Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
The article notes two events: Fos ter Street Methodist Men's Club hears Dr Olen Cooper a Bainbridge Georgia minister and noted magician and humorist at 7 pm tomorrow with urging all members to attend. Rex L Lee of Dothan named a general by Emory University School of Dentistry and a class of 80 students starts next September. Justice Robert T. Simpson of the Alabama Supreme Court will be Kiwanis guest speaker with John W Bish introducing.
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Olen Cooper
Bainbridge
Foster Street
Cooper
Rex L. Lee
Dothan
Emory University School of Dentistry
Joan E. Buhler
Ean
Lee
Southeastern Arena
Robert T. Simpson
Alabama Supreme Court
Kiwinis Club
John W. Bish, Dhaiensin
Graceville Sailors Visit Athens and Istanbul Aboard Tarawa
Two Graceville men Paul F Toole and Hary A George sailors from USN visited Athens Greece and Istanbul Turkey while serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa in the Mediterranean. Measles outbreak in the county reports nine measles cases and one chicken pox case over the weekend to the Houston County health department.
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Graceville
Paul F. Toole
USN
J. E. Toole
Hary A. George
Hosey A. George
Athens
Greece
Istanbul
Turkey
Tarawa
Mediterranean
Houston County Health Department
Maternity Clinics Canceled This Week in City Notices
Health department officials announced no maternity clinics will be held this week. The Grat clinic will be in Madrid on Wednesday at 1 pm with a Cottonwood session Thursday afternoon. Dothan office clinic canceled Thursday after noon due to staff attending a state conference in Birmingham. Masonic meetings planned include Pythagoras Lodge No. 59 Tuesday, Houston 9 Towler No. 688 Wednesday, and Dothan Chapter No. 113 Thursday with Royal Arch degree.
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Health Department
Madrid
Cottonwood
Dothan
Birmingham
Pythascras Ledge No
Houston
Towler No
Royal Arch
Public Welfare Office Observes Washington's Birthday Holiday
The Houston County Department of Public Welfare and the Dathan branch Laboratory will be closed tomorrow in observance of Washington's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama. Marine Pvt. Leon Jordan, son of Mr and Mrs Lo M Jordan of Coffee Springs, has qualified as a ...
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Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Dathan Branch
Elas
Washingion
Alabama
Rivle Marksoian Marine Pvt
Leon Jordan
Lo M. Jordan
Coffee Springs
Cis
Houston
George Washington
Albert Logue
Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
Folsom Calls Officials to Serve People Without Prejudice
Montgomery AP Governor James E. Folsom urged state officials to serve Alabama without partiality, insisting the public’s needs require equal treatment. He challenged lawmakers to fund pensions, rural roads, and teacher pay, vowing renewed efforts for reform ahead of the May 1949 legislative session.
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Montgomery
Gav
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
War Department Pay Reform Proposes Major Ranges Change
A proposed bill would overhaul military pay with a new rank by rank increases and end wartime allowances. Second lieutenants and ensigns would gain base pay and flight pay, with dependents and quarters added. The plan eliminates the current longevity and special pay plus new annual increases based on total service.
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Iswest
Valse
Air Force
Tyro
Pope Says Mindszenty Persecution Victim in Hungary
Pope Pius XII addressed 250000 Italians condemning Mindszenty’s imprisonment as religious persecution by a totalitarian regime in Communist Hungary. He warned against church state clashes and said persecutors use modern science to humiliate victims, urging solidarity with the church.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Joseph
Mindszenty
Hungary
St. Peter's Church
Papa
Skandinavian split over neutrality and alliance
The text reports a last minute aim for a change in Norwegian policy toward a compromise alliance with Atlantic powers, while Sweden clings to neutrality. Tage Erlander says the Nordic division grieves all three nations, and Sweden will not abandon neutrality. In London Tsaldaris to confer with Bevin on a Mediterranean defense pact and the North Atlantic Pact.
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Tage Erlander
Labor Party
Scandinavia
Sweden
London
Constantin Tsaldaris
Ernest Bevin
Tsaldaris
Bevin
Inter-Club Council Pushes Vote On Recreation Levy
Inter-Civic Club Council of Dothan consolidates efforts to back a $100,000 city recreation program. President Jimmie Dees says plans include advertising and urging members to mobilize voters for next Tuesday’s election. The proposal seeks a 25 cents monthly electricity levy to fund a master municipal playground.
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Inter-Civic Club Council of
Dothan
Jimmie Dees
New Orleans Cotton Quiet as Prices Move Little
A New Orleans AP report notes cotton futures were quiet and irregular with no strong trend at noon, showing moves from 40 cents per bale higher to 40 cents lower. The piece then shifts to a discussion of military pay scales, outlining proposed changes for brigadier generals from base pay to boosted monthly rates and related allowances. The unrelated line about a wolverine ends the fragment.
