Country Club Golfers Ve Rain To Play Tournament Rounds
Twenty eight entrants at Po than Country Club braved rain to play sec round matches. LaBrice Hanahan Jr defeated Charles Backley to reach the first flight quarter finals. Dr Pau Flowers beat LaBruce Manahan Sr and Pat Jones eliminated John Henderson. E B McDaniel defeated Dr J C Bates and F P Patterson topped James Baughman in fifth flight rounds. Quarter finals saw Graham Carson defeat Joe Hayes and Sam Blumberg beat Chester P armham. Carson meets Westen, Adams draws Blumberg. In seventh flight W C Lakey edged Johnny Howell, Howard Doster defeated Charles Northcutt and Thollie Myers beat Marion Hanahan II.
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Fwenty
Pothan Country Club
LaBrice Hanahan, Jr
Charle? Backley
Pau Flowers
LaBruce Manahan, Sr
Pat Jones
John Henderson
E. B. McDaniel
J. C. Bates
F. P. Patterson
James Baughman
Negro Held In Jail After Gambling Fight
Elmer Hill of Dothan is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder after attacking brother in law Tommy Lee Jackson during a gambling game. Sheriff Walt Cameron said Hill slashed Jackson in the abdomen with a knife. Medical staff said the condition is not believed serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hill
N-Law
Tommy Lee Jackson
Walt Cameron
Hill
Jackson
Eye nerves stiff whales cannot move eyes poker like
The article notes a bizarre claim that whales cannot move their eyes because the optic nerves are stiff as a poker. It also mentions a high altitude golf course near Alamogordo New Mexico, described as among the world’s highest.
Seven Building Permits Issued By Engineer's Office
The city engineer's office listed seven permits granted over the weekend including Jon Lofun for repairs at 140 North Foster Street costing 500 dollars Lester Montgomery for a residence at Til Parker Street 1500 dollars 2 Magocs screened porch at 600 South Oates Street 100 dollars Shelf Oil Company install tank at 508 East Main Street 500 dollars Clem Wiggins repairs at 61 West Newton Street 200 dollars R E Tate repairs at 501 Commerce Street 2500 dollars Mrs C C Benefield repairs at North College Street 1000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Lofun
North Foster Street
Lester Montgomery
Til Parker Street
South Oates Street
Shelf Oil Company
East Main Street
Clem Wiggins
West Newton Street
R. E. Tate
Communerce Street
C. C. Benefield
North College Street
Four Jerusalem Bank Robbers and a Girl Escape
Four robbers and a girl escaped after a Jerusalem bank heist. A captured bandit was found with cash on a stairway below a bank above a Ben Yehuda street coffee shop, carrying a pistol and a grenade. Police were alerted by office workers. The gang forced the manager to open the cash box, ejecting staff and customers to a corner. The leader warned, in Hebrew, that private savings would be returned and informants would be killed. Jewish Agency spokesman called the killings dastardly and tied to government weakness. an Arab official cited rising tension among British, Jews, and Arabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Ben Yehuda Street
Tel Aviv
Hussein F. Khalidi
Hamburger Prices Fall as Unemployment Bites Shop
In Dad's store customers pay with paper promises as hamburger drops to three pounds for a quarter and round steak to nineteen cents. The narrator recalls debates on business cycles while Dad argues high prices and full employment spur buying, joking that a Tbone may be rare tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Ite
Positions Now Open In European Theater Recruiting Men
Army recruiters announce openings for the European theater for the first time in 18 months. Former enlisted men with MOS qualifications may join the ground forces and go to Fort Benning for induction, then Fort Jackson for overseas processing. Overseas posts include Finland, Germany, and Italy. Two area veterans, Adolph Godwin and Willis T. Clark, plus recruits Francely D. Neale and Gene L. Brown, enlisted for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fort Benning
Fort Jackson
S. C
First Cliass
Fingland
Germany
Italy
Adolph Godwin
Enterprise
Willis T. Clark
Slocomb
Godwin
Francely D. Neale
Archer
Fla
Gene L. Brown
Ozark
Auburn candidates for acting president debated by board
Number 15 for acting president, Toomer objected to him becoming permanent president and said he told Draughon and Davis the chance to succeed Duncan was slim. Draughon, an Auburn alumnus with degrees, joined the faculty in 1930 as history instructor. The board set acting president salary at 10 000. A building study committee was named to tackle bidding and a 14 million dollar appropriation was requested. Draughon pressed for an engineering laboratory as the school’s top need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toomer
Draughon
Davis
Duncan
Auburn
Bean’ Seaford
Briminunam
Paul Haley
Jasper
F. W. Hare
Monroeville
Jo A Neary
Oan Engineerings Laboratory
Reverend Dutton’s aid missions and regional road talks
The Rev. Mr. Dutton plans relief shipments of shoes to Europe and a nonprofit effort to provide inexpensive footwear for American infants and amputees. Officials report Ashford roads funding and collation of emergency court space, with moves to widen Lacy road and potential local legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Mr. Dutton
Europe
Dutton
Sixx
Women’s auxiliary sale at Casoley Napier Piece
The Women’s auxiliary of the Yoral post of the Veterans of For. Chin Wares will hold a resale event at Casoley Napier Fichte. Proceeds support veterans programs. Event date and full details are read as available in local notices.
