Count Bernadotte as Mediator for Arab Israel Talks
Sweden's Count Folke Bernadotte, chosen by the Big Five for UN mediation, is praised for integrity and experience in delicate negotiations. He has a record of prisoner exchanges and armistice work in war zones, and faces the tough task of securing a truce and paving a path to lasting peace in Palestine. A Memphis brief notes Mrs Willing discovering a bantam in a tub on her back porch.
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Sweden
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
America
Britain
Russia
France
China
General Assembly
Gustav
Hosmn
Europe
Germany
Reich
Palestine
Israel
Bernadotte
Bernadette
Memphis
Tenn
A. V. Willing
Old Columbia's City Hall Shows New Look of Town
In Columbia the nickname Old Columbia reflects its history and age while a new brick City Hall nears completion at a cost of 21 000 dollars. The building will house the fire department and jail and is designed for future expansion with a removable glass wall for a second fire truck. The town believes the dam will be built by the government.
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Columbia
Old Columbia
F. E. Wakefield
Jails and Builders Highlight Columbia’s Historic Prisons
A historical account describes Columbia’s jail structures including rear building cells with steel bars, 12 inch thick brick walls, and expandable capacity for more prisoners. It contrasts the first county jail, a frame construction, with four steel barred windows and a lumber cross beam layout, noting past escape attempts and a mob incident involving a new telephone pole.
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City Hall
Columbia
Houston
Coy Thompson
Prison escape attempt ends when worker traps head in wall
Closest Try Al Roney the chief of police recalls a prisoner who nearly escaped by cutting a wall opening. His head became stuck among criss cross timbers, trapping him. Roney notes the jan’s construction blocked exit and reflects on Wiregrass lawmen named Roney in the area.
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al Roney
Chief Roney
Henry County
Columbia
Roney
Adams jr. Columbia law student to run for Third District delegate
L H Adams Jr a Columbia University law student at the University of Alabama who is in the run off for Third District delegate to the national Democratic convention will graduate in December and open an office in Dothan. He served in the Philippines during the war and later resumed his studies. His father L H Adams Sr runs a grocery and formerly was police chief. the family home and local fire department are described in detail.
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L. H. Adams, Jr
Columbia Law
University of Alabama
Dothan
Young Adams
Columbia
Philippines
Adams
Dred
Birmingham Girl Dies As House Burns
A two story south Birmingham apartment house fire killed 22 year old Mary Jo Whitehead and injuring two others including her roommate Aleene Parrish who leaped from a window. Fire officials said the blaze started in a downstairs living room possibly from a cigarette. Five others including a six month old baby were rescued. In Bessemer a separate blaze destroyed five orange eight apartments and caused five injuries when a stove exploded.
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Birmingham
API
Mary Jo Whitehead
Iow Hospital
Aleene Parrish
Ley
Elizabeth Mannning
J. A. Okin
Oo Cigaret
Bessemer
Mars Manzer
Moon Phases Through Ancient Eyes
An old view describes the moon as a bowl of fire that spins, revealing phases as new moon, first quarter, last quarter, and full moon from different angles. The piece notes how ancient thinkers explained the cycle with this vivid metaphor.
Baltimore and Ohio unveils coal dock dumping system
In Lorain Ohio a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad dock system electronically operated lifts five ton coal cars and dumps them aboard ships at a rate of one car per minute. Engineers say the dock uses only a penny worth of current for every five tons of coal handled.
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Lorain, O
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bo& O
Southern Democrats Stand Firm on Draft Segregation Plan
In Washington, Southern Democrats urged to retain their segregation-by-request fight in the armed forces while pledging not to filibuster the Senate draft bill if defeated. The outcome could push the 19 through 25 peacetime conscription measure toward passage next week amid GOP moves to table civil rights amendments and Langer’s anti-segregation bids.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Burnet R. Maybank
D-Sc
Russell-Maybank
GOP
William Langer
R-Nd
Truman
Armed Services
Russell
Maybank
Chan Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
House Rules Committee
Gurney
Langer
Tree Takes Bap Patsy Jo Williams Case
Memphis Tennessee. Limbs saved Patsy Jo Williams of Southwestern College from a penalty for reckless driving. She told the court she failed to see the stop sign under the overhanging trees at the intersection. Judge Perry freed the motorist and ordered the tree trimmed.
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Memphis. Tenn
Patsy Jo Williams
Southwestern College
Cit
Perry
Rural carrier honored with birthday mail shower
Happy Birthday Piedmont Oklahoma report notes rural mail carrier Manford Dickerson receiving a mail shower from patrons on his route. He stopped at six of nearly 100 boxes, with most mail addressed to him, marking a festive birthday moment for the longtime postman.
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Piedmont
Okla
Manford Dickerson
Dickerson
Canary adopts robin after eggs hatch in churchyard scene
In Clinton Massachusetts a robin’s egg found in the Unitarian church yard was placed in a canary cage at Eben Cobb’s home. When the egg hatched the canary adopted the baby robin and acts as a devoted mother.
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Canary
Clinton
Mass
Robin
Unitarian Church
Eben Cobb
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