Langley Collyer Body Found In Trap In Squalor
New York AP reports Langley Collyer, 61, died in a booby trap amid junk in the squalid Harlem home shared with his blind brother Homer, whose body was found nearby. Autopsy to determine cause. police suspect trap debris caused Langley’s death.
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Langley Collyer
Homer
Collyer
Homer Collyer
Admiralty
Langley
Collyer Brothers
Herman Livingston Collyer
Mrer
Susie Gags Collyer
Pop
Louis May Fight Woodcock In June
New York AP Nat Rogers travels to England to press Bruce Woodcock as Joe Louis's June Yankee Stadium challenger. Woodcock, the empire title holder, is not yet ready, while Bettina’s $200,000 Salt Lake City offer is rejected, and Rogers aims to sign Woodcock after his April 15 bout with Joe Baksi.
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New York
Joe Louis
Nat Rogers
England
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Bruce Woodcock
Woodcock
Joe
Salt Lake City
Melio Bettina
Jace
Los Angeles
Bettina
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Louis
Rogers
Joe Baksi
Kulpmont
State Court Reverses Houston Decision
The Alabama Court of Appeals reversed a Houston Circuit Court ruling and remanded the case for further local proceedings. It overturned the sentence of John Wesley Williams to three years imprisonment on a second degree forgery conviction from October of last year.
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Alabama Court of Appeals
Houston Circuit Court
State Court
John Wesley Williams
Williams
FBI Agent Speaker For Kiwanis Club
FBI special agent from Mobile spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting yesterday. He was introduced by J. L. Vaughn. Benton Foy attended as a guest while 56 members were present and President J. P. Culver led the business session.
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J. J. Gleason
FBI
Mobile
Kiwanis Club
J. L. Vaughn
Benton Foy
J. P. Culver
Metal torture advances heat resistant jet alloys
In developing heat resistant metal for jet engines a form of metal torture is used. The metal is spun as a disc at 1200 mph and heated to 1400 F until it Mes apart. Researchers aim to reveal weaknesses and improve alloy resilience for high temperature turbine operation.
Ford Family Handles Estate After Titan’s Death
The funeral schedule for Henry Ford includes a 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. service tomorrow at St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit. Afterward, Ford will be buried privately at a farm cemetery where he was born. The estate faces complex disposition with Ford’s fortune estimated around 200 million dollars and 38 percent of Ford Motor Co stock likely passing to his widow, Edsel Ford and children holding other shares. Estate filing may take years and previous lines of Levsel Ford’s estate remain unsettled.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
St. Paul's ‘Episcopal Thedral
Woodward Avenue
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Edsel Ford
Henry II
Benson, William and
Josephine Ford
Levsel
Uniform safety code for school bus operation proposed
The plan includes a uniform safety code, questions on school bus laws in state driver exams, and a statewide driver education campaign. The State Department of Public Safety would mail a printed memo on school bus laws with licenses. the patrol offers to assist schools with testing and bus inspections to ensure safe operation. Moody notes some buses lack brakes or proper stop lights.
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State Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
A& Bus
Moody
Beat Ten Local Option History Shows Alternating Wet And Dry
The Beat Ten community voted alternately wet and dry in a series of local option elections. On Feb 26 1925 139 to 73 opposed modifying state laws for alcohol sales. March 10 1937 favored 115 to 93. Feb 28 1938 167 to 166 favored wet. Aug 14 1942 153 to 80 upheld dry status.
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Ashford
Frank Gaines Returns From Scout Training
Scout Executive J W Cooke announces Frank Moss Gaines has returned from Mendheim New Jersey where he attended the national training school for professional Scouters on the Schiff Boy Scout Reservation Gaines assumes duties as field executive for the Southeast Alabama Council.
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Frank Moss Gaines
Mendheim
N. J
National
Schiff Boy Scout Reservation
J.W. Cooke
Gaines
Southeast Alabama Council
Texas League Opens Season With San Antonio Beaumont Kickoff
Dallas AP report notes the Texas League begins its 52nd season with San Antonio and Beaumont starting in Beaumont. Tomorrow four clubs join in a 134 game grind, with the Dallas Rebels favored to lead the circuit after winning the pennant and the Dixie Series last season.
