Do than Chamber Of Commerce Opens New Year Meetings
Do than Chamber of Commerce directors plan a January 12 meeting to set 1949 work under new President Alto Lee. Dothan firemen responded to two minor post noon grass and car fires six minutes apart with no damage. Reverend Donald Graham will give The Life of Christ in song at Lafayette Street Methodist Church tonight at 1 PM. Dothan Pilot Club meets at Houston Hotel at 7 PM with Mrs Blondell Garrett presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Alto Lee
Dothan
West Burdeshaw Street
B. W. Dalton
East Main Street
Donald Graham
41St Infantry
Christ
Lafayette Sweet Methodist Church
Dothan Pliot Club
Houston
Blondell Garrett
Holland Fined 300 and Six Months For Beating Woman
In Houston County Inferior Court Ralph Holland pleaded guilty to assault and battery and received a $300 fine and six months hard labor. An added 90 days were imposed for failure to pay the fine. Other terms include Fred Patrick pleading guilty to bad checks with a $50 fine or 20 days, Dewey Forehand accusing Patrick of forgery, Billie Enfinger fined for DWI, and multiple assault and battery convictions with small fines. Various defendants waived preliminary hearings. several cases involve felonies and bond details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Holland
Houston County
Holland
Leila Holland
Fred Patrick
Dewey Forehand
Patrick
Dewey
Billie B. Enfinger
Luther
Bill Starling
Willig Fred Wilson
Gordon
Clara Pearl Roberts
Arnald Denson
OD. N. Reader
Roberts
Pat Jones
Denson
Reader
Schwobilt celebrates 37th anniversary with bargain suits
Man finds pants in package from Schwobilt with new suit. extra pair of pants as anniversary gift. Complete selection of wool suits in all sizes shapes and colors. With every suit purchase, Schwobilt adds an extra pair of sports or dress pants valued $10.95 to $12.95. Limited time advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwobilt
Schwobilt's
Committee Named To Study Problems Of Negro Colleges
Governor James E. Folsom appoints a 35 member committee of educators ministers and civic leaders to study college training for Negroes in Alabama. The group will meet soon to begin work and seek sound recommendations on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal
Ala
A.S. Turnipseed
Dexter Avenue Methodist Church
Montgomery
W. Patrick Donnelly
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Ralph G. Holberg
Henry M. Edmonds
Birmingham
H. B. Levie
Albertville
J. A. Bryan
The
Deaf and Blind School
Talladega
C LO
Cary Haigler
Joe Alex McGowin
Parker Campbell
Scottsboro
McClellan van der Veer
Birmingham News
Bruce Shelton
Tuscaloosa News
Hubert Searcy
Huntingdon College
Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
C. F. Zukoski, Jr
Eva Comer Ryding
Tom Russell
Alexander City
Cold snap sweeps Southwest and Dixie toward New England
A powerful northward sweep of arctic air, labeled Number 15 Pacific Coast line, pushed cold from the Southwest into Dixie and toward New England. Early today injuries not reported, with temperatures plunging to 23 below at Butte Montana and 30 above at Fresno California. Forecasters warned the cold front could reach the Gulf region and possibly Florida, following a similar temperature plunge that spawned tornadoes in the Southwest yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
New England
Mercury
Butte
Mont
Williston
N. C
Spokane
Fresno Cal
Eugene
Ore
Winslow
Ariz
Chicago
Gulf Area
Florida
Florida Governor outlines tax plan and road safety drive
Governor Warren pledges to curb waste and fund essential services by taxing new sources rather than a sales tax. He vows to reduce highway deaths through eliminating roaming stock and drunken driving, with ongoing road education. He aims to revive pine timber growth, stop forest fires, expand tourism, and strengthen health and elderly care while staying accessible to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Florida
Heaven
Wilson T. Sowder
Special Municipal Election in Dothan Alabama Notice
Notice of special election called by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Dothan Alabama to be held in the city on a specified Tuesday. The sale of the city's undivided one half interest in an electric generating plant at Napier Field Dale County Alabama is involved. Voters must cast ballots in their ward voting precinct. Witness dated December 18 1948 and December 31 26 January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Janers
