Five Dothan Youths Held In Car Thefts And Robbery
Five Dothan youths between 16 and 18 confessed to police that they plotted a Sunday robbery of an elderly man in Orion near Troy and admitted stealing two cars in Elba and three youths also stole a car last month. The group includes Kenneth Carl Cherry 18 Franklin Lavone Stinson 17 W M Longgrear 16 W J Homola 16 and Martin Bill Sharron 17. They face robbery and grand larceny charges and were jailed in Troy before returning to face other charges in Dothan and Coffee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Dothan
J. T. Burton
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Burton
Orion
Troy
Pike County
Elba
Kenneth Carl Cherry
W.M. Longgrear
Franklin Lavone Stinson
W. J. Homola
Martin Bill Sharron
Coffee County
Ben Reeves
B. E. Patterson
Ed Cherry
Sam Lee
van Ritch
S. Lena St
No. T
Napier Residents Seek Funds To Buy Army Chapel
Napier Field families unite in a drive to purchase the former Army chapel for a non sectarian church and Sunday school. The War Assets Administration had set a salvage price of 479 dollars but later raised it to 1400 dollars, prompting local group bids and discussions led by the Dothan club of the National Laymen's Evangelistic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Smith
Napier Field
War Assets Administration
Caapeee
Washington
WAA
Napier
Dothan Club
National Laymen's Evangelistic Association
Ben Clendinen
Dothan Rotary Elects B W Pearson President 1947 48
B W Pearson was unanimously elected president of the Dothan Rotary Club for 1947 48 at a Houston Hotel meeting yesterday. Milton Williams named vice president and new board directors include Mark Cannon Harry Hall Charles Chapman Rev E Tipton Carroll and Frank Covington. Mrs E J Whiddon introduced by Mrs Ray Meade spoke on cancer. Guests included J P Burdett and Robert Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Pearson
Dothan Rotary Club
Houston Hotel
Milton Williams
Mark Cannon
Harry Hall
Charles Chapman
E. Tipton Carroll
Frank Covington
Arthur Ussery
E. J. Whiddon
Houston County
American Cancer Society
Field Army
Whiddon
Ray Meade
Birmingham
J. P. Burdett
Robert Winter
Dothan High School
Robert Ramsey
Meade
Dothan
Groceries stolen from Dothan area farm
County officers investigate theft of 600 to 800 dollars in staples from W Bonds farm six miles southwest of Dothan. Johnny Branch is jailed on a charge of removing stolen property with warrants out for two other suspected Negroes. About 900 pounds of meat lard peanuts and cottonseed meat were taken and later found partly recovered. Investigators say the suspects may have headed north and more arrests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonds
Dothan
Eldridge Cameron
Cameron
Johnny Branch
Branch
Pinckard
Merchant Prince of Ivanhoe Sells From Packed Front Porch
In Ivanhoe North Carolina 77 year old Charley Corbett known as the Merchant Prince runs a crossroad store so crowded with goods customers cannot enter. He buys from every salesman and piles items from floor to rafters in a chaotic jumble. He contemplates opening another store. The current shop is stuffed with canned foods stale bread plowpoints grits stockings salt and soda.
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Hal Boyle
Ivanhoe
N. C
Prince of
Charley
Austrian treaty adjourns to ministers as delays loom
Big Four deputies completed work on the Austrian treaty in Moscow. Gen. Mark W. Clark said final conference chances were not good due to Soviet opposition on many points. The treaty goes to the Council of Ministers with bracketed issues and 17 major disagreements. Allies seek withdrawal of troops from Austria within 90 days after signing. Ministers face other German items and may not address the Austrian pact before next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Shackford
Moscow
Mark W. Clark
Council of Ministers
Clark
Austria
Minister's Son Charged in Hammer Murder at Church
A 16 year old adopted minister's son, Stuart Allen, was charged with the hammer murder of John Frank, the elderly sexton at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph Missouri. Allen confessed to striking Frank in the church basement after developing a sudden urge to kill. Prosecutor O R Newcomer filed the murder charge. Allen’s foster father is Rev James S Allen rector of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
John Frank
Stuart Allen
O. R. Newcomer
James S. Allen
Christ Episcopal Church
Young Allen
Christ Church
Mr. Frank
Juror Collapses in Marianna Hotel
Henry Brewer a farmer from near Warsaw collapsed at a downtown Marianna hotel during a medical court session. Jackson hospital reported his condition as fair and diagnosed a stroke with the patient apparently out of danger and recovering.
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Henry Brewer
Warsaw
Jackson Hospital
Vandenberg urges aid to Greece and Turkey in Senate
Senator Vandenberg argues for a $400 million military and financial aid package to Greece and Turkey to avert a global chain reaction. He says aid supports the United Nations instead of bypassing it and warns against overburdening the UN with unsuitable tasks.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dothan Awards Fire Station Contract to Low Bidder
The City Commission awarded the new Dothan fire station project to W. V. Sullivan Co. for 83 651.07, with construction to start promptly and an aim to finish in about four months at the Burdeshaw and Appletree site. Chief Ryan said changes remove roof stair, penthouse, and roof-to-floor pole to cut costs, keeping a modern, complete building.
