Floridian Parole Violator Arrested in Local Hotel
A former Miami man, George Henry Weldon, 34, paroled from a Florida penitentiary for robbery, was arrested by city police at a local hotel on parole violation and linked to theft in St. Petersburg. He used an alias and possessed forged papers including a Florida license, military records, and Veterans Administration letters, with about $400 cash and new clothing found on him. The case remains under investigation.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
Tampa Authority
Eddie D. Kelley
George Henry Weldon
Weldon
Dade County
Home Movie Show Highlights Dothan Exchange Meeting
Alto Lee, an Alto Lee Dothan attorney, screened home movies of the Kiddie Parade and Peanut Festival and football films at the Dothan Exchange Club meeting. John Henderson chaired, E. P. Alexander attended, and Paul Wright joined as a new member. twenty six members were present. A board of control meeting is set for Friday at 7 pm at the Katalog to hear reports from attendance and membership committees.
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Alto Lee
Dothan
Lee
Dothan Exchange Club
John Henderson
E. P. Alexander
Paul Wright
Board of Control
Negro School Listed In Building Permits
Jones and Hardy, a Montevallo building concern, received a permit to begin a new $296,000 Negro school at Tuskegee and Lake streets with work set to start about January 19. Harry P. Hall secured permission to construct four residences at 603 and 605 N Herring Street and 310 and 220 Madison Avenue. G. M. Lewis Jr. was authorized to erect a $100 sign on 5 St Andrewa street.
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Jones and Hardy
Montevallo
Tuskegee and
Lake Streets
Harry P. Hall
N. Herring. Street
Madison Avenue
G. M. Lewis, Jr
S. St. Andrewa
Truman greets lad from Scottsboro in Capitol visit
Nine year old Rob Jones of Scottsboro Alabama, son of Representative Robert Jones, sat in the Senate gallery as President Truman spoke to Congress. When the president walked by, Rob reached out his hand and Truman returned the gesture, eliciting Rob's wide smile.
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Washington
Rob Jones
Scottsboro
Ala
Truman
Congress
Rob
Robert Jones
D-Ala
Flob
Three Duck Hunters Arrested In Covington
In Covington Tennessee three duck hunters signaled a stranger to be quiet for a few shots at wild ducks. The stranger was a state conservation officer who arrested the men for violating the migratory bird treaty. Storms in the United States travel across the country at an average rate of GND miles a day.
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Covington, Tenn
Wild Dicks
United States
Physics Student Sees Robots For Factories Farms In The Future
Cincinnati UP A Cincinnati University mathematics student Abdra Soble 26 after Navy service and teaching at Delaware proposes a theory to speed robot use in industry and agriculture. He says automatic controls have reaction times like humans and that calculating these can improve machine accuracy, reducing need for constant human adjustment. He cites tractor guidance and ship and plane autopilots as examples of reaction time causing errors that his theory would compensate for in design.
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Cincinnati, O
Abdraham Soble
University of Cincinnati
Hig
Sable
University of Delaware
Navy
Soble
Huemans
Dognaping Ring Reported in Denver
Denver chief investigator Ray Humphreys disclosed a dognapping racket in which missing pedigreed dogs are lured or forced into vehicles, then transported to other states for high resale. Police say ten reports weekly drain the city.
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Denver
Ray Humphreys
Mumphreys
Humphreys
Ouse
Moreueh
Idaho Oregon Sweet Corn Honors Report
Idaho and Oregon claim national sweet corn leadership as the two states dominate seed production. Historic notes reference New York State government involvement from 1963 to 1948 and a focus on seed yields and regional agriculture.
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Idaho
Oregon
Caldwele
Oupe Canyon
Dda
Metheur County
Ose
Tellers Ory
Renieg
New York
Marshall warns of broad European aid program costs
In a Senate speech, George C. Marshall argues for a $6.8 billion European recovery plan as essential to prevent hunger, chaos, and a wider defensive burden. He emphasizes three principles: adequacy, promptness, and effective application, urging swift action before April 1 to avoid deterioration of conditions in Western Europe.
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Truman
Congress
Marshall
Western
Europe
United States
Senate
Arthur H. Vanedenberg
Coanger
Thanan
Perea
Aged Negress Dies From Burns In Dothan Home Yard
Hattie McMillan, about sixty, partially crippled and living alone, died in a Dothan hospital from burns suffered while attempting to extinguish a fire in her Espy Alley yard Monday morning. Neighbors summoned an ambulance. Hawk Funeral Home to handle services today. No close relatives located.
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Dothan
Espy Alley
Hattie McMillan
Hawk Funeral
Welfare Department Seeks Case Workers in Houston County
The Houston County Department of Public Welfare announces vacancies for two case workers led by Director Mrs. C. L. Collins. Applicants must hold a college degree and own an automobile. For details contact Mrs. Collins at the courthouse annex in Dothan.
