Schools To Open Board Fails To Name September Fifth
Dothan and Houston County will open the 1949-50 term on September 5 Labor Day. The City system plans a teachers' institute September 2, while the Negro schools hold events August 28 to September 2. Enrollment is expected to rise modestly, with Young Junior High adding classrooms to handle more graduates.
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Abby Ellard
Houston County
Dothan
Negro High
Houeton County
Brice Fhanty
Young Junior High
Abovl
Southside
Minute T
Highland
Wien
Florida Cops Search For Narcotics Thief
Marianna police and Jackson County officers pursue burglars who stole about 3100 worth of morphine from Chipola Drug Store early today. Chief Cheater Miller says a back door crowbar entry broke a cabinet lock, allowing the narcotics theft. Two culprits fled in a red Ford. one signal of a lookout was reported as officers block the roads and continue the investigation.
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Marianna
Speciel
Tackwan Counthy
Chipula
Madanna
Cheater Miller
Marianns
M. Bers
Salarry
Walgiven Agency
AS. Hartin
Miller
Miler
Jackson County
Chit Miller
Bynested Issheriff
Jackson
Houston Board Seeks Salary Increase Action in Senate
Houston County Board of Revenue urged State Senator W G Hardwick to speed a bill raising board pay from 50 to 100 dollars monthly. The board unanimously supported the raise, awaiting governor approval, with Hardwick holding up action previously. Local bills to raise Circuit Solicitor Baxley and Henry County solicitor salaries also move forward.
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Senate
Houston County Board of Revenue
W. G. Hardwick
Montgomery
West
House
Mardswick
Hardwick
Dilary
Board of Revenue
W. Perry Calhoun
Cassaoun
Eagle
Cult Board
Seite
Sension Briday
Hardwick Ia Piso
Houston
Henry
Keener Baxiey
Tito Keeps Yugoslav Border Closed Says Reports
London dispatch reports Yugoslav authorities kept the frontier closed to Greek guerrilla forces. Greek guerrilla radio accuses Yugoslav troops of rear and flank attacks during the Vitsi pocket fighting. Athens radio quotes Hlas saying Greek government troops used Yugoslav soil to reach guerrillas rear.
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London
Rudin Reporia
Toe s6Uiceg
Marshel Tito
Gferrina
Beard
Vitsi
Moscow Radio
Hlas
Athens
Yugoslavia
Alabama bill to separate Negroes in housing fails committee
In Montgomery AP reports a bill to require separate residential areas for whites and Negroes did not advance from the Boise Fiduciary committee. Rep Fage Haynes of Lowndes was absent, and the measure would impose a 1000 fine or one year in jail for violations. A companion bill awaits Senate action, but passage this session is unlikely.
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Senate Committee On Municipalities
House
Senate
Ace Fwily
Senate Puricipalities Committee
Alabama
State Revenue Departement
McCarthy Calls For Perjury Indictment Of Maragon
Senate investigation highlights include Milton Polland’s sworn testimony that he paid Maragon 1000 for help lifting a sugar rationing suspension order in 1846. McCarthy urged the Department to seek an indictment for perjury as Maragon had denied receiving payments. Mundt labeled Vaughan a pressure broker amid sharp exchanges with Hoey over the matter.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
John Maragon
Senate
Milton R. Polland
Milwaukee
Maragon
Polland
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Kansas City
Whit
Francis D. Flanagan
Mundt
Vaughan
Hoey
Flanagan
Maregon
Poland
Molassea Company
Cotton Cutbacks Likely Under New Federal Controls
Federal officials expect California and other cotton states to cut plantings by about one third next year under new crop controls. Secretary Brannan is poised to order strict production limits to reduce the 190 cotton crop amid large stocks and ongoing harvests. Deep South states will also reduce plantings, though not by the same cut as the West. The White House received the control proposal yesterday and the President is expected to sign soon.
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Vincent
Burke
Washington
California
Awrigatiure Department
Charles J .F. Brannan
Congress
Toraia
Deep South
White House
Southland Mourns M Mitchell in Atlanta After Crash
Atlanta mourns actress Mitchell killed when struck by off duty driver Hugh Gravitt on Peachtree Street. City flags at half staff. funeral planned at Oakland Cemetery with private service. Gravitt faces murder charges. taxi official defends him amid prior violations. Mitchell buried near Confederate Memorial. Local hospitals and Grady Memorial noted for care.
