Highway Department Faces 300000 Loan to Meet April Payroll
The State Highway Department plans to borrow 300000 next week to meet the April 15 payroll under emergency powers. Gov. James E. Folsom would authorize the loan from a North Alabama bank at one percent interest. A deficit over 2000000 is projected by year end unless funds arrive, with two proposed fixes including stopgap borrowing or canceling the farm to market road program to free matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward McFarland
McFarland
Capitol
State Highway Finance Corporation
Security Council in Emergency Talks On Palestine Truce
United Nations Security Council members convened an emergency session at 3 p.m. in New York to review the near collapse of Jewish Arab Palestine truce talks. Dr Alfonso Lopez of Colombia, April president, ordered the meeting after private consultations with delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
New York City
Warren R. Austin
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
1600 4-H Rally Draws County Youth To Dothan Event
About 1600 boys and girls from 20 4-H clubs in Houston County joined a parade and ceremonies at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium in Dothan. Rehobeth’s Joe Parker and Betty Linder were named Rally Day King and Queen among seven contest entrants.
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Houston County
Dothan
Foster Street
Wiregrass Stadium
Eagle
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Joe Parker
Betty Linder
Rehobeth
Main
Lena Streets
Main Street
St. Andrews
Adams
Foster
Washington
Ashford
Vondle Beasley
Vicksburg
County Council of
Billy Taylor
Webb
C. H. Hildreth
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Solomon Baxter
Lenora Sallas
Mary Nell Brooking
Eliza Mae Sellers
Lavon Reeves
Betty Ann Clark
Cottonwood
Glenda Agee
Alabama delegates split on walkout pledge amid civil rights row
Alabama Democratic candidates for national convention delegates debate a walkout if a civil rights plank is adopted. The count of pro bolters stands 16 to 13 against, with 50 candidates still to hear and a noon deadline. New pledges include Bassett Prince Farmer Givhan Ard McConnell.
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Associated Press
Alabama
McCorvey
Earl C. Bassett
Mobile
Carroll T. Prince
L. A. Farmer
Dothan
Walter C. Givhan
Safford
Waldo E. Ard
Ozark
Marcus E. McConnell, Jr
Livingston
McConnell
Prince
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Big Action
Philadelphia
85 Children Attend Clinic For Cripples
Approximately 85 children registered by 10 a.m. for the spring crippled children clinic at the Dothan Recreation Center. A long line waited to register as the Houston and Geneva clinic was combined. Dothan Service League assisted with registration and refreshments. Home demonstration club members served luncheon for workers.
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Dothan Recreation Center
Houston
Geneva
Dothan Service League
Home Demonstration Club
Alligator Returns to Everglades After Virginia Odyssey
A gator once kept by Norfolk tourists trekking to Virginia hid in backyards and alleys for years. It finally found a muddy, salty Everglades pool and resumed life near the wading grounds, growing from 10 inches to five feet and hibernating in winter under a log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Virginia
Great Everglades
Gator
Norfolk
Beck Yard
Orean
Everglades
Agator
Senate Action Sets Anti-Lynching Bill Priority
Republican Senators move to give a federal anti lynching bill top priority among civil rights measures. Taft says it could reach the floor in weeks to limit debate and block a Southern Democrat filibuster. Millikin notes secret ballot favored anti lynching and party leaders supported advancing major civil rights items.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Rcolo
Army engineers begin road repair in Florida after floods
Special Army engineers move into Marianna to repair Jackson County damage from a 12 inch rainfall. About 185 bridges and culverts are washed away with 200 enlisted men aiding. Col. Joseph Twitty oversees work with equipment from Eglin Tyndall Fort Benning and Atlanta. Completion will take months as emergency measures restore travel arteries.
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Frances Daffin Marianna
Special Army
Marianna
Jackson County
Joseph Twitty
Army District Engineers
Mobile
Ala
Eglin Field
Tyndall Field
Fort Benning
Atlanta
Cok
Allison
Corps of Engineers
Army
Rep
Sikes
Claude Pepper
Spessard Trolland
Washington
Man Fatally Burned In Storm At Troy Hail
A 60 year old man, Joe Martin Croskey, died during a severe Troy area storm with tornadic winds. Fire likely from lightning or a downed line. five minor fires reported. Townwide power loss affected 90 percent. damage estimated in the thousands. Troy Veneer plant partially unroofed. Debris and lines blocked roads to Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Joe Martin Croskey
Jim Thompson
Troy Veneer and Crate Company
J. Dillard
Florida
el Dorado
Ark
Arkansas City
Three Navy Midshipmen Die in Louisiana Plane Crash
Three Navy midshipmen were killed and a fourth injured when a privately owned plane crashed in the Louisiana coastal marshes south of Pecan Island. Identified were George Waters Gordon Mayer and David H Cobb from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. The injured man was BR A Jacenski. They were on a private trip to Corpus Christi Texas.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Pecan Island
Civil Aeronautics Administration of
New Orleans
George Waters
Gordon Mayer
David H. Cobb
BR A. Jacenski
Fensacola
Million German Killings Avenged at U.S. Tribunal
An American tribunal found twenty SS officers guilty of taking part in more than 1,000,000 murders across Europe during the Nazi era. The panel convicted five generals, 10 colonels, three majors, and two lieutenants. two other defendants were acquitted of murder, and one case was suspended as ill.
