Crowded Nation Voices in Hal Boyle’s Light Column
Hal Boyle notes crowding in America as population, vehicles, and goods swell since 1800. He cites 1946 census data, traffic volumes, and crowded spaces from cities to churches, joking that only light clubs escape the squeeze. The piece previews universal congestion affecting all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brew York
United States
Coe
Columbus
America
Manhattan
42Nd
Fifth Avenue
Population puzzles and historical hints sparking city placements
The text muses on population, farm counts, and shifting urban centers from 1790 to 1945, suggesting a pivotal location whose position could move toward Los Angeles or Houston. It cites 30,546,911 national population in 1930 and 6,812,350 farms in 1935, noting density and birth rates amid speculative geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Carlisle
Ind
Los Angeles
Houston
Tex
New Mexico
America
Diplomas Awarded To 35 At Slocomb High School
Slocomb High School held graduation exercises for 35 seniors Friday night. Principal J. B. Davidson presented awards in drama, typing, home economics, agriculture, scholarship, salutatorian, athletics, sportsmanship, debating, current affairs, citizenship. Edith Pelham and Anna Martha Spence spoke as co valedictorians. Gifts announced include $500 each for player and laboratory funds from Mrs. Charles C. Smith and a donation from C. A. F. Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slocomb
Slocomb High School
Dorothy Bozeman
J. W. Senrest
J. A. Herndon
J. O. Dorriety
J. B. Davidson
Rex Peters
Joan Crawford
Cleatus Turner
Katherine Metcalf
Hamp Harris
Anna Martha Spence
Edith Pelham
Janice Segrest
Charles Weeks
Edward C. Stutts
Myra Nell McAllister
Earl Tew
Jamie Anderson
Charles C. Smith
Laboratory
C. A. F. Cox
Nee Permasinny
Cotton crops hold in Alabama dry areas after rain
Montgomery AP reports in Emith's weekly weather bulletin that Alabama cotton stands in dry areas are generally satisfactory after last week's showers. Most of the crop has a good root system and rains aided corn, peanuts, soybeans, cowpeas, sorghum, sugar cane, vegetables and other crops. Cattle are in satisfactory condition with improved grazing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
FE. J. Emith
Emith
Third Victim Claimed By Oil Stove Fire in Lincoln Ala
A fire caused by an air stove explosion at Patton's Chapel claims a third life. Roscoe Smith, 36, died yesterday from burns. Mary Jane Wheeler, 61, and her grandson Robert Chandler, 8, died Sunday. Several others injured.
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Lincoln
Roscoe Smith
Patton's Chapel
Nese Pare Mere
Mary Jane Wheeler
Robert Chandler
Mystery Royal Wedding Delayed by Illness and Religion
An Athens slated wedding between Former King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma has been postponed due to Anne's illness. Vatican sources warn that a Greek Orthodox ceremony could place the couple's children outside Roman Catholic status, risking royal privileges.
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Y Bruce
WUNN
London
Michael
Romania
Anne
Bourbon
Parma
Athens
Jnvert
Duke of Windsor
Vatican
Pope Pius
United Press
Holy See
Mici
Copenhagen
Kastrup
Margaret
Switzerland
Lausanne
Mobile Sailor Held As Dope Ring Tool
Albert Poag fiont, a 42 year old seaman, was sentenced to two years for acting as a tool of an international narcotics ring. He pleaded guilty to three counts. A plot to smuggle two and a half pounds of heroin into New York failed when customs seized a suitcase in Mobile.
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Mobile
Albert Poagfiont
John McDuffie
Poguiont
New York
United States
Percy Fountain
Fountain
Pougion
Marseilles
France
Poggions
Poggioni
Tater
Philadelphia
Captain Evans Transferred Within German Commands
Captain William W. Evans of Dothan is moved from Berlin to the First Division headquarters at Bad-Tolz Germany. He has served six years in the Army including Europe during the war and two years in Germany. His wife Evn Devis Evans resides in Dothan and joined him in Germany last year, they have a daughter named Ann.
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Wiliam W. Evans
U. S Army
Dothan
Berlin
Bad-Tolz
Germany
C. G. Evans
Evans
Europe
Neas
Evn Devis
J.B. Davis
Ann
Soldier’s fiancé freed by generous designer’s gift
Morfitt, under deadline, faced Ellis Island detention after arriving from Lyon with a $500 bond required. James Mont, a New York furniture designer, offered the needed money as a wedding gift and provided a dress, enabling Morfitt to marry Georgette within a week, then return to Ft. Jackson for a honeymoon.
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Lyon
France
Immigration Service
Morfitt
Georgette
Ellis Island
F. Jackson
Ss. C
New York
James Mont
Mont
New Yorker
Moffitt
Boy 13 Dragged To Death By Mule
A 13 year old boy Jim Glasgow died after a runaway mule dragged him about a quarter mile. He was son of Mr and Mrs Willard Glasgow and became entangled in the trace chain after falling from the mule. The incident occurred in Alabama and prompted inquiries into the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Campbell
Ala
Jimmy Glasgow
Willard Glasgow
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Hal Boyle
Venetian Blinds
Oates St. Dothan
E. E. Bentley
J. W. Savage
the Trading Post
Howard Thuman
Headland Road
J.C. Jackson
Geaceville
Fla
Herdls Childers, Skipperville
Als
Pearoch & Son
Adama
Rt. 1
Midland Cley
W. F. Minahew
W. HL Sizemore
Harpera Joy Church
Porta Rica
Diana
W. E. Hubbard
Newton
Cy PL
Singletary
Craceville
Pin
George Odom
Donulsonside, Cin
Baylig
Mia
Odrie Brown
Brown
Newton-Ozath Highway
E.R. Clark
Newton, Ala
Keifer
Arthur Sheppart
Rewl
Cotena
Rehobeth
Cottonwood
Hickory Grove Church
J. A. Burnham
Nest Few Dave
Otis Ketcham
Columbia
Ate
James Leadon Halatend
Union Hill Church
Dothan-Cottonwood Highway
Wrie
New Hampshire
Aiso Victor
Atdilla
Mua
Willie Cameron
Rtv
Olante
Lorraine Smith
Newsille
J.P. Dawson
Pansey
E. L. Eubanks
Grice
Kinsey
Sale House
Wilson's Filling Station
R. v. “Johnston, Rt
Ashford, Ala
Florence
R. M. Shipper
Rt. B
Lothas
Greenwood Products
Slocomb School
Hathcock Lumber Company
Montgomery Hwy
Speigner Concrete Block CO
Fairgreer
W. W. Evans
THE
BAY Line
Pullman
Drem Fenama
Ft. Jackson
Yerland
Ietters
For All
Girl Scouts
Avislep
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of
Claudia
Rncultural Sulphur and Chemical Company
Peanut
DEALE
Dethan, Ala
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