Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Joe T. Burton reports from Montgomery as 13 of Gov. James E. Folsom's special investigators are freed to assist the liquor division amid rising moonshine and brine whiskey activity. The Wiregrass notes include salaries for Bauer division staff, a new Boy Scout troop forming in Canan, Dale County FFA public speaking finals in Ozark and Auburn, the Chipola Junior College deed mailed from Washington, a Sacred Harp sing at Pilgrim's Rest Church, Dale County calf shows in DoThan, and a wild prison escape rumor near Dothan investigated by law enforcement with bloodhounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe T. Burton
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Moon
Bauer Division
Pen T. Davis
Headland
Ralph M. Sparks
Enterrise
Tom Wilson
Dothan
Dan Fitzpatrick
Midland City
Dale County
FFA Association
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Auburn
Fitzpatrick
Ozark
Dale County Association
Kellermann Heard As Rotary Speaker
The Rev. Joseph Kellermann rector of the Barcespal Church of the Nativity was guest speaker at the Dothan Rotary Club meeting. He was introduced by program chairman Rev. EF Tipton Carroll. Joe Trulious was inducted as a new member by Clyde Levern. Rotarian Milton Williams reported on the state Rotary convention in Montgomery. Attending with Williams were Harry Hall Lee Herlong Wood Pearson W K Hoht Max Welder Rufus Davis and Ho HS Mi Ahley. Guests included Dr W C Howell Rex McReynolds J C Gissen danner J P Burnett and Feadman Sheals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kellermann
Barcespal Church
Nativity
Dothan
Rotary Club
EF. Tipton Carroll
Joe Trulious
Clyde Levern
Milton Williams
Montgomery
Joeal Club
Williams
Harry Hall
Lee Herlong
Ood Pearson
W. K. Hoht
Chapran Installed As Chairman Of Boy Scout District
Charles Chapran was installed as chairman of the Houston Boy Scout district committee at a meeting with about 53 adult leaders present. The universal badge was presented by J Whit King. Guest speaker RK C Joiner of Ozark urged more volunteer leadership and active support, viewing scouting as a key community activity beside home, church, and school. The gathering opened with a flag ceremony led by Scouts Hardy Harden, Jack Curwell, and Tony Sturges, followed by the pledge of allegiance. Benton Q Foy, district commissioner, led visitor recognition and noted longtime volunteers and current leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chapn Os
Bally Harden
Jack Cuarwell
Tony Sturges
Dothan
Benton Q. Foy
Fireman Seeks Job Restoration By Court Action
Dalton Mills, former Dothan Fire Department member, served notice of appeal to the Circuit Court to regain his old city job. He was indicted for arson connected to a home fire last year, was acquitted, and after failing to win reinstatement through the Personnel Board, now seeks a jury trial in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Mills
Dothan Fire Department
Mills
Explosives Damage Roof Of Birmingham Armour Plant
Explosives tossed on the roof of the Armour & Co plant in north Birmingham caused about 200 in damage. The facility has been closed two weeks due to the nationwide meat packers strike. Detective Murray Hancock said pickets were patrolling in front of the plant when the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Armour & Co
Murray Hancock Sala
Russian Manganese Brought To Mobile
The first carload of Russian manganese ore brought to Mobile since April 1947 was unloaded today. The 10,000 ton shipment, essential in steel manufacture, arrived aboard the Sea Queen, a Panamanian registered freighter. The ore was loaded at Poti in the Soviet Caucasus port on the eastern Black Sea. Master of the ship and crew are of mixed nationality, led by Capt. A. Racaman, an English-speaking Finn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Sea Queen
Poti
Black Sea
Stip
A. Racaman
Compulsory universal military training debate in Congress
Forrestal urged immediate draft needs as a UMT plan could provide a trained reserve pool for emergency. He warned the draft might continue without UMT and cautioned that international police efforts remain unresolved while U.S. military strength grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrestal
UMT
Forresta
Congress
U.N
Coutey
Russia
Forres
Countriei
Enrollment Greater At State University
Enrollment at the University of Alabama for the spring quarter totals 7,682 students, up from 7,603 last year. The student body includes 46 states, with 83 percent from Alabama. School counts include Arts and Sciences 2,409 and Engineering 1,166 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
W. F. Adams
Alabama
Medical
Turmoil in Bogota Mirrors European Tensions Amid Election Countdown
Reports describe widespread violence in Bogota as protests and street clashes threaten safety for delegates. Food and protection were promised by the United States and Colombia, but attacks—including damaged capitol offices, streetcar fights, and gunfire near La Verna Church—persist as authorities quell uprisings. A National assassin case involving Jorge B. Girton Waters surfaces with documents traced to the killer, Juan Roa Sierra, while cotton futures in New Orleans and New York show declines amid market jitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Marshall
Bogota
United States
