New Moderate Income Housing Plan Aims for Solons
Washington AP report outlines a sweeping program to build thousands of homes for moderate income families over the next decade. The plan would use up to 2.5 billion dollars in guarantees via a National Mortgage Corporation for Housing Cooperatives backed by Treasury funds and private contributions. If enacted, loans would be guaranteed to about 95 percent with long repayment terms. Public hearings are set to begin next week before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Banking Committee advances the measure as an amendment to the omnibus bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ti. Harkinson
Washington
Alwinayw
Sparkman Maid ‘Congress
Perxongy
Sparkman
Loum
Mortutges
National Mortgrge Corporation
Chatman Maye Bank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Inchalgran
Senate Group
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Commmitiee
Group To Investigate Vets Rights Denied voting group probe begins
Governor Jamu Folsom forms a special committee to investigate alleged voting rights denial among war veterans in Alabama. The panel, all veterans, will hear testimony and access county records to uncover equal treatment at the polls and possible poll tax exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sma
Regles Tzare
Atate Mde
Ehd
Julsice
George Huddleston, Jr
District Attorney's Office
Biraingholm
Arch Farrell
Phenix City
Jovan
Nat Welen
Roy J. Grimmet
J. Paul Pitts
Montgomery
Fred Walton
Enterprise
Hugh Orector
Wadeley
Thomas B. Dey
Gadsden
Joe Morrison
Decatur
Folsom
Tome Vetserans
Exetervicemen
Alabama
Thieves Steal Truck To Haul Safe Away
AMNISTON AP report details a burglary where thieves broke a window to enter a garage and steal a truck carrying a 1,050 pound safe. Marvin Fowler, manager owner of the firm, reported the incident and described the entry and attempt to move the heavy safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amniston (Ap
Vexas
Marvin Fowler
Body Of Cab Driver Found Near Bellwood
The body of Hoyt E Robertson, a World War II veteran and Enterprise cab driver, was found by fishermen in the Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood. He disappeared December 13 after telling his child he was in a hurry. Authorities from Geneva and Coffee counties were en route to the scene. Robertson’s burned taxi was previously found near Bahama Beach.
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Carrie
Hoyt & Robertson
Enterprise
Choctawhatchee River
Mia
Vannie Re Robertson
Robertsons
Hoyte
Robertson
Bellwood
Bia
Geneva
Coffee
Geneva County
W. P. Register
Curtis Bull
Fanama City
42 Taxi Company
Cough Pansies City
Florida
Bahama Beach
Pandilla City
Lo Clogner
Page & Dnyx
King Paul Dissolves Greek Parliament
Athens reports King Paul dissolves the Greek Parliament and asks veteran politician Joan Theotekig to form a caretaker government to rule until after the general election in March. The move aims to steady the country amid turmoil and sets the stage for a national vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Athens
Greece
Joan Theotekig
Muret
Board to Tour West Houston County Hospital Sites
Chairman Albert West calls a three site tour for the Houston County Hospital board as they prepare for a meeting next week to pick a site. Arguments center on Ashford Highway proposed by Mr and Mrs Alexander and Warrick on Cottonwood Road, with Hartford Highway favored by the Rfmean family. West aims to limit controversy while Wilf Ed Holland pushes for the Alexander site for central location.
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Houston County Hospital
Heard
Albert West
West
Bore
Ashford Highway
BR. Alexander
J. S. Warrick
Cottonwood Road
Atill Otters
Hartford
Rfmean
Alexander
Warrick
Wilf Ed Holland
Gordon
Holland
Virginia Museum to display Union leaders portrait loaned by White House
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will exhibit a 1872 George Healy portrait titled Pear, Commoners featuring President Lincoln, General Grant, General Sherman and Admiral Porter. The work shows them aboard the River Queen near City Point in March 1864 planning the final push toward Appomattox. The painting, lent by the White House, marks a public display of national leaders in Richmond.
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Richmond
Virginia Museum of Fine. Arts
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Muveum
Chuck W
Union
White House
George Healy
Hows
City Point
Hopewell
Appomal
Britain Extends Full Recognition To Chinese Reds
Britain says it recognizes the Peiping government as China's legal authority, severing ties with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist regime. Chiang's envoy denounces the move as a setback, while Norway, Sweden, and Denmark reportedly consider joint action. The step marks renewed Western recognition of Mao’s government despite U.S. reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Gooter
London
Great Britain
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Britain
Chiang” Kai-Shek
Nationalista
Chiang
Formosa
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Cheng Tien Hsi
Peiping
India
Pakistan
Burma
Yugoslavia
Russia
Newton
Dean Acheson
Washington
Chou EnLa
Genrein Pieping
Harris Furniture Firm Sold to Local Partnership
T W Mortis announced the sale of Harris Furniture Company to a partnership including Ed Canfordito Harris Crawford and Mrs Mabel Harris Crawford. The store will keep its name and policies, reflecting Harris family ties and a history dating back over 50 years in Dothan.
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T. W. Mortis
Dothan
Ule
Harris Furniture Company
Harris
Ed Canford Ito
Kate Harris Crawford
Mabel Harris Crawford
Harri
Crawford
Dothan Furniture — Company
Regenize
Culver-Farris Furniture Company
Culver
Hayyls
Dare County
Beulah
Ull Y Nave
Miner Is Sentenced For Lying To Jury
A federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama sentenced coal miner Claude Bee Vernon, 45, Warrior, to six days in jail for allegedly lying to a U. S. Grand Jury. Four other miners were discharged without sentence as the court found Vernon in contempt and noted obstructing justice.
