Alabama Liquor Tax Lifted Impacts State Stores
AP report from Montgomery notes federal taxes on liquor may be removed, raising questions on stock and revenue. E C Roy Osnley chairs the Beverage Control Board, warning of potential costs to absorb tax losses as stock inventories total about 94 000 cases. December sales at state stores reach a record 6.48 million with profits near 13.3 million for the year. the board lines up no new fittings for manufacturers awaiting a new board under Gov elect James E. Folsom.
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Montgomery
Alssma
Havor
E. C. Roy Oinsley
State Federic Beverage Control Board
Todry
Roy
Federa
A. C. Lee
Ionrcevill
E. W. Gunn
Ray
James E. Folsom
There’s No Telling What Cops Will Find
Reno police filed a theft report listing Hamlet's Hut at 753 West Fourth St as attacked by breaking glass and lifting a rear door catch. Loss was two and a half pieces of pie.
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Reno
Hamlet
West Fourth St
Former Charge Filed in Ice Plant Theft
Willi Harper, a Dothan Negro, faces a formal charge of breaking and entering in connection with the Faulkner Ice Co burglary on N Oates St. Police say he confessed to entering the ice plant where he worked, taking $5 from the cash drawer and selling stolen coal from a truck Harper drove for the company.
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Willi
Harper
Faulkner Ice Co
N. Oates St
Ice Company
Early 1947 Congress Opens With Bipartisan Tone
In the new Republican-led Congress, Rep Wright Patman D Texas proposes investigating fascist activity while House foreign affairs chair Charles Eaton R NJ backs Byrnes policies. Roll call shows 429 members, two vacancies. President Truman may deliver State of the Union in person, economy report midweek, budget Friday. Speaker-elect Joseph W Martin Jr Mass, Senate set to swear in new members and elect pro tempore with Arthur Vandenberg RI as likely president pro tempore.
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House
Knutson
Wright Patman
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Martin
Rayburn
Wisconsin
Alabama
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Ralph Roberts
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
R-Mass
Lewie Biffle
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Elactorate
Bilbo Neatter
Arthur Hi. Vandenberg
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Lasder Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Bilbo
Ferguson
Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Raymond E. Baldwin
R-Conn
Leslie Biffle
Taylor
Biffle
Mississipian
Rules Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Constitutional Amendment Session Transacts Limited Business
A legislative session records constrained by rules, allowing only organization of the Legislature, election of officers, and committee appointments. The report notes ambiguity and political contention over procedural limits and mentions a collision involving Ben Deal, Shelby Sallas, and others near Foster and Washington streets. Officers were sworn in amid sparse details.
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App
House of Rerreses
Patna
Ben Deal
Shelby
Sallas
Foster and
Washeston
Unofficial Election Proposed To Select Georgia Governor
In Atlanta an unnamed Georgia General Assembly member proposed an unofficial straw vote to gauge legislative preference for Georgia's next governor amid disputes between Herman Talmadge and Lieutenant Governor elect M. E. Thompson. Thompson claimed a majority in both House and Senate for serving until a 1948 general election, while Talmadge backers cited pledges and polls. AP poll results showed Thompson leading among legislators, with Talmadge supported by fewer than half the votes and a large group undecided or uncommitted.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia General Assembly
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Georgia House
Senate
Eugene Talmadge
Thompson
House
Talmadge
Gene Talmadge
Herman
Roy V. Harris
Jimmy Carmichael
Associated Press
General Assembly
Mrs Kate Benton of Cottonwood Dies
Funeral services for Mrs Kate W Benton fifty nine of Cottonwood who died last night at her sister Mrs Mary Curetons home Newville route one after a long illness were held this afternoon at Old Center Church with Rev Mr Crew of Echo officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery Headland Mortuary in charge Surviving are her husband Ivey Benton Cottonwood and a sister Mrs Mary Cureton Newville route one
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Kate W. Benton
Cottonwood
Mary Cureton
Newville
Old Center Church
Crew
Echo
Headland
Ivey Benton
Police Recover Cigaret Machine After Theft
Police report the cigaret machine stolen from in front of Thirty One Tire Co. at S. Oates and Crawford Streets Wednesday night was recovered on a country road three miles southwest of Dothan. It had been torn open with about $20 in cigarets and $20 in change taken. suspects are being questioned.
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Thirty- One Tire Co
S. Oates and
Crawford Streets
Dothan
Warren Takes Oath As Court Reporter
Linton C. Warren took the oath of office as official court reporter of the 20th Judicial Circuit after his reappointment for a six year term. Judge D.C. Hillste dd administered the oath yesterday. Warren's new term begins January 20.
