Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
The annual meeting of the Dothan United Charities Chest board will be held at the UCC office city hall Friday morning with notices sent to churches and clubs. Pfc. Chambliss of the 30st Bomb Group was promoted to Corporal. Cub Scouts at Napier Field enjoyed a swim lunch and an address by Dr. Calhoun. USAF training announced for Pfe. Williams. Justice Ed Livingston to address Dothan Kiwanis on Public Affairs. Diphtheria case reported in Houston County. Weekend arrests reach 88, most for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Grand jury for fall term convenes with 30+ cases. One fire reported on Hammond Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan United Charities Chest
UCC
City Hall
Julian Turner
Ech
Charles B. Chambliss
Smoky Hill Air Field
Slama
Kan
Army
Chambliss
J. R. Chambliss
Hilton
Columbia
Ala
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Veterans Club
Napier Field
W. F. Calhoun
Foster Street Methodist Church
Bill Faulk
W. R. Via
Jack Harris
Jerry Meeks
Clyde Levern
Ed Livingston
Alabama Supreme Court
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Justice Livingston
University of Alabama
Dothan
Houston County
James E. Paker
Circuit Court
D. C. Halstead
Parcel Post By Air To Speed Delivery
Inauguration of nationwide air parcel post promises faster service with doorstep delivery and same treatment as air mail. Postmaster Heard Saxon announces 42 000 post offices will offer unexcelled shipping and color stickers for outgoing parcels at Dothan office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Parcel Post
United States
Heard Saxon
the &Th Congress
Saxon
All Parcel Post
Dothan
Alabama electors defend States' Rights stance on Truman vote
McCorvey dismissed Langan's plan as unthinkable while recounting that over 300,000 Alabamians took part in a primary to choose electors. He charged pro Truman forces tried to twist labor unions, and Tom Abernethy described the pro Truman resolution as ridiculous and urged November approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCorvey
Langan
Alabama
AFL, Cio and Brotherhood of Railway Workers
Montgomery
Truman
Tom Abernethy
Abernethy
Talladega Daily Home
Supreme Court
CIO backs Truman as Barkley earns 100 percent rating
The CIO’s full endorsement appears tied to Barkley as running mate with a 100 percent rating across 16 key issues. Democrats Murray Green O Mahoney and McGrath share the list, while some CIO factions back Wallace’s third party bid. The ADA favored Eisenhower or Douglas previously, shifting focus to boosting labor-backed candidates in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
CIO
Wallace
Barkley
McGrath
Rhode Island
Green
Murray
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
ADA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court
William 0. Douglas
Congress
Fire Cause Uncertain at Residence Owned by Carl Lynce
The fire’s cause remains undetermined while Carl Lynce is identified as owner and occupant of the house. The report notes no resolution on ignition source or sequence of events. Further investigation is expected to establish origin and responsible party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lynce
Nixon cites new evidence in spy inquiry and Chambers payroll claim
The committee presented a report accusing the White House of obstructing the investigation and charging Clark with enabling communist influence. Nixon framed the grand jury return as proof of progress and recounted Bentley and Chambers testimony about two wartime spy networks led by Silvermaster and a phony federal payroll job for Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Thomas
Truman
Clark
White House
United States
Nixon
Chambers
New York
Miss Bentley
Washington
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Western envoys pace talks with Stalin timeline unclear
Western envoys began immediate reports to their governments after today’s meeting. New instructions from capitals were expected before returning to the Kremlin, making a new session unlikely before Wednesday. Stalin skipped today’s session, the shortest in the current Moscow talks as envoys split to their embassies for postmeeting consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Molotov
Smith
U. S
Roberts
Chataigneau
Noted Suspect Linked to Multi-State Robbery Spree
Harris ties suspect to Alburty in a crime ring spanning Florida Georgia and Alabama with two companions later added to the lookout. Photos of scars on Alburty’s arm may be toothprints from a death struggle with a victim. The group stole cars, visited juke joints, and attacked a couple, then fled through Florida lowlands and Georgia before Alburty’s capture near Camalla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Alburty
Littlefield
Alburly
Palmeno
Dist
Belle Glade
Fla
Ormond Beach
Oceanside
Alberty
Bunnell and Palatka
Chattahoochee
Georgia
Shenf Harris
Preston
Buena Vista
Camalla
Heat Bakes Midwest Eleven States Feel Ninth Straight Day
Readings in the United States show the ninth consecutive day above 90 across much of the Midwest with scattered rain cooling highs. Washington state cooled from 97 to 80 after a rainstorm while rain and hail hit Portland and Portsmouth lowering temps. New York forecasts cooler weather after a 95 high yesterday and heat deaths rise in several states including Ohio and Michigan with fatalities reported across multiple regions.