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Mernberg
Europe
Felix Ruchl
Set Mathias Graf
Huehl
Otto Rasch
Rasen
Otto Ohlendorf
Pan Oorganization
Herman Schubert
Grandmother Sees Children Kidnaped in Custody Case
FBI and police from Florida to Hackensack pursue two children Nichoulay Coulantes Jr 5 and Evelyn Fath 3 seized from grandmother amid a custody suit. Authorities say the abduction appears tied to ongoing custody litigation after the mother’s death.
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Hackensack
N.S
FBI
Florida
Poayw
Hnome
Paul Basins Nat
Oly
Nichoulay Coulantes, Jr
Evelyn Fath
Boulais
Mather Evelyn
Missy Cortinetes
Georg von Flovds
Collapse of Four Power Rule Admitted by General Clay
General Clay tacitly acknowledged the collapse of the four power rule over Germany by canceling the Allied Control Council meeting. He cited no requests or subjects for discussion, noting the council has failed to function since March 20 when Marshal Sokolovely walked out amid discord between the Russians and Western powers.
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Berlin
Lucius
Clay
Aled Control Council
Drornan
Rusetta
Allied Control Council
Conneil
Germany
Wassily D. Sokolovely
Becaus
Taeesapiegal
Aje
Alesandroy
Congress Prepares to Expand Defense Draft and Air Power
Congress and the White House move to boost defense by drafting men ages 18 to 25 for two years, with exemptions for service in reserve units. A House vote targets 725 million dollars for warplane expansion, while Forrestal urges balancing security with other national needs.
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Washington AP. Congrers
White House
Ines
Dean
Forrestal
Congress
Hilary
Jentherang
Unite of
Fee Army
Cate
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Neghes
Jabelo
Air Force
Fleet Aviation
Unseid Indus
George Carpenter, Retired Salvation Army Chief, Dies
George Landon Carpenter, a former Salvation Army general, died in Sydney Australia after a long illness following surgery. He led the Salvation Army in various posts and was known for his service and leadership within the organization.
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George Carpenter
Salvation Army
Sydney
Australia
George Landon Carpenter
Carpenter
Stiffer Law Talked if Lewis Wins Out
Government orders a 25 percent cut in coal burning rail service effective midnight April 15 to conserve dwindling coal. The action targets 70,000 idle railroad workers as UMW leader John S. Lewis faces contempt and Taft Hartley pressures. The White House offered no comment on strike prospects while UMW and operators push pension talks and a neutral trustee debate proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rep. Hartley
R-Nj
Lewis
Sreeresaann Gana
Hartley
House Labor Committee
Office of Defense Trasportation
Interstate Commerce Comission
ODT
ICC
Steel la Ad
White House
UMW
Miners Welfare Fund
Federal District Court
Clark
Justice Department
No. 12
Wheat Crop Report Signals Bread Supply Outlook
Washington CAP notes Uncle Sam awaits an Agriculture Department forecast on the 1948 winter wheat crop and remaining farm stocks. The report helps determine how much bread the United States can share with shortage areas, with a minimum goal of 525 million bushels.
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Washington
Sam Fonke
Agriculture Department
Kian
Truman
United States
Pan American conference weighs anti communism stance
A Chilean source says Chile seeks unanimous approval for an anti communist resolution at the Pan American conference though several nations resist. Mexico and Venezuela undecided on Chile's proposed format while the April 18 Italian elections loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Italy
Enrique Bernstein
Parents Must Pay For Boys in Prison
HYATTSVILLE Md AP five youths ages 13 to 16 were ordered by Police Court Judge Arthur P Owens to pay state institution costs. The county will cover one dollar monthly per boy while parents owe 20 dollars monthly for each, a total of 60 dollars for three brothers. The youths were sentenced to imprisonment until they are 21 after convictions for thefts.
Eight Boys Arrested For Fishing Cigars From Dothan Company
Police arrested eight African American youths after they used a pole to pull cigars from a broken window at the Dothan Cigar and Sandy Company. Five were caught on scene. three were later rounded up. Two cigars were recovered. some youths admitted selling cigars. Three of the youths had prior police records. Similar thefts had occurred at the same company in previous weeks.
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Dothan Cigar and Sandy Company
Edaie D. Kelley
Jad
Yoserale
Parerts
Ocelae
Kelley
Cigar Company
Leset
Ovid
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Palestine
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Farmer
Gessner T. McCorvey
Amy
Jackson
Navy
Wiliam R. McCabe
Joliet
Gen. Clay
John B. McDermott
U.S
Cty
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