County approves first expansion contract in years
The Houston County Board of Education awarded Chapman Construction of Dothan a 101,000 bid to rebuild eight Ashford elementary rooms add a central heating plant and wall tile at Cottonwood. Bids for a new Rehobeth home economics building were rejected as too high. Superintendent Baxter and architect McCauley will revise plans and re bid.
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Abby Ellard
Pogram
Houston County Board of Education
Uunty
Chapman Construction Company Dothan
Ashford
Chapman Tict
Cottonwsvir
Rehobeth School
Solomon Baxter
Charle H. McCauley
Baxter
Ashford-Cottonwood
County Schoois
Department of Education
Rehobeth
Vicksburg
Webb and Hart Cottonwood
Iolumbia
Columbia Sheady Hoy
Woman braves flames to save children in Norfolk home
Mrs Miller R Thompson walked through a wall of fire to reach two children on the second floor of her burning Norfolk home. Shirley Anne, 19, and Elizabeth Trene, 10, suffered severe burns while a third child escaped by jumping from a window. The fire, reportedly started by kerosene, exploded as flames roared through the house. Thompson’s husband died in a separate traffic accident.
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Miller R. Thompson
Elizabeth Trene
Ompson
Thompson
New Blizzard Races Into Western Area
A new blizzard raced from Wyoming through the Dakotas amid the wreckage of a prior storm. The older system lingered over the northern Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states, leaving snowbound communities and missing persons. Temperatures dropped 10 to 15 degrees in six hours as winds 30 to 40 mph drove drifting snow. Rescue flights ferried food and supplies to isolated Nebraska areas while cold waves threatened Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Chicago
Wyoming
Dakotas
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Great Plain
Canada
Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Camellia Show Set January 20 in Dothan
Camellia growers from the Wiregrass area will exhibit blooms at Dothan’s annual Camellia Show January 20 at the Country Club the event runs 2 pm to 8 pm. Committees from Cherokee Garden Club Dothan Garden Club and Garden Study Club prepared final plans with judges K Sawada W Cleve Stokes A E Dykes and J B Knight accredited by the American Camellia Society. entries must be registered before 11 am day of show with winners to be chosen on a point system. GO TO CHURCH.
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Dothan
Cherokee Garden Club
The
Dothan Garden Club
Garden Study Club
W. D. Malone
P. B. MacLauchlin
K. Sawada
Mobile
W. Cleve Stokes
Montgomery
A. E. Dykes
James Bartow Knight
Columbus
American Camellia Society
Sawada
Dixie Baptists Report Record Membership Total
At Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn a record 6 491 981 membership was reported with 312 246 new members admitted by baptism last year Gifts to the convention totaled 156 605 521 up 24 442 675 from 1947 reflecting growth in donations and church rolls.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists
CHURC
Rome's Grandmother of Rome Dies at 103
Rosa Adele Badaleni, aged 103, who two years ago was elected the Grandmother of Rome, died yesterday. Her long life and title reflected a ceremonial civic honor in the city.
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Rome
Rosa Adele Badaleni
Army to halt draft calls in February and March
Washington AP reports the Army will draft two men in February and March, cancelling an earlier call for 5,400. Army Secretary Royall said voluntary enlistments and reenlistments averaging 35,800 a month have made Selective Service calls unnecessary for the next two months, provided they continue to meet requirements.
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Washington
Army
Royall
Ashford and Cottonwood Citizens Seek Road Paving
Ashford and Cottonwood residents plan to appear before the Houston County Board of Revenue Monday to press for paving a road between the towns. Mayors Calhoun and Wells expect a large delegation, with both cities uniting after earlier rivalry to push the project.
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Ashford and Cottonwood
Clarence
Treetman
Ashford and
Cottonwood
Houston County Board of Revenue
J. W. Calhoun
W. C. Wells
Ashford
Board of Revenue
White Supremacy Leaders Eye New Registration Law
In Montgomery AP report, white supremacy leaders seek new ballot laws after a federal court struck down Alabama’s Boswell Amendment. The Mobile three judge court ruled the measure discriminated on race and allowed appeals to the Supreme Court. Governors and legislators debate immediate corrective action while Georgia also pursues similar plans.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Mobile
U. S. Supreme Court
Mobile Court
James E.’ Folsom
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Nabbed Pair May Crack Dope Ring In Dothan
Police say two ex convicts Wallace Slaughter 33 and Howard Payne 28 and a woman Catherine White 19 were arrested after a raid at a tourist court near Dothan. Weapons seized include two revolvers and an automatic rifle. Authorities link Payne to threats against a former Headland camp official and suspect the trio connected to serial burglaries and narcotics violations in Pensacola Mobile and local areas.
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Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Dothan
Houston County
Wallace C. Slaughter
Anniston
Muskogee
Okla
Howard T. Payne
Ft. Walton
Catherine White
A. F. Mason
Payne
Headland Camp
Mason
Eddie D. Kelley
James R. Lewis
Slaughter
Kelley
Lewis
Four Year Old Gail Nicoletti Survives Bridge Incident
In New York a four year old girl survived after being thrown from a bridge by her father who then killed himself. Gail Nicoletti suffered a severed skull fracture but doctors reported cautious hope as her mother kept vigil at the hospital.
