Wiregrass towns gather for library service meeting
Delegates from 10 Wiregrass towns met at the George S. Houston Memorial Library for a public library service division session. Activities included talks on library member responsibilities and public finances, plus a roundtable on local library issues with attendees from Opp, Hartford, Samson, Geneva, Elba, Piuchard, Eufaula, Enterprise, Ozark, and Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiregrass
Public Library Service Division
George S. Houston Memorial Library
Lewis
Lois R. Green
Montgomery
Kathryn Mier
Jefferson City
Opp
Hartford
Samson
Geneva
Elba
Piichard
Eufaula
Enterprise
Ozark
Dothan
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass reports on Elton G Collins and Carl E Sellers traveling to Montgomery for the Alabama convention of Tax Assessors and Tax Collectors at the Jefferson Davis hotel, with return planned tomorrow. It notes Fred M Tatum’s appointment as notary for Houston County and Bishop Clare Purcell’s transfer to Birmingham. The piece also covers Alabama marriage statistics including Houston County figures, a Foster Street Methodist youth picnic, and July communicable diseases in Houston County.
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Elton G. Collins
Carl E. Sellers
Montgomery
The
Association of Tax Assessors and Tax Collectors of Alabama
Jefferson Davis Hotel
Collins
Sellers
Dothan
Clare Purcell
North Carolina Methodist Conference
Birmingham
Alabama
Columbia
Houston County
Doolittle Raider Chooses Japan Mission After War
Jacob De Shazer, 35, a Doolittle Raider who suffered in Tokyo confinement, plans to return to Japan as a Free Methodist missionary with wife Florence and baby Paul. They set November departure, after recent graduation from Seattle Pacific College. He speaks of faith guiding his life and seeks to show decency to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Barrett Salem
Ore
Jacob DeShazer
God
Tokyo
Orient
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
United States
DeShazer
Florence
Seattle Pacific College
Free Methodist
Paul
Ohio
Bible Meditation League
China
Shanghai
Strategic Service
Peiping
Caldwell May Call Florida Legislature
Gov. Millard Caldwell indicated a possible special session to change presidential voting rules. The Orange County Democratic committee proposes direct votes for the presidential nominee, not electors. If a majority of legislators approve and attendance is sufficient, a brief three day session could be called.
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Tallahassee
Millard Caldwell
Florida
Orange County
Democratic Committee
Caldwell
United Press
Orange County Movement
M. D. Bailey
W. J. Steed
Exchange Club Beauty Pageant Plans Set
Exchange Club devoted its meeting to finalizing plans for a beauty pageant to be held at the Martin Theatre Tuesday night. John Henderson reported progress and said at least ten additional entrants are needed. C. C. Bush and Charles Mercier will attend the national convention in Wichita next month as delegates with E. P. Alexander as alternate. Twenty one members attended.
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Exchange Club
Martin Theatre
John Henderson
Wichita
Kan
C. C. Bush
Charles Mercier
E. P. Alexander
This Baby Will Not Need Any New Shoes
Warren Ward near his first birthday anniversary has a growing collection of about 360 miniature shoes. The shoes, gathered by Mrs. Ward and sent home by her Army captain husband, include wooden slippers from Belgium and many pairs from Europe, split evenly between right and left.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Warren Ward
Master Ward
Rary
Robert L. Ward
Belgium
Trout Grow Wilder Out In The West
Lincoln Nebraska dispatch reports Brown trout grow large in the North Loun River. Carl Peterson state game commission legal adviser caught a 26 inch trout north of Halsey. He landed the fish once then released it and found it again at the end of the line and kept it.
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Lincoln
Neh
Loun
Carl Peterson
State Game Commission
Halsey
Peterson
Writ Challenge over Russian Teacher in New York Consulate
A habeas writ seeks Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina from the Soviet Consulate in New York with the consul general Lomakin resisting service. The State Department remains hands off as the now demanded appearance and potential removal to Russia stir political and diplomatic tension amid other Allied Cold War disclosures.
Automobile Parking Around Courthouse Will Be Restricted
Probate Judge Albert Logue announced a fire hazard and access issue in the Houston County courthouse area. Parking between the building and annex will be prohibited to allow fire trucks access and exit routes from the Martin theater, as work on the grounds beautification resumes with lawn sodding and new benches to be installed along Oates Street. County and state employee parking arrangements were not provided.
