Fives Play Ville Tonight In Warm Up For League Debut
The town league opens tonight with several games as teams prepare after the holidays. Abbeville hosts, Headland meets City, Columbia faces Re at Wicksourg, and Guicd travels to Cottonwood, with tentative starting times set amid gym readiness.
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Leonard Blatbat
Slocomo
Gocardy
D Richards
God
Shell
Gasoon
Abbeville
Headland
City
Columbia
Reat Wicksourg
Cottonwood
Rotary Speaker Frames Free Europe Talk at Meeting
At a Rotary Club gathering speaker Flowers presented "The Four Freedoms" inside a session led by Williams with Rev. F. Hascen and Edwin Ray among guests. The program noted GI postwar education benefits and a drop in West Virginia training class sizes from 49 to 44 students with 7 in the program.
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Fowers, Sr
Freevd
Europe
Malone
Commalimas
Williams
F. J. Has
Cen
Edwin Ray
Fred Ayres
Daiy School
West Virginiiaity
Henry
Georgia Legislature To Face Many Bills In 1949 Session
Georgia lawmakers prepare for a busy 1949 General Assembly with about 50 statewide measures. Gov. Herman Talmadge backs seven to eight bills including voter qualification, county unit extension, highway board, veterans licenses, pensions, and a $3 million hospital aid program.
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William H. Burson
Atlanta
General Assembly
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Constitutional Highway Board
Georgia Citizens' Council
State Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board
Georgia Education Association
Zach D. Cravey
Department of Corrections
Tattnall State Prison
Georgia Forestry Association
Georgia Ports Authority
Wll
Savannah Quartermaster Depot
Junior Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Healt
Health Department
Batty
State Personnel Board
Stat Military Department
Charles Gowen
Glynn County
Charles Smith
Haralson County
Horace Vandiver
Bibb County
Georgia
Luther Alverson
Fulton County
James Dykes
Bleckley County
Italag
Supreme Court
Two Cases Of Rabies Found Here Monday
The Dothan Branch Laboratory reported two rabies infected animal heads found Monday. A dog head brought by Orland Green of Headland Route Two was killed after fighting other dogs. A fox head brought by T. M. Merritt of Malvern was found chasing chickens. two cows were believed bitten by the rabid fox.
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Dothan
Orland Green
Headland Route Two
T. M. Merritt
Malvern
Small Republic San Marino Area Skims 38 Square Miles
The tiny nation of San Marino covers about 38 square miles, roughly half the size of Washington DC, as noted in historical records. The fact emphasizes San Marino's compact geographic footprint and its status as a diminutive independent state in Europe.
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Small Republic
Little Republic of
San Marino
District of Columbia
State Income Rate Now Well Ahead Of Record 1947-48 Year
MONTGOMERY AP Tax collections by the State Revenue Department for the first quarter this fiscal year are $1,882,259 ahead of 1947 48. Revenue Commissioner Philip J Hamm announced the total is $22,954,284, compared with $21,072,025 for the corresponding period of the previous year. On basis of present collections, he said, the state will take in about $7,500,000 more than the record $88,098,717 collected during 1947 48. Gains so far are in income, sales and gasoline taxes earmarked for roads and education. December collections were $7,446,301 vs $6,718,060 in 1947. The sales tax led with $2,644,721 for the quarter totaling $8,204,702. December 1947 sales tax was $2,488,969. three month total was $7,420,770. Gasoline tax reached $2,344,984 in December, with a quarterly total of $7,227,475.
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Montgomery
State Revenue Department
Philip J. Hamm
Hamm
Revenue Department
Difference Between Knighting and Baronetcy Explained
When knighted by the King of England you receive the title Sir for life. A baronetcy passes the title to the eldest son, allowing hereditary succession.
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England
True Tale of Evangeline's Poem's True Story Origin
The poem Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow traces a legend that moved from Canada to the United States by oral tradition before Longfellow edited it into verse, shaping a national narrative from a regional tale.
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Longfellow
Evangeline
Canada
United States
Thomas Wins Delay On His Fraud Trial
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas was hospitalized at Walter Reed after a seven day delay granted by District Judge Schweinhaut postponing his fraud trial to January 17. Defense said Thomas faces a nervous or mental disturbance and is very sick, with a prior internal hemorrhage risking further strain.
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Thomas
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Walter Reed Hospital
Schweinhaut
House un-American Activities Committee
William H. Collins
F. R. Kanning
Allenale
N. J
Aliens Come Before Mobile Judge for Naturalization
In Mobile the largest naturalization class in years will take the oath in U S District Court. Thirty two applicants including a Russian born war bride will swear allegiance before Federal Judge John McDuffie. England, Canada, Yugoslavia, Germany and Greece are represented among the newcomers.
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Mobile
U. S. District Court
John McDuffie
England
Canada
Yugoslavia
Germany
Greece
Still Busy at 83 in Whittier Career Woman Keeps Pace
At 83, Sarah Jane Parker is among the nation’s oldest career women. She still assists in emergencies at the insurance office where she worked until a decade ago, though she is officially semi retired, and she maintains active club involvement.
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Whittier
Cal
Sarah Jane Parker
Candlewicking to 5e Project of Month in Demonstration Clubs
Candlewicking, an embroidery art revived by women, will be demonstrated in January at Houston County home demonstration clubs. Miss Fran Mallette and Miss Sara Dell Phillips lead the program with sessions across multiple dates and locales, detailing venues and hosts for each meeting.
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Houston County
Georgia
Fran Mallette
Sara Dell Phillips
Rehobeth
J. H. Murphy
Big Creek
Leon Cobb
Webb
W. E. May
Smyrna
J. P. Whatley
Harmon
C. E. Conrad
Crosby
Memphis
Barlow Johnson
Pleasant Plains
Cree Baxter
Pilgrim Rest
J. A. Casey
Jellico
P. E. Cumbie
Hicks-Beulah
T. B. Shelton
Center
Essie M. Wace
Gordon
Mildred Brownlow
Skippers Crossroads
Quincy Clark
Cockroaches Survive 300 Million Years Across Earth
Cockroaches eat almost any material and their family has endured on Earth for more than 300 million years, reflecting remarkable ecological resilience and adaptability.
China's civil war crisis and Formosa base plan
DEWITS MACKENZIE analyzes China's stalemated civil war between Chiang Kai-shek's government and the Communists. He notes Chiang's peace terms or a fight to a finish, the strategic Yangtze corridor, and the push to establish Formosa as a government base and potential last-stand refuge. The outcome hinges on Chiang's support and whether a negotiated settlement or continued war follows.
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China
Deiang Katshek
Chiang
Yangtze River
Nanking
Shanghai
Yangtze
Nanking Shangtsi
Generatissimo
Formosa
Amoy
Japan
Nippon
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chen Cheng
Chiang Ching-keu
Saeralissimo
Nanking-Snaagnal
Birch Borer Forces Mill Move to Georgia
The brown birch borer drives the Ameri can Thread Co spool mill from Mill, Me. to Georgia by late 1948 ending jobs for workers. Georgia offers gumwood supply suitable for spools, fueling the relocation after eight years of wartime impact on birch wood.
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American Thread Co
Georgia
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