la Verna Cras
Nberal
EP Tiempoo
Idea
Thesesessin
Marderna
Laberal Party
Jorge Bheeer Girton Wats
Juan Roa Sierra
Pape
Srvitho and Wesson Ca
EL Vienspo
Livestock prices at Montgomery market report
Fed state market news notes receipts for cattle and hogs at Montgomery. Cattle best demand for light and medium slaughter yearlings 23.50 to 26.00. calves 24.00 to 26.00. feeders and stockers mainly 11.00 to 25.00. Hogs steady to higher with various weight classes quoted from 12.50 to 19.25. total receipts about 350 cattle and 200 calves and 200 hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery (Ap
Mkt
Maritime union bias case tests political belief limits
The maritime union led by president Joseph Curran sued after the NLRB refused ballots in two Great Lakes seamen elections. The Board said the union failed registration and affidavit provisions of sections 9F G1 and OCD, while the union argued the rules infringe free speech and due process. The NLRB argues Congress can promote collective bargaining and curb unions as political weapons used by Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
NLRB
Great Lakes
Labor Department
Congress
Communist Party
Three Women Nominated For American Mother of 1948
Three women were nominated for the title by the Golden Rule Foundation. Helen Gibbons Lotspeich of Cleveland Ohio Maude Minor Schmidt of Billings Montana and Leola Belle White Nixon of Monroe Louisiana were nominated for their roles as mothers. Nixon was chosen to represent her state for rearing a family that is a credit to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Golden Rule Foundation
Helen Gibbons Lotspeich
Cleveland
Ohio
Maude Minor Schmidt
Billings
Mont
Leola Belle White Nixon
Monroe
Nixon
Nebraska Narrowly Budgets Parity Promise Amid Primary Sparks
Campaign wrangles surface as three leaders clash over nomination prospects in Nebraska. Dewey and Stassen push anti Communist notes while Taft criticizes Truman’s handling. About 300,000 voters in presidential popularity primary plus local races, with delegates to Philadelphia convention at stake. Dewey claims majority among 337 delegates already chosen, while all camps claim victory by a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Stassen
Dewey
Omaha
Communist Party
Bogota
Truman
U. S
U.S
Ragata
Taft
Mio Federation of Republican Women’s Organizations
Toledo
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Joseph O'Mahoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
City Grants Permits for Homes and Commercial Buildings
City engineer approves permits for four new residences and two commercial structures. Recipients include A D Bartlett at 206 W Ledayoite St for 7008 dollars and K B Parrish with E Crbeford valued at 8350. Also S Lee E Waters receives a body shop at 101 W Cottonwood Rd for 4000 and auto company building at 1001 S Gates St valued at 35000. Additional permits go to Parker Brown for remodeling at 123 N Foster for 6000, Fannie B Mills for residence additions at 1504 E Newton for 300, and Gus sie Mae Forrester for garage additions at 315 N Foster for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Bartlett
W. Ledayoite
Stile
Martin
K. B. Parrish
A E. Crbeford
Ars
G. Maddox
Andrews
sLee E. Waters
Cottonwood ‘Road
Gates ‘Street
Parker Brown
Foster
Fannie B Mills
E. Newton
Gussie ‘Mae ’Forrester
Non-Smoker Steals 20 000 Cigarettes
Dothan police arrested Charlie C. Thornton 32 and accuse him of grand larceny in the theft of 20 000 cigarettes from a Dothan Cigar and Caddy Company truck Saturday night. Accomplice Mancy McLendon 42 named by police also charged and held. authorities recovered several cartons and cases at homes.
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Dothan
Charlie C. Thornton
Mancy McLendon
Eddie Kelley
Thornton
McLendon
Kelley
Larceny Charged To Store Employee James Potter
James Potter a 19 year old from Dothan has been charged with petty larceny over four cartons of cigarettes from a local chain store. Police Chief Eddie Kelley said he was employed at the store and allegedly hid the cigarettes under trash then recovered them later. He admitted taking the four cartons and others on prior occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Dothan
Sam Boswell
Headland
James Potter
Eddie Kelley
Potter
Kelley
Miners Return Amid Wide Rebound In Work
Mine officials said some mines would operate today but refused to name mines or coal companies. Operators and United Mine Workers officials projected at least 100,000 miners in the shafts today as West Virginia with 120,000 of the nation’s 400,000 miners shows a gradual return. In Huntington, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway recall of 1,600 shop foremen and later calls for 1,600 more workers. Western Missouri-Kansas district reports early returns. UMW leader Mitch urges Alabama’s 20,000 miners to resume without promising immediate results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Chesapeake Ohio Railway
Huntington
W. Va
Missouri-Kansas
UMW
William Mitch
Alabama
Dixie party debates Truman stance in Civil Rights clash
Southern Dixie leaders press for state sovereignty and local self government while plotting against Truman’s civil rights program. Midwest and Northeast calls for a Truman bandwagon meet with skepticism as Alabama’s McCorvey is absent and Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina leaders attend.
