Fire damages Abbeville lumber yard. $10,000 loss reported
A blaze at the W. C. ison Lumber company yards in Abbeville caused about $10,000 damage. Eight stacks burned and roughly 200 stacks damaged as burning shavings blew onto the lumber. Nearby departments including Dothan aided. insurance covered the loss.
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Abbeville
W. C. Ison Lumber Company
Arthur Searcy
Ber Company
Searcy
Eufaula
Hand‘Band
Dothan
Dothan Man Confesses Ice Plant Burglary
Harper, a Dothan Negro, signed a statement admitting burglary at Ikner Ice Co. No. 2 on North 2nd Street. He stole $5 to $7 from the cash vault the night of December 20 and is jailed pending further charges and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nie Harper
Dothan Negro
Ikner Ice Co
Arper
Harper
Kent
Dothan Firefighters Honored for Abbeville Lumber Yard Blaze
Chief R H Ryan said the Dothan department, after extinguishing last night's Abbeville yard fire, refused a personal payout from W W Johnson, president of the company, citing city orders to aid Wiregrass towns and Johnson offering a bonus, which was declined.
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Dothan
Abbeville
R. H. Ryan
C. Johnson
Ryan
Johnson
Ross Section Of City Kid Memory Of Old Manhattan
Hal Boyle recalls Jerry, a Greenwich Village child met ten years earlier, describing a tough, blond boy who lived with working-class parents in a cramped flat. The reminiscence covers their early bond in a tobacco store and Boyle's memory of teaching him to say his name and a shared introduction to orange juice.
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Ross
City Kid
Old Manhattan
Hal Boyle
New York
Jerry
Big City
Greenwich Village
Hich
Nell
Kansas City
Burl
Boyle
Ferry
Democrats Draft Rayburn as Minority Leader in Congress
Dothan Rotarians sponsor a four session World Affairs Institute at the Recreation Center starting Jan 16 through Feb 6. Speakers include Chester Tobin Imre Kovas Clarence Sorensen and Mor ria Cuers with night talks on Is Cooperation Possible followed by audience questions. The program aims to educate Dothan youths and is part of a national Rotary effort to foster international understanding.
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Institute of International Understanding
Rotary International
Dothan Rotary Club
Chester M. Tobin
Chicago
Imre Kovas
Phaenixville
Penn
Pancsova
Hungary
Europe
Clarence W. Sorensen
Morria H. Cuers
Indianapolis
Ind
R. M. Ward
Dothan Club
Dothan
Rotary
United States
Canada
Geneva P and MA Committees to Learn Duties
Geneva County production and marketing administration committeemen will meet in the P and MA office in Geneva on June 3 to learn duties under the 1947 farm program. R M Hatcher reports the meeting will cover how to obtain conservation practice assistance, available funds, and eligibility steps for farmers.
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Geneva
Geneva County
P and MA
R. M. Hatcher
State Fund For Conservation
Hatcher
Lady Cops Top Says Police Captain In Chicago
Police Captain Timothy Lynne commands 600 women officers and claims they are better than men. He says women are less conspicuous and more persuasive, able to deter crime and pursue clues with persistent digging.
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Chicago
Timothy Lynne
Lynne
Larceny Charge Filed Against Dothan Man
Harmon McLendon is charged with petty larceny in recorders court for taking 20 dollars. He was arrested by city police yesterday and released today after posting bond.
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Harmon McLendon
Recorders Court
Hattie Anderson
McLendon
Republicans Finish Organization Work
In Washington Rep Charles Halleck of Indiana won the House Republican leadership as the new GOP Congress convenes. Rep Joseph Martin Jr will succeed Sam Rayburn as speaker after Rayburn was drafted as minority leader despite saying he did not want the post. Democrats chose McCormack as minority leader with Barkley and Lucas filling other top posts.
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Lyle C. Wilson Washington
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Halleck
Everett M. Dirksen
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Dirksen
Clarence Brown
Joseph Martin, Jr
Mass
Rayburn
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Truman
Senate Democrats
Sen
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Scott Lucas
Winds
Barkley
Lucas
Lister Hill
Alabama
Texas West
Washington
Senate
Portal To Portal Suits Irk Solons
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, co author of the law behind portal to portal pay suits, urged Congress to wait for court rulings before acting. He noted the Supreme Court decision prompts employers to face large back pay claims while several GOP senators favor legislative action pending judicial outcomes.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utahi
Congress
Thomas
Utah Democrat
Supreme Court
High Court
Cameron resigns to become deputy under sheriff elect
City policeman H E Cameron resigns from Dothan police force effective January 1 to serve as deputy under Sheriff elect Walt Cameron. Willie H Roney, formerly with Newville, is appointed to fill the vacancy and began duties last night.
