Oklahoma Tornado Ravages Wheat and Cattle Country
A massive tornado cut a 100 mile path through Oklahoma and Texas rich in wheat and cattle killing an estimated 152 people and injuring over 1,000. Woodward Oklahoma suffered about 100 deaths and 800 to 1,000 injured as 100 blocks of buildings were destroyed. Rescue crews and medical teams from Tinker Field aided, while fires and power losses hampered relief efforts.
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Woodward
Okla
Texas State Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Shattuck
Higgins, Tex
Gage
White Deer
Tex
Amarillo
Glazier
Higgins
Wichita
Kas
Southwest
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Woodward Okla
Jewell T. Wilson
Woodward Metoorial Hospital
Prige
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Connally Demands Greece Turkey Aid to Check Soviet Power
Senator Tom Connally urges Senate passage of the 400 million dollar Greece Turkey aid bill as a move to resist Soviet domination. He declares Russia seeks world dominion and calls for frank U.S. demand that Moscow abandon subjugation of satellite states. Pepper also weighing UN transfer of the matter.
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Washington
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Russia
Europe
Truman
Connally
Greece
Turkey
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Pepper
D-Fla
United Nations
Lilienthal Named Head of Atomic Energy Commission
Washington AP report notes David Lilienthal won Senate confirmation 50 to 31 as head of the Atomic Energy Commission after months of bitter Republican fight. The new chair urged urgent teamwork by the American people science industry armed forces and government to get the job done and preserve U.S. lead in atomic research.
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United States Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Washington
Thevernment
Atomic Energy Com
Jon
David Eenthal
Cnre
Atomic Commison
Man
Republic
America
Senate
Morris New Change Club Head Installed
Walter Morris will be installed president of the Dothan Edge Club for the new term at a special ceremony May 7. Roy Baxter is the new vice president and Robert Morris was reelected secretary. At yesterday’s meeting the Rev Leo Patton spoke on the influence of the Bible. John Henderson named as District governor. H M Ramseur introduced as a new member. Charles Hicks of Montgomery attended as a guest.
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Walter Morris
Dothan Edge Club
Roy Axter
Robert Morris
Leo Patton
Arch of Christ
Houston Barber
Agram
John Henderson
Disiet
State Board Ofntrol
H. M. Ramseur
Charles Hicks
Montgomery
Judge Finds Miners Lacking Good Faith In No-Strike Order
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough ruled John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers failed to comply with the Supreme Court no-strike mandate. He granted a two week delay on returning 2.8 million dollars to the union and warned resolutions could be delayed until July 1 while coal fields remain below normal production. Government officials accused the UMW of exploiting the Centralia disaster to push a soft coal strike.
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Roual Suk. Ane Jugregaig
Wilte
Lewis
UMW
Centralia
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
Union
J. A. Krug
Krug
Emergency long distance calls amid local exchange strike
The local exchange reports emergency long distance service has remained available with few incidents. Annie Mae O Neal recounts a humorous case when a jailed caller pleaded to bail out, and R B Griffin credits Dothan residents for cooperation during curtailment.
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Annie Mae O'Neal
Tator
Griffin
Dothan
Dothan Fat Stock Show Invites State Legislators
Invitations sent today by Dothan Chamber of Commerce Secretary Arthur Johnson invite Senators Kendall Hughes Sum merlin Hardwick and Clayton along with Representatives Thomas Larkins White Adams Faulk Knight Malone to attend the annual fat stock show in Dothan. Gov. James F. E. Folsom is set to speak at 1 p.m. opening day April 15 and participate in prize awards.
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Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
R. G. Kendall, Jr
Evergreen
J. A. Hughes
Hertford
W. S. Summerlin
James FE. Folsom
Milton P. Jarnigan
University of Georgia
Dress Rehearsal Set For League Follies 1947
The Dothan Service League Follies hold a dress rehearsal tonight at Dothan High School auditorium at 7 o clock. More than 125 local cast members perform in the final rehearsal ahead of Friday night at 8 at Martina Theatre. Tickets are on sale at the Martina booth with hours 1 to 6 pm tomorrow.
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Dothan High School
Martina Theatre
League
Service League
Shooting near airport injures Dothan man
City and county police investigated a morning shooting near the airport in which Billy Riley of Dothan was hit in the left forearm by a small caliber bullet through a car door. Riley could not explain the incident, several prior complaints about shots near the airport were noted, and the bullet was recovered as the investigation continued.
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Billy Riley
Dothan
Riley
Negro Woman Found Dead in Automobile Near Echo
Ozark officers investigate the death of Ivonna Weatherington 38 found in the front seat of a car off a road into a ditch near Echo. Her husband Mauldin Weatherington is being held for questioning with no charges yet filed. The sheriff described a crushed skull but little car damage and no clear evidence of a collision.
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Ozark
Ivonna Weatherington
Echo
J. R.knight
Knight
Mauldin Weatherington
Mine blast kills nine in Exeter area
An explosion 350 feet underground in an anthracite mine near Exeter, Pennsylvania, killed nine men and injured nine others. The blast triggered rescue efforts as authorities investigated the cause and assessed respirable dust and safety measures.
