Armed Force Held Necessary To Force Palestine Partition
The Palestine Commission urged the United Nations Security Council to provide an armed international force before May 15 to back the Nov 29 General Assembly plan for partition and transfer authority in Palestine. The five-member panel warned security without adequate force would prevent implementing the plan and replacing British mandate forces with a non-Palestinian force. The report notes divisions between the United States and Soviet Union over a permanent UN military contingent.
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Lake Success
Palestine Commission
United Nations
Holy Land
Commission
Security Council
Palestine
Council
U.N
U. N
General Assembly
Florida Candidate Dies At Lakeland
W M Wainwright dies in Lakeland while campaigning for a seat on the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission. Florida figure R A Lex Green, once a congressman and gubernatorial hopeful, announces opposition to incumbent Richard Mack. Green, 56, long active in state politics since 1924, is tied to the 10 gallon hat image.
Pecan trees fund hearing aid for Baxter family
An elderly woman in Vegas Croots area uses four pecan trees to fund her costly hearing aid and maintenance. The trees reportedly earned about $100 yearly for 10 years, covering amplifier replacements and batteries. Neighbors and local residents benefit from the unusual arrangement.
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Jo Vy Bruner
Woor
Pete
He Cummings
Granver
Dro Gravaier
Amon
Baxter
New York Voters To Give Wallace His First Trial Run
New York City voters cast a first trial vote for Henry A Wallace in a Bronx special election to pick a congressman. Isacson vies with Propper as Wallace aides hope to peel votes from Democrats in the 24th district, while Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt backs Propper. Other races center on civil rights debate among Dixie Democrats, with McGrath delaying a Georgia rally and Stassen courting GOP support as Vandenberg denies candidacy.
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New York City
Henry A. Wallace
Bronx
Leg Isacson
American Labor Party
Karl Propper
Propper
Isacson
Wallace
Eleanor Roosevelt
Georgiana
McGrath
Atlanta
White House
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Mississippi
Truman
Washington
Gurney
R-Sd
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Michs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Helena
Mont
Stassen
Plan Reopens House Debate On One To Fourteen Month Extensions
The group signals openness to a Senate 14 month extension with a fallback to a one month delay if needed. Debates begin next Monday before the current law expires as lawmakers consider extending rent controls and penalties, including jail time and fines for unlawful rent actions and new eviction notice rules.
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Senate
House
Senate Committee
Lomdine
Prices Boosted by Steel Core Port and Transit Notes
Fragmented OCR describes fare changes and price hikes affecting multiple transport and steel supply entities. Mentions were made of Terent, Lauehhin Steel Core Port and the National Supply Cuerollary, with references to a price increase of $8 for steel pipe and other goods. Ambiguous names and garbled text obscure full details.
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Denes
Lauehhin
Port St
Te Coteutier
Quirkivy
Jones
York
New York
Foster Street Men Plan Annual Banquet
Foster Street Methodist Church will host its annual men’s banquet at 7 p m Wednesday with Dr W F Calhoun as pastor announcing the event The Rev Hugh Wilson of Opp will be guest speaker and magician providing demonstrations Wilson is a World War II chaplain and to entertain the Foster Street men all church members are invited to attend
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Foster Street Methodist Church
W. F. Calhoun
Hugh Wilson
Opp
Wilson
Foster Street Church
Two Held On Charge Of Violation Motor Vehicle Theft Law
Two men Thomas Lee Wadley and Wiley Eugene Smith were arrested in Wolf Lake Illinois and held on $1,000 bonds after arraignment on federal charges for violating the national motor vehicle theft act. They allegedly tried to sell a wheel and tire from a stolen car at a local service station. The stolen car had Utah plates but was recovered bearing a Florida tag from another car. A companion fled through a window at Pan Am service station and was being sought. Federal charges allege they transported the vehicle across state lines.
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Nieuw
U.S
J. W. Daughtry
Thomas Lee Wadley
Wiley Eugene Smith
Wolf Lake
Georgia Highway Patrol
H. D. Reneau
Thomasville
Reneau
Utah
E. Main Street
Life On Mars Issue May Be Settled Soon
McDonald Observatory scientists hope to answer two questions on life on Mars within 24 hours as Mars nears Earth. They will seek evidence of water in ice or vapor and try to determine if green markings are vegetation or something else. The observatory is UT owned and Chicago staffed, led by Dr. Gerald P. Kuiper using a new infrared spectrometer.
