Wiregrass Candidates for University of Alabama election
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass notes three Wiregrass students up for University of Alabama Women’s Student Government Association posts. Shirley Doak of Dethan seeks sorority representative. Martha June Platt of Headland and Jo Ann Spear of Hartford run for Tutwiler House president. Elections set for Monday at the university. Mrs. Collins Speaks at Lions Club on juvenile case handling. R. B. Livesay of Birmingham attends. Recruit Bobby G. Bryant earns expert rifleman at Fort Jackson and enters service January 4, 1940 after Rehobeth High School. Malone Speaks on Soil Conservation to Dothan Exchange Club. James F. Keller of the State Department of Conservation visits. VFW hears Richmond Flowers discuss civil rights. Mint Julep Minstrel show slated March 11 at city auditorium. City Superintendent Bruce Flurry and County Supt Solomon Baxter to attend National Education Association conference in St Louis from Monday through March 8.
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Wiregrass
Women's Student Government Association
University of Alabama
Shirley Doak
Dethan
Martha June Platt
Headland
Jo Ann Spear
Hartford
Tutwiler Ho Ce
Bobby G. Bryant
W F. Bryant
Dothan
Fort Jackson
S. C
Bryant
Rehobeth High School
VFW
Richmond Flowers
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jeff Loftin
Bruce Flurry
Houston County
Solomon Baxter
St. Louis
National Education Association
Festival Film Offered From National Peanut Festival
A 16 millimeter color film of three day National Peanut Festival scenes is available from the Dothan Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Selden X Bailey said it recently screened in Opp and Bainbridge. The non sound 18 minute film can be obtained by groups.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Selden X. Bailey
Opp
Bainbridge
Dothan Chamber Hosts Atlanta VP Harrell Perkins
Members of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce industrial committee hosted a luncheon yesterday honoring Harrell L. Perkins of Atlanta Georgia, vice president of the...
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Harrell L. Perkins
Atlanta, Ga
Negro Dental Clinic Opens in Dothan Health Dept
The Houston County Health Department announced appointments for a new Negro dental clinic at the Dothan health department. The clinic starts Friday March 4 at 1 p.m with Dr D Jemison as dentist. Eligible are preschool and first grade Negro crippled children. referrals come from health and welfare authorities. Appointments must be made at the department, not with the dentist.
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Houston County Health Department
Health Department
Dothan
D . Jemison Irl
Senate panel reviews 20th housing bill and Britain aid
Senate foreign relations panel chaired by Connally reviews current Britain needs with ECA officials Hoffman and Finletter. The housing bill advances in committees despite floor delay, proposing subsidized units, slum clearance funds, rural programs, and a government housing study. Bricker seeks amendments on segregation and income limits while Ellender calls anti segregation move sabotage. Taft-Truman clash over labor policy continues as hearings wrap.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Texas
Paul Hoffman
Thomas Finletter
ECA
Britain
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Bricker
Ohio
Ellender
D-La
Flanders
RVI
Truman
Taft
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Railroad officials pledge support to Dothan at gathering
Perkins expressed wholehearted support of the Central of Georgia Railroad for Dothan and its interests. Guests included J. L. Bacon C. L. Deal B. B. Bates and C. P. LeSeur officials of the road. Local hosts were Harry Hall J. A. Streyer president of Bay Line Railroad and Horace Hall.
Columbia Advances and Midlands City Win In Morning Rounds
Top seeded Columbia Lions reach another round in the Class B district tournament by routing Vicksburg 47 28. Midland City Fliers upset Newville 46 31, Pleasant Home quarters lead Louisville 56 27. A J Tice sets tournament scoring record with 20 points for Newville. Harold Beamon scores 17 for Columbia. Quarter final games begin tonight with semis tomorrow and the final Saturday at eight.
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Columbia
Lions
Vicksburg Panthers
Midland City Fliers
Newville
Bearcats
Pleasant Home
Louisville
Dozier
Vicksburg
Harold Beamon
Norton
Midland City
A. J. Tice
Hasty
Bill Whigham
Lousville
Grimes
District Oratorical Finals Set for April in Dothan
Richmond Flowers district chairman announced the district oratorical finals will be held in April at the Young Junior high school auditorium in Dothan. Alabama Third District counties will be represented in junior and senior contests with Houston County winners Levonne Reeves and Mereta Rudd among the competitors. Judges for the five events include J Norton Mullins Jr Lipton Carroll and Mrs Jeff Hudson.