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Dallas
San Antonio
Beaumont
Dallas Rebels
Dr Burkett to Speak at Amvets Meeting in Dothan
Dr W T Burkett Houston County health officer will be guest speaker at Amvets of World War II in Dothan at 7 30 p m Friday Elmer Pollan commander said. He will discuss plans for a public hospital for Dothan with state and federal aid and urged all Amvets to attend the meeting at the Coca Cola plant auditorium and for the state convention in Montgomery April 18 20.
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W. T. Burkett
Houston County
Amvets
Elmer Pollan
Burkett
Dothan
Coca-Cola
Montgomery
Orton Plantation's Storied Rise From Old World Plantations
Historic Orton Plantation traces back to 1725 with Roger Moore known as King Roger after repelling an Indian attack. The estate grew through gardens and a nursery, now yielding camellias and azalea cuttings while preserving family legacy despite Civil War disruptions and debt-related secrecy.
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United States
Roger Moore
Roger
Moore
King Roger Hes
Cape Fear
Orton
Kenneth
Yankee Florists
Boston
New York
Sprint
Sprant
Sprunt
Young Sprunt
Mississippi congressman cites voter suppression claim
A House member argues that Mississippi Negroes are prevented from voting, labeling Dettus actions a contempt of Congress and alleging Dennin follows the Communist Party line in challenging the committee’s legality.
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House of Representatives
Mississippi
Bantin
Peewat
Dettus
Congress
Dennig
Ardilla School to Receive Flag and Bible Ceremony
In Cottonwood an overflow crowd is expected tomorrow at Ardilla School for an 8 PM flag and Bible presentation by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. J W Calhoun reports a large turnout and participation by Dotaan council members, noting the group has donated over 50 000 Bibles and flags to schools in 50 plus years.
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Ardilla
Order of United American Mechanics
J. W. Calhoun
Cottonwood Council
Dotaan Counci
Calhoun
Litttle Country
Pennsylvania
Auditors Inspect Houston County Office Records
P and M A auditors from the southern regional office in Atlanta are auditing the Houston County office records this week. This is the first complete audit of Houston County records, said County Administrative Officer Jesse Culbreth. Henry County Exceeds Cancer Drive Quota. The Henry County American Cancer Society chapter surpassed its 1947 quota of 420 dollars in under two weeks, county chairman Mrs Saint Kelly Jr announced.
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H. H. Thompson
J. A. Coston
Southern
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Atlanta
Houston County
Jesse Culbreth
Culbreth
Henry County
Petition miscounts cloud 1940s voter drive claims
Number 15 reported 1,000 qualified voters signed up with uncertainty over how many signatures exist. Pilcher said three petitions targeting Negro voters were found missing after being issued and checked with the Negro community, who did not know what happened to them and suggested he instead provide petitions.
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Pilcher
Calf Brings 1850 At Montgomery Fat Stock Show
A grand champion Aberdeen Angus calf sold for 1850 per hundred pounds to James Brown of Greene County Heluaber. Gov. James E. Folsom auctioned the calf, which fetched 31650 for owner Jamen Brown.
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Montgomery
Sugar blanks issued by Alabama Sugar Office in Birmingham
Consumers and merchants needing sugar application blanks must apply to the Alabama Sugar Office in Birmingham rather than the OPA Rent Office. W. S. Wilson, the local rent director, said sugar rationing is handled separately and that inquiries should go to the Sugar Branch Office at 1914 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham. The sugar program is administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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Alabama
Birmingham
OPA
W. S. Wilson
Wilson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Polish frontier terms spark debate at foreign ministers talks
At a Big Four deputy meeting, Murphy and Vishinsky spar over Japan and Germany, with Vishinsky pressing Albania inclusion and the U S proposing a Poland frontier study commission. Marshall plans an on site German Polish frontier inquiry as Molotov opposes altering Potsdam lines.
