Rubinoff to perform violin program at City Hall Sunday
Rubinoff and his violin present a program of classical and popular tunes at City Hall auditorium on Sunday afternoon, sponsored by the Pilot Club to benefit the Houston County Tuberculosis Association. Makonna Alexander accompanies, opening with Mendelssohn Chopin and the Ritual Fire Dance. Tickets are on sale at Harrison-Lisenby.
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Rubinoff
City Hall Auditorium
Pilot Club
Houston County Tuberculosis Association
Harrison-Lisenby
Makonna Alexander
Mendelssohn
Chopin
DeFala
Provost
Warsaw
Addinsell
Debussy
Cole Porter
Gershwin
Katscher
Drolla
Tanya Tzigane
Fiddlin
Dance Russe
Truman defends inflation fight and seeks price controls
President Truman urged Americans to back a new savings bond drive open April 15 to June, saying inflation remains the country’s top danger and that the economic program must proceed. He asked for standby power to restore price wage controls and rationing, while senators split on anti inflation measures as market slump signals supply demand balance returning.
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Truman
Congress
Truynan
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Maybank
African Missionaries Speak At Ozark Courthouse
Rev and Mrs C E Greenaway discuss Moss tribe customs and African mission work in Africa Speaks lecture at 7 pm Saturday at the Ozark courthouse. The Springfield Missouri couple recently returned from three years in French West Africa sharing progress of Protestant missions and Mossi tribe beliefs and practices. Their young daughter born in Africa accompanies them on their U S tour.
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Africa
C. E. Greenaway
Ozark
Ufe
Greenaway
Springfield
United States
Battles Over US China Roles Spark Military Protests
A Chinese Communist broadcast accuses the United States of aggression in Manchuria and Shantung, citing U S maneuvers around Peiping Mukden railway, Chefoo incidents, and demands for apology while warning of consequences. It recalls October 1945 American destroyer actions and the Chefoo withdrawal dispute with the peoples liberation army.
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East Shantung Peoples Liberation Army
China
United States
U. S
Peiping-Mukden
Chiang Kai-Shek
East Hope
Chefoo
Shantung Peninsula
Peoples Liberation Army
Assault and burglary arrests in recent warrants list
Number 20 glary details Cecil Lane and J B Newman charged with assault with intent to murder Lane also faces abusive language and obstructing justice. Wednesday March 10 lists A V Trafwick and Clyde Freeman for grand larceny. Thursday March 11 includes Alfonzo Griffin and Andrew Potter for second degree burglary. Friday March 12 shows Harry Dillard for assault with intent to murder and Preston Turvin Ern Key and Fred Brown for grand larceny.
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Cecil Lane
J. B. Newman
Lane
A. V. Trawick
Clyde Freeman
Alfonzo Griffin
Andrew Potter
Harry Dillard
Preston Turvin
Ern Key
Fred Brown
American Arrested in Prague on Espionage Charge
U S embassy officials said the Czech government notified them that Dorothy Brown an American citizen was arrested on espionage charges and would go on trial in Prague Monday.
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Prague
United States
Dorothy Brown
Lawmakers push repeal of whet reserve amid export fears
The article notes Young and Bushfield advocating repeal of the whet reserve, arguing the fixed export ban drives foreign buyers away, shaving U S prices and closing farmers out of world markets. They call for investigations into motives of four major commodity exchanges and mention a Senate subcommittee hearing with trader Maynard named by Secretary Anderson as profiting from the big carryover.
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Young
Bushfield
Congress
USDS
Senate Appropriations
Maynard
Chicago
Maynard Hae
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderon
Funeral Set Today For Roy E. Martin
Funeral services were held in Columbus for Roy E. Martin Sr a theater magnate killed when his private plane crashed into the Pearl River near Bay St Louis Mississippi. Dorothy Lou Williams 18 of Columbus was recovered and named with the deceased while George Doles and Bruce Elmore remained missing. The Martin theater chain with 125 houses in Georgia Alabama and Florida was closed.
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Columbus, Ga
Roy E. Martin
Rose Hill Baptist Church
Columbus
Martin
Pearl River
Bay St. Louie
Miss
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Dorothy Lou Williams
Wade
George Doles
Bruce Elmore
Panama City
Fla
Martin Theater
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Industrial Accidents Kill 107 Floridians
Tallahassee report shows 107 Florida workers died in 1947 from accidents across traffic, electricity, explosions, falls, drowning, asphyxiation and machinery. Industrial commission chair Carl B. Smith cites a $1,125,000 direct loss and notes 30 percent of fatalities within a 50 mile radius of Tampa, with Milam at 17 percent and Jacksonville at 12 percent.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Carl B. Smith
State Industrial Commission
Smith
Tampa
Milam
Jacksonville
Four Years Sentenced in Auto Theft Case
Ralph James Sorrells, 27, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to the national motor vehicle theft act and received a four year sentence. He told officers he escaped from Leavenworth federal prison and was driving a stolen car from Yuma, Arizona. Dothan police said he siphoned gasoline from another automobile at the time of arrest.
