Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Miss Mary Anne Thomley of Emory University Nursing School visits her parents in Dothan during holidays. James D. Oliver, USN, serves aboard USS Orion in the Atlantic Fleet after training at Great Lakes. Limestone purchases announced for Houston County farmers at $3 per ton with PMA plans. Veterans Affairs warns against requests claiming special talents for training changes under Public Law 346, 15 days notice advised. A. J. Jackson, 35, Negro delivery man for Cash Drug, injured when motorcycle overturned. hospitalized. Leona May and James Williams each sentenced to two years on brand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Thomley
Emory University School of Nursing
Atlanta, Ga
R. B. Thomley
Dothan
James D. Oliver
Usn
C. F. Oliver
Cottonwood
Orion
Oliver
Cottonwood High School
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Houston County
PMA
Jesse A. Culbreth
Veterans Affairs
Sam J. Parrish
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Parrish
D. C. Halstead
Leona May
James Williams
Williams
Roy Mason
Joe Roney
Rules reform eyed to loosen committee gridlock
In 1945 a fair employment practices bill was stalled in committee. The plan, floated by Democratic leaders, would allow a committee chairman whose bill has sat for 21 days to request a House vote on consideration, with recognition needed from the Speaker on specific days. This could bypass the rigid rules panel and accelerate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rules Committee
House
New Year's Arrests Top Christmas Total
The arrest count in Dothan and Houston County rose during the New Year weekend yet stayed below many 1948 weekends. City police made 23 of 28 total arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. 13 were jailed last weekend. County arrests included three from other cities Ashford and Tallahassee. Richard Cooper, 24, a Negro, held per Florida authorities. Virgil Massey, 36, faced assault, battery and abusive language warrants from Ashford official Max Bruner. Gene Elmore, 31, sought in city court. Massey accused of assaulting Durwood Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Houston County
Ciy
Ashford
Tallahassee
Richard Cooper
Necro
Farmers In County Ask Terracing Aid
The Agricultural Conservation Association ACA plans terracing aid in 1949 with two payment rates 90 cents and 1.30 dollars per hundred feet. A preliminary ACA county survey will determine need the applicable rate and extent of work. The higher rate applies to heavy soils or where terraces cost two dollars or more per 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Conservation Association
PMA
Jesse A. Culbreth
ACA County Committee
Culbreth
Congress Opens With Party Tensions and Truman State of Union
The 81st Congress opens amid intraparty clashes as Republicans target the House rules committee and Senate leadership battles unfold. President Truman launches the 1949 campaign with the State of the Union and economic plans, while Sam Rayburn becomes speaker and McKellar assumes Senate pro tempore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Taftas
Senate
GOP
Truman
Congress
House
White House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Senator McKellar
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Barkley
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Martin
Dothan Masons Schedule Full Week of Meetings
The Masonic bodies in Dothan announce a week of activities starting tonight with a special 7 PM meeting by the Dothan Council Royal and Select Masters to confer all degrees on six candidates. Dothan Lodge 466 meets Tuesday at 7 PM for business and work, Houston Lodge plans a Wednesday special for fellowcraft degree, and Dothan Commandery 25 holds its regular meeting on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Masons
Dothan Council
Royal and Select Masters
Dothan Lodge 466
Houston Lodge
Dothan Commandry 25
Snow and Floods Strain Western Plains and Northeast
A severe cold wave grips the West while heavy snow slows travel from Colorado to Wyoming. Rivers flood parts of New England and New York, with five deaths and millions in damage. Roads, trains, and utilities face outages as residents evacuate and authorities respond.
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Twin Springs
Idaho
Pacific Coast
California
Bakersfield
Canf
Mercury
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
New York State
Hudson River
Adirondack
Troy
New York
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
New Jersey
Attorneys foresee high court challenge to Taft Hartley ban
Several lawyers say the ruling on state bans would shape any future high court test of constitutionality. The 1947 Taft Hartley Act bars future closed shop contracts and allows union shop only if a majority of workers vote for it. Under union shop, employers hire anyone but workers must join the union within a set period.
