Rehobeth Wins Wiregrass Sportsmanship Award
The Rebels, Rehobeth High School, coached by Warren L. Jones, claim the 1948 Wiregrass Sportsmanship Award for a 9–1 season. Event honors include a banquet in Dothan with school representatives, miniature footballs, a school plaque, and a coach’s wrist badge.
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Rebels
Rehobeth High School
Dothan Eagle
Wireass High School
Graship
Dothan
Eagle
White ii
Warren L. Jones
Millsaps College
Jackson
Miss
Rehobeth
Jones
Vicksburg Panthers
Columbia High
Lions
Coffee County
Wildcats
Enterprise
Russell Taylor
Columbia Lions
Charlie Finney
Communists encircle Suchow garrison near Nanking
Chinese Communist radio claimed an air tight encirclement of the Suchow garrison, about 110000 troops, as Nationalist forces retreated toward the Suchien sector south of Nanking. Observers noted large Communist forces massing and civilian Kuomintang personnel reportedly included in the circle.
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Nanking
Communist Radio
Red Forces
Suchow
12Th
Suchien
Hwai River
Ited
Chen Yi
Red
Kuomintang
East China
High Court Refuses Act In Alabama Elector Case
The U S Supreme Court declined to block Alabama electors pledged to Gov Thurmond from voting for Democratic candidates. Gov Folsom and three Alabama voters sought an injunction, but the court denied the request with Justice Black not participating. Alabama electors meet December 13 to cast votes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
James E. Folsom
Democratic Party
Justice Black
Folsom
C. B. Kennamer
U. S. District Court
Montgomery
Kennamer
George C. Adcock
E. Z. Yeager
Gus Gulas
Alabama Supreme Court
High Tribunal
High Court
U. S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Local Girl Sought For Participation In Cotton Contest
The Dothan Chamber seeks two participants for Alabama Maid of Cotton in Birmbident on December 0 with the winner earning a $1,000 scholarship and a trip to Memphis for the Maid of Cotton Contest. The event stresses poise and education, with eligibility 19 to 25 and unmarried. sponsors must act by December 18.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham Post
Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association
Alabama
Memphis
Selden Bailey
Chamber
Bailey
Birmingham
Survivors Seen After C-54 Plunge 37 aboard
A U S Air Force C 54 with 37 aboard ditched 1000 miles southwest of Honolulu. Survivors were sighted on a life raft as Navy and Air Force search craft closed in. Col Thomas Viper reported signals from the water and a boat dropped near the survivors amid fuel shortages and a high speed ocean search.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
Thomas ¥. Viper
Air Force
Allen H. Stolis
Hickam Field
Stolls
Navy
U S Court Opens Criminal Session In Dothan
The fall criminal session of the U S Court for the southern division of Alabama's middle district opened in Dothan with Judge Va Biennamer presiding. James Melton Holland and Grady Barefield of Dale County pleaded guilty to a violation of internal laws and received five years probation. James Calhoun of Coffee County pleaded guilty to motor vehicle theft and was sentenced to 13 months. Harvey D. Lindsey of Geneva County pleaded guilty to a similar charge with continued sentence. Jester D. Howell of Houston County was tried on a revenue law violation but no verdict was reached at noon.
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U. S. Court
Alabama
Middle District
Va. Biennamer
James Melton Holland
Grady Barefield
Daie County
James Calhoun
Coffee County
Harvey D. Lindsey
Geneva County
Jester D. Howell
Houston County
Insecticides Boost Cotton Yield by Three Million Bales
Atlanta AP reports insecticides boosted last summer's cotton output by 3,000,000 bales. M P Jones of the Federal Extension Service cites 245,000 growers using recommended practices. Mississippi entomologist Dr. Clay Lyle urges Congress to fund pink boll weevil control. boll weevil damage across five Southeastern states tallies $138.136 million.
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Atlanta
M. P. Jones
Federal Agricultural Extension Service
Mississippi
Clay Lyle
Jones
Florida
Georgia
Congress
Claude L. Welch
Council
Explosion of Kiangya Steamer Kills Thousands Near Shanghai
Officials in Nanking say a boiler explosion on a crowded evacuation ship off southern Manchuria killed up to 6,000, joining 3,200 already reported dead in related disasters near Shanghai. The Kiangya operated by China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. carried about 4,000 refugees and 526 were rescued.
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Shanghai
Manchuria
Nanking
52Nd Army
Yingkow
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Kiangya
No. 20
Linda Iris Brown 1949 March of Dimes poster girl chosen
Three year old Linda Iris Brown of San Antonio Texas is named the 1949 March of Dimes poster girl. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Brown Jr she battled infantile paralysis in the 1936 epidemic and is now near normal in health as the polio fund drive begins January 12 1949.
