Charleston General Hagood Dies During Medical Checkup
Gen Johnson Hagood, 73, a West Point graduate and Confederate descendant, died suddenly in Charleston while undergoing a routine physical. He commanded the Sixth Army Corps area in Chicago and briefly led the youth Army Corps before requesting retirement.
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TVA Raises Wages for Nine Thousand Employees
Knoxville Tenn AP The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors approved wage increases averaging about nine percent for 9 000 TVA traveling labor employees in seven southern states after three weeks of negotiations with the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council. The council comprises 14 international unions, 13 affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Negotiations drew on TVA and union data on local wage rates for similar work.
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Accidestrians: New Word For Pedestrians Killed In Traffic
Birmingham report by Nathan Brock coins accidestrians to describe pedestrians killed in traffic accidents. The term highlights that those victims seem to come to life only in cold statistical tallies by agencies promoting traffic safety for city and country motorists.
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Officials Say Each Voting Machine Must Have Its Own Clerk
Alabama Attorney General Albert Carmichael ruled that every voting machine and ballot box requires a separate election official. The opinion, issued at the request of Mobile Circuit Clerk John Mandville, clarifies the meaning of voting place in Mobile County with multiple wards and precincts and several ballot boxes or machines.
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Alabama infant deaths rise from bed clothing smothering
The Alabama Health Department lists 26 infant deaths last year caused by bed clothing smothering and five more infants smothered when others, likely parents, rolled on them. The state recorded 70 total asphyxiation and suffocation deaths last year.
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Walks 2 Miles At 85 To Get Daily Papers
SILLY, Pa. Joseph Krumenacker, 85, walks two miles daily to collect his newspapers. He starts at his Upper Dutchtown home, retrieves the Johnstown Democrat at the post office, then visits his son in Lower Dutchtown for the Johnstown Tribune, making a two mile round trip.
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Farm Accident Toll in 1947 Reported
The Farm Safety Bureau recorded 19 500 farm people killed and 1 800 000 injured in accidents during 1947 highlighting dangerous conditions for agricultural workers nationwide.
Young Quentin Roosevelt in Tunisia Aides the guns
Hal Boyle recalls Captain Quentin Roosevelt looping through the Tunisian ridge battles. From a forward observation post he calls artillery fire, sharing a grin with the colonel and living up to the Roosevelt strenuous legacy before his plane crash death in Hong Kong.
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New State Attorney Flanks Examination
Philip Benefiel twenty three year old veteran and University of Illinois graduate was elected state's attorney of Lawrence County Illinois though state examiners say he failed the bar exam. The constitution does not require licensure yet law allows only qualified attorneys to take part in court actions. Benefiel pressed ahead with plans to assume office saying campaigning distracted him from studying for the exam.
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They Found No Peace In Omaha Narrow Jail Case
Robert and Iona Peace faced Judge Dennis O'Brien on disturbing the peace charges. Mrs Peace struck with a pipe and Peace wielded a knife, sending Peace to 10 days in jail while Mrs Peace returned home.
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PSC Blocks Move To Reduce Luverne's Railroad Service
The Alabama Public Service Commission blocked the Atlantic Coastline's plan to end the daily-except-Sunday service between Sprague and Luverne. ACL proposed a longer tri-weekly Montgomery to Staverne run, drawing Crenshaw County opposition and fears of business disruption.
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Pope Pius XII to broadcast Christmas message worldwide
Pope Pius XII will deliver his Christmas address from Vatican City around 10 a.m. Greenwich time in Italian. The speech will be repeated later in 20 languages including English and French, broadcast via Radio Vatican as an authoritative Vatican statement amid UN Assembly tensions in Paris.
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Dear Miss Dix Love and a past in a column
Dorothy Dix counsels on forgiving a woman with a past and a husband who cannot forget. A mother urged to cut money to a debt prone son to teach him financial responsibility and independence. The column ends mid question about smoking.
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The Strict Father Versus Tobacco Craving
A father thinks force will stamp out his son's tobacco craving while his wife argues against beating the urge. The answer favors persuasion over strict prohibition, noting that forbidding smoking can increase temptation and deception. It suggests using argument and reason to prove smoking is harmful for a growing boy.
Powell Woo Annual Precipitation Record Noted
The report records Powell Woo’s annual precipitation at five inches, noting unusually low rainfall levels for the season and highlighting implications for local water supply and agriculture.
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Fisherman Cecil McCoy Found Dead in Willis Swamp
The body of Cecil McCoy, 41, an Apalachicola commercial fisherman, was recovered in Willis Swamp near Panama City. He disappeared on Thanksgiving Day, becoming the third Bay County fisherman to drown in the swamp. his companion J. B. Wev. was found earlier last month.
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Change of Pace Addressed by Tacoma Auditor Ford
Tacoma with Joe Ford the county auditor plans to help make instead of sell next year's license pirates. Ford is serving up to fifteen years in the state penitentiary on a charge of misplacing county funds.
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