Two Are Killed In Skidding Car
Hartford report states a Ford skidded on a dirt Geneva County road and overturned killing Mrs. Ida Nell Sellers and William Sellers, with Herman Bishop injured and remaining survivor in hospital. Sgt. W H Hinges notes the crash occurred near Thurston, about seven miles southeast of Geneva, at about 5 p.m. The car rolled 67 yards after skidding. Bishop suffered time and injuries. Sellers family listed with several relatives in Geneva Plant City and Winter Haven. Funeral arrangements for the wreck victims to be announced later.
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Hartford
Suocian
Geneva Coun
Idy Nell Sellers
Geneva
Highway Patrol
William Setters
Selteraville
Herman D. Bishop
Samanny
Tadnir
W. H. Hinges
Thurston
Grieva- Fie
Sellers
Sara Cordelia Settersamson
Elouise
Inox Seay
Donald W. Sellers
A. G. Sellers
Plantello
John H. Sellers
Winter Maven
William Bellas
Hill Promises More Hospital Funds for Alabama
Senator Hi B-Alet pledged amendments to double federal funds for Alabama hospitals and health centers. He authored the Hospital and Health Center Construction Act and said funding would rise from 3,900 to 6,000 per year though legislative logjams loom as Congress ends its session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hi B-Alet
Alabama
Hill
Hi-Burton
Congress
Feiern
Joint Chiefs Review U S Military Might
Visiting U S military leaders in Grafenwohr Germany announced that the United States will base an allied air force in Germany and keep ground forces at ready strength under Atlantic Treaty commitments. The Berlin airlift will be scaled down as the Soviet blockade ends. Jet fighters will replace propeller planes. Thunderbolts retired. About 17 000 First Infantry Division troops paraded with 100 planes and 1 000 other vehicles in the wind driven review attended by Admiral Denfeld.
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Robert Haeger Grafenworhe
Germany
United States
U.S
Hoyt & Vandenberg
Omar N. Bradley
Army
America
Europe
Vandenberg
Louis FE. Denfeld
Adgit
First Infantry Division
Wntty
U.S. Army
Negro Army Deserter Charged With Murder Of Society Matron
Charlotte NC UP a 26 year old Negro Army deserter captured by police charged with murdering elderly social matron Mrs Esley C Anders. Ex butler Monroe Medlin seized at a Negro boarding house after a daylong search following the death of Anderson, a prominent auto dealer. Medlin admitted the confession after questioning by Chief Frank N Littlejohn.
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William Sexton
Charlotte
N.C
Esley C. Anders
Monroe Medlin
Frank N. Littlejohn
Medlin
Madison
Wis
CIA
Littlejohn
Jdtilgjona
Anderson
Aulo
Petunia Says Alcoholic Hid In Flower Bed
In Wenatchee Washington a man sought shade in a flower bed and told deputies I am a petunia as he succumbed to a 14 degree heat wave and alcohol. The sheriff removed him from the bed after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petunia
Wenatchee
Wash
Renovation Planned For White House
AP reports a commission favors renovating the White House rather than rebuilding. Senator McKellar chairs the panel and Congress has appropriated 100,000 for the work. President Truman notes a desire to preserve the building’s historic form despite calls for a new mansion.
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White House
McKellar D-Tenby
Congress
Truman
Cneager
Han. Fortry
Pennsylvania
Sune
Story Of Scientists Search In AEC Six Month Report
The Nation Today reviews a six month report from the Atomic Energy Commission. It describes progress beyond the primitive atomic bomb and outlines efforts to develop more powerful weapons. The piece portrays scientists across laboratories in America studying effects of radiation and other research while noting sections on blood flow in animals and experiments at Argonne.
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Satile Marlow Wgton
Asonile Eeergy Commission
AEC
Congress
Wigger
Eniwetok
Ame
Iin
Amarici
Argonne
Chicagobstle
House Kills 20 Million Road Issue Stirs Alabama Legislature
MONTGOMERY AP House defeats the administration's twenty million road bond bill by sixteen votes and shifts focus to reapportionment. The Senate votes on the 67 Senator plan while efforts to advance Gov. Folsom's reapportionment and a one cent gas tax gain ground. The day features parliamentary maneuvering as lawmakers push to place preferred measures on calendars and pause contentious bills. The Martin Benford 40.8 million road bond remains on deck with education and general appropriations slated for later action.
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Montgomery
Thor House
Senate
James BE. Bolsom
Savera
Dugal
Ed TM
Marion
Marlin-Benford
Jaynes E. Folsom
State Department
Rankin Fite
Marion ‘County
House
Harriman Urges Congress Save Future Generation
Welfare fund report shows John L Lewis funds spent faster than income from March through June, with monthly shortfalls of about 3,000 dollars per month. Trustees salaries cited, including 25,000 dollars yearly to Eara Van Horn, and ongoing criticism that expenditures breach Taft-Hartley Act provisions amid wage- contract negotiations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Josephine Rache
Lewis
Mina Roche
Jiming
Eara van Horn
Sen
Styles Bridges
Lewis Ike
N. H Collison
Miss Rorke
Mareh~-Mayana Dune
Ambassador Harriman urges Europe arms aid to Europe
Roving ambassador W Averell Harriman urged Congress to approve President Truman's 1.45 billion arms aid program to shield Western Europe from fear and doubt, saying it preserves peace and deters aggression. He pressed for action amid calls for more specifics and warned delays could erode allied resolve. He stressed Western Europe has grown politically and economically, and that delaying arms support risks boosting subversive elements and neutrality advocates.
