Local Subscription Rates and Mail Delivery Details
The notice lists subscription rates for Carter Mall and Carrier delivery across Alabama Georgia and Florida. It notes motor route service and Sunday mail options with monthly prices and special terms. Also included are Associated Press and United Press statements and a religious quotation.
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Caerter Ae Mall
Seevien Ia
Transma
Georgia
Florida
Dally
Sundar
Alabama
Tomanth
Monthas
Coos
Mertien
Folsom Attacked Over Cartography Of Alabama Constitution
Governor Folsom is criticized for calling the 1875 Alabama Constitution the work of carpetbaggers and scalawags. Judge Waller B. Jones of Montgomery defends the framers, noting many Confederate veterans helped draft the document amid Reconstruction politics and public distrust of prior elections.
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Jackley
Alabama
Waller B. Jones
Montgomery
Uki
Folsom
Jenus
Defaminis
Judge Jones Defends 1901 Alabama Constitution
The document attacks critics calling the 1901 Constitution a tool of oil and steel trusts. Judge Jones argues the constitution was drafted by patriotic Alabamians, not carpetbaggers, and cites railroad regulation and legitimate government oversight as evidence of its integrity.
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Judge Jones
Folsom
Alabama
Jones
Good and Bad Advice for Veterans Career Guidance
The government prepared an Occupational Outlook Handbook for the Veterans Administration to aid veterans choosing careers and for other agencies’ counseling. It predicts pilot, hostess, reporter, detective, and diesel mechanic fields will be tight, while bricklayers, doctors, auto mechanics, librarians, stenographers, and foundry workers will have easier prospects. The piece argues that guidance depends on ambition and competence and notes there is always room at the top for those who excel.
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Veterans Administration
Osborn marriage and tax deduction discussed in Eagle column
The Eagle notes a front page item on Chase S Osborn marrying an adopted daughter and questions if such a marriage affects estate taxes under the 1948 Revenue Act. It mentions a 50 percent deduction for property passing to a surviving spouse and hints at broader moral and legal implications.
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the Eagle
Chase S. Osborn
Osborn
Decapitated rooster drew crowds as healing bird
Mrs. Martha Green, Los Angeles housewife, sues the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society and a pet shop for return or 2500 dollars after buying a rooster that was decapitated during plucking. The bird reportedly crowed and healing claims spread, bringing thousands to the home. Two people allegedly were cured by touching its neck.
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Martha Green
Los Angeles
Southern Textile Wages Debate Across Regions
John Temple Graves cites wage figures for cotton textiles showing South at about $1.11 per hour and New England at $1.16 to $1.19, noting finer New England goods and welfare-like benefits sought by Southern workers. He argues there are no sweatshops, urges facts over political grandstanding, and contrasts liberal and radical stances in the era.
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William E. Hamilton
Birmingham
New England
South
Chester Bowles
New
Bowles
Hugh Bigler
Associated Industries of
Alabama
Spring Town's Best Show in New York
HAL BOYLE notes spring arrives amid urban quirks and mild optimism. He paints vivid scenes across Manhattan and Brooklyn—from bustling sidewalks and buggies to pigeons, sailors at Central Park, and fashionable dress. The piece likens seasonal change to a gentle, hopeful city mood.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Central Park
Tie
Dr. Kinsey
Those Anachoresiphobics and the Backing Up Problem
A Chicago psychologist Dr W A Eggart links stubborn driving to anachoressphobia defined as reluctance to back up. He says this trait causes at least 25 percent of traffic accidents and coins the term fanachoressphobic for a person affected.
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Dr. Eggart
Bats in Belfries Draw Fire in Andalusia Star News
The Andalusia Star- News comments on an Elimi nating Bats from Buildings publication and its penny post offer to obtain it from the Government Printing Office. It accuses officials of wasteful tax spending and cites bat-proofing as a simple method while lampooning politicians for supporting such costs.
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Government
United States
Gxtiansl
Fries
Andalusia Star- News
Rocket test range woes prompt Pacific option
The DotSan Eagle reports Congress and others fear a 3,000 mile test range for rockets. The Army suggests using the Pacific Ocean. At a Florida rocket range, a rocket stalls veering from the target and is overtaken by a fast jet plane which shoots it down.
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DotSan
Congress
Army
Pacific Ocean
Florida
Springfield adopts pigs outside city limits by 1952
The city council of Springfield approves a policy requiring all pigs to be kept outside city units by 1952. The measure, reported by Mobile Press, specifies compliance timelines and enforcement expectations for livestock owners within the municipality.
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Springfield
Masa
Mobile Press
American jeweled watch industry faces Swiss edge in cost
Cenerazzo testifies before Congress that Swiss import costs outpace American production by about $4.40 per unit after duties. He cites Bulova as leading Swiss importer, 3 million units sold by 1947 with $38 million gross and $3.8 million net, highlighting how advertising and lower U.S. costs threaten American firms like Hamilton Waltham and Elgin.
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Washington
America
Hamilton
Waltham and
Elgin
Waltham
Bulova
United States
Ita
Switzerland
Cenerazzo
Walter W. Cenerazzo
American Watch Workers Union
Switzerla
Department of Commerce
U.S. Relief Sends Aid to Japanese Care Packages
Tokyo reports U.S. residents have sent free relief items totaling 2,036,085 packages valued at about 10.18 million dollars through December 31, 1948, since September 1946. CARE deliveries to Japan are not included. about 150,000 CARE orders have been received since August.
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Tokyo
United States
1947 United States life insurance purchases rise
United States residents bought more than 21.12 billion dollars in new life insurance during 1947, reflecting strong demand for protection and financial planning as postwar growth continued.
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United States
Salary cutting bill headed for hopper in Florida Assembly
TALLAHASSEE AP A salary cutting measure aims to slash state sales by 10 percent and remove deadwood from government payrolls. Rep. T. C. Merchant Jr. declares the bill an across the board cut from the governor down, effective July 1, to curb unwarranted pay raises and eliminate unnecessary positions. Gov Fuller Warren backs salary reductions for cabinet and judiciary pay as he asks the Legislature to act, while Merchant notes a move to create a legislative committee to enforce the cuts.
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Tallahassee
T. C. Merchant
Meson County
Ginor’s
Merchant
Deadwood
Fuller Warren
Legis
Supreme Court
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