Endurance Flight Aces Welcome Home In Fullerton
Barris and Dick Riedel return after a 12 day aerial ordeal lasting 728 hours seeking the world endurance record. A crowd of 8,000 at Fullerton airport greets the pair and their dogs as they plan radio appearances and recovery. Their recovery faces medical review, with plans to resume aviation work and pursue flight instruction opportunities.
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Fred Go Ie
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Edwin T Brinkley Editor Dies in Anniston Career Highlights
Edwin T Akles known as Edwin T Brinkley longtime editor in Anniston died after a career spanning Portsmouth Norfolk and Columbus He served as managing editor of the Anniston Star and edited the Birmingham paper early in the period He received a 1938 American Legion award for editorial writing in Columbus Ohio and Wilmington N C prior to his Anniston move
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Rinkley
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
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Wilmington
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High Court Upholds Hospital Tax Plan as Constitutional
The Alabama Supreme Court rules the pay as you go hospital tax plan constitutional on a county option basis. The plan, tied to a 1947 constitutional amendment, allows Mobile, Montgomery and Jefferson Counties to levy a special 4 mill property tax to build and operate public health facilities, pending local voter approval.
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Alabama Supreme Court
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Jeffersom
Spring Flower Show Scheduled for Dothan Near Armory
The Dothan Garden Club along with the Garden Study and Cherokee Garden clubs organize a two day spring flower show at the National Guard Armory on Montgomery Highway. Special exhibits by county home demonstration clubs, Girl Scout and Boy Scout groups add to the event. Doors open Saturday 2 to 6 pm and Sunday 2 to 5 pm with free admission. Private gardens will be open for inspection during the event with self guided tours.
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Ecu
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Garden Study Club
Cherokee Garden Club
National Guard
Montgomery Highway
Fran Mallette
Girl Scout Council
Helen Andrews
Boy Scouts
Robert McRight
Dothan
Liner Breaks In Two Near Rio de Janeiro
A British luxury liner Magdalena, a 7000 ton Royal Mail vessel, grounded Monday near Rio de Janeiro and split in two during refloating efforts. Police ordered an investigation into the maiden voyage disaster and structural failure.
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Rio de Janeiro
Mareime Police
Rio A Janeiro
House Continues Labor Bill Talks in Senate Fight
The second day of debate on a new labor law centers on a civil rights amendment amid pressure over repealing Taft Hartley. Rep Lasingki and Rep Wood offer rival bills. Southern opposition threatens a filibuster. Senate debate remains weeks away as the $2.4 billion labor appropriations bill absorbs attention.
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Ido Hs
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D-Mich
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Cavalcante
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Federal Security
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Nebraska
GOP
Tucker Whirligig Turn To Editorial Page Today
Washington correspondent Ray Tush writes the behind the scenes news column. The feature appears daily in many papers and promises analysis of the nation’s capital and the week’s government activity.
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Tucker Whirligig
Washington
Parovider
$75 000 Overhaul Planned For Dothan Power System
City of Dothan plans a $375,000 overhaul of electrical distribution to fix voltage fluctuations. Project involves upgrading to 4,160 volt system replacing 2,400 volt Delta. Bids from G T Electric Co and Marable Pickle Inc. were received. winner to be announced Friday.
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City Commission
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They Lang
Ely
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Gadefen
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G. T. Electric Company
Montgomery
Marable-Pickle, Company, Inc
Ben Hill
Fiecia
Ang
Petch
Murder Negro With 12 Toes Held In Jasper
Morris Gibbs, a black man known for twelve toes and twelve fingers, is jailed in Houston County charged with first degree murder. Sheriff J Walt Cameron reports Gibbs was arrested after being sought in the slaying. Gibbs displayed his extra digits to officers, drawing attention from Jasper authorities. Another black man with a 22 caliber pistol was jailed for unlawfully riding a train.
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Houston County
J. Walt Cameron
Jasper
Ain
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Gee
Atlantic Coast Lines
Sam Allen
Gibbs
Dothan
Montgomer
Dotan
Man Sealed In Home Decade To Escape War Is Set Free
A 33 year old man described as bearded and pale was released after a decade of confinement in a room his mother built to shield him from war. Police said the unprecedented exile began in 1939 when conflict broke out. The man spoke of solitude and fear, with unclear details about his family and escape.
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New York
Paul
College
Jeganna Elle
Police
Molotov Plan Hinted By Soviet Leaders In Kremlin
Paris dispatch reports a Molotov Plan being forged to bind Eastern Europe and China in a military economic bloc from Stettin to Canton. Vyacheslav Molotov leads the effort with Bulganin Mikoyan Beria and Dimitrov among others shaping the strategy amid cabinet shakeups and Cominform influence.
