Monster Bird sighting stirs Belvidere and St Louis area
Colone W F Siegmund and 12 year old James Traves report sighting a gigantic bird near Alton Illinois and Glendale Missouri. They say the creature resembled the Belvidere dispatch description of a bird bigger than an airplane, though Siegmund noted no wing flaps during his sighting.
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ST. Louis
Air Force
Belvidere
W. F. Siegmund
Army Air Base
Kearns
Utah
Alton
James Traves
Glendale
Sigemund
United Press Dispatch
Robert Price
Verry Babb
Siegmund
Western Cartridge Co
Nebraska Delegates Pledged To Support Primary Winners
Omaha AP report says 32 Nebraska delegate candidates pledged on the eve of the Republican National Convention to vote for the primary winner on the first ballot. Most would back the Tuesday winner if viable, in a three way race among Stassen Dewey Taft, with other candidates like Vandenberg MacArthur Warren and Martin also on the ballot. A Lincoln Journal poll found 24 of 32 pledged to follow the primary result, a figure echoed by AP canvass.
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Omaha
Republian
Nebraska
Harold FE. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
House
Joseph Martin
Raymond McConnell Jr
The
Lincoln Journal
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Witness reports gigantic bird sighting over rural area
Siegmund and Col Ralph Jackson rode past when a gray green object, about the size of a small plane, appeared in the sky at 4000 to 5000 feet. Siegmund said it looked like a bird not a glider or jet and fled to tell his father. Two Army planes had just flown by.
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Siegmund
Col
Ralph Jackson
Western Military Academy
Jackson
Traures
Raymond Spann, Man Of Hobbies
Dothan insurance man Raymond Spann stays busy with a dozen pursuits including his year-old daughter, camellias, photography, woodwork, and golf. He treasurers several groups, runs a home workshop, and enjoys a remote-controlled electric train setup. he also photographs neighborhood kids and explores photomicrography as a new hobby.
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Clarence Streetman
Raymond Spann
Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
United Charities Chest
Salvation Arms
Kava Iah
Foster’ Street Methodist Church
Dothan Men's
Spann
Germany
Tam
Rolf
Fagle
Campaign pledges and signatories by congressional district
In the First District, 3 candidates heard from with 5 pledging walkouts and 1 refusing to sign. Notable names include Dan G. Beker, Chauncey Sparks, and Jerome Phillips. Second District, 6 candidates heard from with 0 pledged and 6 refusing or unnamed. Third District, 7 candidates heard from with 3 pledging and 2 refusing. Fourth District, 8 candidates with 5 heard from and 3 pledging. Fifth District, 3 candidates with no replies. Sixth District, 8 candidates with 5 heard from and 4 pledging and 1 refusing. Seventh District, 1 reply with no pledges. Eighth District, 3 candidates with no replies. Ninth District, 12 candidates with 8 replies and 5 pledging walkouts. Names feature H M Abercombie, Jess Edwards, Jack Williams among Birmingham listings.
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Troy
Dan G. Beker
A. A. Carmichael
Montgomery
Steve) Colpack
Bessemer
Charles G. Dobbins
J. J
Big Jim) Folsom
Carl Griffin
Lister Hill
A. L. Petterson
Phenix City
Jerome Phillips
Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
Eufaula
Bay Minette
Wilbur B. Nolen, Jr
Ralfe C. Searcy
Greenville
Ed Yeaman
Florala
Third
Waldo FE. Ard
Ozark
E. C
Bud) Poswell
Geneva
L. A. Farmer
Dothan
C. C. Bush
John W. Gentry, Jr
Walter C. Givhan
Safford
Winston Stewart
Beesford
Graham Wright
Talladega
A. L. Hanks
Cecil W Hastings
Anniston
H. Coleman Long
Uniontown
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Max Shiller
Marion
Cohen E. Stapp
Clanton
Fred W Nicol
J. M. Miller
Cordova
H. M. Abercombie
Frank L. Eddens, Jr
J. K
Jess) Edwards
Brighton
Wallace C. Johns
Roy E
Jack) Williams, Sr
Guy W. Hanna
Comet of 1948 Noted in Hercules Constellation
The first comet of 1948 was discovered in Hercules. It is tenth magnitude and too faint to see unaided, yet shows a noticeable tail.
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United States
England
Hercules
Yugoslav Air Incidents Involving U S Planes
Yugoslav towns allegedly overflown by American planes in March are named as Robuna Robidisce on March 11 Strnec Sepcine March 12 and Zega near Kobarid March 26. Planes flew 900 to 9000 feet. A U S C47 was damaged on August 1 near Ljubljana after forced landing by a Yugoslav fighter. Five U S airmen killed August 19 near the Italo Yugoslav border. Marshall Tito called the incident regrettable.
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Robuna Robidisce
Strnec Sepcine
Zega
Kobarid
Tanjug
Ljubljana
Vienna
Udine
Italy
Richard C. Patterson, Jr
U. S
Belgrade
Marshall Tito
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Universal Concrete Pipe CO
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Me S. Appletree Coy
L. Brunson
Jack Kingry
Der
Taylor
Speigner
Beauty
Ramsey & Son
Speigner Concrete
Home Owned
Home Operated
India
Brewton Engineer
ING Company
Brewton
Housewives
Sherwin-Williams
Wwe
N. Foster Ph
Vene Vecator
J Paint Service
Cenres
Bara
Happy People
I Your
Ward-Wilson, Inc
Brown-Service Insurance
W. Main St
Joe, the Barber
Dothan, Alabama
Enterprise Highway
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