Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Rep George Andrews accepts an invitation to speak on September 2 at the formal opening of the new American Legion post on North Foster Street. J T Jackson will serve as master of ceremonies as local officials announce the dedication with performances by the Henry County Four and other groups.
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George Andrews
American Legion
North Foster Street
Andrews
J. T. Jackson
Houston County
Henry County
Church marks 110th anniversary in Dunkirk
First Methodist Church in Dunkirk New York observed the 110th anniversary of its incorporation this year. The event highlights a long-standing presence in the community and reflects on its historical role and growth over more than a century.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Small palm sized hearing aid aids thousands
A new miniature device for the deaf fits in the palm of the hand and provides clear noiseless tone so faint voices are understood. Finger tip controls let users adjust instantly. The Belstone makers offer a free descriptive booklet and claim endorsement by the American Medical Association Council on Physical Medicine. Write Beltone for details.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Council On Physical Medicine
Belhone
Dept
19Th St
Beltone
Axis Sally Returns Home For Treason Charges
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally faces treason charges after returning to the United States under army escort from Frankfurt. Preliminary hearing set for August 31 with lawyer access to be arranged. FBI and Army investigate her wartime Radio Berlin broadcasts and alleged acts aiding Germany.
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Joseph Ives Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Europe
Portland
Maine
Bolling Air Force Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Army
FBI
U. S
Cyril S. Lawrence
Lawrence
Axis Sally
France
North Africa
Berlin
Courtland I. Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sally
Justice Department
Congress weighs tax relief and excess profits debate
Lobbying in Congress seeks removal of theater ticket and night club taxes as well as transport charges while a fur coat buyer and a drink tab payer may get relief first. Millikin says Republicans unlikely to raise taxes unless finances worsen and predicts the next Congress will ignore Truman's wartime excess profits tax revival. Colorado Senator argues 60 percent of corporate profits fund productive capacity, calling it anti inflationary and asserting we cannot have an excess profit tax if production is to rise.
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Congress
Millikin
Truman
Colorado
Ieee Ie
Kefauver Set to Speak at Truman Rally in Birmingham
Rep. Estes Kefauver will headline a Truman Barkley rally in Birmingham on August 28, announced by Jefferson County Truman forces chairman Guy Matlock. Kefauver, Chattanooga native and U.S. Senate nominee, was confirmed by Carl Hatch of the national speakers bureau. Alabama Democrats nominate 11 pro Truman electors, though May primary electors plan to support Thurmond Wright States Rights ticket instead.
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Birmingham
Estes Kefauver
Dteun
Truman Barkley
Guy Matlock
Truman Forces
Jefferson County
Matlock
Kefauver
New Mexico
Carl Hatch
National Democratic
Chattanooga
U. S. Senate
Memphis
E. H. Crump
Joseph Langan
Mobile
Alabama
Democratic National Party
Truman-Barkley
Langan
Truman
States Rights Democratic Ticket of Govs. J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Fire Levels Atmore Prison Farm Hospital
Atmore prison farm hospital destroyed by fire Friday night. Convicts helped firefighters to prevent spread to the cellblock. Six patients were rescued from the barred building. no injuries reported. The hospital, a 30 bed facility, was lost but insured and will be replaced soon. State Prison Director Frank Boswell, visiting, noted the blaze was contained by morning with fire department assistance.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore Prison Farm
Frank Boswell
A. m
Boswell
Lomakin Crisis and Cold War Propaganda Battle
Analysis of Lomakin’s expulsion and the Rasenkina case within Cold War propaganda. US officials push the narrative of Soviet official confinement while asserting Moscow bears responsibility. The broader war unfolds across Moscow Berlin and Wartone in a struggle for influence and peace.
Dixiecrats Fight To Get On Ballot In North Carolina
Raleigh AP Attorney General McMullan said the State Board of Elections appeal in the Dixiecrat case will be filed with the State Supreme Court soon. Superior Court Judge Harris ruled the new party petition rule unreasonable and ordered the board to admit States’ Rights Democrats candidates to the November ballot. The States Right Democrats back Thurmond for president and Wright for vice president. New party candidates must file by September 1.
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Raleigh
N. C
Harry McMullan
State Board of Elections’ Appeal
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
W. C. Harris
State Board
Harris
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding IL. Wright
Mississippi
McMullan
State Board of Elections
Dixiecrats
Supreme Court
Abbeville School To Be Expanded
Abbeville will add ten new classrooms at Abbeville High School. Henderson Black and Green Mill Company of Troy won the contract. Construction starts in about ten days and should finish by the 1949 50 school year. The old building may be torn down after completion.
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Abbeville
J. A. Roberts
Henry County Board of Education
Abbeville High School
Henderson, Black and Green Mill Company of
Troy
Roberts
Berlin Blockade Tensions Rise Amid Border Clashes
British and American military police bolster positions at a border zone while Russian and German police patrol nearby. A tense street conference ends with Col. Kelly rejecting Soviet cooperation. British say Soviet tactics shift to incite civil unrest to challenge Western control. Berlin civilians face intensified Communist pressure and food shortages amid blockades and factional police split.
