Is Moscow Now Ready For Day
Associated Press report surveys the cominform in formation as European communist parties move toward a united front and potential military ties with the Soviet Union amid East West tensions. NATO-like alignments, Tito’s expulsion, and Poland and Hungary roles are noted as the pattern firms.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Moscow
Comintern
Communist International
France
Italy
Britain
Germany
United States
Austria
Soviet Union
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Hungary
Nicolai Lenin
Russia
Stalin
Lenin
Hitler
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Cominterm
Europe
Helps You Overcome False Teeth Looseness Ad
An advertisement claims nonacid powder called FASTEETH can secure loose false teeth for comfort. It suggests sprinkling the powder on plates to prevent embarrassment and improve fit, promising soothing effect and relief from acidic mouth irritation.
Missing Official Found In Houston Bible Salesman Fallout
A San Francisco city supervisor, missing since January 13, 1948, was found in Houston after a day as a Bible salesman. Chris Jepsen Christensen, 44, left politics after leaving notes at the Golden Gate Bridge. He spoke of political pressures and a machine, and said he had not known his identity for months. His wife, believed dead, is en route from California.
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Houston
Tex
San Francisco
Chris Jepsen Christensen
Unan Board of Supervisors
Christensen
Golden Gate Bridge
California
Bernice O. Sims Celebrates 65th Birthday in Birmingham
Bernice O. Sims was honored on his 65th birthday in Birmingham where Alabama State Employment Service colleagues hosted a surprise party. The longtime public servant, known for 28 years in Morgan County post offices and 20 years as assistant postmaster in Decatur, recently retired from governmental service but remains active as a senior interviewer in Birmingham.
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Bernice O. Sims
Birmingham
Alabama State Employment Service
Sims
Morgan County
Decatur
Mission at St Anns Opens Sunday with Rev Mack OMI
Rev Walter Mack OMI from Boston will lead a mission at St. Ann Church starting Sunday March 6 through Sunday March 13 with daily services at 6:45 and 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. He has spent ten years in missionary work across the East and West United States Canada and now the Southland. The public is invited.
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Walter Mack Omi
St. Ann Church
Mack
Boston
Mass
United States Navy
United States
Canada
Southland
Boy Scouts Meeting Highlights Knot Tying Victory
Twenty Scouts attended the Tuesday night Boy Scouts of America troop 61 meeting at Ninth Street Methodist Church. Yancey Quinn led the Scout Oath and Buddy Benefield led the pledges as Blazing Arrow Patrol won the knot tying contest.
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Boy Scouts of America Troop 61
Ninth St., Methodist Church
Yancey Quinn
Buddy Benefield
Blazing Arrow Patrol
Plane Used On Mercy Mission To Birmingham
A C-57 transport plane ferried a brain injury patient from near Purvis to Birmingham for specialist care. Two others were critically injured in a head on crash on Highway 11 near Purvis. Victims include Mrs. M. D. Paine of Tuscaloosa and H. D. Hultman of Sumrall. Dr Paine helped obtain emergency air transport for his wife.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Purvis
Birmingham
Highway 11
M. D. Paine
Tuscaloosa
Ala
H. D. Hultman
Sumrall
Willie Oubre
Decatur Area January 1949 Business Activity Report
The Decatur office notes total non agricultural job placements at 89 in January down 27.6 percent from December and 56.2 percent below January 1948. There were 459 new job applications up 29.3 percent from December and 51.7 percent year over year. Unemployment filings reached 381 with $19,501 paid in Megan county. Texas University has played 65 football games with Rice and Arkansas and not a single tie.
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Decatur
Alabama State Employment Service
Megan County
Texas University
Rice
Arkansas
Patrol Corners Gatherings Featured Snatch the Bacon Game
The troop held a patrol corner gathering where they played Snatch the Bacon. The meeting concluded with the Scoutmasters' benediction led by Curtis Johns, scribe.
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Curtis Johns
Fewer Continued from Page One
Large increases over both the previous month and the year ago building permits were reported in readable text from page one. The fragment notes a surge in permit activity, suggesting a housing or construction uptick locally.
Decatur Permits and Mortgages Totals for January
In January the total value of permits issued reached $113 050, up 609.7 percent from December and 198.3 percent from January 1948. Residential permits totaled $94 650 while nonresidential permits were $18 400. Morgan County mortgages recorded in January amounted to $470 542, a 19.9 percent increase.
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Decatur
Morgan County
U S Iron Output Per Capita Exceeds 1000 Tons
The United States normally produces over 1,000 tons of pig iron per 1,000 population each year.
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United States
Negro on Capital Jury in Alabama Murder Trial
Montgomery report notes perhaps the first capital case in which a black juror sat as Sgt. Moses Tate 30 a white Air Force sergeant stands trial for killing his brother Forest Tate 26 with a pistol five shots fired witnesses include the widow Tate admits gun handling. Forest dies after 14 days. Court session opened with Judge Eugene Carter and jurors sent home overnight in a case highlighting racial jury composition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air Force
Moses Tate
Forest
Moses
Forest Tate
Orran Campbell
Eugene Carter
Ruling on Legitimacy Laws Affects Birth Certificates
Alabama ruling holds the father of an illegitimate child cannot be named on a birth certificate until the baby is legitimized. General Albert A. Carmichael notes the state registrar has no authority to list the father before legitimacy is established.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ally
Albert A. Carmichae
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Informa
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Sanch
Henry
Ite
Bureau OF Business Research
University OF Alabama
Ecatur
Belk’s Men’s Dept.—Street Floor
Belk Hudron Co
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Mildred E. Gillars
Axis
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Max Otto Koischwitz
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