Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Joseph Hatcher twelve and his father G M Hatcher of Cottondale killed a five foot rattlesnake with ten buttons on Sellers farm near Kynesville Florida last Saturday. The annual memorial singing M T Heath will be held at Biiason church Sunday. Madison is two miles east of Ozark on the Lele road. Sacred Harp event in Dale County urges singers to attend at the court house in Dothan Sunday from PeG area until 3 pm. Jena H Helms seaman USN of Dothan serving aboard USS Newport News during Caribbean shakedown. Helms joined Navy in 1945 trained at Bainbridge Md. Earl D Gassett Ozark route four hospital corps man third class USN graduated from Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes Oh.
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Joseph Hatcher
G. M. Hatcher
Cottondale
Joseph
Sellers
Kynesville
Fla
M. T. Heath
Biiason
Madison
Ozark
Lele
Dale County
Aiv
Courthoor
Dothan
Peg
Aroart
Newport News
Jena H. Helms
USN
Caribbean
Helms
Navy
Bainbridge
Gassett
Earl D. Gassett
Hospital Corps School
Great Lakes
British Boy Scouts and health report in Houston County
Japnic C. Larkin, steward second class USN, Hartford route one, recently scoutmaster to 14 Plymouth England Sutton senior high school scouts aboard USS Hamul. Hamul in European waters for two years. Diseases reported: one pneumonia case and 18 measles cases to Houston County health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japnic C. Larkin
Steward
USN
Hartford
Plymouth
Eingland, Sutton
Houston County Health Department
Dr Gibson to Speak at Houston County Medical Society Meeting
Dr E L Gibson of Enterprise will lead the Houston County Medical Society program in Dothan Tuesday at 7 30 p m Films from his Europe trip will be shown and Gibson will discuss scenes from the tour Dr N B Cannady and Dr R D Crawford are program chairmen for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
E. L. Gibson
Enterprise
Houston County Medical Society
Dothan
Europe
N. B. Cannady
R. D. Crawford
Taft-Hartley repeal debate splits Congress
Democratic platform calls for repeal while Rep Howard Smith applauds the Taft Hartley act. Marcantonio frames the issue as choosing Taft Hartley or Warner act with communist controls. Rep Lanham of Georgia backs Lesinski amendments and Truman support but seeks repeal due to its chilling effect on union organizing in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Smith D-Vai
Ile Foid Marcantonio
House
Lesinski
Rep
Lanham
Georgia
Truman
South
Two Rabid Animals Bite Two Wiregrass Residents
Wiregrass residents were bitten by rabid animals this week as Do The Branch Laboratory confirmed rabies in a calf head from Ozark route three, a cat from Slocomb route two, and a stray dog near Dothan route one. The calf showed abnormal behavior before dying and scratched its handler W T Ammons. The cat that bit and scratched McA Stella Smith was found in her yard and had to be knocked loose when she tried to pet it. The dog was owned by J P White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
W. T. Ammons
Ozark Route Three
Ammons
Mca
Stella Smith
Slocomb Route Two
Durocher Suspended From Baseball Post
New York report says Leo Durocher, baseballs top troublemaker, is suspended from the game by Commissioner A B Chandler with immediate effect and ordered to a hearing Tuesday at 10:30 am. The action follows an incident after a Dodgers victory at the Polo Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leo Durocher
Durocher
A. B.chandler
Cincinnati
New York Giant
Lippy Lee
Brooklyn Dodger
Polo Grounds
Dodgers
Giants
Berlin blockade talks cast by Soviet as last chance
The tension in east west Berlin negotiations rises as observers fear a disruption. Soviet officers assumed control at the locks this morning and did not stop British-licensed barges, unlike the prior two days, while Soviet propaganda labeled the talks as the last chance for a German settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hebert Says Truman Puts Purchase Tag on Votes
Rep. Hebert of Louisiana says Mr. Truman is placing a purchase tag on votes for the administration bill. House majority leader McCormack states Hebert cannot expect patronage from the administration because he backed the Thurmond Wright States Rights ticket in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebert D-Lai
Truman-Barkley
House
Truman
Rep
McCormack
Massachusetts
Hebert
Thurmond- Wright States’ Rights
Mississippi Governor Links Truman To Gang Politics In Patronage Fight
Governor Fielding Wright, hospitalized in Jackson, accuses President Truman of gang politics over patronage for Democratic lawmakers in Mississippi. Wright says Senators and Congressmen should receive patronage due, while Phil Mullen cites expected appointment of his father as state tax collector, Curtis Mullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Truman