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Exeter
Greece accuses Soviet plan of pressuring Athens to a communist rule
In the Security Council Greece denounces Russia's UN supervision proposal as designed to foment a communist dictatorship in Athens. U S. Delegate Austin urges deferral until Congress approves the Truman plan and Greece, Turkey, and the United States finalize agreements.
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Max Harrelson
N. Y
Greece
Russia
United Nations
Athens
Security Council
Vassili Dendramis
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Oscar Lange
Lange
UNRRA
Dendramis
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Conress
United States
Turkey
Marshall And Bevin Agree To France's Demands For Saar
United States and Britain accept French insistence on detaching the Saar from Germany and integrating it economically with France. Marshall proposes immediate Council of Foreign Ministers action while Bevin opposes detaching the Ruhr and rejects international ownership of German resources. Molotov abstains on key Saar issues.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Saar
Germany
France
U. S
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Ruhr
Bidualalay
Rhineland
V. M. Molotov
Bidault
Russia
Foreign Office
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Peanar
No. 15
Tarheel yarns and tall tales in North Carolina
Hal Boyle notes North Carolinians excel at spinning homegrown yarns from Ocracoke marshes to Grandfather Mountain. He recalls tales of a cow flipping fish with its tail and a ranger lifting two bear cubs, blending folklore with local legend for Yankee visitors.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Ocracoke Island
Grandfather Mountain
Methodist Young Adult Rally In Dothan District
About two hundred Methodist young adults from twenty six charges of the Dothan district will meet at LaFayette Street Methodist Church at 7 50 tonight for a district wide rally. Jor MM lea Rippy of Nashville Tenn director of adult work will speak on What Young Adults Can Do and read a forum. Rev Welton Gregory Alabama Conference executive secretary will assist. District directors and the conference director of adult work will attend. The meeting opens with a buffet supper. Dr S M Baker district superintendent will preside.
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Dothan
LaFayette Street Methodist Church
Distrit
Jor
Lea Rippy
Nashville
Tenn
Board of Education of the
Methodist Church
Kippy
Welton Gregory
Alabama
Board of Education
A. B. Carlton
Geneva
5. M. Baker
Stassen and Stalin Discuss Economics in Moscow Talk
Harold Stassen said he and Premier Josef Stalin had a full and frank discussion of Soviet and American economic systems during a six minute midnight interview. He noted no discussion of foreign policy or the Truman Doctrine.
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Moscow
Harold Starser
Josef Stalin
Stassen
Truman
Stalin
Phone Strike Finds Basis Of Agreement
Washington AP report says company and union officials initialed a proposed settlement for the long distance lines phase of the nationwide telephone strike. A draft was rechecked before submission to the long lines executive board and NFTW policy committee. An understanding for ending the long distance strike was reached but required written form.
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Washington
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John J. Moran
Long Iineg Workers’ Organization
Moran
NFTW
California Quake Rattles State with Light Damage Reported
A sharp rolling quake lasting about a minute shook Southern California at 9 99 am causing no deaths or major damage. Caltech seismologists noted deep origins. minor damage reported in Glendale and Las una Beach while areas from Santa Barbara to Imperial Valley felt only light impact.
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Angeles
California
Dothan
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
Imperial Valley
el Centro
Glendale
Lasuna Beach
San Bernadino
Cal Tech
Ate
Owens Valley
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Artz
Ubey
Two Year Old Dothan Child Dies After Poison Ingestion
Jaren Earl Leger two died in a hospital from accidental poisoning found near home while playing. Funeral services were held at Memphis Baptist Church with Rev. A D Zbinen officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs M J Leger and siblings Jackie Shirley Nell Prenda Joyca Leger. grandparents Mr and Mrs B B Leger. FE 3 Franklin. several aunts and uncles.
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Jaren Earl Leger
Ronoef
M. J. Leger
Dothan
Mermiphis Baptist Church
A. D. Zbinden
Johnson- Wilkerson
Jackie
Juainters
Shirley Nell
Prenda Joyca Leger
Mroo
B. B. Leger
Franklin
Unecer
Army personnel in war period total 11 367 989 in U S
War Department reports 11 367 989 men and women served in the Army from November 1 1940 to July 31 1946. Army strength reached 1 799 102 on July 31 with 9 568 887 separations. New York led with 1 157 000 men and 24 741 women. Nevada smallest with 11 000 men and 37 women. state tallies include Alabama 206 000 and 2 471. Florida 147 000 and 3 480.
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Washington
War Department
New York
Nevada
Alabama
Florida
Veteran Of Tornadoes Recalls Oklahoma Town Hit Last Night
An Oklahoma survivor describes a violent tornado striking Woodward, detailing the roar of the wind and the cafe collapse. He recounts helping injured neighbors, pulling four girls from wreckage, and witnessing widespread destruction and trapped families.
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Oklahoma
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