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Rex Chaney Washington
LLP
W. Averell Harriman
Congress
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western
Europe
Lall
Harriman
Soviet Russia
Uptten
Lan
Harziveatt Aaid
U & Military
Cotton Picking Time Arrives In Wiregrass
Wiregrass farmers brace for a busy week as fair weather returns and gins prepare for the cotton run. Dothan merchants stock snaking sacks while crews are ready. Extension predicts several hundred bales ginned before week’s end. Local agents warn fields will open quickly, with leaves dropping soon and money circulating to pickers by Saturday.
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Dothan
Sottan
Glohers
Henry County
Hoyt. Wareren
Warren
Newry County
Houston County
Clark Rudder
Paro & Hentha
Romiguiere Brothers Split Over Strike Tactics
BAN FRANCISCO AF The Romiguiere brothers are at odds as 106 employees at Thomard Allec Company a major cleaners firm walkout led by Henry Remiguirre business agent of the Chearing and Dye Hone Woekers Union Local 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Francisco
Brothers Romiguiere
George E. Romiguiere
Thomard Allec Company
Henry Remiguirre
Chearing and Dye Hone Woekers’ Union
Boykin Dinner To Honor Rayburn In Washington
Rep Boykin hosts a game dinner in Washington to honor Speaker Sam Rayburn. About 750 guests from Congress and cabinet departments attended with Rayburn and Vice President Barkley among speakers. Alabama officials and state figures were invited to represent Alabama.
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Wasrington
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Rep. Boykin
D-Als
Iry Sku
Alabama
Congress
Milaropsi Department
Barkley
Chitt
Vinson
Clark
McGrath
D-Aly
Rayburn
Boyan
Wil
Boykin
Folsom
Bio Veetor
A. M. McFarland
Pitt Tyson Manet
Montgomery
Alsbam
Sam
Ford Says Paving Nears Completion in Dothan
City Engineer EB J Ford reports paving work in Dothan near completion with two weeks of uninterrupted work. Project seven should finish excluding about 728 square yards of blacktop on North Cast Street and minor cleanup before final inspection. Rain could delay but with good weather the contract could be met on schedule.
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Dothan
Eb, J. Ford
Ford
Cast
Jobn
Tly
Morris Jailed Again Over Klan Roster Refusal
Ku Klux Klan leader Morris in Alabama was ordered jailed indefinitely by Circuit Judge George Lewis Bailes for contempt after refusing to disclose Klan membership to a grand jury probing hooded terrorism. Morris said he could not produce the roster, citing past burglaries of Klan records and efforts to recover them.
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Roland
Dofson Amernican Cue — Willis
Morris
Grand Dragon
Ku Klux ‘Klan
Alabama
George Lewis Bailes
Bailes
Robert J.) Wheeler
Ku Klux Klan
Tefferson County
Hugh Locka
Toth
Page
Dock Workers Clash With Sydney Police in Massive Protest
About 1500 dock workers clashed with 200 officers in central Sydney during a one hour strike against shipping companies. The melee spread to several groups along King Street near the arbitration court causing many shoppers to be knocked down or scratched. Fifteen men and one sailor were arrested as police halted the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Arbitration Court
King’Street
Negroes Register In Mobile During Registration Day
AP reports 205 people registered in Mobile on a single day, 86 of them Negro, 119 white. Negroes have made up more than a third of prospective voters on this first of two special registration days. Total Negro registrations exceed 1,000 during March’s general period amid Boswell amendment issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Rity
Hospital Meet Set Tomorrow
The Houston County Board of Revenue plans a 7 p m meeting in the courtroom to discuss forming a Houston County Hospital Association with 19 directors. After the session, 18 committeemen will be appointed and, once approved by the Attorney General and Secretary of State, will become the association’s directors. The group will work with the State Board of Education on hospital construction, with community members from each beat to be included.
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Houston County
Houston County Board of Revenue
Com+missioners
Raatn County Hospital Associa
W. Perry Calhoun
Board of Revenue and City Commissioners of
Dothan
Thhey
Attocany General
A.A Carmichael
Secretary of State
Talpoun
Houston County Hospits Association
State Board of Education
Wife Asks $100 Husband Refuses She Shoots Self
Battle Creek news reports a woman, Wiphe Perske, 28, asked her husband for $100. after he refused, she shot herself. He rushed her to a hospital where transfusions failed and she died. Perske said she planned to pursue charges against him on his birthday.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Roland Perske
Wiphe
Bien
Perske
Des
Virginia Voters Crowd Polls Today in Primary
Voters in Virginia lined up as polls opened at 6:20 am for the state’s primary, with forecasts of mild weather and scattered showers. The four-way Democratic gubernatorial race dominated coverage while the Republican primary drew lighter interest despite past calls for crossovers.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
Athough
Republlican
Adv
Lindsay Almond
Nll
Congress Lends Hand Help Soldier and Wife
In Washington a sentimental tale unfolds as Congress backs a plan affecting a service member and his wife awaiting the return from Italy with their infant adopted daughter. The couple, aided by supporters, sought to provide a home for a war orphan, selecting a child through a hopeful process anchored in a photograph and a yearning for family.
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Harman W. Nicross
Washington
Congress
Chitornia
Italy
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Alabama Chamber of Commerce
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Geneva County
Sen. Hill
Joint Chiefs
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Save
GOF
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