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Atlanta
Mitchell
Prililantis
Miliobs
Ang Geet
Sade Fenea
He State Capitol
Cytcrama
Housing & Marriott | Piintlke
Baton of
Halfsmast
Hinee
M. Dothan
John A Margle
Clark Gable
Hugh D. Gravitt
Mise Mitchell
Feachtree Street
Taxi Cons Spiny
Gravitt
Senate Bills Stall as Departments Seek Funding
The Senate keeps its tongue wagging over federal finances as House and Senate appropriations committees quiz department heads on their requested budgets for the coming fiscal year. Hearings and votes shape funding before the new fiscal year begins July 1, with lawmakers racing to finish allocations prior to adjournment.
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Senate
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
Surate
Milan Stuey
Fall House
Eagle's Photo Contest Edits amid thin entries
The contest editor complains of gloomy entries and low submission pace as the deadline nears. Staff debate encouragement tactics and prize money to attract more photographers.
New York Inquiry Set In KKK Plot Rumors
MINEOLA N Y authorities plan an inquiry into charges that 19 members of the Ku Klux Klan met in Freeport to plot hooded terrorism on Long Island. District Attorney Frank A Gulotta said he will investigate after a Merrick gathering called by Henry Waldman urged protest against threats to the Fabers of Freeport who sold their home to a young Negro couple. An arrow bearing a KKK note denouncing Negroes and Jews was shot through the Fabers’ screen door last week and threats were received by the couple.
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Mineola
Nassau County
Mio
Ku Klux Klan
Freeport
Long Island
Frank A. Gulotsta
Merrick
Henry Waldman
Hempstead
Jewish War Veterans
Charles Faber
Beaxing
KKK
Faber
Fabers
Beran Protests Red Interment In Czechoslovakia
Archbishop Josef Beran, primate of Czechoslovakia, protests his internment by the Communist government. He says his freedom and church rights are stripped, no visitors are allowed, mail is censored, his office taken, and Mass disrupted. He recalls a June 19 public appearance marred by heckling at St. Vitus Cathedral. He notes a premonition of similar fate to Cardinal Mindszenty and says his Aug 6 protest letter remains unanswered.
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Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Als Caus
Serged Bhe Mail
St. Vitus
Hanescy
Beran
St. Vitus Cathedral
Strahov
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Msgr. Beren
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Terror
Czsehoslovak Ment
Editor's Wife Dies At Eufaula Home
Upshaw wife of the Eufaula Tribune editor died at the family home in Eufaula Alabama. He serves on the State Board of Education. Survived by nine daughters incl Mrs Robert Kennedy of Eufaula and sister Mrs N D Eubenk of Atlanta. Funeral services scheduled for this afternoon.
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Supaula
Ala
HL. Upshaw
Wits
Eufaula Tribune
Wusband Ia
State Board of Education
Upshaw Ia
Daugter
Robert Kenedy
Eufaula
N. D. Eubenk
Atlanta
Construction rises as employment outlook improves
The Federal Reserve Board forecasts moderate increases in construction work, backing Secretary Tobin’s prediction that employment will rise this year. Board figures show contract construction employing over 12 million midyear workers, with construction contributing to the economy despite factory and mine slowdowns in spring and summer.
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Charles Malony Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Talso
Secretary of Labor
Bin
Tobin
White House
Reserve Board
Mation
Commerce Department
Durewag
Reorganization Scrap Shaping On Plan No 2
Senate braces for a swift vote on Reorganization Plan No 2 as Truman faces a defeat on restructuring. Supporters claim Administration victory is likely, while opposition argues the Employment Security Bureau should remain under the Labor Department.
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Oliver W. de Wolf Washington
Senate
Truman
Birchan's Wife Had Part In Robberies in Louisville
Louisville police report Birchan's wife, aged 26, aided robberies across several states totaling over 12,900 dollars. She allegedly helped hide 7,518 dollars in a green raincoat near Point, Kentucky, while her husband Earl Bircham faces charges for fatal patrolman shooting and wounding. She was questioned 14 hours about the bank and other robberies including a Columbia Mantle Co hold up and a Nashville Gas electric heist.
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Louisville
Bircham
Trimina
Weat Point
Earl David Bircham
John Tenbyson
John Ross
American National Bank
Ward- Hille
Nately
Irs
Columbia Mantle Co
Joseph K. Cascity
Nashville Gasant Electric Co
Ieairescepa Ment
Ickory
Ube
Born Princess Demands Damage Payment Over Castle Loss
An American citizen princess from Georgia claims 1.9 million dollars from the Malian government after squatters displaced her from a castle near Rome. She alleges 308 thousand in damages for wartime property losses tied to Italian families and names her son-in-law as connected to the dispute.
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Yulcsnia
Nemi
Rom
Sheried
Ceampaner Spughter
Peanet 5
Alexis Droutzkoy
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