Richard T. Dickey Dies at Thomasville
Richard Taylor Dickey seventy year old retired ACI engineer and Dothan resident died in Thomasville after a short illness. He native of Cairo Ga was a member of First Baptist Church of Thomasville. Brief funeral services were held at his residence with final rites at Ward Wilson chapel. Burial in city cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Survivors include his wife Edith and two daughters Beverly Ferrell and Miss Lige Dickey both of Charlotte. Active pallbearers named Katsonas Furkett Summerford Driver Griffith.
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Cemtery
Ward-Wilson
Edith B. Dickey
Daughers
Beverly Ferrell
Misalige Dickey
Charlotte
Hi S ‘Attle
Sam Katsonas
Carl
Furkett
Harriman Summerford
L. Driver
E. Z. Griffith
Pursuit of Payroll Padding Spreads Through Government
Senator William Langer and Clark discuss how staffing and payroll padding fuel costs and friction. They cite workers, lawyers, guards, and policy shifts as drivers of a growing federal payroll and regulatory burden. Clark suggests a policy stance and reduced staff as a path to cheaper government.
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William Langer
N. D
Clark
Congress
Five Nations Block Disarmament Plan Talks In United Nations
United States proposed a compromise plan to Russia which was rejected. The Security Council ordered sponsors of conflicting disarmament plans to enter closed conferences to draft a common plan. Delegations from United States Russia France Australia and Colombia will study general disarmament and simultaneous control of atomic energy.
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Columbia
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Rent hike debate splits Senate subcommittee party lines
A Senate subcommittee split along party lines over a flat rent increase with Republican Buck and Sens Bricker and Cain supporting it while Democrats Taylor and Fulbright opposed. Fulbright said he would back a boost if relief for hardship landlords could be proved effective on another basis. Witness Carso testified a $5,000 G4 Deficiency appropriation could let him handle cases individually. Dust on light bulbs cuts 15 to 20 percent of light.
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Senate Atomic Committee
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Domestic Atomic Control Commission
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R-Nj
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New York
Eisler
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Red Cross Leaders For 1947 Named
Marianna officials name 1947 Red Cross leaders for the Jackson County chapter. Executive board includes Dr. James T. Cook Ven. W. G. Lowery Rev. A. C. Abney Rev. D. C. Whitsett and others. Service chairmen cover home nursing first aid nutrition and more with John T. Macor named Coapter Chairman for the new year.
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Fe Tae
Jackson Catulty
Ue American Red Cross
Charlton Keen
A A. J. Cobb
M. A. DuBart
James T. Cook
W. G. Lowery
A.C. Abney
D. C. Whitsett
Mureapna
Lawrence Pender
Gretswood
Charles Bowers
Cottondale
Louis Dekle
Malone
Lee Charles
Snevds
Rupert Curry
Chirles
Liddon
Grace
Oscar Wells
Alford
Bevani Richardson
Rewid Lake
L. Olive
Bascom
G. Renfroe
Marianna
Red Crese
Alyne C. Hest
Arthur C. Dozier
Norman Hougsto
Clay
Sonny) Harris
Alma Wand
Louise Dekie
C. Davis Tuuner
R. R. Fleds
Lucie Carrell
Motor Corps
DeWitt Therm
J. W. Kelly
John T. Macor
Burkett Discusses Proposed Hospital At Kiwanis Luncheon
Dr WOT Burke health officer spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon outlining a proposed public hospital for Dothan. James Kelly of Troy attended as district guest. Sam Stephens presented the approved budget. Whit sing urged ticket sales for the Life With Father play on February 12 at City auditorium. Three guests included Tanger man of Indira with 20 year service badge, Rev Brown of Eufaula, and Rev Brennan of Nashville.
