Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Robert McRight is expected to assume duties as new executive at the Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council tomorrow morning arriving from North Alabama where he was assistant scout executive in Decatur. He will tour the council and meet volunteers. A chairmen meeting on the National Peanut Festival progress will be held at city hall tomorrow at 3 p.m. A new Negro troop 64 was organized in Abbeville with 16 boys. Wilson R. Lawson is scoutmaster and the committee includes C. B. Williams Henry E. Jensen Robert Reynolds and Emmett Jones. Girl Scout leaders will attend a training course tomorrow at 8 a.m. at the Girl Scout office. James W. Grant and Issac H. Towns Jr. are noted military service members. assets aboard USS Fargo include Aubrey W. Dean. Two notary appointments were announced: Willie Bryant for Geneva County and Elizabeth E. Teal for the state at large. Two Dothan Negroes received maximum six months hard labor for lottery. Grass fire at 822 Duly street caused by burning trash. Charles Harper will join the Soil Conservation Service in a few days with title conservation.
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Robert McRight
Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council
McRight
J. W. Cooke
Dothan
North Alabama
Decatur
Alto Lee
Abbeville
Henry County Training School
Council Scout Office
Wilson R. Lawson
C. B. Williams
Henry E. Jsenez
Robert Reynolds
Emmett Jones
Girl Scout
Girl Scout Office
Sibyl Pool
Folsom
Willie Bryant
Geneva
Geneva County
Elizabeth E. Teal
Lee Roy Driggers
Mose Smith
George Nix
Three Columbia Scouts Earn Eagle Rank in Court Ceremony
In Columbia, three Boy Scouts John F. Beasley George Gilbert and Bartlett Carter are approved for Eagle badges by the National Court of Honor. Elliott Whitten will receive a Life Scout pin and six merit badges at the same ceremony. The troop, sponsored by the Columbia Lions Club, re-registered with the local council and lists Erban E. Wakefield Jr. as scoutmaster along with a full committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
National Court of Honor
Scouing
John F. Beasley
George Gilbert
Bartlett Carter
Court of Honor
Elliott Whitten
Erban E. Wakefield, Jr
Charles Finney
Ollie Carter
G. W. Gilbert
H. A. Whitton
Columbia Lions Club
Revenue Board Sells Car Buys Machinery
The Houston County Board of Revenue at a special meeting authorized Probate Judge Albert Logue to sell a 1942 Ford used county car, rent a piledriver, and buy a shovel attachment for a drag line. Only L. E. Boswell and Perry Calhoun attended. The car sold to Smith Motor Company for 567.50 dollars. the piledriver and dragline to be obtained through the state for use on the Cottonwood State Line road project. A metal pipe purchase was postponed until full board presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Board of Revenue
Albert Logue
L. E. Boswell
Perry Calhoun
Judge Logue
Cottonwood State Line
Ford
Smith Motor Company
Howard Grove Church
Enterprise Man Hurt In Accident
Sam Johnson aged 21 of Enterprise was slightly injured when the car he rode in overturned south of here yesterday morning. Driver Joseph Randall Key, 21, also of Enterprise, was charged with reckless driving as Patrolman L C Mooneyham investigated. Johnson received bruises and abrasions to the head and was treated by an Elby physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ESBA
Sam Johnson
Enterprise
Here
Joseph Randall Key
L. C. Mooneyham
Mooneyham
Key
Johnson
Elby
Four power talks in Moscow suspended over Berlin currency issue
London reports that talks in Moscow are paused until Berlin’s four military governors finish currency negotiations. Arrangements exist for a meeting of the four commanders in chief on technical aspects, with further Moscow meetings planned after reports are received. Currency agreement in Berlin appears reached, but no change to Soviet blockade is anticipated until practical steps are agreed.
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London
Foreign Office
Moscow
Berlin
Soviet Union
London Foreign Office
Rewin
Peace makers demonstrate across cities in 1948 draft
Six youths identifying as peace makers staged a demonstration in Columbus Ohio. A picket line formed in San Juan Puerto Rico where Peace and Conciliation Fraternity members headquartered in New York spoke. The 1948 draft operated rapidly with registrants completing postcard forms in 10 to 15 minutes. Nationwide tallies included 16232 in New York City 4000 in Philadelphia 10000 to 12000 in Cook County and about 14000 in Los Angeles County.
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Columbus
Ohio
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Draft Board
Peace and Conciliation Fraternity
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Cook County
Chicago
Los Angeles County
New York and New Orleans Cotton Prices Rise
New York Cotton futures closed higher with gains up to 65 cents a bale across contracts including Oct, Dec, Mch, May and div figures. Open highs lows and closes shown. New Orleans prices steady with gains to about 70 cents.
