Wesleyan Service Guilds Meet At Central Methodist
The Wesleyan Service Guilds of the Decatur district plan a May 30 meeting at 7 30 PM in Central Methodist church. Attendees from Ath ens Cullman Elkmont Hartselle Moulton and four Decatur churches will hear conference secretary Mrs Marjorie Copeland speak on the four goals along with several local members presenting. Miss Clio Levin will preside at the business session which includes reports and officer elections. A social hour closes the gathering. Also notes report that checks worthlessness losses in the US may reach 300 million dollars yearly.
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Wesleyan Service Guilds
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
Athens
Cullman
Elkmont
Haréselle
Moulton
Marjorie Copeland
Birmingham
North Alabama
G. M. Davenport
Margaret Armistead
Tuscumbia
J. C.draper
Hartselle
Jennie Chrisman
Clio Levin
WSCS
Veterans Hold Annual Meet of Alabama Spanish War Veterans
The 27th annual encampment of the Alabama unit of the United Spanish War Veterans will be held Sunday through Tuesday June 5 to 7 in Huntsville with sessions at the Russell Erskine hotel. Commander William P. Gwin presides and announces pensions hospitalizations and widow benefits as key topics. Decatur sends a delegation led by Mayor H. R. Summer and Joseph A. Hughes.
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Department of Alabama
United Spanish War Veterans
Huntsville
Russell Erskine Hotel
Wm. P. Gwin
Gadsden
Council of Administration
Department
Gwin
Russel Erskine Hotel
Alabarri
Decatur
H. R. Summer
Joseph A. Hughes
Blountsville
Ex nightclub operator pleads guilty in 1947 jewel theft
G. B. Parsons, already twice convicted for the Perry Jewelry Company robbery, pleads guilty to a 1947 jewel theft in Birmingham. He faces a 15 year sentence after a state agreement. Co-defendant John Baker testified at trial. Other involved defendants received 10 to 15 year terms.
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Birmingham
Ala
G. B. Parsons
Parsons
Louis W. Perry
Perry
Chicago
John B
Jack) Baker
Akron Named For Summit of Ohio
Akron Ohio was named for the belief it stood at the highest point in the state. The name derives from Greek for summit and carried symbolic meaning.
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Akron
Ohio
The Bandit Trail and Other Works Featured
A catalog of books including The Bandit Trail by William McLeod Rae and A Charter For World Trade by Clair Wilcox praised as a potential milestone in world economic order. Ballet In America by George Amberg highlights ballet’s rise in American art. In Anger And Pity by Robert Magidot covers life in Russia through journalism and a spy controversy. Technical books list volumes donated by Wolverine Tube.
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Clair Wilcox
America
George Amberg
Robert Magidot
Russia
Wolverine
Thomson
Weaver
Knutson
Laman
Murdoch
Weeks
New Books At Library Here
The Hew library announces arrivals including The Chain by Paul Wellman Portrait In Two Colors by Stuart Jackman The Slender Reed by Helen Huntington Aunt Bell by Guy McCrone Strong Citadel by Katharine Newlin Burt A Wreath of Roses by Elizabeth Taylor The Nancy Flyer by Ernest Poole Fair Wind to Java by Garland Roark God's Thumb Down by Oscar DeLiso The Case of The Redoubled Cross Date With Death A Wreath For Rivera Case of The Cautious Coquette Powdersmoke Justice and other mysteries and westerns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wellman
John Carlisle
Jerico
Kansas
Stuart Jackman
Persian Desert
Simon
Helen Huntington
Aunt Bell
Guy McCrone
Bel
Moorhouses
Glasgow
Guy McCrane
Katharine Newlin Burt
Philadelphia
Judge Evarts
Elizabeth Taylor
Ernest Poole
Nancy Flyer
Java
Garland Roark
Boston
Dutch East Indies
Oscar DeLiso
Italy
Rufus King
Leslie Ford
Rivera
Ngaio Marsh
Earl Stanley Gardner
Wil
Quotations on Liberty and State Motto Mentioned
The text cites the Massachusetts state motto peace under liberty and references two works, Per and Copper Alloys by Ellis and Radiant Heating by Shoemaker, noting the motto phrase By the sword we seek peace.
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Per
Ellis
Shoemaker
Massachusetts
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