Life and wartime notes from Dothan and surrounding area
Reports from Coffee County and surrounding Alabama towns detail 4-H rallies in Enterprise and Elba, a Fat Stock Show in Elba, and Clean Up Week in Samson. Military promotions and transfers include Lt Col Horn and Sgt Jimmie Tew, with district scout events in Dothan, Abbeville, Headland, and nearby communities. Rat-eradication crews report no positive infections in Hopstoon County.
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Coffee County
Elba
Houston
Henry
Wagon Wheel
J. W. Cooke
R C. Joiner
Southeast
Hopstoon County
County Health Department
Gard
Ralph Justice
Dress Revue and Rally Day Winners at Local Event
The program opened with the dress revue where number 15 led the high school division, Betty Lou Pope placed second, and Olivia Lewis won elementary division with Jean Cook second. After recess, seven clubs competed for Rally Day King and Queen, crowned after a gymnastic display. Fields held 24 races across three age groups, followed by a bar contest.
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Betty Lou Pope
Rehobeth
Olivia Lewis
Columbia
Jean Cook
Taylor
Abc
Livestock market notes from Montgomery and Georgia entries
Faded market data from Montgomery AP bureau summarizing weekly receipts and prices for slaughter cattle calves hogs and sheep. Includes weekly receipts estimates and Friday market steadiness with various grade ranges and price bands for different weight classes and stockers.
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Montgomery
Aps
Mkt
Unon
Strike fallout swirls as Lewis faces contempt probe
The crisis over the miners strike deepens as John Lewis faces contempt of court for ignoring a back-to-work order. A cabinet meeting at the White House preceded discussion of possible actions under Taft-Hartley. The National Labor Relations Board handles charges related to recognizing the Southern Coal Producers Association. President Truman signals tougher antitrust moves and sides with applying antitrust laws to labor unions.
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Lewis
T. Alan Goldborough
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Association
National Datas Relations Board
Baltimore
aeGon O
Taft-Hartes
Pruman
Hartley
Senor Gal
Harthes
Lewis Khows
Liteas
Mane
Aosta Te
Vandenberg Eyed as Top Candidate in Nebraska Primary
Nebraska voters consider whether Vandenberg can top the GOP ballot though not campaigning officially. Meanwhile Harold Stassen Gov. Thomas E Dewey and Robert Taft lead the field, with MacArthur Warren and Speaker Alar also on the ticket.
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Nebraska
Senate Forest Relations Commiitee
Vandenberg
Lkely
Harold E. Staessen
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewer
New York
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Fremont
Devers
Gmone
Dewees
United Nations of Europe
University of Nebraska Coliseum
Starsen
Recaller Hall
Lincoln
Minnesota
Noged
Miss Crenshaw 77 Dies In Webb Home
Jennie Crenshaw a Webb resident for ten years and member of Webb Baptist Church dies at home after short illness. Funeral at Webb Baptist Church with Rev. Mo Me Gina and Rev Greer, burial at cemetery. Ward-Wilson in charge. pallbearers named including Albert Palfiewer Clyde Burd Leewa Tyler Or Johnson Sheely Tew and Welteg Laseter.
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Jennie Crenshaw
Webb
Short Piness
Moss Crenshaw
Vie
Wetep
Mo Me
Gina
Greer
Ward-Wilson
Pallbewiers
Albert Palfiewer
Clyde Burd
Leewa Tyler
Or. Johnson
Sheely Tew
Mod Welteg Laseter
Free
Funeral Saturday for W B Collins
Funeral services will be held Saturday for W B Collins a native of Pike County who lived in Dulhan for many years. He was a member of the Fast Baptist Church and was married with several children. Parker, pastor, will officiate.
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Gofor
Wilus Brevant Cole Lins
Angie
Tos Bese
Parker
Offerute
Rew Acta Cashiers
Ward-Wibun
Collins
Pike County
Dulhan
Mieni
Davies
Satuadiay Bot
Fragmented OCR political text with unclear references
A garbled OCR passage mentions international relations and figures like Danvers and Greece, with uncertain names and fragmented phrases about freedom, conferences, and foreign policy. The text lacks coherent events, dates, or verifiable entities to summarize clearly.
Woman Correspondent Arrested In Buenos Aires Bank Strike
Virginia Lee Warren of The New York Times was arrested in Buenos Aires during a bank clerks strike and released after agreeing to report to federal police for questioning. Her husband, fellow Times correspondent Milton Bracker, is in Bogota covering the Pan American conference. The US consulate said it would investigate a separate disappearance of John Griffith, a former US Embassy attache.