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Fort Davis
Tex
McDonald Observatory
Mars
Earth
University of Texas
University of Chicago
Gerald P. Kuiper
McDonald Telescope
New Radio Station WOOF Goes On Air In Dothan
Dothan’s first 1000 watt station WOOF began broadcasting at noon today after FCC permit approval. Dowlander Broadcasting Co owns the station with R A Dowling Jr and Owens Alexander as partners. It operates 5 am to 6 pm daily with a daytime permit and plans FM facilities within a year. The station is independent of any network.
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Dothan
WOOF
Federal Communications Commission
Dowlander Broadcasting Company
R. A. Dowling, Jr
Owens Alexander
Dowling
Funeral Held Today For Martin Tyler
OZARK special report on the funeral for Martin Tyler aged 45 killed near Midland City Saturday night. Services were at Holmes Church with burial in the church cemetery, Holan Funeral Home in charge. Survived by four sisters including Minnie Joris Velma Kuigler Maggie Walding and Myrtle Danner in Eufaula Midland City and Ariton.
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Ozark
Martin Tyler
Midland City
Holmes Church
Church
Holan
Miss Nell English Joins State Welfare Department
Miss Nell English of Elva leaves Houston County Public Welfare tomorrow to serve as child welfare consultant with the State Welfare Department. A Peabody College graduate, she joined Houston County as a caseworker in 1944 and attended the National School of Local Work in Nashville in 1945.
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Nell English
Elva
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Morthomnery
State Welfare Department
Miss English
W. L English
Peabody College
Nashville
Houston County
National School of Local Work
Red salmon hatch time may span 270 days
Scientists note that the incubation period for red salmon eggs can extend to about 270 days before fry emerge. This extended timeline affects spawning forecasts and conservation planning for the species.
Recommendations To Remedy Jails Made By Boswell
State Prison Director Frank Boswell urged a two part plan to fix Alabama prisons. He proposed a separate naval unit for rehabilitated inmates and a Draper Prison repurposed as a boys camp for first offenders, with Draper Mill moved to Kilby Prison. He backed segregation as the top need to cut corporal punishment, keep hardened criminals from work, deny visitors, and limit parole. Boswell noted juvenile crime rising and inmates as young as 14.
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Montgomery
Frank Boswell
Alabama
Draper
Spefener
Ala
Kilby
James E. Folsom
Boswell
Parole Board
City actions address cemetery fire rules and insurance
Clerk J L Vaughn told caretakers at the city cemetery to enforce bans on burning trash or grass after complaints that new hedges were damaged by fire. Commissioners vote to increase insurance on the Dothan high school building from 226000 for the structure and 35000 for contents, with plans to obtain a present-worth estimate from the architects. A Bell Merrill subdivision adoption and Radio Road as a city street were approved, Radio Road being a former city boundary spur off East Main Street.
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J. L. Vaughn
Vaughn
Dothan High School
John Ayres
Bell- Merrill
Radio Hoad
East Main Street
Lawmakers clash over commodity market gambling claims
Last harvest era figures including Senator Bush and others pressed a bill to curb what they call gambling in commodities. Witnesses led by Uhlmann and Sanders criticized speculators and margin variances as drivers of price instability while defending legitimate market risk. They urged reforms to curb wild swings without eliminating exchanges.
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Young
Harlan J. Bushfield
R-S. D
Uhlmann
Sanders
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate
Arthur Capper
Arians
The
Agriculture Committee
Fror 3918 Ul S sper: ar average of 2.737
Fragments describe an annual average figure tied to a building house project labeled Fror 3918. The readable text includes numeric data and references to a per year rate. No full details or clear event context are present in the legible portion.
Sophia Greek student leads Cosmopolitan Club and languages
A Greek student at the University of Georgia, Sophia, has been elected president of the Cosmopolitan Club and the French Club. She coaches French and may coach Esperanto, Arabic, Italian, and Greek. She learned to swim at Glyfatha Beach and appreciates Whitman, Poe, Wolfe, Sikellanos, Venezi, and Plato. Americans are popular in Greece.