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New Orleans
Deaths in Wiregrass prompt funeral notices
Hardie J. Green, 72, Jackson County farmer and cattleman, died in hospital. Services held at New glove church with interment in church cemetery, directed by Clark Funeral Home of Chattahoochee. Survived by wife Bitha, son Hardie Green Jr., three sons Lynwood Pelham Jim Grand Ridge Solomon Camilla, three daughters Lula Peacock J R McClelland Poyner, sister M R McArthur Bascomb. Pauline Herring, 75, Geneva mayor’s mother, died after short illness. Native of Ato County near Abbeville, resident of Geneva 40 years. Funeral Tuesday 2:20 pm at residence, Rev. R M Holmes and Rev. Robert Burns to officiate. Interment in city cemetery, Pittman Funeral Home in charge. Survived by six sons including Mayor R L Herring and Hamp Herring, three daughters Las Mittie Ward and Carey Johnson, Gladys Kelley.
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Hardie
Green Marianna
Hardie J. Green
Jackson County
New Glove
Clark Funeral Home
Chattahoochee
Fla
Green
Bitha Green
Hardie Green,Jr
Marianna
Lynwood Green
Pelham
Jim Green
Grand Ridge
Solomon Green
Camilla
Lula Peacock
Jacksonville
J. R. McClelland
Panama City
Hubert Poyner
Pensacola
M. R. McArthur
Bascomb
Pauline Herring
Geneva
R. L. Herring
Ato County
Abbeville
Pittman Funers Home
Mayor Herring
S. H
Grady Herity
Hamp Herring
Tallahassee
G. H. Herring
Matisen
L. J. Herring
Port St. Joe
Daugh'rs
Las
Mittie Ward
Carey Johnson
Gladys Kelley
Talladega Golf Mgr Horace Burks Dies After Round
Horace Burks husband of Mildred McEachin Burks died at his Talladega home yesterday afternoon. Services set for Tuesday at 3 p m at First Presbyterian Church with burial in City cemetery. Burks 44 was a leading amateur golfer and former Talladega Club techampion. He collapsed in his car after leaving the Talladega Country Club and died en route to a hospital. Survivors include his wife and Birmingham parents. Nannette Williams infant daughter of L B Williams of DeLand Fla funeral Tuesday at Mt Carmel Church with interment in church cemetery Holman Funeral Home directs. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs William A Woodham of Midland City.
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Horace Burks
Mildred McEachin Burks
Talladega
First Presbyterian Church
Burks
C. C. McEachin
Cowarts
Vicksburg School
Birmingham
Talladega Country Club
Arthur Gambrell
Talladega Club
Nannette Williams
Ozark
L. B. Williams
DeLand, Fla
Mt. Carmel Church
Holman Funeral Home
William A. Woodham
Midland City
Five Wiregrass Men Enlist In Marines
Five men from the Wiregrass area join the U S Marine Corps via the Dothan recruiting Station. Genev a ex Marine Hugo Hammond reenlists. Charles H Kirkham announces the transfer of Hammond to Brooklyn’s Marine Barracks. The others train at Parris Island South Carolina Alonza F Squires Jr 18 Bonifay route one James Loyd Morrison 17 Dothan Thomas Bat Chestnut 18 Bon ifay route one William Hill Glover 18 Napier Field Fred Menefee Tatum 18 Dothan.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Dothan
Geneva
Charles H. Kirkham
Hugo Hammond
Marine Barracks
U. S. Naval Base
Brooklyn
Parris Island
S. C
Alonza
A. F. Squires
Bonifay
Thomas Bat] Chestnut
Geanie Newton Chestnut
James Loyd Morrison
Clara Posey
William Hill Glover
Amy Lee ‘Austin
Napier Field
Fred Menefee Tatum
Fred M. Tatum
Witnesses defend Parramore case as Stoutamire opposes charges
Defense call 9 witnesses in Parramore parade case. Sher iff Frank Stoutamire refused to examine a money order receipt and said he would cause trouble for such carrying ons. DuBose said he urged Stoutamire to file the charge against Parramore because he is a police officer, but Stoutamire declined. Four others arrested on similar charges in the parade pleaded guilty or forfeited $50 bonds.
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Parramore
Frank Stoutamire
Aon County
DuBose
Stoutamire
Stoutamie
Wife Of Senator Seriously Hurt In Traffic Accident
Senator Olin D Johnston's wife sustained three broken ribs in a collision last week. She remained in hospital with injuries as Johnston left for Washington. He received minor cuts and bruises and was not hospitalized. doctors said her condition was good but she would not be released before Thursday.
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Mooresville
N. C
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Washington
Swhnston
Bat
Employees Testify Of Offers To Push Dealer’s Products
In Montgomery an ABC board hearing charged a Mobile wine dealer with paying store employees to promote his products. Testimony from Bosarge Southall Phillips Farmer and others described envelopes of cash and proposed prizes. The dealer denied wrongdoing and the board took no action pending formal statements.
