Few Hit Songs Found Each Year By Disc Recorder
New York a disc industry veteran Manie Sacks head of A&R at Columbia Records explains the odds of producing a hit song. Only one or two unknown writers per year prove worth recording amid a drought in the market. He notes public taste favors melody and production over be-bop and stresses quality over quantity.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Manie Sacks
Manie
Columbia Records
Sacks
Manne
Burl Ives
Manic
Marie
Eeasul
Ostar Hammerstein Cole Porter
Irving Berlin
Berlin
Liberty
Manié
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Death on Okinawa Sugar Loaf Four Years Ago
Editor Ben Price recalls the May 12 1945 Sugar Loaf assault on Okinawa where the sixth Marine division fought in brutal hand to hand combat. The account highlights Captain Stebbins Corporal Rusty Golar and Corporal Parker among many dead and wounded as the hill withstood fierce Japanese defense. No spring came to Sugar Loaf that day despite green surroundings.
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Ben Price
Atlanta
Associated Press
Sixth Marine Division
Okinawa
Mere
Bem Price
Sugar Loaf
Halfmoon
Horseshoe Hills
Shuri
France
Corp
Donald
Rusty
Golar
Walter G Parker
Parker
Local Social Notes Highlight Morgan County Visits
Citizens from Falkville Hartselle Decatur and nearby towns gather for family visits shop trips and weekend activities. Teachers attend Morgan County Teachers Association events in Falkville while relatives travel from Birmingham Huntsville and Decatur for Mother's Day and shared moments.
Pruitt to Head Cullman City Schools
Herman T. Pruitt has been elected principal of Cullman City High School effective July 1. He previously taught in Cullman county for 16 years and led Veterans Agricultural training for two years. He earned a BS in Agricultural Education from Auburn and an MS in Agriculture at Auburn. The article also notes new officers for the Symphony Club and a social meeting with details of attendees.
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Herman T. Pruitt
Cullman City High School
Cullman County
Veterans Agricultural Training
Baldwin High School
Bay Minette
Fairview High School
Jacksonville State Teachers
Auburn
Local families visit during weekend events in Decatur and Hartselle
Miss Mary Helen Lyle and Jack Lyle of Decatur visited their grandmother Mrs. Mary J. Johnston Sunday morning. Mrs. Kittie Johnston attended the District Conference at the Methodist church in Hartselle, staying with Mrs. Cordie Winton Wednesday night, and she and son Edward visited Mrs. Helen Lyle in Decatur Sunday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. R. F. McDonald attended the District Conference in Hartselle Wednesday and Thursday.
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J. W. Strickland
Winter Garden
Fla
Wilbur Lani Fas
O. H. Bradford
C. P. Johnston
Morgan County Teachers’ Association
Falkville
Don Mikell
Weiner
Scout Troop 30
Hartselle
G. Mikell
Joe Winton
Decatur
Ben Blevins
B. M. Cuthrell
J. J. Ransom
Huntsville
William Ransom
Maggie Ransom
CP. Johnston
J. D. Johnston
Kittie Johnston
T. M. Nelson
Birmingham
James Wade
Lila Wade
R. C. Miller
Wade
Thomas Ransom
J . Maxwell
Mary Higdon
Limestone County
Ola Tyler
Elliot Johnson
Cullman County
Seldon Garrigan
W. P.ihrist
Bobbie
Raymond Hamila
Austinville
Silas Blevins
V. P. Gilchrist
J. Marie Hollo- P. Gilchrist
Yar
Union Hill
Mary Helen Lyle
Jack Lyle
Mary J. Johnston
Cordie Winton
Kittie
Johnston
Edward
Helen Lyle
Local reception honors Rosson and guests after wedding
Mrs Anne Kinney Rosson Mrs Dunlap Mrs Jesse Oldacre and Miss Freda Hartung wed at the table with Mrs Farrior pouring coffee aided by Miss Dorothy McNutt. About forty guests attended the hospitality afterward. Mrs Charles Porter served.
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Rosson
Anne Kinney
Dunlap
Jesse Oldacre
Freda Hartung
Mrs Kinney Hosts Buffet Honoring Mr and Mrs Farrior
Mrs E Kinney entertained at a buffet supper at her home honoring Mr and Mrs Eddie Farrior Jr Lucille Kinney Union Springs Centering the table was an arrangement of day lilies and yellow roses White tapers burned on either side The buffet was banked with yellow fruits and white tapers burned in orange.
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E. &. Kinney
Eddie Farrior, Jr
Lucille Kinney
Union Springs
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Weiners
Swift’s Select Club
Parkay
Parkway
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Palmolive
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Morgan County
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Cullman News
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Jesse Oldeere
Symphony Club
Henry Arnold
Carl Stiefelmeyer
Forney Fuller
W. Bledsoe
Barney .Bland
F. E. St. John
J. Y. Vaughan
West Moulton Street
Streak-O-Lean
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Leach
Heinz
Campbell’s
Caddell Drug CO
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