Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Dothan reports several local items including theft at a grave site with a camellia taken from Billy Evans family plot in City Cemetery. Seven Wiregrass students join the Alabama Polytechnic Institute band for President Truman’s inauguration. Fire crews extinguished a grass and a woods fire with no property damage. A Kiwanis program features Howell Hampton with committee members listed. Mrs Theresa Davis of the Girl Scout staff plans Dothan conferences January 24. Local law enforcement reports a quiet weekend with 21 arrests jailed by city police. Mrs Neve Huskey undergoes tonsillectomy at a local hospital.
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Dothan
C. G. Evans
Billy Evans
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
Truman
Washington
Rayford M. Dennis
Sammy M. Howell
Billy L. Lane
John T. McClintic
Joe H. Patterson
Harold Lee Falkenberry
Marianna
Albert B. Byars
Enterprise
David Herbert
Auburn
University of Alabama
Howell Hampton
Kiwanis Club
Houston Hotel
Oral Davis
Roland Hurt
T. J. Whatley, Jr
Charles Coe
James Floyd Martin
Theresa Davis
National
Girl Scout Staff
Girl Scout Council
Davis
Region Five
Highway Patrol
Communist Party Leaders Face Indictments in U S Court
The defendants including William Z Foster Eugene Dennis and John Gates are indicted on general conspiracy charges alleging a plan to overthrow the government. They attack the federal jury system in Southern New York and seek Supreme Court review of Medina disqualification claims.
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Wade
Germany
Leavenworth
Kan
Thee High Court
New York
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Harold R. Medina
Medina
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Youth 16 Arrested In Scissors Slaying Of 12-Year-Old Boy
Philadelphia police held 16-year-old Seymour Levin on a homicide charge after the body of 12-year-old Ellis Simons was found behind a Wynnefield garage. Levin, a private school student, allegedly invited Simons to his home to view a chemistry set, later killing him in a bathroom struggle with a knife and scissors. Investigators found crime comic books in Levin’s room. Simons’s father reported him missing Saturday night. neighbors notified police after bloodied clothing appeared in Levin’s yard.
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Philadelphia
Ellis Simons
Wynnefield
Seymour Levin
George F. Richardson
Levin
Richardson
Simons
Young Simons
Stanley Simons
Livestock arrivals recap across eight plants in the Deep South
Livestock arrivals totaled 300 cattle 200 calves and 2500 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Florida cities. Hog quotations ranged by weight from 12 to 19 dollars with various grades and sizes noted. Montgomery market reported mostly steady cattle receipts 325 and hog receipts 200 with price ranges for steers heifers calves and sows and mixed market tone.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Thomasville Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Federal State Market News Service
Union Stockyards
City faces claim over long existing ditch at property
The city defends that a ditch was not new but had existed for years. Rebuttal testimony by city witnesses was set to resume this afternoon with Jim Brennan, H M Ramseur, Grady Fletcher, and others testifying. Fletcher recalled helping dig the original ditch over a decade ago.
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Jim Brennan
City Commission
H M. Ramseur
Grady Fletcher
Fire Department
Fletcher
City Street Department
Boswell Proposes Full Time State Liquor Board
Montgomery AP reports former State Rep E C Bud Boswell of Geneva is drafting a bill to replace the current part time ABC board with a three member full time body removable by the Governor, each member earning at least 36000 annually with staggered terms and Senate confirmation.
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Montgomery
E. C
Bud) Boswell
Geneva
Liquor Control Board
Boswell
ABC
House
Senate
James E. Folsom
Geneva County House
ABC Board
Whic
Capitol
State Department
Use Telephone 605 To Call Fire Trucks
Fire Chief Floyd Harris urged using 605 for fire alarms to inform police promptly. The 605 line rings in the police department, enabling traffic control and faster dispatch, while 83 remains the old trigger and 3 serves mainly private and routine calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Harris
Harris
Harrris
Security Council to meet over Israeli British clash at sea
Britain and Israel risk wider conflict after five British planes were shot down. British forces mobilize Malta and Trieste moves. RAF jet squadron to Egypt eyed. U S and Soviet envoys in Israel accelerate crisis diplomacy as Washington urges restraint and aims to keep truce talks on track.
