Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
The Dothan Camellia Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel with K Sawada of Mobile as speaker. Houston County reports ten cancer cases yesterday, eight of which involve non residents. a car fire on Commerce Street required no fire department aid. Seaman apprentice Cr L Barfield Jr serves on USS Incredible off Japan. Governor Folsom names C M Rudd notary for Geneva County. Concert ballots total ten more but do not change final director or entertainment results. Clara Pearl Roberts pleads guilty to grand larceny and faces a probation hearing January 20. Police report the city’s longest quiet spell of the year, with no arrests for over 38 hours. Dothan Life Underwriters set lunch meeting Friday at the Houston Hotel with D Hayes Clark as principal speaker.
Coast Guard Pursues Navy Plane Crash After Eastwind Collision
About 120 crew were aboard the Number 4 cutter when a Navy fighter plane speeding to the scene crashed two haddas off Little MacInponGo Inlet North Carolina. A Coast Guard helicopter diverted to the East wind blaze while another flew toward the crash site. The East wind was struck on the starboard side opposite the chief petty officers quarters exposing ammunition magazines as firefighters faced risk of explosion. Eastwind home port Boston, bound for Curtis Bay Maryland. Gulfstream vessel, owned by Gulf Of Corp, left Philadelphia for Kuwait Persia and other Persian Gulf ports without cargo.
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Coast Guard
Little Macinpongo Inlet
N.C
Eastwind
Boston
Curtis Bay
Gulfstream
Gulf of Corp
Philadelphia
Kuwait
Persia
Persian Gulf
Bell rate hike appealed after court order in Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission President Gordon Persons said he will appeal to the state Supreme Court a circuit court ruling granting Southern Bell an annual rate increase of 2.53 million dollars. Judge Walter B. Jones overturned the PSC denial and allowed maximum rates, with a 2.4 million bond to cover rebates if the final outcome denies the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Hell
Southern Bell
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Public Service Commission
Telephone Company
Persons
New York
Larry Hills
Commission
Bishop Carpenter Speaks at Selma Episcopal Meet
Bishop Carpenter of Birmingham opened the 50th annual Alabama diocese Women’s Auxiliary session in Selma. He urged stronger home spiritual values and family prayer and sought support for the Bishop’s Youth Fund drive. Holy Communion was conducted. Mrs. A J McLemore of Montgomery presided. Scholarships were awarded to Mary Meade McDowell and Anne Cobbs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Carpenter
Birmingham
Alabama
Episcopal Church
A. J. McLemore
Mont-gomery
McLemore
Mary Meade McDowell
Bishop McDowell
Anne Cobbs Smith
Decatur
Creation of Tenmember State Highway Commission Proposed
Number 10 introduced a bill to form a tenmember State Highway Commission elected by the General Assembly, with district commissioners paid 1920 dollars yearly and a chairman at 600 dollars. It would turn 2154 miles of county roads into state highways and base road funding on county mileage. The House also approved bills restricting active law practice by emeritus superior judges, allowing national bank status with two thirds stockholder vote, expanding bad-check return time to 48 hours, and giving banks 90 days to charter applications. The session promised a busy day with mask prohibition, a constitutional amendment, and a challenging appropriations bill seeking 44,744,733 in new revenue rather than Gov. Talmadge's 44,549,720.
