Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass 04
Captain Leste Carter of the Servitor femce urged help to brighten Chelatmas for many residents across the Wiregrass. More than 300 recipients received the Carlstry as spirit and good will in his remarks. Last night two fire alarms were reported but firefighters found no danger or damage. A first alarm at 8:00 near West Powell Breeze aimed to extinguish a faded elf heater. Thirty minutes later a floor furnace flooded Bert Davie’s home on Blacksheay Street. Chamber of Commerce announced a temporary Thursday closure policy for the holiday season to allow shoppers to celebrate Christmas.
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Thanes
Leste Carter
Servitor
Femce
Carlstry
Gapl Carter
Blonde found in Biscayne Bay prompts police inquiry
Miami police seek the identity of a 45 year old blonde whose body was found floating in Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach. An autopsy cited a brain hemorrhage as the cause of death with no water in the lungs, suggesting possible drowing or foul play. Police sent prints to the FBI and asked New York authorities to trace a laundry mark and check records of local shops linked to her blouse and skirt.
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Amtami
Fla
Biscayne
FBI
New York
Mademoiselie G
Christas
George Martin
Miami Beach
Davris
Bay Shore
Livestock Prices and Arrivals Across Major Plants
AP dispatch reports livestock arrivals of 125 cattle 1 calf and 4200 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan Ga and Jackson ville Tallahassee Fla Hog prices eased from Friday with varied quotes across weight ranges Good and choice barrows gilts 180 to 240 pounds 1 80 to 15 50 per hundredweight at most plants and other weights quoted. Receipts at Montgomery Alabama yardlisted with moderate activity and calves and steers mixed with price ranges noted for various weights and stockers.
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Thomasville Ga
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moul‘wie
Thomasville
Titan
Gi Dothan
Ala
Jacksonvil
Tallahassee
Montgomery (Ap
Fede
Maatews
Union Stock Yards
Dean Drewry in Georgia shooting improvement noted
Athens dispatch reports Dean John B. Drewry of the University of Georgia School of Journalism continued to improve after a Friday night shooting with his secretary Miss Thurmond at her home. Mrs. Drewry, 45, is jailed awaiting murder charges. Drewry and Thurmond were longtime associates amid a prior divorce. The incident happened during a Christmas Eve celebration.
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Athens
Trutmyng
University of Georgia
John B. Drewry
Univversity
School of Journalism
Miss Thurmond
Kathleen Prewry
Drewry
President Truman Wins Christmas With Chili Dine At Home
Independence Missouri reports President Truman will dine on bow of chili prepared by amateur chef Ernie Abifaldt a Treasury supervisor. The meal precedes a private penthouse gathering in Kansas City with staff and invited guests including Army Navy and Air Force members.
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Robbert E. Lee
Independence
Truman
Ernie Abifaldt
Treasury Department
Mr. Truman
Anitel
Loaneh
Reident
Muelletach Hotel
Pent House
Kansae City
Emle Ablfeld
Pendence
Ansteldt
Charles G. Ross
Washington
Rosa
Ross
White House
Matthew Connely
Trumang
Army
Wavy
Air Force
Blevins Davis
Troma
Bewan
Escanor
Grace Minor
David
Fire devours town center. Red Cross aids recovery efforts
A blaze in a southwestern Pennsylvania town destroyed the heart of the old business district. Firefighters found about $12,000 in cash in a temporary headquarters vault amid burned debris. Corrine Fisher died in the fire, while her husband Samuel Fisher suffered serious injuries and is hospitalized in Cumberland, Maryland. The Red Cross has activated disaster relief to support cleanup and recovery.
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Tomectow
Ares
Amoke
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Sommers
Sommers Fisher Blazed Up. Fisher's Wife, Corrine
Fisher
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Half Of Farms Will Be Under Crop Controls
A government crop program will place about half the nation’s farms under controls next year to curb surplus planting in seven major crops. Marketing quotas will target cotton, peanuts and tobacco, with acre‑age allotments for the others. The plan aims to trim 18 percent of combined plantings, about 22 million acres, and reduce federal price support drain.
