Life in the Wiregrass community notes and events
Arch ie Carmichael Laurence Oakley and others attended a Montgomery special committee meeting as Democratic leaders. Faulkner of Dothan elected first vice president of the National Independent Meat Packers Association at its Chicago convention. James E Jordan USN served aboard USS Topeka touring Korean and Japanese ports. A three act mystery Midnight to be staged at Geneva high school with local sponsors. Eighteen women from Geneva County toured Mobile's Bellingrath Gardens. Do than Moose Lodge plans and dues drive at Woodmen of the World hall. Houston County Farm Bureau schedules three meetings with an educational film and school events at Beat 2 Beat 14 and Cowarts.
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W. C. Faulkner
Faulkner Packing Company of
Dothan
National Independent Meatpackers Association
United States
Faulkner
Chicago
Association
Dothan Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Woodmen of the World Hall
C. C. Bush
Farm Bureau
Houston County
Beat Two
Bay Springs
J. J. Bonds
Beat 14
Dupree School
O. K. Off
Cowarts
Ebb Hilson
Weekend arrest sweep nets 46 in Dothan and Houston County
City, county and state officers arrested 46 people over the weekend in Dothan and Houston County. Most detainees face minor charges as part of a broad enforcement effort.
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Dothan
Houston County
Sergeant Flies B-25 Without Training to Owatonna
Malcolm McCrady a nine year old crew chief from Wright Field stole a B 25 at Dayton and flew solo to Owatonna Minnesota 60 miles south of Minneapolis. He landed unaided at the Owatonna municipal field and waited for military police while claiming a sudden urge to fly. He reported returning from San Antonio and had only a map with him.
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Minneapglis
Air Force
Ogee Fu Gs
Capeterce
Minnesota
Nyeid
Minneapolis
Wrigts Field
Devton
Owatonna
Bianneapolis
Malcolm MacGrady
Wroxht Field
Airforce
Dayton
McCrady
Owatonna Municipal
Norbert
George Donnelly
Minneapons
San Antonio
Texas
United States
National Guard Open House Marks Army Day
Local National Guard units invite the public to the Dothan armory for an Army Day open house from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free refreshments will be served and two films will be shown The Battle of San Pietro and Preamble to Peace.
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National Guard
Army
Dothsn
San Pietro
Sam Powe Dies at 51 Mobile Political Figure
Funeral services were held for Sam B. Powe a 51 year old Mobile businessman and political figure. A Choctaw County native he ran a restaurant and peat moss business after starting as a telegraph messenger. He belonged to the Moose and the Flks and died from a heart ailment after hospital admission.
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Sam Powe
Mobile (Ap
Sam B. Powe
Mobile
Choctaw County
Powe
Order of the Moose
Flks
Freight Supply Ship To Arrive In Mobile
A U S Army freight supply vessel delivering training to transportation and quartermaster corps personnel will reach Mobile on April 13, after a Gulfport stop and prior port calls along the South Atlantic and Mississippi River routes. Trainees received guidance in navigation aids cargo planning loading and debarking with practical exercises conducted during the course.
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Mobile
Birmingham
U. S. Army
Alabama Military District
Gulfport, Miss
South Atlantic
Mississippi River
Voters la Alebeme At Polling Pleces
A MontgomeryAlabama notice describes polling place designations for an election. It notes challenges must be filed through the sheriff or a designated official and cites Jett Smith of Huntsville as solicitor for the 23rd judicial circuit.
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la Alebeme
Theller
Ptec
Tom
V.ff.o
Jett
Smith
Huntewite
Ercult
Alabama
Sherif
Chatee Gil
Secon
Carmichael
ABC Board Tackles Juke Box Regulations
The Alabama State Liquor Control Board prepared for a special Montgomery meeting to review music rules for juke boxes. Chairman Lowell Gregory of Oneonta said the board will clear up its regulations after adopting a new rule set that relaxes prior music requirements for beer and liquor dealers.