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General Assembly
House
Senate
Herman Talmadge
Double deck buses fading from Chicago streets
The double decker bus is being replaced by single deckers in Chicago, drawing regret from youths and romantically inclined couples. The Chicago Motor Coach Co. is rapidly converting to single-deck models as deliveries proceed. Grated onion chopped parsley salt and pepper enhance hamburgers served with creamed potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Motor Coach Co
Bishop's Youth Fund Drive Opens in Alabama Tonight
The Rt. Rev. C. C. J Carpenter will open a statewide fund drive at 9 30 p.m. with a radio address on WAGF and WIRB to back kickoff meetings raising 260 000 for five youth projects in the Alabama diocese. Dothan’s share is 2511, with parish members asked to contribute. no public solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. J Carpenter
Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama
Bishop Carpenter
WAGF
Enterprise
WIRB
Dothan Episcopalians
Marion Hanahan
Phil MacLauchlin
Cochairman
Dothan
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
University of Alabama
Montevallo
Tuskegee
Auburn
Camp McDowell
Winston County
Senate power tilt cited in party lines amid wage, Taft-Hartley talks
Number 23 ridiculed coalition talk while Senator Brewster cited balance of power in the Senate with nonadministration men as the Democrats hold 54 to 42. House labor panel prioritizes raising minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. Lesinski says bill to be introduced and hearings to begin next week. Pepper seeks floor vote to repeal Taft-Hartley, restoring Wagner act, with Taft-Hartley repeal likely blocked in Senate. Spence proposes seven month extension of anti inflation controls and export controls through June 30 1941. Air Force seeks 200 million to build a rocket testing range 150 miles horizon. About 2000 civil rights demonstrators arrive at the Capitol. DOJ labels Civil Rights Congress a subversive group.
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Brewster
R-Me
Senate
Democrats
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
House
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Pepper
D-Flo
Spence
House Banking Committee
Air Force
Congress
Communist Party
New York
Justice Department
Civil Rights Congress
Ringer ruling on union shop and Taft Hartley limits debated
The document notes a 20 day window to seek NLRB review and predicts the union will appeal. Ringer directs Lewis and the union to stop calls for a strike over using union membership as a condition of employment and to avoid requiring operators to sign such agreements. If upheld, Lewis must post notices acknowledging compliance with a cease order. The piece discusses union shop versus closed shop concepts and Taft Hartley implications.
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NLRB
Ringer
Lewis
Lona Ringer
UMW
Kiwanis Hears Mrs Collins on Juvenile Cases
The Dothan Kiwanis Club heard Mrs. Collins, director of Houston County Welfare, review 58 juvenile cases since the new court began 17 months ago. Of the 58, 30 were Negro and 28 white. 47 boys and 11 girls. 5 county residents, 53 city. Thirteen were dependent, 45 neglected or delinquent. Outcomes included 8 dismissed, 4 transferred, 15 institutionalized, 7 placed with relatives, 3 in boarding homes. no records for 2 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Co. L. Collins
Houston County Welfare Department
Collins
James Floyd Martin
Dorothy Carmichael
Clifford Schwalb
Dave Harvard
Shelton Hollomon
Millionaire Grenville Baker Shot on Florida Plantation
Tallahassee officers said the next move hinges on FBI lab results from paraffin casts, hair and flesh samples. The three companions, Thelma Griffin 21, Floyd Whiddon and his wife, rode with Baker the night of his death on the Horseshoe Plantation road. Baker’s widow arrived from Mexico City, and George F. Baker III denied estrangement. The case pursues murder, self inflicted death, or accidental shooting as possible angles.
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Tallahassee
Grenville Baker
FBI
Baker
New York
Thelma Griffin
Floyd Whiddon
Horseshoe Plantation
FBI Crime Laboratory
William D. Hopking
George F. Baker
Whiddons
Griffin
Whiddon
Hopkins
Shorty
Waktlia County
Mrs. Griffin
Florida Gulf Coast
Apalachicola
Florida
George Baker
Othe
Grenville
First National Bank of New York
Harvard
Air Force
Beans
Cotton futures rise on expected exports in New Orleans
New Orleans reports indicate a sizeable near term rise in cotton exports boosting futures. The March position hit a seasonal high while prices moved higher late in the session as traders priced in stronger demand.
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New Orleans
Goon
Mississippi tornado devastates Caledonia killing one
A tornado struck the south edge of Caledonia Mississippi killing 89 year old Mary Leonard and injuring at least 13 others. The storm damaged two cotton gins the El Bethel church and several homes. Power and water lines were down leaving 1600 residents without utilities while crews restored service after the flood scare from earlier river overflows.
