Over The Wiregrass Witte Nat Cc False over the wiregrass narrative
The article recalls Oecar, a semi pro pitcher who rose through minor leagues until sold to the Philadelphia Athletics. He served in the Navy during World War I, broke his pitching arm, ending his baseball career, and died about two years ago. Local old-timers in Columbia praise the Baker and Baker battery.
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Oecar
Denaie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Navy
Columbia
Baker and Baker
Columbia votes for new courthouse at Dothan
Columbia residents approve building a new Houston County courthouse in Dothan by 61 to 32. The report recalls past shifts of county seats, with Houston created in 1903 and seated in Dothan in 1905, ending an old rivalry rooted in commerce and later athletics.
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Dotham
Houston
Dothan
C. L. Willams
Agaiw
Kinsey
Madrid
Henry County
Abbeville
Columbia tops Dothan in historic 1918 series rivalry
In a 1918 clash, Columbia brought a full town contingent to Dothan for a series. W C Sherman organized a packed special train from Columbia for fans. Sidney Baker and his late brother Oscar formed Columbia's battery with Oscar on the mound and Sidney at bat.
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Columbia
Dothan
W. C. Sherman
Panama City
Sidney Baker
Oscar Baker
Oscar Pitching
Sidney
Columbia to Install Dial Telephones and City Hall Site
Columbia is advancing dial telephone service with about 100 phones ready and another 30 potential users, with the exchange building complete and ready. Mayor E E Wakefield says the old courthouse site will host a new City Hall after a land swap with the Board of Education, construction to start soon.
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E. E. Wakefield
Columbia
Dothan
Telephone Company
Exchange
Wakefield
Fot
Board of Education
Green Front store known across county for name and road stop
Perry Thomas Sr and Jr run the Green Front general store on the Dethan-Columbia highway. The shop, over 20 years old, earned its name when the father painted the front green. locals and travelers across the country recognize the place, which marks the junction with the Columbia highway and the now-paved Green Front road project.
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Dethan-Columbia
Perry Thomas, Sr
Perry, Jr
Ashford
Columbia Highway
New Geneva Appoints Clerk After Thornton's Death
New Geneva names Wilton Justice as city clerk to fill the vacancy created by the death of Nat W. Thornton who served about a year. Justice brings bookkeeping experience and had assisted Henry Crenshaw in the tax assessor's office. Last winter about 68 percent of the total grain supply was fed to livestock.
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Wilton Justice
Geneva
Nat W. Thornton
Thornton
Henry Crenshaw
Justice
Truman Tax Plan Challenged by Treasury and Congress
The article reports President Truman proposing a $40 per person tax cut and a $3.2 billion rise in corporate taxes, despite Treasury advisers' warning to wait for ongoing analyses. It notes Treasury delays, Knutson’s income tax plan scrutiny, and a separate Senate subcommittee on executive department expenditures led by Ferguson to probe malfeasance. It also covers Soviet ruble devaluation effects, New Zealand demographics, German industry policy in the British zone, Georgia politics around Herman Talmadge, and veterans service concerns in the South.
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Treasury
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Knutson
Congressional
Former Dothan Man Burtt Dies in Birmingham
Funeral services for G. W. Burtt husband of Mrs Lorene Thomas Burtt formerly of Dothan were held in Birmingham Wednesday with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. Burtt died at his Birmingham home after a long illness. Surviving include his widow a son Clyde L Burtt of Cincinnati a grandson Larry Burtt a sister Mrs Helen E Forkner and a brother Edgar W Burtt boss of Loveland Ohio.
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Lorene Thomas Burtt
Dothan
Birmingham
Elmwood
Burtt
Virginia Steel Company
Clyde L. Burtt
Cincinnati
Larry Burtt
Helen E. Forkner
Edgar W. Burtt
Loveland
Ohio
Rutabagas Grown At Kilby Prison Boast Giants
Kilby Prison officials tout their truck garden rutabagas as equal to any grown in the region. Warden Tennyson Dennis notes two specimens weighed 10 and 11.5 pounds, with diameters eight to ten inches, claiming inmates produce world class produce this year.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Tennyson Dennis
Henry Young
Slocomb collision leads to speeding charge and truck wreck
State trooper reports that Woodrow Wilson Miller of Dothan drove a truck involved when Watson began to turn off the highway. No charges filed. James McDaniel Gilmore of Dothan, 212 Madison Ave, was cited for speeding after his truck hit Homer Virgil Register of Slocomb's vehicle as Register tried a left turn. Fréd Draughon assisted in the investigation.
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Ww. Oh
Hayes
Woodrow Wilson Miller
Dothan
Watson
James McDaniel Gilmore
Madison Avenue
Slocomb
Gilmore
Homer Virgil Register
Fréd Draughon
Four Little Rock Teens Die in Train Collision
Four Greater Little Rock teenagers, three boys and a girl, were killed when the car they rode in was struck by a northbound Missouri Pacific passenger train in the western part of the city. Identified victims are Martha Lawrence, 14, T. D. Johnson, 16, Tom Staunton Whiddon, 16, and William Cornelison, 16.
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Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Martha Lawrence
T. D. Johnson
Tom Staunton Whiddon
William Cornelison
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