European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse I % the Skyline of birr Nagham Alabama s most Impo Tatu Industrial City. / he f i r i = 1 ? a i of f l " \ of Rno slight up b pm Ogham at night. "f5f i i Are is " 7 Vij v i by Ken Hansen staff writer n Alabama they Don t say the South will Rise again. They know that their state the Industrial Star of what to South of the Masori Dixon already to rising Alabama is the Hub of the South Industrial development and grows stronger Day by Day. Yet the Yellowhammer state still retains pleasant traces of the Beauty of the old South. Alabama is a land of contrasts an change it has the Pittsburgh of the South factory filled Birmingham. It also has such an interesting and varied col Lection of wild Birds that the unite states biological Survey considers it a special area for Alabama Dixie was first set to music and Jeff Davis was sworn in Tolend the confederacy now Alabama gains More industries from the North than another Southern Stalev "5 Alabama has lived under six flags Spain u55s-16s2 France 168&1763 Brit ish Empire 1763-1780 Spain again the conquistadors came Back and ousted the British 1780-1813 United states 1si3 1861 Republic of Alabama three weeks in 1861 the confederacy 1861 1865and with. Lee s surrender on april 0,1865, the stars and stripes again became the Freedom Guidon Lor alabamians they have made Good use of this Freedom. Alabam s motto is aude us Jura Giostra defender we dare defend our rights. Today Alabama is the South s heavy Industry state. A products manufactured in Alabama revalued at $2 billion annually. This is an increase of -.80 per cent in the last 10year s. = " j. The number of Industrial workers i Alabama has tripled since 1940. The heavy Industry blast furnaces foundries and steel Mills is conch tra Teft in Birmingham. Much of the state s Industrial Success can be attributed to an abundant Coal sup ply the Black Stii Flunde riles. 7,000 Square Miles in the appalachian regional excellent River transportation system an hydroelectric Power. / / government and private interests have spent my Lions in Clearing and improving the Mobile River system a major drainage Basin. -. With this impetus the City of Mobil has become a flourishing port of foreign Commerce. It stands proudly on its own two feet and not As the Little sister of another great Gulf port new Orleans government and private sources also have joined to harness the state s abundant Trivers for electric Energy Alabama ranks fifth in the nation in hydroelectric Power., the increase in Industry Ala Bama remains pro nary an agricultural state Cotton 720,000 Bales in jp59 la the major crop with peanuts occupying Theno. 2 Slot followed not necessarily in order by Corn Grain potatoes Hay pecans strawberries and Crimson Clove seed. ,. ,.\. Alabama s Fertile soil Means More than just Cotton Corn and Clover seed. For Beauty s Sake the state produces a Lush crop of Azalea and camellia. T the fastest growing of major farm Pur suits in Alabama is cattle raising the increasing Prosperity of the Farmers is show Iii by a marked decrease in the proportion 6f tenant Farmers a from per Cenlin 1940 to 40 1 per want in 1s50. " the farm population of the state has dropped As More boys have left the Fields for thie factories. " f the irl Ori Touri to is an in important part of Alabama a Economy tourist Trade into the state amounts to Nedr than Sjoo inor lion a year it Cordin go the Montgomer chamber of Commerce. Some of the main attractions Are such diverse objects As a huge statue of Vulcan at 124 feet the world s largest Iron Man in Birmingham to the 20-mile Azalea Trail in old has the White House of the confederacy where Jeff Davis lived Dur ing his hour of Triumph. Also on Cherub Bernecker menu in Alabama Are the Cathedral caverns ave Maria Grotto Tva lakes Helen Keller s Birthplace the Dis Mal gardens 18 state Parks eight state forests and three is tonal big social seasons in Alabama Are the Azalea festival and the Mardi gras both in the Spring. The Mobile Mardi gras is a local far end not As com Mercel anew Orleans. Mobile s Mardi gras Means mandatory gaiety. This is even More important than " a Mobilian not to Long ago was hit continued pm Page it Page 13