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Houston County Department of Public Welfare
C. L. Collins
Collins
Courthouse
Dothan
Truman Tax and Welfare Plan Draws Bipartisan Pushback
In a year of political debate, President Truman faces criticism over social welfare proposals including national health insurance. Senators Jenner Kilgore and Rep. Stalleck label the plan as left leaning while Democratic leaders defend it as nonpartisan and necessary. Texas terrain noted with peaks from sea level to 8500 feet in Culberson County.
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Congress
Jenner
Ind
Martin
Mass
Ball
R-Minn
Truman
America
Rep. Whitten
Miss
Kilgore
D-Wva
Rep. Stalleck
House
Wallace Wallace
Carrall Reece
GOP National Committee
Henry
Texas
Gulf Coast
Guadlupe Peak
Culberson County
Doughtie Charged With Embezzlement
E. M. Doughtie Jr. accused of embezzling 1761.86 from Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company was ordered held for the grand jury at a preliminary hearing before Interior Court Judge Theodore Jackson. Doughtie, district superintendent, listed Eufaula as his home. Bond set at 2500.
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E. M. Doughtie, Jr
Iuid
Interior Court
Theodore Jackson
Doughtie
Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company
Eufaula
Navy links Brisker family to wheat and corn trades
A Washington report ties Mrs Eva Brisker to government work in the Navy Department and to commodity trading. The tabulation shows she held large wheat positions on Sept and owned corn on June 30, while Brisker claimed a family tie to Graham’s brokers Bache and Company.
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Navy Department
Brisker
Graham
Graham's
Bache and Company
Truman
Eva Brisker
Senate Committee
Gaid
Kiruna legend links knife fall to iron ore
Legend ties Kiruna iron deposits to magnetic mountains after a Lapp hunter dropped his knife and could not retrieve it. United States use of chlorine surpasses one million tons yearly, highlighting industrial chemical demand.
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Kiruna
United States
Miss Mae Brett 78 Dies at Home in Dothan
Miss Mae Brett, 78, died at her home at 300 South St Andrews Street Thursday morning after a long illness. A Dothan resident for 56 years, she was a Baptist Church member. Surviving are five nephews John W. Brett Irby H Brett Hal Brett Paul Brett and E D Williams and two nieces Mrs S Rigell and Mrs H Strickland. Funeral at Ward Wilson Chapel Friday at 10 a.m. with Rev H A Parker officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her nephews.
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Mae Brett
South St. Andrews Street
Miss Brett
Dothan
The
Baptist Church
John W. Brett
Robertsdale
Ala
Irby H.brett
Hal Brett
Louisville
Miss
Paul Brett
Crestview
Fla
E. D. Williams
Marietta
S. Rigell
Panama City
H. Strickland
Meade, Fla
Ward-Wilson Chapel
H. A. Parker
Texans Told To Draft New Constitution
Texas Chambers of Commerce through a regional federation calls on all Texans to join a campaign for a modern state constitution. They urge the Legislature to convene in January 1949 to authorize a constitutional convention to draft the new document. Governor Jester supports modernizing archaic parts while preserving fundamental provisions.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Chambers of Commerce
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Scandal reporting stance from WCOV owner statement
G W Covington Jr owner of Radio WCOV Montgomery says continuing to report governor office scandal without his consultation is ill considered and ill tempered reflecting Folsom predi lection for concealment of actions.
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G. W. Covington, Jr
WCOV
Montgomery
Alabama radio industry protests Folsom press ban
A spokesman for Alabama radio calls Gov. Folsom’s ban on daily newspaper and radio reporters at press conferences reminiscent of 1937 totalitarian tactics. Hugh Webb of WKIL and Alabama Broadcasting Association urges reconsideration, saying the action curbs freedom of speech and deprives the public of balanced coverage. Webb expects to withdraw his telegram after reconsideration, while the governor’s secretary says no statement has arrived.
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Clanton
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Hugh Webb
Clan
WKIL
Alabama Broadcasting Association
America
Webb
O. H. Finney, Jr
Recon plane spots distressed Russian ship Dvina near Hokkaido
A US reconnaissance plane circled the Dvina for hours near Hokkaido as radio contact failed and distress messages urged immediate removal of passengers. The ship appeared heavily loaded, with only one lifeboat, while air crew noted few visible people on deck and estimated a liberty-ship size.
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Henry Deutschendorf
Tulsa
31St Reconnaisance Squadron
Dvina
Erik W. Foged
Omaha
Msgt
D. A. Meyer
Watertown
S. D
Deutschende
Erimo Point
Hokkaido Island
U.S Naval
Applicant Skul l Tr ick Fails To Pass
In Boston a civil service director describes a peculiar police applicant who measured five feet four and a half inches, with unusual long hair and a coconut shelf effect under bobby pins. The examiner joked about the head height, then the shelf fell, exposing the odd discrepancy in height.
