Community Concerts Opens 1950 Membership Campaign in Decatur
The Decatur Community Concerts campaign kicks off September 25 at 7 p.m. with a dinner at Hotel Lyons. For the first time over 1300 memberships will be offered, increasing seating at the new Decatur senior high auditorium and enabling a bigger concert season. The year’s officers and committees are listed, with promotions including a movie about Community Concerts shown in schools and civic clubs the campaign week. Headquarters are at Smith Motors, Oak Street, phone 2943.
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Lyons
Decatur
Decatur Senior High School
Ae Bine
United States
W. P. Baugh
Dalton Fowler
Perry Orr
W. E. Curry
Jimmy S. Edwards
Princess Theatre
Smith Motors
Oak Street
E. N. Price
Amelia Sperry
National Community’ Concerts
Textile Wage Hike Looming in Southern Mills
Atlanta reports a looming general wage increase for about half a million workers in the South's textile industry. CIO TWUA aims for 10 percent, while Southern management and AFL UTWA back eight percent, arguing cost pressures and regional pay differentials.
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Atlanta
South
Southern Textile Management
Cio-Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-United Textile Workers of America
CIO
Joe Jacobs
AFL Textile Union
Burlington Mills
H. D. Lisk
Georgia
Lisk
Jacobs
Ciotwua
New England
Atlanta Journal
Southern Textile
the Journal
Decatur Welcomes New Home Economist Fay Sims
Decatur Electric Department hires Fay Sims as its new home economist to advise housewives on better use of electricity. She will assist with kitchen and laundry planning, lighting layouts, and appliance use from her office near the auditorium. Sims, a Ole Miss graduate from Alligator, Mississippi, worked with TVA home economists during cooperative programs.
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Fay Sims
Decatur Electric Department
New Electric Department
Johnston Street
Decatur
Electric Department
Miss Sims
North
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
T.V.A
Tennessee Valley
Ole Miss
Alligator
Miss
Clarksdale
Oxford
Ban Lifted on Catfish Catching Slatboxes in Alabama
Alabama state officials lifted the ban on catching catfish with Slatboxes until October 7. Director Phillip Hamm said enforcement is paused while the advisory committee meets in Mobile on October 6 to decide whether to abolish, retain, or sectionalize the regulation. The report also notes unrelated political and labor items.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Conservation Department
Phillip Hamm
Mobile
Hamm
Freedom Crusade Month Proclaimed in Alabama
Gov James E Folsom proclaimed September as Crusade For Freedom Month urging Alabama citizens to support the movement. The proclamation asks residents to sign the freedom scrolls showing faith in freedom friendship and peace for all nations.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Ford House memory of Washington winter 1779 80 at Morristown
The Ford House at Morristown National Historical Park preserves a key site where George Washington resided during the winter of 1779 80. The historic dwelling offers insights into military leadership and colonial life during the Revolutionary War era.
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Morristown
N. J.) National Historical Park
Ford
George Washington
Whole Blood Sent To Korea
A cargo of whole blood from 34 Red Cross centers reached Korea on August 30 under a Defense Department request. The Red Cross offers welfare services to U N troops from nine participating countries. Further shipments will go to the Korean zone as needed, with excess blood processed into plasma. Blood will aid wounded servicemen returning to the United States for treatment, while 21 field workers in the Eastern fighting area continue standard Red Cross services for American troops and allies including the Netherlands Australia Philippines Thailand New Zealand Bolivia Canada and the Red Crescent in Turkey.
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Red Cross
Korea
Defense Department
American Red Cross
U. N
U. S
Netherlands
Australia
Phillipines
Thailand
New Zealand
Bolivia
Canada
The
Red Crescent
Turkey
Racing Cars Lock Wheels Injuries Hit Lafayette Youths
Two racing autos locked wheels and plunged off a highway near Lafayette Alabama injuring seven youths. Rushed to hospital and two men described as Highway Patrolmen said victims included Joe Shaver 15 Edward Hinkle 18 and others aged 18 to 22. Cars driven by Allen and Buck Powers were moving about 85 mph when the collision occurred.
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Lafayette
Ala
Here
Joe Shaver
Edward Hinkle
Atlanta
Allen Powers
Buck Powers
James Hurst
Leon Anderson
Leon Allen
Allen
Cleveland Home Insulated With Mineral Wool Long Ago
Patrolman Bob Slay described a road incident where one car clipped tree tops fourteen feet high. The piece notes Gray Gables, President Grover Cleveland’s Buzzards Bay home, was insulated with mineral wool about 25 years after the material originated from smelter slag.
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Grover Cleveland
Gray Gables
Buzzards Bay
Mass
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Mercury
Fred King Blackwell Motors
Lincoln-Mercury
Frigidaire
Kurfees
H. L. Reeves
Eighth Ave
West
Peoria, Illinois
Chip Wheelers
State Employment Service
Caterpillar Tractor CO
Emil Rieve
Cio-Twua
SS. Marine
Mameinn Paste
Iron Magazine
David Douglas Duncan
Freedom Crusade
Loyd’s ‘Onus
Thrasher
Moulton, Alabama
Terry‘s Barber & Beauty Shop
Mr. Terry
Bob Slay
Slay
MR. T
Goforth Clothing Co
Chevrolet
LEE Street
Decatur, Alabama
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