Woman Freed In Slaying Of Lad
The wife of a well to do farmer was released today from murder charges after a neighborhood slaying in Bay Minette Alabama Justice of the Peace T C Hand called off a preliminary hearing for Dorothy Walters 38 She was arrested with her husband after the killing of Rex Beech 18 Fo ley high school halfback Clarence Walters 45 her husband remains jailed on a murder charge. County solicitor Kenneth Cooper said one key witness was in a hospital and another was extremely nervous Sheriff Taylor Wilkins accused Mrs Walters of passing ammunition to her husband as he fired at the Beech family. Rex Beech was killed and his brother Joe 21 critically wounded in a feud that sheriff blamed on a neighborhood dispute. The wounded witness and the Beech mother were not present.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Justice of the Peace
T. C. Hand
Dorothy Walters
Gulf Coast
Clarence Walters
Rex Beech
Foley High School
Kenneth Cooper
Taylor Wilkins
Walters
Beech
Joe
Wilkins
Assault To Murder Charge Faces Negro
A manhunt near Lanett Alabama ends with Jack Tucker a 26 year old Negro facing assault with intent to murder charges. He was captured hours after two white women Mrs Ella Barrow 68 and daughter Sara 35 were beaten with an electric iron March 30. Both women suffered fractured skulls. Tucker says he had nothing to do with the attack and had not been in the Barrow house. He may be indicted when the grand jury convenes September 6 and could be tried the following week.
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Ella Barrow
Sara
Kilby
Montgomery
C. H. Milford
Tucker
Barrow House
Mrs. Doster Dies In Prattville Ala
Mrs. Howard Slaton Doster sister of Lt. Gov J C Inter died here after a brief illness. Funeral services were set for 4 PM today. Widow of a former editor and publisher of The Prattville Progress she headed the Alabama Parent Teacher Association and organized state canning clubs later forming home demonstration units.
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Prattville
Ala
Howard Slaton Doster
J. C. Inter
Prattville Progress
Doster
Alabama Parent-Teacher Association
Contractor seeks extension on Alabama livestock coliseum contract
Montgomery August 18 A J Jones Construction Co asks the state building commission to extend the completion deadline for the million dollar livestock coliseum. Delays stem from labor trouble and lack of special equipment. The original completion date was August 10 with a $100 daily deduction for each day beyond.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Building Commission
A. J. Jones Construction Co
Mackenzies Column on West Germany and the Reich
Mackenzie argues Moscow aims to win West Germany from the Western allies to join Eastern Germany and form a reunified Reich under Soviet occupation. He notes Western Germany as a defensive barrier, the appeal of reunification in propaganda, and the risk of a rapid shift from political to potential physical action in the Cold War.
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West Germany
Germany
Reds
Europe
Frankfurt
Russia
Vesuvius
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East Germany
Red
Red Army
Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Tito
Yugoslavia
Reich
Deutschland
Alles
Western
Foreign Policy Row Sharpened by Truman and Wherry
Washington reports a sharpened policy clash as President Truman and Senator Wherry exchange contempt, with Wherry accusing Acheson of appeasement and blunders that helped steer Korea and China. Taft joins, criticizing lack of clear administration plan and direction.
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Washington
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Wherry
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Mr. Truman
White House
Senate
Korea
Acheson
Russia
China
Republic of
South Korea
Nebraska
United
Cleveland
Taft
Ohio
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Negro farmer A C Johnson wins Dixie soil award
A C Johnson of Turbeville South Carolina is named the Souths outstanding Negro soil conservation farmer at the Southwide jamboree in Hancock County Georgia. He receives 100 dollars and a 50 dollar prize, with notes on his land improvements and increased income from beef hogs and crops.
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Mayfield
A. C. Johnson
Turbeville
S. C
South
Log Cabin
Hancock County
Benjamin F. Hubert
Association For the Advancement of Negro Country Life
Johnson
Mine row aftermath drove Preskitts sue sheriff bondsmen
In Birmingham on August 18, 1949, the Preskitt brothers sued the Hartford Accident And Indemnity Co., bondsmen for Sheriff Grover Baggett, seeking 5000 dollars for alleged inadequate protection during a strike. A gun battle at Preskitt strip mine left a union miner fatally wounded after the brothers kept the mine open despite union demands. Baggett allegedly advised closing down to avoid violence, and promised protection only if the union demands were met.