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Veterans of For
Csaeloey
Napier
Faith Healers Defy Virginia Law In Snake Ceremonies
In Jonesville Virginia faith healers defied the state ban on handling poisonous snakes. Four protesters were jailed and two more arrested during a chaotic jail demonstration as a state trooper killed two copperhead snakes in the crowd. Several more arrests followed at Lee County jail. The six detainees were to face Trial Justice George Credlin for hearing under the snake handling law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Virginia
Coppshead
John Harrison
Faith Healers
Stone Creek
Paul Dotson
Harrison
Macel Thompson
St. Charles
Mary Lee Scott
Pennington Gap
Flora Nolan
Cawood
Lee County
Robert Dotson
Edgar Blackburn
George Credlin
Livestock Arrivals Reported at Eight Major Points
Livestock arrivals at eight packing points including Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton in Georgia and Do than Alabama plus Jacksonville and Tallahassee Florida totaled 800 cattle 650 calves and 800 hogs. Demand for hogs was broad and prices held steady with composite quotations listed for barrows gilts and various hog weights and for sows at 18 to 21.50 dollars per hundredweight.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Pilot recounts near miss in Alaska storm over mountains
The narrator describes being numbered 12 against him and facing a monsoon thunderstorm between Anchorage and Fargo. He details losing altitude from 20,000 to 10,000 feet, waking after 1 hour 40 minutes, and seeing a treacherous ice ledge on a 19,000 foot peak as the jet strained through a violent weather arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bur- Mie
Anchorage
Fargo
Odom
Towas
Dethan Masons Schedule Two Meetings This Week
Two meetings are planned this week for Dethan Masons. Tuesday night Pythagoras Lodge will hold its regular business and work. Thursday night Dethan Chapter No. 5 will present past master and most excellent master degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dethan Masons
Pythagoras Lodge
Dethan Chapter No. Vs
Communicable Disease Totals in Houston County July Report
The Houston County health department lists July figures for several diseases. Diphtheria three cases, gonorrhea nineteen, hookworm one hundred twenty six, syphilis six, undulant fever two, and cancer nineteen. The Moose population in Weom ing is estimated under nine thousand.
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Houston County Health Department
Several Sunday and Saturday Vehicle Collisions Reported
An accident Sunday morning on S Andrews and Franklin streets involved James M Barton of Columbus Georgia and Mrs Ed Harper of Cottonwood Road with both cars sustaining slight damage. Saturday a fire truck driven by J W Wilkes collided with Norman Goldfarb’s car at Oates and Main, causing slight damage as the truck skidded during a right turn. A Saturday collision at N Andrews and E Adams involved Rep Wallace D Malone and Tollie Worthington, Negro, with minor damage and no injuries. An E 84 East of Dothan, a car driven by Morris Sheppard Dupree hit a truck driven by J B Relly after Ready made a left turn, with $75 damage and no serious injuries. Patrolmen T J Brooks and L C Mooneyham investigated.
