Montgom ery to Host Dual State Board Meetings
The Alabama state building commission and the state board of education will meet Sept 17 and Sept 18 in Montgomery by gubernatorial order. The commission will decide on the cow coliseum project a $500 000 livestock showplace and review bids exceeding allocations. The education board will determine whether to remove teacher unit funding as the distribution base while unallocated building funds of about 2 400 000 may cover project deficits.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Building Commission
State Board of Education
Chauncey Sparks
Building Commission
Agricultural Center Board
Board of Education
Hayse Tucker
Byrnes speech signals Western push in postwar Germany
Mackenzie analyzes how Byrnes and allied actions push Germany toward economic unity in Anglo American zones and self government. The piece notes Russia’s stance shifts, Western radio access, and the emerging contest between democratic Western influence and Moscow’s sphere of influence.
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J M. Roberts JR
Byrnes
Germany
Russia
Moscow
McNarney
Society of Nations
United Nations Organization
Radio
Berlin
Rhine
Rent official signs own eviction notice in Selma case
Area Rent Representative John G Sedberry of the Selma Alabama Rent Control Office issued an eviction certificate against himself after his Primrose Terrace home was sold to Edgar Scott. Scott sought possession and Sedberry, acting as rent official, followed the proper procedure ending with the certificate to remove himself from the residence. Sedberry now seeks a new home.
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John G .Sedberry
Selma
Alabama
Sedberry
Primrose Terrace
Edgar Scott
Scott
Shots Fired Into Alderman Riggs Home in Athens Tennessee
McMinn county deputies investigated two gunshots that hit the kitchen and dining room of Alderman Hugh Riggs's residence in Athens. The shots came from a slow moving car. The episode follows the August 1 election that ousted Paul Cantrell’s political organization and prompted calls for Riggs resignation by local VFW and American Legion posts.
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Athens
Tenn
McMinn County
Hugh Riggs
Knox Henry
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Riggs
Paul Cantrell
Cantrell
Paul Walker
Board of Aldermen
South factions clash as Dobbs decries Ku Klux Klan
Malcolm Cotton Dobbs, Birmingham regional secretary for the Southern Conference For Human Welfare, says most enlightened Southern whites oppose the Ku Klux Klan and could help outlaw it. He blames vested interests for Klan resurgence and calls for leadership against fascism in America. James Dombrowski notes a silent South grows amid lynching and violence while Clark Foreman urges honest stance at Paris talks.
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New .York
Malcolm Cotton Dobbs
Birmingham
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
New York City
South
America
Dobbs
Democratic Party
James A. Dombrowski
Nashville
Bilbo, Rankin and Company
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
Red Hill community note on visits and departures
Lawrence County appears to compile a social item detailing local visits and comings and goings. Names include Alton and Decatur, Calla, Rainey, Way, McCaghren, Owens, Sullivan, Crow, McKay, Caghren, Re s v, Reeves, Hogan, West, Lowery, Membree, Borden, Hall, and others with weekends and Navy discharges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Rogers
Decatur
Arthur Callaan
Felton Rainey
Decatur Goodyear Mills
H. B. Way
Malcolm McCaghren
Courtland
Mose Owens
Elmer Owens
Five Points
John Sullivan
Pearl Crow
Gladys McKay
W M Smith Dies in Miami Vacation
W M Smith aged 70 founder and retired president of W M Smith and company a machinery supply concern died of a heart attack while vacationing in Miami Birmingham Sept 6 reporting.
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W. M. Smith
Birmingham
Ala
W. M. Smith and Company
Lelsow
Miami
Truth and Sincerity in Speech Lessons from Exodus
The lesson centers on bearing false witness and speaking truth, highlighting Jesus’s rebuke of oath breaking and profanity. It recalls Peter’s denial, then his bold testimony after healing a lame man, showing courage to declare truth before authorities.
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Tabernacle
Holy Hill
Jesus
Peter
Christ
Jesus of Galilee
Jesus of Nazareth
John
King Features Syndicate, Inc
New Hope Mary Parker Clan Noted in Florence Visit Spread
A weekend gathering saw Mr and Mrs J R Jackson visiting in Florence. Mrs Tom C Parker hosted a birthday dinner at Mrs Noah Sanders home with the Parker family and kin. Several relatives and friends from Wheeler and Memphis visited Parker in various trips. The fall term began school Monday as locals planned church services at New Hope Baptist.
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J. R. Jackson
Florence
Tom C. Parker
Noah Sandersorr
Knoff Parker
Brown Parker
J. P
Virgil Parker Ell
Wheeler
Oscar Reeves
Fagan
Sue Jean
Mississippi
Billy Emmitt Jacobs
Lonnie Jacobs
John Blaxton
New Hope Baptist Church
William ¥. Parker
Bonnie Jean
Coffeyville
Kansas
G. D
Lance Letson
Memphis
Tenn
Wendell
Terry
Ed Martin
Pauline
Marline Martin
Hugh Williard Terry
Moulton
Twitty Opens Campaign in Limestone County
Bradley Twitty launched his campaign for congress from the eighth district at Piney Chapel Junior High School in Limestone County. He chose rural Limestone as the heart of his agricultural district, with veterans listening as he laid out a Saturday speaking itinerary through Falkville Hartselle Moulton Courtland Town Creek Leighton Tuscumbia Sheffield Florence and Athens.
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Bradley Twitty
Piney Chapel
Limestone County
Twitty
Limestone
Falkville
Hartselle
Moulton
Courtland
Town Creek
Leighton
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Athens
Businessman Praises Retonga After Digestive Doomsday
J Allen White of Florence Alabama reports relief from years of painful indigestion after using Retonga He says meals are enjoyable again and he feels good throughout the day The advertisement claims Retonga improves stomach digestion appetite and vitamin B1 issues and is available at Drug Co Adv
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Mr. White
J. Allen White
West Irvine St
Florence
Ala
White
Blue Lodge
Drug Co.Adv
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Hallmark
Greeting Cards
City Park Flower Shop
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Caddell's
Sally
Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie
Dillehay’s
Grant
Phore
W. Church ST
Ferguson
Heinz
Agent
Ingham
KLAN
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
U. S
Newman Campbell
Joe Ribeiro
San Francisco
Ralph Ping
Los Angeles
Lucidor
Seattle
Sailors Union of the Pacific
AP. Ws
Louisanne Delicatessen & Cafe
Grant St
Mndedwuardts
Second Ave
Wrence County
New Hope
Mary Clarke Parker
McCullough
Main St
Hugh F. Penn Concrete Products Co
Betong
Ipalmolive
San
Namie’s Grocery
Fifth Ave
Office Supply Coq
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