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H. EF. Cameron
Dothan
J. F. Draughon
Patrobman
Walt Cameron
Draughon
Willie H. Roney
Newville
Roney
Gun-Toting Bandits Stage $5,000 Holdup
Two youths with pistols and a sawed-off shotgun robbed a trader camp operator and a tavern owner on Pulaski highway, netting $4,919 plus smaller sums. Police traced the group to a black sedan with Florida plates, fleeing toward Baltimore, with a woman driver.
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Benson
Pulaski Highway
Baltimore
Florida
Essex
George Painter
Pistol Point
Frank Kondelik
Earthworms Linked to Higher Crop Yields Through Soil Study
U S soil scientists Henry Hopp and Homer T Hopkins report at the AAAS meeting that earthworms may boost soil fertility and crop production. They note uncertain factors include population control and winter die‑offs, with further research needed to cultivate earthworms effectively.
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Paul F. Ellis
Boston
Henry Hopp
Homer T. Hopkins
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Republicans Move to Bar Bilbo From Senate Door
The Republican steering committee urged that Senator Theodore Bilbo be barred at the Senate door when taking the oath for a new term, amid charges of misusing office and war contractor ties. Taft indicated possible GOP Democrat talks to avoid a filibuster delaying organization, with a vote likely on temporary seating.
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Washington
Tap
Republican Steering Committee
Theodore G. Hilbo
Senate
Taft
Ohioan
Congress Munday
Bilbo
Barkley
Kentucky
Hilbo
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Bridges
Waterman Airlines suspends service to Dothan airport
Waterman Airlines announced suspension of scheduled passenger service to Dothan and Muscle Shoals Alabama effective tomorrow due to lack of patronage. The Alabama Public Service Commission ordered the halt immediately on a temporary basis. The firm will continue flying between Mobile Montgomery Birmingham and Huntsville with dashy flights.
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Mobile
Ala
Waterman Airlines
Dothan
Muscle Shoals
Alataras Public Service Commission
Stote
Jack W.mhormury
Ananager
Cautaue
Mobtile
Montgomery
Birruniary
Hmunteville
Maverming
Watertean Stout Uoaip Corp
Alabama
Taining
Cigaret Machine Stolen From Service Station Front
A cigaret machine was stolen from in front of the Thirty-One Tire Station at Crasford and S. Oates streets. It contained about $20 in cigarets and $2 in change. Police say the machine was carried away not entered into the building. no arrests yet, suspects being questioned.
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Crasford
S. Oates
Victim Guarded as Former Husband Sought in Attack
Olga Trapani Rocco, 28, lay critically injured after a brutal assault by her former husband Alfresco Rocco alias Alfonse Huceco. Police kept a patrol inside her hospital room while hunting the suspect, described as dangerous and elusive, with clues including a gray tweed coat and a key. A store clerk, Miss Vask, remained in protective custody as investigators chased leads along Route 4.
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New York
Olga Trapani Rocco
Alfresco Rocco
Alfonse Huceco
Duvirue
Sun
Rocco
Henry Strauss
Harry Leventhal
Brighton Head
Philadelphia
Florence Crittenden Bare
Plane Crashes in Nashville Injuring Eight and Vaudeville Troupe
A DC-3 two motor liner crash in fog near Nashville injured eight people including members of a vaudeville troupe led by John Calvert. The aircraft struck a house, damaging the kitchen as occupants and children were hurt. Calvert and Ford Jones suffered broken legs while Mrs. Sidler and others were seriously injured. Flight origin Richmond Va and fog prevented a safe landing. Calvert planned to perform tonight using crutches and continue to Bristol Va.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Delta
John Calvert
Hollywood
Bardie Id
Pondielavw
S. Sidler
Jeanette Sidler
Calvert
Chifford Jones
Woarnoinpgheam
Alis
Jepis
Sidiers
Owhiets
Mill
Rachmond
Bristol
Storm Over Dixie Brings Ice Snow Slumps Across South
Storms blanket the South with rain sleet and snow as New Year travel rush grinds to a standstill. Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee report heavy ice damage to lines trees and roads with Memphis worst in 25 years. One death at a railroad crossing and another injury follow a fall amid slick conditions.
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Associated Press
Jaous
South
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ten- Mensee
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Greenville
Mike
Greenwood
T D. Woodward
Western Union
Long
Monroe
Shreveport
Norn
Tennessee
Memphis
Middle Tennessee
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H. E. Cameron
City Police Force
Earthworm
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