Republicans Count On Democratic Aid On Tax Bill's Veto
Washington AP Republicans count on Democratic aid to override a presidential veto on the tax bill. Democrats proposed a $200 personal exemption boost and keep taxes for most earners, while Republicans push to cut rates without new taxes. Senate votes hinge on wavering Democrats like McClellan and Byrd, with some senators backing tighter Treasury losses.
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Jack Bell Washington
House
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Repulicans
Sam Rayburn
Treasury
Rayburn
George
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
O'Daniel
Texas
D C Freeman 77 Dies Near Dothan
D C Freeman seventy seven died at his home on Dothan route one after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today at New Hope Church with Rev J J Collins officiating. Burial in church cemetery Ward Wilston in charge. Survived by widow three sons Clayton D C Jr and Coolidge Freeman all of Dothan route one two daughters Mrs Etta Treadwell Columbus Ga and Mrs Annie Ruth Ward Lio comb route two nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Active pallbearers Marvin Williams Lexie Smith Ralph Smith Dewey Creek Carlton Peacock and Joe Creel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Freeman
Dothan
New Hope Church
J. J. Collins
Church
Ward-Wilston
Freeman
Clayton
D. C. Jr
Coolidge Freeman
Etta Treadwell
Columbus
Annie Ruth Ward
Liocomb
Marvin Williams
Lexie Smith
Ralph Smith
Dewey Creek
Carlton Peacock
Joe Creel
City OKs Merit System Classification Plan
Most city department heads in Dothan approved a merit system based plan with pay scales and examinations under way. Personnel director Joe Wilson said police fire and city offices heads checked classifications, while street power and water departments study employee classifications. Applications blanks will be printed this week for new city job seekers.
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Wilson
Kelley and
Harris
Son
Fuel Shortage Triggers Bradford State of Emergency
Bradford Pennsylvania declares a state of emergency over fuel oil and natural gas shortages. Mayor Hugh J. Ryan after a meeting with an emergency fuel committee orders schools stores theaters bars bowling alleys and places of public entertainment closed with only restaurants and one drug store exempt. Restaurants must close by 9 p.m. nightly.
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Bradford
Hugh J. Ryan
IWMegal Alcoholic Sales Charged At Granverbure Store
T Le Murdock operator near Granverbure was held last night on three warrants charging sale of alcoholic beverages without a license. Sheriff Walt Cameron set bonds at 800 dollars each. Remains of a great pyramid bound under the sands of Gizeh, Meypt were found.
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T. le. Murdock
Granverbure
Walt Cameron
Gizeh
Meypt
Missing Tech Student Believed Located In Southern California
Atlanta report says Richard C Atchley a 24 year old Georgia Tech senior and editor of the Tech Engineer was believed found in San Diego California after six days missing. He left his boarding house last Sunday night saying there was a man waiting in a car. Police noted he had been in poor physical shape and had prior dizziness and a reported head injury plus a Christmas confession of loving a Tech employee.
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Atlanta
Richard C. Atchley
Georgia Tech
San Diego
Calif
Atchley
The
Tech Engineer
Frank F
Groseclose
Tech
Eugene Atchley
Kansas City
Ralph Hulsey
Missing Persons Bureau
Len Diana
Diana
Beta Theta Pi
Birmingham
Ala
Hulsey
Tau Beta Pi
Engineering
W H Harris Dies In Local Hospital
William Henry Harris aged 69 of 50 Holland Street Dothan died in a local hospital at 5 15 am Saturday He was a lifelong Houston County resident and Prospect Baptist Church member Survivors include his wife two sons C M Harris and J G Harris both of Panama City Fla two daughters Mrs J E Joiner and Mrs Rollie Martin of Panama City a brother O L Harris of Bartlesville Oblay five sisters and two grandchildren Funeral at 3 pm today at Holland Street home with Rev Oland Wilson and Rev A D Zbinden officiating Burial in City Cemetery Johnson Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers Cherry Carr A A Stephenson Melton Newton Nolan Barfield Eric Harvue and Paul Lee
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William Henry Harris
Holland St
Dothan
Harris
Houston County
Prospect Baptist Church
C. M. Harris
J. G. Harris
Panama City
Fla
J. E. Joiner
Rollie Martin
O. L. Harris
Bartlesville
Martha Adkins
Slocomb
Walter Pearce
Enterprise
Sarah Spivey
Phenix City
Jessie Griffin
Leary
Jennie Hicks
Graceville
Oland Wilson
A. D. Zbinden
Johnson Funeral Home
Cherry Carr
A. A. Stephenson
Melton Newton
Nolan Barfield
Eric Harvue
Paul Lee
Flour Saving Recipes Studied At Tuskegee
The late George Washington Carver flour saving recipes tested at Tuskegee Institute during World War I wheat shortages are being revived. Patterson, a key official, says nutritionists find that flour can be made from mashed sweet potatoes and other substitutes. He notes Carver’s technique for flavor and sweetness as a base, citing demonstrations and potential flour savings.
