Has Labor Become Too Strong
Senator McClellan recalls a pendulum of labor relations from early 1900s upheaval to modern unions. He notes growth in size wealth and political power of labor, funded by pension and welfare programs, while warning of rigged elections apathy and entrenched officials. The piece previews next on pension funds.
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Labor
Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate Committee
New York
Ladies Waistmakers
Times
Rosey Safran
McClellan
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Afl-Cio
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Solidarity
Norris- LaGuardia
District Diary items from Courtland Cullman Town Creek
Courtland reports Mrs Buster Smith ill at University Hospital Birmingham. Cullman Kiwanis meet at All Steak Cafe with Frank Smith in charge. Kiwanis anniversaries for Dodson Nesmith and Wallace. birthdays Howell and Murrell. Rotary program on Medical Education at Lorenz Restaurant. Eighth graders enjoyed hay ride to Wheeler Dam with a wiener roast and attending mothers. Town Creek residents Ed Crowell and wife welcomed with gifts during move to new home. refreshments served.
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Courtland
Buster Smith
University Hospital, Birmingham
Cullman
All Steak Cafe
Frank Smith
R. B. Dodson
W. J. Nesmith
E. Wallace
F. M. Howell
Felix Murrell
R. F. Williford
Rotary Club
Lorenz Restaurant
Wheeler Dam
Shelter House
Letha Truitt
Edward Weems
Robert Agee
Gunter McCullough
Hazel Neal
Lola Mae Streater
Bill Lee Jr
Town Creek
Ed Crowell
Crowells
Jail inmates chase cigarettes in Decatur county jail
Macon County sheriff says prisoners spend long days scheming for smoke. One inmate ordered cigars and cigarettes by check, which bounced, leaving him smokeless. In a separate note, Lafayette’s grave contains Virginia earth from his Revolutionary era home.
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Decatur
Ill
Macon County
C. W. Peebles
High Roost Farm Hen Hatches Large Brood Near Austinville
A hen on the Siniard farm near Austinville hatched a brood after perched 25 feet high. Eight or nine chicks were on the ground this morning with several more found in a second nest. Mother is described as half game and half white leghorn, with light casualties among the hatchlings.
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Aubrey Liniard
Austinville
Mrs. Siniard
Brother Siniard
State Editorial Writer Wins Pulitzer Award
New York Buford Boone, president and publisher of the Tuscaloosa News, named among Pulitzer winners. Award cited for fearless editorials on segregation and law and order during Alabama university ouster days. Other prizes include Eugene O Neill drama and Kennedy biography Profiles in Courage.
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New York
Buford Boone
The
Tuscaloosa
Boone
Law and Order
Arthurine Lucy
University
Alabama
Congress
Eugene O'Neill
John F. Kennedy
Mass
O'Neill
Kennedy
Massachusetts
U. S
Driver Faces Murder Charge In School Bus Tragedy
Lip Nixon, 26, charged with first degree murder in the traffic deaths of three students Charles Latham age 8 Donald Ray Latham 13 and Sylvia Elizabeth Darden 16. Nixon held in Shelby County Jail awaiting preliminary hearing as county grand jury to reconvene next August.
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Columbiana
Ala
Birmingham
Lip Nixon
Charley Latham
Charles Latham
Donald Ray Latham
Sylvia Elizabeth Darden
Nixon
Shelby County
Dothan Cyclist Dies In Front Of Home
Jimmy Bottoms 17 died after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Dr. D C Halsten in front of his home. He died about three hours later. Bottoms was named captain of Dothan High School football next fall and was on the track team.
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Dothan
Jimmy Bottoms
D. C. Halsten
Bottoms
J. F
Franklin credited with bifocal spectacles invention
In historical notes the inventor of spectacles is not known and Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing bifocal spectacles.
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Benjamin Franklin
LE-ROY FUNGICIDE Promises Fast Athlete's Foot Relief
An advertisement touts LE-ROY FUNGICIDE as the fastest treatment for athlete's foot and ringworm with a money back guarantee. It claims the product costs 69 cents at drug stores and urges proof of effectiveness.
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Le-Roy
Cullman 8-Year-Old Struck By Car Near Highway 278
An eight-year-old Cullman girl Nancy Speegle is listed in serious condition at a Birmingham hospital after being struck by a 1956 Mercury driven by Quenton Gorham 38 of Cullman. The collision occurred Sunday about 8 miles east of Cullman off U S Highway 278 on Walter Farm to Market Road. She suffered possible internal injuries abrasions to both elbows and fractures of both upper legs according to Highway Patrolman Fred Nothdurft.
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Cullman
Nancy Speegle
Cullman 3
Birmingham
Here
Walter Farm-to- Market Rd
Highway Patrol
Quenton Gorham
Cullman 8
J. C. Speegle
Fred Nothdurft
Child Run Over in Culman Hospital Transfer Incident
A child was examined at Culman Hospital before transfer to Gorham after running in front of a car. The driver attempted to dodge the child but could not avoid the collision. Separately in Paris, fifty workmen were recently needed to wash a 67 year accumulation of dirt from the Eiffel Tower.
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Culman Hospital
Birmingham
Gorham
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Great Wall of China Extends 1400 Miles Across Lands
The Great Wall of China spans about 1,400 miles, running across northern China to safeguard territories. Its length highlights vast historical engineering and regional defense significance.
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China
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Promise Energy For Forty Plus
Advertising claims that iron rich Ostrex Tonic Tablets restore pep and vim for middle aged couples. The ad touts a high potency iron and Vitamin B formula claiming a day’s dose equals large amounts of oysters liver and beef and offers a 3 day sample for 69 cents with an economy size option.
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Goidel
City of Decatur
Cordance
City OF
Jack Smith
Lafayette
Virginia
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard
First Ave
Johnston St
Decatur, Ale
Tennessee Valley Trade School
Carlton Kelley
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Leroy Gist
Scottsboro
Garnett Cox
Union Grove
J. M. Dement
Athens
Albert Brewer
M. C. Grisham
Joseph H. Calvin
Flint Junior High School
E. Moulton St
City Finance
2Nd Ave
N.E
Murdock Juvenile Store
Thayer
Hopkins
Peterson
Redman
Hedstrom Nursery
Bassinettes
Murdock
Bank Street
State National Bank
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