Communists Seize Control Of Czechoslovakia
Prague reports a bloodless six day revolution giving the Communist party control of the cabinet and press. President Benes resigned under pressure, ministers were replaced, and a push to purge anti Communist figures followed. Police clashed with protesters as students tried to reach Kracany Palace.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Republic
United States
Klement Gottwald
Communist Party
Kradcany Palace
Eduard Benes
Palace Square
Benes
Gottwald
Social Democrats
Democratic Progressive
Ministry of the Interior
Russia
Associated Press
Thomax G. Masaryk
Charles University
Kradcany
Senate consider anti lynch and poll tax measures
Congress races to advance civil rights bills amid Southern opposition and Republican support. Senate leaders push anti lynch and anti poll tax packages while filibuster rules loom. House hearings on labor unions and distillers show broader legislative clashes. Social Security reform seeks inclusion for 12 million self employed workers.
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Senate
Ferguson
Rmich
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Inesuwith
Senate Cases Committee
Stennis
D - Miss
House
GOP
Congress
Herbert K. Sorrell
Hollywood
Matthew M. Levy
AFL International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Sorrell Nash
Wolcott
R-Minh
House Banking Committee
Social Security
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Mystery Clothed Abductor Strangles Victim at Hotel
Number 22 pursued the man in unusual garb into the downstairs lobby. The detective followed as the intruder reached a room, but did not enter. Haeberle’s binds used torn sheets and a back chain. the room showed signs of a struggle with overturned lamps and scattered papers. Police questioned two film executives linked to the victim’s arrival and yesterday’s meeting.
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Haeberle
Haecherle
Democratic rally blasts Wall Street in party cleanup push
Candidate speaks of support from out of state volunteers and favorite son prospects at a national convention. He urges cleaning up the Democratic party to resist Communism and Wall Street influence, calling democracy a living force for all and a shared party mission. The Groundhog Day legend ties to Pennsylvania Dutch lore per Worlt Book Encyclopedia.
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Democratic Party
Truman
Folsom
Wall Street
Worlt Book Encyclopedia
Pollinated varieties and essential factors for corn yield
Wilson cites Dixie 11 Louisiana hybrids and Douthit open pollinated corn as top performers at the station. He lists four keys to good yields: adapted planting, 400-500 pounds per acre complete fertilizer, lupine incorporation or 200 pounds nitrate of soda, and 7,000-9,000 stalks per acre. Lupine timing, stacking peanuts, and rotation with cotton are also noted.
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Wilson
Dixie
Louisiana
Douthit
Ling
Extension Classes Slated Saturday
Two extension classes from the State Teachers College at Troy will be held here Saturday. Teachers planning to enroll in either class are asked to attend the morning session in the county court room. The courses are in visual education and science, with a 9 am start for the day.
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State Teachers College At
Troy
Solomon Baxter
93 4 H Members Added In Jackson
Ninety three new 4 H members joined Jackson County s 18 boys club during the current membership drive which began February 1. Assistant county agricultural agent Fred Summers said the club total reached 465 members. The January suggestion by the 4 H Club Council led by Travis Bradley appears to have prompted the increase.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Fred Summers
Toe Dtse
Travis Bradley
Livestock Arrivals Reported Across Georgia Area
Livestock arrivals totaled 400 cattle 150 calves and 4000 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Ga Dothan Ala and Jacksonville Tallahassee Fla Hog prices stayed steady to strong with soft and semi hard hog quotations 190-240 lb barrows and gilts 19-20 248-270 lb 19-19.50 over 270 lb 18.90-19 Weight groups 160-180 19-19 140-160 16.50-17 20-40 lb 12.50-14 Sows 14.50-17 and a practical price limit of 20 for good to choice shrunk soft and semi hard barrows and gilts.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallshassee
Fla
Cattle Hog Prices Reported at Montgomery Sale
Cattle receipts estimated 400 with steady to higher selling. good steers 24.00-26.00 with a 27.00 bid on a 725 lb lot. heifers 24.00-26.00. mediums 19.50-23.00. common 15.00-19.50. Cows 15.00-17.50. bulls 21.00. calves 150 receipts with calves steady to 1.00 lower. Hogs receipts 250. market steady to strong. barrows and gilts 180-240 lbs 19.00-20.00. sows 14.50-16.50. hogs lighter 7.00-13.00 for 160-180 lbs.
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Montgomery (Ap
Fed State
Mkt News Soc
Union Stock Yards
Tuck bill seeks Virginia electors say in party tied vote
Virginia lawmakers consider a measure by Tuck to let the legislature name electors, pledged to national nominees unless state party authorities direct otherwise. The plan would bar a third party from the ballot and limit party names on the official ballot based on recent election performance.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Tuck
J. Howard McGrath
Washington
President Truman
North Carolina Governor Describes Southern Governors Meeting
Gov. Gregg Cherry said the Southern governors conference with Democratic National Chairman J. How ward McGrath produced calm debate on civil rights proposals. He noted no poll tax in NC and stressed no need to alarm, while warning Southern strength could be withdrawn if civil rights planks appeared in the national platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
ULP
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Cherry
McGrath
Washington
Hoover cites lawbreakers as major cause of urban crashes
J Edgar Hoover states that 85 to 90 percent of driving accidents in many large cities are caused directly by persons who break traffic laws. The remark highlights the impact of rule violations on urban road safety.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Grand Ridge Club Rosters to Reach 500 by March Deadline
Grand Ridge will end officially March 1 and it is expected that the total roster of the clubs will reach 500 members by the deadline. Seid Summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Ridge
Seid Summers
Waterways program seeks 538 million for flood control
Washington AP A 538 000 000 waterways program was introduced in the House to finance flood control and rivers and harbors work for the next year. Rep Engel Michigan predicted passage tomorrow. The bill funds 244 projects 183 flood control and 61 harbors and livery improvements. If approved it would be the largest ever authorized.
