Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass MEN'S CLUB ELECTS
The Methodist Men's club of the Lafayette Street church elected Dr J L Bracewell as president with W G Johnson Lamar McCarty and James Taylor as officers. Col Mark S Bane returns to the States from Tokyo after ten years. family to accompany him to Dothan before reporting for a new Air Force post at the Pentagon. Mrs Harmon has visited Tokyo. Two Dothan men, James L Morrison and Fred M Tatum Jr, qualified as rifle marksmen at Parris Island. A film on cancer control titled A Question in Time will be shown at Kinsey Tuesday and New Harmony Church Thursday next week. Notaries public appointments were announced for T T Skeen Joseph F Ward and Nellie Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Club
J. L. Bracewell
Methodist Men's Club
Lafayette Street
W. G. Johnson
Lamar McCarty
James Taylor
States
Mark S. Bane
Tokyo
Japan
Washington, D. C
Harmon
Marines
Dothan
Marine Corps
Parris Island, & C
James L. Morrison
A. L. Posey
East
Washington Street
Fred M. Tatum, Jr
Fred M. Tatum
Dothan High School
Tatum
Morrison
J. Whiddon
Houston
Kinsey
New Harmony Church
Whidds
Fred Garner
Fire at East Main Street cafe ends with no damage
Firefighters rushed to an East Main Street cafe early this morning as a grease fire ignited a fry oil blaze. The flames were extinguished without any damage or injuries, according to the report.
Senate debates housing and civil rights amendments
The administration faces about 15 amendments on housing and civil rights in a broad bill with Bricker and Cain pressing a no discrimination clause. Towns may vote on public housing, while the House is on Easter recess. Senate probes into Nazi confession methods and Malmedy Massacre fallout continue, with Sgt. Fahrens to testify. Separately, a tax repeal on margarine and a minimum wage bill are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
Myers
Bricker-Cain
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Acheson
Senate
Taft Ur-Ohio
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Malmedy
Finance Committee
LaGrange Daily News Quip on Lost and Missing Link
The LaGrange Daily News on its classified page quipped about a missing link in a playful tone. The item notes a lighthearted jab amid typical classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Grange
LaGrange Daily News
Cheta
Bookmobile Routes Next Week Listed
Houston County bookmobile will cover Headland Ashford Columbia routes next week announced by librarian Miss Marion Neill. Headland stops include Hodge's store and Kinsey. Ashford visits run 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. and 11:15 to 1:45 p.m. at several sites. Columbia schedule covers 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. with Barfield station listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headland
Ashford
Columbia
Houston County
Marion Neill
Hodge's
Kinsey
Abies
Gordon Community House
Teficoat’s
Crosby
Harmon
Pleasant Hill
Dupree
Cowarts
Webb
Green Front
Pleasant Plain Church
Barfield Station
Communist drive urged after last chance peace terms
The article reports a final Communist ultimatum to the Nationalists after rejecting terms seen as surrender. It orders all Communist forces to crush Kuomintang elements and target leaders on the war criminal list, including Chiang Kai-shek, with many Nationalist leaders already in Nanking and Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yangte
Yangtze
Chiang Kaishek
Mao Tzetung
Chu Teh
China
Traops
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Canton
Free flow of news under fire from overseas treaties
ASNE warns new international broadcasting rules threaten press freedom as governments may use treaties to curb information. Canham cites failed understanding of a free press and urges editors to keep the spotlight on public servants including the military. Walters notes easing court reporting rules and prize mentions several editors joining ASNE. Tomorrow includes off the record talks with Acheson and Truman and a speech by Secretary Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin D. Canham
ASNE
Canham
Christian Science Monitor
United States Eel Agation
U. N
United States
Waites
Committee On Freedom of Information
Hrere
Veterans Administration
Walters
Baltimore Bench
Robert C. Netson
Morning Oregonian
Portland
Associated Press
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Lester Marke
New York Times
Leon Stolz
Chicago Tribune
Felix R. McKnight
the News
Dallas
Dallas; and §. L. Latimer, Jr
the State
Columbia
S. C
State Acheson
Truman
Defense Johnson
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Hearst Newspapers
New York
B.D. Donnell
Wichita Faliz
Texas
Times
Stanley E. Hart
Warsen
Ohio
Tribune - Chronicle
Peace Parley hears British workers won’t fight Soviets
Paris AP dispatch reports Ronni Zilliacus, left wing British Labour member, telling the World Peace Congress that British workers will not be dragged into fighting the Soviet Union. The 2000 delegates applauded as he urged proposals to settle East West issues, while attacking NATO and US policy. Paul Robeson spoke of African Americans not fighting the Soviet Union, prompting a response from NAACP head Walter White. About 2000 delegates attended with speakers including Russian writer Alexander Fadeyev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ronni Zilliacus
World Peace Congress
Workers of
Britain
Soviet Union
Zilliacus
China
Labor Party
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Paul Robeson
United States
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New York City
America
Walter White
Ncaacp
