New York mayor probes schools Christmas carol ban
Mayor William O Dwyer ordered an inquiry into Issac Bildersee's rule barring religious carols in 33 Brooklyn schools while allowing secular observances. Bildersee defends the policy saying it avoids religious expressions and honors both faiths, citing Santa Claus and nonreligious symbols as acceptable. The Knights of Columbus condemned the move as a misunderstanding though.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Issac Bildersee
New York State Council
Knights of Columbus
William Jansen
Bildersee
Santa Claus
Holly
Dickens
Bert Marte
Intend Bae ta Decatur Hospitel service at church
Community members gather Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Wiggers Church for a hospital service led by Wert and Wilson directing. The service notes burial in the church cemetery with survivors including Seiber Jewett Jerome Masters and several parents from Headland, listed as Mr and Mrs B C Messers and Mr and Mrs W Bockner.
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Te Wiggers Church
Baevy Molette
Wilson
Napier area volunteers set to fund fire protection plan
Dowling reports 68 residents near Napier buildings agreed to pay about the same amount toward a $138 goal. Members debate collecting via city light bills and decide to proceed. Fire protection for nonpaying property owners discussed as they hold Geld properties without meters. Charter for the community organization approved, with June elections and council rules. Bracewell named Criminal Fire Commissioner to recruit and train volunteers. Dowling urges more patronage of the Napier post office and radio station to preserve services.
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Dothan
Dowling
Napier
Doxling
Hhe Gscop
Dairy firm fights injunction amid worker clashes
Petition for injunction denied by Corcact judge E. M. Creek after White Dairy drivers were beaten and rocks thrown at trucks. Factory says deliveries paused on a curiae basis with no service to Foremost and Southern. Union and management blame wage disputes. George A. Denison urges arbitration to avert a public fuel shortage during this period.
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Corcact Dudge E. M. Creek
Cosuswace
White Cat
Uos
Bamsters
Tmes
Heal Santee
George A. Denison
Fragmentary report on district staffing and pigels count
A partial article fragment notes district staffing under Buldersee and cites a disputed figure of about 20 000 pigels among a larger count of 30.00 pigels, with mention of Jewish individuals. The text is incomplete and presents altered names and unclear context.
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Javier
Buldersee
Local Pageant to Feature School Cast and Veteran Tribute
A town show titled Fin For You airs tonight featuring the Tell Me A Story Hour with Robert Sherer and Wayne Dyke leading as Sacha Claus and Prince Charming. Betty Strutel expresses satisfaction with the performance. the event includes a treasury salute finale with Spirit of 74 and Soldiers of the Blue and Gray, a veterans parade, and costumed cast members depicting business, homemaker, and working man roles for charity proceeds to the Exchange Club fund.
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F.rer Curtas
Ae City
Robert Sherer
Sacha Claus
Wayne Dyke A
Preece Charming
Harriet Bush
Cinderella
Marvin
Mari Pollack
DeBeret
Roland
Butch Bentley
Diance Brackin
Sue McEntire
Maryblair Vann
Faye Dove
June Chatker
Ann Mallory
Treasury
Wrch
United States
Business People
Malcolm Davis
Leroy Daxsinger
The
Butchers
Mrs. Deal
We Teacher
John Pove
Homemaker
H. S Hovey
the Lazer
Lloyd Green
Merchant
Mary Nell Parrish
Hollywood Star
Houston Barber
Gillis Griffi
Uncle Sam
John H. Dove
Columbia
Evelyn Loftin
Henry P Johnston to Lead Alabama Cancer Drive
Henry P Johnston of Birmins haw, a newspaper and radio executive, will head Alabama’s largest cancer fundraising drive next April. As state campaign chairman he will mobilize nearly 2,000 volunteers to seek financial support from about half of Alabama’s 725,000 families for the American Cancer Society.
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Henry P. Johnston
Birminshaw
Alabama
Ray Meade
American Cancer Society
Alabamca
Johnston
Birmingham News Company
Huntsville Tunes
Birmingham
WSGN
Pepper Backs Higher Subsistence Pay for Veteran Trainees
In Deland Florida Senator Claude Pepper pledged support for veteran trainees seeking increased subsistence allowances. A student lobby, based at Stetson University, announced 19th state joining the movement. Pepper said he would press Congress in both sessions to secure funds for veteran men and women. New states joining were New Mexico Maine and Mississippi.
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Congress
Quern
New Mexico
Maine
Mississippi
State To Repair Drainage System At Oates Street
The State Highway Department will lower curb and gutter on the east side of South Oates Street opposite Do than Rich school and modify the drainage system to prevent excess water from flooding the campus. Engineer H. M. Ramsey said the issue arose after paving the Cottonwood road extension and asked district engineer Tom Espy to inspect and authorize repairs.