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Buenos Aires
Virginia Lee Warren
Argentina
New York Times
Miss Warren
Milton Bracker
Times
Bogota
Colombia
United States
John Griffith
U.S
Griffith
University of Southern California
R Couie
Dewey Intervenes as Crying Baby Pauses Nebraska Speech
In West Point Neb a crowd of about 500 heard Governor Thomas E Dewey of New York address them when a crying infant interrupted the talk The mother began to soothe the baby but Dewey called out Stay right there The competition doesn't bother me The mother seated herself and the baby stopped crying allowing him to continue his remarks.
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Dewey
Nebraska
West Point
Neb
Tnomas E. Dewey
New York
Berlin air crash sparks renewed Western blame drive
The Taegliche Rundschau reiterates Russian claims that Britain caused last Monday’s Berlin air crash. Alexandrov concedes Britain notified Berlin’s four power air safety center of plans to fly through the corridor. Moscow charges British and American planes breach air rules near Soviet fields, while Soviet approval is given for a German economic commission in the Soviet Zone. A Kom Natadatera subcommittee wrangle followed between British and Soviet representatives.
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Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
Alexandrov
Semulfichal
Soviet Zone
Dess Vaan
Ateneans
Russia
Sovet Army
Taeslicie Rundychau
Germany
Kom Natadatera
Yesterdas
Brinch Roe P Lecentanse Engader E Or
Benson
Russa
Alatasdes
Fragmentary historic note on postwar trade talks
Incomplete text references United States export policy, foreign delegates from Argentina and Mexico expressing pressure on a Bre move. Mentions Broerugta of Teen a Cee and tribute toward Collllenias Bohidarsty.
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United States
Burk
Daten
Ica
Bredente
CoLlLnenias
Horse Show Tickets On Sale In Dothan This Year
Tickets go on sale today for the annual Horse Show in Dothan held at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium on May 8 at 7 30 p m. The event is sponsored by the Dothan Service League and the Dothan Lions Club. Proceeds benefit the Service League welfare fund and the Lions blind fund. Tickets priced at 1 25 dollars. Special programs are planned.
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Dothan Service League
Dothan Lions Chi
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Service League
Explosion And Fire Kill Three At Bus Stop Restaurant
An explosion and fire at a bus stop restaurant on State Highway 45 in Louisville killed three people and injured four near a filling station. Sheriff Jack E. Johnson said two hours after the blast that all victims had been accounted for and that the restaurant was reportedly filled with fresh fern from a delivery truck. All the deceased were local residents from Lomsyville. The investigation was ongoing with preliminary reports pointing to a delivery of plant materials from a transport truck.
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Louisville
St. Highway 45
Jack E. Johnson
Clay County
Lomsyville
Wies
Pasanche
Convention split over civil rights policy and walkout threats
McCorvey and former Rep. Boswell push a pro civil rights stance at the convention, urging delegates to back a platform. They warn a walkout could occur if reforms are not adopted, contrasting with Guy W. Hanna who vows to stay and oppose Truman and civil rights measures while remaining inside to fight for a qualified candidate.
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McCorvey
E C. Boswell
Boe Wd
Boswell
Delemates
New York
Harlem
Chicago
Guy W. Hanna
Biriitudhem
Hanna
Harry S. Truman
New Orleans Cotton Futures Decline Amid Sluggish Trade
Cotton futures ease as buyers pull back in New Orleans trading. At 11 30 a m prices show slash of about 24 cents per bale with May at 3670 3850 and July around 3600 3375. New York session also weak with May near 3674 July 3601 and October 324.
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New Orleans
Lung Resiing
R. J Taylor Dies In Local Hospital
R J Taylor of Ashford died at 9 55 am after several weeks illness. Born in Randolph County he lived in Houston County since 192. Surviving include widow four daughters and seven sons. Funeral at Bluff Spring Church at 4 pm with Rev Joe White officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Johnon Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers named C H Palmer Bur Fellows W A McArthur W A Wells Sam Pate Max Bruner Robert Meadows C Owens.
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R J Tarlee
Ashtrad
Thurada
Taxior
Randolph County
Houston County
W. P. Barnett
Panama City
George Be- Keivey
Inez Johnston
Alse Marie Taylor
Miami
John B
Ashford
Leon
Suwannee River floods isolate Florida communities
Rain swollen waters bulged from the Suwannee between Ellaville and Dowling Park and near Branford stranding the area. The Navy dispatched two amphibious ducks to aid the aged at Dowling Park while 60 orphanage children remained safe. Twelve farm families moved to higher ground as trains and roads faced disruption.
