Scouts Jam at Valley Forge Show Global Ties
At Valley Forge 35,000 Scouts and leaders from diverse nations converge on George Washington's former winter HQ for a week long jamboree. President Truman is expected to deliver the opening address with about 47,000 attendees anticipated as tents rise like a boy sized world fair.
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Korea
Scotland
Maine
Austria
Oklahoma City
George Washington
Truman
Washington
Valley Forge
New
Negroes Plan Suit For More School Aid
Baton Rouge June 29 A Negro committee urged Governor Earl K Long to intervene to secure a larger share of state tax revenue for Negro schools. They warned they stand ready to pursue court action if needed to obtain their rights.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Lighthouse display and regional scout camps depicted
North Carolinians erected a lighthouse with white sand, while a giant Boy Scout and a 12 by 24 foot mountain scene mark the Columbia Montour council. Buckskin Men from West Virginia and Ohio set up early American blockhouses, rifles slots. Texas delegates burst into camp with Eyes of Texas theme, and John Piercy of Dallas praised the scenery as nearly as pretty as Texas.
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North
Texas
John Piercy
Dallas
Worry Over False Teeth Slipping Answered By FASTEETH Paste
Don’t be embarrassed by slipping or wobbling dentures. Sprinkle a little FASTEETH on plates for added comfort and security. The alkaline powder provides a firmer hold with no gummy taste and is available at drug stores.
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Toose
One Convicted In Ride Trials and Second Defendant Faces Jury
In Pens City Alabama the state presented more evidence in the Ku Klux Klan linked murder case of a furniture dealer driving the car for a night ride raid that killed a country store operator. Charlie Carlisle Jr. was already convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years. Claude Luker stands trial for murder along with other indicted figures as the case unfolds with testimonies about the raid and the claw of the Klan.
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Pen City
Ala
Charlie Carlisle Jr
Charlie Hurst
Pell City
Carlisle
Ku Klux Klan
Claude Luker
Talladega
Hurst
Luker
C. M. Hunter
Roy Heath
Albert Wilson
Talladega County
Heath
Hunter
Bill Heath
Young Heath
Six Convicts Back In Prison After Mass Escape
Six convicts were recaptured within hours as a seventh, Franklin Delano Stewart, remained at large after a mass breakout from a Draper prison work gang. Recaptured were Millard Brown John Sanger Charles Cohela Calvin Harris Bige Stewart and Robie C Allen. Funeral services were held for Daniel Quick at Hopewell Baptist Church with interment in the cemetery.
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Jefferson County
John Sanger
Montgomery
Charles Cohela
Jefferson
Calvin W. Harris
Choctaw
Bige Stewart
Robie C. Allen
Lee
Daniel Quick
Steppville
Hopewell
Madison Hicks
Lucy Quick
Henderson
Harry
Thorney
Andrew
J. W. Quick
Florence Barnett
Lula Payne
Augusta Cantageorge
Margaret Benson
Nora Meadows
Edith Quick
Funeral services for World War II veteran Troy Davis
Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 PM from Garden City Baptist Church for Troy F Davis 41 a disabled World War II veteran who died after a heart attack Monday in Birmingham He was wounded in action and spent years at a Montgomery veterans hospital Survived by several step siblings and a step mother a full military funeral will be held at the grave
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Troy F. Davis
Garden City Baptist Church
Church Cemetery
Birmingham
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Montgomery
Maggie Schaffer
Cullman
Joe
Ernest Davis
Liberty Bell Replica Visits Cullman For Savings Bond Tour
A replica of the Liberty Bell toured Cullman on Saturday as part of the Savings Bond Tour. The parade included the State Highway Patrol, Cullman police, and a National Guard jeep bearing colors, escorting the historic bell replica.
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Cullman
National Guard
Julian
Lodge Installs Officers In Cullman Fraternal Lodge
The Cullman Fraternal Lodge No. 421 held a regular meeting Monday night and installed officers including Ward en Master Alton Suggs and Senior Warden Guy Hodge. Personal items note Ruth Wilbanks returns from the West, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin McCalip back in Weslaco, Mrs. M L Robertson improving in Birmingham, and local residents making home changes. The article also mentions a large fishing industry catch of menhadena fish and its industrial value.
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Cullman Fraternal Lodge No. 421
Alton Suggs
Guy Hodge
Tom Hesterley
Toy Rodgers
H. A. Ragland
Barney Chandler
Gorman Olen
J. H. Burns
Ruth Wilbanks
Arizona
California
Edwin McCalip
Weslaco
Tex
M. L. Robertson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Mae Hickman
Mattie Wallace
Cora Hickman
Clyde Hudson
Sixth Ave
John Layden
Ed Curlee
la Porte
Texas
J. M. Kilpatrick
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Boy Scouts
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A. Decatur
Piney Chapel
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Courtland Hi-Way
Old Hillsboro Road
Wayne Coats
Huntsville
Belk
Belk Hudon Co
Elsie Hurst
Howard
Bill
Cullman News
Stainiess
GALE
Holiday Travel
Hogan’s Gulf Service Station
6Th Ave. and
Moulton St
Decatur, Ala
China
Watteau
Tina Exec
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