By-Pass Road Plan Blocked by County Board Vote
Houston County officials and businessmen clashed during a special session over a state by-pass around Dothan. A 100 or 80 foot by-pass was defeated three to one after opposition from hotel and tourist operators. Chamber leaders urged preserving access into town for motorists.
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George Whittington
Dothan
Houston County
Perry Calhoun
L. E. Boswell
Chamber of Commerce
Alto V. Lee Wii
Lee
Alabama considers parallel college system for Negroes
A nine member sub committee of the Governor's Commission on Negro education recommended establishing a state university for Negroes in Montgomery as part of a parallel education program. The plan calls for a law school at the State Teachers College and a substantial immediate state appropriation increase to Alabama Negro colleges.
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Montgomery
Alaama
Ames E. Folsom
State University
South
Presnt State Teachers College
Teachers College
Alabama
Severe quake devastates Chile cities Traiguen Angol
A strong earthquake struck south central Chile with initial reports of deaths and many injuries. Traiguen experienced jail collapse with dozens feared dead, while Angol and Temuco also reported fatalities and structural damage. Concepion, Talca, and Temuco felt the tremor as authorities warned the toll could rise.
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Santiago
Chile
Traiguen
Angol
Jt Ministry of Interior
Prisoner Escapes While Drinking at Capitol
Local report says Leslie Smith, a 49 year old Black prisoner serving life since 1923, escaped Kilby Prison staff at the State Capitol after being caught drinking on the job. He eluded MEDTine officials and remained at large.
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Capitol
Leslie Smith
Kilby
State Capitol
Oftison
Frank Boswell
McGowin Urges Watch On Folsom Without Hamstringing Him
Rep Earl M McGowin of Butler County told the Dothan Kiwanis Club that Big Jim Folsom should be watched but not restrained with vindictive limits as lawmakers and the governor balance power. He warned against destroying democracy by curbing executive authority and noted World War II Churchill and Truman contrasts as lessons. The address urged the Legislature to act as a check on Folsom’s highhandedness while preserving harmony in Alabama government.
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Big Jim Folsom
Earl M. McGowin
Butler County
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Alabama
McGowin
Churchill
Truman
Folsom
Cain Proposes Community Vote On Housing Need
Senator Cain proposes letting communities decide at a referendum whether to allow public housing funded by federal money. The amendment would require a local referendum after need and plan approval, aiming to curb rapid council action and block local opposition from stalling housing projects.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Washington
Cain
R-Wash
Senate
Myers
D-Pa
No. 10
Sunlight Brightens Donora Smog Tests
Donora and Webster, Pa., basked in bright sun on the third day of a federal air quality test by smoke from the American Steel and Wire Co. zinc plant. No new complaints were reported as 90-plus illness reports from yesterday were noted. 22 deaths blamed on the prior smog were cited. Officials said no dangerous concentrations were found and school absenteeism in Webster was not up today.
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Donora
Webster
American Steel and Wire Co
U 5
Public Health Service
F. N. Naylor
USPHS
Zinc Works
Amethyst crippled in Yangtze clash as Consort fights on
Communist shore batteries crippled the British sloop Amethyst on the Yangtze and drove off the destroyer Consort after a 50 mile running duel. Amethyst lay aground near Rose Island with at least 20 wounded or dead from a 148 crew. The Consort reached Kiangyin with 17 wounded. the frigate Black Swan aided with medical supplies as the London cruiser was expected to reach Shanghai later.
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Fred Hampson
Shanghai
Amethyst
Yangtze River
Consort
Rose Island
Nanking
Kiangyin
Black Swan
London
Heroic Housewife Rescues Girl From Well Near Des Moines
Des Moines reports a housewife, Norene Jamison, is credited with saving four-year-old Betty Johnson from an 18-foot well after the child fell when a cover gave way. Jamison lowered herself by tying a rope to her waist as neighbors assisted, freeing the child wedged between the wall and pipes.
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Des Moines
Betty Johnson
Kathy Fiscus
Norene Jamison
Betty
Babe Found After 15-Hour Michigan Search
Three year old Jacqueline Simons was found safe and cold after a 15 hour search through swampy underbrush near Big Rapids Michigan. A 100 man posse scoured the area all night with flashlights before she was taken to a hospital and later smiled at her parents.
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Babe
Woods
Michigan
Big Rapids
Mich
Jacqueline Simons
Jacqueline
Ardina
Florida Solons Get Anti-Klan Measure
TALLAHASSEE AP A bill to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan was introduced in the Florida Senate today. The measure by Senator Walker of Daytona Beach would bar hooded or masked persons or groups from appearing on public property. Violations carry up to six days in jail and a $500 fine or both.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Senate
Walker
Daytona Beach
Communist Led Peace Congress Opens in Paris
A Communist sponsored world peace conference opened in Paris today with calls for global peace committees to carry out its plans. Speakers warned against atomic war and urged unity for peace, with leaders like Joliot Curie stressing atomic weapons would not decide the outcome.
