Unusual Egg Displays Attract Dothan Audience
The piece notes an oversized egg displayed by Red Hen in Dothan weighing a quarter pound and measuring three inches long and 2 1 4 inches across. It credits John Johnson of 1002 Third Avenue as owner of the New Hampshire Red, while mentioning the Eve event and local reaction. A separate item covers the sixth annual all-night Sacred Harp session at the Houston County courthouse, led by F. M. Roney, with 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. singing and a midnight lunch.
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Sith
Dothan
New Hampshire
John Johnson
Third Avenue
W. C. Lisenby
Houston County
F. M. Roney
Youth Arrested Here For Georgia Police
Dothan police turned over to Georgia authorities a youth wanted in Bainbridge on passing bad checks. Kermit Joseph Oliver, 18, was arrested at a local bus station. He had blank checks from Texas, Louisiana and Alabama and stamping gear for firm names. He possessed three signed checks payable to himself.
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Dothan
Georgia
Bainbridge
Eddie D. Kelley
Kermit Joseph Oliver
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Kelley
Virginians weigh fate of 10th district re election revolt
Senate hopefuls including Willis Robertson of Virginia resisted leaving the field to Truman supporters to avoid a three way race in November. Governor Dewey polled 38 percent in 1944 Virginia. Victor Johnston heads the GOP volunteer division planning Dewey Warren clubs and regional activity to mobilize independent support in southern border states and the North.
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Willis Robertson
Virginia
Robertson
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Roosevelt
Victor Johnston
GOP National Committee
Johnston
Silvermaster testifies on Communist ties and wartime secrets
The hearing panel questions Lewis Silvermaster about Communist associations and wartime espionage links. Russell testifies that Silvermaster listed several officials as friends, while Mundt presses him over continued government employment amid Communist suspicions. Silvermaster denies participation in any movement and cites constitutional rights to refuse incriminating questions.
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Communist Party
Russell
Silvermaster
Harry D. White
the Treasury
Lee Pressman
Works Proeess Administration
Emily Blair
Richard Brantsmen
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Civil Service
Ogpu
South Dakota
Mundt
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Russia
White House
Currie
Naval Intelligence
Board of Economic Warfare
Navy
C. B. Baldwin
Henry A. Wallace
Patterson
Stripling
Baldwin
Bentley
Edward Hebert
Lad Silvermaster
eWell
Robert
Sion Silvermas
University of Alabama finds May retail drop in Houston County
The Bureau of Business Research reports Houston County retail sales fell 3.1 percent in May from April, bucking Alabama's 2.3 percent state rise. Declines hit wholesale, service, manufacturing and unclassified firms, while furniture and drug stores led gains. Clothing and second-hand stores fell, with price resistance and expected spring buy declines cited among factors.
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Houston County
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
Livestock Market Report from Montgomery Ala
Cattle receipts about 700 with opening sales steady. Light stockers gain to 50 cents, baby beef heifers and steers 27.00, common 18.00-23.00, cows 17.00-22.00, canners 14.00-17.00, stocker calves 25.00, many 16.00-19.00. Calves receipts 250, steady opening. butcher calves 25.00-30.00, most 26.00-28.00, medium 21.00-24.00, culls to 15.90. Hogs receipts 200, fully steady with Tuesday. barrows 180-240 lbs 27.50-28.50, 240-270 lbs 25.00-26.00, 270-500 lbs 23.00-24.00, 90-140 lbs 20.00-24.00, medium to heavy saws 18.00-23.00.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federal State Market News Service
Teasday
Graceville Auction Hog Prices Narrow Range
Graceville weekly hog sale saw No 1 hogs bring 26.90 per hundred with No 2 at 26.25 and No 3 at 26.05. Other grades included No 4 25.20, roughs 22.60, heavy 25.00s, feeders up to 31.00, fat calves 28.50 to 30.00, fat cows 17.50 to 20.00, fat steers 18.09 to 22.00, and canners 13.00 to 16.00.
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Graceville
Lawmakers discuss housing and displaced persons bill changes
The conference debated amending the displaced-persons bill but reached no decision. Possible change would move refugees eligibility from December 22 1945 to April 21, 1946. Leaders seek agreement on housing policy to develop and enact. A constitutional amendment for anti pol tax was discussed but not pursued.
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Millikin
Senate
House
Wolcott
House Banking Group
Truman
Morse
Hall D-Alay
Moore
House Banking Committee
Taki
Tomor
Fragmentary note on a violent injury and survival
A damaged OCR entry describes a person cut and pushed through a doorway. Witnesses predicted the victim’s condition, with experts stating he may have been fatally hurt though still living at the time of assessment. The text is incomplete and uncertain.
