Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
No fire losses reported in the city for the first half of the month. Only four fire alarms answered, three of which required no service upon truck arrival. Easter services feature worn clothes theme, with Rev. Max McNab and Evangelist Rev. Troy Helms leading. Sunrise service at Pilgrim's Home Baptist Church and two special Easter services at First Christian Church. Sergeant Wallace Jackson serves with the 3rd Armored Cavalry in Tarheel exercise at Fort Bragg. Eight Lions club members to attend Mobile convention April 22-24 led by Nathan Greenberg. new member Harvey Younn welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max McNab
Assembly of God Church Here
Troy B Helms
Mooile
Assemblies of God
3Rd Cavalry
Wallace Jackson
Dothan
3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Bragg
Camp Mackall Sandhill
North Carolina
LIONS
Lions Club
Dorian Lions Club
Mobile
Liems
Nathan Greenberg
Julian Turner
Jimmy Dees
Amor Tindell
Horach Burch
J. T. Wright
Co. C. Williams
John Martin
Harvey Younn
Tip Chambers
Birmingham
Special Church Program at Forster Street Methods
The Youth Fellows present "The Everlasting Dream" during Sunday evening service at 7 30 p m. The cast includes Augusta Walden Donald Hawkins Quinn Flowers Dr Jerrie Hawkins Julian Peterman Pat Hutchings Virginia Malone Percy McAlney Connie Hill and Charles Rackley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster Street
Augusta Walden
Donald Hawkins
Quinn Flowers
Jerrie Hawkins
Julian Peterman
Pat Hhchings
Virginia Malone
Percy McAlney
Connie Hill
Charles Rackley
Man Charged with Driving While Intoxicated
Police records show a man listed as O'Neal S. Grirsett charged yesterday with driving while intoxicated. He was released under bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polce Records
O'Neal S. Grirsett
Survival of Fish Freezing Depends on Time and Melt Conditions
Some fish species endure being frozen in ice, but survival hinges on how long they stay frozen and the manner in which the ice thaws. This emphasizes the role of duration and melt dynamics in their resilience.
Flea Jumps 200 Times Its Body Length
A flea can leap a distance equivalent to about 200 times its body length. This remarkable propulsion enables rapid relocations and helps fleas reach hosts quickly, contributing to their success as parasites.
Girl Scouts Thanked by Viennese Child
Dothan Girl Scouts Troop Six received a letter dated February 27 1949 from seven year old Fridolin Putze in Vienna Austria. He thanks them for the “friend ship” clothing box sent overseas and explains his mother buys no shoes. He asks for a letter and sends blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of Dothan Troop Six
Girl Scout Troop 6
Fridolin Putze
Vienna
Austria
Livestock Market Totals and Hog Prices Across Several States
Livestock arrivals totaled 400 cattle, 209 calves and 2 200 hogs at markets in Georgia Alabama and Florida. Hog markets were steady to slightly lower with 180 240 lb barrows and gilts mostly 15 25 to 17 25, 240 270 lb 15 50 to 16, 270 509 lb 14 to 15, and lighter weights around 15 50 to 15.00. Cattle and calf receipts and prices varied by region with steers, heifers, cows and calves showing mixed changes through Montgomery and nearby markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tiston
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
J. T. Leary 84 Dies After Porch Fall
ENTERPRISE Special J T Leary 84 died of shock after a fall from his back porch yesterday. He was a retired businessman who moved to Enterprise from Troy in 1904. Funeral at 11 a.m. tomorrow at First Baptist Church with burial in the city cemetery. Survived by widow, three daughters Mrs T B West Pelham Ga Mrs Ruby Hildreth Miami and Mrs Pete Volger Evansville Ind two sons Harry Leary Birmingham and Jack Leary Panama City Fla grandchildren. Active pallbearers Otis Byrd Waldo Byrd C Reeves Ed Oliver and J E Hudson. Members of the Baraca Sunday School class provide honorary pallbearers. Dr B R Justice will officiate. Searcy Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leary
Enterprise
Troy
First Baptist Church
City
T. B. West
Pelham
Ruby Hildreth
Miami
Pete Volger
Evansville
Ind
Harry Leary
Birmingham
Jack Leary
Panama City
Fla
Otis Byrd
Waldo Byrd
C. Reeves
Ed Oliver
J. E. Hudson
Baraca
B. R. Justice
Searcy Funeral Homne
Dothan Man Returns To Service In Army
Chief Warrant Officer Roger C. Davis of Dothan reenlisted in the Army as a master sergeant after 20 years of service. He served 14 years with the second chemical regiment at Fort Benning and spent 31 months overseas in England and France. Davis later served at Camp McLain Mississippi and Fort Moultrie South Carolina and is now assigned to the inspector general section of Third Army at Fort McPherson. He and his wife Irene Jarvis Davis have moved to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger C. Davis
Dothan
Public Information Office
Fore McPherson
Davis
Second Chemical Regiment
Fort Benning
England
France
Camp Mclain
Miss
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Third Army