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Ralph James Sorrells
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
Sorrell
C. B. Kennamer
Leavenworth
Kan
Yuma
Ariz
Dothan
Sorrells
Friday the thirteenth superstition and a boy named David
A fragment recounts a boy in a Baptist youth group with a chemistry interest and a late curfew wish. It also notes a historic vacation of the Anders on the Gulf Coast with cottage No 13 and a first day illness, then cites medieval links tying Friday to hangman’s day and thirteen pence to executions.
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Baptist Training Union
Royal Ambassadors
R. A
Grandview
David
Andersons
Gulf Coast
Democrats Split Over Civil Rights in Jackson Rally
In Jackson Mississippi a faction of Southern Democrats urged withholding the south’s electoral vote from Truman. They condemn White House anti lynch and anti poll tax efforts while Republicans praise divisions in the Democratic ranks as Lincoln Day speeches inflame tensions.
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Warren
Lincoln
White House
Jackson
Miss
Poore
Truman
Rudus
Huntington
W. Va
Wherry
Neb
Senate
Henry Wallace
Jeffersonian
Demeerster Wherry
New York
Martin Or-Mass
Congress
Indianapolis
GOP
Carroll Reece
Fender Raetowope
Wenty
Global mineral imports listed with varied tonnages
A historical trade list enumerates minerals and ores from multiple colonies and countries. Items include tungsten from Portugal and the Belgian Congo, bauxite from British Guiana and Suriname, chromite from Greece and Rhodesia, nickel from New Caledonia, asbestos from Southern Rhodesia, corundum from Nyssaland, graphite from Ceylon and Madagascar, mica from Angola and Madagascar, vanadium from Northern Rhodesia, and other commodities with specified tonnages and ranges.
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Portugal
British
Een Guiana
Netherlands East ‘Indias
Oat Surinam
Greece
New Celedoni
Rhodesia
Terbay
Netherlands East Indies
Milere
Gold Coast
Merecce
Iam
Sergey Congo
Northern
Belgian Congo
New Caledonia
Netherlands
Rhodesie
Morecés
Nyssaland
Be Belgien
Congo
Angele
Geld Coast
Ceylon
Angelo
Medegescar
Rhodesis
Ting
Morocco
Department Store Fire Threat Fails To Spread
Fire of undetermined origin in a shed housing an air conditioning unit near Blumberg's store on Main Street threatened a large department store. Police and Fire Chief Floyd Harris described the blaze as contained with sprinkler activation soaking some stored merchandise while the A C unit remained unharmed. A separate grass fire on Roberta avenue caused no damage.
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Floyd Harris
Ismalt
Blumberg
Main Street
Harris
Roberta Avenue
Explorer Greeted By 10 000 Penguins
Canberra AP report describes photographer David Eastman filming a penguin rookery on Heard Island. Ten thousand penguins clustered around as savage skua gulls hovered above, threatening chicks separated from parents during a brief calm spell. Equipment included a bulldozer 50 tons of stores and 200 drums floated ashore.
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Canberra
David Eastman
Heard Island
Department of External Affairs
Eastman
Fremantle
Typesetter Mistake Sparks Letter Over Arc Wordplay
In Fulton Missouri the Sun Gazette ran a classified ad seeking a man with an arc due to a spelling error. The next day a reader sent a letter asking for an oare and rain, highlighting the flood concern and the need for rain.
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Fulton, Mo
The
Sun- Gazette
Wildcats Taken By California Trappers Exceed Thousand
California state figures show more than 1,000 wildcats were caught by licensed trappers last year. The data highlight the scale of wildlife capture under regulated programs and potential impacts on local populations.
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California
Livestock Market at Montgomery Weekly Summary
AP report from Montgomery notes total salable receipts: cattle 1725, calves 825, hogs 900. Friday trade steady to weak with spots 50 lower. week shows varied shifts across cattle classes, vealers 24.50-27.00, butcher calves 23.00-26.00, canners 12.00-15.00, hogs active and steady to strong with Friday prices down 2.00-3.00 from previous week. Max hog prices listed 17.50-20.00 for 180-270 lb, 15.00-18.00 for 350-500 lb. Sows 14.00-16.50, stags 11.00.
