Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Ashford citizens vote Thursday April 29 on bonds from 72 000 to 60 000 for a sanitary sewer system with a nominal monthly fee after completion Mayor Max Bruner says completion within three months possible if approved The system will cost residents nothing besides the ongoing charge On a separate note T J Cook's barn near Taylor burned yesterday valued about 1 050 including a 750 barn 309 feed and two mules worth around 200 each partially insured Jess Swicegood joins Salvation Army board of advisers Swicegood is the dozen member
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Ashford
Max Bruner
T. J. Cook
Taylor
Jess Swicegood
Salvation Army Board of Advisers
Joseph E. Olsen
Dothan
Swicegoed
Olsen
Wilson Speaks at Dothan Exchange Club meeting
The Rev. T. W. Wilson Youth for Christ worker recently returned from Europe was guest speaker at the Dothan Exchange Club. Lloyd Green introduced him, and plans for the Mode Airplane Meet at Napier Field June 20 were discussed.
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T. W. Wilson
Youth For Christ
Wig Hee
Dothan
Europe
Ot Dothan
Dav Hle
Lloyd Green
Napier Field
Charlie Mercier
Te Iarcarce. Ent
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Mercier
John Henderhenay Baxter
Robert Morris
Ballot chaos shapes GOP as Vandenberg gains on eighth
The ninth ballot sees Indiana Nebraska and Colorado drift away as Stassen climbs to second place after California shifts 53 votes. Western bloc loyalty shifts from Warren to Dewey Taft and Vandenberg as Dewey yields to inevitability. Michigan's Dewey is courted by delegates and Vandenberg nears a sweeping majority with Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina and Virginia backing him on the eighth ballot.
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Indiana
Nebraska
Colorado
Stassen
California
Earl Warren
Vandenberg
Warren
Dewey
Taft
Ben Haden
Houston
Tex
New York
Haden
Republican Party
Democratic
Michigan
Ostad Lee
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Caroline
Virginie Owung
Miner Testimony On Pensions Boosting Coal Industry
During a miner’s life story he calls the 15 as one of the most important events he has taken part in. He notes pensions benefit all workers, letting older miners quit so younger crews can work, with owners gaining better productivity. He recalls his family’s struggle after wage losses in a strike. He earns 638 dollars weekly and asserts broad miner support for Lewis and the demands.
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Franko
Lewis
Camporee Program Details For Scout Campfire Nights
Number 20 district commissioner and camp chairman of each group lead campfire programs. Saturday scouts work on campsites then conduct campsite inspections. Judges inspect camping areas fire sites care of areas the foods prepared and other campcraft. At 2 p.m. awards awarded to patrols and each member earns a camporee emblem. Visitors welcome Friday or Saturday Cooke said.
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Trict
Cooke
Real Money for Corn Says Poultryman Ivey Urges Expansion
API Extension Poultryman John Ivey claims corn has been worth about 3.74 dollars per bushel, after paying 4.50 per hundred pounds for supplement. He urges poultrymen to plan the greatest corn crop ever raised and feed more bushels to chicks.
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API
John Ivey
Ivey
Youth in Ozark Pleads Guilty in Auto Theft Case
William Henry Tarter, an Ozark youth, pleaded guilty before District Judge C. Bo Kennamer in Mont. Romery and received five years probation after being charged with transporting a stolen automobile across state lines. He was arrested on a Colum bus Ga. warrant for theft, with a related federal charge tied to transporting the car toward Eufaula where it was abandoned.
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William Henry Tarter
Ozark
C. Bo Kennamer
Mont. Romery
Tarter
Columbus, Ga
Eufaula
Immediate Palestine Partition Demanded
Australia demanded the UN proceed to partition Palestine and create provisional governments for Jewish and Arab states with local militias. The five-nation Palestine Partition Commission would take over civil administration when Britain ends the mandate May 15, urging Arab states to restrain their nationals from fighting. France urged action to protect Jerusalem and its holy relics.
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Palestine
Britain
France
Committee For
Jerusalem
Italian Premier Drives Reform Forward After Election Win
De Gasperi’s Christian Democrats near an absolute majority in Parliament after a vote split with 18 million opposing the Communist front. The premier defends his party against charges of reaction and pledges social reforms long overdue. Togliatti signals no forceful overthrow of the anti Communist victors. Parliament meets May 8 to elect the president and form a government.
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de Gasperi
To Ruiatti
Togliatti
de Gasneri
Christian Democrats
Salian Republic
Popular Front
de Gaspari
Taglatt
Monaae
Livestock arrivals reported at several Georgia plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 300 cattle 74 calves and 1000 hogs at seven major packing plants in Albany Columbus Thomasville and Tifton Georgia and in Alabama and Florida cities. Hog market remained steady with quotations for barrows and various weight classes listed and sows priced accordingly.