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U's
Geneal Thorughout
Midwest
Washington
Portsmouth
New York City
Breau
Ourstate
New York
Mote
Michigan
Con Meesent
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Marsland & Wisconsio O
New Jersey
Massarinvert
Vga
Washington MD
West Virginia
Indiana
Maine
Football Uniforms To Be Issued To Tigers Tomorrow
Tigers receive issued football uniforms tomorrow with a distribution urged for on hand attendance. Practice begins Wednesday as the team prepares for upcoming season and lineups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Bishop Oxnam Named World Council Head
AMSTERDAM AP Dr G Bromley Oxnam bishop of the Methodist church in the New York area was unanimously elected one of the six presidents of the World Council of Churches today The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey Fisher and the four other candidates for the multiple office of president also were elected unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
New York
World Council of Churches Today
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Hurricane warning and evacuations along North Carolina coast
A hurricane threatens the North Carolina coast as winds rise and the center nears. Cape Hatteras Coast Guard station evacuates 12 miles south, Core Banks life boat station to follow, and warnings urge life and property protection. Storm trackers report NW movement with violent NE quadrant winds up to 1323 mph, center possibly near Virginia Capes area.
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Atlantic
Oregon Inlet
Cape Hatteras
Federal Storm Warning Service
North Carolina
Hurricane Hunter
Wilmington
Grady Norton
Virginia Capes
Wallace Rally Turmoil Delays Speech In Armory
Wallace faced heckling as anti-Wallace pickets clashed with supporters at a South meeting. A guardsman protected him to the speakers’ platform after shots and firecrackers sparked fear. no arrests were made. Wallace pledged a federal aid plan and pressed for uninterrupted speaking time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Durham
Armory
Storniny
South
Walace
H. E. Pennington
Pennington
James Harris
University of North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Warner
Norfolk
Suffolk
Richmond
Inquest set into fatal road house stabbing in Jackson County
An inquest is scheduled for 2 p m tomorrow into the death of 24 year old Chamberskynes a Jackson County Negro who died at a Champbelston road house after his jugular vein was slashed in a clash with another Negro Willie Sorrye 22 was arrested at his home and jailed on the night of the incident Deputies Applewhite and Mercer investigated the case and gave no reason for the altercation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariana
Jackson County
Lorrye
Registration Rules for 18 to 25 Year Old Men
The article states that registration of men aged 18 to 25 continues through September 18. It also notes that men who reach age 18 after that date must register within five days of their 18th birthday.
A-Day registration starts nationwide for peacetime draft
President guidance outlines registration from today through Sept. 18 for men 18 to 25, a census step not a draft. Most will remain uncalled. exemptions apply for 19 and veterans. First draft call expected for 10,000 men Thursday with a 60 day lead to induction, then rising monthly demands. Registrants to bring discharge papers if veteran, locate nearest center, and face penalties up to five years in prison or $10,000 fine for evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rutledge
Washington
America
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Omar N. Bradley
St. Louis
Selective Service
Lany
Death of Mrs J E Terry Fifty six in Houston County
Mrs. J E Terry a Houston County resident for 36 years died at home on Ashford route one after weeks of illness. She was a Howard Grove Baptist member and funeral services are set at Howard Grove Church Tuesday at 10 a m with Rev George Nobles and Rev J W Yeoman. Burial will be in the church cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Survived by four daughters Alma Terry Micky Martin Glenn Goff and Douglas Arnold two sons Houston Terry and John Terry and four grandchildren Active pallbearers listed.
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J. E. Terry
Houston County
Lpast
Ashford
Alma Terry
Micky Martin
Wayne
Mich
Glenn Goff
Cottonwood
Douglas Arnold
Rock Island, I
Houston Terry
Panama City
John Terry
Clayton Parson
Calvin Jordan
Joan Ralph Trawick
Carlton Kirkland
John T. Marshall
Albert Dukes
Fatal Northwest Airlines crash in Winona ravine
A Martin 2 0 2 airliner bound Chicago to Minneapolis with 33 passengers and three crew disappeared in a 45 degree ravine near Sutters Ridge after a lightning strike. Ten bodies were recovered in the wreckage and debris spread over a mile, with witnesses describing a wing failure and the plane rolling into trees before overturning. The disaster, the worst in NWA history, followed weeks after a safety award for the carrier.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Sutters Ridge
NWA
Howard Rackow
Perry Island
Mississippi River
Charles Guenther
Fountain City
Winona
Guenther
Gordon Closway
William White
Winona Republican-Herald
Walter Haeussinger
Winona Police
Volker
Closway
Robert Johnson
Paul
Ali
Crosway
E. W. Head
Toronto
Canada
Incs Onent
National Safety Council
School Bus Drivers for Houston County Named
Solomon Baxter county superintendent announces the drivers operating school buses in Houston County this year. Listings include Cottonwood Royce Askew W L Burnham E Christmas O G Fears and many others across Ashford Columbia Rehobeth Wicksburg Webb Harmon Ardilla and Kinsey schools. Negro schools show Willie McGriff Jake Hughes Q P Pryor W H Collins Phillip Codgell S A Webster John Donnell Lucious Lawrence Wallace Smith Joe Smith.
