Ex-sheriff Mansfield recalls 1961 McMinn jail siege in Tennessee
CARTERSVILLE GA AP ex sheriff of Me iin County Tennessee says he cannot understand what caused the August 1 siege of the county jail by former soldiers 18 wounded and deputies besieged. He and his former chief deputy Boe Dunn say they did not fire. He criticizes publicity and recalls nominating bid for the state Senate, though unlikely to run. Mansfield may return to railroad work.
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Cartersville
Mansfield
Meiin County
Tenn
Iunty
Uunty
Puty
Boe Dunn
Athens
Mans
McMinn
Dunn
Ygens
Pat
Senate
Milton L. Fleetwood
Ediwr
Triune News
Reriff
Pat Manfeld
McMinn County
Osville & Nashville Railroads
Asheriff
Knox Henry
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Green Givens
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Green Givens, eighty four, of Headland route one, will be held at Bethlehem Church tomorrow at 10 am with Rev. F. E. W. Jrauahon and Rev. Albert Woodham officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Headland Mortuary in charge. Surviving are a son T. J. Givins, Headland route one, three sisters Mrs. Barnes Panama City, Mrs. John Jones Chinitey Florida, Mrs. Charlie Hicks Parcha city, a brother Johnnie Breet, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Tie Green Givens
Leadland Rovie
Bethlehem Church
FE. W. Jrauahon
Albert Woodham
Dothan
Burnl
Cemeery
Headland Mortuary
Georgia
Houston County
Chhildhood
T. J. Givin
Rockets over Steecholm Raise Sweden Air Attack Alarm
Reports describe rockets passing over Steecholm and exploding north of the city. A Swedish air force lieutenant observed a green forepart and white sides on a body that resembled a elvan shape. witnesses noted fragments raining down. Officials cited dual exercises and hedged on attributing the rockets to Russians.
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Steecholm
Fter
Wniral
Sweden
Can GE. Stangenberg
Air Defense ‘Department
Nails And Peanuts Worry Washington Leaders
Civilian Production Administrator Joan Small fears nail shortages as nails are diverted to housing programs. Secretary Clinton Anderson and Rep. Stephen Pace comment on the potential impact on peanut farming in Georgia and neighboring Southern states. Georgia leads peanut acreage with 1,523,000, acres. Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Mississippi follow with smaller totals.
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Washington
Joan Small
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Small
Anderson
Civilian Production Administration
Pace
Georgia
Peanut League
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Charlie C Jenkins Funeral Conducted
Funeral services for Charlie C Jenkins sixty two died at his home on Cottonwood route yesterday after a short illness were held this afternoon at Howard Grove Church with Rev Dan Guy officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery with Johnson Wilkerson in charge He was born in Alabama and moved to Florida seventeen years ago returning to the Cottonwood community last January Surviving include his wife three daughters Mrs Jennie Barnes Cottondale Mrs Alice Strickland Ashford route one and Mrs Elmedie Waldo Panama City a son J M Jenkins Cottonwood route one and 18 grandchildren Active pallbearers: E W Granger Quincy Enfinger J S Enfinger Clayton Cundray Author Rokerson Houston Guy
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Charlie C. Jenkins
Cottonwood
Howard Grove Church
Dan Guy
Johnson-Wilkerson
Alabama
Florida
Jennie Barnes
Cottondale
Alice Strickland
Ashford
Elmedie Waldo
Panama City
J. M. Jenkins
E. W. Granger
Quincy Enfinger
J. 5. Enfinger
Clayton Cundray
Rokerson
Houston
Guy
Negro farm tour highlights Houston County FSA plots
A tour of farms owned by Negro FSA borrowers in Houston County was led Friday by five borrowers and county FSA staff including W Y Cook and Dennis Gowder. Participants observed soil conservation, crop practices, and home canning efforts with families like Foy Lee and Julia Callens canning 500 quarts this year. Other participating families were J C Ward Yonie Mae Ward James Wilson Mary Wilson Johnnie Register Rochelle Neal and George Neal.