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Caledonia
Miss
el Bethel
Mary Leonard
May
Mike Connor
Columbus
James Smith
Bitter cold wave sweeps the plains with record lows
A northern plains and central states cold snap brings subzero winds and deep freezes. Minot and Pembina report 25 below, Miles City 20 below, Willmar 15 below, and Minneapolis 10 below. Chicago near zero with North Dakota highs 5 to 15 below. Topeka hospitals move patients to corridors after icy conditions as St. Louis loses power. ice-coated limbs take down wires and phones across several states. An Alberta snowplow accident near Hoagland kills brakeman E L Redman, 42, as a ballast car and locomotives derail in a 14-foot drift.
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Plains
North Central States
Mississippi Valley
Mercury
Minot
Pembina
N. D
Miles City
Mont
Willmar
Minn
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Chicago
Dickinson
Chadron
Nebr
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Topeka
Kays
St. Louis
Electric Company
Arkansas
Nebraska
E. L. Redman
Kearney
Hoagland
Livestock Arrivals Report Across Southern Plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 400 cattle 250 calves and 3000 hogs at eight plants in Alabama Georgia Florida and Dothan Alabama Jacksonville and Tallahassee Florida. Hog prices varied by weight with Good and choice barrows and gilts at 17.75 to 18.25 for 180-240 lb hogs and 16.50 to 17.50 for 240-270 lb hogs. Smaller hogs 160-180 lb brought 16.50 to 17.50 and 140-160 lb 15 to 15.75. Medium grades ranged 12 to 17.50 for various weights. Sows sold 13 to 14.50.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Cattle Hog Market Report From Montgomery Stock Yards
Estimated salable receipts at Montgomery noted 350 cattle and 340 hogs with slow trade and uneven demand. Cattle varied from weak to 50 cents or more lower than Tuesday, light calves and lightweight bulls thinly traded. hogs showed steady to lower pricing with midweight barrows and gilts 18.00 to 18.50 for 180-240 lb, 16.75 to 18.00 for 240-270 lb, and lighter weights 15.50 to 16.00. Slaughter pigs and sows also pressed lower, with ranges listed across weight classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Fed- State
Mit News Soc
Union Stock Yards
Sale leads to mistaken coat purchase in Memphis store
Mrs Leo Smith believed she had the coat sale but a young customer returned with the coat asking for the same garment. He showed his money, three dollars, but could not buy the coat. The article also suggests serving kidney beans with skillet browned sausage and coleslaw.
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Memphis
Tenn
Leo Smith
Deaths in Wiregrass Rosaland Hays Lewis Resident of Marianna
Mrs Rosalind Hays Lewis sixty six widow of Adam McNealy Lewis former U S Marshal for the Northern Florida district died in a Jackson County hospital after a lingering illness Funeral services were held at her residence in Marianna with burial in Riverside cemetery Surviving are two sons three daughters eight grandchildren and a sister
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ROSALIND LEWIS _ MARIANNA
Rosalind Hays Lewis
Adam McNealy Lewis
U. S. Marshall
Florida
Jackson County
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Burns
Riverside
Maddox Funeral Home
Adam Lewis, Jr
Alex Lewis
Truman Reflects on 1945 Burden and 1950 Duty
President Truman recalls the April 12 1945 oath after F D Roosevelt death and the heavy burden he bore. He notes limited cooperation post 1945 and outlines Democratic platform principles, urging Congress and the people to back him to secure peace and progress. He praises the Truman Barkley Club and foresees a cooperative 1950 Congress. The Electoral College banquet and inaugural gala feature Tovie Shirley Temple Gene Kelly Lena Horne Phil Harris Alice Faye Margaret OBrien Dick Haymes Edgar Bergen.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Barkley
Philadelphia
Congress
Truman- Barkley Club
Democratic Party
Truman
National Guard
Tovie
Shirley Temple
Gene Kelly
Lena Horne
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Margaret O'Brien
Dick Haymes
Edgar Bergen
Big Inch line rupture cuts power after massive blaze
A November fire at the Seymour Indiana pumping station caused $3,000,000 in damages while high winds disrupted power. Two Morris pumping station workers suffered minor burns as gas continued to burn along an 110 mile stretch of the Big Inch line from Seymour to Lebanon before valves cut the supply.