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Security Council
Lake Success
Britain
Israel
Malta
Admiralty
Triumph
Phoebe
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Liverpool
Venice
Italy
Trieste
London
Daily Express
RAF
Egypt
Daily Herald
G. S. Cooper
James McDonald
Pavel Yershov
Hakirya
Tel Aviv
Cyril Ete
TAG
Washington
United States
State Department
Palestne
Rhoades
Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
Michael J. McDermott
Mitchum Convicted Of Conspiracy To Possess Marijuana
Los Angeles AP Robert Mitchum was convicted of conspiracy to possess marijuana in a 45 minute Superior Court trial. Actress Lila Leeds and Robin Ford were also convicted as co defendants. Giesler waived a jury trial on the conspiracy count submitted on grand jury transcript. Prison term for narcotics possession remains mandatory. Probation hearing set for Feb 9.
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Los. Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Bobbysoxers
Jerry Giesler
Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Robin Ford
Giesler
Masonic Lodges Schedule Regular Meetings This Week
Pythagoras Lodge 659 meets Tuesday at the Temple for business and work. Houston Lodge 868 to perform the third degree Wednesday. Dothan Chapter 113 schedules regular business Thursday night.
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Pythagoras Lodge 659
Temple
Houston Lodge 868
Dothan Chapter 113
Marshall resignation reshapes postwar foreign policy
The text notes General George C. Marshall planned to return to Paris for possible Berlin crisis talks, but Marshall told Truman his 48 years of service must end. Truman sought postponement to allow a potential return, fearing a policy shift. Marshall's resignation was dated January 3, with hints it may have been drafted earlier during his Pinehurst recuperation.
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Paris
Berlin
Marshall
Mr. Truman
Acheson
Truman
Pinehurst
N. C
Cotton futures rise on price fixing and cover
New Orleans and New York Cotton futures moved higher as traders reacted to price fixing against foreign spot sales and short covering. In New Orleans prices at noon showed gains of 35 to 55 cents per bale with May July October and December contracts posting varied upswings. in New York, futures steadied with late-afternoon gains of up to 40 cents on nearby March and May deliveries amid Korea-related selling offset by covering.
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New Orleans
NEW York Cotton New York
Spor
Korea
Military pressure shifts near Nanking and Yangtze
Number 23 Press notes Tu's force of 250000 reduced to 139000. Surrenders of large armies threaten a major move before Nanking and the Yangtze as Communist forces press toward the Tae that Sower decrees eighteen miles away.
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Nanking
Yangtze
Freezing Weather Returns To Western States
A brutal cold wave dumps freezing temperatures across the western plains and Rockies. Citrus crops in Southern California face another freeze while Los Angeles records snowfall for the first time since 1932. Livestock fears rise as subzero readings threaten the Great Plains. A San Diego Girl Scout group and a crashed plane incident add to the peril in the region.
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Associated Press
Plains
Rocky Mountain
California
Los Angles
Long Beach
Fruit
Fresno
Los Angeles
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Livingston
Mont
Mercury
International Falll
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Casper
Wyo
Kansas
Red Cross
Buzzard
Rapid City
S. C
San Diego
Calif
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
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Miami
Fla
New York
Chicago
Forth Worth
Downsville
Seattle
Phoenix
Ariz
Denver
Salt Lake City
Unopposed 16 elected as Senate doorkeeper and secretary named
The Senate under Lieut Gov Marvin Griffin elected George Stewart of Atlanta as secretary Spence Grayson of Savannah as president pro tem Zach D Cravey Jr son of the state comptroller general as Senate Messenger and Perry Griffin of DeKalb County was unanimously chosen for his 18th consecutive term as doorkeeper All elections were unanimous A session at 11 20 am proceeded to executive to review TalMADGE nominations and the six Regents confirmations followed before adjournment at 1 30 am the next day
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Senate
Marvin Griffin
George Stewart
Atlanta
Spence Grayson
Savannah
Zach D. Cravey
Georgia
Senate Messenger
Perry Griffin
DeKaib County
Talmadge
State Board of Regents
Sdomrerrow
Infant John Wayne Carr Dies in Ozark
Infant son of Mr and Mrs William L Carr of Azvito route two died after brief illness. Survived by brother William Carr Jr maternal grandparents Walter J Gilley and wife and paternal grandparents John Carr and wife of Ariton route two. Funeral at Center Ridge Church at 2 pm with Rev J A Arpling officiating burial in church cemetery by Ozark Mortuary.
