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The Birmingham Post from Birmingham, Alabama • 7

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SEVEN 'All Other Departments 3 8221 TH I RM I CH AM POST Want Ad 3 2255 JANUARY 20 1947 VW rom Pace One) BERT THOMAS KENNTH GRIIN Capital Crowded BILL nillNKARD 69 ASK ABOUT OUR AST SERVICE! CLEANERS LAUNDRY CUp Mail Ear BvMetta TwAr $125 record player was of 40' cent on the dollar BRKKINi Southern Bell Telephone nd Telegraph Company Our real "bosses" are our customers and the thousands of people in towns and on the farms of the southeast who are waiting for telephones Their telephone needs are our work program MAIN PLANT AND OICE 2900 6TH AVENUE SOUTH BRANCHES CONVENIENTLY LOCATED 50 WEEKLY while Working or A Multitude Of BOSSES ttonal bocKftovnd Streamlined cnurtei Acccunimc? Butineti AdmtntiHolion CPA and Secretarial Training prepare quickly for permanent corri Soirthwde door The Magic City ood Products Co 1501 Lomb av was hard hit by yeggmen Saturday night Detec tives Lindsey and Lance said the front floor was pried open the safe ripped and according to officials between $2500 and $3000 ill cash missing At the Birmingham Grain Co 114 14th st burglars reportedly sawed the burglar bars off the sky light knocked the combination oft and punched the safe A total of $500 was missing At Western Auto Stores 2018 ourth av yeggmen were not suc cessful Though they broke through a third floor window and knocked the combination off the safe they 1 1 1 nxzst if" iiviu cnjiii tv GI TRAINING 1 Material shortages continue to hamper us and it will still take time to get around to everyone but you can depend on this: A vast ly enlarged telephone organization is install ing central office equipment cable and other facilities just as fast as they become avail able and there'll be no let up until there's plenty of service local and long distance for town and farm other candidates barely in the landslide olsom vlc Two inaugural a street dance and an elaborate affair at Maxwell tonight will Climax the celebration Richard Rives Montgomery at torney was master of ceremonies invocation was oy Interim Groups Are Authorized Supreme Court Rules or Them INNER AID contains 12 Great sliiomch gas irom sunHvn hul uh owfm liver and kidneys Miserable peo 1 MITCHELL OLSOM Among the department heads recently appointed by Gov Jim olsom are Kenneth Grif fin Cullmanlegal adviser Bert Thomas Mobile director of the Department of Conservation Mitchell sheriff of Cullman County director of the Department of Public Safety and BUI Drinkard Cullman state finance director he will not officially become di rector of the Department of Cor rections and Institutions until midnight Monday is unfortunate that our un official and friendly conversation became public property I know that rank regrets it as much as I do ago because of our friendship I am sure he promised me that when he was in a position to tell me what the outcome of my job would be he would let me know and that was why we had the conference riday afternoon feel that I have a right tn know what charges if any are to be made against me and that is the reason I intend to report for duty LADIES' PLAIN Coats and DRESSES Beautifully Cleaned and inished TO TELEPHONE USERS Central offices are the busiest ever If the dial tone or the operator's answer is delayed please bear with us until additional equipment can be obtained and installed chamber from 40 to 4 in developing our resources It can nt County Hi Press Debaters Attend 'BamaWorkshop ifty nine students from Jeffer son County high schols attended the journalism and debate work shops lirld at the University Of Ala bama over the weekend Round table discussions were held on problems of high school pub lications and methods and pro cedures of debating Those attending from Jefferson County high schools were as lol lows I WrST EUrle Gibson Mimi G'b son Mmidir Webb Blit Cows Norms Mel ton Annetle Jones Lorain Chestnut Trances Collins Dudley Doan Dorothy Williams Jurnita Hamilton Malorie tnbbs LeRov Paul Robert Brook Eusene White ENSL1Y Beverly Tussle Virginia Mau chett Harmer Peggy Tulten Caro 'ix Morcrtall PH Hl IPS Elisabeth White Edward Wooten Joyce Mi'Tsi rs Bob Collison Eva Algood Aim leming Charles Ncwlll John Carmichael Billie JO3 Rummerlln Louise Hall Duiothy Mclnlsh Charles Clevenger WOODLAWN Sam Shannon Janies WHILE LYING IN BED DUE TO STOMACH GAS One lady said a few days ago that she used to be afraid to go to bed at night She was swollen with stomach gas which always got Worse when she went to bed and i ana vouiu She couldn't he Hart to nron herself up on pillows Recently this Indy got INNER AID and now says gas is regular and she can go to ana hirh will recommend stream sleep soundly i cut "the committees in' the lower Herbs thev cleanse bowels clear 7 an 14 oov tmm stnmnch act on sluggish Bv special trains cars trucks and tor the event a a a Aft uuioL nlJU UU' thousands from crew Alabama cityccntly named chief prison cnaplam and Veterans Camping On Doorsteps Eager to buv automobiles Wed nesday at a War Assets Adminis tration set aside sale 48 veterans of World War IT today were litcr