Operation Furcoat Wins at Last in Frugal War of 1950s
Hal Boyle chronicles Frances winning a long struggle for a fur coat after 1937 marriage dowry, enduring years of fund raids and price shocks. They finally buy a modest welded mink coat, size just enough to wrap a wife, ending the costly hunt and declaring the operation complete.
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Frances
Gle
Broncen
Yrar
Laiadex Crystal Ball
Brancer
Fifth Avenue
Ober
Ex Officer Charged With Accepting Protection Money
Former Walker County Deputy sheriff John Fitzpatrick faced a federal trial with 11 codefendants on charges of conspiring to violate federal liquor laws. A government witness testified Fitzpatrick offered to shield a man from trial for $100 after finding a sill near the man's home.
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Jasper
Walker County
John Fitzpatrick
Onvet
Fitzpatrick
Prince Dunn
Fitzpawick
Dunn
Luther Frost
Ch Huntley
Washington
L and N to build 500 steel boxcars in Alabama
Birmingham AP reports Soulaville and Nashville Maivond order 500 steel boxcars from Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing. Cars will be built at the Bewemer Alabama plant, 10 feet high and 20 tons capacity, with delivery beginning in March.
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Birmingham
Soulaville & Nashville
Pullman - Standard Car Manuefacturing Co
Bewemer
Ala
Macob
Third candidate files for lieutenant governor in Alabama
A. L. Hanis of Talladega joins State Senator James B. Allen of Etowah County and W. D. Franks of Birmingham in filing qualification papers with the Secretary of State. The Alabama race now includes three candidates for lieutenant governor.
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Talladega Mon
Montgomery
Secretary of State
A. L. Hanis
Talladega
James B. Allen
Etowah County
W. D
Bin
Urban Building Up In Southeast In '49
Southeast urban construction rose to over 540 million dollars in the first nine months of 1949, per the Commerce Department. Alabama led with a 106 percent jump to 72.5 million, Georgia posted 86.7 million, North Carolina 92.8 million, South Carolina 29.1 million, Tennessee 72.1 million, and Mississippi 35.3 million compared with 1948 and 1944 figures.
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Atlanta
Department of Commerce
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Birmingham to announce man of year January twenty seven
Birmingham announces its man of the year at a January 27 meeting. Assistant Secretary of Defense Marx Leva, formerly of Selma, will address the gathering and discuss unification of the armed services. The Birmingham Young Men's Business Club sponsors the selection.
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Birmingham
Marx Leva
Selma
Birmingham Young Men's Business Club
Abundant Living: Science and Religion Seek Common Ground
A reader excerpt from Abundant Living discusses tying science and religion, weighing measurable facts against intangible values, and testing life by spiritual principles. It recalls a broadcaster who sought permanent meaning through God, favoring a steady, value based life amid change.
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Abingdon Cokesbury Press
New York
Nashville
Donalsonville Chamber Meeting Set for Jan 30
Donalsonville Chamber of Commerce calls a meeting of all area citizens at the Seminole County Courthouse Friday January 30 at 800 p.m. to review past year activities and discuss aims for 1950. Chamber officials indicate a forthcoming announcement at the gathering.
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Donalsonville
Chamber of Commerce
Seminole
Wine Tax Increase Upheld By Court
Georgia's new wine tax hike was upheld by the State Supreme Court in a five to two decision. The emergency session raised the tax on imported wines to $1 per gallon and Georgia produced wines to 10 cents per gallon as part of a broader move to fund state needs. Justices Head and Wyatt dissented.
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Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Georgia
T. Grady Head
Lee Wyatt
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S. Oates St
Wright Motor
E. Stanley Jones
John
Reiigton
Roe
Pree Kek
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N. Foster St
Walgreen Agency Drug Store
Semrits
Samphor
GAMAY
Orlis
Monarch
Birdseye
Caron Maeter
Penusy
Fowder Purfss
Tomas
Walgreen
Tenozeen
Upjohn Unicaps Malizvitansina
Expanise
Erat Vilenias Olafsen
Belo Cardus
Tri-State Building
Dothan, Ala
F. H. Reynolds
Detective and Collection Agency
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