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Montgomery
State Liquor Control Board
Lowell Gregory
Oneonta
Gregory
Ball urges selective service tweaks to cut UNIT costs
Number 15 Ball argues that reducing basic training for 18 and 19 year olds could lower UNIT setup costs. He favors reviving the draft with safeguards to keep draftees in scientific fields, while opposing a return to World War II style selective service. House Speaker Martin says Congress will push to boost overall military strength with an emphasis on air power and a 70 group Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
House
Martin Or-Mass
Congress
Russia
America
Alabama Democrats mull qualities for presidential nominee
Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey says the 16 session will list qualities desired in the Democratic candidate rather than name a specific person. He would like to see Secretary of State Marshall win the nomination but says it is too early to decide. He will ask members to advise delegates and electors on the current political situation ahead of the nominating event. Some Alabama Democrats opposing Truman civil rights plan prefer supporting a different candidate in the nominating process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gessner T. McCorvey
Marshall
McCorvey
Alabama
Livestock Prices Reported Across Markets
Prices for cows boars and hogs varied by weight with bids from 82 to 36 and top quotes around 1750 for selected long hauled pigs. Weights 180 to 260 pounds at 37 to 917.25 dollars, 290 to 270 pounds at 1.23 to 16.75 dollars per hundred, and 160 to 180 pounds around 15.75 to 16.50 dollars. Medium and good sows cited at 13 to 14.50 dollars.
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Pate
Aileen
Este
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady to Strong at Union Stockyards
Montgomery AP reports Union Stockyards receipts: cattle 250, hogs 150. Cattle steady to strong with day’s top gains for common and medium slaughter yearlings and cows. calves 24.00 to 25.00 for best butcher calves. hogs mostly steady with ranges across weight classes from 10.00 to 18.00 for various sows and barrows.
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Montgomery (Ap
Federal State Market News Service
Union
Allies consider dinner with British commander to honor Montgomery
The report notes Sokolovsky accepted an invitation to dine with Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, the first meeting with Western commanders since March 20. It mentions attendance by Clay and Koenig unlikely and cites a remaining dispute over inspecting Western passenger trains crossing the Soviet zone to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Robertson
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Reichsbahn
Frankfurt
Berlin
Sokolovsky
Robertson
Allies Control Council
Lucius D. Clay
France
Pierre Koenig
Soviet Zone
Wreckage Battle Report as Soviet Forces Clash with Allies
Witnesses recount a Soviet fighter torpedoing a British plane, spreading wreckage over a wide area. A US cameraman reported Soviet soldiers demanded his film and tore the camera, then forced him into the British sector. German witnesses claim a Soviet plane dived under a British craft and collided, tearing off a wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelling
Gart Sinc
Riots In City As Troops Repress Mob At Mohamed Ali Square
Troops opened fire after initially firing into the air to deter rioters and then into crowds. The bloodiest fighting centered near Mohamed Ali Square as mobs torched buildings including a police station and four cinemas. tramcars burned and shops looted in Cheriff Pasha and Kine Fuad streets.
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Mohamed Ali Square
Police Officers Club
Cencil
Cheriff Pasha
Kine Fuad
Miners face contempt as 13th duction looms
The United Mine Workers and hist miners face possible contempt as a government order risks dissolution if they ignore or resist the injunction. Coal operators prepare to reopen pits while court battles over the Taft Hartley act unfold, with penalties to be set by Judge McGuire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Lewis
McGuire
Ones
Wisconsin Veters Ponder GOP Delegates Primary Clash
A crowded field of candidates led by MacArthur Stassen and Dewey contends for 27 Republican convention delegates. Taft Brownell and Vandenberg push for Florida Maine New Hampshire delegations as Democrats rally behind Truman amid civil rights clashes. Wallace assails Vandenberg and Forrestal as backers of communism in a broad national campaign scene.