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Linton C. Warren
D.C. Hillstedd
Warren
Snow, cold snap scatter across United States and South
Severe cold fronts spread from Texas to Maine as temperatures plunged to near record lows. Fort Worth 18 above, San Antonio 30, Del Rio 31. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont reported fresh 3 to 5 inch snowfalls. Ice and minor injuries reported in Chicago streetcar incident. Four killed in Missouri traffic crash amid heavy snowfall near Jefferson City.
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Elk City
Oxla
Tulsa
Olsta
Chicago
State
Wabash Avenue
Jefferson City
Texas
Mercury
Fort Worth
San Antonio
del Ring
Rio Grande Valley
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Sohervfield
Calif
Los x
Martin outlines tax cuts and industrial peace plan
The speaker argues for peacemaking at home and abroad, warning the economy is in a bog from past policies and wars. He calls for lower taxes funded by government cuts, reduced federal influence, and an industrial peace formula to boost production and prices without harming wages. He asserts competition as a regulator and warns against communism, urging self-reliance and strong U.S. standing to aid others.
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Martin
America
United States
Scouts hold cabin event and pack knap sack practice
Number 13 was held in the cabin, and Scouts also practiced packing a knap sack. Other Scouts attending, in addition to those named previously, were Jack Toler, Harvey Etridge and Tipton Carroll, all of Troop 10.
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Jack Toler
Harvey Ethridge
Tipton Carroll
Troon 10
Mrs Ruth O'Neal Dies In Marianna
Funeral services were held for Ruth O'Neal 33 at the Church of God after her death at the Marianna State Tuberculosis hospital. Interment followed at Kynesville cemetery. She leaves three sons Edward George John. three daughters Edna Merle Jean Joyce Ann. a brother P E Reynolds and three sisters Mrs R H Horne Mrs J T Sullivan and Mrs Carl Rivers.
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Marianna
Ruth O'Neal
Marianna State Tuberculosis Hospital
Church of God
Kynesville
Maddox Funeral Home
O'Neal
Edward
George
John
Edna Merle
Jean
Joyce Ann
Ell
P. E. Reynolds
Panama City
R. H. Horne
Keen Takes Office As Marianna Mayor
Marianna special report says Keen took the oath as Mayor-Commissioner succeeding R. L. Hinson. New commissioners A J Cobb Kehoe Irwin W A Maddox and R H Simmons joining holdsovers remain. Appointments list Cobb as finance chair Irwin cemeteries and sewage Maddox fire department Simmons streets. Police direction stays with the Mayor-Commissioner.
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Marianna
Charlton Keen
R. L. Hinson
A. J. Cobb
Kehoe Irwin
W. A. Maddox
R. H. Simmons
W. S. Maddox
Medics Meet Tonight in Houston County Society Session
The Houston County Medical Society will convene at 7 30 p m tonight in the public health building auditorium. Dr W T Burkett serving as secretary treasurer announced the meeting time and location.
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Houston County Medical Society
Public Health Building
W. T. Burkett
Livestock Pricing Across Southern Plants Shows Mixed Hogs Rally
Livestock receipts from Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and other markets totaled 00 cattle 250 calves and 3500 hogs. Hogs showed a strong undertone with steady prices while beefts moved higher. In Chicago salable hogs reached 23.50 with 180 to 270 pound stock at 22.75 to 23.98, and cattle trading active though stock cattle sat mostly idle due to weather.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fila
Chicago
Montgomery Market Cattle Hogs and Cotton Prices Report
The weekly cattle receipts are about 1250 with Friday trade active and strong. Slaughter cattle show mixed week-to-week gains up to 2.00 or more on good steers and yearlings while stockers rise about 50. calves receipts near 850 with strong Friday market, 18.00-21.00 for good and choice butcher calves. hogs receipts around 650 with Friday market fully steady and prices easing 50 cents to a dollar from week ago. Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans trade show mixed moves with nearby contracts around 32.70 to 32.85 latest bids and midmonth closes in the 32.00s to 33.00s.
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Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Ale
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
Blessed Relief Retonga Boosts Huntsville Woman
Mrs. Armelia Randolph of Huntsville Alabama credits Retonga with a blessed revelation guiding a ten pound weight gain after nervous indigestion and gas distress. She reports improved sleep appetite and digestion and urges others to try Retonga available at Cash Drug Store.
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Retonga
Armelia Randolph
N. Patton St
Huntsville
Ala
Mrs. Randolph
Cash Drug Store
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