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Vincent J. Burks
Washington
Adovt Biit
Federal Treasury
Americans Improve On Celebrations Of New Year’s Eve
Washington report notes American observances imitate foreign customs with unique twists. It cites Hogmanay in Scotland, Spain’s grape tradition at Puerta del Sol, and Britain’s first-footer practice. It highlights Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade and Mobile’s 1831 Carnival origins, tracing evolving New Year’s customs.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
France
Scotland
Spain
Puerta Set Sol
Times Square
Madrid
Britain
England
America
Philadelphia
Mobile
Broad Street
Creole Restaurant
Congressmen Watch Voters As 1950 Elections Loom
Washington analyst James Marlow notes that all 435 House seats and one third of the Senate are at stake in 1950 elections. Democrats face internal splits over civil rights and Truman policy, while Republicans hope to exploit doubts about labor and the Fair Deal. Leaders warn campaign focus will marry policy votes to voter reaction.
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James Marlow Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Trumanites
Congress
Ieee
Sam MY
Trunsan
Tranan
Nore
Ybor
North
New Quakes Shake Japan
Three earthquakes struck north of Tokyo causing eight deaths, injuring 30, and damaging 4,500 homes. Epicenter near Utsunomiya Imaichi area ten miles north of Tokyo. Reports describe shaking from morning to afternoon with aftershocks and widespread ruin in Tochigi prefecture.
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Tory
Tokyo
Neta
Utsuneshiya
Utanomiya
Meteorological Observatory
Torhigi
TiVo
Tax excise cuts face tough questions in Congress
The discussion centers on excise reductions urged by Senator O Conor and supported by many Republicans and Democrats. Rep Forand criticizes Congress for underfunding tax enforcement, noting agents return about twenty dollars for each dollar spent. The piece questions the impact on wage earners and the broader economy, asking how a crackdown would affect taxpayers and government revenue.
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Truir Woon
O'Conor
Treasury
Rep. Forand
Congress
New York Cotton See-Saw as Markets Open
Raw notes from the New York markets show erratic cotton pricing with brief mentions of May contracts and price shifts. A Michigan item reports Ben Pitcher growing a potato with sandia while another piece notes a hurdle shaped from a yam. An Essexville, Michigan item describes Mrs Otto F Poat hunting pheasants with her husband nearby observing.
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Ben Pitcher
Sandia
Essexville
Mich
Otto F_ Poat
Ie Wan Kate
Sparks and Sparkman clash on cooperative housing plan
The administration bill seeks private funding via bonds for housing by a cooperative program worth about 1 million dollars in direct government loans. Sparksman signals a possible compromise, while Republicans oppose the plan amid Senate Banking Committee debates. Maybank of Missouri plans to push the bill to the Senate after recent Sweden study trip.
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Sparkman
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Sweden
Stantor Maybank
Voly
Senate
Marshall Plan shifts in 1950 and policy hints
The text notes that Marshall Plan appropriations in 1950 would be smaller as the program moves from direct relief toward economic integration and efficiency. It mentions extending military aid, implementing postwar aid to underdeveloped areas, and Taft linking foreign aid to budget cuts. Myers stresses reorganizations to cut costs and boost efficiency, while praising Congress's early actions and forecasting surprises in the session.
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Marshall
Hut
Myers
Truman
Taft
Coakes
Dominican Chief Granted War Powers by Congress
Acting on a December request, President Trujillo's government won congressional authorization to declare war on any country aiding enemies of the Dominican Republic. The move targets Cuba, Guatemala, Venezuela, and Costa Rica amid alleged anti-Dominican movements, with Trujillo pledging to use force only if diplomacy fails.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican
Hans
Peesilene
Ratoei
L. Trujillo
Congress
Truillo
Cuba
Guatemala
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Shere
Colon
Square
Trujillo
Teddy
Red Tape Delays Gift of TV Sets for Vet Hospital
In cloud Minnesota a Veterans Hospital finally received two television sets donated by State Employees, after a string of red tape. Senator and VA officials intervened to permit delivery after last minute regulatory hurdles. Hospital head Dr Claude Lewis accepted the sets amid apologies for the delay caused by bureaucratic obstacles and donor requirements.
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Cloud
Minn
Veterans Hospital
Algek
Minennia
Washington
Claude Lewis
T St Pawil
State House
Howard Laterte
Golden Valley Transfer Co
Ward O. Dahl
St. Paw
Dahl van
Manolo 11 confesses on plague weapon use in Nimpo area
The witness claims involvement in the use of plague weapons near Nimpo in Hangchow China. He testifies to a plague outbreak following. He admits ties to Unit 731 at Anta Station Manchuria where people were lathed to posts and bombarded by germ bombs. He says most Nir man quited pigs died from the aissase.
