Hulse Confident Of New Air Line
Southern Airways president Frank W. Hulse voiced confidence Dothan will gain air service soon after a two day route inspection. He said the firm would seek a certificate to serve Dothan and immediately run two daily round trips linking Columbus Georgia and Mobile via Dothan and Andalusia if routes are granted. He urged local officials to secure broad support as petitions sit before the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Hulse
Center
Birmingham
Southern Airways
Dothan
John Adkins
Clyde Levern
Chamber of Commerce
Southern
Municipal
Eagle
ED Driggers
Hulse
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
New Orleans
Hattiesburg
Baton Rouge
Jackson
Memphis
Tom D. Eve
Atlanta
R. A. Flood
Tom R. Foster
Hugh A. Deadwyler
Former Dale Teacher Loses Back Pay Suit
MONTGOMERY AP A war emergency certificate teacher in Dale County was not entitled to tenure protections under Alabama law. The State Supreme Court ruled Dora W. Steele, who taught six years, could not claim back pay after the 1948 nonrenewal. The court held emergency teachers lack tenure rights and that the State Superintendent sets when emergencies end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
State Supreme Court
Dora W. Steele
Dale County
A. B. Foster
Transfer Of Holloway Announced By Adkins
Mayor John Adkins announced the transfer of H M Holloway to the City Engineering Department and named W A Trott to replace as superintendent of the Water Department. The changes, approved verbally by Commissioners Malone and Thrower, reflect needs at the city disposal plant and sewage system under city engineer E J Ford. Trott, a former water superintendent, runs a grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adkins
H. M. Holloway
W. A. Trott
Water Department
Adkins
Morris B. Malone
Jimmy Thrower
Ises
Holloway
E. J. Ford
Malone
Trott
Board votes to delay tractor purchase amid legal doubts
Houston County Board of Revenue met in a special session to consider a road machine, but postponed action fearing illegality. County Engineer Milton Lurie pushed the need, while Commissioner W Perry Calhoun urged waiting until the December 12 regular meeting. The session also introduced R C Johnson as assistant county engineer, with Johnson’s appointment pending State Highway Department approval. The board, all members present, discussed ditch clearing and resurveyed prior bid actions by Boswell’s earlier motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Board of Revenue
Milton Lurie
W. Perry Calhoun
Calhoun
L. E. Boswell
Lurie
R. C. Johnson
Johnson
State Highway Department
Boswell
Judge Orders May To Start Jail Term For Bribery
Former Rep Andrew J May and Garsson brothers were ordered to begin jail terms for wartime bribery and conspiracy. Judge Schweinhaut denied May’s appeal and ordered May to surrender Saturday in Louisville. May, Garssons led a $75 million munitions empire. all were convicted in 1947 for $53,000 in bribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Henry A. Schweinhaut
May
District of
Kentucky
Prestonsburg
Henry A. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Garsson Brothers
Old House
Saint Luke's Receives 17th Century Dutch Painting
Marianna church Saint Luke's Episcopal gains The Dutch Lady a 31 by 37 inch 17th century painting once shown in Paris and New York galleries. Gifted by the late Comte de Lautreppe to fund a memorial for his wife Miss Hulda Myrick of Marianna, a former parish communicant. Displayed at the annual Christmas Bazaar. Proceeds to establish the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
Paris
New York
Comte de Lautreppe
Saint Luke’s
Hulda Myrick
Count de Lautreppe
Dublin
Ireland
Chiang Assumes China Command At New Capital
Chiang Kai-Shek resumes control of Nationalist China operations from Chengtu as Communists seize Chungking. The Generalissimo heads the Nationalist Emergency Council while Li Tsung Jen's fate as acting president hangs on emissaries' returns. The Reds threaten to push 170 miles toward Chengtu, amid government disarray and shifting leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chengtu
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
Chiang
Telecommunications Bureau
Hong Kong
Nanking
Canton
Li Tsung-Jen
U.S
Woman Dies After Wilson Mill Crash Near Dothan
The State Highway Patrol investigated the death of Mrs Lenna Mae Johnson seven miles south of Dothan after her car overturned on a country road in Wilson Mill. Passenger Frank N Longrear, 154 Former Street, reportedly lost control. Mrs Johnson, of 724 Cottonwood Road, died at a Dothan hospital. No charges reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Lenna Mae Johnson
Wilson Mill
W. A. Norris
France Nears End Of Food Rationing
In Paris the government moved to end rationing with the cabinet removing sugar and rice from control and keeping only coffee as a controlled item. The coffee ration will be doubled this month as cooking oil had already been de rationed and the National Food Control Board is to be abolished. December 31 action noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
National Food Control Board
Alabama Peanut Acreage Slashed Thirty Percent
Alabama peanut growers faced a drastic 30 percent cut in 1950 acreage after the U S Department of Agriculture set Alabama at 247 907 acres, down 30 8 percent from 1949 and 1941 levels. The national quota was about 2 1 million acres with a 19 5 percent average cut. Wiregrass leaders had warned of the action after a mass meeting at Ozark led by Walter Randolph. Georgia and Texas saw smaller cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whittington
Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ozark
State Farm Bureau
Walter Randolph
Georgia
Texas