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Johannes Stumm
U. S
E. R. Kelly
Col. Kelly
Kelly
Potsdamer Platz
Alexis Jehsarov
Berlin
Polce
Isbor
Itchserov
Berimn
Columbus Man Held In Theft Of Auto Of Sen. Hardwick
Dothan police identified B. D. Williamson, 37, of Columbus, as the man who stole Senator Guy Hardwick’s 1946 Chevrolet on North Foster Street July 15. He was held in Columbus jail on grand larceny charges after admitting selling the car to an Albany dealer and later describing the sale to a dealer. the car was recovered in Auburn August 11. Williamson also faces Georgia bond on several false pretenses cases. extradition was not waived.
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Dothan
Sen
Guy Hardwick
Columbus
B. D. Williamson
Albany, Ga
Williamson
C. S. Prior
James Lewis
Hardwick
North Foster Street
Lewis
Auburn
Willamson
Georgia
Unscarred Says Man Seeking Rankin Job in Mississippi
Judge Raymond T. Jarvis, Booneville, declares he is not handicapped by scars from long service as he seeks the congressional seat held by Rep. Hankin. He says the house is on fire and he would be the new fireman to help put it out, pledging support for farmers and the U N as key to world peace while backing a strong military. The all district race draws interest as Tupelo’s Claude F. Clayton also runs for Rankin’s seat.
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Booneville, Miss
ULP
Raymond T. Jarvis
John E. Hankin
Jarvis
Booneville
U. N
Claude F. Clayton
Tupelo
Rankin
Vaccination Drive Reaches 46,396 Alabama Children
Alabama health officials report 46,396 children received free diphtheria vaccine last year, averaging about 127 per day. Injections were administered through county health departments across 67 counties, with the vaccine prepared in the State Health Department’s bureau of laboratories, Dr. Douglas L. Cannon announced.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Douglas L. Cannon
State Health Department
Bureau of Laboratories
Witnesses push Hiss-Chambers clash with details
Nixon urged three to four witnesses to testify on the Hiss Chambers dispute. Key issues include whether Chambers knew Hiss as a Communist named Carl before 1937, if Hiss tried to recruit him into the party, the alleged automobile gift and rug payment, and the role of J W Peters in introducing them.
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Nixon
Hiss-Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
Carl
George Crosley
J. W. Peters
Washington
Smathers outlines amendments to nominating process
The text notes Smathers proposing a statewide amendment to presidential candidate nominating rules and to abolish national conventions. It expresses disagreement with current practice, arguing conventions often produce unsuitable or invented candidates.
Funeral services for Mrs Myrle R Sellers at Rocky Creek church
Mrs Myrle R Sellers died Thursday at her home on Asford Route One. Funeral services set for 10 o'clock today at Rocky Creek church with Rev Akins Etheridge and Rev Mr Middleton officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home in charge. Active pallbearers include Houston Terry John Terry Glynn Goff Rupert Sandlin Jim Sellers and Terry Olive.
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Rocky Creek Church
Myrle R. Sellers
Asford
Akins Etheridge
Middleton
Church
Johnson
Berry Kyser of Ozark Dies After Brief Illness
Headland special report says Berry Kyser, 63, died at his Ozark home yesterday noon after a brief illness. Survived by widow Alice Kyser of Ozark and six children in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, plus three brothers. Funeral at Tabernacle Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Van Dubose officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Headland Mortuary in charge.
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Headland
Berry Kyser
Ozark
Alice Kyser
Cecil
Lois
Lak
Wales
Fla
Jim
Warren
Argo
Raymond
Rex
U.S. Navy
Clayton Smith
Slocomb
C. M. Haggard
Columbus
Clyde Kirkland
Hartford
Joe
Carl
Charlie
Tabernacle Church
van Dubose
Church
Headland Mortuary
Negro Fatally Shot After Biting Officer in Memphis
MEMPHIS AP Police Chief Carroll Scarbrook said James Mosby twenty two bit Corporal J F Nolen during a fight with Mosby s wife Willie Mae Mosby Mosby fought back attempting to run Nolen shoved him to a squad car Coats talked to Willie Mae Mosby Mosby attacked Coats with a night stick breaking a knuckle Nolen shot Mosby twice in the stomach after Mosby bit his arm The report said Nolen was not to blame for the shooting.
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Memphis
Carroll Scarbrook
James Mosby
J. F. Nolen
Nolen
Mosby
J. C. Coats
Willie Mae
Coats
Willie Mae Mosby
J.C. McDonald
C. A. Armour
Abbeville Races Grow With Late Mayor Alderman Entries
Abbeville sees last minute entries swell the mayor race to three and alderman field to six for the September 20 election. Mayors candidate trio includes G Bertram Mathison Sr Horace McSwean and Will Crawford. Tompkins retires. New aldermen contenders are Buddy Crawford Ward Espy and Dr T J FloydJoining others O W Waters E Edward Dodd and Leonard Black.