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Dixie Party
Truman
Midwest Democratic
Des Moines
Massachusetts
John F. Cahill
Midwest
Northeast
J. O. Emmerich
McComb, Miss
Mississippi
Herbert Holmes
James S. Peters
Georgia
Joe Hill Williams
Florida
William P. Baskin
South Carolina
Gessner T. McCorvey
Negro confesses after meeting nurse in campus infirmary hallway
Sweat recounted how a man described meeting the nurse in the campus infirmary hallway shortly after noon. He said the assailant wrestled with her, struck the nurse with an ashtray, and dumped the body in the bedroom as a fire destroyed the room. Firemen found a bloodstained murder weapon amid burned rubble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweat
Jewish forces hold key positions as UN plan looms
Number 21 members backed a military accord between Haganah and Irgun Zvai Leumi amid resignations over the alliance. Ben-Gurion opposed the move while a UN backed provisional government is urged. Fighting persists as Jewish and Arab forces clash along the Tel Aviv Jerusalem corridor and in villages like Deir Yassin and Kastel. A shipload of Jewish refugees without visas was intercepted by the British Navy and will be detained on Cyprus.
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Haganah
Jewish Milita
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Isaac Gruenbaum
Jewish Agency Executive
David Ben-Gurion
Council
Ben-Gurion
Palestine
Judean Hills
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Deir Yassin Kastel
Kolonia
Matza
Kirina
Abavim
Arza
Cyprus
Feathers of the touracou bear nut pigments and copper
The touracou bird's tropical plumage uses me a tic nut pigments with traces of copper. The Hopi of Arizona are noted as the sole North American tribe where weaving is strictly a man's art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Nor
America
Arizons
Camporee Postponed for Henry District Scouts
The Henry district Boy Scouts camporee scheduled for this week has been postponed to April 34. Scout Executive J. Cooke announced that Houston and other districts will join Pa Dale and Coffee troops at the new reservation. The event focuses on patrol leadership and practical camping skills without rigid equipment standards, letting scouts plan menus and arrange gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housieg
Mrs. Thompson Dies in Midland City at 72
OZARK Special Mrs Fr ence Thompson age seventy two died in Midland City after a long illness. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Joe Enfinger and Mrs Dais Woodham of Ozark, three sons Jim and Hay Thor son of near Midland City, Home of Frostproof Florida, two sisters Mrs Fannie Andrews and Mr Sally Jackson of Winter Haven Florida, two brothers Claudi Wilkes of Winter Haven and Jim Wilkes of Graceville plus several grandchildren. Funeral 1 a m Wednesday at Chal Head Church with Rev Jete Baldwin officiating. Burial in church cemetery Holman Funeral Home of Ozark in charge.
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Ozark
Frence Thompson
Midland City
Joe Enfinger
Dais Woodham
Jim
Hay Thorson
Frostproof
Fla
Fannie Andrews
Sally Jackson
Winter Haven
Claudi Wilkes
Jim Wilkes
Grace
Folsom And Hamm To Share Platform At Mobile Rally
Gov James E Folsom and Senatorial candidate Phillip J Hamm will speak from the same platform at a political rally in Mobile on Saturday night Mobile License Commissioner Thomas L Holley announced Hamm, a former State Revenue Commissioner, opposes Senator John Sparkman and three other candidates Holley added Folsom and Hamm are not traveling together Their dates just happened to be the same Folsom seeks a delegate post from the state at large to the Democratic National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
James E. Folsom
Phillip J. Hamm
Moble License Commissione
Thomas L. Holley
Hamm
John Sparkman
Holley
Folsom
Military spending set as top priority by House GOP
House GOP leaders discount talk of controls while promising rapid action on defense. Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr said the steering committee made military spending the paramount priority to ensure national defense and pledged early consideration of draft legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
GOP
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Canan
Foster Street Methodist Church
Max Weldon
Harvey Yarbrough Addis Williams
Robert Rush
Chipola Junior College
Washington
Bob Sikes
Marianna
Marianna Army Air Field
Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church
Fadette
Geneva County
Webb Singletary
J. A. Tew
Geneva
Elba
Kellermann
S. Foster St
Chapran
Boy Scout District
Missouri Pacific
Stanton Mason
Schenectady
N. Y
Schenece Lady Yards
St. Louis
State University
Orleans
New Orleans
Bisher
Shay
Janis Carter
Rita Hayworth
Janet Blair
Polar Bear
Deadhead
Signe Hasso
Laide Te
Thompson
Folsom and
Speigner Concrete Block CO
Old Fairground
Zephyr
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Southside Granite Co
S. Appletree Coy
L. Brunsca
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