GOP Substitutes In Cullman County Race
The Alabama Republican Executive Committee authorized substituting two candidates for Cullman County offices in the November general election after O N Murphy withdrew from probate judge and Lawrence Howse left the road commissioner race. The new candidates were not named. Murphy had been set to oppose Judge Kenneth Griffith. State Chairman Claude C Vardaman said the action followed an old committee regulation.
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Birmingham
Alabama Republican Executive Committee
Cullman
O. N. Murphy
GOP
Cullman County
Lawrence Howse
Murphy
Kenneth Griffith
Claude C. Vardaman
Americans Use About 135 Pounds Wheat Flour Per Capita
The report states that Americans consume roughly 135 pounds of wheat flour per person each year. It notes per capita intake and implications for food manufacturing and dietary trends.
Jury Recesses In Bank Probe In Alabama Case
A Federal Grand Jury investigating a $900000 shortage at the Thomasville Alabama bank and a $455748 RFC loan to W P Stutts of Stutts Lumber Industries recessed after hearing from RFC Regional Manager Fred Foy and former RFC officials. Indictments had named five people including Stutts and bank officials wife Drinkard and cashier McCrory.
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Mobile
Thomasville
Ala
RFC
Alabama
Fred Foy
Birmingham
Washington
W. P. Stutts
Stutts Lumber Industries
Stuart Symington
Thomasville Bank and Trust Co
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Stutts
Lucy Kate Stutts
J. Moody Drinkard
Ernestine Drinkard
Myrtie N. McCrory
Frank Prince
Morgan National Farm Loan Group Holds Annual Meeting
About 200 attend the Morgan National Farm Loan Association annual meeting at the Coliseum after a brief officer election. George Stephenson was elected president, Chris White vice president, and Joe Robinson and Tom Russell won three year board terms. Bowles remains secretary treasurer with Loda Kelly as assistant.
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Morgan Farm Loan Association
National Farm Loan Association
Coliseum
Morgan
Lod2 Kelly
Huntsville Group
Tom Russell
H. H. Evans
Stella Hornaday
Thomas A. Bowles
Federal Land Bank
Joe T. Robinson
J. C. White
George Stephenson
Edmund Garrett
Morgan National Farm Loan Association
Morgan Association
Huntsville
Morgan, Limestone
Madison
Chris White
Joe Robinson
Loda Kelly
Lawrence Cattlemen Tour Today Draws Local Dignitaries
Members of the Lawrence County Cattlemen’s Association gather at Eldred Elkins farm between Landersville and Mt. Hope at 1:30. The tour visits several Mt. Hope farms and ends with a 5 pm barbecue at the old Roberson place. Out of town guests include Luther Fuller, farm products agent of the TCI, and Birmingham Mayor Cooper Green.
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Lawrence County Cattleman's Association
Eldred Elkins Farm
Landersville
Mt. Hope
Roberson Place
Luther Fuller
TCI
Cooper Green
Birmingham
In 103 Heat They Think Of Snowplows
Richmond officials studied snowplows as temperatures hit 103 degrees. The item also notes sheep have hair and some goats have wool, reflecting a jumble of clipped facts in the report.
Washington RFC Official James Sweeney Resigns
Percy Fountain says he does not know when the Grand Jury will be recalled. The notice mentions resignation of James Sweeney, a Washington RFC official, and references former RFC employee Mrs Iaa G Rider and Huberts Steele.
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Washington Rfc
RFC
Iaa G. Rider
Huberts Steele
U. S
Percy Fountain
Man Slain and Son Wounded in California Affray
In Santa Ana a 30 year old aircraft worker Gary F. Kauffman was killed and his 2 year old son Gary Jr. critically wounded after a gun battle with police as he used his child as a shield during a barricaded home standoff in Costa Mesa.
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Santa Ala
Calif
Gary F. Kauffman
Gary Jr
Kauffman
Merritt
Costa Mesa
What's In A Name A Letter Meant Much At Sea
In Norfolk on June 27 at the Naval Air Station a routine report-for-duty order caused a mix up when Dorothy White was misidentified as White D due to a missing W for Wave. A typist correction quickly amended the designation and changed the orders.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
State Man Is Killed Working On Bridge
Earl C. Lyles, 26, of Eutaw, drowned near Andalusia while working on bridge pilings after slipping. He reportedly tried to swim but heavy tools dragged him under. His body was recovered 45 minutes later and attempts at revival failed.
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Andalusia
Ala
Earl C. Lyles
Eutaw
Lyles
Goats Keep Tails Upright While Sheep Tails Dip Down
A concise note compares goat tails held upward to sheep tails that angle downward, highlighting a simple physical difference between the two ruminants. The observation contrasts species traits without context or extension.
Prison Revolt Ends Sudden in Kentucky Prison
Three hundred inmates at Eddyville state prison surrendered unconditionally at 7 15 p m after a one day riot. State police and guards faced with armed mutineers and tear gas, eight prisoners wounded, hostages released. Governor Wetherby supported the warden’s hard line while chaplain Paul Jaggers brokered the surrender. Seven demands included ending brutality improving meals drills and sanitation with no concessions from authorities.
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Eddyville
Kentucky
Buchanan
Paul B. Jaggers
Jaggers
Benny Rayborn
Louisville
Fred McChesney
State Use Tax Is Ruled Out For Newspapers
Alabama newspapers do not owe the 3 percent state use tax on presses, paper, and machinery as the court upholds that such items go into finished newspaper products. The ruling notes that materials like paste, labels, and wire for bundles are not part of manufacturing and remain taxable only if they become components of a finished item.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Supreme Court
State Revenue Department
Montgomery Advertiser
Two Die In Mobile From Scorching Heat Wave
Two residents died in Mobile amid a heat wave. Eliphant Broadus aged 72 died at home after suffering heat stroke on June 15 and Autrey Jerome Goff 51, an auditor, died the same day. The day reached 99 degrees, the third in a row of record heat, with only brief relief from scattered thundershowers.
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Mobile
Eliphant Broadus
Autrey Jerome Goff
Mercury
Airport
Price controls loom as Congress splits over extensions
In 1950 51 Congress debates extending wartime price and wage controls as inflation fears rise. House votes to keep only wage controls while Senate favors broader continuation. A compromise plan is discussed with possible stopgap extensions before the 1952 elections.
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Washington
Korea
Bernard Baruch
Congress
Truman Wasi
Truman
GOP
Senate
House
School Kids Win Tug Of War With Horned Toad Off For Mass
In a staged stunt Elmer the horned toad traveled by air from New Mexico to Massachusetts after a law blocked horned toad shipments. West Newton third graders requested the toad. Massachusetts and New Mexico governors met to resolve the legal snag. Airline hostess Jean Adams joined Elmer for the voyage as the toad and entourage crossed state lines.
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Toad
Albuquerque
Elmer
Massachusetts
West Newton Mass
New Mexico
Paul Dever
Edwin Mechem
Dever
Cabots
Mechem
Jean Adams
Ozark Man dies from Alabama auto crash
Coleman F. Powell, 22, of Ozark Alabama died from injuries after an automobile accident near Ozark on Monday. Other occupants sustained minor injuries when the car failed to make a curve.
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Ozark
Ala
Here
Coleman F. Powell
Andalusia Man Hurt In Diving Accident
Hosia B. Justice 23 of Andalusia is hospitalized in Mobile in critical condition with a broken neck after a diving accident while swimming with friends on Monday. X rays confirmed the injury at a Mobile hospital.
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Andalusia
Ala
Hosia B. Justice
Justice
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