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Ozark
John Wayne Carr
William L. Carr
Funeral services held for Alto Lee Reynolds
Alto Lee Reynolds sixty six died in a Dothan hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Lee cemetery with Rev KR Judkins of Midland City officiating. Ward Wilson directed interment. A retired railroad employee, he lived in Dothan seven years. Surviving nieces and nephews include active pallbearers James Hubert Shelly Paul Loftin and Louis Reynolds.
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Alto Lee Reynolds
East
Troy Street
Dothan
Lee Cemetery
KR. W. Judkins
Midland City
Ward-Wilson
Reynolds
James
Hubert
Shelly
Paul
Loftin
Louis Reynolds
Truman tax plan seeks vast hikes and new programs
President proposes a $7.0 billion annual hike on corporations estates and top brackets, funds national health insurance via payroll levies, expands social security, and launches anti inflation and education programs. He notes higher future expenditures and urges Congress to cut veterans’ construction and trim agency salaries while warning of a likely larger 1951 budget.
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Truman
United States
St. Lawrence Seaway
Congress
Fruman
Seven Negroes Charged With Assault In Martinsville
Martinsville Virginia police say seven Negro men face criminal assault charges in an attack on the wife of a local store manager. Officers report the suspects admitted involvement and implicated one another in the weekend incident in East Martinsville near the Danville and Western tracks.
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Martinsville, Va
Martinsville
H. W. Stultz
James H. Barnes
East Martinsville
Frank Hairston, Jr
Joe Henry Hampton
James Luther Hairston
Francis DeSale Grayson
Howard Lee Hairston
Booker T. Milner
Stultz
Barnes
Danville and Western
TVA plans steam plant to boost hydro power in Tennessee River
The agency seeks a $2.45 million supplemental appropriation to augment the $27.39 million grant from the 80th Congress for the current year. Senator McKellar predicts Senate approval and House support from Rep. Gore as lawmakers back unified Tennessee River development. TVA’s system includes 22 dams, 20 hydro stations, 10 navigation locks, five fuel electric plants and 6,500 circuit miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKellar
D - Tenn
Senate
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
TVA
Tennessee River
Mayors vow road paving and bridge link between towns
Mayor Calhoun and Mayor Wells clashed playfully over securing funding to pave the shared road from Cattonwood to Cowarts Creek with a bridge. They pledged cooperation and anticipated Ashford and Sealy Springs road work, plus the fielding of thousands traveling the route. Napier Field incorporation was debated with county board delaying action.
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Calhoun
Cattonwood
Cowarts Creek
Ashford
Wells
Sealy Springs
Alabama
A. E. Killebrew
Napier Field
Board of Revenue
Killeorew
City of
Dothan
State Board of Education
Killebrew
Grimes
Post Office Revenue Boost Touted With Higher Rates
A year boost in post office revenues is expected from higher postal rates, especially on magazines and newspapers, aiming to shrink the Post Office Department deficit to 152 million dollars while the President books 250 million as cash. if incorrect, the budget would rise accordingly.
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Post Office Department
Girl Scout Troops Registration Growth and Outlook
The report shows registered Girl Scout troops rising with 145 girls in active troops, 70 Brownies and Intermediates, 23 leaders, and 198 total participants in the latest year. Four troops were active as of December, with three units due to resume in February after a year of changes.
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Og Port
Girl Scout Work. Com
Iso
Amr
Horse Player Wins Big Radio Jackpot at Laurel Track
Sparrows Point Maryland reports John Oaks, a railroad supervisor, won 30600 on the Stop-the-Felt radio program. He correctly named the melody When the Brn Comes and credited his wife as he calmly describes the moment, calling it the biggest in the show's history.
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Sparrows Point
John Oaks
Oaks
American Broadcasting
Laurel
Qaks
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PINEX
America
State Liquor Board
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent, Md
John Wayne
Carr
Girl Scout
Registrati Sgurey &Y
Sun
Microtone OF
Adams Ave
Laboratos2s, Inc
J. L. Harris
Troy
Co-Makers Loans
Foster St
Harry. Hall
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