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Seymour, Ind
Here
Morris
Seymour
Ind
Lebanon
Barn Owls Harbor in Smithsonian Northwest Tower
Barn owls have inhabited the northwest tower of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D C for years, contributing to the site’s quiet wildlife presence and local natural history lore.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington,d. C
Blakely Lions Club Hears District Chief
Special speaker Joe Grossman of Bainbridge district governor candidate spoke to Blakely Lions on The Value of Lions As Individuals to Their Community. Principal Homer Brinson urged new school rooms due to overcrowding and possible enrollment doubling, with a committee formed to seek county board support. Guests included Bob Moncrief Bert Ehrlich Heidi Swearingen James Stott Martin Cowart and B. J. Mathis.
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Blakely
Joe Grossman
Bainbridge
Lions International
South Georgia
Blakely Lions Club
Melvin Jones
Grosman
Homer Hodges Brinson
Blakely Union School
Brinson
Fletcher Thompson
Rotary Club
County Board of Education
Bob Moncrief
Bert Ehrlich
Heidi Swearingen
James Stott
Boy Scout
Albany
Martin Cowart
Arlington
B. J. Mathis
Florida Unemployment Benefits See Sharp Rise After War
Labor officials report 2 200 claimants on average last year dropping to 1 500 this year with up to 26 a week for 26 weeks payable even if out of state. About 400 000 currently receive benefits plus 55 000 veterans readjustment pay. Fraud penalties include fine up to 500 and six months jail. restitution possible for lesser infractions.
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Edward Corsi
Florida
New York
Evacuation Orders Grow as Nanking Braces for Battle
Spokesmen at American, British, French and Italian embassies said they had appealed to their governments for instructions as the Nationalist government advised immediate foreign embassy departures. Workers in Nanking were urged to hasten archiving and dispersal while most civilian officials already fled. U S officials debated moving to Canton or coordinating sections to Chungking Formosa and Canton as Shanghai reports note rapid evacuation impacts.
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Canton
Nanking
Yangtzes
The
Yantze
Washington
Chungking
Formosa
U. S. Army Advisory Group
Economic Co-operation Administration
Shanghai
Thp
U. S
Deliveries Into City Subject To License Advised
Montgomery AP report states Attorney General Mee Carmichael said a town may levy a privilege tax on deliveries within its corporate limits even if the merchant resides outside. The advisory refers to a Dothan case where a seller delivered furniture to a buyer in the city, prompting cease orders from neighbors. The ruling holds the town’s right to require delivery licenses, with past tests in gas and oil deliveries.
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Montgomery
Mee Carmichael
Tequester
Houston County
J. A. Logue
Carmiday
Jeery
Logue
Dothan
Hartford
Dotnan
Blakely Opens March of Dimes Drive
Blakely campaigns raise 2300 toward Early County quota as Beta Club and Blakely Theatre join the effort. County chairman H Harinson says a wish well will be at Court Square for solicitations. Schools are assigned tasks to meet the county total for infantile paralysis relief.
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Blakely
H. Harinson
Court Square
Beta Club
Blakely Theatre
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Cr. L. Barfield, Jr
USN
Curtis Barfield
Incredible
Japan
Goveror Folsom
C. M. Rudd
Geneva
Geneva County
Secretary of State
Sibyl Pool
Clara Pearl Roberts
Pat Jones
D. C. Hatstead
Dothan Life Underwriters Association
Houston
D. Hayes Clark
Alabama Association of Life Underwriters
Daughtry Lumber Coke
Dothan Auto Parts CO
Bishop's
Kiwanis Club
Dar Uter
Mississippi
Sale
Waugage
Cole Glawe
United Warehouse Company, Inc
Barber, Mah Cherry
Peiate
Carmichael
Harry Hall Co
Zephyr Ali
Zephyr
F.H.A
U.S. Sa-Pat
California
Repwood
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
E. Troy
Peo
Solomon Motor CO
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