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Abbeville
G. Bertram Mathison, Sr
Horace McSwean
Will Crawford
Q. E. Tompkins
Buddy Crawford
Ward Espy
T. J. Floyd
O. W. Waters
E. Edward Dodd
Leonard Blalock
Refugee teacher in critical condition after consulate leap
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, a 52 year old refugee teacher, was removed from Roosevelt Hospital’s critical list after nine days since leaping from the Russian consulate. Hospital bulletins noted gradual improvement, while officials said no further updates would be provided unless a radical change.
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Cheprunykh
Lomakin
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Caine
Severs
Man Held As Passer Of Forged Check In Dothan Arrest
A man identified as Cecil Bedsole, 20, was arrested in Columbus Georgia after being linked to forging and passing a $25 check at the Sterling Shop in Dothan on August 16. Officers say he admitted to other bogus checks and a charge of forging will be filed while a hold with Columbus police is requested. Local chief Eddie Kelley warns merchants to be cautious when cashing checks from unfamiliar sources as bad check activity rises in Dothan.
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Sterling
Dothan
Columbus
Cecil Bedsole
Prior
Jimmie Baker
George Baker
Bedsole
Eddie Kelley
James Lewis
Columbus Polce Department
Kelley
Panama City Wins New Airline Service Start Date
Panama City will receive twice daily air service beginning September 1 from Jacksonville en route to Mobile and New Orleans. A brief ceremony is planned by the chamber of commerce aviation committee when the first flight arrives. Westbound arrivals are slated for 9 15 a m and eastbound for 11 54 a m.
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Panama City
Natonal
Three Hurt In Car Wagon Crash At Clio
A wagon carrying Ed Shiver 50 Vera Shiver 47 and daughter Loretta 3 was rear ended one mile south of Clio by an unidentified Negro auto. Ed Shiver had chest injuries, Vera Shiver internal injuries and fractures, Loretta cut and abrasions. The suspect faces reckless driving charges.
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CLIO
Here
Ed Shiver
Vera
Loretta
Shiver
South will be represented by notable state figures
The delegation includes former Gov Chauncey Sparks of Fufaula Dr H Councill Tren holm president of the Montgomery State Teachers College for Negroes James J Durr Montgomery businessman and past president of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club Dr W H Y Smith director of the Bureau of Preventable Diseases in the State Health Department T J Bear chairman of the Montgomery Board of Education Thomas E Martin local attorney and businessman Dr Clarence M Donnelly Montgomery County school superintendent and Wilbur Hutsel athletic director of Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn Nummismatists note Croesus coins as state authority first issue in the eighth century BC
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South
Chauncey Sparks
Fufaula
H. Councill Trenholm
Montgomery State Teachers College For
James J. Durr
Montgomery
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
W. H. Y. Smith
Bureau of Preventable Diseases
State Health Department
T. J. Bear
Montgomery Board of Education
Thomas E. Martin
Clarence M. Donnelly
Montgomery County
Wilbur Hutsel
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Bayou La Batre votes against incorporation challenged
Probate court petition seeks new election in Bayou La Batre where 188 votes cast 91 against and 90 for incorporation with seven unregistered on the voting machine. Weston alleges 10 ineligible voters and charges anti incorporation leader Overstreet with voting falsely. Overstreet released on bond pending Tuesday hearing. Hearing set for Sept. 13.
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Mobile
Bayou la Batre
Robert M. Weston
Norvelle R. Leigh, Jr
Weston
Stephen R. Overstreet
Overstreet
St. Tammany Parish
Bayou la Barre
Leigh
Mrs Meade Reappointed Alabama Cancer Society Leader
Mrs. Lillian G. Meade of Birmingham is again Alabama commander of the American Cancer Society for a seventh year, announced by national commander Mrs. Harold V. Milligan. As state commander and executive director, she directs cancer control activities for about 400 volunteers across 67 counties, overseeing the cancer education program.
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Birmingham
Lillian G. Meade
Alabama
American Cancer Society
Western government talks and envoy meetings noted
The report notes that about 20 points require further exchanges among three Western governments and that Russians may be asked for another meeting. Molo tov could call such a meeting but has not, while Smith planned to attend an all day outing of the American Club at the embassy summer retreat. The club totals 140 people including staff, six correspondents and three visiting fur buyers.
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Molotov
Smith
Wallace Faults Parties In Bipartisan Domestic Policy
Wallace denounced both major parties as the same, urging a foreign policy aligned with a strong United Nations. He warned against domination by either the United States or Russia and called for relief from rising prices, new housing, and an end to witch hunts. He did not explicitly deny Communist support.
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Russia
Wallace
United States
United Nations
United ‘States
U.S.A
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