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Birmingham
Als
Tray
U. S
Clarence Mullins
Claude Bee Vernon
Warrior
Ala
Shelby County
UMW Sued for 8 Million by Ohio Coal Firms in Ohio suits
Ohio coal operators including Pittsb urgh Consolidated Coal Co and Jefferson Coal Co file Common Pleas suits for nearly 4 million dollars against John L Lewis and UMW leaders claiming losses from strikes and a three day work week. Similar actions in Columbus seek total damages near 10 million and aim to bar leaders from issuing dictatorial orders. The cases cite 1948 losses of 7 million tons and 11.8 million in wages plus welfare-fund losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ohio
Tech
Common Pleas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Union
Treasury
Lewis
Pittsbburgh Consolidated Coal Co
Warner Colleries Co
Coal Co
Powhatan Mining Co
Hocking Valley Opera Gons
Columbus
John Owens
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Ralph Wilson Named Assistant Director of Safety Department
Ralph Wilson a former corporal with the Dothan office of the State Highway Patrol will become assistant director of the State Department of Public Safety. Named by Director Bankhead Rootes, Wilson will take office February 1, succeeding Bil Lyerly who resigns January 31 to become Gov. James V. Folsom’s executive secretary. Wilson was promoted to sergeant after transferring from Dothan to Montgomery last spring and earlier served in the Army after attending Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Born in Birmingham, he later attended school there.
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Ralph Wilson
Dothan
State Highway Patrol
State Department of Public Safety
Bankhead Rootes
Eagle
Department
Montgomery
Young Wilson
Earl Wilson
Bil! Lyerly
James
Folsom
Lyerly
Wilson
Highway Patrol
Lae
Patrol
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Army
Birmingham
Schon
Parole Board Frees 15 Inmates Including Eight Repeats
The Parole Board announced the release of 15 convicts, with eight already disclosed by reporters. New paroles include Clairence Caffey for murder in Jefferson County, Arthur Gibson for robbery in Shelby 1943, Eva Maze Neal for forgery in Houston 1948, Lloyd Spence for grand larceny in Dale 1, Floyd Seay for robbery in Madison 1943, Jimmy Taylor for burglary in Talladega UM, Winston for murder in Walker County 1908.
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Montgomery
Parole Board
Clnreccé Caffey
Jefferson County
Arthur Gibson
Shelby
Eva Maze Neal
Houston
Lloyd Spence
Dale
Floyd Seay
Bradison
Jimmy Taylor
Talladegs
Umt
Inn
Winston
Viking
Walker County
Hedstrom Visits Modern Hedstrom Union Plant Site
Hedstrom Union plans a new plant here soon, promising one of the most modern facilities of its kind. Oscar G. Hedstrom, chair of Hedstrom Union, visits the site, says the building layout is excellent and the firm will equip the plant with the latest machinery to produce bicycles and baby carriages. Operations should start within 60 to 90 days.
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Oscar G. Hedstrom
Hedstrom Union Company
Hedstrom-Union Company
Oscar G. Hedstram
Hedstram Union
Hedstrom
Pd Ft
Thief Targets Camellia Garden in Montgomery Yard
Mrs. L. D. Rouse reported a theft after someone dug up a prized camellia collection from her yard last night, disturbing a local garden of flowers and prompting police involvement.
Floods Threaten Indiana and Illinois As Flood Waters Rise
Floods imperil large areas in Indiana and Illinois with hundreds homeless and multiple drownings reported. Freezing rain and sleet create dangerous travel from Ohio through Indiana to Missouri. Severe cold and ice threaten crops in California cities and statewide.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Iinois and
Pee
Memphis
Midwest
California
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Truman Corrects $4 Million Error In Union Message
President Truman acknowledged a $4 billion misstatement in the State of the Union figures. He cited national production at 256 billion dollars annually, later correcting an even larger 289 billion figure in an accompanying economic report from his advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Truman Sees Strong Stable Economy With Growth Promise
President Truman delivered a sober yet optimistic economic message to Congress stating the United States can offer 61 million jobs this year, aim for 4 million more in five years, and erase poverty. He projected average family income rising toward $3,000 in four years, urged cooperation from business, labor, farmers, and government, and called for powers to control credit and liberal loan terms, with a moderate tax increase. Prices are generally near target with some exceptions as adjustments continue.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
Trumanant
Three Athens Men Held In Ardmore Bank Robbery
In Decatur Alabama three Athens men, James Wilson Jr, 23, Swanner brothers 23 and 28, were arrested in connection with a $1,734 Ardmore bank robbery. They appeared in court bond set at 10,000 each and await federal transfer. FBI identified suspects. Swanner brothers denied involvement.
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Athens
Ardmore
Decatur
Alabama
Ee Arimore
FBI
James Wilson, Jr
BE. Swanner
Jaye Swanner
Babas
Marvin Evbunka
Mars County
Tennessee
Eubanks
Hizoesee
Fedaral
Pennestion
Ardmore Charans
Ardmore Charans Sets. Hisert Againat There Men. ‘Swanner
Pals
George’ D._ King
Birmingham Buresti
Wison Soda H
Wilson
Swanner
Tobbery
Swanner Brothers
King
Amnesia victim probe amid Gold Star mothers calls
Gold Star mothers filled lines hoping an amnesia victim found there might be their son. A 28 year old man questioned by Dr P Gordon at Clare after a police van incident described vague past injuries and identified potential names like Susy and Jen. The man’s tale grew clearer over hours as visitors from Missouri and Alice’s neighborhood listened in.
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Alice
P. Gorden
Clare
Italy
Yettle
Iran
Redlex
Missouri
Monroe
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Junta
Lingern
West Europe
Foreign Office
Chou En-Lat
Hector McNeil
Té No. 7
Pay Ory Ae
Miner
U.S
Truman BP
Tea
Tate
U.M.W
Eafullt
Gold Star
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