Democratic Leaders Rally In House For Wage Hour Bill Aid
House Democrats rallied to salvage parts of President Truman’s wage hour proposal. A compromise was floated to raise the minimum from 40 to 63 cents immediately, then to 70 and 75 cents over the next two years, potentially ending broader coverage of the act. Key figures weighed chances of passage amid heavy opposition and signals from leaders that 75 cents might pass with new members supporting it.
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House
Truman
Labor Department
House Labor Committee
John Lesinski
Dmich
Congressional Democratic
Sam Rayburn
House Democratic
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Pound Wins Bollingen Poetry Prize Despite Treason Case
Ezra Pound the 64 year old broadcaster for Mussolini now in St Elizabeths hospital was named recipient of the Bollingen prize in poetry for his Pisan Cantos written in a German POW camp. The Library of Congress prize honors the highest American poetry achievement of 1948. The jury acknowledged objections but stood by its award saying value overrode personal status.
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Washington
Ezra Pound
Fellows In American Letters
Library of Congress
Pound
Bollingen
Bollingen Foundation
New York
T. S. Eliot
Alen Tate
St. Elizabeth’s Federal Mental Hospital
Mussolini
Rome
England
Winston
Idaho
Europe
Italy
Stock Market Takes Long Stride Forward
New York AP report notes a skittish market advancing this week after a year low, with gains on Thursday and a breathing spell weekend. Week saw low volume with 810,000 shares traded Tuesday and 250,000 on Saturday, while short interest rose to 1,220,286 shares, the largest monthly jump since mid-1947. Brokers say covering purchases could lift prices again in due course.
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New York
Wall Street
Pound is Named Recipient of Pisan Cantos Prize
The prize honors Ezra Pound for The Cantos volume continuing his long career. Pound, detained at St. Elizabeths on a treason charge, is described as nonviolent and writing translations while awaiting eventual sanity determination. Jury members included Eliot, Auden, Aiken, and Warren among others. fellows named since selection act as honorary advisors.
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St. Elizabeth’s
Pound
Eliot
Tate
Conrad Aiken
W. H. Auden
Louise Bogan
Katherine Garrison Chapin
Paul Green
Robert Lowell
Shapiro
Willard Thorp
Robert Penn Warren
Leonie Adams
Theodore Spencer
Archibald McLeish
William Carlos Williams
Librarian of Congress
Grand Jury To Probe Death Of Socialite
In Beaufort South Carolina a grand jury will probe the death of socialite William Moseley Swain. Judge W B Elliott ordered Victor Strojny held on $3000 bond as he faces murder charges. Swain died after a drinking party at his plantation home on December 2. Sheriff Ed McTeer testified Swain lent Strojny $600 hours earlier. Swain's grandfather published The Philadelphia Record.
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Beaufort
S. C
Philadelphia
William Moseley Swain
W. BE. Elliott
Swain
Victor
Strojny
Stromy
Clifton
N. J
Callawassie Island
Bluffton
Randolph
Murdaugh
Ed McTeer
Stroany
Philadelphia Record
Tickets On Sale For St Patrick Ball In Dothan
The Dothan Service League sponsors a St Patrick Ball on March 17 at Napier officers club. Proceeds fund a three day summer camp for local boys and girls in June. Tickets are $3 per couple from league members. A floor show and other entertainment are planned. Also, the league recently donated a rolling library bookmobile to Houston Memorial Library, with past president Mrs. Luther Wilson and president Mrs. Carl Kirk presenting the keys to trustee Mrs. O S Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Service League
Napier
Dothan
Service League
Houston Memorial Library
Luther Wilson
Carl Kirk
League
O. S. Lewis
Bar Association Meeting in Marianna Hosts Circuit Leaders
The fourteenth circuit bar association held a meeting at Hotel Chipola with County Judge Robert McCrary presiding. Speakers included James M. Carson of Miami and George B. Carter of Orlando. Officers named were McCrary as president, Herbert Sapp of Panama City as vice president, and W. L. Fitzpatrick of Panama City secretary. The circuit covers Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Gulf, Bay, and Calhoun counties. Hatcheries are big business in Illinois, producing about 450 commercial hatcheries and 100 million baby chicks each year.