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W.sconsseters
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E.stassen
Minnesota
Thomas
E. Dewey
New York
MacArthur
Friends
Moscow
Nebraska
Dewey
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Missouri
Herbert Brownell
New Hampshire
Maine
Brownell
Florida
Starsen
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Vandenberg
St. Charles
J. Howard McGrath
Butte
Mont
Truman
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Arkansas
Henry Wallace
Boston
Defense Forrestal
Negro suspect in car thefts linked to Mason arrest
Police say 23 year old Mason was arrested in Montgomery on a stolen car report and later admitted taking three cars in Dothan and elsewhere. Two grand larceny charges filed with possible third, while Mason remains on parole from Florida for prior auto thefts.
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Coluerdas Segre
Licoyd Junier
Mason
Kelley
Florida State Penitentiary
Italian election system explained for April 18 vote
The article outlines how Italy will elect a president and premier after the April 18 parliamentary election. It explains the president's role as a symbolic head, the premier as the real power, and how cabinet formation and confidence votes shape governance. It notes parties range from Communists to Fascists and the risk of nonmajority coalitions.
Mystery surrounds death of Claude Yancey in wooded area
Claude Elbert Yancey, 33, was found with a throat wound in a wood near Campbellton road. Mrs Yancey and Jenny Pritchett reported the incident at 8 a.m. Yancey, a farmer and mill worker, leaves a large family with twelve children, six of whom reside with relatives on Route Four in Campbellton.
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Hia
Claude Elbert Yancey
Yancey
Campbellton Road
Jenny R. Pritchett
Pereng
Campbellton Reeg
Case Of Columbus Reporters In Klan Melee Postponed
Hearings on drunkenness charges for Columbus Ledger reporters Jin Bellows Carlton Johnson and photographer Joe Talbot postponed indefinitely. They allege Klansmen injected them and forced whiskey after covering a Klan meeting on March 12. A pathologist noted needle-like wounds on Johnsons arm and Talbots thigh. Proceedings before Manchester city manager and Recorder I H Davis.
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Columbus
Columbus Ledger
Jin Bellows
Carlton Johnson
Joe Talbot
Charles & Blumstein
Johnson
Talbot
Manchester
D M Nordan Assumes Duties With F H A in Houston County
D M Nordan of Abbeville becomes assistant county agent with the Farmers Home Administration in Houston County. He succeeds Dennis F Gowder, who moves to Lee County. Nordan is an Army veteran and Auburn graduate who previously worked for the Veterans Administration coordinating for Babor, Houston and Henry Counties.
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DM. Nordan
Abbeville
Farmers’ Home Administration
Houston County
Dennis F. Gowder
Lee County
Nordan
Auburn
Veterans Administration
Babour
Houston
Henry Countie
Permits To Build Two Homes Issued By City
The city engineer issued permits for two residences. Donald R. Piere at 512 S. Cherokee received a permit costing $6.50 and Ernest M. Dean at 4 Montezuma received a permit for $7,500.
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Donald R. Piere
S. Cherokee
Ernest M. Dean
Montezuma
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Archie D. Carmichael
Laurence T. Oakley
W. F F. Covingill, Jr
W. Guy Hardwick
Bucal
Democratic Executive Committee
James E. Jordan
USN
R. T. Jordan
Graceville
Topeka
Kr, Berkey
U. S. Naval Forces
Far East
Jinsen
Korea
Nagasaki
Kagoshima
Yokosuka
Japan
Geneva High School
Spurgeon Brow
George Miller
Joyce Beasley
Helen Hightower
Sue Hicks
Janice Panes
Karol Latimer
Theda Barker
Lonnie Cowan
Rogers Grubbs
Cleo Denson
Fred Lacy
Bud Wilkinson
Bill Jordan
Kellen Price
Geneva County
Bellingrath Gardens
Azalea Trail
Mamie Wilson
Bessie Tee
Etta Mae Ward
Willie M. Bullock
Lulu McIntosh
Carrie B. Threaton
Josie Enson
Ralph McDonald
Joyce Levins
O. R. Hulland
Tra Lee Barnes
Camilla Burch
Alto Brown
Sallie Brox
Montcomery AP
ABC Board
Tvuxasville
APSDA
Montgomery Market
Svetraed
Wisconsin Veters
Tern Teesday
GOP
Case of Columbus
D. M. Nordan
F.H.A
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