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Birmingham News
Dothan
Richmond Flowers
Young Junio High School
Alabama
Third
Congressional District
J. Norton Mullins
Lipton Carroll
Jeff Hudson
Houston County
Levonne Reeves
Wicksburg
Mereta Rudd
Cottonwood
Three Helicopters Assigned To Mercy Missions On Gulf
The Navy assigned three helicopters to search and rescue squadrons for mercy missions in the Gulf. Two will be based at Pensacola and one at Corpus Christi. The craft can hover over a spot while survivors are lifted or boarded, aiding rescues where water landings are unsafe or victims are in inaccessible places. Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard units cooperate in Gulf rescues.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Gulf
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Air Basic Training
Air Force
Coast Guard
GM Wage Pact Extended Across Major Suppliers
The GM CIO wage agreement extended to 16 more unions with which GM does business after the UAW deal signed May 29. Salaried workers receive a yearly 3 cent rise tied to the price index, while production workers get a flat 3 cent annual increase offset by a $15 salaried bonus and a quarterly pay adjustment. Meats eggs fats oils and dairy prices showed declines while apparel and house furnishings prices fell less. The January 13 index was announced.
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General Motors
CIO
UAW
Bureau of l
Post to tell younger Alabama about the Klan’s 1920s crimes
The Birmingham Post announces a series detailing the Klan’s 1920s atrocities in Alabama and beyond. It recalls Mer Rouge torture murders, a fatal shooting during a Klansman raid, a Oneonta flogging, and other outrages to warn youth and remind older readers. It argues public memory must confront the hooded mob’s history.
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Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Birmingham Post
Birmingham
Jefferson County
the Post
The
Post
Mer Rouge
Florence
Bulgarian churchmen face espionage trial in Sofia
In Sofia 1947 court proceedings began with 15 churchmen and 77 witnesses charged with espionage and treason. Naumov, the No. 3 defendant, confessed guilt after being urged to tell the truth. Prosecution plans to introduce handwritten confessions from all defendants.
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Naumov
William Coon
The
Baptist Missions
United States
Danube
Geneva
Ivanov
Soviet Union
Constantine Andjiev
Sofia
Palace of Justice
Ilia Timev
Normal period marked by 170.9 percent of 1935 39 average
A reference notes that today stood at 170.9 percent of the 1935 39 average, considered a normal period, with the figure set at 100 for comparison.
Actor Collapses and Dies During Curtain Call
HOLLYWOOD AP Homan Bonnen a 48 year old veteran stage and screen character actor collapsed and died last night as the curtain fell on the second act of a Little Theatre play in which he was appearing. The play was Distant Isle at the Actor's Lab Theatre an experimental group he helped to found and chaired. He had been treated for a heart ailment for some time and had prominent roles in Song of Bernadette Of Mice and Men A Bell for Adano Brute Force Arch of Triumph.
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Hollywood
Homan Bonnen
Ecole
Actor's Lab Theatre
Anch
Isle
Jennifer Jones
Adano
Youth in US fugitive case stuns towns with bad checks
The FBI says a 19 year old, using the name J E Berton, moved across states after passing a $9 000 bad check and a $1 000 check in Middlesboro Kentucky. He married a 19 year old girl in Georgia February 23 and later deposited a $25 000 bad check in Birmingham. He faced a charge of transporting a fictitious document and bad checks. he admitted guilt at arraignment.