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Birmingham
Ala
Preskitt Brothers
Walker County
Grover Baggett
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co
Preskitt
Rubber Plant Shut Down At Arsenal On Complaint
The American Rubber Corp plant at Redstone arsenal Huntsville Alabama was shut down by U S deputy marshals after a writ of attachment filed by U S District Attorney John D Hill. The government seeks 11888750 dollars for back rent and contract breaches in a federal suit.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Rubber Corp
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
U. S
John D. Hill
Hill
Justifiable homicide clears wife in cafe killing
In Birmingham on August 18 a white woman, Ola Yen, 29, wife of a Chinese cafe owner, was cleared of charges after the slaying of James Clinton Ree, 25, a black patron. The coroner ruled the killing justified as Ree allegedly attacked the proprietor with a knife during a disturbance at the restaurant serving negro patrons.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jerday
James Clinton Ree
Ola Yen
Ree
Durham lumber executive dies after long illness
Henry Barge a 54 year old lumber executive of Durham died last night after an extended illness. A native of Butler County Alabama he was prominent in Southeast lumbermen circles and had run a wholesale lumber business in Durham for 20 years. He was a director of the Southern Wholesale Association and the Southern Research Institute of Birmingham.
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Durham
N. C
Henry Barge
Butler County
Ala
Southern Wholesale Sociation
Southern Research Institute of Birmingham
Sunday Liquor Sales In Private Clubs Ruled Legal
Atty. Gen. A. A. Carmichael ruled that private clubs may sell or serve alcohol on Sundays. He said Mobile County Sheriff W. H. Holcombe’s inquiry clarifies the 1949 legislation intended to exempt private clubs from the Sunday sale ban in public.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. A. Carmichael
Mobile
W. H. Holcombe
Carmichael
Pilot's Luck After Navy Plane Crash near Maxwell
Lt. (JG) A. B. Bliesener of Charleston South Carolina was uninjured after his Navy F8F crashed near here. He thanked his luck as he was the sole occupant and flown to Maxwell Field for evaluation.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. B. Bliesener
Charleston
S. C
Maxwell
Building Site Picked for Federal Post Office in Birmingham
Washington reports a site near Birmingham railroad terminal selected for a new federal post office building. An appropriation is set to buy the land, but wartime conditions may delay construction. Rep. Battle notes the project will reduce government office rentals.
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Washington
Federal Post Office
Birmingham
Ala
Battle
D-Ala
Farm tractor attachment digs post holes
An item notes a farm tractor attachment for digging post holes. A Maxwell Air Force Base spokesman said a pilot from Jacksonville walked away from a crash landing after engine failure while flying in a squadron of five from the planned hurricane path.
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Air Force Base
Jacksonville
Fla
Maxwell Public Information Office
Bliesener
Marines Seek Volunteer Reserve Recruiters In Alabama
The Alabama Marine Corps recruiting service needs volunteer reserve recruiters. Only three former Alabama Marines have been accepted so far from Birmingham Sylacauga and Talladega. Eligible are former marines in the reserve holding buck sergeant staff sergeant technical sergeant or master sergeant. Applicants should be skilled in personnel work and typing due to extensive enlistment records. The post offers $135 monthly subsistence and quarters allowance though not guaranteed permanent. Applications go to T Sgt F D Baker at the courthouse annex Decatur. final acceptance by Captain Chris Spurlock.
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Alabama Marine Corps
Alabama
Birmingham
Sylacauga
Talladega
Volunteer Reserve
F. D. Baker
Marine Office
Courthouse Annex
Decatur
Chris Spurlock
Cleopatra's Death Leads Egypt to Roman Rule
After Cleopatra's death by her own action, Egypt became a Roman province under Roman control, marking a major political shift in the region and ending Ptolemaic rule. The transition solidified Rome's influence over Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean sphere.
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Cleopatra
Egypt
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