Fielding L. Wright
Phil Mullen
Oxford
National Democratic Executive Committee
National Committee
Mfulden
Wright
Mullen
Curtis Mullen
Internal Revenue
Free nations fear total war as liberation nears
The report notes certainty of later liberation for Europe and warns that without timely relief their populations could suffer irreparable harm. It cites a military spokesman’s view that surplus U S equipment may be loaned to Atlantic Pact nations for a nominal portion of cost and references a Truman budget of 1.13 billion for Europe defense with the true value of aid equipment undetermined due to unresolved sourcing from surplus stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
U. S
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Speakers Emphasize Value Of Student Training On Jobs
At the Diversified Occupation Club banquet in Dothan high school, J F Ingram state supervisor of trade and industrial education urged high school students to gain apprenticeship skills before graduation. Ed Hinson of the business community stressed four core factors for advancement: initiative production cooperative spirit and fair play. The event featured invocations introductions by Ruth McCoy and entertainment by several students and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Ingram
Ed Hinson
Ingram
Hinson
Jd. Norton Dendy
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth McCoy
Bruce Flurry
Flurry
T. G Vaughan
Dothan High School
Quinton Green
Betty Jo Burkett
Barry Jean Smith
Max McMoy
Anaelle Riggs
D. E
W. W. Russell
D. C. Coodinator
Lusitania Lifeboat Re located in Broadstairs
Broadstairs England AP village council votes to move the principal monument a lifeboat from the Lusitania to a more suitable spot. Officials say visitors arrive in a festive spirit and should not see dead men s rafts plus it is 35 years since the tragedy and the lifeboat poses a menace to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadstairs, England
Lusitania
England
Boys Town Planned For Indian Colony Goa
Salesian missionaries in Goa plan a Boys Town on land in Nova Goa to offer asylum to poor boys regardless of color creed or caste. Centers already teach Portuguese and English with workshops in printing carpentry mechanics and tailoring. Farmland data contrasts U S farm sizes from 1920 to present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Odd Egg Puzzle Haunts New Hampshire Rooster Owner
The New Hampshire Red owned by Mrs. R. O. Brown of East Commerce Street, Doan, lay a peculiar egg described as jellylike and wobbling. One end was fatter and firmer, suggesting a vase when upright and a spinning top when inverted. The object puzzled editor Oda Egg, marking LRH’s latest oddity for OEE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oda
Oee
Qee
New Hampshire
R. O. Brown
Commerce
Doan
Quezon party ambushes claim Quezon widow memory event
The Quirino Quezon party was attacked on a Sierra Madre road en route to a memorial for her late husband. A second ambush occurred hours later near the same area. Brig. Gen. Ramos led the manhunt as casualties mounted among officials, constabulary, and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quirino
Quezon
Maria Aurora
Felipe Buencamino
Manila
Carlos P. Romulo
United Nations
San Francisco
Huks
Baler
Sierra Madre Range
Constabulary
Sierra Madres
Financial Edict Forces Gold Yuan Payments Amid Inflation
The military government enacts a four point emergency decree requiring all public and private bodies to transact in gold yuan notes. The same period sees newspapers priced 30,000 down to 16,000 dollars while offices refuse paper money for stamps, accepting only silver from state railways and post offices. Employers warn of payroll shortfalls fueling unrest as underground movements stir internal strife and risk of large scale upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military
Bookmobile Routes For Next Week In Houston County
Houston County's bookmobile schedule for the week of May 2 lists routes and stops. Miss Ma tion Neill, librarian, provides morning and afternoon times across Vicksburg highway stops including Airport service station, Snell's Grocery, Jellico community, Hughes' store, Pilgrim Rest Church, Thom ley store, Brannon Stand. routes continue Tuesday May 3 with Geneva highway stops and points such as Thompson's Store, Taylor, Selma Church, Rehobeth, Five Points, Madrid, Skipper's Crossroads, Hodgesville, Memphis community. Friday May 6 covers Cottonwood highway stops from Union Hill church to Ardiila with listed times.