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Montgomery (Ap
Fed
State Mit News
Union Stock Yards
Australia’s Prospect For Housing Relief
CANBERRA AP Minister for Housing Nelson Lemmon declared the acute housing shortage would be relieved in two years. He based his view on improved home building in 1947 and expected increased building material output. He said a young married couple could obtain a home without delay as in prewar days.
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Canberra
Nelson Lemmon
Australia
Lemmon
Detached single family homes dominate U S housing stock
About four fifths of U S dwelling units are detached single family houses reflecting a strong preference for stand alone living spaces in the national housing landscape with implications for urban form and infrastructure planning.
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U. S
Ashford man John E King, 58, dies at home
John E King 58 of Ashford route two died at his home at 11 p m Thursday. He lived in Houston County all his life and was a Cedar Springs Baptist Church member. Surviving: mother Mrs Willie King widow daughter Ruth King Ashford route two sisters Mrs Ora Thomas Ashford route two Mrs Annie Prather Auburn Ala six brothers Chester Charlie Jeff Clinton Olan and Edgar. Funeral 11 a m Saturday Cedar Springs Church with Rev J W Yeoman officiating. Burial Cedar Springs Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Ashford
John E. King
Charlie
Jeff
Clinton
Olan
Edgar
Birmingham
Cedar Springs
J. W. Yeoman
Cedar Springs Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Community Service Cup Given to Local Leader Espy
Ray Espy receives the community service cup after a long record of service as banker farmer merchant Kiwanian Kiwanis club president scout executive and state senator among other roles. speakers discuss need to recapture radical religion and moral dynamism to awaken America from complacency.
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Ray
Kiwanis Club
War Loan Committee
Cancer Drive
Sparks
Hall of Fame
Espy
Martin Vickers
Mr. Duffy
America
United States
Duffy
New Surgeon General Nomination in 1945
President Truman nominated Dr. Leonard A. Scheele to be surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service. The announcement signals a new leadership appointment for the health agency.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele Toder
Truman
The
U. S. Public Health Service
Shriners Plan Dance In New Club
The Wiregrass Shrine Club opens with an 8 30 p m dance Saturday chaired by Coy Brunson. All Shriners and friends invited. Jeff Strickland Orchestra of Hartford will play at 125 1 2 South Foster Street. Admission is 1 50 per couple.
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Wiregrass Shrine Club
Coy Brunson
Shriners
Jeff Strickland
Miss Huskey to Speak at County Health Meeting
Public relations director Miss Dorothy Huskey of the Division of Hospital Construction in the State Health Department in Montgomery was in Dothan yesterday for talks with county public health officials. She will be guest speaker at the county professional and workers council meeting Friday February 27.
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Dorothy Huskey
Division of
State Health Department
Montgomery
Dothan
W. T. Burkett
Huskey
County Professional and Workers Council
Cold Wave Brings Sub-Normal Weather Across the Nation
A severe cold wave spreads from the Dakotas and Montana into the Midwest and Northeast. Temperatures were forecast to fall to five to fifteen below and rain could bring relief in New England while an ice jam on the Ohio River threatened harbor facilities downstream.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
New England
Pennsylvania
United States
Montana
Dakotas
Milnois
Cotton futures dip then rally amid Lincoln holiday selling
New Orleans AP reports cotton futures fell as much as 3.15 a bale in early trading due to selling orders during the Lincoln holiday. By 11:20 a.m. prices stood 50 cents to 1.30 a bale below the prior close as buying and covering narrowed losses.
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New Orleans
Coln
Cotton futures swing on nervous York market
Cotton futures in New York fluctuated as traders showed wary sentiment. Late trading quotes shifted from 10 cents higher to 50 cents lower than the prior close with March at 31.62, May 31.69, and July 31.01.
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York
Alabama ABC board studies music tied beer licenses
The Alabama ABC board discussed allowing music tied to beer sales amid a broader stance on alcohol control. Legislators noted wartime shifts and past “juke box” bans, while governors promised to authorize music in beer venues, and recent hearings explored whether square dances or similar events could accompany liquor licenses.
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Alaban
ABC
James
Folsom
ABC Board
Merv
Benes
Arabi
DeWitt City Operator Comments on Wheat Market Plight
Number 1 DeWitt Craft and another City operator discuss losses in the wheat market. They argue the sector has drained resources for essential needs like schools and hospitals, criticizing peak selling and predicting a downturn if prices fall. Ellsworth Sherman notes Western Kansas farmers feel misled by optimistic outlooks, warning of a tougher year ahead.
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DeWitt Craft
Ellsworth -Sherman
Belle Void
Kansas
Bear Meat Caution From California Game Authorities
California game authorities warn that bear meat may carry parasites or diseases and should be thoroughly cooked before consumption to ensure safety for all who handle or eat it. If in doubt, seek guidance from wildlife officials.
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Acc
California
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