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New York
Linda Iris Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Leonard Brown, Jr
Linda
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Army supplies to China total 18.6 million under aid plan
An Army spokesman said 18.6 million dollars worth of Army supplies have been sent to the Nationalist government in China since July under the 125 million dollar aid program. The transfer excludes Air Force and Navy shipments and surplus Pacific items not counted in the aid total. The Nationalist side had spent about 112.6 million of the fund, with exact delivery figures not disclosed.
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Washington
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalizy
Air Force
Navy
Pacific
Congress
Kidnapping by air aid to grandma of four children
A warrant was issued for Kathleen King of Venice California, a grandmother and former mother-in-law to Zoey Lynch, after she allegedly abducted four grandchildren aged six to twelve in Coalinga by chartered plane during a Christmas shopping trip.
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Coalinga
Calif
Zoey Lynch
Kathleen King
Venice
Coaling
Lynch
King
Grand Jury To Get Spy Probe Secrets
The House un American Activities Committee delivers copies of secret State Department papers to a grand jury. Investigators travel to New York to present documents tied to Whittaker Chambers and a suspected prewar Red espionage ring.
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Robert Stripling
House un-American Activities Committee
John E. Rankin
Maryland
Whittaker Chambers
Stripling
Grand Jury
Washington
State Department
Justice Department
William A. Wheeler
New York
Chambers And Hiss Go Before Grand Jury
Chambers and Alger Hiss appeared before a New York federal grand jury probing espionage and communism. Chambers, Time editor, stated he had no comment on microfilm copies of government documents found on his Maryland farm.
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New York
Maryland
Wiliam Wheeler
Howell Charged With Murder Of Robert Mallard in Lyons
William L. Howell, 32, was charged with the murder of Robert Mallard, slain Nov. 20 by robed white men. Amy James Mallard signed the warrant and traveled from Savannah under state police protection. Three men were detained. two others released. The case involves a Toombs County grand jury investigation.
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Howell
Roderick Clifton
Jaimnes Spivey
HK. B. Gray
Negros Gearb
T. Ross Sharp
Sutien
Ha ‘Noowaday
Bere
Berlin voters back Socialists in Western sector poll
In Berlin Western sectors 86.2 percent of eligible voters cast ballots for the city elections amid Cold War tensions. The Social Democrats won an outright majority, defeating Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats amid Soviet opposition and threats. The vote marked a plebiscite for freedom against Kremlin influence, with 1 586 099 Germans eligible and 1 330 820 ballots cast as a protest against Soviet policies.
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Berlin
Socialist Party
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Special Democrats
Socisl Democrats
Germany
Labor Party
England
Aled Auspces
Electurn
Reds Disown Regime In Berlin Demand Mutual Cooperation
Western powers urged the Soviet Union to disown the rump Berlin government and resume four power cooperation to end the blockade deadlock. A U N memo to neutral experts cited Soviet interference with Berlin's constitutional work and warned chances of agreement would diminish without disavowal.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
U. N. Security Council
Supreme Court to Hear Japanese War Criminal Appeals
The Supreme Court, in a 5 4 vote, will hear appeals by General Doihara and Koki Hirota, former Japanese premier, challenging the Tokyo International Military Tribunal trials. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion noting the granting of a high court hearing, while Chief Justice Vinson and others dissented. MacArthur had deferred executions of Doihara, Hirota, and five others awaiting the court action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Kemji Donihara
Koki Hiotta
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Doihara
Hirota
Amon
Hideni Tojo
American Eagle May Be Producing A Sport Model
Lancaster Pennsylvania AP observer Dr Herbert Beck reports a bald eagle at Mount Jackson Sanctuary appearing white with a dark V marking, suggesting a possible sport model variation. He observed the bird for about 15 minutes and noted it as clearly an eaglic.
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Lancaster
America
Herbert HL Beck
Mount Jackson
Heck
Russia Challenged To Prove Free Government In Korea
In a United Nations session Peter Fraser of New Zealand challenged Russia to provide proof of a free government in North Korea. Fraser accused Soviet methods of influencing elections in Korea and rejected Russian claims of terror and unfairness. The committee moved on to debate prewar coast settlements as the next item on the agenda.
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Russia
N. Korea
United Nations
Pepe
Peter Fraser
Zealand
Korea
Lisment
Korean
Fraser
South Korevan
United State
Tle
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March of Dimes
By Douglas B. Cornell
Communist Underground
Time Magazine
The
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Chambers
Robert £. Stripling
House Committee
Hiss
William L. Howell
Robert Mallard
Bugs Bunny
Sing
Carol
Western Powers
Francis Carpenter
American Eagle
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