Wiregrass Life Updates and Navy News Invasion
A series of local public service blurbs details appointments by Governor Folson naming A L Hinson and Pat Crmbia as Houston County justices of the peace, plus several other state and county notaries. Navy family notes mention Fernand Barber on a Mediterranean cruise aboard USS FE A Greene, and Tomas J Wells visiting Greece and Turkey aboard USS J J Buckley. A cemetery working set for February 22 at Rehobeth is announced, with donations requested. Police report a burglary at Robinson's Sandwich Shop, 511 North Alice, with loot partially recovered. Oscar Blakes arrested after breaking and entering through a screen door on North Tenn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
A. L. Hinson
Pat Crmbia
Newton R.F.C
Folson
Houston County
Liby Pool
Beatrice M. Satenweri
Dothan
Erle Varner
L. J. Adams, Jr
Abbeville
State At Large
James F. Wilson
Tennill
Ooffes County
Robin Bird
Enterprise
Coffes County
Ls. Jeannette Trammell Blalock
Henry County
Robinson's Sandwich Shop
North Alice Street
Oscar Junior Blakes
North Tenn Street
Lottery trouble and court hurdles in Alabama towns
State and city officials struggle with enforcing lottery laws as police examine state court prosecutions, dealing with technical hurdles, proof requirements, and the challenge of convicting sellers and operators in Alabama. Officials push for stronger statutes to close loopholes and curb illegal bolita and Cuba lotteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Supreme Court
Alabama
Birmingham
Dumas
Jefferson County
Marine Couple Weds Aboard Cross Country Train
Marine Corporal Floyd H. Simonis and Mary Elia Taunt, both from Milwaukee and Iowa City respectively, married in Omaha after meeting on a San Francisco to eastbound train. They plan a brief honeymoon then travel to Chicago and Flint to surprise her parents. Simonis, soon to report to Moffett Field, says he does not plan to stay in the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Baet
Chicago
Flint
Mich
Floyd H. Simonis
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary Elia Taunt
San Francisco
Council Bluis
Miss Taunt
Iowa
Nebraska
Cpl
Simonis
Sue Burns
Brooklyn
N Y
Mrs. Simonis
Moffett Field
San Jose
Calif
Marine Corps
Curley case cites driver permit for common carriers
Martin J applies for permission to operate as a common carrier. Trip one: from Enterprise over a county road for six and one half miles to Macedona Baptist church and return. Trip two: from Enterprise southeast to Coppinsville and the Coffee County Training School and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Martin J
Enterprise
Macedona Baptist Church
Coppinsville
Coffee County Training School
Lottery Frauds Plague City Sellers and Operators
Police suspect operators and their Negro lieutenants run street corner lottery sales, delivering winnings and collecting money. In Recorder Driggers court five cases. three defendants repeaters. Stacey Corbitt, Elijah Peacock, Mose Smith, and George Nix face fines and suspensions. most plead guilty to end matters locally. Chief Kelley believes operator funds bankroll the fines, not the sellers’ pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Cuba
Dothan
Bolita
Leutenant
Stacey Corbitt
J. L. Vaughn
Corbitt
Driggers
Vaughn
Elijah Peacock
Pep
Mose Smith
Circuit Court
Lewis
Smith
George Nix
Recorder's Court
Deaths in Georgia and Florida report veterans and families
G E Womack of Ashford and Gallatin dies at home after illness. Funeral in Gallatin today. Womack family, including wife and children, mourns. Charlie C Gibson of Donalsonville, Spanish‑American War veteran, dies in Chattahoochee, Fla after pneumonia. Surviving wife Susan, five children, grandchildren, and great grandchild. Funeral plans pending arrival of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Womack
W. A Womack
Ashford
Charlie C. Gibson
Donalsonville
Seminile County
Chattahooehee
Fla
Gibson
Wicnahoochee
Seminole County