Dothan
Alabama
Seid City
Napier Field
Dale County
H. Brennan
Board of Commilasiacare
City of
Bothar
Glenn Jones Named Publisher Of Troy Messenger
Glenn Jones, longtime Alabama newspaper man and former Tuscaloosa News business manager, becomes publisher of the Troy Messenger. Col. Eildon J. Hoar relinquishes active control to focus on an office supply business, retaining a financial stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Glenn Jones
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Jones
Southeast Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
Katherine Davidson
M. M. Davidson
Bryan
Carol
the Messenger
William J. Blan
Sidney H. Blan
A. C
H. T. McKinnon
Cody Hall
Dodson
Hall
McKinnon Brothers
Colonel Hoar
Ivey job split over Mills license sparks city talks
Ivey admitted he worked under Mills permit for at least one job though he is licensed as both plumber and electrician. Some plumbers disputed Ivey’s status, but the commissioners delayed a ruling pending city attorney advice. State Agriculture reps gain access to city property for a mobile soil testing lab to operate six to eight weeks at East Main shops. A complaint over drainage on two properties prompted inquiries from G. Parrish and J. Barber. Perry Lee Gibson seeks compensation for a leg injury from a hole where a power pole had been removed, totaling 29.70 in medical costs. The Dothan Bus Company will remove 30 minute Sunday service on four routes, replacing with hourly service. An election official list was approved for the January 18 referendum on the power plant sale, with Napier Field plant slated for sale at 60,000 pending ballot approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivey
Mills
Stephens
State Department of Agriculture
East Main Street
G. J. Parrish, Sr
J. C. Barber
W. Guy Hardwick
John
Perry Lee Gibson
South Alice Street
Dothan Bus Company
Hall's
Hall's Dairy, South Side, Marth Highland
West Main
Napier Field
Foreign reparations talks outline 1948 directives
The Far Eastern Commission cites directives from 23 and 13 through 1948 covering Japan's demilitarization and destruction of war industries to sending students abroad for cultural instruction. The final directive opened Japanese scientific data to 45 wartime enemies, with remaining reparations questions on assets, distribution, and recipients. The commission includes the United States China United Kingdom Australia India Netherlands Philippines France New Zealand Russia and Canada.
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Japan
Far Eastern Commission
United States
China
United Kingdom
Australia
India
Netherlands
Philippines
France
New Zealand
Russia
Canada
New Orleans Cotton Futures Quiet and Irregular
New Orleans cotton futures showed quiet to irregular trading with noon prices up five cents per bale at 10 cents higher on the day. Contracts for March May October and December fluctuated, while New York prices also moved unevenly with March at 32.18, May 31.94, and July 30.92 as the market reacted to varied demand.
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New Orleans
Sas
New York
Montgomery Market Report Details Mixed Livestock Prices
Feeder prices listed across hog and cattle classes with ranges for weights from 100 to 500 pounds. Cattle receipts moderate with varied demand. hogs show weakness in barrows and gilts, sows steady. Feeders and calves priced in the mid teens to mid twenty dollars, with larger lots and stockers cited. Market notes reference MONDAY close and general steady to weaker tones in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Mkt
Fed
Truman Democrats and Republicans unite to break House rule
In the opening day vote the administration backed plan to curb the rules committee power. 49 Republicans joined 49 Democrats to push the measure, 278 to 142, offsetting 31 Southern Democrats. The result showed a rare cross party coalition in the new House.
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Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Hose Rules Committee
Truman Democrats
Rules Committee
Legislative
Legislative Committee
New House
Republicans vote split amid Taft insurgent challenge
The 14 to 71 split shows Taft policy backers and insurgents facing off as Republicans dispute the party's direction. Taft and supporters claim no permanent rift will form, while Margaret Chase Smith praises forward looking aims. Wherry becomes floor leader, defeating Knowland as insurgents’ bloc reshapes leadership.
