Death Claims Noted Actress Gertrude Lawrence
New York reports the English born actress Gertrude Lawrence died at 51 after a liver ailment. She starred in The King and I and battled illness while continuing performances before entering New York Hospital for jaundice diagnosis. Funeral plans were tentatively set for Tuesday with her daughter Pamela Gordon en route from London.
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New York
Gertrude Lawrence
Richard Aldrich
New York Hospital
Fanny
David Holtzman
Pamela Gordon
London
Broadway
Sydney police handle odd night of rescues and threats
In Sydney Canada police faced a strange evening as they chased a man who warned of self harm and later rescued a man who had jumped from a wharf. The events followed a tense sequence with authorities locking up the first man as a precaution.
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Sydney
Canada
Two Decatur Men Honored At Petroleum Jobbers Meet
Leonard Moody was elected president and Roy Odum named second vice president at the Alabama Petroleum Jobbers Association meeting in Decatur. Other officers include Roxie G. Lee, Sid ney Waits, H. T. Salter Sr., E. W. Scott, J. H. Murphee, and Dewey Howater. Main speaker John Harper of New York chaired the event. A resolution endorsed constitutional amendment number one, to be voted November 4, would restrict gasoline tax revenue and license tag income to highway use.
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Decatur
Alabama Petroleum Jobbers Association
Leonard Moody
Roy Odum
Roxie G. Lee
Mobile
Sidney Waits
Andalusia
H. T. Salter Sr
Bessemer
E. W. Scott
Livingston
J. H. Murphee
Troy
Dewey Howater
Sheffield
John Harper
New York
National Oil Jobbers Council
Walker County votes on liquor sales in first time in 15 years
Jasper Alabama September 67 Walker County electors will vote Tuesday on legal liquor sales for the first time in 15 years. The county previously opposed whisky and beer under the 1937 county option law. At present 21 Alabama counties are wet.
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Jasper
Ala
Walker County
Walker
Alabama
Hill Campaign Plan Is Based on National Nominees
MOBILE Sept 6 Sen Lister Hill D Ala said he will campaign nationwide for National Democratic party nominees this fall. The itinerary is being drafted by Sen A S Monroney Oklahoma, head of the speakers bureau. Hill spoke at the Alabama County Commissioners Association banquet with 500 delegates in attendance.
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Mobile
Ala
Lister Hill
Sen. A. S
Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
Sen. Hill
Alabama County Commissioners Association
Chicago
Gov. Stevenson
Woodrow Wilson
Birmingham
Cooper Green
Independents Back Ike Effort in Alabama Ballot Split
A pro Eisenhower slate of independent presidential electors withdrew to back a unified Republican ticket. They urged Alabama Democrats to vote split: Ike for president and Democratic candidates for local and state offices. The group called themselves true Jeffersonian Democrats and cited state law to justify ballot splitting. A bid to appear as Eisenhower Democrats or Alabamians for Eisenhower was rejected, with officials designating them as independents.
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Montgomery
Ala
Citizen’s
Eisenhower
Ike
Alabama
State Code
S. Garrett
Agnes Baggett
Capital Attorney To Lead State Democrats Campaign
A Montgomery attorney, John Goldbold, will guide Alabama's Democratic national campaign as executive director. He takes the post at the new Birmingham headquarters and will coordinate activities with state party chairman Ben F. Ray national committeeman Jim Smith and national committeewoman Mrs Lennard Thomas.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Goldbold
Alabama
Goldbold
Birmingham
Ben F. Ray
Jim Smith
Lennard Thomas
Luxembourg Woman Becomes U S Citizen in Birmingham Ceremony
Mrs. Yvonne Margueritte Gaspard Tubb, formerly of Luxembourg, was sworn in as a U S citizen in Birmingham along with others. She plans to vote in November and recalled meeting her husband Malcolm Tubb while serving as interpreter at a U S Army post in Karlsruhe. The couple moved to Mt Hope in 1949 and later to 203 Fourth Avenue Ss W. Mr. Tubb works as a body and paint worker in a Moulton garage.
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United States
Malcolm Tubb
Yvonne Margueritte Gaspard
Luxembourg
Tubb
U. S
America
Europe
Suitcase of clothing found behind Alabama Drug Company
Sanitary department workers found a large suitcase filled with clothes behind the Alabama Drug Company at 1 40 Saturday morning. Papers within bore the name Dan Lehman and the address Palace Rooms Scott City Kan The police said it will be kept at the Municipal Building Railroad Street and may be claimed by the rightful owner who can identify it.
Florence Times and Tri-Cities add Saturday editions
Florence Alabama papers, The Florence Times and Tri-Cities Daily, resume Saturday noon editions and return to seven day a week publishing. Publisher J L Meeks Jr editor Louis A Eckl, general manager L H Baker lead the papers, Eckl chairs the state AP member group. The pair join six other Alabama papers in seven day publication.
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Florence
Ala
Tri-Cities
Today
J. L. Meeks Jr
Louis A. Eckl
L. H. Baker
Eckl
Association of Associated Press
Alabama
Birmingham News
Gadsden Times
Mobile Press Register
Montgomery Advertiser
Tuscaloosa
Indigenous Diets Include Roast Crickets and Leaf-Cutting Ant Queens
The article notes that American Indians enjoyed roasted crickets and also references the queens of leaf-cutting ants as part of their ecological knowledge and dietary practices.
School Blaze Proves Costly in Phenix City
PHENIX CITY AL Sept 6 A flash fire in the new central elementary school kitchen caused thousands of dollars in damage in less than two hours. Fire Chief J L Newsome said the blaze spread via paper lining in the ceiling insulation. Despite heavy smoke and water damage in about half of the 24 rooms, officials plan to start classes as scheduled Tuesday and may double up or shift schedules until repairs are completed.
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Phenix City
Ala
Central Elementary
J. L. Newsome
Theft Of Purses From Churches Still Unsolved
Purses were stolen from church choirs on July 27 at Central Methodist and First Methodist in Hartselle. Two purses later turned up at Sixth Avenue Church of God. Miss Martha Jean Channell and Miss Sarah Phillips recovered their purses. thirty dollars combined were missing.
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Central Methodist Church
First Methodist
Hartselle
Sixth Avenue Church
Wife Of Industrialist Claimed By Death
Mrs. Hilda Draham McPhillips wife of Mobile industrialist H Manning McPhillips Sr died in Battle Creek Michigan after a sudden illness. She leaves two sons Manning Jr and James David and two daughters along with four brothers and two sisters. The report notes the low cost of insecticides used by farmers at under one percent of crop value.
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Mobile
Ala
Hilda Draham McPhillips
Battle Creek
Mich
H. Manning McPhillips Sr
McPhillips Manufacturing Co., Inc
Manning Me Jr
James
David McPhillips
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W. W. Dinsmore, Chm
Decatur, Ala
Northside
Smith Ledbetter
Northside Baptist Church
Victory Baptist Church
Guntersville
Arville Ranager
P.O. Box
Morgan County Committee For Legal Control
Arles
Wurlitzer
E. E. Forbes & Sons
Piano Company
E. Moulton
Dan W. Gray
Calhoun County Commissioners Court
John G. White
State Association
Capital
L. G. (George) Connell
Pol. Pol
Merritt Poole
P. S
Management
Cooper
Persons Furniture Company
Bank
Alli
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