Forrestal Carrier Keel Laying Set For July Fourteen
Washington reports a keel laying on July 14 to start work on the 60,000 ton Forrestal supercarrier. Navy officials promise capability to project power globally with atom bomb carriers jet fighters and fast torpedo aircraft. Cost estimated at 218 million dollars with launch planned for March 1954 and fleet entry December 1954.
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Washington
Forrestal
Defense
Robert Lovett
James Forrestal
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States
Louis Johnson
Air Force
Defense Department
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
House
Kano’s Ancient Wall Enclosed Siege Food Space
The city of Kano in Nigeria was once enclosed by a wall that defined a space large enough to grow food for its inhabitants during a siege.
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Kano
Nigeria
Rural Minister Of The Year Named In North Alabama
Rev. J. Paul Gilbreath of Mentone Methodist Church receives 1952 Rural Minister of the Year in Alabama from Progressive Farmer. he farms 340 acres in Big Wills Valley and has led a Fyffe rural church project while directing a diversified farming effort. He graduated Birmingham Southern College in 1920 and has served as a Methodist minister for 30 years.
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Birmingham
J. Paul Gilbreath
Methodist Church
Mentone
Alabama
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Town and Country School
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Atlanta
Gilbreath
Big Wills Valley
J. W. Lester
East Bethlehem Baptist Church
Kent
Robert Glenn
First Christian Community Church
Waldermose Springs
M. Lockhart
Randolph
Wartime Powers Extended For Three Days
Washington Senate approves another three day extension of the President war powers moving deadline from June 30 to July 3. Sen McCarran gains unanimous consent to allow a conference committee to pursue a permanent extension.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarran
D-New
Senate House Conference
Hartselle Marine Among Wounded Named in Defense Casualties
The Department of Defense reported Sgt. Thomas Calvin Hendrix of Hartselle among wounded. Hendrix, a Marine, is listed with address 313 Corsbie Street. Other local casualties include Sgt. Roland C. R. Justice of Joppa, in the Army.
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Department of Defense
Thomas Calvin Hendrix
Roxie Hendrix
Corsbie Street
Hartselle
Hendrix
Marine Corps
Roland C. R. Justice
Normand J. Justice
Joppa
Sgt
Justice
Army
New Alabama College President to Take Office in July
Dr. F Edward Lund will begin his presidency at Alabama College Montevallo on July 1 succeeding Dr John Tyler Caldwell who leaves to lead the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Lund comes from Florence State Teachers College where he has been dean of the social science division since 1946 and holds a Ph D from Wisconsin with a Yale Sterling Fellowship.
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Montevallo
Ala
Alabama College
F. Edward Lund
Phi Beta Kappa
Lund
John Tyler Caldwell
University of Arkansas At
Washington and Lee University
University of Wisconsin
Yale
Washington and Lee
Wisconsin State College
Florence
Tennessee Valley
Exchange Clubs
Episcopal
Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama
Rail Shares Boost Market
Rail road and industrial bonds lifted the market this week with cautious trading. Government and corporate financing dominated activity as prices moved narrowly. The government six year 24 percent bonds subscriptions are due Tuesday and AT&T mailed rights for 499 million dollars in convertible debentures to stockholders.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Par Value Loan Firm Opens Decatur Branch Today
Par Value Loan Company launches a Decatur branch on Bank Street as part of an eight-branch expansion begun in Birmingham in 1939 and accelerated after 1950. The firm describes its thrift and credit goals and highlights the Life Estate program to promote saving and investment.
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Par Value Loan Company
Decatur
Bank Street
Birmingham
W. R. Bush
Bush
Alabama
John Murray
Wall Street
New York
John E. Bills
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Ray Mitchell
PAR Value
Reds Screen Teachers Hong Kong Campaign Fear grows over political tests in Canton
Reports from Red China say the Communists are stepping up their campaign to win control of teachers in South China. Communist bosses in Canton will give tests to 1000 teachers to check their political ideas. A campaign already is under way in North China.
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Hong Kong
Red China
South China
Canton
North
China
Cullman Lutherans To Dedicate Building Sunday Afternoon
Saint Pauls Lutheran church in Cullman will dedicate its new Christian education building Sunday at 4 PM in the auditorium. The Rev Henry Meyer of Jacksonville Beach Fla will be the featured speaker, with service led by Rev Robert E Wittenburg and assisted by Rev Hans Reuter.
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Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church
Henry Meyer
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Robert E. Wiltenburg
Pas
Tor
Hans Reuter
Birmingham
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
van Keuren
Davis
Clifford Deerr
Soviet Propaganda Fears Yalu Raid as Election Issue
Moscow reports Soviet leaders may seize American bombings of Yalu River power plants as a major issue in the campaign. They will likely wage a bitter battle over U S charges of aggression, signaling intensified political attacks tied to the alleged U S actions.
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Isvestia
Wall Street
Korea
Kremlin
U.S
North Korea
Yalu River
Peiping
New Delhi
Peiping Radio
Pravda
U. S
Britain
Austria
Denmark
Paris
France
Moscow
Passport Fraud Charged To Red Davies Arrested In Canada
Ottawa reports the Canadian Justice Department charged 44 year old writer and Communist sympathizer Raymond Arthur Davies with passport fraud. Police arrested him in Whitby Ontario on orders of RCMP special branch. Davies longtime Canadian Communist ties include leading the Young Communist League in Toronto during the 1930s while using the name Roy Davis. He faces potential two year prison term after appearing in an irate's court likely Monday.
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Ottawa
Cadiana Justice Department
Raymond Arthur Davies
Whitby
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Davies
Young Communist League
Toronto
Roy Davis
Five Party
Communist Party
Stuart Garson
Nirate
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Fio Air Distribution
Humirol
Weathermaker
Decatur Refrigeration Co
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W. R. Rush
George E. Rush
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J. B. Herron
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Presidential Value Loan Company
H. Parker Osment
Morton, Allen & Williams
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Pete) Pryor
Pryor Optical Company
W. A. Belcher
Belcher Lumber Company
D. B. Clayton, SR
Knight Electric Co
N. E. Ware, N. E. Ware Hauling & Contracting Co
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Par Value Loan Co
Walker Mattison
National Union Life Insurance Co
A. L. Stabler
J. Frank Chambers
Frank Chambers Engraving Co
M. J. Collins
Collins Produce Company
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Hendrix-Brooks Furniture Company
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Montgomery
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