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New York
New Orleans
Notice Issued For City Election To Include Bonds
City commissioners issue a new notice for a September 20 municipal election naming a new slate of election officials and a $300,000 sewer bond vote. Polls run 8 am to 6 pm at four wards plus absentee. voters must cast ballots in their ward and precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ntice
City Hall
O. C. Doster
Mollie Grant
J. W. Hart
J. N. Zorn
Robert Malone Motors
Johnson
J. M. Snell
J. W. Battle
C. E. Coe
C. W. Northcutt
B. C. Ward
Cora Saunders
Marvin Brooks
W. J. Renfroe
Therie Johnson
J. C. Haynes
J. H. Adams
Contempt Charge in House Spy Hearings Sparks Citations
The House committee hearings on communist influence escalate as witnesses refuse to testify about Communist ties. Peters invokes the Fifth Amendment to avoid self incrimination while Chambers links prewar underground activity to wartime spy networks. Subcommittee weighs contempt action and possible jail for Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Washington
Peters
Rep
McDowell
Jr-Par
Nixon
Calif
Czechoslovakia
New York
Alexander Stevens
Chambers
Railroad Retirement Board
Banncoggling
Abraham George Silverman
Irving Kaplan
Silverman
Elizabeth Bentley
Miss Bentley
Mistranscribed Local Notice on Proposed Tax Changes
Fragmentary OCR notes show a local government debate on tax level changes and objections. Individual names and places are garbled. context hints at a town council or committee discussing rates, potential reductions, and public response with mentions of officials and residents.
Indianapolis Speedway Burning Up Stands
The Indianapolis motor speedway is burning, with fires to prevent crowds. Fire barriers and efforts to control flames are visible at the famed track where races are held each Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapols
Girl Hero Freeing Bus Passengers Roles Local Teen
Athens Georgia UP report says Ree Muff, a 14 year old, used an axe to cut open a smashed school bus door after a collision with a submobile. She freed 50 students, 11 injured. Driver Milton Adams of Sanford charged with failure to yield right of way. Adams has a broken arm.
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Athens
Ree Muff
Eo Rearuer
Annie Ree
Searcher Farm
Sanford
Ila
Madison County
Ralph Baird
Milton Adams
Adams
MacArthur Finds Japanese Ready To Keep The Peace
In Yokohama General Douglas MacArthur reflects on three years since setting up his Japan headquarters. He notes reforms under the supreme command have reshaped Japan toward democracy, individual rights, and a peaceful future. Public patience with new laws may grow as the nation adjusts to abolition of the military clique and shifts toward a higher concept of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Hobbrecht
Yokohama
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Atsugi
MacArthur
Hurricane Preparations and Coast Guard Warnings
The Red Cross set up facilities at Morehead City and nearby Beaufort to handle the storm. The Coast Guard warned vacationers along Atlantic Beach to evacuate but many stayed to ride out the hurricane. Hundreds of armed forces planes were flown inland from Carolinas Virginia and Washington bases. Lt Comdr J A Guida described the hurricane center as a black stovepipe ar mor about 25 000 feet high. The Coast Guard evacuated eight men from the Atlantic Lifeboat Station on Core Bank as the hurricane approached the Carolinas.
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Red Cross
Morehead City
Beaufort
Coast Guard
Atlante Beach
Carolinas
Virginia
Washington
Naval
J. A. Guida
Carola
Coast Guild
Atlantic Lifeboat Station
Core Bank
Woman Prefers Living With Mother Amid Fire Plot
Officials think Wanet aimed to destroy the Willey home to gain custody by living with her mother Mrs. Leona Eagle in Bloomington NL. The fires sparked speculation among scientists engineers and military men about causes from radio waves to phossphorus roach paste and haunted walls.
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Leona Eagle
Bloomington
Wanet
Willey
Mathal
Wires Wallace Not To Visit That City
Gadsden Alabama mayor J Herbert Meighan wired Henry Wallace declaring your presence not desired. Wallace plans to speak from courthouse steps at 1:30 PM tomorrow amid segregation concerns. Police prepared to rope off white and Negro spectators and enforce mixed assemblies ban.