allv camping on WAA's doorsteps The veterans from all parts ot North Alabama we living in Scry ice Bay No 3 of the old Bechtel McCone plant just a few doors awav from the WAA office Many brought bedding materials and other necessities prepared to live on the spot until the sale com mences rather than leave the build ing and lose their places in line But some of the veterans likely will leave the sale disappointed un less they can adapt house trailers and trucks to their needs Up for sale will go only 10 automobiles WAA officials said other items to be sold on a vets set aside basis include 186 trucks ranging in size 28 house trailers and a broken into early yesterday morn ing A miccintr Postell of the Woodlawn Jewelry Co 5528 1 2 irst av reported to police that watches val ued at $300 were taken over the Smartly Styled GLASSES Improve xror viion rd trad yourself of bkvrmopremhred serfice Price to M'H'W budget: hoice of oer IB sltles Ex pert fillings: lasj Credit no pitra chare DR TAYLOR Registered Optometrist all I want to be and am going men took $210 from him at to be the governor of all the peo ipoint pie When tne lesuviues day are over and' you have return ed to the quiet of your homes I want you to pray for me I need your prayers I want to be the best governor I can be lor you ana you and you thank you and may God bless every one of Brakffleld Jeanette Gore Ramona Hatdi rr Julius Cage SHADES CAHABA Shirley Kilpatrick Margie Horror Jane JaWrenee Bobbie Smith Byron Nfrfthews Jean Luly Dick Rigney Sara Jeanne Putman Julia Jones Anne Polls Gertrude Trammell Joyce Martin Arthur McConnell Margaret Cirun i Jeanne Stallings David Wendel red Halen Jr Blister Weatherly Bill Mitchell Patsy lkourle Dorothy Aiken son Eleanor Graft Hereford Shorthorn and Aber deen Angus are the principal beef 1 cattle raised in the United States speeches were freely interspersed with homespun philosophy and lib eral promises Among other things he called for poll tax repeal votes for 18 year olds minimum $1800 annual salaries for teachers $40 and upward month ly pensions for all over 65 free text books a new constitution and paved roads His technique carried all but 20 (Later another reception was to be of Alabama's 67 counties In at the governor's mansion Imai test lie piled up JlXLiim votes to 144 126 for Lt Gov Handy Ellis Three showed tory fight hard without becoming bit i weekend start this new dav in Ala Ensley told police that he was bama as vour governor with malice (walking at Avenue and 16tli st toward none and good will toward i Ensley at 7:45 last night when two Lvvtdiu mia frnm him nt onn help by building roads Good roads prying loose the hinges on the iiont so that the farmer can get wnat he raises to town Good roads so that the products turned out by our factories can be distributed Good roads are an investment not an expense A long time ago our country learned that a railroad could create factories and towns Now we know that a hard surfaced road can do the same thing We are going to hard surface all impor tant county roads opportunity ahead tor Alabama got to have vision to see it no vision the people Let's not be frightened by those who are satis fied to live in the past Lets have faith in Alabama's future ilohqma are MAW TI til ST' JU xmcimu' able to do in the next four years will depend a lot on whether we work together Anpart 1 rpjivi mi ivxx gy 7 I lUo rO Will I hadjAt his cry mey dropped their evrvD innPP in J11UIV cpvM uvw i win mrsr had to run several times getting ready to run The political lick ings taught me two tilings The first is that friends that is real friends care whether you re tvinning or losing Second I learned you can be on different sides of the political fence and i il JLU uui responsible lor his calling me and i i ininxriorl fn nn IU1U 11UU upuil IV i LeiLiUfr 424V UO4 A switch thrower at the Becoi knew and I knew that wnat rarham saw two burglars leaving he was saying was unuu Miii Af a npj i i nnifiral fichts the Beco Cleaning Co early tins bnf democracy 6 with bundles of clothing Trt rk hndiHI I11S CIV LUCY laviycLii HgHLb AVU 4 thon Tinunaies vaiUVU OKU ahm Ill JUbUig XTtrzJ DninL and TT rH You know 1 AHU iwniwu exiixv times getting! ware Co 3017 12th av was PRE INAtJGVKAL Pictured early today at an informal conference immediately prior to the inauguration of Haygood and A MONTGOMERY Jan 20 (UP) The way cleared by the Alabama Supreme Court for the appointment of Gov James olsom'S desired interim committees the State Leg islature was to convene late today By a six to one advisory opinion the state's highest tribunal late Sat urday gave the tO day organization power 'to name the interim com mittees The opinion came at the request of the Legislature after a resolution had been introduced in the House Dn Tohn xt sneicrass of Jack son County last Wednesday which from one fourth to two and one tin rn va it i ism ttii lj i i i i i 1 i sx 'ti iiuix tr liiivw Attorney William Me parge number of half tracks Queen had ruled that appeinUnentt of the committees would breach the! wpy NEARLY CHOKED iH tin imtmrfmmit nassed on Nov 5 The amendment stated that no business except organization of th? Legislature