Congress
Pepper asks hold on 1950 peanut cut and forms study panel
Senator Pepper urges Secretary Brannan to delay the 1950 peanut acreage reduction amid a 19 percent Florida drop and notes last year fell 22 percent. He calls for a committee to study the impact as quotas rely on 60 percent of 1948 or 1941 baselines, with Alabama set at the 1941 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Florida
Alabama
Randolph
Eagle
Four Injured In 2 Car Collision Near City
Four people were hospitalized in Dothan after a head-on crash on Highway 231 yesterday afternoon. Mrs Marilyn Wilson 73 and Mrs Sara Wilson Evans 43 of Lookout Mountain Tenn Walter Eugene Williams 45 of Chattanooga and Sherman S Smith of Dothan Route two suffered injuries. Williams lost control while reaching for a lighter. Wilson left arm ribs and facial injuries. Williams head injuries and cuts. Evans multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Highway Patrol
Marilyn Wilson
Sara Wilson Evans
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Walter Eugene Williams
Chattanooga
Sherman S. Smith
Brooks
Evans
Williams
Smith
Wilson
Favoritism Charged In Bear Open Season
Pratville AP report alleges open season on bears in six South Alabama counties was designed to favor a prominent individual. H Grady Blake of the Alabama Wildlife Federation called the move untimely and unnecessary and urged rescission. The action followed Congressman Frank Boykin of Mobile being arrested for illegal possession of bear meat tied to a bee-hive raid incident. Boykin, released on bond, faces trial December 9. meat intended for a Washington party was donated to a Mobile hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prattville
South
Alabama
Alabama Wildlife Federation
H. Grady Blake
Federation
Bert Thomas
Frank Boykin
Mobile
A. L. Webb, Jr
McIntosh
Ala
Boykin
Washington
Rep. J Parnell Thomas urged to resign after pay roll case
Washington AP Fellow House members say Rep J Parnell Thomas should resign now that he faces sentencing on charges of cheating the government on his payroll. He could receive up to 32 years and a $40 000 fine after changing his plea to nolo contendere. Federal Judge Holt zoff ordered sentencing in a swift trial that revealed payroll kickbacks and relatives on the payroll, including a bedridden 11 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell Washington
House
Rep
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Capitol Hill
Thomas
Congressional
Alexander Holtzoff
Swift
Wickersham
Dokla
Allendale
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
Strike Fizzles Out in Rome and Across Italy
A 24 hour general strike called by Communist unions fizzled before it began. Officials say Rome was 10 percent effective and Italy overall 30 percent. Unlike prior protests, no trouble was reported and ordinary life was barely affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Only Woman Indicted In Chilton Probe Is First To Face Trial
Mrs. Delene B. Wyatt of Thorsby, former clerk of the County Commissioners court, is the only woman indicted in the Chilton County finances probe and will face trial in a two week special term of court. Circuit Judge Oakley Melton appointed two visiting judges, W. J. Harrison and Bowen Simmons, to hear the cases starting Monday. Other defendants include D. C. Littlefield, a Clanton sawmill operator, and W. E. Huddleston, a wholesale gasoline distributor, each facing multiple forgery and false pretense counts, with additional charges against A. L. Thompson and former Probate Judge J. Lee Smith. The docket also lists current Probate Judge W. L. Parrish facing embezzlement and record-keeping counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanton
Chilton County
Delene B. Wyatt
Thorsby
County Commissioners’ Court
Oakley Melton
Melton
Elmore
W. J. Harrison
Fort Payne
Bowen Simmons
Andalusia
James C. Patillo
Wyatt
D. C. Littlefield
J. Lee Smith
W. L. Parrish
UMW Chief Sets Separate Talks On Contracts
John L Lewis ordered soft coal miners to a three day work week starting next Monday, returning Tue and Wed, as talks with individual companies begin. Hard coal and bituminous diggers follow same schedule, with maintenance work Thu Fri Sat. Anthracite miners had already been back since September. The policy committee approved the phased return amid ongoing national strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
New York
Johnn. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Charles G. Ross
Key West
Fla
Truman
Ross
Policy Committee
United In
Army Starts Release Of Draftees Today
Washington AP reports the Army begins releasing draftees under the 1948 Selective Service Act. About 30,000 drafted or recruited men choose among four options including 12 or 21 months active service before reserve, or 33 months, or discharge for government convenience then full Regular Army enlistment. First releases apply to those drafted or volunteered in November 194? and December 1948 to January 1949, plus ROTC graduates called for 21 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Coffee Prices Mixed As Pork Eggs Lettuce Edge Down
Retail prices of pork, large eggs, lettuce and carrots eased in most markets this week while snap beans fell behind. Coffee prices showed signs of leveling, with retailers debating small increases to cover stock costs though wholesale quotes were largely unchanged. Top grade eggs dropped two to eight cents a dozen, pork prices eased in many areas, and Florida Everglades bean harvest remained constrained by cold weather.
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Associated Press
Florida Everglades
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate Agriculture
Chicago
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