Dollar Days Bargains Draw Wiregrass Shoppers to Dothan
Shoppers from Wiregrass and afar flocked to Dothan for the two day Dollar Days event. Residents from Chipley Florida Atlanta Georgia Marianna and Napier Field praised the bargains and reported crowded stores with many items at reduced prices. Children joined in as families browsed the aisles amid enthusiastic replies that these sale days should be repeated in other towns.
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Victor Smith
Dothan
Mes
W. B. Peel
Chipley
Fra
C. C. Sellers
Atlanta
Walk Promises by Three Candidates Split Democratic Delegates
Thirty pledged delegates threaten to walk out if Truman civil rights plank is adopted at the Democratic National Convention. State Party Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey released names of signers amid protests from anti walk supporters. Twenty-eight candidates remain uncommitted and 26 delegates will be elected this year.
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Mobile
Gessner T. McCorvey
Robert W. Gwin
Birmingham
McCorvey
Truman
Hartford Drug Store Robbed of Narcotics
Hartford police report a break in at Guilford's drug store with about 600 morphine tablets and a pint of liquid morphine stolen. The robbery damaged a glass pane, entry through the front, exit via the back. Chief E. E. Sammons said federal narcotics agents will investigate. The cash register’s money was not the target.
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Hartford
Guilford
E. E. Sammons
Sammons
Violence at Rome cotton mill sparks shootings in Georgia
In Rome Georgia a four week labor dispute at the Anchor Rome mill led to two shootings one fatally wounding 19 year old striking worker Hubert Wilkey and wounding non striker H D Taylor on a Friday night Police linked the violence to strikers and non strikers and a company union dispute with a contempt hearing set for May 1. Elmer Adams a 43 year old non striker said he acted to defend his wife but witnesses disputed her presence on scene. Adams was held for Turn To No 15 On Page 2.
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Rome, Ga
Rome
Kenneth Douty
M. T. Thompson
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Hubert Wilkey
H. D. Taylor
Cio-Affiliated
Textile Workers of America
Wilkey
Smith Horton
Elmer Adams
Adams
Horton
Double Funeral Set For Hartford Couple Killed In Accident
Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church in Hartford at 2 p m tomorrow for Mr David Gordan and Mrs Alice Cross Gordan killed in an automobile crash in Jacksonville Florida. He 42 and she 43 survived by one son Henry 21 and multiple siblings. Burial with Masonic rites at the church cemetery will follow.
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Hartford
the Baptist Church
David Gordan
Jacksonville
Fla
Gordan
Florida East Coast Railroad
Holmes County
Busy schedule for Dothan High students toward graduation
Dothan High School faces a full calendar from now to May 28 with report cards for the second six weeks to be distributed Wednesday. Senior class play tickets go on sale Monday. the play For Pete's Sake will be Friday, April 3 in the school auditorium with cast under Miss Dorothy Lee and Miss Ruth McKibbon.
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Dothan High School
Dorothy Lee
Ruth McKibbon
State Road Dept Is Nearly Broke
Alabama highway director Ward McFarland cites heavy legacy road contracts and state project overspending as the department’s main financial strain. He notes $17.8 million in contracts outstanding at takeover, now $8.22 million, with a recent $2.067 million red end. Non federal projects crowd out federal matching funds as revenue tightens. Turn To No. 21 On Page 2.
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Lynne Brannen Montgomery
State Highway Department
Ward McFarland
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Public
Sparks
McFarland
Earthquake Shakes Southwestern Japan
A moderate to severe earthquake struck southwestern and southern Japan, described as the strongest since 1946. Initial reports noted little damage, with a tidal wave observed at Shiono Misaki and the epicenter near the western coast. Official intensity cited as No 4.
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Toyko
Japan
U.S
Shiono Misaki
Warayvama Peniania
Texago
Otoch
California Beating Drum For Gen the California
In San Francisco a California Democratic campaign opened with party organizers announcing a formal launch. A large group gathered as a bannered parade set the pace for the presidential bid.