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State Highway Department
South Oates Street
Dothan Rich School
H. M. Ramsey
Cottonwood Road
Oates Street
Ramseur
Tom Espy
Newton Civic Club Meets Tuesday Night
Newton special report states the Newton Civic Club will meet Tuesday night December 9 at Newton High School. William E. Pruett announced the details with Mrs. Nell Gary guiding the program and a Christmas chicken dinner to be served. The meeting invites those interested in school work in and around Newton to attend.
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Newton
Newton Cvic Club
Newton High School
William. E. Pruett
Nell Gary
Pruett
Wood Charged With Obtaining Property By False Pretenses
Oscar Wood, sixty one of Dothan, released from Houston County jail under 8400 Lond after arrest on a warrant charging he obtained property by false pretenses. The warrant cites that he falsely claimed he had 630 at home and would pay the rest next day for farm equipment, a mule, hay and corn valued at 175, with a check for the balance. Connie Powell, forty eight, of Dothan Route 3, held on 500 bond for assault and battery after allegedly threatening Mozelle Sims with a knife.
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Oscar Wood
Dothan
Houston County
Walt Cameron
A. J. Smith
Wood
Smith
Connie Powell
Cameron
Mozelle Sims
Damaging Ice Storm Hits Midwest and Nearby States
A damaging ice storm disrupted communications across Central and Western Kansas and parts of Iowa, while moderating in Central Lower Michigan. Freezing rain fell in parts of Western New York and a belt of heavy snow spanned Minnesota to Michigan. Fog covered Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi as warmer Gulf states topped at 84 degrees in Brownsville.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Iowa
Lower
Michigan
New York State
Midwest
Caribou
Minnesot
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Brownsville
Tex
First Moviehouse Planned for Zion Zion
Zion will open its first legal movie house on Christmas Day per Michael Jones Winter head of the Christian Catholic Church. The town, founded in 1900 by John Alexander Dowie for strict bans and arrests, was led by Wilbur Glenn Voliva from 1907 to 1942 who enforced bans on oysters liquor tobacco playing cards and pork. Voliva died in 1942.
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Zion
Michael Jones Winter
Christian Catholic Church
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Dothan Laboratory Sees Light November Activity
The Dothan Branch laboratory report shows 1,136 examinations in November with 183 positives. Cases detected include two malaria positives among veterans, three typhoid, one typhus, four brucellosis, one diphtheria, and one rabies case.
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Dothan Branch Laboratory
State Expert Visits County Health Office
Ralph W. Roberts state registrar with the Bureau of Vital Statistics visited the county health office in Montgomery for a conference with clerical staff on vital statistics and filing systems, county health officer Dr. W. T. Burkett said.
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Ralph W. Roberts
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Montgomery
Dothan
County Health Department
W. T. Burkett
Cairo Demonstrations Suppressed as Arab Strikes Continue
In Cairo six thousand protesters faced a government ban while Muslim Brotherhood leaders called off a demonstration amid heavy security. About 200 police guarded the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after threats to U.S. Information Service offices. Trade union rallies in Jerusalem and Haifa stayed quiet, with an Arab man killed in the port city. The three day Arab general strike ended in Palestine as British troops stayed on alert and armored cars threatened to fire. Arab informants reported volunteers registered to fight partition across seven Arab states near Palestine. Syria’s main tribal leaders pledged warriors for the struggle.
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Cairo
U.S
Bashdad
U.S. Information Service
Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Syria
High Cost of Loving in Grand Rapids Traffic Fine Hike
Grand Rapids reports new traffic rules raise fines from 83 to 8 dollars for embracing in a moving automobile. The change highlights how romance in transit now carries higher penalties under updated regulations.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Livestock arrivals and hog prices in Georgia and Florida
Livestock arrivals totaled 850 cattle and 375 calves, with 3,000 hogs moving through major plants in Albany, Columbus, Moultrie, Thomasville, Tallahassee, Dothan, and Jackson ville. Hogs sold actively with prices mostly steady, quotes for post and semi hard hogs ranged from 16.50 to 24.75 dollars depending on weight, with sows at 19 to 22 dollars.
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Thomasville
USBA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Thanasvile
Tilton
Dothan
Alt
Jacksonvile
Tallahassee
Florida
Montgomery cattle market steady after weekly rise
AP reports Montgomery market receipts estimated 4350 cattle and 1000 hogs. Friday's prices showed broad gains from last week with steers, heifers, and beef cows mostly higher. Calves and stockers traded 16.00 to 23.00, hogs steady to higher with barrows and gilts at roughly 23.00 to 25.50 for various weights.
