Youthful thief held after gun shop burglary and thefts
A 15 year old, Gerald Dickerson alias Gerald Adams, was arrested after 14 pistols were stolen from Rush's gun shop on S. Oates street. He claimed ownership of one pistol per year of life and admitted taking the guns. The youth, held pending decision on juvenile transfer or trial, has a long prior record and claims escapes from multiple facilities.
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Gerald Dickerson
Rush
Oates Street
Dickerson
Milledgeville
Eagle
Gerald Adams
S. Oates Street
N. College Street
Eddie D. Kelley
Georgia Industrial School
Dothan
Kelley
Alabama Industrial School
East Lake
Columbus
Georgia
Auto Transporters Receive Two Year Terms
Two Wolf Lake Illinois men Wiley Eugene Smith and Thomas Lee Wadley pleaded guilty in U S District Court Montgomery to transporting a stolen automobile across state lines. Dothan police arrested them at a service station while they tried to sell a wheel and tire from the car. A third man escaped but later captured near Winter Haven Florida.
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Wolf Lake
Ill
Thomasville
U. S. District Court
Montgomery
Wiley Eugene Smith
Thomas Lee Wadley
Dothan
Winter Haven
Fla
Walter H. Schwenck To Sail From Saipan With 3200 WWII Dead
The U S Army transport Walter H Schwenck will depart Tanapag Harbor Saipan tomorrow bearing 3200 World War II dead for return to the United States for burial.
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Tanapag Harbor
Saipan
U. S. Army
Walter H. Schwenck
United States
Driver Runs Amok In Abbeville Crashes Car Into Building
An unidentified motorist struck a parked auto, veered across Main Street, and hit the front of a building in Abbeville before driving off. Damages to J A Roberts car and the structure were estimated at 200 to 300 dollars and at least 960 dollars respectively. Parts from a recent Ford were found at the scene. A search by Highway Patrolman Earl Hendley was underway.
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Abbeville
J. A. Roberts
Earl Hendley
Henley
Pittman Motor Commans
Highway Patrol
Orld
Senate approves 31 day rent control bill advances
The Senate moved a 31 day extension of rent controls by voice vote sending the measure to President Truman who is vacationing in the Caribbean. The bill extends controls through April 1949 with no banking committee action required. House leaders expect a longer extension after review of market price changes.
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Senate
Truman
Washington
House
Caribbean
Tuman
Banking Committee
Ohe House
Boy Slightly Hurt When Hit By Truck
Jimmie Parrish eight of 739 Cottonwood road was slightly injured when a truck struck him in front of his home. Driver Marlin Smith of New Town Route Two identified by police. Witnesses said the boy darted from a wagon into the path of the vehicle. Injuries described as minor bruises and no hospital treatment. Witnesses said Smith was driving at a slow speed and had almost stopped when the collision occurred.
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Jimmie Parrish
Cottonwood Road
Marlin Smith
Newton
Smith
Narlow
Time Running Out in Pecan Tree Sale Contest
Dothan Chamber of Commerce urges participation in the pecan tree sale contest as County Agent C M Ling says orders are taken at his office through Saturday noon. Students in county schools have sold about 1500 trees to date.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Ling
Ling
States' rights electors urged to boycott Democratic nominee
Mobile attorney Gessner T. McCorvey urged Alabama leaders to back presidential electors who refuse to support any nominee not standing for states rights. He proposed Southern states follow this plan if the Democratic platform embraces civil rights. McCorvey said electors would back a named Democrat of the states rights type if the party rejects the South’s stand.
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Mobile
Alabama
Truman
Gessner T. McCorvey
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
McCorvey
Byrd
Virginia
George
Georgia
Eastland
Missisippi
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Winess
Adams County Red Cross Drive Leaders Named for 1948
County chairman Charlie Adams and fund drive chair Charles Chapman announced leaders for the 1948 Red Cross drive in Houston County communities. Leaders include Mrs. D. S. Melton and Mrs. Walton Lassister Webb, Sam Hall for Gordon, L. Y. Toler Pansey, Rev. J. W. Yeoman Ashford, and Mayor J. T. White Cottonwood. Campaign begins March 1 with radio broadcasts by Dre. Hildreth, O. S. Thompkin g, and J. L. Vaughn. Susan Hughes of Atlanta Red Cross visited for a county executive conference.
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Red Cross
Houston County
Charlie Adams
Charles Chapman
D. S. Melton
Walton Lassister
Webb
Gordon
Sam Hall
L. Y. Toler
Pansey
J. W. Yeoman
Ashford
J. T. White
Cottonwood
Charles Hildreth
WAGF
J. L. Vaughn
Misa Susan Hughes
Atlanta
Dothan
Folsom to Speak on State Radio Thursday
Gov. James E. Folsom will deliver a radio address at 12 45 p m tomorrow over a statewide network. The speech is described as another report to the people and his office has no advance details on its content.