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University of Georgia
Sophia
Glyfatha
Mediterranean Sea
Georgia
Europe
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allen Poe
Thomas Wolfe
Whitman
Sikellanos
Venezi
Plato
Emerson
Greece
Dothan
Dulles linked to Germany peace talks amid Nazi regime claims
Russia released a long statement alleging Dulles acted with White House authority under a pseudonym to negotiate with German reps led by Prince Max Hohenlohe and others. It claims talks favored a federated greater Germany with a Danubian confederation as Europe’s order and rehabilitation plan, while accusing British, French, and US figures of behind the scenes peace aims and praising mixed signals from U S leaders on the Soviet war.
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United States
Germany
Dulles
White House
Bull
Prince Max Hohenlohe
Hitler
Pauls
Russia
Europe
U. S
Nen
Welsh Dulles
Office of Strategic Services
Italy
Nuernberg
Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Gustav von Koeber
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
von Koeber
France
USSSR
Soviet Union
United States Senate
Mor. Truman
Gerfasts
Car Fire on Reeves Street Damages Seat
A burning cigarette behind the seat of an automobile owned by Janes Bazer on Reeves Street started a blaze early this morning. Firefighters reported only the seat of the car was damaged.
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Janes Bazer
Ore
Reeves Street
Cotton futures dip as moderate demand softens prices
New York trading sees cotton futures easing after a moderate day of activity. Prices closed mixed with March at 32.61 cents, May at 32.50, and July near 32.60 cents per pound. Trade notes lighter volume and cautious sentiment amid fluctuating demand.
Livestock prices rise at eight major plants across several states
Livestock arrivals totaled about cattle and 1 508 hogs at eight packing plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan Jacksonville Tallahassee and nearby markets. Hoge reports steady to $1 higher trends. Hog prices ranged 180 to 240 lbs at 19 to 19.50 dollars per cwt with some bids as low as 8 and heavy hogs up to 19 50. Weights 240 to 270 pounds 17.50 to 19.25 dollars. 270 pounds and up 17 to 19 dollars. lighter 160 to 180 pounds 17.50 to 18.75. 140 to 180 pounds 15.50 to 17.25. 120 to 140 pounds 11 to 12.50. sows 14.50 to 16.50.
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Thomasville
G. A
Ae Cettle
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Frs
Montgomery Market cattle and hogs prices report
Montgomery market reports estimated salable receipts for cattle at 400 with canners and cutters range 11.50 to 14.00 and midsized heifers and yearlings listed. Calves 150 with low to mid 20s for low good butchers. Hogs estimated 250 with prices by weight from 9.00 up to 21.00, steady with Monday.
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Montgomery
Fed- State
Mkt News Soc—Union_Stock, Yards
Economic Indicators Show December Activity High in Dothan
The December survey reports bank debits totaling 13,454,000, up 14 percent from November and 16.9 percent from December 1946, with December 1947 seeing the second highest level since 1916 and 1947. Building permits fell 24.7 percent from November, while property transfers dropped 31.9 percent yet remained among the period’s busiest. Mortgages in Houston County rose 7.3 percent to 175,907, the best in six months. Employment reports show 158 more placements than applications, with placements down 33.6 percent from November but up 11.8 percent versus December 1946.
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Dothan
Houston County
Alabama State Employment Service Office
Cotton futures ease in New Orleans session
New Orleans AP report shows cotton futures sliding during morning trading. At 11 30 a m prices listed include March 3195 May 3228 July 3163 October 2962 with declines of 90 cents to 1 30 per bale from prior levels. Strong entities are not clearly named beyond contract months.
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New Orleans
New York News Notes On Social Conduct Rules
An article in Serer News discusses social conduct with guidance for servers and patrons. It mentions women at bars and the dangers of ogling, suggesting seating for privacy and safety. It references rules for underage girls and stretcher-bearers in a tone reflecting era norms.
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New York
A. Ery News
Jene
Society’s
Sheila
Census forms sent to manufacturers for data collection
Census Bureau officials press manufacturers to voluntarily provide data for a complete view of conditions in the manufacturing industry. Congress mandates the information. followups by mail and field staff aim to minimize costs and speed data gathering.
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Census Bureau
Congress
Thesus Bureau
Mall
Wilk
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