Air Force Wins In Dispute Over Giant Carrier
Washington AP Secretary Johnson halted the Newport News Shipbuilding Corp. carrier project after consults with President Truman and the joint chiefs, ordering Sullivan to stop construction of the 68,000-ton vessel valued at 189 million dollars. The move marks a major Air Force victory in the debate over strategic bombing versus carrier based targets.
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Washington
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sullivan
Virginia
Newport News
Political Split Predicted Here In Road Dispute
A veteran observer Commissioner L E Boswell predicts a split between city residents and rural Houston County if a by pass or farm to market road linking US 231 is built near Do than. Highway Director Ward W McFarland denied rumors, while Boswell warned rural residents may resent city attitudes. The Chamber and business leaders opposed plans for a bypass, favoring a route that would still allow farm traffic but avoid diverting business. The issue centers on route flexibility and impact on local farms and tourism, with Calhoun proposing ESCAPING heavy right of way concerns and a farm to market road as a compromise.
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George Whittington
U. S. Highway 231
Dothan
Optical Observer
L. E
Dog) Boswell
Board of Revenue
Ward W. McFarland
Boswell
Houston
Chambers
Trey
Terurista
Peery Calhoun
Calhoun
Chamber
Alto V. Lee
Brannen
Safecrackers Fail In Fort Walton Bank Heist
In Fort Walton Florida safecrackers failed to break into the Bank Fort Walton vault holding 67000. A Pensacola locksmith spent two hours using an acetylene torch hammer and chisel to open the vault door. Dan Taylor vice president inspected the contents then assured officers the bank could rest easy as intruders escaped. Damaged door and attempted entry valued about 1000.
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Fort Walton
Fla
Pensacola
Dan Taylor
Bank
Onstabla
Taylor
Dam
Fort Walton Voters to Decide Daylight Time Change
Fort Walton area residents will vote Tuesday on a proposal to align from Central to Eastern Standard Time in West Florida. A special meeting to discuss the proposal has been called for Tuesday evening by Jere Lomnstrey, president of the Fort Walton Chamber of Commerce, following an inquiry by the Pensacola chamber.
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Pfort Walton
Probe Of Singer's Death Halts While Neary Police Rest
Atlanta AP reports the probe into opera singer John Garris's death paused as detectives test fired a .38 bullet from a suspect's Belgium pistol cartridge. Dr. Herman Jones and assistant George Cornett worked hours without conclusion, planning to resume tests today as police link similarities but await ballistic results. Grover "Tojo" Pulley, 44, a North Carolina parolee, was arrested in Clinton SC with burglary tools and said to have been near Atlanta Wednesday night.
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Bem Price
Atlanta
John Garris
Garris
Clinton
S.C
Herman Jones
Fulton County
Grover
Tojo" Pulley
North Carolina
J. M. Pack
Pulley
Alanta
Dr. Jones
Henry Liquor Store Burglary Tied to Major Fire
Abbeville authorities investigated an early Friday burglary attempt at the State Liquor Store as a large fire raged nearby killing nine animals. Sheriff J L Corbitt said two men fleeing in a dark truck were chased by Night Policeman Arthur Bodiford and may have started the blaze to cover the crime. The fire destroyed a stable belonging to W D Clark, killing eight mules and a horse.
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Abbeville
J. L. Corbit
Henry County
Po Heerman
W. D. Clark
Arthur Bodiford
Corbitt
Almot
Bodiford
Lochford
Dothan Girl Injured In Traffic Accident
A 14 year old girl Von na Lee Waters of 1013 Woodland Drive was injured when she stepped from a city bus into a car on Hartford road Friday night. She suffered a fractured pelvis but was reported in fine condition at the local hospital. The Hartford route two bus was traveling west when the auto mobile struck the girl as she crossed unaware. Driver James Harrison faced no charges.