Suffering and war cry from Pan Kung-chan council letter
A letter signed by Pan Kung chan and city council members pleads for peace amid famine and war, noting the aged and weak near starvation and the nation in turmoil. It references Mayor K C Wu and Chiang Kai shek era politics, while a fragmented sports throwaway mentions Texas football beating Rice Baylor and Texas Too in three Southwest Conference games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan Kung-chan
K. C. Wu
Chiang Kai-shek
Texas
Walétime Sokious
Rice
Baylor
Mary E. Wiggins Funeral Service Held Near Echo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Wiggins sixty nine of near Echo were held Tuesday at 11 a m at the church with Rev S M Baldwin officiating. Interment was in Echo cemetery under Holman Funeral Home direction. Survived by two daughters Mrs Mary Chapman Rochelle NL and Mrs Ollie Griswold Newville route a son MSgt Lloyd T Wiggins Eglin Field Fla and several other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Lloyd T. Wiggins
Eglin Field
Fla
Mrs Margaret K Var num Varnum Dies In Dothan Area
Mrs Margaret Katherlinda Varnum ninety one lifelong county resident died at home on Dothan route three She was Primitive Baptist Church member Funeral set for 11 am Tuesday Piney Grove Church Elder Dallas to preside Ward Wilson to direct interment in church cemetery She survived by six sons J A J L W S J W Varnum of Dothan route two W P Varnum Colquitt Ga and C M Varnum Dothan-route three plus 38 grandchildren 51 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fe, Varnum
Margaret Katherlinda Varnum
Dothan
Primitive Baptist Church
Piney Grove
Dallas
Ward-Wilson
J. &. Holland
M. C. Anderson
Chipley
T. J
J. L
W. S
J. W. Varnum
W. P. Varnum
Colquitt, Ga
Co. M. Varnum
Kilgore Funeral Held At Smyrna Church
Funeral services for Mrs. L. E. Kilgore fifty eight who died after a long illness at her Dothan route four home were held this afternoon at Smyrna Church with Rev. Herman Greer and Rev. J. W. Yeoman officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery Ward Wilson directing survivors include husband four daughters two sons eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Active pallbearers were J Huvert Jessie Milton Carroll D G and Earl Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Kilgore
Dothan
Smyrna Church
Herman Greer
J. W. Yeoman
Church
Ward- Wilson
Kilgore
Houston County
Smyrna Baptist Church
Bernard Bostwick
Roy Newton
J. C. Griggs
Annie Kilgore
Eglin Field
Fla
Jessie
Robert Kilgore
J. Huvert
Milton
Carroll
D. G
Earl Farmer
J L Snider Enterprise Obituary In Alabama
J L Snider seventy seven retired merchant and longtime Coffee County resident died at his daughter's home in Enterprise. He ran a mercantile business in Clintonville and lived with his daughter after retirement. He was a member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church and New Brockton Masonic Lodge. Funeral 2 30 pm Tuesday at Wesley Chapel with Rev Cecil Bradley and Rev W M Guice officiating. Interment in the church cemetery handled by Searcy Funeral Home. Surviving wife Mamie Warren Snider two daughters Mercer K Ellis and Roy Boyette two sisters R S Mcphar son and J W Skinner and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Snider
Coffee County
Mercer Ellis
Snider
Clintonville
Wesley Chapel
New Brockton
R. S. McPharson
Troy
J. W. Skinner
Nashville
Tenn
Negro applicants aimed to register at Tuskegee Institute event
Number 23 Charles G Gomillton dean of education at Tuskegee Institute and chairman of the political action committee of the all Negro Tuskegee Civic Association said other Negro applicants would seek to register today beyond those in the crowd this morning Bentley recently named to the board to fill a vacancy from last April promised his group would meet today to function as we’re Supposed to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Gomillton
Tuskegee Institute
All Negra Tuskegee Civic Association
Bentley
New Orleans Cotton Edges Lower on Liquidation and Hedge Selling
New Orleans cotton futures eased at midday as long liquidation and hedge selling pressured prices. May, July, and Oct contracts traded lower, with declines of several cents per bale from the prior close. New York futures also slipped on commission-house liquidation and trade selling, finishing with March near 32.20, May around 21.98, and July near 29.6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hightow
New York
Cotton New York
World War II Dead Relocated to 14 Overseas Cemeteries
The Army announced 14 permanent WWII cemeteries in Europe Africa and the Philippines to unite American war dead overseas. About 100000 of 257,890 identified casualties are expected to be interred there with families choosing overseas burial or homeward return.