8,400 Crippled Children In Florida Homes
In Florida Crippled Children Commission homes cared for about 8,400 children. The group spent $400,748 in the past year with 1,897 new admissions. William Stretz of Lakeland was reelected chairman during the Jacksonville meeting. Director L J Graves said many children cannot be admitted to hospitals due to funds.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Crippled Children's Commission
James Fleetwood
Commission
Fleetwood
William Stretz
Lakeland
Jacksonville
L. J. Graves
Brennan Is Speaker At Kiwanis Luncheon
City Commissioner James Brennan spoke to the Dothan Kiwanis Club on city government. J. T. Lane Jr. was program chairman. Guest V G Lowery invited Dothan to Marianna on August 27 to hear Curt Saenger. Henry A Parker urged attendance at the Youth Revival at First Baptist Church. Jerome Sullivan said Crusade for Children had only a quarter of its quota.
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Dothan
James Brennan
Dothan Kiwanis Club
J. T. Lane, Jr
Kiwanian
V. G. Lowery
Marianna
Dothan Club
Curt Saenger
Marianna Club
First Baptist Church
Kignanian
Henry A. Parker
Jerome Sullivan
Bentley case ties to 1950s espionage probe in New York grand jury
The Justice Department sought documentary evidence to corroborate Miss Bentley's claims from 1945. After interviewing nearly 200 witnesses, including top communists like William Z. Foster, indictments were returned for conspiracy to overthrow the government, not espionage, and the New York grand jury remained active.
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United States
Justice Department
Miss Bentley
FBI
New Haven
Conn
Acture
Tom Clark
New York
Rand
William Z. Foster
Demilitarization Backed for Jerusalem Under UN Plan
A UN plan for Jerusalem envisions demilitarization by both sides. Bernadotte warns snipers on the old city wall threaten the truce. He says civilians would be protected only if forces withdraw and a 3000-strong UN staff would operate in the city.
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Old City
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
United Nations
Holy City
Ard Renin
le Sant
Jerasater
Natore Wee Wony
Dle
Terons
Convicts Plow At Kilby Prison Amid Administrative Disclosures
State Prison Director Frank Boswell revealed convicts at Kilby Prison have been used to pull plows, voluntarily rather than hoeing, due to soft ground. He said four to eight prisoners may work a team, as a committee probes prison conditions. Boswell alleged narcotics smuggling by visitors and staff, and said officials must tell the full story.
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Montgomery
Frank Boswell
Kilby
Bonwell
Boswell
Alabama
Rep
W. L
Doc) Martin
Greene County
Martin
Atmore
24 Geneva 4-H Girls Plan To Attend Camp
Twenty four Geneva County 4-H club girls will join a large group of Dale and Geneva boys and girls for a four day camp at Camp Timpoochee Florida in August. Registered attendees include Samson June Faulk Jacke Jones Joyce French Annie Clyde Smith Gloria Ann Early Alice Ann Owens Lon Ann Bowdoin Jacqualine Cauldwell Jaqua line MacDougald Coffee Springs Bennie Will Phillips Betty Jo Sconyers Geraldine Baxley Dorothy Hazel Cow Betty Joyce Anderson and Mary Sue Anderson Slocomb Anne Kelley Patricia Ann Bailey Marjorie Hughes Sara Lou Brunson and Carolyn Kelley Geneva Peggy Hatcher Barbara Fave and Laurie Yarborough Harford Yvonne Kelley with adult leaders Miss Sammie Kilgore Mrs Etta Mae Ward and Mrs Method Coe Hinson.
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Samson
June Faulk
Jacke Jones
Joyce French
Annie Clyde Smith
Gloria Ann Early
Alice Ann Owens
Lon Ann Bowdoin
Jacqualine Cauldwell
Jaqualine MacDougald
Coffee Springs
Bennie Will Phillips
Betty Jo Sconyers
Geraldine Baxley
Dorothy Hazel Cow
Betty Joyce Anderson
Mary Sue Anderson
Slocomb Anne Kelley
Patricia Ann Bailey
Marjorie Hughes
Sara Lou Brunson
Carolyn Kelley
Geneva
Peggy Hatcher
Barbara Fave
Laurie Yarborough
Harford
Yvonne Kelley
Sturts
Sammie Kilgore
Etta Mae Ward
Method Coe Hinson
Western powers eye September for constitutional talks in Germany
The West considers a constitutional assembly in early September in West Germany. The people's council would draft a Communist constitution with two chamber representation for parties and mass groups. A Berlin currency compromise emerged, designating Soviet currency as tax tender while allowing Western money in western sectors. In Frankfurt the Czech consulate said several thousand Czechs who fled Communist rule would be pardoned if they returned within three months.