could be transacted during the 10 day organizational session He also had ruled that would be circumventing the Constitution to call a special session to appoint the committees mbtoGsl oube (th? gas would rise up in her throat AA'tlrl er TniT PH rt V' 4 kri rirv cmujl som's legislative program They ate neany nrncont wooi'ts to the reg Had iO pr I 4 ular Leeislature May 6 ITrtHCA fl Vl JXsding Otters gone stomach feels fine bowels are and a special House Commitue ie DUI dining of the Legislature It would Aide At Prison Plans To Report (Continued rom Page One) to Boswell and had been given Pitt Williams who hails from Eu faula was appointed by Gov Chauncey Sparks a long time friend purportedly oxer the heads of the retiring director Rus sell and Assistant Director Arttiur Huestess of the Department of Corrections and Institutions Il been closely guarded ru mor all last week that the two top men at Kilby were the way but no action was expected until Boswell officially took oxer the directorship Within the regulations of tne merit svstem Boswell purportedlj told Curtis lowers director of prison welfare some time ago when lowers inquired about his status that he became diYector he in tended abolishing the lowers job and take over tlie work liimself lowers had a chance to get a good job and submitted lus I es ignation effective at midnight to night What Law Provides Merit svstem employes can be taken off jobs that are being abol ished and the action meets merit system act provisions provided the duties they have been perfoiming are not given to some subsequently employed worker Such dispensed with emplojes have prior call on waiting lists the personnel office Some friends close to olsom re senting headlines insinuating that tlie new governor is making an all out attack on the merit system point to his repeated statements that he is for it and claim that whatever dismissals are made wiu be made within its framework They assert that Carl Williams will be given a copy of charges to morrow' and be suspended pendinga hearing before the State Person nel Board if he wishes it Boswell did not ask Cail 'liams to keep the in formation quiet ano lug told "by that he win admitted what Boswell had said to him when an enterprising Montgomery reporter Saturday afternoon phoned to ask if the re this reporter yesterday that knowing it was unofficial he would have kept the culet "if I had been asked to do so 1 A Bombshell His not doing so tossed a bomb shell into the pre maugural situa liThcre has been a rumor that Wil iams would like to return to sut Highway Drimrunem I was superintendent of comic CaAskcd yesterday if this were true Williams said: have not been offered a the Highway Department Oueried as to whether he would accept such a Job if it were offered him he replied: since I was nwat Henurtment for so many veais 1 like it very much and would like to return to it but I am primarily concerned noxv with do not leave my present job with a i zTfiav AtIH I1M1 V111K UIX Boswell told this reporter yes xi4 Will a ms wants it he would prefer the ehargw but that "he had it signed state w'ork Tuesday morning as usual and await instructions from Mr Boswell (u have been an employe ot tne state for 16 years Coming under the merit system I am entitled to be given a copy of any chai ges that are to be placed against me and I am sure that rank Boswell intends to follow merit system regu lations and give it to me and I have been friends for 20 years I know that he in tends to be fair was our friendship that was responsible for his calling me and telling me what he intended to do $25 rom March Of Dimes unds Among Robberies Reported Here Tlie meanest man in town rides Cover Co 320 19th st said the again He stole $25 from the $78 robtary at eir establishment March of Dimes! Saturday night included the pilfei Officials of the Perfection Seating of a petty cash box containing the March of Dimes funds Tlie burglars gained entrance oy olsom Pledges To Seek Benefits or Whole State He Says He Is Not Tied To Any Group (Continued rom Page One) when you elected me your governor "1 believe in the kind of democ racy that touches the home of the average man The kind of democ racy that goes back to the branch heads and the bush arbor gather ing places Now that's the kind of democracy that gives the average man and woman more to say about the way our government is run It means we want to get rid of worn out restrictions on voting One Alabama kind of democracy that I believe in is not the kind that says there is a North Alabama a South Alabama a Wiregrass or a Black Belt It is the kind of democracy that says we are all working to gether here in Alabama for the best interest of the whole state It's the kind of democracy that says every section of the state sfaall have a fair representation in our government thing that needs to be done to jnake Alabama more demo cratic is to open the way for women to have a full share in our govern ment Women have had a full and equal share in building our state They have been leaders in building schools and churches and commu nities They have not had as much chance to add their inspiration to our political affairs The more