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New York
Gail Nicoletti
Greenpoint
Gabriel
Icoletti
China Reported Suing For Peace
Nanking dispatches say China’s government seeks peace as Communist forces press the last defense line near Nanking before Yangtze. Peiping reports Tientsin city council appeals for a halt in fighting as US UK and France envoys are summoned to discuss mediation. Page 3.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze
Peiping
Meer Moogsa
Tientsin
United States
Great Britain
France
Foreign Office
United Nations
City Must Answer Contempt Charge in Dothan
Jim Brennan president of the Dothan city commission will appear before Circuit Judge D C Halstead Monday to show cause why the city should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating a court injunction obtained by Morris Malone. Malone claims the city diverted water flow with a larger culvert and a ditch from Powell to North street, damaging his property. Brennan says the city did not dig the ditch. He will appear on behalf of the city at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
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Jim Brennan
Dothan
Powell Street
Powell
North Street
Brennan
Malone
Republicans Eye Acheson Scrutiny in Senate Probe
Washington Republicans led by Sen. Vandenberg demanded a full investigation into Dean Acheson before his Senate confirmation as Secretary of State. They sought disclosures on Acheson’s Cold War views, State Department security risks, and relations with associates tied to Communist circles. Public hearings were tentatively planned for next week.
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John L. Steele Washington
ULP
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Dean Acheson
Senate
George C. Marshall
Acheson
Soviet Russia
State Department
Poland
Alger
Donald Hiss
Tom Connelly
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
House un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Champers
Surn
Indictment in Slaying of Wealthy Mississippi Mother
Washington County grand jury indicts 42 year old Mrs John Dickins for the stabbing death of her mother Mrs Idella Long Thompson a 68 year old widow and former planter. Sheriff Hugh Foote jailed Mrs Dickins after the indictment with bond set at 10000. She was to stand in court January 17.
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Greenville
Miss
Washington County
John Dickins
Idella Long Thompson
Hugh Foote
Dickins
Air Battle Near Egyptian Border Draws UK Israel Clash
Israeli fighters shot down four RAF planes and anti-aircraft fire claimed a fifth near the Palestine Egypt border before a cease-fire. Two British pilots were captured, one wounded, another found dead near Nirim. Britain ordered RAF planes to classify encounters over Egypt as hostile. The British sent troops to Akaba to deter any Israeli move on Trans-Jordan as Britain preserves alliances with both Trans-Jordan and Egypt.
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R. H. Shackford
London
U. N
Rafa
United Nations Security
Cannail Wae Andawn
Wwe
Wyman FD Vlatsou
Tel Aviv
Nirim
Palestine
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
RAF
Timothy John McElhan
McElhan
Britain
Akaba
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
No Man’s Land
Mediterranean
Egypt to Enter Talks With Israel on Palestine Armistice
Cairo confirms that Egypt will negotiate with Israel for a Palestine armistice marking a shift in Arab policy. The move comes after a U N mediator announced the plan in New York and involves Egyptian criticism of some Arab allies. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha of the Arab League criticized hesitation among Arab countries as Palestine unrest continued.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Foreign Office
U. N
New York
Abdel- Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Palestine
Foster St. Church Property To Be Sub-Divided And Sold
Foster Street Methodist church plans to subdivide about one acre of land in Dothan into 19 foot strips for sale in parcels. Price is 700 per front foot, potential total near 150600. Sale open to the public until March 1 with delivery by March 1, 1950.
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Foster St
Foster Street
Methodist Church
Dothan
Roy O. Hill
Foster ‘Street
St. Andrews Street
Hill
C. L
Mittee
van Ritch
Frank Pridgen
Pat Poyner, Jr
Raymond Spann
J. J. Piers, Jr
John Streyer
Carl E. Kirk
British protest on shooting of five British planes
In New York the British delegation at the United Nations protested to Israel over the shooting down of five British planes on the Egyptian frontier. Sir Terence Shone delivered the note to Israeli representative Arthur Lourie, with a copy to Dr. Ralph Bunche, as Bunche prepared for Palestine armistice talks. The contents were not released.
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New York
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Israei
Britain
Israel
Terence Shone
United Nations Security Council
Arthur Lourie
Lourie
Riverside Drive
Shone
Ratoh Bunche
Palestine
Bunche
Manhattan
Tadio
Rhodes
London
Shane
Berlin Wagon Driver Fired Upon By Reds
AP reports Communist German police opened fire near the tightened Soviet blockade of western Berlin. A wagon driver was hit in the leg, two bullets puncturing a pedestrian as the 198th blockade day drew praise from Lord Mayor Ernat Reuter for the Allied airlift, calling it a first class miracle and vowing Berlin could be held with stubborn resolve.
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Berlin
Ernat Reuter
Stubbleborn
Reuter
Europe
Western
Three Suspects Freed In Guam Slaying Case
GUAM AP military police released three suspects in the slaying of Ruth Farnsworth, 77, a Navy civilian employee. The men were cleared after lie detector tests by Berkeley police expert Al Rekdel. Farnsworth’s body was returned to San Francisco and funeral services were held Tuesday.
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Guam
Ruth Pernswork
Navy
al Rekdel
Berkeley
Calif
Miss Farnsworth
San Francisco
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Toni Seven
U. S
Warren Magnuson
Washington State
Chool
Dixie Baptists
James E. Webb
George Marshall
Webb
Oxford
N.C
Harold K. Miles
Russia
Mississippi
Egyptian Line
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