Enterprise octogenarians find daily work in woods and poultry
W J Ellis 83 and B B Byrd 89, veteran residents of Enterprise, Alabama, keep busy with a stump wood and kindling business and a chicken dressing operation. Ellis buys and splits stumps into firewood selling for a dollar per bushel, earning about $1,000 each winter. Byrd dresses chickens for neighbors and hotels, charging 12 cents to 25-40 cents per bird, sometimes handling up to 200 in a single day. Both men began their ventures late in life, turning wartime need and hard work into steady, modest income well into their eighties.
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W. J. Elis
Enterprise Brothers
Byrd
Ellis
Enterprise
Eagle
W. J. Ellis
B. B
Bert) Byrd
Trav
Bryd
Cor Byra
Eilis
Rucrer
Geneva
Texas
Wiregrass
Dothan Lab Reports 16692 Tests In Past Year
The Dothan Branch Laboratory released its annual work report. In 1948 specimens totaled 16692, slightly under 1947 due to work sent to Montgomery during vacations and the director’s absence. Rabies positives held at 36 percent. 47 of 130 exams were positive.
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Dothan
Anne Cooper
State Laboratory
Montgomery
Dothan Laboratory
Hoosier
Henry
Geneva
Coffee
Ceilings In Hotels May Be Dangerous
CHICAGO AP An analysis of 1 000 hotel accidents shows 140 injuries from falling objects. Half of those injuries came from ceilings or parts of them. Other dangers include windows window shades and beds. Most guests are more likely to fall than be fallen on. Falls on stairways account for many injuries.
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Chicago
Kemper Insurance Safety Engineers
Alabama Governor proposes state owned power agency plan
Gov. James E. Folsom urged a constitutional amendment to create Alabama’s own power authority to manufacture and distribute electricity, possibly on the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, funded by RFC loans and backed by federal funds. He asked the legislative council for data, while election law fixes were discussed, including stricter list purges and flexible county registrar sessions.
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Lister Hill
Alay
James E. Fiosom
Alabama
Little
TVA
Legislative Council
Folsom
Coosa
Tallapoosa
RFC
Govenor
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Senate
House
Legislative Reference Service
W. A. Gulledge
Chilton
AF UL
Jack Beek
CIO
Carey Haigler
Hill's First Bills Offered In Senate
Washington AP Senator Hill of Alabama introduced four bills to aid rural telephones via loans, expand library services with bookmobiles and materials, provide identification protection for wool and rayon products, and raise old age benefits with need-based federal grants. Co sponsor Sparkman. Kefauver proposed $4 million TVA steam plant in Tennessee and federal aid for public education.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Rural Electrification Administration
Hill
Sparkman
Ala
Kefauver
D-Tenn
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Army Tackles Malignant Melanoma With Five Year Plan
CHICAGO AP The U S Army medical department starts a five year research program to seek a cure for malignant melanoma a deadly skin cancer. The disease often originates from a harmless blue mole that enlarges after bruising from tight clothing and may lead to death two to six years after malignancy.
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Chicago
T Fifth Army Headquarters
Cooperation between two brothers in Deerfield Chicago
Two painter brothers hired to repaint a suburban Deerfield home display a cooperative exchange over the decorative sunporch railing. The older brother dictates a strong wind might affect the railing, while the younger later asks to borrow it for use on the house.
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Chicago
Deerfield
Dothan Marine Corps Recruiter Former war hero
Master Sergeant Charles Kirkham now heads the Dothan Marine Corps recruiting station succeeding Ed Hendrickson. A 31 year old veteran with four battle campaigns and multiple medals, Kirkham praised Dothan as home and seeks a residence here. He married Rosalie Stebelski in 1945 and remains active in leather work and football.
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Curtis
Williams
Kirkham
Jackson
Miss
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Birmingham
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San Diego
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Guam
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Iwo
California
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Pennsylvania
Women’s Navy
The
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Quantico
Pensacola
South Pacific
Mare Island
Calif
Corpus Christi
Texas
Dothan
Kirkhams
Sweetwater High School
Beaver Creek Baptist Church
Marine
Charles H. Kirkham
Sweetwater
Ala
Houston County
Eagle Staff
Wet drilling cuts silicosis risk in Ural mines
In a Medical Worker report, progress against silicosis is noted with Ural experiments in wet drilling reducing dust exposure in miners. The largest mine in the Kizel coal basin has adopted the wet drilling system to lower respiratory risk.
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Moscow
Ural
Kize
Enterprise approves 75000 in warrants for street paving
Enterprise City Council reports 75000 in warrants sold to fund last year’s street paving. Engineer authorized to begin preliminaries for bids on a new sewage disposal plant. Mayor Russ expects work to start within 60 days. Fred Taylor named to fill Rotary Board vacancy. J S Duboise joins school board with L H Sessions, Douglas Rollins, and H M Bryson.
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Enterprise (Special
Enterprise City Council
D. H. Russ
Russ
Fred Taylor
Rotary Club
James Horne
J. S. DuBoise
D. H. James
L. H. Sessions
Douglas Rollins
H. M. Bryson
Crown Jewels Face Housing Problem
London AP reports Britain's crown jewels attract 6,000 daily visitors at the Tower of London though 20,000 could view them. Governor Col E. H. Carbett-Jaes says moving display to larger quarters is being considered and hopes to use the White Tower dungeons to spread out the exhibit.
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London
Britain
Tower of London
E. H. Carbett - Jaes
White Tower
Prospects For Peace In Palestine Brighter U S Says
Washington reports two American sources say peace prospects in Palestine look brighter than at any time since the start of the conflict. They credit Anglo American efforts for a quick end and cite Tel Aviv’s approval of American peace aims. State Department officials await Israel elections on January 9 5 and expect a moderate victory to aid Western peace drives.
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We America
Palestine
Israel
Egypt
State Department
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