De Valera Defeat Appears Likely In Ireland Vote
Dublin report on the general election shows Fianna Fail trailing with 53 seats while opposition groups total 58 and coalitions looming. Analysts note 147 seats were at stake and De Valera may resign after 16 years, with coalition uncertainties ahead.
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de Valera
Ireland
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Erie
Fine Gael
Clann’ Na Poblachta Republicans
Labor
National Labor
Clan Na ‘Falmhan
Sean MacBride
Hog shipments fall in Georgia livestock report
Livestock arrivals totaled 300 cattle 200 calves and 2500 hogs at eight major packing plants in Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton and nearby cities. Hogs sold slowly with prices 0.50 to 1.00 lower. quotes for soft and semi hard hogs ranged from 18.50 to 22.25 per hundredweight across weight classes with medium to good sows at 18 to 19.50.
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Thomasville
USDA
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Do‘than
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Weekly livestock prices at Montgomery yard report
Cattle receipts about 2000 with Friday light supply and steady to higher prices for some cuts. Week sees firmer canner and calf values, steady to higher fed cattle, and hogs generally lower than Thursday with varied barrow, gilt, and sow prices across weight classes.
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Montgomery
Mit
Union Stock Yards
AEA Sends 7163 For Overseas Relief
The Alabama Education Association sent a check for 7163 to Washington, D C, as a contribution of Alabama teachers to overseas educators relief. Dothan and Houston County teachers helped raise funds for overseas education aid as part of a nationwide appeal. Funds aid CARE and other agencies with total teacher contributions surpassing 000. Reports from Europe and China show need for school supplies and food.
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Alabama Education Association
Washington, D. C
Alabama
Dothan
Houston County
National Education Association
Washington
Commission For the American Relief of Europe
CARE
Europe
China
Miss Rosa Kimble Dies Near Ashford
Miss Rosa Kimble sixty died at her home on Ashford route two after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the residence at 11 a.m. with Rev. Taylor of Dothan officiating and burial followed in the Ashford Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters Mrs S B Ellis Montezuma Ga Mrs Clayton Barber Dothan and Mrs C T Owens Ashford and a brother T A Kimble Active pallbearers were Dick Knight Jim Kay Bud Scott Fred Jackson James Beasley and H C Philips.
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Ashford
Rosa Kimble
Taylor
Dothan
Ashford Cemetery
Fellows
Christmas
Miss Kimble
Quitman County
Houston County
S. B. Ellis
Montezuma
Clayton Barber
C. T. Owens
T. A. Kimble
Dick Knight
Jim Kay
Bud Scott
Fred Jackson
James Beasley
H. C. Philips
Cotton futures slide along with grain and stocks
New York cotton futures fell as much as 3.55 a bale on Wednesday and slid 0.50 to 1.99 Thursday, joining a broad decline across wholesale food and raw materials. The Associated Press average of 35 commodities hit a low not seen since November, with stock prices dropping to their weakest since last June as investors speculated over factors from grain prices to wages and tax policy.
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New York
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Chicago
Washington
Boris Shiskin
AFL
Joseph M. Dodge
Kansas City
American Bankers Association
Brnard J. Ridder
New
Yor Journal of Commerce
Alabama
CIO
Carey Haikter
Bloemone
Green Light Or Red The Girls Must Chat
A Wichita police officer followed two women as the traffic light cycled through red and green. The drivers chatted through the change, and when the light turned green again, the car remained idle. The officer refrained from honking and reminded them to proceed, saying the color green they had was the polite shade.
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Wichita
Kan
Amputee Invents Better False Foot
Harold J. Quintal a three year old amputee in Albany New York has invented an improved artificial foot he hopes will aid wounded veterans. The design uses a single rear calf brace reducing bulk and allowing more ankle movement addressing flaws in conventional feet.
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Albany
N. Y
Harold J. Quintal
Quintal
Rights measures and party strategies in Congress and South
The article notes Senator Ball predicts no anti job discrimination bill with enforcement. he votes against a Senate labor committee measure. Mississippi Governor Wright reportedly seeks a Southern Governors meeting in Tallahassee to call for an independent Democratic convention to split from Truman. A Democratic official says the national committee will wait to chart its course. Taft opposes a Fair Employment Practice Commission with enforcement, preferring a voluntary approach. Ives leads support among Republicans with others voting yes or no. Senate factions split with Hill and Ellender opposing, while Ives, Aiken, Jenner, Smith, Mersey, Thomas, and Murray support. Wherry claims a conservative stance on price controls and opposes OPA, accusing allies of seeking production gains.