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Montgomery
Mobile
ABC
Thata
iCo
Harly
Costarides
Hig
J. B. Bosarge
J. R. Southall,Jr
George A. ‘Phillips
John H. Farmer
Phillips
Castarides
Farmer
ABC Board
R. A. Smoth
Smoth
Law draft foes avert broad strike powers in emergency bill
A high ranking Democrat warned the House may amend the bill to add stronger provisions for national emergency strikes. The current draft does not authorize government injunctions against strikes endangering health or safety, unlike Taft Hartley law.
Livestock arrivals and hog quotes across southern plants
Livestock arrivals total 200 cattle 75 calves and 1600 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan Jacksonville Tallahassee and St. Marks with hog market mostly steady. Montgomery market reports mixed cattle and calf receipts with steady to firm hog prices across weight classes.
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Thomasville
AP Fusda
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery
Union Stockyards
Weather and Snowclear Progress Across Plains and Midwest
General Pick reported good progress clearing highways and railroads over the weekend. Rescue crews reached the body of a woman near McClusky North Dakota and found her with the body of Aus bans who had died ten days earlier. Some train paths remained blocked. snow lingered in northern plains, upper Mississippi Valley, and New England. Light freezing rain fell in northern Missouri and west central Illinois, while Kansas and Oklahoma experienced drizzle. Rain and cloudy skies spread along the northwest Pacific coast and the western states, with temperatures near or above normal elsewhere.
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General Pick
Usion
Pacific Railroad
Wyoming
Awas
North Dakota
Jake Schelke
McClusky
Plains
Upper
Mississippi
New
England
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Western
Birmingham Negro Indicted In Burglary
Austin Jackson, 33, a Birmingham man living in Dothan, was arrested in Midland City after a field chase. Identified in a Friday night burglary at Robinson's sandwich shop, he is held on second degree burglary charges and awaiting first degree burglary indictments. He’s turned over to Houston County for prosecution with additional charges pending.
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Birmingham
Midland City
Dothan
Austin 7
Jackson
Robinson's
North Alice Street
Houston County
H. E. Cameron
James R. Lews
Dothan Police Department
Berlin Theater Protest Over Polish Jewish Film Sparks clash
About 300 demonstrators clash with around 30-40 German police near a theater. Windows are smashed, a news service jeep windows broken, and a police car damaged. The disturbance follows a screening paused after a Polish Jewish demonstration, with calls to ban the film from the Berlin Jewish community.
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News Service
Berlin
Brian Robertson
Two Perons Killed In Traffic Accident Near Donalsonville
An automobile crash near Donalsonville Saturday afternoon killed three year old Lona Paulette Addison and her grandfather William Addison of Colquitt route three. Jrayton Cox of Bainbridge survived with an injured back after the car he drove overturned three times and burned on Highway 91. The girl was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Addison of Colquitt route two.
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Donalsonville
Here
Lona Paulette Addison
William Adason
Colquitt Route Three
Bainbridge
Jrayton Cox
Donalsonvill
Cox
Colquitt Hospital
Paul Addison
Colquitt Route Two
Unclear Town Incident Involving Poison Stowage
A report notes that a town resident dispersed bones and other possible enticements last night and saturated the area with a quick and deadly poison. It remains unclear whether all poison has been recovered.
Concert Association To Launch Member Drive Next Monday
Dothan plans a week long member enrollment drive beginning Monday March 5 to fund next season concerts. New members receive four performances including Marina Svetlova and company with Pavlovsky as pianist. Adult season tickets $6, student $3, with selection based on budget from memberships.
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Association
Kéré
Marina Svetlova
Svetlova
Dothan
Robert Roland
Trini Romero
Valentin Pavlovsky
Teltschik
Atlantic Pact debates curb automatic war pledge
Senators Fulbright Taft and the Washington Post speculated on the Atlantic Pact with calls for a moral commitment to defend treaty states while Congress questions linger on automatic U S involvement. Proposals seek vast arms aid to Europe funded by surplus stocks and recovery funds, amid a push for rapid American action if Russia moves.
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Europe
State Department
Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Smith
Russia
Taft
Ohio
Kenton, O
Congress
The
Washington Post
Senate
Post
Capehart
R - Ind
Foreign Policy Association
Senate Committee Dynamics Highlight GOP Funding Focus
Fragmented quotes describe Republican concern over fundraising and committee roles. Mention of key figures such as Senator Tin, Senator Brewster, and Leonard Hall signals efforts to coordinate across campaigns and national fundraising. Johnston linked to campaign organization and primary logistics.
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Brewster
Townscates
Pengy
Seok
Leonard Hall
House
Victor Johnston
Thomas E. Dewer
Wy ci
Johnston
Wisconsin
E. Stassen
Minnesoity
Recommendations to reorganize U S foreign affairs and staffing
A commission proposes 16 top recommendations for the State Department including creating two more secretaries, merging foreign service into a single foreign affairs service, expanding top level staff, establishing a team of negotiators, and moving to civilian control of European and Japanese posts. It notes no immediate cost estimates and cites already planned staff reductions of 26 percent.
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Aviation
Shipps
Dolby 2
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Washington
Foreign Affairs
Europe
Japan
State Department
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