Central Baptist W M S Holds Regular Meeting Sessions
Woman's Missionary Society circles meet at churches and homes with devotional readings from Soul Winning In Your Community and Spanish America. Members study lessons, share refreshments, and conduct business in four circles and two church groups on Monday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Central Baptist Church
Circle One
L. B. Wright
J. H. Turner
David Gibson
T. A. Patterson
C. E. Malone
Palmer
Holle
Stewart
Elsie Stewart
Carl Jones
Pearl Stewart
Hiram Roberts
Ida Elliott
Tommy McRae
C. S. Whitmire
Arthur Nebrig
Ralph Gamble
Mesdames N. L. Finch
Me. Mullins
Mesdames Whitmire
Gamble
Needlework trimming tips from the Needlecraft page
Color contrasts guide trimming choices with warm and cool hues as examples. A list of trimming types includes applique bands beading lace and edging for projects like handkerchiefs and garments. Send a stamped self addressed envelope to the Needlework Department for Leaflet No. S-68.
New Atomic Plant Planned in Ohio Valley
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a new atomic plant likely in the Ohio Valley at an estimated cost of 1.197 billion dollars. It seeks 1.2 billion more to expand two existing plants and two under construction as part of Truman's request to Congress for 3.191 billion for a stepped up atomic weapons program.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio Valley
Truman
Congress
House Appropriations
Police Official Actress Head Red Spy Ring
A Rhine land actress and a Frankfurt police official were accused of directing the most powerful Soviet bloc spy ring uncovered in West Germany. Maria Knuth and Hermann Westbelt are held as alleged chief spies amid Allied and German counter intelligence raids in Berlin Frankfurt and Cologne. American British and French agents cooperated with West German authorities in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Rhineland
West Germany
Maria Knuth
Cologne
Hermann Westbelt
Berlin
Soviet Bloc
Konrad Adenauer
Paroles Granted by Alabama Board Amid Week’s Actions
Seven parolees were approved and fourteen parole applications denied by the Alabama Pardon-Parole Board in the week ending yesterday. Approved individuals include Willie Mae Caldwell of Jefferson County serving five years for first degree manslaughter and others from Lauderdale, Baldwin, and Montgomery counties with crimes ranging from forgery to grand larceny.
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Montgomery
Alabama Pardon-Parole Board
Willie Mae Caldwell
Jefferson County
Lee Odell Call
Lauderdale
George Colvin
Baldwin
Theodore L. Gillentine
Jefferson
Ernest Lee Johnson
Wilcox
Vena Mae Pendley
Fayette
Lewis Pritchett
Advocate Of Trial Marriage Faces Third Divorce
Bertrand Russell, 80, famed philosopher and Nobel laureate, was divorced today from his third wife Patricia Helen Spence, whom he wed in 1936. He has faced multiple court actions over teaching job bans in the United States and was charged with desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bertrand Russell
Doughty Earl
Storm Center
United States
Patricia Helen Spence
Memorials, Visits and Local Social Updates
Social notes report memorial service for Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 O E S at Decatur Masonic Temple with a later Mary Lou Dancy meeting. Echols Circle met at Mrs. Smith home with devotion by Mrs. Henry Sigman and leadership by Mrs. Dyke Echols. Victors Sunday School class meets at Thelma Autrey’s home with urged attendance. Status updates include Mrs. Jack Thomason resting in City Hospital LaGrange and travels of Jimmy Crow, Nancy Grooms, Wally Dunnavent, and Nancy Thornhill. Funeral plans for J P Keith Portland Oregon noted with heart attack death. James Vaughn Speakman ill with pneumonia at Lakeland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas.
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Echols
F. O. Smith
Henry Sigman
Dyke Echols
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Decatur Masonic Temple
Victors
Central Baptist Church
Thelma Autrey
Johnston Street
James Vaughn Speakman
Lakeland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Hospital Ward
Lakeland A. F. Base
San
Durham Family Visit Noted in Columbia
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Durham Sr and Jr and son Douglas of Columbia Tennessee spent the weekend with their sister and aunt Mrs W E Dunnavent at 710 West Moulton Street. Friends will be gratified in receiving this news of the family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Dunnavent
West Moulton Street
Mrs
Floyd Durham, Sr
Columbia, Tennessee
Floyd Durham
Floyd Durham, Jr
Douglas
Columbia
Tennessee
W. E. Dunnavent
19000 Delinquents Face Draft Charges
FBI director J Edgar Hoover announced on the law’s fourth anniversary that over 19000 draft delinquents have been located since peacetime Selective Service began. Of these, 3301 were fugitives and prosecutions led to 554 convictions, limited to the most willful violators.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Trackers In Jungle Trackers In Jungle
A Malay campaign article profiles the Iban trackers from Sarawak in Borneo who aid British forces in Malaya. It notes 264 Ibans serving, seven month stays, voluntary enlistment since 1948, and the impact on their longhouse economies while volunteers adapt from traditional garb to jungle green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. McIntyre
Singapore
Britain
Malaya
Sarawak
Borneo
Melaya
Iban Soldier Prefers Hair and Tattoos to Fight Jungle Dangers
The article describes Iban soldiers adapting to jungle duty with modern weapons and patrol routines. It notes a cultural practice of shaving or shaping long hair for camouflage and ritual beliefs in tattoos as protective charms. Some designs are said to frighten away misfortune during missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Family mentions and visit notes
Antonio, son of Mrs. Travis McCluskey of Jackson Street, is noted. Mrs Rex Poll has returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith at their home in Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Grooms
Atlanta
Georgia
Mrs
Braden Fleming
Antonio
Travis McCluskey
Jackson Street
Rex Poll
Mrs. Milton Smith
Louisville
Kentucky
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Central Baptist W.M.S
Frazier
D. C. Walker
Circle Four
David Lee
Sherman Street
A. L. Frazier
Hargrove
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
J. B. Kopp
Dean Peck
E. E. Hargrove
Ed Price
Hwland Ryan
J. G. Finley
Kopp
Orr
Bradford
Perry Orr
L. J. Ramage
J. B. Bradford
Johnson
Paul C. Davis
Max Livingston
Russell Lynne
Russell Johnson
Bank St
Elizabeth Ann Culver
T. A. Culver
Beeline Highway South
P. J. Roper
Austinville
H. T. Culver
Decatur
Needlecraft News
Nancy Baxter
Picot
J. W. Darrah
Echols Circle
Mary Lou Do.e.s
S. S
Jack Thomason
Betty Jean Gasaway
City Hospital
LaGrange
Jimmy Crow
Nancy Thornhill
Houston
A. E
ST. Joseph
Claire McCardell
Lees
N.A.F
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