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Vonna Lee Waters
Woodland Drive
Hartford
James Harrison
Garris Probe Aids Native Of Houston Career Criminologist
Dr. Herman Jones, Atlanta criminologist aiding the investigation into the death of Operaty Tenor John Garris, a former Dothan resident. His mother Mrs. D. G. Jones and brother Max E. Jones live in Dothan. A Dothan High graduate, he holds degrees from API Auburn Vanderbilt and Columbia University where he earned a PhD. He helped establish Auburn toxicology with Dr Nixon and has worked as Fulton County criminologist for five years.
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Herman Jones
Atlanta
John. Garris
Dothan
D. G. Jones
Max E. Jones
Dothan High School
Jones
API Auburn
Vanderbilt
Columbia University
Nixon
Auburn
Fulton County
Divorcee Accused in Fatal Ditch Ride Near Chicago
A 26 year old veterans hospital attendant, Jay L Shaw, told police that Judith Elkins, 30, took him for a ride then shot him six times and left him in a roadside ditch. Shaw, wounded in the neck, arm and leg, remained in serious condition but was expected to recover. Elkins, a science instructor at a Chicago hospital, denied the shooting and was held without charge as investigators pursued details of a date raid.
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Chicago
Veterans’ Hospital
Jay L. Shaw
Maurice Green
Shaw
Judith Elkins
Polish Embassy In Washington Accused Of Spying Nest
Gen Izyador Modelski, ex-Polish embassy official, testifies before the McCarthy era committee that the Polish embassy in Washington housed espionage networks. He cites two rings, one for atomic secrets, with reach into Canada and Mexico, and lists 27 documents supporting the claim.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Miussou-American Activities Committee
Izyador Rudolf Modelski
Poland
Canada
Mexico
Modelski
Humgrum
London
Internal Revenue Man Resigns After Spat In Pharmacy
An internal revenue agent resigned after a dispute at Lynch Mallory Drug Store in Dothan. Paul Rice Stowers, about 26, allegedly assaulted the pharmacist with a telephone during a purchase dispute. Stowers, a Montgomery native and disabled veteran, had been employed probationarily by the Revenue Department. he was released from county jail and returned to Montgomery with his father.
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Internal Revenue
Lynch Mallory
Paul Rice Stowers
Mallory
Stowers
U. S
Montgomery
The
Revenue Department
R. W. Beck
Bureau of Revenue
Beck
Haunting Vigil Ends After 10 Day Car Sit In
A 25 year old mother of two, living in a cream colored car for 10 days, left Ripley Mississippi to reunite with her estranged husband in Texas after townsfolk supported her vigil. Sheriff Willard Norvell reports the woman departed with her husband’s $50 payment, bought a tire, and drove away.
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Ripley, Tenn
Texas
Walter B. Ward
Halls, Tenn
Arlington
Tex
Willard Norvell
Norvell
AFL Opens Fire On Wood's Bill
AFL leaders condemn Rep Wood's labor bill as a Taft Hartley style assault on unions. Meany called the measure a disguise for Taft Hartleyism, urging Congress to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner provisions with admin changes. Parliament adjourned Easter, but lawmakers face a heated fight next week over the Labor bill.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
AFL
Congress
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
George Meany
House
Lesmski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Meany
Temperature Drop By Hail At Scotland Neck NC
At 6 p.m. a Scotland Neck service station attendant saw 80 degrees then 49 within two minutes as hail pelted down. Stones up to inch and a half damaged crops and windows, coating roads and fields with ice for about 20 minutes.
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Scotland Neck
N. C
Here
Hen Exes
Rough-Tumble Legislature In Making By Rex Thomas Montgomery
AP dispatch details a volatile Alabama 1947 legislative session with clashes over public spending and new taxes. Governor Folsom faces an "economy bloc" resisting large appropriations, while Bruce Henderson blocks tax increases. Power plays involve municipalities and county officials seeking more revenue cuts, with the fight likely to spill into Page 2.
