Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass And Local News
Local note shows Willa Pittman named for Sigma Delta campus honors with a 4 15 overall average. Rev. Wickman of the Baptist Association spoke at the Exchange Club on rural health. Jimmy Acree led the program as 21 members attended. A new car arrived at work service by Cameron’s office, a week after the previous car was replaced. An electrical fire caused by a short from a downed line caused no injuries. Side collision reported near Mrs John Williams’ residence. driver fled and investigators seek a black 10 Ford with minor damage. incident timed around 8:38 p.m.
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John Williams
Kear Ashford
Invest
Officers Jail Youth On Burglary Charge
Marianna sheriff's deputies investigate theft of about 150 dollars from a Standard Oil Station. A youth was jailed on burglary charges. fingerprints were taken and investigators questioned several people, but no arrests announced.
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Marianna
Standard Oil
Sherrie Earnest Barnes
Local County and District Election Candidates Listed
Numbers show seven candidates for two Board of Education posts with Pinckard and Minima chy districts represented. Also listed are County Commission posts, legislative hopeful George Whaley, Probate Judge candidates, and County School Board contenders including Weeks and Henry.
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Black
Bend Tucklar
Geneva
Covington Downies
T. MM
County
Henry County
Wwe Board of Revenue
W. V.s
Aaron Helms
Giree Benuel
W. R Lisenby
Industrial slowdowns hit steel and coke output and rail service
The Sloan Shedfield Steel and Iron Company and Republic Steel Corporation cut coke production and iron output by about half. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announced canceled or reduced service after an Interstate Commerce Commission order. Trains Nos. 2 and 2 between Birmingham and Cincinnati will be discontinued, with limited South Alabama trains affected and revised weekly departures from Charlo Boochee and Flomaton.
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T. C
Enale
Sloan
Shedfield Steel & Iron
Republic Steel Corporation
Louisville & Nasville
Biringham
Cincinnati
Bers Mera
Bos
Chel Wenckee
Fim
Flomaton Als
Tod Nee
Flomaan
Planning expert briefs city on recreation center and pool
A planning engineer outlined a potential park layout featuring a 50x90 meter pool with a diving well, shallow surrounding areas, and extensive facilities including softball and football fields, shuffleboard, tennis, volleyball, and children's zones. Graves noted the pool project would be the major expense as phased recreation center additions follow, with preliminary sketches to be reviewed by Commissioners. City Engineer J Ford would supervise the project. Graves’ fee estimated at five percent of construction costs. Attendees included Jimmy Di chairman, Clyde Loverny, Rev. J Mor ton Dendy, Setdon X Bailey, Walter Mottis, Mrs. Trelle McGhee, and others.
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Graves
Dothan
J . Ford
Jimmy di
Clyde Loverny
Mra
Winston Cooper
J.morton Dendy
Setdon X Bailey
Waljter ‘Mottis
Trelle McGhee
Ate Lisenby
Lewis
Julian Turner
Marilyn Davis
Robert Moris
Ed Walker
Crawford Mosley
Past as reason used for mini walkouts in Alabama mining strike
The Injunction drawn by NLRB counsel stalls amid dispute over whether practices are unfair. UMWA attorneys prepare an appeal as Dephart says bargaining area will define terms. Violence and threats loom if miners press strike while trapped by the injunction. President Truman’s fact finding board rushes a report. Pumpkins referenced in odd line about language origin. Daily mining operations idle across Alabama as 18 Upton mines halt activity.
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NLRB
UMW
Dephart
Jonce
Lewis
Wake and Welfare Fund
Truman
White House
Dressed Fibers From Corn in TB Fight Highlight U S Findings
At the 7th annual Southern Agricultural Workers convention in Biloxi, Teuton outlined U S Department of Agriculture and Industrial Chemistry Bureau discoveries. He cited corn fiber fabrics and antibiotics from hops and banana skins, plus cheaper penicillin production and new foods like rice curls, with several fabric innovations and a water repellent cotton cloth.
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U. 5. Department To Agriculture Sciencs
Teiltort
Bureau of Reenagon Industrie Seriea
UW. G. Department of Aerculture
Southern Association of Agricultural Workers
Bureau
Cova
Teuton
Steen
Chicago
the Tribune
Bureau ii
Sciteck
Buréau
Wales
Preaten
Agriculture Department
Marianna Burglary Probe Targets Tire Service Cash Box
A young man, James Basward Card, was charged with burglary at the 31 Tire Service after detectives said the cash box was entered through a side door during the night. He has been turned over to the county for prosecution.
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Austria
Ederwie
Po. Jere
Vienns Ratie
W. K. Liebel
Venna
Abel
Frankey
Liebel
Vienna
Piertbers
Ogree
Asn
Hungary
Fusslag
Teaver
Forlee
James Bas Ward
Long Atanta Street
Formosa aid and Korea funding in postwar response
The plan would start with a $30 million advance from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Formosa aid would draw from $103 million remaining from last year’s funds, extended by moving the spending deadline to June 36. The measure faced a narrow House defeat earlier, split between opposition to foreign spending and opposition to Truman’s Formosa policy. The administration signals limited Formosa and Korea military aid with most funds potentially available if needed, while the State Department reaffirmed no military aid to Chinese Nationalists on Formosa amid the Communist advance.
