Air Carnival at Hand in Birmingham War Show
Aviation notables from around the world join Army and Navy fliers as Birmingham gears up for its 12th annual air Carnival. The event runs Friday to Sunday with military and civilian flights, parachute jumps, and a Miss American Aviation for 1946 coronation. Notables include Maj. Gen. Clare Chennault and visiting Russian attache Lt Col Anatoliy Galkovsky, plus jet fighters, Hellcats, Corsairs, and Tiger IIs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Hollywood
Buddy Rogers
Clare’ Chennault
Flying Tiger Fame
Anatoliy Galkosvsky
Washington
R. L. Legg
W. H. Garing
RAF
RAAF
Tex Yarbrough
Bob Stone
Fire destroys cars in Jasper garage blaze
In Jasper Alabama on May 31 a garage storing several automobiles burned, with the building saved by firemen. An adjacent filling station operated by Truman A. Morrison Tire Company sustained heavy damage. Dick Burrow, Jasper city commissioner, ran the garage.
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Jasper
Ala
Truman A. Morrison Tire Company
Dick Burrow
Norway on Trail Back to Peacetime Recovery
Oslo reports Norway edges toward peacetime revival after war with rationing and bread fish and potatoes. Shipping revives boosting credits as Norwegians endure footwear shortages and housing strains while admiring Danish and Swedish prosperity and longing for silk stockings.
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Hal Boyle
Oslo
Norway
Scandinavia
Europe
Denmark
Sweden
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Water Works Board invites bids for Cullman filtration project
The Water Works Board of Cullman Alabama invites sealed bids by June 24 1946 for a 1 million gallon per day filtration plant a clear water well and raw water booster stations Plans and specs are available at the board office or Wiedeman and Singleton Atlanta for 15 bid bonds must equal 5 percent of bid bidders must be Alabama licensed General Contractors The owner may reject bids or waive informalities George Stiefelmeyer chairman May 23
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Water Works Board
Cullman
Alabama
Wiedeman
Singleton
C. & S. Bank
Atlanta
Georgia
THE
Water Works Board OF
City OF
George Stiefelmeyer
When Hearts Seek Good and Small Loans Make News
A collage of quips and vignettes from a 20th century issue. A man borrows five dollars from a bank after posting 10,000 in government bonds as security. A Decatur Junior defines MEN and a hotel manager confronts a bellboy amid a joke about a Scotchman.
The Perfect Recipe for Controlling Men in Verse
A poem urges women to cry to control men while referencing a professor at Alabama State College who urged students to show more personality in class.
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Alabama State College
Sugars and Fats Impair Digestion Say Doctors
Philadelphia doctors Taft and Tumen identify sugars and fats as hidden causes of chronic stomach issues. After ruling out other disorders with X rays, they find that intolerance to fats and sugars triggers belching gas cramps and diarrhea, which subside when these foods are removed.
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Drs
Tuft and
Tumen
Lost humor in a literary note about debts and delays
A fragment from a student thesis includes a dialogic joke about asking a professor for a loan and personal inquiry. Other pieces recount a gag about stopping a husband from staying out late and a Decatur grocer asking a boy about a dime for molasses, with a jokey answer about it being at the bottom of the jug.
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Decatur Grocer
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Mabel
Jack
Dillehay’s &On
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John H. Daymer
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