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Tuskegeerf
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Flod
Patterson
Gandhi Assassination Sparks Nationwide Riots and Funeral
The assassin remains in New Delhi jail as violence erupts across Poona and Bombay. Curfews, looting, and arson plague the cities while police fire to protect lives. Gandhi’s funeral in New Delhi draws hundreds of thousands, with Nehru and Patel attending as mourners fill Birla House to watch the cremation at the river. The cremation site at the Red Fort prepares and the nation vows memorial plans.
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Maniec
Hindu Rashtra
Poona
Dadar
Hamim
Mahasabha
Bombay
Girgaum
New Delhi
Parliament St
United Press
Gadse
Marina
Gandhi
Birla House
Mahatma
Earl Mountbatten
Delhi
Pandit Jawarahlal Nehru
Sardar Patel
All-India Congress
Cab Owners Ruled Responsible In Passenger Robbery Case
In Montgomery, Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones held cab owner Ludie D. Crews liable for a passenger robbery. Paul Arent of Wetumpka sued for 223 dollars after two Crews drivers previously pleaded guilty to robbing him of 2080 dollars. most funds were recovered. The ruling states owners are responsible for protecting passengers from assaults and robberies by their drivers.
Police hold man in fish market burglary case
Police last night held a Negro suspect for investigation in connection with a burglary at Barren tine’s Fish Market at Five Points. Stolen items include oysters in cans fish two cartons of cigarettes and about ten dollars in small change. Entry was gained by forcing a rear window. The suspect also faces a public drunkenness charge.
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Barrentine
Winter Weather Wrecks North Carolina Travel and Snowbound Nation
Severe winter battered much of the country with heavy snow sleet and freezing rain. North Carolina faced widespread travel paralysis as roads stayed ice covered and buses and airlines cancelled schedules. Forecasters expected only gradual warming with no immediate relief, while rail and air transport remained largely shut down.
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Pittsburgh
Florida
Carolinas
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Raleigh
N. C
Tus
Nusta Carolina
North Carolina
Wilmington
State Highway Patrol
Fats From Wood To Be Produced In Panama City Plant
New York AP reports a $3,700,000 refining plant is under construction in Panama City Florida by Arizona Chemical Corp a joint venture of International Paper and American Cyanamid. It will separate tall oil from wood liquor into vegetable fats and resins with capacity near 22 000 tons annually and production expected in about a year. The plant will support future edible fats for cooking from U S forests and serve paints varnishes disinfectants soaps metal processing and lubricants industries.
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New York
Panama City
Fla
Jobs H. Hinman
Internal
Gene Paper Co
Arizona Chemical Corp
International Paper and
American Cyanamid Co
Hipman
U. S
Homes &S
Hinman
Dance Hall Closure Sparks Riot In Shanghai
In Shanghai, 70 injured as 500 taxi dancers and 400 police clash at the Social Affairs Bureau offices during a demonstration against a government order closing dance halls. Thirty fist-swinging girls and 40 police hurt. the bureau wrecked and a 4,000-strong crowd watched as inside workers tore furniture and smashed windows amid a draw to determine which night clubs would close first.