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Washington
Europe
Africa
Philippines
Army
America
Pacific
France
St. Laurent
St. Lo
St- James
Rennes
Draguignan
St. Rafael
Epinal
St. Avold
Metz
Italy
Nettuni
Anzio
Rome
Florence
North Africa
Carthage
Tunis
Philippine
Fort McKinley
Manila
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Juan
P. R
Belgium
England
Locks Doctor Retires After 58 Years Work
PITTSBURGH "UP" Doc William Tibi retires after 58 years of practice. His career focused on jammed locks and safes, with emergency calls from Pittsburghers. He ran a shop that kept traditional keymaking alive, filing keys by hand and producing six handmade items in the time newer machines take to make one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Doc
William Tibi
American Medical Association
Tibi
Yale students killed in crash prompt grief across campus
Cole described escaping a fire in a plane crash that killed fellow Yale students. David Bruce Haerle died after his father’s rail ticket misled him to fly. Unknown to parents, Haerle boarded Boeing Field. Jack Roderick survived. Yale President Charles Seymour called the community stricken with grief as weather delays delayed departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
David Bruce Haerle
Haerle
Boeing Field
Jack Roderick
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Charles Seymour
Raids keep Jerusalem residents in shelters amid air alerts
Jewish Jerusalem endured two raids last night with residents sheltering about 25 minutes per alert. Israeli authorities withheld official details, as the Holy City suffered its third bombing since the current Arab Jewish war begins. No region was named, likely due to censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Holy City
Kentucky Students Escape Crash Near Gordon
Two University of Kentucky students rode through a crash near Gordon with minimal injuries as a car driven by 22 year old Richard B. Branson of St. Petersburg Florida swerved to avoid another vehicle and overturned in a field. James K R Caghill of Louisville was present and Willie Fred Wilson of Gordon faced a driving without a license charge. The incident damaged 15 feet of fence and involved U S Highway 84. The students were returning to Lexington from classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kentucky
Gordon
Richard B. Branson
St. Petersburg
Fla
James KR. Caghill
Louisville
Willie Fred Wilson
Jeffcoat
Branson
Wilson’s
Branson’s
Wilson's
Wilson
Lexington
Livestock prices move at eight plants across several states
Arrivals totaled 500 cattle 200 calves and 3500 hogs at eight major packing plants in Georgia Florida Alabama and nearby states. Hog market ranged 1 to 1.50 lower than Friday with gate quotes for various weight classes from 140 to 270 pounds and up to 16.50 for the heaviest hogs. Montgomery reports slow trade with bids down 50 or more on slaughter cattle while calves and hogs show mixed steady to slightly lower tone.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Wwfla
Montgomery
Federal-State Market News Service
Union Stockyards
Robbers Raid Empty Bank in Daylight Hold-up Fails
Three masked robbers waited for a bank teller outside a Chicago area bank. They grabbed a passerby on the street but found no money as the wallet they targeted was empty. Police investigation follows the failed daylight robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hbose
Indonesia Guerrillas Stab Dutch Positions on Java
Indonesian guerrillas repeatedly stabbed Dutch positions on Java as a cease fire was issued by the Dutch though operations against roaming groups could continue. Reports detail attacks on East Java towns, a bridge blast near Soerakarta, a convoy clash, and a rubber estate defense near Buitenzorg, with Dutch casualties and a UN cease fire reference dating to December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Ponciogo
Sukahardjo
Wonogiri
Soekaboemi
Garod
Bantasa Harbor
East Java
Soerakarta
Cherivon
Buitenzorg
J.J. G2
Simon Spoor
Netherlands
United Nations Good Offices Committee
One Sular Truce Commission
Security Council
Conviction of DWI Brings $101 Fine
Interior Court Judge J. T. Jackson fined Preston Chandler eleven dollars plus court costs after guilty pleas to driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. Chandler paid 100 dollars on DWI and one on the license charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Chandler
Interior Court
J. T. Jackson
J. T. Edmondson
Gus Hughes
Wayman Hughes
Walkie-Talkies Fight Illegal Hunting in Livingston County
In Livingston County walkie talkie radios once used in war are repurposed to aid game protectors. County sportsmen contributed 500 dollars and the board of supervisors 250 dollars to buy three 10 pound radios. They will operate on batteries and tune to the sheriff's 37 megacycle frequency for contact with the Geneseo sheriff's headquarters or the three protectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dansville
N.Y
Livingston County
Board of Supervisors
Geneseo
Wia
Two Men Rob North Carolina Bank in Broad Daylight
In Pembroke North Carolina two men held up the Scottish Bank near noon. A blue 1949 Mercury with several thousand dollars fled the scene. One gunman, described as an Indian, corralled cashier J Hood and three clerks behind the tellers cage while rifling cash drawers. A getaway car license number was obtained and police pursued the suspects with federal agents stating they expected to arrest one or both robbers within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke
N. C
Hood
Lois Beesom
G. A. Chandler
Charlie Lewis
Charlotte
FBU
Charles Brawn
Brawn
FBT
Boy's Arm Is Broken In Coffee Accident
Two vehicle crashes near Enterprise yesterday injured one person. R C Lawson, 19, of Daleville route 1, lost control on US 81 and overturned twice. A J Lawson, 15, his brother, broke an arm and was treated. R C Lawson faces reckless driving and license charges. A second crash on a county road near Covington County line involved B Bailey, 12, of Opp route 2, and W A Ramen, 38, of Opp route 3. no injuries reported and neither driver has documented licenses. Damages about 450 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Enterprise Highway Patrol Station
U. S. Highway 81
R. C. Lawson
Daleville
A. J. Lawson
Covingtm
Clarence Bailey
Opp
W. A Ramen
P. Bailey
Traffic disorders blamed on human error not机械 faults
A national trade publication states that only about one fifth of fatal motor accidents come from mechanical faults. the remaining four fifths are due to human errors, challenging the idea that crashes mainly affect others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
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Cash Drug Company
Montana Street
Jackson
J. L. Harris
Pho
House Rules Committee
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
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International Tivadnec’ Krnncition
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Holand
Aachen
Germany
Hamm
Luxembourg
Henri Chapelle
Liege
Neuville-en-Condroz
Florida
C. R. Helms
N. D. Helms
Enterprise Route One
Naval Air Station
Chincoteague
Helms
Kentucky
Indonesia
North Carolina
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Ano
Foster
Receet
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