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Ball Cr-Minn
Congress
Ball
Senate Labor Committee
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Tallahassee
Fla
Taft
GOP
Ohioan
Ives
Donnell
R-Mo
Hill
Alabama
Ellender
Louisiana
Aiken
Vto
Jenner
Rand
Smith
Mersey Rore
Thomas
Utah
Murray
Wherry
Neb
Atlantic City
Yenderstyn
Conaresy
Ota Toft
Ceontrets
OPA
S Kresen
Revisionists weigh trimming aid in 16th meeting
A Senate foreign affairs panel nears a consensus as Sen Joseph H Ball leads a subcommittee drafting amendments to cap aid for specific projects and curb the admin eased balance of payments plan. Taft favors about 3 billion overall with occupied Germany and Austria cut. The draft aims for the committee’s report by early March.
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Joseph H. Ball
Ball
Robert A. Taft
Germany
Austria
Taft
Nhot
Emmett Wood Freed of Game Law Charge
Justice of the Peace A T Richardson dismissed the game law violation charge against Rep J Emmett Wood of Washington County for lack of evidence. Wood and the arresting officer did not testify, two men testified that guns in the car belonged to them and Wood was not hunting. Wood praised the game warden in a post hearing statement.
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Richardson
O. R. Singleton
G. M. Hollinghead
Wood
New Research Begun in Paralysis Field at UR School of Medicine
Rochester study by Dr. Wilbur K. Smith uses a cathode ray oscillograph and a movie camera to probe paralysis from poliomyelitis and cerebral palsy. He aims to learn how paralysis and neuromuscular disorders might be alleviated through operative techniques drug therapy or training of other muscles nerves or brain cells to take over functions.
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Rochester
N. Y
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Wilbur K. Smith
Electronic Engraver Produces Auto Cuts For Papers Trial
A century in the making a new electronic photo engraving machine is on trial in three New York area newspapers. Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp demonstrated it at the Bergen Evening Record with others at Newsday Hempstead and Ridgewood Herald News. It prints 65 screen engravings per page, with lab models over 100 screen, yields up to 8 by 10 inches in 18 minutes. Rental is 160 4 a month not for sale.
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Fairchild
Colds Cost U S Billion Annually
Dr Louis I Dublin of Metropolitan Life told reporters the common cold costs the United States about 1 000 000 000 dollars yearly. He said the average person has two colds annually and each lasts five days, totaling 1 500 000 000 days of misery. Estimated wage losses reach 420 000 000 dollars and treatment costs 400 000 000 dollars each year. The speaker sneezed as he spoke.
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New York
Louis I. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Dublin
Southern governors debate race policy at meeting
Governors Laney of Arkansas Wright of Mississippi push secession from the national party over anti- Southern laws. They seek unified precincts to ensure southern delegates back regional education plans for Negroes while meeting in Nashville with leaders from Maryland Texas and Kentucky and Meharry College trustees offering a regional Negro school proposal.
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Sion
Ben T. Laney
Arkansas
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Wright
Washington
Little Rock
National Party
U. S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Jim McCord
Nashville
Meharry College
Meharry
William P. Lane
Maryland
Lane
Caldwell
Beauford Jester
Texas
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Thompson
Alabama
Jim Fol Om
South Carolina
Strom
Nand
Laney
McCord
Oklahoma
George L. Goss
Oklahoma University
Law
NO. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Staples
Virginia
J. Trier Miller
Leekanea
West Virginia
Lady Cops and City Pay Hikes Spread Across U S
U S cities expand use of women police known as lady cops with about 1 000 estimated nationwide led by 141 large cities and major departments. Detroit New York Chicago Indianapolis and Washington rank high with women handling prisoners and juveniles in many cases armed in 40 cities. Municipal workers across cities receive wage boosts with Cleveland Pittsburgh Omaha and others approving raises and holidays, totaling hundreds of thousands yearly.