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Montgomery
James E. ‘Folsom
Twe
Faigom
Democrate
Earl Long Wins Louisiana Governor Runoff
New Orleans dispatch reports Earl Long won the Democratic runoff for Louisiana governor over Sam Houston Jones with 252,008 votes to 143,807 in 1,108 precincts. The Longs’ comeback builds on Huey Long’s legacy as Russell Long aids Earl’s campaign and promises reforms and higher old age pensions.
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Earl K. Long
Huey
Kingfish) Long
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
New Orleans
Longs
Earl Long
Huey P. Long
Sam Houston Jones
Tong
Jones
Deep South
Long
Earl
Huey Long
Russell
Earr
Weill
AIA Press Conference Scheduled Here Today
The Associated Industries of Alabama invites daily and weekly papers to a 6 pm press conference at the Houston Hotel, followed by a 6:50 pm dinner. John Bo Turner, AIA president, and D Troster Jones, EVP, outline the association program to press attendees. Will Spear on PR relations at dinner. Wok Covington Jr. will preside. about 20 manufacturers of the Worcester glass area expected to attend.
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Asociated Industries of Alabama
Houston
Jonn Bo Turner
AIA
D Troster Jones
Qui Fine
Hign Po Bigier
Connors Steel Company
Dixie Democrats Switch Tactics Against Truman
Dixie rebels in Washington seek to deny Truman the Democratic nomination by persuading Northern Democrats that he cannot win and by backing a nominee less aligned with civil rights. Senator McClellan and six Southern colleagues discussed alternatives with two Dixie governors, signaling openness to a non Truman candidate not tied to civil rights push.
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Washington
Dixie
Truman
McClellan
Olin Johnston
Marshall
Federal Anti-Lynch Legislation Approved By House Committee
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to make lynching a federal offense as part of the civil rights program. The measure sets penalties for participants and negligent peace officers, offers survivor compensation, and moves toward full committee review before a House vote.
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House
Washington
House Judiciary Subcommittee
All Judiciary Committee
Truman
Case Ra
Wne
Cravens O'-Arky
Care
Pons
Fellows OR
Maines
Devitt ReMinns
Byrne
Feighan D-Ohief
Judiciary Committee
Two Men Hurt In Marianna Car Crash
Two men were injured when their cars collided on a highway near Marianna yesterday. The injured, identified as WS Beaers of Gh ia and Keylordar Morgan, were treated at a local hospital for head and facial injuries. Morgan was later arrested by the sheriff.
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Marianna
ecbaLnese
Violence flares as Ultimatum wins in Czechoslovakia
In Prague President Eduard Benes accepts a Communist picked cabinet after demonstrators face police fire. The new 13 member cabinet includes 12 Communists and allied leftists with 3 Social Democrats and 2 Independents. Marches to the presidential palace spark clashes as police fire on students.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Klement Gottwald
Social Democrats
National Socialists
Peoples Party
Dothan
Joseph Kojurek
Gottwald
Bohumil Lausman
William Siroky
Antonin Zapotocky
Jan Masaryk
Seven Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Prairie Grove
Burlington Iowa AP report details a deadly blaze at the Ellsworth Waterhouse farm near Prairie Grove. Seven children aged 18 months to 16 years died when flames struck the two story home early today. The parents and two other children escaped from downstairs bedrooms. two siblings were away.
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Burlington
Mra. Ellsworth Waterhouse
Betty Jane
Helen Marie
James Allen
Doris Ann
Thoman
Mary Kay
David
Waterhouse
Prairie Grove
Here
Palestine Split May Be Recalled
LAKE SUCCESS AP says a delay or possible repeal of the Palestine partition plan looms as Security Council debates continue. Colombia asks a General Assembly special session to revisit the split up map while the U S seeks a Big Five study committee. Russia’s likely response via Andrei Gromyko is anticipated as Moscow weighs its stance on the plan.
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Lake
Palestine
Security Council
Colombia
United Nations
General Assembly
United States
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Moscow
Perhare Sharp
U. S
Council
Warren R. ‘Ruslin
President Truman Battles Rough Seas in Caribbean Passage
President Truman sails aboard the Williamsburg amid heavy seas about 100 miles south of Guantanamo Bay. The yacht and escort Greenwich Bay faced the rough weather as they closed toward Cuba with plans for a base visit, luncheon, and flight to Florida.
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Truman
Caribbean
U. S
Williamsburg
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cape Dame Marie
Haiti
Greenwich Bay
Cuba
Florida
Boca Chica
Alabama Quickie Divorce Law Faces Supreme Court Test
The Alabama Supreme Court will hear the first test of the 1945 Heaton Act enabling fast divorces. The case involves Doris Jennings of Union and John Wesley Jennings of Fort Mill, with the circuit court lacking jurisdiction. Chief Justice Gardner warned judges to proceed cautiously to avoid consequences to the marriage-based social foundation.
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Alabama
Supreme Court
Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Houston
Paul J. Hooton
Roanoke
Alabarka Tee
South Carolina
Doris Fate Jennings
Union
John Wesley Jennings
Fort Mill
W. J. Haralson
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Clarence Streetman
South
Adams
Folsom
Dixie Democrats
By Jack Bell
Ultimatum
George Pipal
U. N. Council
Truman Yacht
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