Fort McPherson
Irene Jarvis Davis
Atlanta
Hudson Automobile Prices Are Reduced
DETROIT AP The Hudson Motor Car company cut prices on its 1949 models following five other auto makers. President A. E. Barit announced reductions ranging from 15 to 100 dollars, signaling a broad pricing move in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
A. E. Barit
Hudson
13 Bill Seeks Taft Hartley Provision Elimination
The measure would end the mandatory NLRB general counsel injunction in unfair labor practice prosecutions while preserving discretion. It maintains a ban on the closed shop but allows unions to inform of vacancies, permits union shop with election removal options, and requires non Communist oaths for officials. Secondary boycotts would be allowed under certain conditions, and voting by strikers would be adjusted. Several Taft Hartley provisions remain, including mediation, political spending bans, and foreman bargaining limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Taft - Hartley
Independent Mediation Service
Emnloees
WMS Circles Meet For Study And To Prepare Gifts
Special report from Donalsonville shows Lottie Moon Circle of First Baptist's WM S met at Mrs A J Jones home. Leaders orators included Mrs Co OD Thomas and Mrs A J Godfrey with lessons on Matthew and missionary work. Members wrapped Easter gifts for Baptist Orphanage in Hapeville. Ten attended. Catherine Bryan Circle hosted a follow up meeting at Mrs J B Thomas with devotional from Luke and discussion on stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donalsonville
Lottie Moon
First Baptist Church
A. J. Jones
Co. OD. Thomas
A. J. Godfrey
L. J. Cowart
C. S&s. Forrester
Catherine Bryan
WMS
Baptist Orphanage
Hapeville
J. B. Thomas
S. W. Jeffcoat
Thomas
Lloyd Gray
J. B. Lawrence
Merchants eye bigger spring business amid price pressures
Dun and Bradstreet figures show mixed weekly sales as of late February with year over year gains of up to four percent in some regions and declines elsewhere. Merchants push value, quality, and credit while debating price strategies to balance profit and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun & Bradstreet
Northeast
Northwest
East
Middlewest
South
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Legion Safety Drive Promoted by Dothan Post
Chester R. Vickery Post American Legion sponsors a safety program in Dothan led by Post Commander Barney Adams. Kansas City representative Dottie Kliner directs the effort. Merchants will buy safety booklets for school distribution. Booklets highlight home and road safety to reduce accidents, with city commission approval guiding community cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester R. Vickery Post
American ‘Legion
Dothan
Barney Adams
Dottie Kliner
Kansas City
The
Legion
Adams
Alabama cities face range of municipal challenges at regional meeting
About 50 city officials from Southeast Alabama attended a conference at Ozark Community House. The session covered finance, taxation, roads, building codes, debt, recreation, sanitation, schools, jails and crime prevention with examples from Dothan Ozark Andalusia and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
House
Alabama
Reid
Andrews
Ozark
Dothan
Andalusia
Arton
Oop
Columbia
Geneva
Banks
Boundidge
Enterprise
Cottonwood
Samson
Abbeville
Headland
Elba
Eufaula
House approves omnibus bill with large veterans cut
The House passed the omnibus bill after two minor changes, cutting the Selective Service allotment to 4.5 million, adding 3.43495 million to Maritime Commission training, and granting a large Veterans Administration appropriation. Overall, agencies faced substantial reductions, with the VA receiving a major cut despite ending with 14.98 million more than this year’s funding, excluding the emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Commission Fund
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Budget Bureau
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
Encyclical on Palestine Seeks Global Regime and Access
The encyclical appeals for an international regime over Jerusalem, protection and free access to holy places, liberty for Catholic institutions, and preservation of centuries of Catholic rights in Palestine. Bishops are urged to inform their faithful and press rulers for these aims. At St Det x’s services a relic cross was used in a solemn ceremony with priests processing before Cardinal Tedenchini.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
St. Det X'S
Tedenchini
Coffee consumption per person reaches TF pounds including children
United States residents now average more than TF pounds of coffee per person annually, a rise that includes consumption by children. This shift reflects changing habits in daily routines and market demand across households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pizarro Conquest Expanded Across Early South America
Fragmentary notes describe Pizarro’s 1597 conquest shaping Peru and including Bolivia and Ecuador with portions of Argentina and Colombia. The text hints at territorial reach and historic context of colonial expansion.
