Mobile Units Go To Korea Red Cross club ships to support troops
Red Cross mobilizes 28 mobile units to Korea at Defense Department request. E. Roland Harriman says units replicate WWII clubs with free food and supplies, snacks, songs for front line troops. General Ridgeway approves noting the front line morale need. Coral forms only in water at least 70 degrees.
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Red Cross Club
Korea
Frank Godwin
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Defense Department
E. Roland Harriman
Red Cross
The
Harriman
Pusan
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Alabama Institute offers adjustment center for adult blind
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind partners with the Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation Service to launch an adjustment and pre vocational training center for adult blind residents. Beginning June 1 the program will serve white and Black men and women without travel vision, with Braxton Tatum directing and a steering committee guiding policy. Interested individuals should contact local rehabilitation staff or the Talladega adjustment center.
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Alabama Institute For Deaf and Blind
Alabama_ Vocational Rehabilitation Service
J. E. Bryan
O. F. Wise
Alabama
Institute
State Rehabilitation Service
Alabama Medical College
Braxton Tatum
School For the Blind
M. A. Whetstone
John Parrish
S. W. McLelland
State
P.O
Talladega
Bald eagle follows white hunters for offal in Australia
The bald eagle is observed following white hunters in Australia to feed on offal from their kills, while it avoids black hunters who also discard offal.
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Australia
Elks Add $50 to Fund for Dying Harvey Hamilton
The Elks lodge contributed another 50 dollars to a fundraiser for Harvey Mack Hamilton a 2 year old cancer patient. His parents Olen and Mrs Hamilton report Mayo Clinic doctors say the disease is incurable and he has less than six months to live. Harvey is at Decatur General Hospital in an oxygen tent with breathing difficulties.
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Little Harvey Mack Hamilton
The
Elks Lodge
Little Harvey Mack
Olen Hamilton
Mayo Clinic
Harvey
Decatur General Hospital
82 Tire Builders Are Suspended by Firestone Plant
MEMPHIS Tenn May 26 Officials of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company plant here disclosed an unauthorized walkout by 82 truck tire builders and said they are suspended until June 1 The plant will remain in operation The action followed a dispute over piece work rates and alleged failure to follow the labor agreement including arbitration Officials of the union were unavailable for comment.
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Memphis, Tenn
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
C. B. Greenlese
Greenlese
United Rubber Workers (Cio
Negro Seniors To Present Program At King Memorial
The senior class of the Negro high school will present a program today at 3 P.M. at King Memorial Church for the Negro PTA scholarship meeting. W. L. England, principal of Carver School, will give the address.
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Negro High School
King Memorial Church
PTA
W. L. England
Carver School
First Father of Father's Day Prizes Sighted Here
Local merchants launch the First Father of Father's Day campaign offering gifts for the first baby born after midnight on June 17. Prizes include clothing, toys, a stroller, two weeks of diaper service, baby bath kit, and cash deposited for the baby. flowers for Mama and a free baby haircut are arranged.
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Elmer Storey
Allied Sales
Johnson’s
Papa
Baby
Mama
Father
Visiting Speaker Honored at Dinner in Danville
Miss Edith Livingston and Mr and Mrs Hancel Glover hosted a dinner May 24 at the Livingston home in Danville for Dr Norman Frost of George Peabody College Nashville Tennessee. Frost gave Speake high school’s commencement address after a decorous meal. Guests included Mr and Mrs Raymond Compton Mr and Mrs J C Petty and Mr and Mrs John Warren.
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Edith Livingston
Hancel Glover
Livingston
Danville
Norman Frost
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Dr. Frost
Raymond Compton
J. C. Petty
John Warren
Alabama lawmakers weigh sales tax for school funds
In Montgomery May 26 legislators debated a proposed 2 to 3 percent sales tax for education with a Madison county delegation urging sentiment at Huntsville. The Senate backed a voter qualification amendment, while the House stalled on sending the tax bill to committee. Administration allies say the tax would raise about 19.5 to 21 million annually for schools.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Madison County
Huntsville
State House of Representatives
Pelham Merrill
Cleburne County
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
W. J. Terry
J. H. Hadley
Alabama Education Association
Hadley
Fossil at Selma Identified as Mosasaurus Bone Find
Fossils found above the Alabama River near Selma identified by Dr. Michael Arden as a mosasaurus from the mesozoic era. A 10 foot fragment embedded in chalk was spotted by Charley Goin. Mrs. Harry Reid's class will excavate the site this fall.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama River
Charley Goin
Harry Reid
Michael Arden
Birmingham Southern College
United States
Reid
Eutaw
University of Alabama
Dr E W Averyt Dies In Birmingham
Dr E W Averyt 75 a pioneer Alabama druggist died at his home in Birmingham. He owned stores in Shelby and Albertville and opened a business in Ensley in 1900. He bought a wholesale firm in 1919 and retired in 1947 as Alabama Pharmaceutical Association president in 1906 and 1907. He was born in Dallas county in 1812.
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Birmingham
E. W. Averyt
Alabama
Shelby
Albertville
Ensley
Averyt
Alabama Pharmaceutical Association
Dallas County
Mr and Mrs Roy Camp Hosts at Mt Hope Event
Mr and Mrs Roy Camp of Mt Hope are hosts for an event joined by local residents and the hosting couple as organizers in a community gathering.
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Mrs
Roy Camp
Mt. Hope
Death Claims Beloved Lady Molly Odom at 89
Funeral services for Miss Molly Odom 89 will be Monday at 3 P M at the Grant Street Church of Christ with Rufus Underwood officiating. Burial in city cemetery. She died Saturday at Decatur General Hospital after a weeklong illness from a fall. She lived at 402 West Gordon Drive and was a Grant Street Church of Christ member. Roy Odom a Decatur City Council president is a nephew. Other survivors include Herbert Odom of Panama City Fla three nieces Mrs Sam Byars Birmingham Maud and Lillian Odom Decatur and grandniece Carolyn Sue Odom.
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Molly Odom
Grant Street Church of Christ
Rufus Underwood
Church of Christ
City Cemetery
Brown
Brown’s Chapel
Miss Odom
West Gordon Drive
Decatur General Hospital
Grant Street
Dr Frank Oaks Delivers Talk To College Group
Dr Frank Oaks spoke at the annual Athens College Alumni Association meeting and received an honorary doctor of laws degree. About 150 alumni attended the luncheon in the college dining hall as W G Henry gave the invocation and Perry B James introduced the speaker.
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Frank Oaks
Athens College Alumni Association
Oaks
College Board of Trustees
W. G. Henry
Perry B. James
Athens College
Wind Tipping Car Requires 700 MPH Headwind
A side wind near 100 mph can topple a car while facing the wind would need about 700 mph to tip it over.
Congressmen cut Camp Rucker visit after soldier complaints
Seven Minnesota and North Dakota lawmakers flew to Camp Rucker to review the 47th division in training and hear grievances from enlisted men. The group, led by Senator Young and Representatives Andresen Randahl Marshall Wier Blatnik and O Hara, planned a longer stay but left early after discussions over Alabama's sales tax clothing allowances and shoes.
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Camp Rucker
Ala
Minnesota
North Dakota
Washington
Rucker
47Th Division
National Guard
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Young
Randahl
Marshall, Wier and Blatnik
O'Hara
Puerto Rico Annexation by United States in 1899
Puerto Rico was formally annexed by the United States in 1899 following the Spanish American War. The transfer ended Spanish colonial rule and began American governance over the Caribbean island.
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Puerto Rico
United States
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