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Houston County
Vicksburg
Thomley
Brannon
Thompson's
Geneva Highway
Taylor
Selma Churchi
Rehobeth
Big Creek Church
Madrid
Skipper’s Crossroads
Hodgesville
Memphis
Cottonwood Highway
Union Hill Church
Cottonwood
Conedrey's
Graigerburg
Camerap’s Mill
Ardiila
States urged to fund better school health programs
Senators warned that many states lack money for strong health and education in low income areas with many children. They proposed universal school health examinations, free treatment for nonafforded mental and physical ills, and a scaled funding plan where poorer states get more federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Senate
Death of Charles Elton Mitchell in Wiregrass area
Funeral services were held April 27 at New Hope church for Charles Elton Mitchell nine. He died April 26 in a local hospital. Rev. E. H. Daniel officiated and interment followed in the church cemetery with Wad dox Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were playmates, including John Burma Vickery, Eugene Vickery, Kenneth Sketo, Buddy Martin, Junior Neal and William Fowler. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs H G Mitchell of Detwood, three sisters Clara, Sarah and Alice, and one brother John Barnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Mitchell
Marianna
New Hope Church
Charles Elton Mitchell
E. H. Daniel
Waddox Funeral Home
John Burma Vickery
Eugene Vickery
Kenneth ‘Sketo
Buddy’ Martin
Junior‘ Neal
William Fowler
H.G. Mitchell
De‘twood
Clara
Sarah
Alice
John Barnett
Funeral services for Mrs Hugh Abernathy
Mrs Hugh Abernathy aged fifty six died at home on Dothan Route two. Funeral services were held at Selma Baptist Church with Rev J J Collins officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Surviving are her husband a sister Mrs Marvin Smith of Dothan and two others including Oscar Pearson of Altha Florida plus nieces and nephews.
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Hugh. Abernathy
Hugh Abernathy
Dothan
Selma Baptist Church
J. J. Collins
Joneson
Weather forecasts hampered by red curtain in China
In Shanghai AP reports the Communist bamboo curtain blocks north China weather data. Forecasters can no longer rely on regular reports from Mukden Tientsin Peiping and northern centers. With scarce data they base forecasts largely on past experience and rare pilot reports.
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Shanghai
North China
Asia
Siberia
Manchuria
Mukden
Tientsin
Peiping
Red Territory
Banking and labor figures from March report
The report notes March banking activity differing from February by 3 days, with demand deposits at 15,911,271 and savings deposits at 2,583,941. Postal savings fell year over year. Dothan Alabama saw a 17.1 percent rise in non agricultural job placements from February, yet 60 percent below March 1948. Unemployment compensation payments in Houston County rose 30.8 percent from February but fell 7.0 percent versus March last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Alabama State Employment Service
Houston County
Acheson Reaffirms Not Binding Core Western Principles
Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in New York, warned that if the Big Four foreign ministers meet, the United States will push toward an agreement with Russia on Germany but will not compromise core principles. He emphasized that European security and democracy in Western Europe remain non negotiable, and he rejected the idea of creating a separate Western German state as a bargaining chip to end the Cold War.