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James M. Barton
Columbus
Ed Harper
Cottonwood Road
Franklin
J. W. Wilkes
Norman Goldfarb
Ft. Benning
Oates
Main Streets
Wallace D. Malone
Tollie Worthington
N. St. Andrews
E. Adams
U. S. Highway No. 84
Dothan
Morris Sheppard Dupree
Henry Green
J. B. Relly
Cowarts
L. C. Mooneyham
Dothan Station
Mystery Jewel Heist Ties to German Death in CID Probe
Miss Herbst is booked by the Criminal Investigation Division after questioning as the U S Army investigates Hermine’s death and a missing jewel collection valued at five million dollars. An autopsy request has been sent to Soviet authorities in Berlin to determine if poison or drugs played a role.
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Hermine
Criminal Investigation Division
U. S. Army
Miss Herbst
CID
Frankfurt
Germany
O. R Carlucci
Berlin
Karlshorat
Curlucci
Tohoe
Carlucci
Britain Faces War Crisis With National Effort Call
Attlee urged a united national effort to meet a grave crisis, saying Britain must rely on its own resources and not depend on Commonwealth help alone. He defended a bill granting powers to the government to address the emergency while noting ongoing American loan aid of 2.75 billion dollars may be exhausted this year.
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Attlee
Commonwealth
Furs
Britain
Debate over chief examiner powers and highway bond plan
The article reports on a bill to reorganize the chief examiner of public accounts and possible veto by Governor Folsom, with amendments debated in the House and Senate. It also covers a multi million dollar highway bond proposal of forty million dollars funded by a gas tax, plans for county and state distribution, and the stalled tractor tax refund bill tied to farm interests awaiting legislative action after recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
House
Senate
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Interim Agriculture Committee
Interim Highway Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Disappointed by postponement in Hughes hearings flurry
The article recounts continued delays in the Hughes inquiry amid noisy side shows and protests. It notes Meyers and Elliott Roosevelt figures at hearings, Hughes’s West Coast travel plans, and Brewster’s pressure to merge Trans World with Pan American as part of the political theater surrounding the investigation.
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Hesarogs
Meyer
Wishes’ Enterprises
Joslas
Hughes
Devore Das
Casverted
Bentier
O Hughes
Tido
Meyers
Elliott Roosevelt
Secretary of
Interior
J. A. Krug
Hughes W
Owen Brewster Rmaine
Brewster
Trans- World
Juan Trippe
Pan American Airways
Hughes Fireworks at Senate Hearing Deepens Scandal
Witnesses accuse Hughes backers and allies of pressuring for a halted probe while Meyer testifies he spent 164000 of Hughes money on entertainment over four years, including Roosevelt associations. Hughes claims procurement officers hated him and predicts troubled approval for his XIF-11 project as others threaten lawsuits and disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Ferguson
Brewster- Hughes
Hugh Fulton
Brewster
Fulton
Maine
Meyer
Roosevelt
Air Forces
Hearigs
Sy Ferguson
U.S
Paris
Air. Force
Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood
J. 3B
Alexander
Wright Field
O. Hughes
Army
Air Corps
Puess Vino
Hoghes
Russell Bidwell
New York
Holywood Pholicist
Wien
Nona Dietrich
Ingres Tool Co
Dietrich
Birdwell
Jesner Rec
Jesse Jones
Washington
Hugues
Jones
Mrs Mittie Leg Dies At Enterprise Church Service
Mrs Mittie Leg dies at Enterprise funeral services held at Asbury Church conducted by Rev Buford B officiating. Interment in Coffee Springs. Surviving are three sisters and three brothers including G W Leger Sanford Leger Jerry King and Ester Carmichael. family details uncertain due to fragmentary text.
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Furvices
Mittie
Asbury Church
Buford B
Coffee Springs Boyd and Company
W. E. Leger
Sanford
Leger
Samson
H. Chancellor
Mollie Windham
Annie Durden
D¢ Springs
Edn Elba
Jerry King
Deerfield
King
Alturas
Fla
Ozark
Mattie Lunsford
Ester Carmichael
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Engineer's Office
James D. Grow
Sears
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Ashford
Ashford + Green
Ashford Columbia Road
Touston County
Henry P. Atkins
Lacy
Wilson's Nath
Traewick
Penge
We County
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Weoming
AT. S
IVY Corp
Moausaie
Cay Cta Deol
Dothan. Ala
CIA
DR. Sinquef
Malone
Dan
Sun Bill Farm
Orcuestr
Dothar-deadland IL
Lee Se
Garrison's
Garrison
S. Lena
Eis
June Stecomb
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