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Albert Logue
Houston County Courthouse
N. Foster Street
Martin Theater
St. Augustine
Oates Street
Logue
Cotton loan rate set for Houston County at 30.99 cents
PMA Officer Jesse A. Culbreth announced a 30.99 cent per pound loan rate for 15-16 inch mid lint cotton in Houston County with premiums and discounts by grade. ACA staff and local banks will assist farmers in filing loan forms as the county notes a large 1948 crop outlook and congressional loan protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
PMA
Jesse A. Culbreth
BAE
Commondity Credit Corporation Ioan
Culbreth
Houston County Aca
Ogeney
First National Bank
Dothan Bank and Trust Company
Dothan
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Ashford
Bank of Columbia
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Congress
New License Plates Arrive at Courthouse in Houston County
Houston County probate judge reports 9,660 1949 automobile tags received for sale October 1 to November 15. Plates will be issued in pairs, with numbers by classes listed, including A 48, C 4,700, DD 1,100, bus Q-4 five, taxi X-3 50, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Cat Saves Self as Rescuer Cracks Up
In Bennington New Hampshire a man James McLaughlin used a ladder to rescue a neighbor's cat stranded in a tree. He slipped breaking a neck vertebra dislocated, and fractured arm and collarbone. The cat calmly descended after watching helpers carry him away.
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Bennington
N. H
James McLaughlin
McLauchlin
McLaughlin
New Orleans Cotton Prices Mixed as Market Closes
Market close shows steady prices with small declines around 95 cents a bale. The report notes uneven bidding and a few buyers remaining active despite the narrow ranges.
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New Orleans
Funeral for James E. Moran Held at Mt. Pleasant Church
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from Mt. Pleasant church with Dr. R B Justice of Enterprise officiating. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home in charge. He was 70 and survived by his wife and several children and grandchildren. The Masonic Lodge of Chancellor assisted at the church.
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Enterprise
James E. Moran
Mt. Pleasant
R.B. Justice
First Baptist Church of
Searcy
James E. Marsh
Johnnie Glisson
H.R. Marsh
H.J. March
Orlando
Fia
Wilson Marsh
Atlanta
Hubert Marsh
Columbus
Obituary for Joseph O Sasnett at Daleville funeral
Joseph O Sasnett, seventy two, died at his daughter's home near Daleville after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Piichard Methodist Church with Rev. J M Baldwin and Rev. Joe White officiating. Burial in Piichard cemetery. Holman Funeral Home in charge. He leaves a widow, two daughters, five sons, a sister, a brother, 25 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Livestock arrivals and hog prices in Georgia and Alabama markets
Livestock arrivals totaled about 500 cattle 250 calves and 300 hogs at eight major Georgia Florida and Alabama packing plants. Hog prices were weak with a 75 cent drop per hundredweight and quotations ranged across weights for barrows gilts sows with noted steady to firm hog markets in Alabama and Georgia stockyards.
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Thomasville
USDA
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Montgomery
Mit
Union Stock Yards
Writ Demands Return of Russian Teacher from Consulate
Judge Dickstein issued a habeas corpus writ directing Lomakin to produce Mrs. Ok sana Stepanova Kosenkina in court by 10 a m today. The Russian schoolteacher held at the consulate since Saturday was described as rescued from kidnappers near Nyack, New York, and slated for return to Russia on the next ship. The writ, sought by Common Cause, Inc., was served yesterday but ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Supreme Court
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Jacob M. Lamaxin
State Department
Lomakin
Kosenkina
Russia
FBI
G-men
Red
Mundt
Miss Bentley
Moscow
Kramer
George Silverman
UN - American Activities Subcommittee
Samarin
Somakin
Common Cause, Inc
Emimett
Emimnett
Peter W. Hoguet
Hoguet
Samuel Dickstein
The
New York Herald Tribune
Dickstein
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
Soviet Counsel General Defies Court in Spy Inquiry
In New York AP reports Soviet Counsel General Jacob M Yamkin refused a Supreme Court writ to bring Russian schoolteacher Stepanovna Kosenkina to court for questioning in a communist spy case. Countess Tolstoy appeared to testify and indicated Kosenkina was not present in the packed courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob M. Yamakin
Supreme Court
Href
Stepanovna Kosenkina
Alexander Tolstoy
The
Tolstoy Foundation
Houston County board approves bids for Cowarts Creek bridge
The Houston County Board of Revenue approved bids for materials to rebuild the Cowarts Creek bridge near Howard Grove church after last month’s washout. The $50,000 project is state and county funded with half the cost paid by the state. Plans and surveys are underway for final approval, with construction to begin once the plan is approved. Bids include T. R. Miller and Company croseted timbers, Alabama Steel Company steel bars, Hub City Supply bolts, and Alabama Bridge and Iron Company angle irons and bars. The wooden trestle concrete deck bridge will be about 377 feet long, down from the original 443 feet.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Cowarts Creek
Howard Grove Church
Albert Logue
T. R. Miller and Company
Brewton
Cresote Timbers
Alabama Steel Company
Birmingham
Hub City Supply Company
Dothan
Alabama Bridge and Iron Company
Talladega
VFW Plans Peanut Festival Float and Outing Details
The Dothan VFW post held a meeting on South Oates street with thirty seven members present. A three man committee including S Sgt C S Williams Horace MacInnis and Wayman May was formed to plan a parade float. The post voted to cover Commander William Griggs expenses to the VFW National Convention in St Louis August 29 to September 3. J D Fuller Fred Howell and Hubert Minor were named to outline plans for the annual post outing next month to lead the membership drive. B W Davis announced an Exchange Club beauty pageant at the Martin Theatre Tuesday night.