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Pizarro
Peru
Its
Bolivia
Ecuador
Argentin
Colombia
Supreme Court denies rehearing for Bryant case
Curtis Bryant appeal for rehearing denied by Alabama Supreme Court. Bryant, convicted of first degree murder in Dothan last year for slaying Johnnie Mae Bryant, remains jailed in Houston County and awaiting transfer to a state prison to begin execution. Attorneys filed the motion on March 2. official notification pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Bryant
Dothan
Negra
Alabama Supreme Court
Bryant
Johnnie. Mae. Bryant
Houston
Rev Woodall Plans Two Sunday Services
The Rev Comer Woodall, pastor of Napier and Sylvan Grove Methodist churches, will lead two services Sunday. At Napier he will conduct sunrise services at 3 30 a m on the airstrip with a large crowd expected. At Sylvan Grove a building fund service is planned for 10 a m with funds to meet building plans. overflow seating is arranged as enthusiasm runs high. Eleven joined the church last Sunday with three transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comer Woodall
Napier
Sylvan Grove Methodist
Woodall
Hee
Sylvan Grove
Mrs H A Felder Hosts Bridge Party For Out of Town Guests
Mrs H A Felder entertained Wednesday at her Blakely home in honor of Mrs Howard Harrison and Mrs James Rodney of Philadelphia. Easter lilies and irises decorated rooms. High score trophy went to Mrs George Warrick. Guests included ten ladies and three additional visitors from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gleaton
George Warrick
Hal Clinkscales
Bernard Herring
Jack Gilstrap
J. B. Hall
F. B. Martindale, Jr
C. B. Gay
Emily Singletary
R. A. Houston
George Nelson
I. D. Felder
Tears of St Ann statue draw crowds on Good Friday
Police estimated about 2 500 people gathered late last night around the statue head of St Ann near the Martins residence. Crowds included crippled and blind individuals, some from Detroit and Toronto, with streets blocked and buses rerouted. Witnesses described tears from the statue and many rubbed handkerchiefs or rosaries on its face while others sought the watery substance for relatives. A TV crew confirmed the tears, and a minister suggested a chemical analysis to compare saliva with the liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Anne
Mathew Solinski
Detroit
Toronto
Robert Chappell
St. Ann
Virgin Mary
Paul Wiley
Y al Rein
Glenn 0. Canfield
May Memorial Unitarian Church
Russian veto blocks procedural action in UN Assembly
The vote stood 43 to in the Russian bloc with Burma and India abstaining. Russia’s opposition doomed the proposal as Big Five agreement was required. The Assembly then defeated a Russian resolution on powers’ consultation for smoother Security Council operation, with 40 voting yes and five abstentions from Afghanistan Burma Guatemala India and Pakistan.
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Burma
India
Russia
Security ‘Council
Nenet “Rix A
Bloc
Afghanistan
Guatemala
Pakistan
The
mMmajority
Resolu
Rawls Heads Legion At Marianna
Joba n Rawls is the new commander of the Smith-Kelly post of the American Legion in Marianna. He succeeds Norman Houghton. Installed officers include Richard Garnet first vice commander Troy B Joiner second vice commander Joe Quick finance officer Rev M A DuRant chaplain J M Sims Jr historian E A Denham sergeant at arms Hodges Tustiss service officer James Gilis adjutant. Executives seated are Dewey Rowe Herschel Malloy T B Copeland. Past district commander Clyds Mayhall served as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Joban
Rawls
Smith-Kelly
American Legion
Norman Houghton
Legion
Richard Garnant
Troy B. Joiner
Joe Quick
M.A. DuRant
J. M. Sims, Jr
E. A. Denham
Hodges Tustiss
James Gilis
Dewey Rowe
Herschel Malloy
T. B. Copeland
Clyds Mayhall
Hartford Auxiliary and Legion Post Hold Joint Meet
Hartford Special The Women's Auxiliary and American Legion Post 142 met in the American Legion Hall for a joint session with supper then business. The auxiliary planned membership drives while the treasurer reported 149.90 in the bank. The poppy order was reduced to 500. three members were appointed to arrange a park stand for poppy sales. A prize for the best high school poppy poster was approved. Betsy Berckbickler seeks Girls State consideration. All members urged to attend and invite eligible nonmembers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Women’s Auxiliary
