Barin Field Foley May Be Reactivated for Training
Senators Hill and Sparkman say Barin Field Foley Alabama may be reactivated around March 1 after plans for continental aviation base expansion are studied and approved. They note possible reactivations of Ellyson and Bronson Fields in Florida, with those two delayed to summer 1950. All three would serve basic training purposes.
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Hill and Sparkman
Alabama
Barin Field
Foley
Ala
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Barin
John N. Brown
Woman defies police by threatening suicide in apartment
Police rushed to a second floor apartment of Mrs. Anna Atkinson to avert a suicide attempt. She sat on the window sill and challenged officers, complaining about public interference as she sought air.
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New York
Anna Atkinson
Seeing Eye Service Finds Glasses. Poteau Man Amazed
In Poteau Oklahoma E P Gold nearly lost hope as his dog brought in eyeglasses dropped three months earlier. The dog carried the glasses to his master’s feet, a remarkable reunion that stunned Gold and amused locals.
Ozark Clerk Traveled 1.5 Million Miles by Rail
Ozark resident A L Byrd has logged about 1.5 million miles as a railway mail clerk over 27 years. He works the Montgomery Waycross route, travels roughly 1500 miles weekly, and recalls letters rather than sights while reading the vast mail. He hopes to retire without ever experiencing a wreck.
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Ozark
A. L. Byrd
Brother Byrd
Montgomery
Waycross
Political Recipe Louie Tamplin Secures Ozark City Council Seat
Louie Tamplin heads to the Ozark City Council as October begins after an unopposed nomination in the recent primary and an unopposed September general election. He hints at a “recipe” for unopposed nominations but declines to share it, noting Dothan politics often sees opposition. The Ozark electorate appears ready for his unchallenged candidacy.
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Louie Tamplin
Ozark
Dothan
Louie
Council Seat Bid Recalled by Ward Boundary Change
A former council member, previously elected but forced out by ward realignment, seeks reinstatement. After a pause in the term due to a shortage, he resigned and now runs again representing the newly defined ward at city hall.
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Bien
Ozark civic favorite W. W. Drew named Dale Chamber treasurer
W W Drew of the Atlantic Coast Line, long a Ozark area civic participant, will be installed as treasurer of the Dale County Chamber of Commerce this month. Since 1911 he has served in Cairo, Luverne and Ozark with the Coast Line and served as Kiwanis delegate at a Chicago convention this year.
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Ozark
W. W. Drew
Dale County Chamber of Commerce
USC, Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Chicago
M. Drew
Coast Line
Cairo
Luverne
Kelley Heads Wiregrass Chamber Successor Named
J H W Kelley longtime Ozark businessman and outgoing Chamber of Commerce president says H L Holman Jr will succeed him. The year saw notable chamber gains including unifying the Wiregrass to win a trade school for Na pier Field. Kelley Brokerage Co dealer in building goods and brick aims to continue selling the Wiregrass after his term.
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J. H W. Kelley
Nathan
Ozark
Chamber of Commerce
H. L. Holman
Chamber
Napier Field
Kelley Brokerage Co
Newton
Gordon
Kelley
Truman In Dog House As Election Talk Roils Ozark County
Voters debate Dixiecrats and Republicans in Ozark County while all agree President Truman will receive a small, uncounted share. The piece notes widespread opinion rather than precise tallies and suggests voter indifference to exact counts.
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Ozark
Truman
Elba girl wins national Legion scholarship
Miss Sammie Blue, daughter of Mrs. Sam Blue, of Elba, has been awarded the national president's American Legion scholarship for 1948 49 totaling 800. She was selected from six applicants from a pool of ten nationwide. Eligibility hinges on being a deceased veteran's daughter and on leadership, scholarship, personality and recommendations. Culver Post No 42 promoted her candidacy and supported the effort.
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ELBA
Sammie Blue
Sam Blue
American Legion
Culver Post No. 42
Miss Blue
United States
Blur
Culver Post
Hog Growers Hold School At Elba With Large Attendance
West Coffee County farmers packed the Elba circuit court room for a hog growers school led by County Agent J. R. Speed. Speakers Emmett Sizemore Rep. H. B. Larkins Hog Expert Phillips and Dr. J B Taylor urged pure bred hogs, good fencing, and home pig production amid talks on local corn and cotton data, hog cholera serum prospects, vaccination, nutrition and balanced rations.
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C. B. McDowell
ELBA
West Coffee County
J. R. Speed
Emmett Sizemore
Extension Service
H. B. Larkins
Phillips
Auburn
J.B. Taylor
Sizemore
Coffee County
Alabama
Larkins
Taylor
Telephone Unions Seek Pay Increase
Washington AP report says two rival phone workers unions, the Communications Workers of America and the CIO's Telephone Workers Organizing Committee, join to pursue a third round wage increase for about 50,000 Bell System employees. They plan a cooperative effort, invite other unions, and will draft details at a future meeting.
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Washington
Bell
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Bell System
CWA
AFL
TWOC
Miss Blue Plans Alabama College Attendance Next Year
Miss Blue, popular with local youth, intends to attend Alabama College at Montevallo in the coming year. The community notes her planned enrollment and bright prospects.
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Fort
Blue
Alabama College At
Montevallo
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