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Taft
Wherry
Nebraska
Knowland
California
Senktor Millikin
Colorado
Withetsi
Etary
Creaie
Rekatey Geleesiall Seemer
Geneva High School Construction Work To Start Shortly
Geneva County announces start soon of new Geneva High School building by Chapman Construction, low bidder J. J. Collins. A new vocational building at Coffee Springs is planned, with contracts to be set by the county board of education. The two projects are part of last year’s extensive school-building program, already delivering Negro and white school facilities and numerous renovations across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Genéva
Chapman Construction Company
J. J. Collins
Geneva” County
Coffee Springs
Enuity Board of Education
Geneva County School Board
Hartford
Bellwood
Slocomb
Samson
Tate
Sloacomb
Malvern
Fadette
Black
Hacoda
Bullock
Lowery
Elephant Named Babe Central In Trainer's Back Pay Claim
In Selma Alabama a four year old elephant named Babe is the focus of a court action to satisfy a back pay claim of 693.75 by trainer Frank Legeli. Attorneys obtained attachment papers against Babe and the animal was ordered stored at the Sellers place near Selma with Hane left in charge for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Gamble
John Blanton
Pauline K. Barnes
Robert Moore
M. W. Holley
George Hart
Sellers Place
Hane
After the Tornado at Brady Mills and Town
The town faced a devastating tornado about 5 45 p m with Bradleys Mill hardest hit losing both payroll and dozens of houses. An emergency morgue housed forty bodies as embalmers worked through the night while residents searched for missing relatives amid ruined homes and scattered records.
Honest Reading Student Pleads Guilty to Theft
Daniel George Maggs, an engineering student at Reading University, pleaded guilty to a theft charge in court. He received a one year probation after explaining he took the machine home because he was “absolutely hopeless at calculations.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading. Eng
Daniel George Maggs
Reading University
Day
Beaune
Horse Gets Revenge Against Machine Age
Westal New Jersey in a highway incident a saddle horse leaped from a bank and crashed into a car driven by Henry J. Bucher in the pre dawn hour. The horse fled afterward with a dramatic tail spray while Bucher reported the event to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machine Age
Westal
Henry J. Bucher
Bucher
Warren Tornado Ravages Town and Mills Through Night
A violent tornado struck Warren Arkansas at 5:54 p.m. tearing a mile long residential strip, damaging 12 outbuildings and a large machine shop. Debris piled high as residents aided the injured, Red Cross workers set up soup kitchens, and National Guardsmen, Marines, and state police patrolled to prevent looting. Emergency morgue set up behind Warren Funeral Home with embalmers from surrounding towns. Households reported multiple casualties and widespread destruction as power lines, gas lamps, and telephone wires tangled in rubble.
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Flinchum
Warren Funeral Home
Red Cross
American Legion
Charline Knight
Warren
Russell Jeffers
Pine Bluff
Harold
Hurley
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Shumate
Wilson's peanuts yield on experimental land record season
Wilson reports planting between April 20 and 26 with four leaf spot dustings, two copper sulphur and two sulfur, at 14 day intervals. Worm control used Cryolite after appearance of worms, dustings twice. Harvested and stacked between Oct 6 and Nov 10, yield averaged 216 dollars per ton. The stand was good on new land, a year of experimentation.