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Robert Murphy
Andrew Vishinsky
Japan
Murphy
Russia
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Potsdam
U. S
Germany
Vishinsky
Albania
United States
Brazil
Latin America
George C. Marshall
Marhall
Marshall
Ruhr
Rhineland
United Nations
VM. Molotov
Qodor-Nicsee
Petedam
Suit Against Macon. Registrars To High Court Again
The 2 year old case from Tuskegee argues a Negro man was denied voter registration because of race. William P. Mitchell appeals after District Judge Kennamer ruled against him. Former Macon County registrars Guthrie and Wright face continued federal review.
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William P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Golely
Virgil M Guthrie
George C. Wright
Kennamer
Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate and House move on foreign relief and labor bill
The Senate may delay debate until tomorrow while the House foreign affairs committee advances a $350 million relief package for postwar aid to Italy Austria Hungary Poland Greece and China. Three Republicans protest, seeking to halve the fund. Separately the House labor committee drafts a tougher broader bill to curb the closed shop authorize injunctions to head off public welfare strikes and outlaw jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. Lilienthal faces a Senate vote today on his AEC chairmanship after a 52 38 test vote. Other action includes farm labor tabors postmaster investigations and labor budget debates with a push to raise wages and allowances for veterans in training.
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Mich
Lawrence Smith
Wis
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Langer
R-Nd
Rules Committee
Hayden
D-Ariz
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SchweNentoch
Labor Department
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Veterans
Kearney
Veterans Committee
Common Pleas Court clears light criminal docket
The Court of Common Pleas presided by Judge J Norton Mullins Jr convened this morning and disposed of a light criminal docket in short order.
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Court of Common Pleas
J. Norton Mullins, Jr
Concert Association To Open Offices In City Hall This Week
The Dothan Community Concert Association will open offices in City Hall this week and invites memberships to submit artist choices for next season. Booking already includes the St. Louis Sinfonietta with Edne Phillips and a roster of sopranos, tenors, violists, and other performers, plus ensembles like the Trapp family, Columbia grand opera quartet, and renowned pianists and violinists.
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Concert Association
City Hall
Dothan Community Concert Association
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis Sinfonietta
Edne Philips
Philadelphia Orchestra
Sinfonietta
Orchestra
Columbia Grand Opera Quartet
William Hain
Edna Phillips
Arthur Kent
Helen Olheim
Trapp
Nikolai
Joanna Graudan
Philharmonic Piano Quartet
Max Walmer
John Seales
Ada Kopitz
Bertha Melnik
New York
Columbia
George Lond
Frances Yeend
Mario Lanza
Slavenska
Rosario
Antonio
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
James Pease
Jorge Bolet
Rudolf Firkusny
Eugene Istomin
Solveig Lunde
Menahem Pressler
Marisa Regules
Gyorgy Sandor
Sanroma
Abbey Simon
Zadel Skolovsky
Hilda Somer
Patricia Travers
John Sebastian
Livestock Arrivals at Key Georgia and Florida Plants
Livestock arrivals at eight major plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Ga and Dothan Jackson ville and Tallahassee Fla totaled 450 cattle 225 calves and 2400 hogs. Hog buying was slow with steady to 50 cents or occasionally a dollar lower. Prices ranged for hogs by weight and quality with long hauled hogs up to 23 at some plants 160 to 180 pounds 21 to 22.25 120 to 140 pounds 15 to 18 and 90 to 120 pounds 11 to 14.75. Sows generally 17.50 to 20.50.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Chicago hog and cattle prices drift on steady to higher trades
Chicago quotations show salable hogs at 4 560, cattle 9 000, calves 1 000. Hogs opened strong with most bids 25 cents higher, top hogs 26 50, various weight ranges 24 50 to 26 35, sows 21 25 to 22.00. Cattle and calves steady to weak, good and choice steers 28 00, feeders 21 00 to 24 50, cows 12 75 down, bulls to 17 25. Stock cattle steady.
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Chicago
USDA
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