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Thomasvile
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Thomasville
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahessee
Fina
Welgnis
Cotton futures ease in moderate activity on liquidation notes
New York cotton futures drifted lower in moderate dealings under liquidation pressure. May contracts drop to 38.60 cents per pound with July at 37.61 and October around 38.69 as hedging demand influenced the market.
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New York
Mission House
T Taking
Hedgirs
Lars Oat Essen Phasa
Wats
Negro Wanted Here Caught In Ohio
Cay Daniels a Houston County Negro who fled while free on an appeal bond after a grand larceny conviction was arrested in Cincinnati Ohio Sheriff Walt Cameron said today He received 10 months hard labor and a $100 fine the sentence was appealed and upheld The officer said Daniels was held on a concealed pistol charge and extradition proceedings would be started if needed
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Cay Daniels
Houston County
Cincinnati
Walt Cameron
Daniels
Court of Appeals
Cameron
Soviet proposals threaten interallied plan over commandantura
An American official warned that delaying tactics could reduce meetings and trigger a crippling process to kill the Commandantura. The Soviet air inquiry commission had previously proposed similar measures via the Allied Control Authority, which were rejected, and now Moscow may enforce them without a new interallied agreement.
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Soviet Air Inquiry Commission
Aled
Truman to seek Congress use of US troops in Palestine
Washington officials say President Truman will ask Congress to approve any use of American troops to police Palestine. Marines could be ordered in an extreme emergency to protect Americans. Officials fear renewed Arab Jewish fighting as Britain plans troop withdrawals next month. Warren Austin told the UN that the US would back a trusteeship government if others provide forces and Arabs and Jews agree to a truce.
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Truman
Congress
Palestine
Holy Land
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Special Assembly
Sesson
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Tos
Koveynniest
Fir.t
We the Women Weekly Letter to Parents Encouraged
A column urges separated families to write regularly to aging parents. It argues sons and daughters owe weekly letters to share life updates, thoughts, and daily news, noting letters should be brief but meaningful rather than a chore.
Mrs. T. J. Shields Dies At Home In Dothan
Mrs. T. J. Shields 76 died at 316 East Main Street Dothan at 6 this morning after a long illness. She lived in Dothan three years and belonged to Grandview Baptist Church. Surviving: husband, two daughters Mrs. H. D. Wright of Bonifay Fla and Mrs. J. D. Bue of Dothan. three sons Manning Gene Ted all of Montgomery. several grandchildren. Funeral 8 p.m. Friday at Grandview Baptist Church Rev Gillis Partin officiating. Burial City Cemetery. Ward-Wilson in charge. Pallbearers Gerald Wright Earl Harvard Lex Shields Tom Edding Hugh Shields Malvin Shields.
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T. J. Shields
East Main Street
Dothan
Shields
Grandview
Montgomery
Grandview Baptist Church
Gillis Partin
Ward - Wilson
Gerald Wright
Earl Harvard
Lex Shields
Tom Edding
Hugh Shields
Malvin Shields
Concert Association Drive Progresses
Reports of memberships sold in the Dothan Community Concert Associations drive this week total 30 as drive committee members call it very encouraging. A partial report was given yesterday and a fuller update is due Friday at 5 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Season memberships sales end at noon Saturday.
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Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
Miners face contempt for defying order in coal strike
The federal judge T Alan Goldsborough orders Lewis back in court tomorrow for civil contempt hearing over a straining order. About 300000 of 400000 miners idled as the coal strike, begun March 15, neared four weeks. Bridges Lewis plan for pension fund governance faces suit by Van Horn seeking court action to halt spending. Bridges and Lewis have 20 days to answer.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
van Horn
Senator Bridges
Bridges-Lewis
Bridges and Lewis
Reuther Shot At Home Amid Bitter UAW Split
The gunman fired on Walter Reuther in his kitchen during a late snack, wounding him while Mae and their two infants slept. Investigators chase leads after threats cites from both UAW and CIO unions, with Sen Ferguson promising FBI aid. Police report numerous car tampering tips as part of the case.
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Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
UAW
Tov
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Toy
Mae
Linda
Elizabeth Ann
CIO United Electrval Workers Union
Accu
D Reuther
Dothen Lions Club delegates chosen for state convention
W F Beck announces local Lions delegates for State Lions Convention in Montgomery. Delegates include Ray Rainer Julian Turner Troy Lewis Joe McKinney Paul Gamble Cannon Cronk J E Hathcock and Horace Burch. Program features receptions breakfasts luncheons and district events through Tuesday with Herb C Perry Jr representing Lions International.