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Montgomery
Fed- State
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
New Hearing Granted For Two In Ozark Case
A new habeas corpus hearing for Lawrence Price and William Lane was granted by Circuit Judge H C Halstead and set for December 16 in Dothan. Both Florida residents are jailed in Ozark without bail on criminal assault charges after bail was denied at a prior hearing where John D Gavin was granted 10089 dollars bail. The motion claimed no evidence supported a decision and that attorneys erred under a misapprehension of the law. Gavin testified at the original hearing but Lane and Price did not.
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Lawrence Price
William Lane
H.C. Halstead
Dothan
Florida
Ozark
John D. Gavin
Line
Price
Gavan
Free Movie Tonight At Courthouse Here
Dothan citizens were invited by H. Byrd to a free movie at the courthouse tonight at 8. The Loyal Order of Moose sponsors the showing of Child City, a film about Mooseheart Wisconsin. Frank Ray, assistant regional director for the Moose in the Southeast, will speak on the program.
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Dothan
H. Byrd
Byrd
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Frank Ray
The
Moose
Strikes Expand as Arlee Sees Town Hall Seized
In Arlee strikers gained control of the town hall and post office isolating the city from telephone lines. A token walkout planned through next Tuesday targets state and public workers as unions push 8,500 to 10,800 franc minimum wages while government offers 10,000 francs. About 1.2 million civil servants are expected to join the warning strike with Marseille and Nice also affected. Parachute troops aided strikers clearing ravines used to block routes as a general strike persists nationwide.
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Arlee
Joint Board of Public Service Unions
Marseille
Nice
Georgia Moots 47th Assembly Opens After Tragic Fire
ATLANTA AP) See Citizens junior grade whose General Assembly was marred by the Winecoff Hotel fire death of 36 members opened its 47th session in the Capitol. Gov M E Thompson will address at 3 p.m. as 385 delegates from Hi-Tri-Hi clubs in 73 Georgia schools draft bills and debate the state's political future.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Communist Fronts and Schooltied Lists Stir Congressional Hearing
A House committee chairman blasted Clark’s list of 363 organizations as incomplete and warned many anti-communist fronts would fade while new ones form. He cited 11 schools as adjuncts of the Communist Party and featured comments from leaders of Abraham Lincoln School Chicago and Jefferson School of Social Science New York.
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Clark
St. Thomas
Thomas
Justice Department
Communist Party
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
George Washington Carver
New York City
Jefferson School of Social Science
Ouhig School of Social Sciences
Philadelphia
Samuel Adams
Boston
School of Jewish Studies
Seattle
Tom Paine
Westchester
N. Y
Walt Whitman School of Social Science
Newark N. 1
Herman Schendel
Abraham Lincoln School
Lincoln
Schendel
Howard Selsam
Congress urged to pass conservation bill sparks friendship appeal
Rep. Lyle of Texas urged passage of the conservation program measure, praising its success in saving 100,000,000 bushes and calling for bold action without fear. He argued the world needs a spark of the American spirit and a gift of friendship, not mere dollars.
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Untary
Lyle
D-Tex
Congress
America
New Orleans Cotton Futures Report Quiet Through Morning
New Orleans cotton prices stayed steady at 11 30 am with gains up to 70 cents a bale. The report shows Dec at 3587, Mch 3601, May 3564, Jly 3443, and Oct 3147 with varying highs and lows.
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New Orleans
Dothan Officials Join National Drive To Reduce Yule Accidents
Dothan police and Highway Patrol join the National Safety Council for the year end campaign Dont let death take your holiday. The NSC warns Christmas period sees triple the usual fatalities versus earlier weeks.
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Dothan
Dothan Police Department
Highway Patrol
National Safety Council
NSC
M. 5
Vickery
Eddie D
Am Huery
Kelley
Ned H. Dearborn
Civic
Coucil
Deardy
Lions Club to Sponsor Three-Play Series in Dothan
Tickets remain for a three play series in Dothan sponsored by the Lions Club with help from the Dothan Service League. Mrs Wilton Sturges chairs the ticket committee. Each ticket costs six dollars. Opening night features Kins and Tell at the City auditorium Monday. Remaining productions are Dream Girl and Made in Heaven. Tickets available from the committee or any Service League member.
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Dothan
Lions Club
Dothan Service League
Wilton Sturges
Tell
City Auditorium
Private detective case leads to writ served on Foley
Number 24 sought a writ to keep him here but the defendant could not be found. Mrs Healy claimed her husband was an FBI railroad agent, but no agency recognized him. She traced him through a tailor shop where suits were labeled Foley. Deputies served the writ when Foley's train arrived in Chicago.
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Healy
Railroad
F.B.I
Foley
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Napier Field
Wiregrass Grocery Company
Edna Pierce
Minnie Pearl
Cecil Shirley
Gypsy Rose Lee
Exchange Club
Pepper
Newton Civic Club
Middlewest
Dothan Laboratory
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Yook
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Matin Street
DOTA
Dothan Hardware
S. St. Andrews St
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