Untitled regional notice from Hartford county era
A garbled note discusses a farm in Hartford part of Ge ws County, locals stocking lockers for winter, and a growing business line including turkeys for Louisiana and Texas. Mentions a plant construction in Alabama, aim for early January readiness, and a war veteran ties to weed cars and earlier service, with references to local folks and timing.
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Hartford
Gews
Louisiana
Texas
Alawmn
New Movie House Planned for Hartford Growth
Sanders is building a new motion picture house on the west side of the square to replace the present theater. It will seat about 450 with an added baby theater, aiming for completion soon. Manders says business has outgrown the old venue and Hartford is a good picture town.
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Sanders
Tindell
Manders
Hartford
Death inquiry into cremation of elderly woman in Macon
AP report states Solicitor General Charles H Garrett announced an official investigation into the death and cremation of an elderly Macon woman. The case involves four women allegedly making a San Francisco man their sole beneficiary. Garrett noted a formal request for further action.
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Peobe
Macon, Ga
Charles H Garrett
San Francisco
Garrett
Partners Plan New Movie Hubs in North Carolina
A business duo expanding in Hertford with L. Z. Sheffield recently discharged from the Army joining the team. They already run two movie houses and plan a third, aiming to offer a nicer experience.
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Bine
L. Z. Sheffield
Hand
Hertford
Earl Carrell to return to Pacific duty in new post
Earl Carrell, a Glecomb native, was captured by Japanese in Manila at war start and spent over three years in internment. Now in New York, he will return to the Pacific as a field representative for an insurance firm, with assignments touching South America and other regions, while his wife and sons relocate to Honolulu.
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Tae Eagle
Earl Carrell
Mra
Lem Carrell
Glecomb
Manila
Bante
The
Eagle
Pacific
Honelulu
Earl
New York
South Americs
Isic Cian
Houston County Politics Quiet Until January Developments
A pall of quiet hangs over Houston County politics with forecasted activity in January. Mayor John White of Cottonwood plans to run for representative, amid scant announced rivals. The county will also name its State Senator, a shared seat with Henry County, next year.
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Houston County
John White
Cottonwood
Col Martin to Speak at Vesper Service Today
Lieutenant Colonel John J. Martin of Dothan, a former WWII prisoner of war in Japan and ex Birmingham teacher, will guest speak at Foster Street Methodist Church five PM vesper service. The program includes a reed choir of high school students conducted by Howell Hampton and Christmas selections such as Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful.
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John J. Martin
Dothan
Japan
Birmingham
Foster Street Methodist Church
Col. Martin
Philippines
Manila
Osaka
Howell Hampton
New World Symphony
Army Private Sam Anderson Is Discharged After Service
T4 Sam Anderson of 11023 Blackshear Street Dothan has been discharged after three and a half years in the Army. He served in the South Pacific nearly three years, seeing action on New Guinea and in the Philippines, according to Army Public Relations.
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Sam Anderson
Blackshear Street
Dothan
Army
Army Public Relations
South Pacific
New Guinea
Philippines
Army Accepts 12 For Enlistment
Twelve men were accepted for enlistment in the U S Army by the Army Recruiting Station in Dothan this week. Nine were former servicemen who reenlisted. Recruits include James Espy Baxley Dothan Herbert G Cosper Elba and Lewis J Simmons Enterprise. Veterans signing up were S Sgt Benson J Carroll Bonifay M Sgt Thomas F Wynn Ozark Pvt Eddie B Deere Dothan Pfc Harvey G Head Elba M Sgt Walter H Satchell Sanders Ky Pfc Jessie F Marshall Ariton S Sgt John R
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U. S
Army
Dothan
James Espy Baxley
Rt. 2
Herbert G.cosper
Elba
Lewis J. Simmons
Ri. 1
Enterprise
Benson J. Carroll
Bonifay
Fla
Thomas F. Wynn
Insect Threat Warns of Calf Loss Across Alabama
District Attorney Edmund Breen of San Francisco and livestock specialist Gregory warn that screw worms have proliferated along Central and South Alabama, threatening newborn calves. They predict vultures will grow hungry and prey on baby cattle as conditions worsen.
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iMacam
Edmund Breen
San Francisco
W. HK. Gregory
API Exenton
South
Alabama
Buzrards
Fragmentary quote on trapping and pest control strategy
A portion of a quotation discusses erecting a burr tani trap in communities and using a few dead dogs as baits to eliminate buzzards, attributed to a speaker urging aggressive pest control tactics.
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Wée
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Houston
Main St
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Dovhan, Alabama
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