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Rex Thomas
Bruce Henderson
Henderson
Wilcox County
Alabama
Dallas
Folsom
Jway
League For Municipalities
Association of Counts Commissioners
Probate Judges
Britain Threatens Force to Rescue Amethyst in Yangtze
Shanghai AP report says the British consul general implied force could be used to rescue the Amethyst and its 60 crew from a Communist trap in the Yangtze River. London says the ships fired only in self defense after being fired upon and cites casualties and wounded.
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Don Carlson
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Peiping
London
Nanking
Consort
Two Men Seriously Injured In Rural Highway Accident
At least two men, Willie F. Pridgen and Willie C. Oliver, were listed in serious condition at a Dothan hospital after an auto crash on a country road. Coy Keel, driver, suffered minor injuries and was charged with reckless driving. The crash occurred at the Murphy's Mill and Kelly Springs road intersection when Keel rammed into a bank six feet high after failing to turn onto Murphy's Mill road.
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Dothan
Highway Patrol
Willie F. Pridgen
Ozark
Willie C. Oliver
Currytown
Coy Keel
Napier Field
Keel
Murphy’s Mill
Kelly Springs
U. S&s. 231
T. L. Brooks
Joe Masters
Vast Communist Army Invades South China With Shanghai Peril
Shanghai nears peril as vast Communist forces drive south from across the Yangtze with little resistance. Nanking falls to a Communist fifth column amid mass troop movements and panic evacuations. Foreign residents reported safe while Shanghai braces for likely siege and city defense orders.
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Shanghai
South China
Nanking
China
Pukow
Yangtze River
Yangtzen River
Air Force Plane Takes State Girl On Mercy Flight
An Air Force C 46 on a mercy flight carried Betty Ruth Milam 17 of Gadsden Alabama to the Mare Clinic arriving at 416 p m The girl suffering a bone tumor was taken at once to St Marys hospital Capt J A Devonker the pilot said a 55 mph head wind slowed the three man crew to 125 mph The Milam family accompanied her on the flight
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Rochester, Mian
Mare
Betty Ruth Milam
Gadsden
Ala
Ming Milam
St. Mary's Hospital
J. A. Devonker
Birmingham
F. FH. Milam
D. A. Milam
Enraged Dartmouth Crowd Threatens Communist Immersion
British Communist party secretary Harry Pollitt fled Dartmouth at dawn as 37 locals threatened to throw him into the Dart River over his defense of a Chinese warship incident on the Yangtze. Police warned Pollitt and Peter Kerrigan as a second mob gathered outside his ally’s home.
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Dartmouth
England
Harry Pollitt
British Communist Party
Tur
Dart River
Pollitt
Pallitt
Crinere
Yangtze
Chaos in Nanking as mobs loot and power fails
Anarchy grips Nanking as mobs plunder government offices, food warehouses, and businesses while utilities collapse. Police and remnants of the army abandon the city at dawn and clashes erupt. bankers form guard units and an emergency police force restrains looting as the national capital faces a tense dusk-to-night surge.
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Chang Kuo-Sin
Nanking -Up
China
Dothan
Yantze
Act
Li Tsung-jen
Naren
Warren Asks Public To Back Tax Plans
Florida Governor Warren urged residents to support his 50 million dollar annual tax program and asked citizens to press Senators and Representatives to oppose a sales tax. He accused lobbyists of pressuring lawmakers to tax consumers and to shift tax burdens onto workers and small earners. He criticized wealthy interests and warned of deceptive campaigns to evade tax obligations.
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Warren
Tallahassee
Florida
Republicans Drive For Big War Chest
Republican leaders outlined a drive yesterday to raise a large political fund for the 1950 campaigns. The aim is a sizable war chest to help GOP efforts to recapture Congress, announced at the first of a three-day series on organization and strategy. Spokesmen said the fund-raising would be a joint effort by the national committee and the Senate and House campaigns.
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Washington
Congress
GOP
National Committee
Senate
House
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Singer
Neary
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Britain
Yangtze Line
Hangchow
Dothant
Soochow
Li Tsimg-jen
Ho Ying-chin
Churck
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