Malvern 4-H Girls Exhibit Aprons at Meeting
Malvern Junior 4-H club members displayed 26 self made aprons at their monthly meeting in Geneva. Aprons used feed sacks and scrap fabrics reflecting the girls first sewing lessons. Winners by grade included Patsy Peel and Marie Crutchfield in sixth grade, Sarah June Smith in fifth, and Shirley Feen McNeil in fourth.
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Geneva
Malvern
Patsy Peel
Marie Crutchfield
Mary Lou Enfinger
Sarah June Smith
Robbie Hall
Elsie Marie Rayburn
Shirley Feen McNeil
Joann Hall
Dolores Pippin
Evelyn Bedsole
Annette Harris
Susie Hughes
5. W. Rayburn
Movie Operators Must Pay State Use Tax On Films
Circuit Judge Walter Bo Jones rules that movie operators owe Alabama’s two percent use tax on films rented for showing. He upheld the State Revenue Department assessment against Paramount-Richard Theaters Inc of Mobile for 1944 to 1946 rentals totaling $5,000. The article notes rings fashioned from silver coins once believed to treat convulsions.
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Montgomery
Aph
Walter Bo Jones
Alabama
State Revenue Department
Geneva Schools Donate To Crippled Children Drive
A Geneva county report shows nine schools raising $367.37 for the crippled children's drive, about one third of the $1,000 county quota. Fifteen schools did not report. the drive continues two more weeks. Schools listed include Fadette ten dollars, Open Pond five fifty six, Veterans fifty four dollars, Geneva eighty six forty two, Samson one hundred ten forty nine, Bullock eleven twenty, Hacoda thirty five, Coffee Springs forty dollars and one cent, Tate fourteen fifty nine. Collins also reported the tuberculosis seal drive in the county raised eight hundred eighty three dollars eighty five cents.
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Geneva
Geneva County
J. J. Collins County
Fadette
Open Pond
Veterans
Samson
Bullock
Hacoda
Coffee Springs
Tate
Collins
Anniston radio manager dies from car crash injuries
Richard K. Duffey 28, manager of WOGR Anniston, died in a Birmingham hospital after a two-vehicle wreck at a Southside intersection about 1 30 a m. His wife Margaret was seriously injured. two others hurt. McCormick 26 and Besin Thompson Birmingham occupants charged with reckless driving. Duffey family had recently moved from near Cincinnati.
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Birmingham
Richard Ki. Duffey
WOGR
Anniston
Margaret
John M. McCormick
Besin’ Thompson
William Ro Anchors
W. H. Crook
McCormick
Duffeys
Cincinnati
Duffy
Alabama Delegates Agree Opposing Truman in DNC
AP survey shows a majority of Alabama Democratic delegates oppose re nominating President Truman. Of 84 candidates for 28 delegate seats, 53 responded with 50 saying no to Truman on first ballot. Eisenhower named by 14 as first choice. Folsom support varied. many gave no specific presidential preference.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Democratic National Corvention
Associated Press
Harry Truman
Philadelphia
Truman
James F. Folsom
Folsom Camp
Folsom
Oth
Dwight Eisenhower
George Marshall
Byrd
Virginia
Hill
George
Georgia
Gessner T. McCorvey
Brackeen Father Dies After Long Illness
W. R. Brackeen, father of Auburn extension editor L. O. Brackeen, died after a long illness. A West Limestone County farmer, he is survived by his wife and seven children.
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Auburn
W. R. Bracken
L. O. Brackeen
Limestone County
Little Girl 7 Saves Baby Sister Life
Barbara DeCouse seven died after saving her two month old sister Paula from a kitchen fire at home. Her dress caught fire from a gas range but she used a bed to extinguish the flames and carried Paula to a neighbor for help. Firemen stopped the blaze and Deputy Fire Chief Charles Manger praised her bravery.
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Newark
N. J
Barbara DeCouse
City Hospital
Paula
Barbara
Charles Manger
Fixe Department
State Senate voting on education and aid bills and veto overrides
The record shows votes on school aid amendments prohibiting funds for sectarian schools, failed ear-marking of federal education aid for church and private schools, final passage of federal education aid, a veto override of a large income tax cut, and omnibus foreign aid and deficiency appropriations. Key names include Alabama Hill Sparkman Battle Jones Hobbs, with several votes reported as yes or no.
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Donnell
Alabama
Hill and Sparkman
McMahon
Hill
Sparkman
Truman
Hill and
HOUSE
Alabama-Battle, Jones, and Hobbs
Battle
Jones
Hobbs
Volunteer Fire Service Dominates American Departments
Among 800000 municipal firefighters in the United States only one eighth are professional full time firemen, with the remainder serving as volunteers in local departments across the country.
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America
Go Lions Club to Host Barbecue Benefit for High School Band
Jean T. White secretary of Go Lions Club says the barbecue funds will aid the high school band. The barbecue runs from noon to 8 p m with dancing from 8 p m to midnight.
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Jean T. White
Go Lions Club
Radar origin and tax notes from historical overview
The article discusses the fiscal year taxes and states that personal and corporate taxes yield three quarters of U S tax revenues. It explains radar as an acronym from RA and Arm R, and notes a 13th century belief in sapphires curing can buncles garnet bee stings.
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U. S
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