part they have the more honesty and the more democracy we're going to have in government our democracy is to be strong it has to have a regeneration every now and then There are those who are frightened by real democ racy They have always worked to trim it down a little here and trim I it dowm a little there They want I to keep power in the hands of a few I am not afraid of too much I democracy I am afraid of what happens to people when they have too little democracy Longer School Year we make our government more democratic it Is going to do a bet ter job in developing our human resources This means that your child is going to be given nine months of school free textbooks I and an opportunity for a college education That our teachers will be well paid A child must not be penalized for being born in Ala I bama I A'our years from now I expect to be back on this spot If I have had a part in Alabama making a really big step forward in educa tion in the four years I will re I turn here with a feeling of real I pride I 4 AVrt fl Vit dun LJV LZ VM A I not be satisfied until a boy I or girl who is born Alabama has I' ms good a chance as a boy or girl born anywhere else I people who have made It possible for you and your children I to travel by air by car by train to I this inauguration today are the old I people They are the ones who I broke the new ground in building I our state in the sunset of I their lives it is our duty to see I that they are provided for We I must see that they have all the ne I cessities of life while they are with I us This means old age security I Our old must not be penalized for I growing old in Alabama I Too Much Poverty I got too much poverty in I Alabama got too much dis I ease got too little educa tion If going to get at these I problems it means we've got to I make better use of these hills of I ours these valleys these rivers I tJjese trees these veins of ore and I COlll I day is a challenge to the I man who knows how to put mon I ex' Aiatural resources and human I resources together and make a I good factory Those who can make I a good factory xx'ill be heroes in I Alabama By factory we I mean taking the resources we have I and turning them into the things I we need We also mean wage I standards and working conditions I that are as good as those for the I same work in other states I state government can neip MASON H4MLIN PIANOS HAMMOND ELECTRIC ORGANS I CPhart Magnavox Radio I Phonograph Combination I All Kinds ol Small Musical I Instruments I Phonograph Records I Sheet Music and Books I I Pictures and ine urniture I 'If you call vrifa I orbei tr Sons Piano Co I 403 20th St Birmingham Ala I Brunch: Annluton Decatur Gadsden I lnrrnr and Montgomery United States currency during pie soon feci diHynt the Civil War reached the low ebb don't go on suffering 1 Get INNER Uic VAT 1Trv al! rJmo Bi All 0MLU UJ YOUNGEST Among those on hand at the Jeff Davis Hotel Montgomery last night for the pre inaugural Celebration were the state's youngest legislator Rep George Wallace 27 of Clio and Mrs Ward Mcarland Tuscaloosa wife of one of Gov Jim political allies olsom Rites (Continued whistlcstop in the state with his a ima ha nanllA I in 3 uv nn vi Running low on campaign cash! form Jim" would plant his size! 15 1 2 loot squarciy on vne com mon mans find pass tneuds bucket' for financial support He usually got it Passed The Bucket With his musical aggregation Strawberry Pickers" oiscnn made ns many' as eignt daily ap pearances boasting that he was just "a plain country boy" rom the Tennessee Valley to the i 1 1 draped Huge Crowd Sees out VIVIIM wvv To the inaugural platform were Invited some 400 persons newly AlAABet HsIaa IaIzxaa efflfa nf filial members of congressional delegation Supreme and Appeals Court jus tices dozens of other dlgnatariea and radio and newsmen Mn snnrs iun nitukHitcio i up the and Melissa 4 also snarea tne piat 1 I biolr Htarirtv niff 'duih van i saitie as uic liticians The biggest parade In Montgom history was arranged here this morning despite threatening weath er Sixty two of Alabama's 67 coun ties enterrd floats for the two hour inauguration show Thousands of marching youngsters along with some 30 bands and uniformed state and National Guardsmen and sol diers from Maxwell ield march in gulf olsom carried his loud pic nre than 200 state rtroopert tutesque campaign His stump lie11prt xionteornerv nollce handle the crowds olsom took his oath after It Gov Clarence Inzer of Gads den had been sworn in ollowing the oath there was a 10 gun Na tional Guard salute ollowing the inaugural address olsom and outgoing oov ChaunceySparks went to the chief offices in the Capitol for a reception 20th St it 4th Ave Birmingham 205 19th St Betvemer PRE INAtJGVKAL Pictured early today at 43rd governor are (left to right) Cecil oiscnn hrnthpr nf the POl'emor: rier "Birmingham Bruce Maloy Montgomery and Camley of Elba (Staff photos by Jane Aldridge) the inaugural Dr Marion of Cullman re town early today jammed for the state QUALITY COURTEOUS SERVICE "AC SUITS RU Thoroughly Cleaned Shaped and Pressed I jl Vs was WaihM Old Mk ma A tv 1 Ito! 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