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Congress’ For
Paris
Carl Hartman Paris
Joliot
Curie
New School Explosion Injures Two Workers in Landis
In Landis North Carolina a new twenty two room school building valued at twenty five thousand dollars exploded today. Two workers were injured one severely. A janitor J C Carr fifty was blasted through the building wall and rushed to hospital. Another worker J B Huntley was pulled from debris.
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Landis
N. C
Frank Bostin
J. C. Carr
Carr
J. B. Huntley
Cabbarus County Hospital
Huntley
Short beer boosted in Florida House
Tallahassee UPI the Florida House boosted a bill by Rep John Branch Hillsborough to cut tax on half pint beer from three to one and two tenths cents Branch said half pints were bottled but not heavily sold in Florida because taxed the same as pants
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Tallahassee
Florida
House of Representatives
John Branch
Hillsborough
Fas
Admiral Kirk Named As Envoy To Russia
Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk is appointed Ambassador to Moscow and will leave the Belgium post. He has served as minister to Luxembourg and will succeed Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith who moves to command the First Army in New York. The White House announced Truman’s choice.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Walter Bedell Smith
First Army
New York
White House
Truman
Communist Attacks Across Yangtze Front Start War Return
AP dispatch from Nanking reports broad Communist assaults along the Yangtze River front. Key sites under attack include Pukow Kiangpu and Wuhu as Nationalist forces brace for renewed fighting. Ho Ying-chin rejects peace terms as officials evacuate Nanking and await a possible cease fire proposal.
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Seymour Topping
Nanking
Yangtze River
Pukow
Kiangpu
Wuhu
Hsiaoka
Hankow
Red 43Rd Army
Ministry of National Defense
Ho Ying-chin
Peiping
Dothan
Pai Chung-hsi
Central China
Night Club Fracas In El Morocco Involves Society Figure
WEW YORK UP Count Igor Cassini struck Hollywood’s Prince Mike Romanoff in an unscheduled bout at El Morocco tonight as Ginger Rogers David Selznick Bette Davis Kirk Douglas and Nancy Kelly watched. The fight erupted after a private table and left both men briefly contending on their feet with observers unsure of the trigger.
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WEW York
Igor Cassini
Hollywood
Prince
Mike Romanoff
el Morocco
Romanoff
Ginger Rogers
David Selznick
Bette Davis
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Kelly
Cassini
Bomb Threats Doom Major U S Cities Says Expert
Dr R E Lapp, authority on science and defense, argues in Must We Hide that atomic bombs will ruin cities like New York and Chicago, while other centers could rise as future models. He notes A bombs alone won’t win wars and credits multiple agencies for his book.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Houston
R E. Lapp
War Department
Research ,and Development Board
The
Tional
Office of Civil Defense Planning
Public Health Service
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Lapp
Taru
Britain Charges Fixing Of Trials In United Nations
Britain charged before the United Nations that the Balikan church trials were pre judged by Hungary and Bulgaria and that defendants were induced into court with ready made confessions. Sir Alexander Cadogan said the trials showed communism opposes organized religion and independent thought and aimed to eliminate Catholic Church opposition to Hungary’s government plans. The committee heard invitations were sent to Hungary and Bulgaria to send representatives but no replies had been received. The American plan seeks votes to invoke the peace treaties over rights violations, with action postponed until fall if needed.
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Donald J. Gonzales Lake
Britain
United Nations
Hungary
Bulgaria
Alexander Cadogan
U. N
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Tryave Lieh
Ehlivia
Graus
Dr Stephen Wise Dies Jewish Leader at 1
New York Up indicates funeral services set for Friday at Carnegie Hall for Dr Stephen Wise a longtime Jewish leader and former head of the World Jewish Congress He died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital from a stomach ailment and will be buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery Wise born in Hungary came to the United States at age one He led the Free Synagogue and spoke on major national and world issues from the pulpit and platform He advocated Jewish homeland creation in Palestine and served as senior rabbi for decades.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Stephen & Wise
Lenox Hill Hospital
Westchester Hills Cemetery
Wise
World Jewish Congress
Palestine
Free Syragogue
Carneme Hal
Rece
Hospitalatch
Theft Of Flowers On Graves Brings Offer Of Free Ones
Montgomery AP report: Greenwood Cemetery manager E C Embry offered free flowers to anyone who needs them enough to steal from graves. He said floral pieces and petted items have turned up missing weekly and that he will furnish flowers and pay for them out of his own pocket if such persons come to him.
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Montgomery (Ap
E. C. Embry
Greenwood Cemetery
Polic
Embry
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Chinkiang
Chiangyin
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