Secretary Helen Goldsmith Praised as Potential Congress Member
Miss Helen Goldsmith of Selma secretary to Rep Sam Hobbs was praised as capable and likely to make a good congressman by Rep Frank Boykin at the Alabama Chamber of Commerce dinner. She has served Hobbs since 1935 and notes that intelligence initiative tact and memory are vital for a congressional secretary.
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Sam Hobbs
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Frank Boykin
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Sergeant York Suffers Stroke At Rural Home
World War I hero Alvin C. York, 62, has suffered a stroke and is confined to his Pall Mall Tennessee home. Capt. B H Hale reported Mrs. York said the stroke occurred Thursday night and affected the right side of his face and tongue. York was invited to serve as honorary guard marshal of the state American Legion parade on July 25.
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Notable Alabama figures shine in Washington tales
Miss Goldsmith, born in South Carolina and raised in Selma since 1923, recalls Hobbs office's early stationery hunger. Senator Lister Hill dreams of Congress and Confederate Memorial Day in Montgomery. Carter Manasco plans retirement, noting Congress pays little and often leaves filers cash-poor. Alabama alumni play prominent roles in D C life, including Hill, Sparkman, Elliott, Battle, Bush, and Jarman awaiting ambassadorship to Australia. Rep Boykin praised as a top constitutional mind. Manasco admires Boykin's loyalty and jokes about Washington dogs.
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Hobbs
Anna Varnon Schulz
University of Alabama
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Hill and
Sparkman
Carl Elliott
Libby Anderson
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Orville F. Bush
Alabama Alumni Association
Alabama
Pete Jarman
Capitol Hill
Australia
Boykin
United States
Carter Manasco
National teams prepare for World Soccer Cup in Brazil
Thirty three national squads will contest the World Soccer Cup in Brazil next year. The event gathers teams from across continents to vie for the sport’s top prize and cap the season with international glory.
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Wiley retires after 26 years in Decatur auto business
Thomas M. Wiley announces retirement after 26 years in the automotive trade in Decatur. Wiley Motor Company, 312 Second Avenue, is sold to his two sons David and Frank Wiley and John W. Maynor who become partners and keep the firm name with Maynor as sales manager, David as parts and service manager, and Frank as office manager.
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Decatur
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Frank Wiley
John W. Maynor
Maynor
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Greenville
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Tennessee
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Plane Planting Is New Wrinkle For Cover Crops
Valley farmers and biologist Thomas Z Atkeson describe planting vetch by airplane on a three mile river bottom strip in Wheeler refuge between Blackwell Swamp and Brake Springs. Madison Alabama pair A D Whitworth and Robert K Atkinson report heavy vetch growth by April and say aviation seed sowing saves cost vs manual methods amid labor shortages and bad weather. Two floods last winter caused little harm to the crop.
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
A. D. Whitworth
Robert K Atkinson
Madison
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Wheeler Refuge
Blackwell Swamp
Brake Springs
Robbery at Montgomery Finance Company Early Today
Police investigate a safe robbery at a Montgomery finance company where $824 was taken. Detectives say a woman clerk was knocked unconscious by one of two men who entered after the safe was opened.
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W. A. Davis
Stalin and Co The Politburo Who Run Russia Book Review
Durantys Stalin and Co profiles the 13 Politburo members led by Stalin. It traces their rise from Bolshevik underground to top power and explains how their lives shaped Soviet policy and world communism. The work analyzes individuals and group dynamics without moralizing judgments.
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Russia
Walter Duranty
Stalin
Ussr
Moscow
New York Times
Marx
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Molotov
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Zhdanov
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The Citadel and Vanderbilt Replayed 1949 Schedule Note
The schedule lists The Citadel and Vanderbilt replayed and mentions Mississippi Rollins College at the University of Florida in 1949. The text notes that out of hundreds of thousands of stars only about five thousand are visible to the human eye.
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Vanderbilt
Mississippi
Rollins College
University of Florida
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