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Dothan
W. V. Sullivan
General Contractors
Sullivan
Burdeshaw and
Appletree Streets
R. H. Ryan
H. L. Holman
Ozark
Courace
Ryan
Clyde Coe
J. O C. Heater
Dothan Recreation Center
Folsom to Open Tri-State Fat Stock Show Next Tuesday
Gov James E Folsom will open the eleventh annual Tri State Fat Stock Show at Ramsey stock yards Tuesday April 15 with a brief address at 1 p m. Four hundred calves expected to enter with 50 shorthorns and the rest Aberdeen Angus and Hereford. A Brahma herd and a special entry of adult Herefords will be on display.
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James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Ramsey Stock Yards
Arthur Johnson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Folsom
Easter City Fling For Little Lambs Is Fool's Paradise
Five fluffy lambs travel from near San Jose to model in Easter window displays in San Francisco. The feature ends with the lambs facing farm life again as their colors fade and young hands note the change in attitude from other lambs.
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Easter City
San Francisco
San Jose
Ashford Votes Today on ABC Liquor Store
Ashford votes today on establishing an ABC State Liquor store with 84 ballots cast by noon and turnout expected to rise. The city council will use the result to decide whether to apply for a state outlet, while beer remains the only alcoholic beverage sold in Ashford.
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Ashford
ABC Board
Suena Aquer
ARC Board
Cellz
Aebdara
Telephone Strike Enters Ind Day With 300000 Idle
The bell system coast to coast strike nears second day with about 300000 workers idle. Long distance calls restricted. local calls mostly unaffected. NFTW seeks a 12 weekly wage increase and added benefits while NETW negotiates in Washington and other cities.
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Associated Press
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Independent
National Federation of Telephone
Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
NETW
A. T. and
Kenneth Abrahamon
Jamestown
N.Y
NFTW
Western Union
New York City
New York Board of Trade
Columbia Broadcasting System
Zaid
WAA
Seek Ban On Liquor Sales Near Schools
A legislative committee report urges the ABC board to refuse liquor licenses within two blocks of any school in Alabama. It says alcohol sales near schools harm the wholesome environment and recommends a subcommittee study of educational needs, driver training, and school improvements. Governor Folsom says a special session may be needed after regular sessions.
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Montgomery
ABC Board
Licenacs
Legislative Interna Committee On Education
Stati Fing
Alabama
James E Folsom
Senate
House
Ford dies at 83 after stormy last hours at Fairlane
Henry Ford the founder of mass production for cars died at 11:40 p.m. at his Dearborn home Fairlane. He was 83 and the world's richest man leaving an estate possibly worth 1 billion dollars. His death followed a cerebral hemorrhage as torrential rains disabled the home’s lighting and heating.
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Roy J. Forrest
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Clara Bryant Ford
John Mateer
Young Henry
Ford Motor Company
Mis
Henry Ford Tabores
Dearborn
Mich
Government Hopeful Of Phone Strike Settlement
Washington AP Federal Conciliator Peter G Manno says the government is hopeful settlement will be reached today on the long distance portion of the nationwide telephone strike. Negotiations between the union and AT T long lines division resumed as Moran of the union voiced less optimism, noting any deal must go to the policy committee for approval.
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Washington
Peter G. Mannoo
American Telephone and Telegraph — Company
Long Lines Division
Manno
Tno
John J. Moran
American Union of Telephone Workers
Moran
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Death shocks Georgia neighbors of Henry Ford
Savannah AP reports residents near the Ogeechee River in south Georgia were stunned by the death of Henry Ford. Ford, who built a model community at Richmond Hill after acquiring 90,000 acres in the 1930s, had winter homes in Fort Myers and near Savannah. He transformed local life, but health and school conditions in Bryan County were noted as part of the context.
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Savannah
Ogeechee River
Playstation
Here
Henry Ford
America
Ife
Richmond Hill
Ford
Richmond Hil
Huiston
Edsel
Fort Myers
Fla
Cherry Hill
Hermitage
Savannah River
Union Beg and Paper Corporation
Bryan County
South Georgia
King of Denmark Suffers Heart Attack
Copenhagen AP reports King Christian X, 76, suffered a heart attack Sunday. A royal palace communique said he was ordered to rest for a considerable period and had begun recovering. A court source described the attack as severe.
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Copenhagen
Christian X
Hang
Woman Editor Upheld Contempt Charge Dismissed
Hazel Brannon, a female editor in Mississippi, was acquitted of contempt charges tied to a lynching trial. The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned suspended sentences and affirmed press freedom to publish legitimate trial facts, after Brannon challenged testimony outside the courtroom during the manslaughter case involving five white men.
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Jackson
Miss
Hazel Brannon
Law Enforcement
Mississippi Supreme Court
Miss Brannon
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