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Shanghay
Social Affairs Bureau
Bureau
Local schools report funds and Mile of Dimes results
A list shows multiple schools with reported totals led by East Alabama Colored Elementary at 22.05 and Madrid School at 20.90, while Cottonwood Schools reports none. The Dothan Service League raised 820.97 at the Mile of Dimes. President's Ball at Dothan Country Club saw weak attendance and a committee member said they almost broke even.
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East Alabama Colored
Harmon
Houston County Colored Training School
Madrid
Cowarts
South Alice St. Colored School
Columbia Colored School
Taylor
Kinsey
Dupree
Philadelphia
Gordon
Cottonwood School
Williams
Dothan Service League
Dothan Country Club
Soviet official touts 1947 budget surplus and vast economy
Radio Moscow quoted Zverev claiming the Soviet Union ended 1947 with a budget surplus of 24 billion rubles and that the economy, despite ruble devaluation, shows the state’s vitality. He cited military spending of 64.49 billion rubles of 67 billion appropriated, and outlined total annual economic outlays including industry, transport, education, and health, with funds directed to scientific research and national welfare.
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Radio Moscow
London
Zverev
Moscow
Russia
Five Sundays in February Rare but Possible
The writer notes February can have five Sundays, the first Feb Sunday in a Leap Year, and calculates history shows five Sundays occurred in 1824 1852 1880 and 1920 with the next not until 1976 and then after 2000, explaining the rarity across centuries.
Jail Warden Accused of Attacking Woman
BIRMINGHAM AP A former warden at the Jefferson County jail, Eugene Lee Johnson 38, was arrested on a warrant charging criminal assault of a former inmate Dorothy Rotenberry 21. Sheriff Holt McDowell said Johnson resigned January 9 at his request. He added Rotenberry was jailed in October and December on worthless check charges and that grand jury will investigate ill treatment of women prisoners.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
Holt McDowell
Eugene Lee Johnson
Dorothy Rotenberry
Rotenberry
McDowell
Johnson
Emmett Perry
Fuesday
County officials seek safe floors and pistol law compliance
The grand jury reported concerns over plank flooring in the health department building posing hazards to barefoot children, urging linoleum for safety. It found county depository bonds sufficient to protect public funds and highlighted widespread pistol theft and unlicensed dealing with poor record keeping. Indictments were issued for Cecil Lane for assault and for several others on forgery and larceny charges. Probate Judge Logue said the Board of Revenue would review the jury’s findings at the next meeting.
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Health Department
Albert Logue
County Board of Revenue
Cecil Lane
Columbia
Wilton H. Moulton
Halstead
Council killers storm Duluth district council meeting
Stanzi store owner Constanzi shot three councilmen dead and wounded a fourth after returning to the room with a rifle. The incident followed a dispute over a business license. Convicted, Constanzi fled town in a truck heading toward Hibbing as lawmen across northern Minnesota hunted for him. Victims named include Albert Dupac Frank Svoboda Emil Makela and Louis Ringhorard.
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Stanzi
Constanzi
Frih
A . Ia Frih
Frith
Constanzil
Albert Dupac
Frank Svoboda
Emil Makela
Hibbing
Minn
Louis Ringhorard
Duuth
Elmer
Duluth
County Committee to discuss State Executive stance on 1948 platform
Number 15 to tighten voter registration laws will be presented to the county committee reflecting the State Executive Committee’s warning to national party leaders about anti segregation planks. Boswell supported the result and announced plans to be a delegate to the national convention on a white supremacy platform. Houston County Democratic Executive Committee meets at the courthouse in Do than at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, with state committee resolutions to be reviewed. Meetings are also planned for Coffee and Henry counties with F. M. Farris and Earl Capps as chairs.
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State Executive Committee
National Party
Boswell
Houston County
Democratic Executive Committee
W. A. Wells
Wright brothers reshaped history with aviation landmark
A historic tribute notes Orvil and Wilbur Wright among eighteen pivotal figures who opened new futures for mankind. The text recalls imperial court curiosities and a scandal involving stolen combs from Heliogabalus, released under a $500 bond.
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Orvil
Wilbur Wright
Alwys
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