Robeson
White
Alexander Fadeyev
Wroclaw
Poland
Business leaders urged personal letters to Washington
A federation of speakers urged civic leaders to press representatives in Washington. Malone warned of a real danger to free enterprise from government overreach while Bird urged enthusiasm for public affairs and action. Dickie stressed unity among chambers and warned against separate delegations to Washington. Ward cited a Houston County bill of costs at 3 million dollars and per person costs of 350. Speakers traced opposition to socialized medicine and federal aid in education, noting funds return versus deductions. Attendees included 32 from Andalusia and other groups from Dale County Enterprise Filoraja-Lockhnar Opp and Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Washington
Malone
Bird
Chamber
Dickie
Ward
Houston County
U. S
Alto V. Lee
Dothan Chamber
Andalusia
Dale County
Enterprise
Filoraja-Lockhnar
Opp
Dothan
M. J. Newberry
Walter M. Russell
Careless driving arrest in Cleveland shocks city
Police nabbed 25 year old Joseph Barbera after a red light violation. He allegedly sped past 10 cars, hit 45 mph in a school zone, and passed a streetcar on the left while staying left to overtake 19 more cars. He is charged with reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Joseph Barbera
College Plans Course To Revive Home Economics For Men
In Berea Ohio the Baldwin Wallace College plans to revive its home economics course for men to aid fraternity house stewards. The first unit will cover nutrition meal preparation and food service to help balance budgets and diets for brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Berea
aldwin‘Wallace College
Unclear names tied to Washington and Denver papers
Fragmentary text lists Johanoe Henry and several newspaper bylines including Washington Star Denver Post Cleveland Press and Beacon Journal with uncertain connections and no clear event or report details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanoe Henry
Washington
Star
Denver
Post
Richera D
Peters
Cleveland Press
Murray
Arkon
Beacon. Journal
Supreme Court sets higher attorney fees in docks bond case
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled the legislative cap on attorney fees for a $4,000,000 Docks bond issue unconstitutional. It ordered the State Docks to pay Horace C. Wilkinson and Tom Skinner $5,500 in addition to $2,500 already received, after their 1947 legal work. The ruling also included reversals and actions in other cases, including Alex Stephens’ murder conviction and dismissal provisions for overturned convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Supreme Court
State Docks
Horace C. Wilkinson
Tom Skinner
Birmingham
Wilkinson
Skinner
Henry Sweet
Sweet
Mobile Circuit Court
Cecil F. Bates
Bates
Supreme Court
Alex Stephens
Covington
Court of Appeals
Stephens
George Cawley
Child Found After Wide Mountain Search Near Borders
The child, believed to suffer a fear reaction, wandered from home in the Tennessee mountains near the Virginia and Kentucky borders. Wanda hid from rescuers twice in deep brush and near bloodhounds, was located within two miles of home in a ravine between two coal company mines after a 20 mile radius search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huddleston
Wanda
Coal Company
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Tax Collectors salaries vs fee commissions debated
Number 14 Tax Collector Carl Sellers and another official compare the cost of salaries to fee commissions for next year. Estimates use 333.33 dollars monthly salary per person with two clerks at 200 dollars each, totaling about 17 500 dollars for two offices. Proposals include potential additional clerks and a special extra rush fund for the probate office to set up a license office during October and November to handle census sales and privilege rushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Sellers
Logue
Hiriy
Bath
Hhat
4-H Club Parade Set Here Next Thursday
Houston County 4-H rally day parade route announced by Clark Rudder. School buses unload on Lena street and move to East street pending parade. Clubs assemble at Lena Main corner with bands at West Main Baptist church. Parade travels Main to St Andrews Adams Foster Washington then binds. Units disband and riders return to Wiregrass Memorial Stadium for Rally Day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Clark Rudder
Lena Street
East Street
Lena- Main Street
Baptist
Foster
Washington Street
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Amethyst disaster update as RAF crews abandoned ship
Details from the Yangtze voyage report the Sunderland failed to reach Amethyst near Shay aoho Creek and abandoned landing. Aboard were Flight Lieutenant J H F Letford and Group Captain K N Jefferson. Funeral services for 10 dead were held, 58 Amethyst survivors arrived by train, 89 officers and crewmen reportedly aboard. The wheel house was struck by Communist fire, guns were disabled, a white flag raised, and sailors swam to shore. More ships Belfast and Constance head to the Yangtze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shayaoho Creek
Yangtze
J. H. F. Letford
K. N. Jefferson
Raf Kaitak
Hong Kong
David Heath
Heath
Opera star Garris dies as touring season opens in Atlanta
The Met tenor Heinz Garris, born 1913 in Frankfurt and fled Nazi Germany, was killed in a traffic accident while en route to Atlanta for the opera season. Patrice Munsel, shaken in the incident, is set to headline Lucia di Lammermoor tonight despite the tragedy. Garris, known for Cassio and Otello roles, had a storied career from Die Meistersinger to Pater Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Atlanta