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Dothan Lions Club
Montgomery Sumdy
W. F. Beck
Ray Rainer
Julian Turner
Troy Lewis
Joe McKinney
Paul Gamble
Cannon Cronk
J. E. Hathcock
Horace Burch
Lions International
Herb C Perry, Jr
Carrizo Springs
Tex
International Group
John M. Self
Dothan Club
George C. Baker
Residence permits issued for two homes and remodel
City engineer issued permits for two new residences and a remodel. Saliba Construction Company on Girard street received a 10000 dollar permit, B C Cauley on W Pearl near Cottonwood road received a 4009 dollar permit, and Mrs Hazel Kinsaul was approved to remodel a residence at 305 Blackshear street for 2000 dollars.
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Saliba Construction Company
Girard Street
B. C. Cauley
W. Pearl
Cottonwood Road
Hazel Kinsaul
Blackshear Street
Draft Eisenhower support widens in Alabama politics
The Alabama political scene shows movement toward a Draft Eisenhower effort with figures like Lister Hill and Gessner McCorvey backing a possible Republican presidency. Delegates pledge to walk out if Truman civil rights are adopted, while others retract or clarify their positions amid national convention tensions.
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Eisenhower
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Beauford
Texas
Folsom
Lister Hill
Ala
Democratic Committee
Gessner T. McCorvey
Marion Rushton
Wilbur B. Nolen, Jr
Montgomery
Tom Abernethy
Talladega
McCorvey
MecCorvey
Tom C. King
Anniston
Frank L. Eddens, Jr
Birmingham
Raymond Weeks
Ninth
Weeks
Alabama
South
Truman
Harriman Chosen for Paris Ambassadorship Amid Debate
President favors Harriman for rov ing ambassador to France with HQ in Paris. He returns from Bogota after regional upheaval and discusses the move with Mrs Harriman. Salary of 25 000 annually plus expenses, higher than Hoffman. Harriman weighing fit and past service in London and Russia shaping his decision. Average U S tuberculosis death rate cited at 87 per 100 000.
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Hoffman
Harriman
Bogota
Colombia
Washington
Florida
Paris
ECA
Russia
Britain
London
Henry A. Wallace
Great Britain
Fire Damages House Of M A Burke On St Andrews
A stovepipe near woodwork started a fire at 900 S St Andrews Street yesterday, causing substantial damage to the residence and furniture. M A Burke was occupant and G Alton Palmer owner. most damage centered in the kitchen. An earlier automobile fire at 400 block N Oates Street caused by a leak and backfire was extinguished with no damage to the car. Charlie Pope owned the auto.
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S. St. Andrews Street
Floyd Harris
M. A. Burke
G. Alton Palmer
Harris
N. Oates Street
Charlie Pope
Conference urged not to turn into law court
The draft notes that a United Nations charter aligned approach is needed while some nations push a condemnation of international communism as an imperialistic tool. In Santiago Chile reports a plan for a Latin American Communist revolution aiming to assassinate leaders disrupt traffic and cause fires. A Chilean spokesman cited a document attributed to Argentina and a Swiss-origin letter linking the plan to the Bogota uprising.
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United Nations
U. S
Chile
Brazil
Peru
Santiago
Latin America
Luis Americo Camartins
Argentine Association For Social Defense
Switzerland
Bogota
Decide Now on Winter Grazing Crops for Dairy
Plan your forage for next fall and winter by choosing what to plant, where, and how. Assess how winter grazing crops may save feed and potentially boost milk production as you prepare for harsher seasons.
End of the Trail in Iola as 95 year old dies after 71 years
John M. Overman, aged 95, died leaving his wife, 92, alone after a 71 year marriage. The brief obituary notes the couple’s long life together in Iola Kansas, with no further details on survivors or services.
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Iola. Kan
John M. Overman
Stassen Hits Russia Policy In Ohio Campaign Tour
Harry S. Stassen spoke in Ohio urging a strong economy and firm stance against communism. He said the United States should withhold aid to Russia, oppose militarism, and oppose aiding Moscow in tools and equipment while campaigning for GOP delegates. In Oxford Miami University students mocked him but cheered later as he spoke at four stops in the district.
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Toledo, O
Harey Stassen
Mae
Ohio
Stassen
Russia
America
United States
Minnesota
Gover
Third Congressional Dist
Stas
GOP
Oxford
Miami
Steelworkers demand wage adjustments amid price hikes
Murray cited U S Steel's 1947 profit rise of 73 cents over 1946 and taxes of 153 million dollars to argue for higher wages. He urged Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Jones Lang and others to follow U S Steel's lead, asserting the need to share prosperity with workers.
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T: Company
Murray
Ohioan pays funds to Alabama conscience fund
An unnamed Ohio resident sent an unsigned note claiming payment to Alabama's conscience fund. The note described it as recompense for a sweeper allegedly taken from a state office building, reflecting a science-impacted individual’s unusual act.
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Montgomery
Alabama
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