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TV Makcs
Korea
Reconstruction Finance Cororation
Formosa
House
Truman
ECA
Formess
State Department
Rae Jawest
Fuchs's Espionage Ties and British Atomic Work Revealed
Evidence at a preliminary hearing shows Klaus Fuchs admitted passing atomic research details to Russians after mid 1942 while aiding British hydrogen bomb and reactor programs. Fuchs, a German-born physicist with British naturalization, came to the U S in 1943 with a research team to work on atomic weapons. The testimony notes continuous information flow to Russians and others, with Fuchs acknowledging espionage from underground days in Germany.
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Fuchs
England
United States
Skardoh
Fuche
Bharden
Inti
Skaredon
Germany
Thompson Halsall
Puchs
Livestock Market Reports From Thom asville and Montgomery
USDA livestock arrivals totaled 200 cattle 150 calves and 2000 hogs at eight plants in Atlanta, Thomaston and nearby areas with prices steady to 24 cents higher per hundredweight. Montgomery receipts estimated 1185 with week’s price trends up and hogs steady to higher. calves vealers and cows shifting in price. New York futures up modestly and New Orleans cotton futures gaining on short covering.
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Thomasville
USDA
Alltrie
Thomatendy
Montgomery
Union
Stock Yards
Cartier
Shelly
Orleans
New Orleans
Ee ‘Cotton Futures
Students Seek Redemption Through Repeated Pulpit Confessions
In a college community near Chicago, students preparing for ministry spend hours at the pulpit confessing sins from hurting roommates to cheating on exams. they pledge abstinence and avoid alcohol and frivolous amusements as a fervent revival continues. authorities note a sense of hunger for spiritual renewal amid mixed gender attendance and concerns over discipline and supernatural guidance.
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Qoxege
Chicago
Dean Hoyer J. Yoskuy
Doc
Deaths J A Anderson Samson
James A Anderson Mighty of Sameon route died yesterday. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Boyd Funeral Home. Survived by eight sons including W D Anderson Quitman Gaz A Anderson Caro Milton Anderson Bethlen Fla W G Anderson Enterprise A Anderson Boston Ga J C Anderson Columbus Ga WJ Anderson Graveville Bill Anderson Coffee Springs. Three daughters including Mrs J H Jones Corbindvis Ga, thirty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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J. A. Anderson Samson
James A. Anderson
Sameon
Ane
Jong Si Hess
Funers
Boyd
W. D. Anderson
Quitman
Gaz
A. Anderson
Caro
Milton Anderson
Bethlen
Fla
W. G. Anderson
Enterprise
Boston
J. C Anederson
Columbus
WJ. Anderson
Graveville
Bill Anderson
Coffee Springs
J .H. Jones
Corbindvis, Ga
Mountain rescue craws toil at dusk for missing climber
Fractured report details a rescue team approaching a high altitude site at 7 900 feet while planes are readied to search southwest of Watson Lake for a missing C54. Signals from a pan radio operator near Lead South Dakota offered a possible location later fading. Authorities urged caution as the area has been scoured since the plane vanished. The update also notes demographic projections and historical context about U S population growth and gender balance.
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Pan Lake
Watson, Lake
Pam” Credio
South Dakota
Hob Waener
Whro
Wagner
Watson Lake
Elevator Tragedy In Detroit Leaves One Dead
A short, fragmented report from retro UF sources describes an elevator collapse in Detroit killing 25 year old Meera and trapping another person at the Trams Downtowns area. The operator is described as mentally impaired.
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Sraminea
de Valée
Satdenly
Weaeline
Early County Approves Malaria Typhus Plan Funding
Blakely city voters will decide participation in a malaria and typhus control program funded by the county and city. The county commits 9000 dollars and the city 100 dollars for the joint effort plus spray programs for homes and barns. The plan also covers rodent control with shared labor and poison costs. County courthouse facelift bids and road work contracts are announced, with a Florida firm to sand blast and repaint interior woodwork and clock.
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Blakely
Ba .Chaney
Progaram
W. B. Bostwick
Weccumy
Salford-Cedar Springs
County Ecourthouse
Pat & Facelifting
Florida
Heart Association funds split between research and education
Half of donations to the American Heart Association go to research while the rest funds education of specialists and public awareness campaigns. It notes a 50 percent death risk from heart ailments after age 45 and marks National Heart Week February 13–20 with a national goal of 4 million dollars and the slogan Open Your Heart.
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American Heart Association
Heart Association
Heart Disease Toll and Economic Cost Highlighted
The text estimates one in three die from heart complications and cites 1,090 people in the United States today suffering from rheumatic heart disease. It notes the economic cost includes disability and lost productive employment, with about 132,700,000 work days lost yearly from the physical cause mentioned.
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United States
Twentieth Century Fund
de Laviolais
Tis
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Paptman
Willa HL Pittman
Af Dollen
Alma Journalism
Taine x University of Alabama
Sigma Delta CA
Shere
Cameron Gud
Watomoble
Dl Malone Motor Compa
Cameron
Kiendy Gateauing
Ghiet Haris
Beatrice A
Cub Federation
Tha Houston
Gor Batzreets
Ormewal Beautiful
T Mate
Chapman Housing Company
Oates St. Dial
Aunria
APF
U.S. Army
Army
Shdus
UES
Oswald Eder
New York
Coran
Nation
Saa
Dee
Doneyia
Westerling
Wizard ‘Roper
Imperial Wiard
The
Association of Georgia
Kiens
Atlanta
the Tate
Pat Dodge
St. Petersburg
Pla
Loddie
Keel
Syeel Speigner Concrete Blour CO
Falégtouna
Martin
Ritz
Elstahead
Mercury
FORD
Lincoln
Mercury Company
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