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G. N. Sheep
James Kelly
Troy
Kiwanis Fourth District
Sam Stephens
Whitsing
Father
City Auditorium
Kiwanian Tangerman
Indira
Mr Brown
Eufaula
Brennan
Nashville
Fite Named Head Of Marianna Club
Fite elected president of the Marianne Country Club Association in Marianna succeeding John H. Carter. Eldon Winslow becomes vice president and A J Cotb is secretary treasurer. The group runs the post course and club house at Florids Caverns State Park with about two hundred members.
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Fite
Marianne Country Club Association
John H. Carter
Eldon Winslow
A. J. Cotb
Elu House
Florids Caverns State Park
Massee's Condition Described As Fair
Hospital attendants described Jon Massee of 600 States Street as fair in condition after an explosion on a farm three miles from Dothan while blasting stumps. He suffered eye injuries and burns on his neck and face and was brought to a hospital by police.
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Dothan
Polce
Azaleas and camellias bloom earlier after frost
Horticulturists report azaleas and camellias frozen overnight but blooming earlier due to recent warm weather in Dothan. Open blooms were killed yet many plants likely survived. wind, not cold, blamed for the damaged blooms and early flowering in outdoor plantings.
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Dothan
Budget expansion plans loom in Alabama legislature
A third committee called into session debated increases to state budgets for education welfare and health. Governor Folsom urged higher school and welfare appropriations, a school building program and higher teacher salaries. Proposals also covered veterans loans, old age pensions, health services, and labor relations reforms as sessions move toward hearings with education groups and planned next week meetings.
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Roo Wade
Lamar Henderson Wins Midland City Orator's Contest
Lamar Henderson of Midland City high school and Buster Smoot Legion Post will represent Dale County in the district American Legion oratorical contest at Troy State Teachers College on February 12. His speech is The History of the Constitution. He is a senior noted for scholarship and activities and was Dale County's first Boys State delegate.
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Midland City High School
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Dale County
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Dan L. Henderson
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Montgomery
Court of Appeals
Global cold front sweeps from Midwest to Gulf States
A severe cold wave extended from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast with subfreezing lows. New York dropped to near zero, Washington DC fell from 47 to below freezing, and Gulf states reported temperatures down to the 20s. Snow and wind battered the Southeast as Alabama and Georgia noted significant impact on agriculture and daily life.
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Los Angeles
Truman Renews Plea on Succession Line
Washington AP President Truman urged Congress to change the line of succession placing Republican Speaker Joe Martin ahead of the secretary of state and after the vice president. He renewed the appeal to Senators Vandenberg and to a Democratic Congress, arguing the president should not name his immediate successor.
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Truman outlines UN role and postwar aims
President Truman reaffirmed U S support for the United Nations as a permanent partnership and urged strengthening its work in world economic recovery arms control and human rights He called for timely acceptance of the international refugee organization constitution and expansion of funds He announced plans for a world conference on freedom of information and further steps to bolster the trusteeship system
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International Refugee Organization
Washington's growth tests housing as 1950 plans rise
Since 1800 Washington expanded from 1400 to about 1.3 million, with projections reaching 1.5 million by 1950. Officials anticipate 49,000 new dwellings as tourism and service trades rise to meet federal budget cuts. Government payroll remains large, yet downtown life strains aging Georgetown housing and crowded transit.
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Edwin N. Lewis
Board of Trade
Captol
Georgetown
John Adams
Special Legion meeting on Napier Field project tonight
A weekly meeting of the American Legion was called for 7:30 tonight at the Recreation Center to discuss membership and the Napier Field project. Commander Pete Childa announced the call today.
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Tax cuts spark Democratic attack on Knutson bill
Democratic Rep. Gore denounces House bill No. 1 as a middle ages tax plan, arguing it cuts 5 percent for high earners and only 95 percent for the rest. The debate centers on taxation according to ability to pay, with critics citing Mellon era privilege and past panics.