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FBI
J. E. Berton
Middlesboro
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Kim
Georgia
Birmingham
Hudson
Alpany
First State Bank
Bessemer
Walter Nicholson
Doctor Fields Restraining Order After License Revoked
The article notes that number 8 was sentenced to a Lexington public health institution and was on parole from the Kentucky institution. A January 28 1948 circuit court order restrained Dr Fields from practicing medicine after license revocation. He had practiced in the Birmingham area for over 20 years. Mrs Fields said she did not blame police for shooting, noting he was drinking and unaware of his actions. Survivors include the widow and two daughters Mrs W C Montgomery Athens Ga and Mrs R B Miller Nashville.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Fields
Birmingham
Norway Rejects Peace Time Bases in Face of NATO Ties
Ported criticism in Moscow press on Finnish government coincides with Russia's push on a North Atlantic Alliance linking the United States, Canada, and Brussels powers. Norway, warned to stay out, rejects base rights, with Oslo signaling non-alignment while rumors of a negotiated pact circulate. Swedish sources fear Russia could bolster forces along Norwegian and Finnish borders as NATO talks continue.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Canada
Brussels
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Halvard M. Lange
Oslo
Stockholm
Finland
Truman Civil Rights Battle Divides Democratic Senators
Senators Bricker Morse Pepper and others debated Truman civil rights push at D C dinners held in the Mayflower and Statler hotels. Morse blamed lack of united Democratic support while Pepper praised the president's Taft Hartley stance. Eight of 21 Southern Democrats attended. key absentees included Georgia's George and Russell Virginia's Byrd Louisiana's Ellender and Mississippi's Stennis and Eastland.
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Bricker
Mr. Truman
Senator Morse
R- Ore
Truman
Morse
Pepper D-Fla
Senate Labor Committee
Pepper
Mayflower
Statler
George and Russell
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Ellender
Louisiana
Ed Stennis
Mississippi
Youth in Sweater Admits Living With Murdered Virginian
New Orleans police say a Richmond Virginia youth, Edwin L Morris, 26, wearing a maroon brown and yellow striped sweater, admitted living with James A Ma honey, multi millionaire, in a Richmond hotel. He was held for full interrogation along with a middle aged heavyset man suspected in the Mahoney murder.
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New Orleans
Richmond
James A.‘ Mahoney
Edwin L Morris
John Jackson
Morris
Jackson
Southern Railway
Mahoney
Hollywood
New York
Livestock arrivals and hog prices in Georgia and Florida plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 100 cattle 75 calves and 200 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton GA Dothan AL and Jacksonville and Tallahassee FL The hog market was mostly steady with composite quotes for hogs by weight and grade including good end choice barrows and gilts 180-240 lbs 17.50-17.75 ring-hauled butchers 18-18.25 240-270 lbs 16.75-17.25 over 270 lbs 16.75 down to 16 and less 160-180 lbs 16.50-17.25 140-160 lbs 15-15.50 Medium 160-180 lbs 16-16.75 Medium 180-240 lbs 17-17.50 Medium and good 120-140 lbs 12-14 Sows 13.50-15 Pracitcal quotable price limit area 18.50 for good and choice 180-240 pounders.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fila
Montgomery Market Cattle Hogs Calves Sale Figures
AP Montgomery Market report shows week's salable receipts 1390 cattle and 350 calves. Friday clean-up slow but mostly steady with higher values for slaughter and fat cattle, calf prices mixed, hogs active and steady with varied weights. Slaughter calves and vealers 24.90 to 28.00 for lightweights, 17.50 to 24.00 for heavier calves. Hogs 16.00 to 29.00 depending on weight and condition. Canners and cutters 14.00 to 18.50. Overall tone: cautious steady week with mixed demand across classes.
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Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
William Albert Nobles Dies at 63 in Hilton Georgia
Funeral services were held for William Albert Nobles, 63, who died at his Hilton home after a long illness. The Rev. Roby J. Lee officiated at Bethlehem church, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include brothers Fred Nobles of Hilton and Edd Nobles of Ocala Florida, and sisters Mrs. T. E. Money of Hollywood Florida, Mrs. Floyd Ham of Blakely, and Mrs. Ll. A. Douglas of Headland. Headland Mortuary arranged services.
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T. E. Money
Hollywood
Fla
Floyd Ham
Blakely
Ll. A. Douglas
Headland
SGT Millard Braxton buried in Braxton cemetery
SGT Millard C Braxton of Sink Creek near Marianna was killed in Italy in June 1944 and will be buried February 27 with a military service at Braxton cemetery arranged by Maddox Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Eli Braxton and six siblings across Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. Also noted are Edward Dorsey Anderson of Malone whose last rites were held at Friendship church and cemetery with Neal Mortuary in charge. survivors include widow Betty and ten children, plus one brother and three sisters.