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Boston
Thomas J. Greehan
Massachusetts
Civil Service
Patroleman
Avaiant Wa Bridge Ymca
Livestock Arrivals Hit Eight Plants Across Several States
Livestock arrivals totaled 800 cattle 450 calves and 7500 hogs at eight major packing plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Georgia Dothan Alabama and Jacksonville and Tallahassee Florida Hogs led the day with steady prices and occasional increases Prices for 180 240 lb hogs ranged 23.50 24.00 with some 24.25 24.50 across the lot Weights 240 270 lb hogs 23.00 23.95 270 lb and up 21.50 23.50 160 180 lb 22.75 23.25 140 160 lb 20.50 22.00 320 140 lb 15.50 18.00 Medium to good sows mostly 20.00 21.75 The practical price limit in the area was 24.25.
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Thomasville
WASDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Fear of a Soviet foothold in the Middle East discussed
British leaders warn of a 17th century style political landslide in the Middle East if Greece falls under communism. Russia could dominate Arab states and southern Europe. Turkey may be isolated by pro Russian states. Bevin conveyed the fear to the cabinet as Sadak asserts Turkey stays loyal to the United Nations.
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Middle East
Greece
Russia
Mediterranean
Europe
Turkey
Tran
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
Sadak
United Nations
Jewish Nation 22nd Term to Represent Agency
The article notes the newly named 22nd term will represent the agency and discusses Palestine Arab representatives, partition opposition, and key questions on British departure and UN enforcement in the Holy Land. It cites a timeline of British rule ending Aug 1 and independence for Jewish and Arab states by Oct 1 with a May 15 drawdown hinted.
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Ter
U. N. Commission
U. N
Holy Land
Moose Lodge to Present Degree Work in Dothan
A large crowd attended a Moose supper in Dothan where W. H. Byrd announced plans for a February degree term to be held by Mooseheart. Dr. Harry F. Moore attended as well as C. C. Bush Jr who heads the committee for endowment funds for children. Otis Beas named to the building committee. Byrd praised Dothan and city officials for cooperation and urged all members to attend and contribute to a progressive city.
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Dothan ‘Lodge
Moose
W. H. Byrd
Harry F. Moore
Committee For
Endowment Funds For
Mooseheart
Otis
Beas
Supreme Lodge
Byrd
Dothan
America
Moose Lodge
False Alarm Brings Arrest Of Negro
James Pearson, 17, of 708 Whiddon street, is held on a false fire alarm charge in city jail records. He is accused of reporting a fire at a barn at 901 W Newton street just before 10 o’clock last night. A flooded oil stove at 309 N Lena street and a grass fire on Ashford road caused two other alarms with no reported damage.
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James Pearson
Whiddon Street
W. Newton Street
Ted Wilson
N. Lena Street
Ashford Road
Plane Crash Killers and Survivors Near Philadelphia
Eight York bound travelers aboard Coastal Airlines Flight 8, including an infant, were unaccounted for hours after the crash with 26 dead or injured. Identified victims include Harry Woodcock and Gerson Brody of the U S Internal Revenue Department, both 37, en route to Miami. Also found were Gregorio Cruz, 60, of Gunercends Rivera, Puerto Rico, and Nocoe nedes Diaz, a sugar plantation worker from San Juan. Pilot Alvino Antonioll died. co pilot Raymond Eich survived, found unclad save for a necktie and shoes.
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York
Philadelphia
Amorg
Harry Woodcock
Gerson Brody
U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Woodcock
Brody
Miami
Red Cross
Gregorio Cruz
Gunercends
Rivera
Puerto Rico
Nocoenedes Diaz
San Juan
Coastal Airlines
Alvino Antonioll
Raymond Eich
Trenton
N. J
Enrollment figures for local scouting troops reported
The report lists 11 white and seven Negro troops with 287 boys, Pike has four white and two Negro troops with 130 boys, and the council shows 42 white troops, 24 Negro units, totaling 1,520 scouts.
Annual meeting of Dothan Federal Savings and Loan
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Dothan Federal Savings and Loan Association will be held at its offices at 107 South Foster Street in Dothan Alabama on Wednesday January 21 1948 at 2 00 P M. Such business as may properly come before the meeting will be transacted.
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The
Dothan Dothan Federal Savings and Loan Association
South Foster Street
Dothan
Alabama
German wartime use of low purity oxygen in steel and fuel
During the war Germany developed uses for relatively low purity oxygen to speed steel production and to synthesize gasoline from brown coal. This aimed at economic efficiency and wartime resource conservation.
US Officer Education Films Highlight WWI Training
In World War I the US Officer Education produced 487 sound films showing trainees learning to perform varied duties. The reels often depict tasks such as propeller installation and other technical work, illustrating early military training methods and equipment handling.
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M Education
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Mme
Southern California
al Conti
Long Island University
Ed Anderson
Lou Lipman
Anderson
LSU
Southern Cal
Madison Square Garden
Welfare Department
Caldwell Pecats
New Orleans
Erate Medeh
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Winetades
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B. F. Goodeitch Company
Akron
Ohio
Harry P. Halli
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