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Gadsden
Ala
J. Herbert Meighan
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Meighan
Fay Boman
Wallace rally promised security in Birmingham
Police Commissioner Eugene Connor warned both Henry Wallace and dissenters that laws must be observed at the Wallace rally. He said police would arrest anyone throwing missiles or disturbing the meeting and that Wallace has a right to speak, though he did not expect trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Wallace
Connor
Head Of Cow Shows Positive Rabies
Technicians in the Dothan branch laboratory examined four animal heads for rabies this week. Three tested positive, including a cow owned by Joe McCardle of Kinsey on Dothan route four and two dogs. The cow showed strange behavior and partial paralysis before delivery for testing.
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Dothan
Joe McCardle
Kinsey
McCardle
Ministerial Student Refuses To Register In Draft
MACON Ga UP John Leonard Singletary 25 year old World War II veteran and ministerial student at Mercer University refused to register for the draft He gained nationwide attention last January when he and his wife joined Tremont Temple Negro Baptist church Singletary who served in the Navy is a native of Meigs Ga L H Burkhalter draft board chairman declined comment but said he has an appointment with the U S district attorney today.
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Macon
John Leonard Singletary
Singletary
Baptist Church
Mercer University
Tremont Temple
Helen Traubel Travels Incognito in Huntington
Wagnerian soprano Helen Traubel stopped in Huntington on vacation and spent the night in a hotel. An opera fan, Mrs. R. Eugene Beatty, recognized her and she asked not to tell anyone. Traubel spent two hours visiting a street fair with no further recognitions.
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Huntington
Ind
Helen Traubel
R. Eugene Beatty
Miss Traubel
Navy Belatedly Finds It's Shy One House
CHICAGO UP A 10.00 house was stolen from the Navy in 1945 and the theft wasn t discovered until 14a. The Navy reported it did not discover the theft immediately because the eight room house wasn t a one piece when it was taken. Arthur A. Hiavin of Lake Villa, Ill. pleaded guilty to taking the materials with ownership his house was burnt while he was custodian of the Navy s reclamation yard at Great Lakes.
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Chicago
Navy
Arthur A. Hiavin
Lake Villa
Great Lakes
Wallace campaign briefed by police escorts in North Carolina
Wallace spoke amid jeering crowds as police protected him through several North Carolina towns. In Salisbury a thrown orange splattered his car but caused no injuries. His managers backed efforts to avoid stops inside city limits while Asheveille was planned as the final stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
North Carolina
Charlotte
Salisbury
Asheville
Wallace faces new trouble on Southern campaign
Henry A. Wallace tours the South amid eggs and tomatoes thrown by hecklers. In Charlotte officials threaten jail if violence continues as Wallace speaks from courthouse steps. He campaigns on segregation issues, denounces Marshall Plan, and stresses non segregated rallies amid boos and chants. He stops in Greensboro and Winston-Salem amid egg yolk stained clothes and hostile crowds. Governor Cherry condemns violence and police in Birmingham plan barriers to enforce segregation.
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Charlotte
N.C
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Progressive Party
Asheville
Frank N. Littlejohn
Iowa
Burlington
America
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Marshal
Russia
Mary Price
Gregg Cherry
Durham
Virginia
Eugene (Bull) Conner
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Jackson
Miss
Fielding Lo Wright
North Carolina
Hhe
R. J. Reynolls
Dimes Povey Fies In Chinese Court
A legal filing shows Dimes Povey submitting an $18,000 claim in a Chinese court. The ministry of justice has not yet te responded, and access to details remains limited.
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Ministry of Justice
Truman Condemns Egging of Wallace in the South
President Truman labeled the egging of Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace as highly un-American and a violation of fair play. Press secretary Charles G. Ross quoted the president as urging Wallace’s right to speak, noting the act occurred in the South where eggs and missiles were thrown at Wallace.
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Washington
Truman
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
South
Wallace
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Livestock arrivals and hog quotes across southern plants
Livestock arrivals totaled about 500 cattle 250 calves and 700 hogs at eight major packing plants in Georgia Alabama and Florida including Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville plus Tallahassee. Hog market quoted mostly steady with composite quotations by weight for various hog classes and top price noted for 180-240 pounders. Cattle calves hogs receipts and bidding summarized from Montgomery and union stock yards with price ranges for slaughter steers heifers cows calves and sows and a note that Montgomery yard will close on Labor Day.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery
Mit
Union Stock Yards
Montgomery Union
Claremore Progress Airs Mustache Shave Scoop
The Claremore Progress published a report about a local man shaving off a mustache he grew for a rodeo. The paper quoted his wife, Mrs. Vernon Taslor, saying she hadn’t noticed the shave until reading it in the Progress.