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Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Cottonwood
Royce Askew
W. L. Burnham
E. Christmas
O. G. Fears
W. C. Granger
Lee Cameron
A. J. Granger, Jr
Lonnie Granger
Anton Merritt
H. A. McCoy
M. L. Sellers
James Sellers
8. T. Smith
Ashford
James Brown
Eugue Clemmens
Roy Cook
Lester Cook
C. I. Williams
G. C. Hicks
Robert Burnham
Barney Nowell
Dan Whitten
Ben Whitten
Columbia
J- C. Bule
Joe McLeod
Harold Beamon
Barksdale
Boyd
T. W. Southerland
Sam Thompson
D. Whitten
Rehobeth
Bill Watkins
Haston Jenkins
Jesse Devane
Edwin Branton
Carol Anderson
Wallace Newton
Ressie Wells
Calvin Adams
Wicksburg
P. E. Cumble
B. G. Deese
del Murphy
Jimmie Killingsworth
L. L. Hollen
R. P. Lee
Wallace Lee
Webb
J. W. Bush
Ellis Harris
Harmon
A. L. Baxter
C. F. Hall
Virgil Hughes
Jasper Meadows
Ardilla
Nix Kirkland
Kinsey
Luther Clearman
Willie McGriff
Jake Hughes
Q. P. Pryor
W. H. Collins
Phillip Codgell
S. A. Webster
John Donnell
Lusclougs Lawrence
Wallace Smith
Joe Smith
Transportation route list for city street revisions
A dated rail and road district listing describes segments from East Lafayette to Third avenue and several cross streets including West Burdeshaw to West Newton. Other lines cover Madison to Connelly, Pariton to West Main, West Powell to Montezuma, Roberta to city limits, and East Washington to Sixth avenue with multiple Westmont connections.
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Powel
Lafayette Bay Line
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Lalayette
Lena
Duly
Washington
Selma
North
Burdeshaw
Newton
Powell
Madison
Carrol
Connelly
Pontiac
South St. Andrews
Range
East
Second Avenue
Sixth Avenue
West Westmont
West Main
Westmont Drive
East Westmont
Pasteur Institute Offers Global Lab Support to WHO
In Paris the Pasteur Institute invites the World Health Organization to use its laboratories worldwide to advance epidemiological disease studies. WHO Executive Board chairman Sir Aly Tewfik Pasha accepted the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pasteur Institute of Paris
World Health Oranization of the United Nations
WHO
Aly Tewfik Pasha
Army sergeant shoots two sons in Mojave tragedy
MSgt. Samuel Ray Adama 31, shot and killed his two young sons Samuel Ray Jr seven and Richard four after a religious dispute at their Mojave home. He then wounded himself. Peggy Jo Adams aided police by describing the scene. He has been treated at Mojave Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojave
Calif
Msgt
Samuel Ray Adama
Reig
al Strasner
Adams
Peggy Jo
Strasner
Samuel Ray, Jr
Richard
Detroit
Mojave Hospital
Fontana
Muroc Army Air Base
New York Cotton Benefit for Organization Highlighted
A New York Cotton report notes that the assistance will be of great value to the Organization, signaling support and potential impact on ongoing efforts.
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Pfe
George H. Williams
G. L. Williams
Headland
Usaf Technical School
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Houston County Health Department
Hammond Avenue
Floyd Harris
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Circle Grill
Graceville
Florida
Karras City
Bishop Oxnam
World Council
Federal State Market News Service
Union Stockyards
Montgomery Union
Was. J. E. Terry
Pasteur Institute
Aids Health Organization
Sell Safety Service
E. Troy St
Motor Bearings & Supply Company
S. St. Andrews
Dothan Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Harry P. Nall
Foster
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