American Legions
American Legion Hall
Erma Dean Myers
Ruth Helms
Maude Brannon
Betsy Berckbickler
Textile convention hears on state sales and profits decline
Senator Henderson spoke at the annual Textile Manufacturers convention noting 1945 sales near 34 million with profits of 11.8 million, while two years later sales surpassed 48 million with profits down 300 thousand. The talk, led by Bert G. Stumberg, urged Alabama mills to raise quality and lower prices to meet rising global competition and warned postwar demand softening since last Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
J. L. Brakefield
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
New South
Bert G. Stumberg
Tallassee
Stumberg
Alabama
Sweden's 130 cities and fertilizer scarcity in 1949
Sweden has 130 cities with at least 26 receiving charters during King Gustaf V's 41-year reign, approaching 91 years old next June. Nitrogen fertilizer remains in light supply and is likely to stay scarce this year. Production is expected to rise only seven percent in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Gustaf V
Death notices from Wiregrass region report two obituaries
Obituary items list Mrs T L Davis of Alford and Ida Davis 73 who died in Thomasville hospital. Rites were held at Alford Methodist Church with burial at Alford Cemetery. Surviving family includes L Davis husband two daughters and two sons. Also James He Thompson 60 died in Midland City area with funeral at Cedar Grove church and burial at the church cemetery. Surviving include four sons three daughters and two brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Davis
Marianna
Alford Methodist Church
Pyroia
Ida Davis
Thomasville
H. E. Dykes
A. L. Lumpkin
Alford Cemetery
Pyfie Skipper
Memphis
Taps
T. Z
Alford
W. Davis
Pensacola
Roast Scott
Wilton Barnes
L. Byron
Caro Syfrett
Olin Haddog
Buck Kirkland
James H. Thompson
Ozark
James
Midland
Cedar Grove Church
J. Y Baldwin
Stanley Howell
Oza
Jamy RR
J. C
Delma
Andrey Thompson
Midland Ciy
Flora Dell Head
Estey Richardson
Hurdie Bay Thompson
Midland City
Brathers
Homerson
Frostproof
Fla
Bmwood Thompson
Deis Woodham
Jay Enfinger
James E Barnes of Ozark Dies in Flag Hospital
Jane Eben Barnes aged 34 formerly of Ariton died Wednesday in a Flag hospital after a se ifiness funeral services set for Saturday at 3 p m at the Ariton Baptist church led by Rev Joseph Avery of Pheni City burial in Arite Universalist cemetery Herman Funeral Home in charge He is survived by his mother Mrs Wyatt Barnes Boca Grix Florida two sisters Miss Virgi Barnes Portland Maine and Mrs Marguerite Knight Bon Grande Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Barnes
Ozark
Jane Eben Barnes
Merly
Ariton
Ariton Baptist
Joseph Avery
Pheni City
Arite Universalist
Man Funeral Home
Barnes
Wyatt Barnes
Ane
Boca Grix
Fla
Virgi Barnes
Portland
Maine
Marguerite Knight
Bon Grande
Quarles Backed by Senate Foe Amid State Service Row
The governor spoke in South Alabama about Quarles, noting her past as an executive officer at the State Military Department before being fired two years ago after disagreements over funding measures. She declined comment on the senator’s statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitals
Quarles
Senate
South Alabama
Farm productivity halves after war loss in man hours
After the war, each man hour of farm work yields two-fifths of prior output, signaling a sharp drop in efficiency and farm production. The change implies reduced yields and potential food supply strain as labor productivity declines.
Wisdom teeth eruption ages noted in historical records
The fragment notes instances of wisdom teeth eruption outside typical ages 18 to 25, mentioning records of earlier occurrences around age 14 and other undetermined ages, reflecting historical variability in dental development.
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Pilgrim's Home Baptint Church
Enterprise Highway
Oland Wilson
Southside
Masonic Temple
First Christian
Tipton Carroll
LeMerle Penn
Tor
Mary
Thera
J. T. Leary
Goto
Gen
Ho-Ying-chin
Absvi Vis
Sun- Fa
Chiang Kai-shek
iLegion
Supreme Court
H. A. Felder
Legion Post
For All
Pilgrim’s Home Baptist
Southside Baptist Church
Flintrote
Asbustos Cement
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
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