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Claremore
Claremore Progress
Vernon Taslor
Obituary for J O Garrett Sr of Dothan
J O Garrett Sr fifty one of 302 12 North Lena died in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran and member of the Baptist church Masonic Lodge V F W and Shriner. Funeral at Ward Wilson chapel. Body to be shipped to Atlanta for West View cemetery interment Thursday. Survived by wife son daughter mother two sisters a brother and five grandchildren.
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J. O. Garrett, Sr
North Lena
Dothan
Garrett
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Ward - Wilson Chapel
Henry A. Parker
Atlanta
West View Cemetery
J. O. Garrett, Jr
Camden
O. N. Walstead
Joplin
J. H. Garrett
Ball Ground
Lucile Johnson
L. G. Hay
J. W. Garrett
Macon
Funeral services for four teen Thomas Heath Ozark
Funeral services for Thomas Heath four teen of Ozark route three will be Wednesday at 10 a m at Madison church. Interment follows in the church cemetery Holman Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Houston Heath three sisters Mrs Betty Morehead Misses Margie and Nancy Heath two brothers Jimmy Ard Heath and Jerry Carroll Heath his maternal grandmother Mrs Lovie Ard and paternal grandmother Mrs Donnie Heath and several aunts and uncles.
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Thomas Heath
Ozark
Madison Church
Holman Funeral Home
Houston Heath
Betty Morehead
Margie
Nancy Heath
Jimmy Ard Heath
Jerry Carroll
Heath
Lovie Ard
Donnie Heath
Mrs Stella Nixon dies after long illness in Graceville
Mrs Stella Nixon aged sixty four died at her Graceville route three home after a long illness. A native of Cairo Georgia she lived in Graceville where the funeral was held at Damascus Baptist church with ministers J W White J W Marley and M A West officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She is survived by two sons L A Nixon and Bill Nixon of Graceville six daughters Mrs Fred Stokes Mrs John Sanders Mrs Glen Register Mrs Hilton Balkcom Mrs Edwin Hinson all of Graceville Mrs Alvin Gibson of Winter Park one sister Mrs Ernest Newby of Cairo and two brothers Jim and Richard Atkinson of Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Nixon
Graceville
Cairo
Damascus Baptist Church
J. W. White
J. W. Marley
M. A. West
Fred Stokes
John Sanders
Glen Register
Hilton Balkcom
Edwin Hinson
Alvin Gibson
Winter Park
Ernest Newby
Jim
Richard Atkinson
Enterprise Merchant Joe Curt Knight Dies After Illness
ENTERPRISE Special Joe Curt Knight, 44, died after several months of illness. A local merchant and WWI veteran, he was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survived by widow Lena Williams Knight, three sons Joe Billy and Ted, mother Math Knight, two brothers Eric Knight of Enterprise and Ewell Knight of Clintonville Ala and a sister Mrs Robert McIntosh of Enterprise. Funeral arrangements are to be announced later by Boyd Funeral Home of Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Joe Curt Knight
Knight
First Baptist Church
Lena Williams Knight
Joe
Billy
Ted
Math Knight
Eric Knight
Ewell Knight
Clntonville
Ala
Robert McIntosh
Boyd Funeral Home
Germany to send delegates to constitutional talks
Germany will be represented by seven delegates with Ruhr valley Communists sending two. The working basis is a 300 page set of recommendations by constitutional experts from the three western zones. A decision on ratification method by referendum or state parliaments remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Western Zones
De Gaulle Takes Center Stage Amid French Political Bedlam
De Gaulle travels to Paris today for talks with Rally of the French People leaders. He has pressed for general elections for two years as center parties unite to block him, a move that also aims to curb the Communists. International strain grows as Moscow hosts four power talks on the German crisis, leaving the French ambassador precariously positioned with no Paris government.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Moscow
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Houston Street
James W. Grant
Rosalie B. Grant
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Grant
Issac H. Towns, Jr
USN
I. H. Towns
Ashford
Aubrey W. Dean
USMC
Walter M. Dean
Fargo
Mediterranean
Naples
Italy
Salonika
Greece
Istanbul
Turkey
Malta
Duly Street
Charles Harper
Tallapoosa County
API
Auburn
Soil Conservation Service
Leary Horn
Harper
Conservation
Horn
Columbia Scouts
Robert D. Murphy
Barrei
Council
Hall Company
Communist
Ota Kamar
Nates
Ceca
Kaplan
Charmhers
Daas Werke
Wwe
Io Tiemas, Jr
Elton
Pere Soteres
Mase
Bention
Harcrest
Trewee Bow
Reerass Cepocegd
Egging
Kencas
Servier
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