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Millard Braxton
Thomas J
Port St. Joe
Ruby Ross
Marianna
Louise Ayers
Blountstown
Edward Dorsey Anderson Marianna
Edward Dorsey Anderson
Friendship Church
Malone
Neal
Betty Anderson
Lanier
Estelle Green
Ed Messe
Milton Ford
Lena Herring
Porters mourn Pvt James Porter buried at Lipford cemetery
Special burial services for Pvt James R Porter of Marianna will be held Saturday afternoon at Lipford cemetery under Maddox Funeral Home direction. Surviving are his mother Mrs Mary A Porter brother W H Porter three sisters Mrs Maudie Boggs Mrs Mozelle Killingsworth and Miss Lucile Porter. Pvt Porter was killed in action May 19 1943.
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James Porter Marianna
James R. Porter
Lipford Cemetery
Maddox Funeral Home
Mary A. Porter
Barther
W. H. Porter
Marianna
Maudie Boggs
Auburndale
Mozelle Killingsworth
Lucile Porter
Cit
Proter
Burial services for Sgt Ira Wiggins in Iron City Ga
SGT IRA WIGGINS MARIANNA Special RK 2 burial services will be conducted Sunday at Iron City Georgia for Sgt Ira D Wiggins of Alliance in this county Officiating at Olive Grove church and cemetery will be Rev HP Blackshear Maddox Funeral Home of this city will direct arrangements and military rites will be held Surviving is his mother Mrs Maudie H Wiggins of Alliance Sgt Wiggins was killed in action in north Africa on May 27 1943
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Ira Wiggins Marianna
Iron City
Ira D. Wiggins
Alliance
Olive Grove
H. P. Blackshear
Maddox Funeral Home
Maudie H. Wiggins
Wiggins
North Africa
Georgia Voters face April 5 tax referendum and policy reforms
The article outlines a voter referendum on April 5 to decide on new tax laws for expanded state services in education welfare and highways. It notes the duties for good citizenship on rolls, a safety law for major buildings, the radio libel exemption, a university system building authority empowered with up to 12 million in debt, a new marriage certificate requirement, and a reclassification of accounts receivable reducing millage from 45 to 3 mills, with revenue impacts for counties.
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U. S
Georgia
General Assembly
Zack Cravey
University System Building Authority
State Board of Regents
Talmadge
Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York drift through day
New Orleans reports quiet and irregular trading with prices at noon up to 15 cents a bale higher and later showing 15 cents lower. New York notes easy conditions early, then late rally with prices 3 to 35 cents per bale above prior close. March and May indications around 32.27 and 31.09 respectively.
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New Orleans
Cotton
NEW York Cotton New York
Community Concert Association Announces 1949 Season
The Community Concert Association announces the 1949 season with representatives from Dothan and nearby towns to coordinate membership drives. A kickoff dinner at the Houston Hotel at 7:30 p.m. offers adult and student memberships priced at six dollars, with proceeds supporting campus campaign efforts and upcoming concerts in Dothan and surrounding areas. The schedule includes a Mary J LovA prima Dallering appearance and plans for regional collaborations with Ozark, Enterprise, and Svetlova, continuing community engagement through subscriptions and local bookings.
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Columbia
Ashfara
Ant Sonville
Houston
Dothan
Ozark
Enterprise 2
Mary Jlova
Prima Dallering
Svetlova
Smell Lingers After Murky Incident in Albany
A noisy disturbance under a Albany area home prompts investigators to examine a strange scene involving a skunk’s head placed in a small-mouth jar and a man with a shotgun.
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Albany
Tex
Murray Boy
Citizens Address Dothan Voters On City Commissioner Race
A local candidate appeals to Dothan residents urging unity among citizens and business people to support a progressive city government. He frames the choice as working for the common good versus entrenched selfish interests and calls for electing a commissioner who will prioritize employment, housing, and education for all residents.
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Aeople
Citas & City
Agi
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