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Contross
Germany
People's Council
Twohouse
People’s Council
Berlin
Eastern Economic Commission
Frankfurt
Hom Jand
Fort Worth paper notes stamp trade request in 1920s
A brief item from Fort Worth, Texas, reports a request received by Walt S. Williams, a stamp dealer, from Poland to exchange Torroa stamps for American coffee, noting a postal or trade inquiry.
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Walt S
Punland
Dixiecrats' Ticket Seals Mississippi Electors Support
Mississippi backing Thurmond Wright tightens Dixiecrat electoral count as North Carolina and Louisiana move to place the ticket on their ballots. Mississippi electors pledged nine votes, bringing total pledged to 24. Florida split electors with half backing Thurmond Wright amid Florida Democratic disputes. Public polls in Alabama Georgia and nearby papers show strong States Rights support for the Dixiecrats.
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ANTA
Comatiarss
Mississippi
North Carolina
Louisiana
Jackson
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Thurmond
Wright
Alabama
Florida
Dixiscrats
States Rights Party
Thurmond- Wright
State Board of Elections
States Rights
New Orleans
John A. Barr
Barr
Truman
Alex D. Littlefield
United Democratic Party
Charles S. Shepperd
Dothan Alay Eagle
Aenen
Alben Barkey
Macon
Barkley
Dewey
Warren
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Shortest Fort Worth mail route delivers for crowds
In Fort Worth Texas Harry A Carpenter runs the town s shortest mail route a single block yet carries four or five mail bags each trip. He serves about one thousand people around the Fort Worth National Bank Building and keeps moving through the downtown block.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Harry A. Carpenter
Gingko Tree Preserved In Richmond Park Curbing
A ginkgo tree in Mighlard Park, Richmond, was left intact as curbing was built around it after residents petitioned against cutting it down. The tree remains in the center of the new roadway edge, highlighting local conservation efforts.
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Richmond
Mighlard Park
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Duty and Duty Free Heart
A reader asks whether a brother in law should support a sister in need amid a frugal husband. Dorothy Dix cautions that dependence weakens morale and duty lies where dire need exists. A second reader seeks truth about telling a husband his paternity secret and Dix urges letting bygones be bygones. A third asks how to stay true to a husband while thinking of a past beau, and Dix urges common sense to end futile romantic fantasies.
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Dorothy DIX
Georgia Official Denies Conspiracy To Bar Negro Vote
Albany Georgia up report states T A Kemp Dougherty County Registrar denied charges of conspiracy to prevent many Negroes from voting in the September 8 primary. The Albany Democrats Club filed the charges before federal Judge Frank Scarlett. A spokesman Rev M F Adams said that Negroes were mainly questioned at the courthouse and questioned why.
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Albany, Ga
T. A. Kemp
Dougherty County Board of Registrars
Frank Scarlett
Albany Democrats Club
M. F. Adams
Chile
C. W. King
Birmingham Traffic Safety Record Epically Criticized
Don Hill of the National Safety Council criticized Birmingham's traffic safety and enforcement after citing a council report covering 48 states and 261 cities. He noted Birmingham ranked last among similarly sized cities, with 24 traffic deaths in the first six months, 17.2 per 100000 above the national average.
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Birmingham
Don Hill
National Safety Council
Jefferson County Safety Council
Hill
Council
Two-Year-Old Billy Waters Takes A Solo Adventure
Billy Waters aged two from 105 South Alice Street wandered from home while his father served in the Army Air Corps. He reached the Intersection of Brain and Foster streets where a peanut vendor found him and held him for about half an hour before Officer Ralph McCord brought him to the police station. The boy enjoyed soda, peanuts, and attention before his relieved mother arrived to reclaim him.
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Billy Waters
S. Alice Street
W. E. Waters
Army Air Corps
Billy
Brain
Foster Streets
Ralph McCord
McCord
Hero’s medals and miskeyed geography in old clipping
A war hero is noted for a Purple Heart with three clusters, Silver and Bronze Stars, and several ribbons including the ETO with five battle stars. The text then wanders to claim the Vale of Kashmir in India is about half the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States, mixing facts with errors.
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Combia
Vale of Kashmir
India
Sine of Yelowstone Nations Park
United States
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