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California
Gen. ‘the
Truman urges inflation curb to avert deepening depression
President Truman warned Congress must act now to curb inflation or risk a worsening depression and weak foreign policy. He cited steel prices, a coal strike, and a GOP tax-cut bill as factors, urging enactment of his 10-point anti inflation program including price controls and wage restraints.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
Truman
Congress
American Society of Newspaper Editors
GOP
U. S
Mr. Truman
Chrysler Employees Turn Down Six Cent Wage Offer
Union leaders for 75 000 Chrysler workers rejected a six cent hourly raise and pressed for final strike approval. The UAW CIO seeks 30 cents more than other automakers plus company funded insurance and pension plans and better vacations. A crisis meeting with delegates from 13 plants followed the rejection.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Corporation
Oan
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Neonatsatinns
Uaw-Cio Chrysler CO Act Banve Bern Ag
Wrs
Matares Corp
Notitee
Sroatier
UAW
Freezing Weather Expected In East
Federal forecasters warned of freezing weather across the East with a cold front pushing from the Plains into the Northeast. Temperatures were expected to drop sharply, with bitter wind chills likely in many urban areas including New York and Philadelphia.
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East
Atlanta War Veteran Beaten. Klan Terror Suspected
Gov. James Theamspon accused the Ku Klux Klan of a planned terror campaign after a veteran in Atlanta was beaten and flogged with a leather strap. Police reported a similar attack in LaGrange with a Negro man and woman implicated. Suspects were arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder.
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Charles Barrett
Atlanta
Georgia
Kuo Klux Klan
Paul Webb
LaGrange
Troup County
Jaimon
Mary Gates
Gates
Mt Ue
Joe Bergrry
West Europe Union Plans For Defense Reforms
Paris reports that France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg created a permanent military committee to direct defense policy within a Western European union. An international cabinet named the Permanent Council will meet quarterly to guide the committee and coordinate political economic policy across member nations.
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Paris
France
Belgaum
Netherlands
Deuxembourg Aero
Yeo Cade Gad
Pfsty
Comlatre
Netimne
Gathrand Rapi Mary
Eauropean Union
Cpermanent Gr
Eac
Aenay le
Porstarn
Setherand
Lave Crieat
Belson
Italians Cast Ballots in Decisive National Election
Voters across Italy headed to polling places as weather and banners marked a pivotal vote for 574 deputies and 237 senators. The Communist Popular Front faced a challenge from moderates, with security forces ready nationwide and public sentiment split over alignment with Moscow versus the democratic West.
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Popular Front
Peninsula
Sicily
Sardinia
Weather Bureau
Rome
Milan
Naples
Genoa
Israel Putnam
America
Maly
Palmiro Togliati
Alcide de Gaspert
Christian Democratic Party
Italy
Mario Secclba
Clark rebuffs Lewis on bid to end strike injunction
Attorney General Tom Clark rejects John L. Lewis bid to kill the court injunction against the United Mine Workers. The government notes the ongoing contempt trial for Lewis and the union after their failure to resume mining. The article covers related Taft Hartley law comments and ongoing labor dispute details.
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Clark
Lewis
Charles H. Herbold Washington
CUP
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tom Clark
Fred Hartley
Congress
T. Alan Goldaborough
Welly K. Hopkins
Sen
Styles Bridges
Minere Welfare Fund
Navy Banks 10 and Tells Story of Church Bell Gift
A fragment from page 3 recounts Navy Banks donating ten dollars and narrating a church bell tale. The article notes the church initially lacked a bell and mentions Mrs Scarpelli and residents negotiating a new bell with a plain tone.
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Navy
New Aid To Italy On Election Eve
The United States announced new food and coal shipments to Italy totaling 8 102 000 dollars on the eve of Italian elections. Officials foresee a Communist defeat, though power could be challenged by force during midweek or parliamentary reorganization. US aid now totals about 2 billion dollars, with Italy receiving 4 102 000 in coal and flour products.
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John Hightower
Washington
United States
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Maly
U.S
Paul C. Hoffman
France
Netherlands
Britain
United Nations
Russia
Trieste
UN Urges Immediate Halt in Palestine War
UN Security Council orders an immediate cease fire in Palestine while dispatches from the Middle East show Arab forces expanding. King Abdullah reportedly releases Arab Legion troops, Britain plans to pull the force to Trans-Jordan before May end, and Egyptian volunteers may join Southern Palestine next week. The Emergency Assembly session faces a grave crisis as it opens to seek a solution.
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New York
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Holy Land
Council
Cairo
Abdullah
Trans - Jordan
Arab Legion
Britain
USN
Trans- Jordan
U. N. Assembly
Bald Queen Of May Abdicates At Mississippi
Frederick T. Carney, the bald headed “Queen of the May” at the University of Mississippi, abdicates after officers ruled a man could not serve as queen. The gag campaign had backed his bid amid coed rivals.
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Bald GI
of May
Oxford
Frederick T. Carney
University of Mississippi
Carey
Carney
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