Carmen
Patrice Munsel
Garris
I. L. Myers
Arts Appreciation Association
Memphis
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
The
Metropolitan
Germany
Frankfurt
Greece
United States
At‘ar
Walter
Otello
Cassio
Iago
Desdemona
Garris’ Cert
Rank
Methoxychlor Preferred for Flies in Dairy Barns
County agent C M Ling announced a new recommendation from Auburn Extension and FDA based on research. Methoxychlor, not DDT, should spray dairy cows and barns to control flies, reducing DDT transfer to milk. DDT remains advised for mule barns and other livestock areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Ling
W. A. Ruffin
Auburn Extension Service
Food and Drug Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ruffin
Alabama
Moody signals move to terminate coal contract talks
Moody, as President of the Southern Coal Producers Association, announces a notice of termination of paid contracts as of June 30 and invites prompt negotiations with the United Mine Workers of America. He states the industry will seek an industry wide contract while urging cooperative dialogue to avoid price impacts on the market. The move aims to predefine time and place for a new negotiating conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Lewis
Messenger
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers of America
Clyde Doering 10, from hypoplastic anemia patient
Clyde Doering aged 10 has endured hypoplastic anemia since infancy. He has received about 80 pints of blood through roughly 200 transfusions over nearly a century, with transfusions every six weeks since four months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde“ Doering
Dothan Eligible for State and Federal Airport Funds
The Alabama Department of Aeronautics outlined a plan where Dothan would receive 25 percent state funding and 16 28 percent for engineering and construction costs, plus 25 percent land cost and 30 percent engineering costs from the federal Civil Aeronautics Administration. City would pay about 50 percent land cost and 33 1 3 percent of engineering and construction costs. Runway extensions to reach 4,500 feet may be required for Class four status. City officials had not commented on plans to lengthen runways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Alabama Department of Aeronautics
Citi ‘Aeronautics Administration
Ae Dothan
State Board
Oo Commission
Jim Brennan
Civil Aeronautics
Brennan
State Aeronautic Board
Alabama
Economic Anxiety and Declining Factory Earnings Highlight March
Government experts warn depression from reduced investment and falling purchasing power. March data show non farm employment down 150000 from February to 43,848,000, about 750,000 below a year earlier, with weekly earnings at 53.37 and hours at 38.9. Fed reports 13th straight weekly drop in business loans, while farmers’ cash receipts may be 10% below 1948. Census notes slight March employment uptick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Bean
Bean
Brannan
New York
Clague
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Department
Census Bureau
Population code changes eyed for county offices
Hardwick outlined 1950 population rise to 54000 bringing three changes. Counties over 56000 would have appeals moved to separate court records with lawyers provided. 1947 code to regulate county barbers. 1943 code would require courthouse to close one half day weekly for counties 54000 to 64000. Dothan notified of possible changes. city officials eye shifting commissioner terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwick
Prr
Wolfe seeks 2208 parking fee in Detroit case
Detroit report states Louis Wolfe seeks payment of a parking lot fee claimed from a man who fled the Lot two years ago after boarding an air plane and not returning. The disputed sum and status remain unresolved in local proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Louis Wolfe
Death rites set for Mrs Lula of Ozark
Services for Mrs Lula, 87, who died at home near Ozark, will be Friday at 10 in the Westview Chapel with Rev Charles Landersome. Interment follows in the Holmay cemetery. Survived by two daughters Lucille Ivey and Sallie Sue Jerking, a son Cliffa, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula
Ozark
Westview Chapel
Charles Landersome
Prise
Holmay
Lucille Ivey
Sallie Sue Jerking
Cliffa Enterprise
Livestock Market News from Georgia and Alabama Plants
Livestock arrivals total about 300 cattle and 200 hogs across eight plants in Albany Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and Tallahassee with a ready hog market. Hog prices span 12.00 to 17.00 per cwt for various weights and grades while cattle calves and cows show mixed receipts and price ranges across stockyards in Montgomery and regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville Ga
USDA
Albany
Moultrie
Thomasville
Gay Ga
Dothan
Aln
Jyville
Tallahassee
Montgomery
Mkt. News Soc
Unig
Citrus public notice on committee terms and expirations
A garbled public notice fragment references citrus district matters in Florida. It mentions a committee and municipal officials, an expiration or deadline, and a discussion of quality or support. Names and clear facts are missing due to OCR errors.
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Folsom
Sibyl Pool
T. T. Skeen
Joseph F. Ward
Geneva
Nellie Kelley
Coffee Springs
Geneva County
Red
By Carl Hartman
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Lake
Klal
London
Hid ‘Oasis
Beobia, “A
Wiregrass
Livestog
Harry P
Ciration
Citrus
Golsstone
Mayo
Resei
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