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Nimpo
Hangchow
China
Anta Station
Manchuria
Ambulance Brings Hospital Employee To Work After Bus Crash
Mrs Catherine Riley a hospital employee was en route to work in Brookline Massachusetts when a bus struck a car and she arrived by ambulance. She was hospitalized at her place of employment after the accident. The United States produces 44.4 means the ranking second.
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Brookline
Mass
Catherine Riley
Bur
Cod Sian
United States
Curtail Operation Of Dothan Busses OK'ed By Commission
City commissioners approved a daily bus operation cut by Dothan Hus Company, effective after public notice in about a week to ten days. Buses will run as usual outside 6 to 9 45 p m. mayor Adking and others adopted a new license tax for commercial dance halls and discussed city clerk J L Vaughn's 22 years of service and retirement plans for January 1.
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Dothan Hus Company
G. Hardwick
Hardwick
Hoodwick
John Adking
Jimmy Thrower
J. L. Vaughn
Reinan
Cosen
Vaught
Morris B. Malone
Gen Peyton March Birthday Observe Former Army Chief
Washington observes mark of Gen Peyton March birthday with a family gathering. The former Army Chief, now in his eighties, praises universal military training and urges adoption of a national program. Born December 27 1234 in Easton Pennsylvania, March began at West Point and fought in the Spanish American War and served as an aide to General Dolhys Hachetut.
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Washington
Peyton
U.S. Army
Jasco
Cage
Easton
West Point
Manila
Dolghys Hachetut
Einstein article on new unified force theory and relativity
The report notes Einstein, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, is linked to a new theory uniting electromagnetism and gravitation. It cites Beilshing it as an added chapter in The Meaning of Relativity and mentions Princeton status. Proof may take years and interpretation varies among colleagues and magazines. A Greenville item briefly mentions a theft case with a wrecker and air for an Everett Godfrey.
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Einstein
American Association For the
Princeton University Press
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
Nion
Einsteins
Mageaing Rcientific American
Core Associates
Sald
US Sales Agency Closes Up Shop On December 31
The War Assets Administration will terminate operations by year end and its remaining tasks fall to the General Services Administration. Since 1964 it disposed of about 55.5 billion in property, including planes, ships, plants, and even 17,000 carrier pigeons, with most deals now concluded or transferred.
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William B. Watce
Washington
Ble Toy
Mircraft
War Assets Administration
Ite
Public Buildings Service
General Services Administeation
WAA
Mexico
New York
New Jersey
Texas Eastern
Gas Afd Transmission Corp
Henry Kateer
Pecesgnenis Metals Corp
WAA Hop
Reynolds Metal Co
Haisbm
Germany
Japan
Manmiauth
N. J
Veterana’ Groupe Oc
Death notices from Wiregrass region
Obituaries from Wiregrass region list James M Brooks of Ozark in Pleasant Grave Church service with interment in church cemetery following his death yesterday after long illness. Survived by stepdaughter Mrs nes Byrd and daughter in law Elizabeth D Brooks. Funeral home handled arrangements. Also Abbeville rites for Em Herndon sixty seven with services at Abbeville Methodist Church. survived by husband F M Herndon and several siblings and nieces. Burial directed by Honan Fimners Henry in City Cemetery Abbeville.
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James M. Brooks
Ozark
Pleasant Grave Church
Mr. Brooks
Long Athens
Nes Byrd
It Law
Bry
Elizabeth D. Brooks
Ozathkratte
Hetman Funeral Home
MBS
Herndon Abbeville
Herpes
Abbeville Methodist Church
Paul A Dottey
W. C
Moleburg
W. K
Newville
J. C
Albeville
Joe
Columbus
Honan
Henry
Abbeville
City Ceme
Weekend Smarthquake Shatters Dishes and Windows
A seven on weekend reported a smarthquake near 93 Main in Los Angeles smashing dishes and breaking windows. The weather was near normal except for mild eastern temperatures. Rain in upland watersheds risked Delp to watershort. In New Orleans dense fog halted river traffic and slowed automobile movement to a crawl for the second consecutive evening.
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Main
Los Angeles
New York
New Orleans
British and US aim to finalize agreement soon
State Department officials expect to begin formal wording within days. Officials hope to finish with the British Pike quickly as the other seven counties remain under the same terms pending the final accord.
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State Department
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