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PARIS
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Russia
Cnreer
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Canton
Kremlin
China
Germany
Finland
Acheson urges Atlantic Pact support amid Soviet actions
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Soviet Russia’s aggressive moves make the North Atlantic Pact and the arms for Europe program essential to world peace. He argued the UN Charter is violated by Soviet conduct in Eastern Europe and urged swift ratification despite potential Soviet conciliations.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Congress
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Communist Party
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Mullins Appointed Treasurer of State Trade School Here
MONTCOMERY AP W O Malling was named treasurer of the new State Vocational Trade School at Napier Field near Dothan by the State Board of Education Also named was T A Lawson of Birmingham as director of the Negro trade school in Jefferson County Lawson, 41, is shop instructor for the Jefferson County Board of Education and previously served as assistant principal at Westfield High School He has been an instructor at industrial arts at Tuskegee Institute and is a graduate of Tuskegee and Parker High School in Birmingham The board also set temperance education policy for Alabama schools directing several teachers to attend training and study in colleges and at Yale School of Alcohol Turn To Na Pane 2
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Dothan
State Board of Education
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Birmingham
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Chiang Sees Third World War II China Taken By Commies
Chiang Kai shek warned of a third world war if the Chinese Nationalists lose to Communists. He said his dire forecast would see Hig county as a tinderbox and draw men to battle if the Communists gain control. The president urged resilience as he addressed foreign and Chinese press in Shanghai amid Communist advances near Soochow and Wee.
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China
Fred Hampson Shanghat
Chiang Kalchek
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Wuhsien
Cross Burns At editor Kian Foe Home
Gastonia North Carolina AP report details a cross burning at the home of Gastonia Gazette editor J W Atkins. Neighbors heard voices in the yard and fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze. Authorities seek suspects linked to a recently reorganized Ku Klux Klan chapter.
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Wireless Oleo Tax Repeal Bill Okayed By Committee
In Washington a committee approved a bill to repeal the oleomargarine tax. The measure, part of broader price relief efforts, advances to the floor for debate and possible passage this session.
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Florida House Approves Anti-Communist Bill
The Florida House passed an anti Communist bill unanimously and voted to investigate charges of Communist teachings at Florida state colleges. The measure requires loyalty oaths for candidates and civic employees and could bar Communists from the ballot. A five man committee will probe Florida State University and the University of Florida for Communist theory teaching.
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Florida House
Florida State
Perry Murray
Florida State University
University of Florida
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Triptets' Father Recovers After Birth Shock in Anniston
ANNISTON AP I H by Green reports a man recovering from shock after being present at a triplet birth. Mrs Green 29, gave birth to two boys and a girl yesterday at Anniston Hospital. Parents and all three babies are said to be in fine condition. The father was speechless on hearing the news.
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Negro Woman Arrested In Theft Of Aged Father's Relief Check
OZARK report by Specian Mary Wells details a 7 year old Ozark Negro girl accused of forging and misusing her aged father’s welfare relief check. The case centers on a check made out to Walter Warner and the later return of the original check to welfare officials. Investigators identified the Wellcoms family, noting three daughters with limited writing ability as a potential link.
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Hez
Henry
Warner
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Geers
Prier
C. J
Jessup Delivers Note To Malik At New York Parley
The United States delivered a note to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko seeking a formal basis for negotiations over lifting the blockade. Jessup carried the message in New York after talks in Washington with Truman and State Department officials, aiming to obtain Russia’s views on paper. The exchange, not made public, followed informal discussions at Lake Success.
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United States
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Washington
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U. S
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Andrea A. Gromyko
Moscow
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York
Rusk
Tiyave
Gromko
Jeresup
Republicans Question Sullivan Resignation Details
Washington insiders push for two detailed investigations into the circumstances around Mary Sullivan's renewal as secretary of defense and the USS United States incident. GOP leaders seek a congressional airing of differences with Johnson and Senaver Bridges to obtain Sullivan's explanation amid conflicting accounts and calls for deeper inquiry.
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Binet
Andrien
GOP
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Aki
Wld
Lyonge Nese
Sullivan
Czech Air Attache Seeks U S Asylum in Washington
An aviation attaché from Czechoslovakia requests asylum in the United States amid political turmoil. The official, once tied to the former regime, arrived in Washington with a small diplomatic mission and seeks protection as concerns over past actions surface.
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