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Florida
Suwannee
Ellaville
Dowling Park
Branford
Live Oak
Navy
Green Cove Springs
Jacksonville
Athens
Buford
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Augusta
Suwanee River floods. Red Cross aids evacuees in Florida
Jackson County is virtually paralyzed as the Suwanee River floods across Suwannee County. Red Cross workers in Atlanta assist 30 families and 24 Dowling Park inmates evacuated yesterday. Refugees sheltered at Live Oak National Guard armory after rides from Green Cove Springs. Branford area reports farmland losses and roads shut along State Roads 20 247 249.
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Jackson County
Red Cross
Suwanee
Tweather Bureau
Atlan'a
Dowling Park
Old Peoples Home
Suwanee County
National Guard
Live Oak
Green Cove Springs
Branford
Stephen Foster
Ellaville
State Pond Department
Lake City
Unfinished Vienna symphony linked to Crimea massacre trial
A former minister Ernest Bibierstein faces murder charges for 3 000 deaths. He testified on executions to measure impact, refusing religious comfort by saying he would not cast pearls before swine. Other defendants include generals Jost Schultz Nauman and others, with officers named. The record notes a 1920 and 195 production claim about self and others.
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Musmanno
Viena
Crimea
Ernest Biberstein
Reint, Jost
Erwin Shhultz
Erich Nauman
Frank £ix
Gustav Nosske
Martin Sandberger
Willy Seibert
Walter Blume
Werner Brainne
Waldemaar Klingelhofer
Edouard Strauch
Fagen Steimle
Totha Fendler
Waldemar von Radetzky
Adolf Ort
Walter Saench
Village Of Kastel Recaptured By Jews
Jewish militia recaptured the battle scarred village of Kastel near Jerusalem on the supply line to Tel Aviv after heavy mortar fire. The Arabs evacuated as the Jews retook Kastel, with fighting over the village returning to Jewish control. Earlier, a Jewish Agency spokesman reported Haganah troops had recaptured Kastel.
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Jerusalem
Kastel
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Gator Returns to Florida From Norfolk Home
A five foot alligator appeared at a Norfolk dentist's yard in spring, drawn by a pool. Firefighters captured it, the SPCA sent it to Florida, and Luther Bunnell released it into the Everglades where it swam away into the mucklands.
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Norfolk
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
SPCA
Florida
Trey
Luther Bunnell
Bunnell
Everglades
Truman asks Congress for shipbuilding funds and bank aid
President Truman proposes to shift merchant ship construction funds from 39 5 million to 100 million for troop transports and tanker fleet expansion. He seeks 500 million more for export import bank lending to boost Latin American development while Gen Devers warns of a fifth column opposing defense measures and a larger sixth column of loyal Americans undermining security.
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Munitions Board
National Securiy
Secretary of the Navy
Sullivan
Truman
Congress
Mr Truman
Latin America
Bogota
Colombia
United States
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Chamber of Commerce
Sharon
Liquor Chief Challenges Legislator Over ABC Board
Montgomery AP reports liquor administrator Frank Reapley challenged Rep. W L Martin Jr of Greene County to substantiate his charges against the ABC board. Reapley said he will act on any irregularities and called for study of the law while noting department heads found no unhealthy conditions in the state liquor system. Martin warned the system is rotten and could dry up the state if not corrected.
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Montgomery
Frank Reapley
ABC Board
Bunkley
W. L. Wee Martin, Jr
Greene County
Legislative
Martin
ABC
Freshen Feather Pillows on Cloudy Windy Days
To refresh feather pillows, air them on a cloudy windy day rather than in direct sun. Sunlight drains natural oils from feathers and reduces resiliency, so avoid sun exposure to maintain fullness.
Summer canning uses an ai chopping board
A sturdy hard lumber chopping board speeds food preparation for canning soups kraut and mixed vegetables. It serves as a real time saver in the kitchen.
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Dothan
Hudson
Teday
Judson
Hudson Office Supply Company
LaRue Horn
Folsom
Military Department
Adjt
James S. Salibu
Montromsery
Horn
James E. Folsom
Revenue Department
Saliba
Enterprise
Henry County
Abbeville
Newville
Tank Early
Samson
Samson Lions Club
Samson Garden Club
Jimmie Tew
Batty Jo Tew
Willie Bea Tew
North Oates Street
102Nd Aacs Squadron
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Army
Tew
108Th Aacs
Tyndall Field
Fla
Naval Air
Air Forces
Lecember
AACS
Thye
Lsieva
Montgomery Market
Miss Crenshaw
Webb Home
W B. Collins
Heimphere
Dividiais
PRION
Robert Earl Searcy, Jr
Amarillo
Tex
Fure
Gewiitan Sedan
Baer
Cet
Lewer
Hoyher
R. J Taylor
Italy
Rome
L’unita
Peace and Labor
Nea-Rome
Albert Blasetti
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Atlanta 2
Georgia
Nome
City & Zone
Dothan Federal Sav. & Loan Assn
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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