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Wilson
Wiregrass Scouters To Get Five Silver Beavers This Year
Five silver beaver awards will be presented to Scouters in the Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council at the council's annual meeting Jan. 11 at the Ik Community House. The silver beaver is the highest award for local council service. Identity of recipients is a secret until names are called. Robert McRight, council scout executive, disclosed today. The council plans to use a portion of a surplus for the 1948 meeting. A business session precedes the banquet where Hugh Comer will speak. R. C. Joiner, council president, will direct the meeting with officer elections for 1949. More than 200 scouters and guests are expected at 7:15 p.m. The banquet will be in the main dining room. Gene Ramage will receive a training certificate from Roy Jeffcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Alabama
Boy Scout Council
Robert McRight
Council
Mwates
Hugh Comer
R. C. Joiner
Gene Ramage
Dothan
Brurndidge
Roy Jeffcoat
Troy
Fate Of Prisoners Demanded Of Russia
Washington reports Western powers have not heard on the fate of about 890,532 German POWs held by the Soviet Union. The State Department released Moscow notes demanding exact counts and reiterating a 1947 agreement that all POWs be discharged by end of 1948. The note warns that failure to comply harms world opinion and faith in postwar arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Robbery Backfires In Peoria Garage Attempt
Frank Lindstrom surprised burglars at his Peoria garage as they grabbed loot and a shotgun. Startled, the suspects fled, leaving behind a bicycle and the shotgun near a fence. Lindstrom retrieved the bike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Frank Lindstrom
Lindstorm
Death of four day old David Wilson Deal in Graceville
Four day old David Wilson Deal, son of Mr and Mrs Wilsy Deal of Graceville, died yesterday afternoon at a Cu than hospital. Funeral services were held at Damascus church at 2 p m with Rev Mr Cozart officiating. Burial followed in Chicos cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include the parents and grandparents Mrs W H Deal of Tallahassee and Mrs Annie B Golden of Campbellton, plus several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson Deal
Wilsy Deal
Graceville
Cuthan
Damascus Church
Cozart
Chicos Cemetery
Johnson Funens
W. H. Deal
Tallahassee
Annie B. Golden
Campbellton
Funeral for Margaret Lewis Held in Ward Wilse Chapel
Funeral services for Margaret Lewis twenty seven of 900 Baxley street Dothan who died in Donalsonville were held at Ward Wilse chapel with Rev D M Downey officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery. Surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs George Lewis of Dothan a brother Charles Lewis of Dothan three sisters Mrs Charles Smith and Mrs Hansel Harrell both of Dothan and Nes W W Howard St Petersburg Fla plus several nieces and nephews Active pallbearers were Glenn Avery Robert and Buck Williams Charles Riley Fos Wright and W T Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lewis
Baxley Street
Dothan
Donalsonville
Ward Wilse Chapel
D. M. Downey
City Cemetery
Ward Wilson
Miss Lewis
Bainbridge
George Lewis
Charles Lewis
Charles Smith
Hansel Harrell
Nes
W. W. Howard
St Petersburg
Fla
Glenn Avery
Robert and
Buck Willams
Charles Riley
Fos. Wright
W. T. Dixon
Vauder C Davis Funeral Services In Graceville
Funeral services for Vander Davis thirty four of Graceville will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Graceville Baptist Church. The Rev C C Ballroom and the Rev W W Waterman will officiate with Ward Wilson directing interment at Mt Calvary cemetery. Surviving are his wife a dancer Katie Nell a son Kennet mother Mrs Claudia Davy Williams Graceville a sister Mrs Sam Hadden Columby Ga five brothers T J Davy Bedford Va Vester and Jack Davis both of Graceville Milton and Moody Davis both of Columbus Ga and a number of nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Davis
Gracevill
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Graceville Baytist Church
Rev. C. C
W. W. Waterman
Ward-Wison
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Katie Nell
Kennet
Claudia Davy Williams
Graceville
Sam Hadden
Columby
T. J. Davy Bedford
Vester
Jack Davis
Graceville Row
Milton and
Moody Devis
Columbus
Shanghai Plan to End Civil War in Five Northern Provinces
Report from Shanghai and Tsingtao via Associated Press notes 13 Shanghai businessmen and Com munists preset for talks to end civil war in five northern provinces. Vice Admiral Oscar C Badger would keep Bu base at Tsingtao while efforts to obtain a statement from Admiral Ba continued. National Navy personnel vacating Shantung University quarters by January 21. campus houses to revert to university. Rumors claim Communists planning large scale action in Tsingtao area and concerns over U S mediation of settlement.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
Associated Press
Lock
Oscar C. Badger
Western Pacific
Admiral Ba
Nati
Shantung University
Shantung Peninsula
U. S
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Troy Messenger
Bintan
Jessy
Republican Party
Geneva High School
Jesser
Hradley
J. E. Ives
Frazer Funeral Home
Wiregrass Scouters
Deal Infant
Vauder
C. Davis
OUR
Rele Life
Jason H. Trant
W. Washington
Lee Ee Ee
Oewage, Mi. J
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Prophecy
New York City
Handel
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