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Houston County
FSA
W. Y Cook
Dennis F. Gowder
Mary B. Avant
Virginia Yeager
Foy Lee
Julia Callens
Dothan
J. C
Yonie Mae Ward
James and
Mary Wilson
Johnnie and
Willie Mae Register
Campbellton
George and
Rochelle Neal
Pansey
Pickett to Transfer from Dothan to Birmingham
Major Joseph R. Pickett, commanding officer of the Dothan Army recruiting station, will be transferred to the Birmingham recruiting office tomorrow. He will replace Lt. Col. Dan W. Johnson who has assumed command of Army recruiting in Alabama. Colonel Johnson succeeded Col. Joseph Decker who received an overseas assignment. Lt. J. J. Erguse, a Vulhan cee recruiting officer, has been assigned command of the local station.
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Joseph R. Pickett
Dothan
Birmingham
Major Pickett
Dan W. Johnson
Army
Alabama
Colonel Johnson
Col
Joseph Decker
J. J. Erguse
Vulhan
Labor issues ignored in South Carolina primary politics
Three officials in a laborless election face a Democratic party jurisdiction after federal rulings ended white primary laws. The CIO PAC cites factory work as its focus, while the AFL runs a parallel membership drive. John C. Taylor denounces unions. ten other gubernatorial hopefuls stay silent on labor questions.
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South Carolina
Democratic Party
CIO
Political Action Committee
AFL
John C. Taylor
Anderson
PAC
Conference debates inviting Albania and others to hearings
The U.N. Security Council process focuses on inviting Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt to speak on the Italian treaty with Albania Egypt Mexico and Cuba positioned for hearings. Vishinsky and other delegates clash over general commission rules as Byrnes chairs a tense plenary session.
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Via
Amsky
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
Byrnes
Vishinsky
de Gasper
General Commission
A. Y. Vishinsky
A. V. Alexander
General Secretariat
Crechoslovakie
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Russia
Poland
H. V. Evatt
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Andrei Visainsky
Secretariat
Ethiopia
Norway
Brazil
China
Great Britain
Times F. Byrnes
Evatt
Alexander
Austria
Austin
Iran
Trieste
Italy
Price ceilings debated in congressional agriculture hearing
During the current session a committee heard data and charts on bumper feed and crop estimates. The farm front urged free markets to set prices for grass and other farm goods. Witnesses Vierman Falker of the Millers' National Federation and Weston B. Grimes for Cargill, Inc. warned that price ceilings could hurt markets. Thompson was joined by Daniel W. Bell, a Washington banker and former Under Secretary of the Treasury, and George H. Mead, a Dayton, Ohio industrialist and pulp paper producer.
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Bressional
Fara Orgents Ton
Vierman Falker
Millers’ National Federation
Weston B. Grimes
Cargill, Inc
Bow
Thompson
Daniel W. Bell
Washington
the Treasury
George H. Mead
Dayton, O
Marshall Stuart Ultimatum to China Described
Nanking report says the Marshall Stuart statement is a clear ultimatum to Communists and Nationalists to end fighting or lose American financial aid. Observers see it as clarifying U.S. aims rather than admitting defeat and hope for renewed negotiations toward peace in China.
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Nanking
George C. Marshall
U. S
John Leighton Stuart
China
United States
Funeral for W. T. Mathis in Tampa at Tolbert Church
Funeral services for W T Mathis sixty three of Tampa will be held at Tolbert Church tomorrow at 10 am with Rev Roby J Lee officiating Burial will follow in the church cemetery Johnson Wilkerson in charge Surviving are his wife two sons Kem and Billie Tampa three daughters Mrs J W Burdette Mrs Leslie Reid Rodson and Miss Rosalie Mathis all of Tampa and three grandchildren his mother Mrs J J Mathis Newville four sisters Mrs Otg Shelley Mrs O M Shelley Misses Eaton and Mae Mathis Newville three brothers A E Slathis Dothan A O Mathis Panama City W L Mathis Oxford Miss and several nieces and nephews
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W. T
Will) Mathis
A. BE. ‘Mathis
Dothan
Tampa
Tolbert Church
Roby J. Lee
Johnson-Wilkerson
Kem
Billie
J. W. Burdette
Leslie Reid Rodson
Rosalie Mathis
J. J. Mathis
Newville
Otg Shelley
O. M. Shelley
Misses Eaton
Mae Mathis
A. E. Slathis
A. O. Mathis
Panama City
W. L. Math
State to build three city coliseums with $506000 cost
A state plan proposes three coliseums centered in the state with smaller rings in the north and south. Total cost around 506000, land donated by towns. The selecting committee will hearMontgomery Aug 26 on the southern site and Birmingham Aug 27 for the northern site, with final locations announced later. Chamber officialswill coordinate Wiregrass meeting plans and invite more towns to join the resolution effort.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
South Alabama
North Alabama
Chamber
Highway Patrol cites emergency road work delays
Bryant said only emergency tasks had been done in the district since July 1 when a law gave county road duties to a new road supervisor. The Sand Mountain Group still held the equipment, and heavy rains had made mountain roads nearly impassable. Roy Gist, Road Commission chairman, said mountain delegates threatened to seize the machinery and were told only a supervisor could release it.
