Eufaula Man Named First Director for Napier Field Trade School
R L Turner of Eufaula is chosen as the inaugural director of Alabama s Napier Field trade and industrial school in Dothan subject to State Board of Education approval. The project includes an October class start a dormitory classroom building and equipment funded by an 875 000 grant with 675 000 for building and 75 000 for operations Turner a former Eufaula trades coordinator is a University of Alabama graduate and veteran gunnery and educational officer.
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Meadows
Napier Field
Turner
Eufaula
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Tallapoosa County
Ne Nevv
Andrews Urges States' Rights Ticket Backed by South
Congressman George Andrews spoke at the Dothan Rotary urging support for the Thurmond Wright ticket. He labeled Democrats as enemies of the South and defended Civil Rights opposition while praising the House Un-American Activities Committee and urging South unity to leverage minority votes.
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South
States’ Rights Democratic Movement
George Andrews
Dothan
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Andrews
House
unn-American Activities Committee
Truman
Southland
Washington
Ews
Dutch Woman 28 Seeks Marriage to Stay in Alabama
Miss Wilhelmine Edelman a 28 year old Dutch seamstress in Tuscaloosa says she must marry an American by August 20 to remain in the United States. She has 15 offers including one from Birmingham and five jurors in person or by John Alden to present cases. She came to visit a Northport family after tending a Dutch grave and her visa renewal failed.
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Tuscaloosa
Wilhelmine Edelman
United States
John Alden
Birmingham
Holland
Women Seek Larger Roles in World Council of Churches
At the World Council of Churches assembly in Amsterdam women activists demand greater influence in church administration. They accuse men of monopolizing key posts despite women’s capable training in business, education, and child psychology. They caution against conflating women’s work with ordination debates and urge structural reform rather than token roles.
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Women
World Church Council
Richard Tompins
Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Assembly of the World Council
City Rejects Plan for Baker Lot Recreation Center
A $75 000 proposal to convert the Baker lot into a recreation center with a large municipal pool was presented at a joint city commission and inter club council meeting in Dothan but officials said the city cannot finance the project. Recreation director Crawford Mosley outlined pool cost at 64 000 with other facilities. council members will seek public subscription sentiment from civic clubs before a final decision.
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Baker Lot
City Commission
Inter-Club Council
Dothan
Crawford Mosley
Civic Club
Concil
Mosley
Ayres
City Faces Deficit as Vaughn Reports At Meeting
City Clerk J A Vaughn warned at the regular city commission session that expenditures outpace income and a deficit of about 250000 dollars is likely by October 1 1949. Delegates urged repairs to the City Auditorium and the commission will review a bid while Vaughn drafts the next fiscal year budget. The board also authorized borrowing 35000 dollars from each of two local banks and accepted the Southside subdivision.
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Vaughn
Dothan
Southside
Harry Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Power Commission
Selden Bailey
Chamber
Cairo
State Department of Education
Napier Field
Queen Mother Mary Rides In Prowl Car
The Queen Mother Mary was picked up by a police prowl car near Little Thetford England as her Daimler developed engine trouble on the way to Cambridge She was taken to Cambridge for repairs and returned to Sandringham in another car The incident involved police assistance during the royal journey
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Little Thetford
Eng
Mary
Sandringham
Cambridge
Border States Scene of Battle in Presidential Campaign
Seven border states including Missouri and Kentucky emerge as key battlefields in the campaign. Republicans target Missouri Kentucky Maryland New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee and West Virginia with the goal of shifting electoral votes and Senate control. Weave of senatorial contests may influence outcome as party leaders push intensive campaigns in Tennessee and other borders.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Republican High Command
Maryland
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York
Mr. Truman
Thomas FE
Dewey
Senate
Werbert Brownell, Jr
Campaiy
Tenessee
Carroll Reece
Foremer
Warren
Negro girl admitted to University of Arkansas medical school
A two year old Negro girl, Edna Mae Irby of Hot Springs, will enter the University of Arkansas medical school without segregation when the 1948-49 term begins. Dr H Clay Chenault said no segregation could be set up in the medical school and noted the Board of Regents had already admitted a Negro to the law school in 1947. Irby was 28th in a national aptitude test determining the freshman class. several other Negro applicants were rejected.
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Little Rock Ark
Medical School
University of Arkansas
H. Clay Chenault
Edna Mae Irby
Hot Springs
Chenault
Board of Regents
Silas Hunt
Texarkana
Irby
Foxville Tenn. College
Cree
Negia and
Pisarts
Budenz Quizzed By Spy Probers
Former Communist leader Budenz testified for 40 minutes before the House un American Activities Committee in a secret session. Officials said he provided information on the Chambers Hiss dispute and may be recalled as hearings continue.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
House un-American Activities Committee
Budenz
Sim
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Daily Worker
Chambers
Hiss
Hiss-Chambers
Com- Mitler
Nixon
Hives
State Department
New York City
Girl Fires At Dog Wounding Brother In Ricochet Incident
In Marian na a 14 year old girl fired at a stray dog with a rifle near the Rutten home. The bullet ricocheted and struck her 12 year old brother William A Kutten in the spine. He was flown to a Jacksonville hospital for surgery.