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Washington
House
Rep
Engel
R-Mich
Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congress
Army
Court Of Appeals Denies Rehearing
The Alabama Court of Appeals denied a rehearing of their reversal of a Houston County Circuit Court civil judgment. In the circuit court Leo Bender had obtained a judgment against garnishee E. H. Hollis in a suit against H. F. York, but the appellate court reversed the decision on January 20.
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Alabama Court of Appeals
Houston County
Circuit
Leo Bender
E. H. Hollis
H. F. York
Court of Appeals
Crippled Children Clinic Set For April 9
Crippled children from Houston and Geneva counties will attend the spring clinic in Dothan. Mrs. C J Collins director of the Houston County Welfare Department announced April 9 as the clinic date to be held at the Dothan Recreation Center.
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Houston
Geneva
Dothan
C. J. Collins
Houston County Welfare Department
Dothan Recreation Center
Arsenic water and other methods for typhus control
The health department recommends arsenic water in flat containers placed overnight and drained afterwards to deny rats water, with a 60 day repeat cycle. If rats resist, mix sweet milk with arsenic water after nights. Destroy used containers. Other methods include cyanide gas dust injected into rat burrows and ten percent DDT dust along buildings to kill rats and fleas, reducing typhus cases from 184 in 1945 to three in 1947.
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Health Department
Houston County
Bill’s Scrambled Speech at School Petition Moment
The scene centers on Bill as he struggles to speak in front of the school, the president’s reassurance, and a scrapbook helping him finish. Meanwhile the President ends a five day Caribbean tour and will stay at the Key West submarine base until March unless activity in Washington requires his return to the White House.
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Bill
Maine
Key West
Caribbean
Unlice Breinecs
Washington
White House
Free enterprise in crisis says Alabama business leader
AIA president urged a return to spiritual values in business and defending free enterprise. He warned labor-led Washington action could endanger industry, noted Britain’s earlier loss of free enterprise, and urged action by Alabama leaders to protect profits and employment. A round-table with D. Trotter Jones and Hugh P. Bigler followed, emphasizing development, legislation and public relations.
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America
Turner
Britain
Alabama
Washington
AIA
D. Trotter Jones
Hugh P. Bigler
Connors Steel Company of
Birmingham
Bipler
United States
Bigler
Dothan
Grover Ray
Headland Peanut Company
Jimmie Davis
Wallace Malone
First
National Bank
Jones
E. F. Dunbar
Troy Veneer and Crate Company
Troy
Wallace Journey
L. E. Whaley
Homer G. Ray, Jr
Georgia Peanut Company
Moultrie
Wyatt Oates
Home Fertilizer and Cotton Oil Company
Headland
United Telephone and Telegraph Company
W. K. Holt
Dothan Silk Hosiery Mill
J. B. Anthony
Arthur Johnson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Ray
Dothan Milling Company
Nat. C. Faulk
Dothan Eagle
Veterans urged to volunteers in Dothan post meeting
Langan stressed that 20 manpower and time cannot ensure preparedness and every young man must actively support community activities. He praised the Dothan post for its service to veterans widows and orphans and called for an all-out effort. 97 attended the meeting led by J. D. Fuller with Mrs. Howell at the desk and the auxiliary decorating.
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Langan
Dothan
Fred Howell
Women's Auxiliary
New Orleans Cotton Futures Dip Amid Broad Market Ease
New Orleans AP reports cotton futures slipped as long realizing spurred by softness in other markets. By 11 30 a m prices showed declines of 75 cents to 1 10 bales lower as trading continued.
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New Orleans
Cotton Futures Decline in Slow New York Trading
Cotton futures fell in quiet New York dealings with late day prices down about 1 to 1.4 cents per bale from the prior close. March at 82.51, May 72.3, and July 31.96.
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New York
VA Insurance Work Positions Are Open
The Veterans Administration announced an open examination for probational insurance officer appointments with annual salaries from $8,005 to $9,773. Vacancies are at Branch Office No. Five in Atlanta and regional offices across Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee. No written test. selection based on training and experience with veteran preference.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Rabid Fox Bites Henry County Farm Animals
Several farm animals including a cow pigs and chickens were bitten by a fox in Henry County this week before the animal was killed. Dothan Branch laboratory technicians reported the fox was rabid after examination. The fox was found on the Watt Hardwick place in Beat Five and sent to the lab by Wade Searcy rabies inspector for Henry County. No persons were believed to have been bitten before the animal was killed.
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Henry County
Dothan Branch
Watt Hardwick Place
Wade Searcy
Abbeville
Secret life of Charlie unveiled after a century
Mrs Ida Belle Rose, identified as Charlie's stepdaughter, reveals Charlie's hidden past as a man and a married woman named Ida Belle Redd. Neighbors recall a long life, with Charlie estimated to be 100 to 107 years old, and speculation that Charlie lived in male attire to fit family roles.
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Charlie
Ida Belle Rosé
Red
Gan
Ter
Melton Featured as Colorado's Second Youngest Prison Sentence
The report notes Melton as the second youngest person ever sentenced to prison in Colorado. It mentions Antone Will, sentenced in 1893 to 25 years for murder, who served 12 years before being pardoned.
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Melton
Colorado
Antone Will
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