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Berlin
Moscow
Dean Acheson
New York
Russia
Acheson
Bureau of Advertising
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Germany
Basle
Afeguirds
West ‘German Republic
May Wheat Dips Slightly on Chicago Board
Chicago May wheat eased modestly on the Board of Trade, slipping about a cent for much of the session yet not repeating yesterday's tumble. New crop deliveries held modest gains. other grains mixed with soybeans up slightly and lard higher. May prices cited for wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, and lard with brief movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Bill Mann To Give Informal Concert At Church
Bill Mann gospel tenor and musical director of the New Life Meeting at La Fayette Street Church will present an informal concert Saturday at 7 30 p m The program blends sacred songs semi classical and familiar old selections to meet requests from New Life visitors The public is invited to attend and hear the outstanding tenor who has worked with entertainers such as Hop Hope Kaye and Abbott and Costello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mann
New Life
Lafayette Street
Héb Hope
Danny Kaye
Abbott and Costello
Alabama Man Held In Ohio For Murder
The FBI reports custody of 40 year old Percy Carr of Linden Alabama on a murder charge for the killing of James Underwood on January 11 1947. He was located in the Warrenville workhouse after a trespassing arrest and will be returned to Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
FBI
Holt
Ala
R. J.abbaticchio
Hese
Percy Carr
Linden
James Underwood
Carr
Warrenville
Abbaticchio
Alabama
Darding Fined for Excess Speed in Danville Pass
Harry Melvin Darding, 28, Crawfordsville Indiana, was fined 100 dollars for passing a car at excess speed and on the wrong side of the road. The vehicle belonged to a sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville, II
Harry Melvin Darding
Crawfordsville
Ind
Darding
Emory Alumni Honor Emory University Leaders in Dinner Event
Dr. R. D. Crawford heads Emory University alumni group in Dothania for the coming year. The Houston Hotel dinner recognized officers including Dr. tiran as vice president and Dr. Dow T. as secretary. Out of town guests included Dr. E. T. Las Samson and Dr. Norman W. Holman. University figures Dean al Jeuillet Jones and director Chess Abernathy attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Crawford
Emory Universe
Dothania
Emory
J. E. Simenten
Beville
J.B. Las Friens
Norman W. Holman
Oran
Merong
Emory University
al Jeuillet Jones
Adminiytion
Chess Abernathy Alua
Carter Wwhits
Jin
Abernathy
W. FB. Calhoun
J. H Flowers
Paul Flowers
James Haden
H. C. Burns
By Segrest
James
R. L. McLendon
Wandeck
Labor Bill Split Over Taft Hartley Reform Debate
Debates in the House center on replacing the Wagner act with a modified version of the Wood bill and the Lesinski proposal. Republicans and labor allies clash as supporters of Thurmond Wallace and the administration press for changes. The Wood bill would keep closed shop bans, require non-Communist oaths, and maintain the National Labor Relations Board structure while adjusting injunctive procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Amittee
Lesinski
Hebert
D-La
Rights Party
Thurmond - We
Kert
Chase
Rankin
Mealmack
D - Mass
Democrata
Gov. J. Thurmond
Henry Wallace
Srsa
National Laborations Board
Coura
Dex
Tery
AO Ff
Prisoners cite three days rations for troops in Hangelo area
The communique quotes two prisoners saying troops who crossed them had only three days of rations. The garrison accuses Communists of looting countryside in occupied areas. Vice Admiral Oscar C. Birl says the U S Navy stays at Woosong near Shanghai to protect American nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hangelo
Oscar C. Bie
U. S. Navy
Woost
Shanghai
Woosung
Private 1% tron operators in early 20th century v. era
In 1926 there were 19 commercial 1% tron operators in the valley by then and nearly all were private enterprises.
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Rattler
J. L. Kellermann
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Hye Gunton Cooper
Chipley
District College
Cooking AT
Wagon Wheel Sc. Oates
Baseball
Boys
Little Red Hen
New Orleans
Reds
Chicago Grain
Moroline
Bum Els
Costa Less
For All
Ohio
Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
Dr. Crawford
Emory T
Lafayette
Methodist
Birmingham
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