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Highway Patrol
Bryant
Tirce
Ian
Road Commission
Roy Gist
Gist
Heible for training and job placements for the handicapped
State officials report eleven handicapped individuals began training through the Education Department division. While in training, progress is tracked and referrals to employers follow upon completion. July saw 234 disabled persons seeking employment in diverse fields including clerical managerial domestic and skilled trades.
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State Department of Education
Rioting in Athens After Fight Between Ex-GI and Negro
Police and statewide patrols moved to quell a mob that surged through Athens after an incident between an ex-GI and a Black man. State guards and troopers aided local officers as roughly 2,000 whites chased Black residents, with nine arrested for unlawful assembly and injuries reported among 18 to 20 Blacks. The mayor released two white men to cool tensions, while authorities warned against further violence and prepared for possible additional action.
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Athens
D. J. Rosenau, Jr
van Buren Gilbart
Hosenau
Rosenau
W. ¢. Starkey
Starkey
State Guard
State Highway Patrol
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Sylaceuga
Here
Gilbert
Sere Storthr
Rosensu
Ben Massey
Roy
Massey
Massay
Frank Johnson
Resenau
Birth Certificates Sought for School Entry in Houston County
Houston County health department clerks urged parents to obtain birth certificates for children entering school this fall. For births in 1930 and 1940 not on file locally, copies must be requested from the State Department of Health in Montgomery, with an expected two weeks or longer for processing.
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Houston County Health Department
Potme
State Department of Health
Montgomery
Houston County
Stern gang charges and new refugee arrivals at Haifa
The Stern gang faces charges for attacking Haifa railway shops on June 17. Shlomo Eisenberg, Jewish Agency executive secretary, seeks postmaster general inquiry into mail tampering amid reports letters to Agency staff torn open. Two new ships bring nearly 2,700 Jewish refugees detained for lacking immigration certificates, with the Yagur carrying 700 and the Henrietta Szold 500 passengers. The harbor crowd, including 1,400 detainees on Hagana and Jewish Warrior, grow tense as refugees aboard sing and observers fear a broader flare up.
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Haifa
Henrietta Szold
Hagana
Klan Propaganda Tied to Public Exposure and Economic Slump
Duke notes responses claim attacks come from ex men and anti Klan drives boost Klan membership. He says public exposure reduces members but warns anti Klan campaigns hurt Klan remnants. Georgia prosecutor says Klan not national threat but a severe downturn could make many urban workers susceptible to Klan propaganda.
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Number 9
Éxmen
Duke
Georgia
Six Civilians Held in Stockade Speak Out on Legal Rights
Chase recalls officers defending prisoners as “men without legal experience” and rails that the United States protects rights at home, as six civilians arrested in June and July face charges. Names include Ayers of Harrisburg Lonsdon of Detroit Bocrader of Bowling Green Benson of Chicago McKinley of Bessemer Grewe of Detroit with 60 days confinement abroad.
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Chase
United States
Salina
Kans
Irving M. Ayers
Harrisburg
John W. Lonsdon
Detroit
Mich
Alvin
Navy reenlists Dothan veteran and more ready for duty
Otis Delcon Kirkland a Navy veteran from Dothan route one has been accepted for reenlistment at the Dothan Navy recruiting office. He was returned to active duty as a radar man second class and sent to New Orleans for assignment. David H. Tong of Midland City route one and Carl Hazelton of Headland recently re enlisted by the Dothan recruiting station have returned home on 13day leaves.
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Otis Delcon Kirkland
Dothan
Kirkland
New Orleans
David H. Tong
Midland City
Carl Hazelton
Headland
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