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Marianna
William A. Kutten
Jacksonville
Chief of Police
A. 3
McMullian
Catherine
Rutten
Meon
William
Thehief
Jarkesavitir
Four U S Fliers Die In Collision Of Airlift Planes
Two American C 47s on a supply run collided near Ravotzhhausen Germany 14 miles northeast of Frankfurt killing four U S fliers. The planes were returning to Wiesbaden from Berlin after delivering supplies. Names withheld pending next of kin. A U S Air Force spokesman said Dakotas on the Berlin run carry two men and four perished. Rescuers could recover only one body from the wreckage. European Air Transport Service said no passengers were aboard. Prior mishaps had claimed five lives in two previous airlift crashes.
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Ravotzhausen
Germany
Benny
U. S
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Berlin
European Air Transport Service
Tempelhof
Koenigstein
U.S
Berlin border talks aim to end sector clashes
High level negotiations are under way to pacify the Soviet and Western border in Berlin after weekend violence. Secret talks involving American and Soviet officials seek a local settlement to inflammations from a series of Soviet kidnaping raids into the American and British sectors.
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Berlin
Four Die as Speeding Car Plows Into Pole Near Mobile
Four occupants of a speeding automobile were killed instantly when it veered off the highway and struck a power line pole near Mobile. A fifth person escaped injuries. The dead include John Otis Barses and his wife of Mobile, John Travis White 20 also of Mobile, Virgil G Rawlins 51 the driver from Chicago, and George Thomas 24 of Mobile. Thomas survived long enough to seek help. The car struck a concrete blockhouse before the pole, traveling about 725 feet after leaping the embankment.
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Mobile
Here
John Otis Barses
John Travis White
Virgil G. Rawlins
Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio
Chicago
George Thomas
Malie
City Hospital
Thomas
Lamibert
Mrs Kasenkina Suffering After Soviet Consulate Gap
Mrs On Sena Kasenkina, the Russian war teacher injured in a fall from a window at the Soviet consulate, remained in serious condition at Ramses hospital after a night of careful observation. Medical reports say she is growing more comfortable but her condition is guarded and she continues to receive treatment.
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New York
Aps
On- Sena Renenkina
Sovet
Ramsesseit Hesnstal Tne
Kremlin Holds Five Hour Conference in War Talks
United States ambassador Walter Bedell Smith, British envoy Frank Roberts, and French ambassador Yves Chataigneau met with Joseph Stalin and V. M. Molotov at the Kremlin in a five hour session to break the deadlock on Germany. Western envoys expect further talks and instruction from capitals before scheduling another Kremlin meeting.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Germany
Kremlin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Smith
Capecleu
Roberts
Chataignella
Washington
Molotov
Stalin Coul Breat
Berlin
Ruhr
Apoenred Thred
Grim
Dixiecrats Draft Informal Party Principles
A Thurmond aide in Columbia said States' Rights Dixiecrats will meet within days to draft an informal statement of party principles. The meeting may be in Atlanta Birmingham or possibly Columbia. They will not draft a formal platform yet and may issue a broad principles statement on States' Rights questions.
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Columbia
S.C
J. Strom Thurmond
States’ Rights Leadership
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
U S Note to Russia on Lomakin Seen by Latins
A Latin American diplomat says every Latin American government knew the United States demanded the recall of Russian Consul General Lomakin a day before Moscow learned. The State Department had delivered copies to 20 Latin embassies on Aug 18 and only released details to reporters on Friday morning. Lomakin planned to return to Russia following the note citing abuse of office in the Kasenkina case.
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Washington
U. S
Jacob Lomakin
State Department
U.S
Russia
Gear Eral
New York
John Henderson
Lomakin
Detroit Police Whistles Prohibition Hits Streets
Detroit police outlaw whistling at women and restrict whistles to traffic control after complaints from Michigan Bell workers near the station. Commissioner Harry B. Toy ordered an inquiry, with officers defending their habit as harmless.
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Detroit
Detroit Police Department
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Harry
Toy
Start Toward Protecting Humans From A Bomb Effects
Five Chicago scientists reported a method to protect bone marrow from radiation. By inducing anemia before exposure, animals showed preserved marrow and faster recovery, suggesting a way to shield humans from A-bomb and X-ray damage during hematology discussions.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Asemua
International Congreens
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