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Marianna
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Robert McCrary
Hotel Chipola
James M. Carson
Miami
George BB. Carter
Orlando
Fourteenth Circuit Association
Herbert Sapp
Panama City
W. L. Fitzpatrick
Holmes
Washington
Jackson, Gulf, Bay
Calhoun
Illinois
Old Columbia Cemetery Holds Centuries of Local History
The Columbia cemetery, among the region’s oldest, dates its origins beyond a century. Walter Oakley Jr. guides tours, recounting legacies from Elder Edmond Talbot born 1776 to Confederate soldiers and the stubborn Civil War era legend Urban Oglesby. The town of Columbia dates to 1826 as Henry County’s seat.
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Columbia
Henry County
Walter Oakley
Edmond Talbot
Walter
Georgia
Columbia “‘Blues
Urban Oglesby
Union
Oglesby
Dixiecrats Recalled Through Uncle Jack Armstrong Tale
L W Armstrong recalls his Uncle Jack describing the oath ex rebels were forced to take, noting it marked a rare moment of unity and joking it was the only time he ever told a tie. The unreconstructed rebels who refused the oath died without citizenship, a marker for modern Dixiecrats.
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L. W. Armstrong
Columbia
Jack Armstrong
Jack
Dam Affects Prices In Columbia Real Estate Boom
Columbia real estate remains premium as demand surges for parcels near the Chattahoochee dam site. Local residents have bought up land for prosperity, with prices rising from 300 to 1000 dollars on a single lot, fueling expectations of a boom when the dam is completed.
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Columbia Real Estate
Chattahoochee
T.E. Bryan
Columbia
Teal Estate
Bryan
Webb Quietly Restores Webb City Election
Webb held a delayed election on November 15 after missing the September quadrennial vote for mayor and council. W. C. Webb was re elected mayor, with J. H. Lee, W. Bush, B.D. Thomas, J. C. Peoples and J. D. Burnham named to the council. The older members Lee Bush and Thomas plus the new appointees faced little opposition.
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Webb
W. C. Webb
J. H. Lee
W. Bush
D. Thomas
J. C. Peoples
J. D. Burnham
Lee
Bush
Thomas
Peoples
Burnham
R. C. Newton
Abbeville Mail Rates Change With City Delivery
Abbeville begins city mail delivery last week raising local letter cost from one to three cents. Previously post office clerks stamped and stored letters for pickup. now mail is handed to recipients by a postman. John Bell, assistant postmaster at Dothan, notes the old one cent rate for drop letters was an outdated rule seldom noticed before delivery was established. Also mentioned are broad figures on fires in the United States.
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Abbeville
John Bell
Dothan
Governor Orders All Horse Race Bookies Arrested In Florida
In Miami and along the Gold Coast, Governor Fuller Warren ordered the arrest of all horse race bookmakers to halt illegal betting. Officials reported no arrests as bookmakers stayed closed and lines of operation were disrupted. Revenue forecasts and state budget pressures motivated the crackdown amid a 6.8 percent year to date drop in racing receipts.
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Miami
Miami Beach
Florida “Gold Coast
Florida
Fuller Warren
State Beverage Department
Hotel Commission
Dade
Broward
Gold Coast
Walter Clark
Broward County
Miami- Miami Beach
Jimmy Sullivan
Dade County
Warren
Hialeah
McLennan
Calumet
Coaltown
Mrs Padgett Heads Marianna Pilot Club
Mrs Annie Padgett has been elected president of the Marianna Pilot Club and will serve during the coming club year. Other officers include Mrs Marie Winslett first vice president Miss Alma Wandeck second vice president Mrs Pearl Peacock recording secretary Miss Virginia Turner corresponding secretary and Mrs Shelley Mc Gehee treasurer. Mrs Mabel Green and Mrs Gladys Brown were elected to serve as new directors Mrs Dagmar Wilkinson of Marianna and Mrs Harriet Gordy of Chipley were established as new members.
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Marianna
Annie Padgett
Marianna Pilot Club
Marie Winslett
Alma Wandeck
Pearl Peacock
Virginia Turner
Shelley McGehee
Mabel Green
Gladys Brown
Dagmar Wilkinson
Harriet Gordy
Chipley
Birmingham AP Negro switchman incident report
In Birmingham AP dispatch a Black railway switchman at the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Fairfield by products plant suffered an incident at the facility. The report notes the worker and the event as part of ongoing coverage of labor or safety matters in the region.
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Birmingham
Tennessee, Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Fairfield
Company Offices Jim Earlie Richary Dead Incident
Two men named Jim and Earlie Richary were found dead near railroad tracks. The scene showed a car with a tag or marking reading seen on top, suggesting a possible accident or unexplained circumstances surrounding their deaths. Investigators are reviewing the evidence and questioning potential witnesses.
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Jim
Earlie Richary
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