Is Hard, Says Man Who Knows the Trade
HAL BOYLE Reflects on six years in a "mental prison" of daily column writing. He notes no formal training exists for columnists, highlights varied paths of famous writers, and jokes about the craft's perils, glory, and odd rewards including reader gifts and quirky anecdotes.
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New York
Tor
Gstroogers
Drew Pearson
Dip
Walter Winchell
Dewitt Mac
Kenzie
Westbrook Pegler
Bob Ruark
Eleanor Roosevelt
Billy Rose
Wilt Rogers
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
Margaret Chase Seath
U.S
Hart
Don Mare
Red Smith
New York Iid
Associated Press
Lomieone
Sicily
Boyle
Colin
Althouth
Tataan
Tam
Freshmen Begin Busy Term At Montevallo
Alabama College Montevallo welcomes 278 freshmen with upperclass hosts. Arrivals by bus train and car settle in dorms then swim and attend a movie party. President Waidwell and Dean Day speak at convocation. Regular classes start Thursday with religious groups, sister party, and a student government reception planned.
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Montevallo
Alabama College
Fregimen
Alabama
Atate College For
Revamp House
John Tylee Waidwell
Jean Day
Mildred Wooten
Elizabeth Milton
Birmingham
Betty Jenkins
Gadsden
Doris Nelson
Pioneer Phone Man Recalls Running Toll Line To Dothan
Hartford veteran W M Lanier recalls bringing the first toll line to Dothan in 1904 after buying equipment in Chicago and St Louis. He helped extend telephones across Geneva and Houston counties, ran lines to Graceville and Lawson, and later sold out in 1928 to become a Hartford distributor for a national petroleum company.
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W. M. Lanier
Hartford
Dothan
Geneva
Samson
Graceville
Eagle
Pioneer
George Whittington
Digis
Dow
Alabama
Mr. Lanier
Southern Bell
Mr. Banier
Chicago
St. Louis
W. A. Gill
Ozark
Lanier-Warren
Lawson
Hhs
Lanier
R. T. Ghent
United Telephone and Telegraph Company
Exchange
Houston
Hartford Exchange
Hig
Pioneer Communications
National Petroleum Concern
Grounds Improvement Work Starts At Elba
Elba special report notes the Coffee County courthouse yard renovation has begun. State road equipment aids rapid completion with plans for extra free parking, wide lawns, flowerbeds, and central and corner walkways. Existing features like the flowing well pond pecan trees and giant oaks will be preserved. City officials and County Commissioners sponsor the project with civic groups expected to assist.
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Coffee County
Posible
Counry Commissioners
Enterprise Extends City Limits Half Mile In All Directions
The Alabama legislature extended Enterprise city limits by half a mile in every direction, creating a nine square mile area. The act, approved by Gov. Folsom on July 22, moved the annexation proposed by the Enterprise City Council. Tax dates begin October 21, with farm land exempt from municipal ad valorem taxes while used for farming. Police jurisdiction also expands by one and a half miles beyond the former limits.
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Enterprise Special
City of
Enterprise
Alabama
Coffee County
H. 3. Larkins
Elba
Enterprise City Council
James E. Folsom
Henry DeJarnette
Russ
Rates and protections noted in military district office
The text references added tire protection rates and mentions botanic definitions of fruits. It notes the largest Red Cross staff in the country is at the San Diego district office, with 42 personnel serving military units in the area. The fragmentary content conveys administrative and service details without a clear ongoing story.
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Red Cross
San Diego, Delif
Aaa
Municipal license fees cut for new city areas
Owners of all businesses within the police jurisdiction face one half the regular municipal license fees. Residents in recently acquired areas will pay municipal taxes, with potential savings of about 33 to 40 percent on property insurance.
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Dothan Eagle
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