Presbyterian Church
Susan Barber Gibson
Judson German
Janta
George Gibson
Chattahoochee
Wilmoth Gibson
Port St. Joe
Bessie Gibson
Nesbit Jenkins
Funeral rites for four year old Donald Lawson
Funeral services for four year old Donald Lawson were held at 10 a m Thursday at Evergreen cemetery Elba with Rev Moony officiating Searcy Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Wiley Lawson a sister Loma Jane two brothers Wiley Jr and Coston and both maternal and paternal grandparents from nearby communities
Pierce Elba Man Found Dead In Home In Coffee County
Jacob Line's Pierce, 59, a Coffee County resident near Pea River south of Elba, was found dead Monday morning. Cause listed as heart attack, likely Sunday. Survived by brother Fletcher Pierce and sister Mars Josephine Morris. Funeral at Fletcher Pierce home conducted by Rev O M Fox. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Hayes Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob E
Pierce
Funeral services for Grover Cook held at Skipperville Church
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at Skipperville Church for Grover Cook 54 who died after a long illness at his Finchard home. Interment followed in the church cemetery under Holman Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his wife, four daughters, four sons and many relatives across Ozark Midland City Plant City and Grimes, with 17 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Grover Cook
Fiftyfour
Finchard
Skipperville Church
Ramsey Judah
Holman Funeral Home
Sis
Louise Walden
Sallie Taylor
Pauline Enfinger
Betty Jean Avant
Midland City
Braon, Demontiolin
Dorothy Demontiolin
Plant City
Fla
Buck
Jimmy
Jerome
Prichard
Huey
Grimes
Elia Cook
Pearl Cook
Clapton
Dellie Watson
Echo
Schneffer
Fred
R. D. Cook
John Cook
Headland
Contributions drive plan outlines weekend mailings
The committee will check 20 contributions on Monday morning and mail letters that afternoon to those not yet given. A second letter review and personal solicitations will follow later in the week. The gifts committee, chaired by an unnamed, includes Richmond McClintock Fred Garner and Al Flowers Jr. Volunteers prepare materials for the March campaign targeting business and residential areas. Mrs Az Flowers Sr leads the residential canvass with Nathan Gat directing volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond McClintock
Fred Garner
al Flowers
Hungarian Bishops Reserve Mindszenty Letter Decision
Hungarian bishops debated Cardinal Mindszenty letter urging agreement with the Communist led government. Vatican says no church state negotiations until Mindszenty is freed and church freedom guaranteed. Bishops note possible Vatican authority and consider direct appeal to the Holy See. Mindszenty asked for reconciliation during his treason trial and imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endre Marton
Budapest
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican
Cardinal Mindszenty
Holy Sea
Mindszenty
Budapes
Wrlacy
Te County
Holy See
Disbanded YCL Transforms Into American Youth for Democracy
John Gates led the Young Communist League as delegates voted to dissolve the YCL. The group then formed American Youth for Democracy to merge into the Communist movement under a new name. AYD claimed about 60 chapters across 14 states including a known Harvard campus presence.
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AYD
District of
Coumbia
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Washington
Utah
AYC
Harvard
Egyptian views on U S relations and Middle East policy
Hadi criticizes U S diplomacy citing Egypt’s wartime hospitality to Americans and current reserved mood due to U S stance in Middle East. He accuses Washington of backing Jews over Arabs and claims American oil interests are the main motive. He calls Anglo Egyptian talks cold and urges Britain to adopt a friendly approach to ease Egypt’s concerns. He downplays Sudan problem as less knotty than Britain suggests.