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D-Tenn
Knutson
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Ways and Means Committee
Tennessee
Andrew Mellon
Mellon
Treasury
Coolidge
Hoover
Landis
Senate Commerce
Glenn L. Martin
Livestock prices at Montgomery market report
Cattle receipts 125 with slow arrival. week’s top 20.00 for selected good to choice fed steers. Common to medium slaughter cattle 9.50-17.00. calves 9.50-21.00 with best 22.00 for top butcher calves. Hogs receipts 100 active. barrows and gilts under 140 lbs steady. heavier weights 25-60 higher. sows 18.50-19.50 for mid weights. feeders 14.50-16.50. pork totals varied by weight.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago quotations livestock and cattle market report
Chicago quotations report shows hogs 25 to 50 cents higher with 180 to 250 pound ranges at 25.00 to 25.25. 250 to 320 pounds 24.25 to 25.00. Sows 20.75 to 21.25. Cattle a 7,000 head tally with calves 500. Killing classes up 25 to 50 cents. Top steer price 27.00 at 1,000 pounds yearlings 26.50. Choice heifers 23.00. Medium to best steers 20.00 to 25.00, similar heifers 19.00 to 22.00. Beef cows 11.50 to 14.00, good 16.00, cutters 11.00 down. Vealers 28.00 down.
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Contract Awarded For Dormitories At Marianna School
H. J. Koski and Company of Selma Alabama won the bid to build three two story cottage dormitories for the Boys Industrial School at Marianna. The low bid was 58000 dollars and could drop 7500 dollars if the state supplied track for the dormitories. Six bids were submitted for the project.
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Rehobeth To Hold Orator's Contest
Houston County oratorical elimination contest sponsored by the American Legion will be held at Rehobeth High School Auditorium Thursday at 7 p m Solomon Baxter county superintendent of education announced today Principals with contestants must notify the Superintendent's office and bring contestants to the auditorium for the contest Public invited with a special invitation to all American Legion posts in Houston County
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American Legion
Rehobeth High School
Solomon Baxter
Nineteen Jackson County Baptist Churches Schedule Training Plan
Nineteen teen Baptist churches in Jackson county will take part in a simultaneous Sunday School Training program sponsored by the Chipola Baptist Association from February 10 through February 14. Phil Padgett, director of youth activities at First Baptist church, provided the details.
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Jackson County
Chipola Baptist Association
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First Baptist Church
Dothan Band Parade Before Concert Plan
The 86 piece Dothan High School Band will parade at 3 30 p m tomorrow through Foster street business section as a prelude to the DHS auditorium concert at 8 15 p m, director Howell Hampton announced today.
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British Officers Move and Civilians Evicted in Jerusalem
Last night moving vans ferried furniture from houses to temporary quarters in stores and basements around Jerusalem. In Tel Aviv, British troops set barbed wire barriers and street corner machine gun posts around an enlarged fortress area. They evicted 250 occupants from five buildings near Citrus House as part of wartime policing. The British army says unessential civilians will be transferred from Palestine by week’s end. The Jewish Agency faces a Monday deadline to urge Palestine’s 600,000 Jews to assist police and troops in wiping out the Jewish underground, with no formal reply yet from agency leaders.
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Lawmaker presses one year limit on back pay portal claims
A committee heard a proposal to cap back pay portal claims at one year. He noted workers can be sued for grocery or clothing debts for five or six years after due and questioned why wages owed should be recoverable only within a year. Both House and Senate had routine sessions scheduled for door.
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Georgia Governors Row May Reach U S Supreme Court
Georgia lawmakers forecast the Governor feud may go to the U S Supreme Court before a final settlement. Rep J Robert Elliott cited possible court action as a reconsideration vote on Fortson recognition of Eugene Talmadge's son stalled 93 to 88. The day also saw a tie vote on recognizing Talmadge with a companion measure advancing next week.
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ULP
Hermag Tamadge
House Ofsentatives
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Supreme Court
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George Sabados
Albany
Senate
Four Alarms Answered In City
Four fire alarms were answered yesterday for the second straight day. Assistant Chief Floyd Harris said only damage was to a garage at 407 Third Street where a small blaze occurred. A grass fire in the 1100 block of Lake Street near midnight was the coldest run of the year.
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Herris
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