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Dothan Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
South Oates Street
S Sgt. C. S. Williams
Horace MacInnish
Wayman May
Wiliam Griggs
V.F.W
St. Louis
J. D. Fuller
Fred Howell
Hubert Minor
B. W. Davis
Exchange Club
Martin Theatre
Army to run joint induction system for volunteers and draftees
The Army will oversee the induction program and volunteer enlistments for all services. Army Air Force recruiting main stations will serve as joint induction stations. Navy and Marines will continue volunteer enlistments and not immediately accept draftees. Forrestal said using Army Air Force stations will reduce the need for new offices and personnel.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Forrestal
Army Air Force
Berlin Signposts Amid Cold War Tensions
A Soviet plan to feed Berlin via a Western food program meets limited uptake as only about one percent of 2,075,000 residents in the western sector accept the three week offer. The British American airlift continues to meet needs while U S coal lift planes prepare to operate from Fassberg on August 20 reducing Ruhr coal shipments. Russian press accuses German officials of sabotaging the effort as the US and allies deny the claim and accuse Moscow of trying to sever communications between sectors.
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Berlin
U.S
Fassberg
Ruhr
Tuan
Frankfurt
ADDN
Germany
ADN
U. S
Beran
Columbia Promotes Dam Progress At City Hall Open House
A luncheon and open house in Columbia highlighted dam plans for the Jim Woodruff project and the Chattahoochee Valley expansion. Speakers, including Rito V. Lee and Green, urged housing and urban development, noting a four year timeline for construction and a substantial lake and power output from the Woodruff dam.
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John Keorber
Colu
Montgomery
Seldon Dothan Chamber of Bailey
The
Commerce
Columia
Wiregrass
Cottonwood
White
Wilkerson
Rito V. Lee
Dothan
Columbia
Lee
W. L. Lee
E. E. Wakefield
M.C
Albert Logue
Washington
Chattahoochee
Gissendanner
Jim Woodruff
River Junction
Fla
Chattahoochee Valley
Woodruff Dam
Woodruff
Reid
Green
Alabama
Europe
U. S. State Department
City Hall
Tobin Accepts Labor Secretary Post After Governor Run
Tobin left the Massachusetts governor's race to become Secretary of Labor after the death of Lewis B. Schnellen. A New Englander at 47, he twice defeated James M. Curley for Boston mayor and won Massachusetts governor in 1944, surpassing a million votes. He opposes the Taft Hartley act and is seen aiding Truman in the election drive.
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Tobin
Massachusetts
Lewis B. Schnellen
New
Roosevelt
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Truman
Young Republican National Federation
Albany
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
Soviet promise to feed Berlin bogged down by unloading logjam
Soviet promises to feed Berlin falter as freight trains wait outside the city for unloading facilities. Officials blame each other for the logjam, while Moscow moves to seize control of Berlin by deploying many Communists and paralyzing city administration. American authorities warn of a tightened Soviet clampdown and potential disruption of Western- zone telephone and telegraph links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Telegraf
Governor denies policy shift amid negative publicity
The Governor rejected claims of changing his policy in Alabama’s government. He called publicity a smear by political enemies and said his recent marriage reduces personal scrutiny. Folsom plans to return to the insurance business in Cullman, Alabama after leaving office.
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Folsom
Examiner
Alabama
Cullman
Ala
Prison Facility Plans Mention Lounging Rooms
The text outlines an office for the mayor and clerk, a council room, housing for the fire truck and equipment, a water and light department, police headquarters, a supply room, four spacious cells, rest rooms, and a fenced arena to provide sunshine for prisoners. A wall sign near the escape-proof cells reads lounging rooms.
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Fred M. Tatum
Sibyl Pool
State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Foster Street Methodist Church
Choctawhatchee Wells
Gene Bryson
Eleanor McAliley
Houston County Health Department
Doolittle Raider
Railway Express
Nemtqunery Hightway
Dothan, Ala
Herald
Harvard University
Latuehlin Currie
Currie
Tn Silverman
Silverman
Currie Nas
Bentley
Kilzare
Heavitsky
Sresaar
Cofton
Cat
Chambers
Oper
Dee
Ihews
James E. Mars
Joseph
Sasnett
Montgomery Market
Fateu Dg
VFW
Wiregrass Sports
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