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Egypt
United States
Hadi
Middle East
Britain
Inaccessible Wheat Areas Amid Port Battles
Fragmented report notes nine wheat consuming zones rendered unreachable as harbor fighters at Taku Bar faced confiscation by Chinese Nationalist forces in clashes with Communist armies. Aviation fire risk from hydraulic fields is greatly reduced by a non inflammable fluid named skydrop. Taos New Mexico stands as a rare U S city besides Washington DC with a certain feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taku Bar
Georgia lawmakers pass re registration drive and highway board vote
The bill, championed by Governor Talmadge, creates a permanent voter list by wiping out 1.2 million records and requires literacy or constitutional knowledge with limited questions for qualification. Senator McCoy led the opposition with support from LeCraw Harrison Cochran and others. A rider to form a constitutional highway board was rejected 27 to 22, Talmadge backing a three member governor named board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. McCoy
Folkston
Roy LeCraw
Atlanta
Walter Harrison
Millen
W. B.cochran
Thomasville
Talmadge
Senate
House
M. E Thompson
Ploe
Georgia
United States
J. Knox Gholston
Nes
Highway Board
Gholston
Experts To Chart War Against Cancer
In Memphis Tennessee this month 400 to 500 researchers clinicians and public health officials will join American Cancer Society leaders to map the future of cancer control Panels will review progress in research education and services and evaluate current methods and patient support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Memphis
Tenn
American Cancer Society
Refford R. Runyon
Runyon
City Democratic Committee Announces March Nominating Plan
Election officials across City Hall and Courthouse precincts are named for the March 1 nominating process. Inspectors include Cray, Mrs. Vad Ward, R. D. R. L. Cox, and J. L. Acree, with others at Ellard, Hutchings, Mount, and Pointevint boxes. Absentee handling lists L. A. Farmer and Jp Jones among the staff, as the city seeks nominees and preparations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Cray
Vad Ward
Lannie Cain
Langry
Wif Grant
Mig Men
Ellard
Chargham
Oscar Clark
Hulse
Hutchings
Mount
J. L. Acree
Min
Robert Malone Motors
Gil Adkins
Ballyland
J. C. Howell
Brunson
Johnson
A Smart
Robert Morris
Avette Nowell
Cwcutt
L. A. Farmer
Jp Jones
L. J. Thomas, Jr
Ft Jessup
J. C. Hayne
unclear fragment hints at alliance talks and regional support
Fragmentary text mentions Atlantic party possibly joining an Mediterranean pact or delay. It notes United States, Britain, Turkey, and Greece as possessing support, implying alignment or involvement in a regional arrangement despite uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Turkey
Greece
Speedy talks on treaty gain broad Senate support
The pace of negotiations with other nations for the proposed treaty draws general backing from the foreign relations committee. Senators are seen as advancing the pact rapidly, with authorization implied to accelerate coordination as possible. The era note mentions the first U.S. sheet, produced in Niagara Falls in 1924.
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Niagara Falls
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Mediterranean
Fernand Jerome Barber
Searing Usn
Quines. Barber
N. Foster Street
FE. A. Greene
Richard L. Connolly
Rehobeth
Gibraltar
Clyde W Bevins
USN
Gravaltar
Wiston
Forrest P. Sherman
Tunkey
Tomas J. Wells
Ron
Obie Jacks Weis
Athens
Istanoud
Turkeys
J. J. Buckley
VFW
Smith - Walker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alex Wilson
U.T.C
W. Hall
Max B. Hurt
Murray
The
Woodmen of the World
Alabama Log Roilers Association
Troy
National Guard Armory
Nourse
Keggerling
Clark
Truman
Hoover Commission On
Congress
Ney
Pericles
Blakes
Jack P. Wilkins
North Bel Street
Wilkins
Lakes
Wikkns
Eddie Kelley
Kenner Baxley
C. R. Lewis
Federal Home Loan Bank
Barry Hall
Pres
Avings and Loan Association
S. Foster St
Marine
Girl
Wiregrass
Donald Lawson
Mary Vaughn
Geneva
Mt. Ida
John Howell
Oscar Vaughn
Inez Laird
Edith Boswell
Houston
Tex
Velma Smith
Clifton
Griffin
Taos, N. M
Washington, D. C
Tha Fae
Smith Hall
City Democratic
Ton O'Neal
Creatom
Wile Cross Eye Foundation
Grohe
Pepple
Retail
Beasens
Emotor
FORD
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