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Alfred Leech
Chicago
American Public Welfare Association
United States
California
Georgia
Mississippi
New Jersey
Nevada
Ohio
Oregon
Tennessee
Washington
Association
Vital Records
International City Manager’s Association
Detroit
Wayne University
New York
Indianapolis
Washington, D. C
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Denver
Omaha
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Pedestrians To Rule Traffic In Atlanta
Atlanta plans the nation’s longest three mile stretch of pedestrian only traffic lights in the northeast. Pedestrians push a curb button, wait for the cycle, and cross with extra time while motor traffic remains halted until the button is released.
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Atlanta
Postcard of 74 Columbus clerks greets Postmaster General
Columbus post office staff sent a large postcard to Washington to congratulate Postmaster General J. M. Donaldson. The card bears the signatures of 74 employees and conveys the legal staff’s congratulations on his appointment.
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Columbus
Colubbus Post Office
J. M. Donaldson
Wadhington
Rubinoff Concert Tickets On Sale In Dothan
Reserved and general admission tickets go on sale Saturday at 2 p.m. at Harrison Lisenby Drug Store. Russian violinist Rubinoff will perform at the City Auditorium in Dothan on Sunday February 15 under the Houston County Tuberculosis Association sponsorship. Reserved seats cost 2.44 dollars and general admission 1.83 dollars.
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Rubinoff
Harrison Lisenby Drug Store
Wil
Dothan
City Auditorium
Houston County Tuberculosis Association
Folsom urges peace over war in campaign speech
In a fiery address, Folsom argues the central issue is peace and warns peacetime conscription risks, urging a shift from a large military to peacemakers in the State Department. He blasts war profits, advocates restraint, and criticizes federal overreach and civil rights tensions shaping national politics.
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Folsom
United States
Marshall
State Department
Jesus
Lincoln
Sigs Club Aids Blind and Disabled in Community
The Sigs Club reported five major cataract operations completed and eight physically handicapped citizens becoming self supporting through the club’s aid. Several blind and nearly blind individuals received white canes, symbol of the organization, at a meeting where Howell Hampton and a Young Junior High band member entertained attendees.
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Sigs Club
Rainer
Howell Hampton
Scha
Navy Veteran Joins Army Air Forces in Local Enlistment
Floyd F Patterson a Navy veteran of 409 N Foster Street enlisted in the Army Air Forces at Tyndall Field today as part of a local recruitment. Other enlistees include Elmer M Claphan of Enterprise and Clifton E Parker of Ozark Route Four. Four veterans reenlisted and were transferred to Fort Benning GA, among them Grady L Deese of Gordon Route One, Willie R Wel and Warner R Walls of Enterprise Route Two, and Reubeg Holweger of Lakeland Florida.
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Floyd F. Patterson
Navy Veeran
N. Foster Street
Air Force
Tynidall Field
Tynde
Elmer M. Claphan
Enteprise
Clifton
Snow and power cuts amid widespread winter weather
Snow and hail swept North California and the Midwest as states report blizzards and cold. University of California faces shutdown of atom smashing facilities due to power shortages while Kentucky, Washington, and Nebraska endure heavy snowfalls. Navy replenishes fuel and gas stocks to aid heatless urban areas as a major snowstorm looms toward the metropolitan region.
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California
Pacific Gasa Electric Company
University of Cafornia
Kentucky
Sunnyside
Wash
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Coral Plateau
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennsee
Georgia
Missippi
Alabama
Sau Carolina
Midwest
New England
Montana
East
North Minols
F Meyers
gFla
Browns, Tex
Jacksonvilla Fls
New Orleans
York
Navy
Nn Jy
Weather Bureau
Cain Says "Sky's the limit" claim off base
Cain criticized the view that rent limits could be limitless. He argued tenants who must accept increases are those seeking to protect themselves after the sion expires next April 30. The House banking committee, weighing rent controls separately, planned testimony at Pi hearings today.
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Cain
House
Census shows 1 bale ginned in Houston County in 1947
Census report notes 1 bale of cotton ginned in Houston County for 1947 prior to January 16, 1947, compared with 8,575 bales for the 1946 crop. Special agent Walter F. Oakley of Columbia reported the figures today.
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Houston County
Walter F. Oakley
Columbia
Grass Fire Near N Avenue No Damage Reported
A grass fire in the 400 block of North Avenue yesterday afternoon caused no injuries or property damage. Fire Chief Floyd Harris provided brief remarks noting the incident was contained quickly by local crews.
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N. Avenue
Floyd Harris
Tods
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