. Myrtle Earwood visits ill sister Alman Jones. Cantrell and Barwood families host relatives. Van Moore of Fairview visits with Hubert Moore.
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Claudie Briscoe
Dorothy Ann McKelvey
Briscoe
Newman Childers
Decatur
Myers
Ryan Baptist Church
Joppa
John Thomas Earwood
Arab
Hugh Earwood
Myrtle Earwood
Alman Jones
H. Cantrell
Hugh Barwood
Rev. Dobbs
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
van Moore
Fairview
Hubert Moore
Community notes from Union Grove and surrounding areas
Local church services reported with Rev Clemens of Arab preaching at Union Grove Baptist. Illness updates include Monroe Yancey and Joan Childers, plus recovering Lillian Deem Cantrell. Highway 38 from Whitesburg to Arab completed and soon open.
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Clemens
Arab
Baptist Church
Monroe Yancey
P. O. Yancey
Lillian Prince
Dewey Moon
Union Grove
Ruby Johnson
Huntsville
Joan Childers
Decatur General Hospital
Lee Dean
W. C. Williams, Jr
Merchant Marine
Elmer Jackson
Guntersville
Lonnie Bowling
Howard Bowling
Pete Couch
L. M. Prince
Tobacco auction dates set by new Raleigh committee
A first ever Raleigh committee of planters buyers and warehousemen met to set opening dates and sales regulations for the tobacco auction system, replacing the former practice of the tobacco association of the United States determining dates.
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Raleigh
N. C
Tobacco Association of the United States
Lumber Output Slows Prompting Sawmill Closures in Alabama
Leonard G. Payne of the Alabama State Employment Service says small sawmills in Southwest Alabama have closed and larger mills cut output as lumber moves more slowly. The downturn began about two months ago as operators slow production awaiting supply developments.
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Mobile
Alabama
Leonard G. Payne
Alabama State Employment Service
Payne
Two Montgomerians Involved In Dual Shootings
Police report two shootings in Montgomery on June 24. J M Lackey was shot in a downtown hotel room during a quarrel over a dice game. George Rom Johnson is held without charge while Lackey’s condition is updated. Coroner reports Frank Miller died by self-inflicted gunshot at his home.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lewis Miller
J. M. Lackey
St. Margaret's Hospital
Lackey
Rural Grove Homecoming Date Set By Waddell
The announcement from W. H. Waddell says Rural Grove will hold a homecoming next Sunday June 29 with a morning preaching service and an afternoon singing. All former pastors and singers are invited along with a noon dinner.
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Rural Grove
W. H. Waddell
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Johnston St
Junius
Glasglow
Jack
Dora Lindsay
Minnie
New York City
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Onus
E&w
East Moulton Street
Halond Ryan and
Walter Traylor
East Moulton St
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Davidson Coal
Geraldine
Schoo
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BY the
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Bill Morgan
Charmaine Manners
Misi
Skeeter
Mark Twain
Ryan and
Hulace
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G. C. Walker
Mrs. H. J. Latham
Texas
Jane Russell
Louis Hayward
Roxy
W. B. Umley
Wyker’s
Pepsihold
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Belk’s
U. S
Patent Office
Mr. Jones
Batiste
Belk Hudon UD
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