Bible Pioneer Aitkens Edition Set For Spotlight at Bible Society Meet
The 18th century King James edition by Robert Aitken, the first English Bible printed in America, will be highlighted at the Bible Society annual meeting in Philadelphia where a commemorative plaque will honor the city as his home and workshop. Congress endorsed the edition, aiding its publication despite Aitken’s heavy losses and debt.
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United States
Act of Congress
James Z. Nettinga
American Bible Society
Robert Aitken
America
The
Bible Society
Philadelphia
New York
Journals of Congress
Congress
Nettinga
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
W V Lovelady and Mrs Lovelady of Miami visited Mr and Mrs Arthur McCord. Mrs W E Whitaker stayed in Decatur with Mrs Floyd Miles. Home Demonstration Club plans May 8 meeting at 3 00 p m DST at Mrs McCord. Jerry and Wanda Smith won calf prizes in Birmingham. Bill Burrough injured in a tractor accident, hospitalized in Hartselle.
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W. V. Lovelady
Miami
Florida
Arthur McCord
W. E. Whitaker
Decatur
Floyd Miles
Home Demonstration Club
Dan Sims
Russell Sims
Hartselle
Will Freeman
John Tomlinson
Jerry
Wanda Smith
Guy Smith
Birmingham
Ken Nimms
Falkville
Gene Rutledge
Bill Burrough
Hartselle Hospital
Danville High School Fifth Six Weeks Honor Roll
Danville High School announces honor roll lists for the fifth six weeks. Selections include students across grades seven to twelve with multiple names in Seventh A and B, Eighth A and B, Ninth B, Tenth B, and Eleventh A/B plus Twelfth A/B.
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Danville
Danville High School
Bible printing rarity and value noted with British Museum link
Aitken’s Bible, printed in America, may have had about 40 400 copies with only 50 known in 1940. The British Museum holds the famed first-edition copy. The American Society values a copy at least $1 000, reflecting its status as a highly collectable artifact.
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Aitken
American Society
U S to reveal secret reactor gear at Geneva conference
The United States plans to unveil hitherto secret nuclear reactor equipment at the World Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva opening Sept 1. The U S exhibit will include several full size reactors in a 30 000 square foot display at the Palace of Nations.
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Japan
South Africa
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Venezuela
Two H-Bombs Per Month Could Power 12 Percent, Says Prof
A Columbia professor proposed two small H bombs per hour in a sealed canyon chamber to supply about 12 percent of U S electricity. The design includes steel walls, a dome roof, dirt insulation, and water steam turbines to generate power.
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Washington
Jay Crear
Columbia University
New York
American Physical Society
R. Jastrow
Naval Research Laboratory
G. F. Schilling
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysical Laboratory
Cambridge
Mass
Air Force
Crcar
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
San Diego Adds Evening Russian Class at City Center
The San Diego school system expanded language offerings by adding a second Russian language class at the evening adult center to meet rising demand for the language.
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San Diego
Calif
Post- Sputnik
Ardmore Plans Switch To Dial System
Ardmore Telephone Co will switch to the dial system at 6 am Sunday May 25 with its toll center in Pulaski Tennessee. The switchover follows about two years of work and will add Boones Hill Minor Hill New Market and Elkmont exchanges to the Ardmore system increasing subscribers to about 2000 from 625. A loan of roughly 600000 has been approved for expansion with total funding near one million dollars pending final details. Employee status will not be affected at this time.
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Chris White
Morgan County
Ardmore
Ala
Ardmore Telephone Co
N. P. Edmundson
Pulaski
Tenn
Edmundson
Boones Hill
Minor Hill
New Market
Elkmont
Xavier Cugat once staff cartoonist for The Los Angeles Times
The article notes Xavier Cugat, famed leader of Latin American type orchestras, previously served as a staff cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times. This fact highlights an early, lesser known role in his varied career.
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Xavier Cugat
Los Angeles Times
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Eliza Russell in Limestone County
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Russell about 40 of 711 Storrs Street NW will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at St Andrews Primitive Baptist Church Limestone County with Rev W M Holman officiating. Burial follows at New Hope Cemetery Decatur with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. She died in Decatur General Hospital Saturday at 5 30 a.m. She leaves a daughter Mrs Mary Lee Davis and two sons James L Bibb Willie J Jones all of Decatur. She also leaves three sisters Mrs Rebecca Ward Limestone Mrs Carrie Lee Hunter Tanner and Mrs Lucy Turner Huntsville and one brother Rufus Kidd Limestone plus nieces and nephews.
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Eliza Russell
Storrs St
St. Andrews Primitive Baptist Church
Limestone County
W. M. Holman
New Hope Cemetery
Limestone
Reynolds Funeral Home
Decatur
Mary Lee Davis
James L. Bibb
Willie J. Jones
Rebecca Ward
Carrie Lee Hunter
Tanner
Lucy Turner
Huntsville
Rufus Kidd
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Wayman Alexander
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Catherine Johnson
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Audrey Hogan
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Jane Penn
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Mary Hill
Patsy West
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John Sims
Jo Reid
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Jerry Stewart
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Town Creek
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Civitan Club
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Athens
Limestone County Red Cross
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Speake High School
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FFA Quartet
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Sue Luker
Valhermosa
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Hazlewood High School
Montgomery
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Jack Davis
Russell‘ Armstrong
U.S
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Danville, Ala
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Morgan County Board of Education
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Jimmy) Bloodworth
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