The Wiregrass Lodge Meeting and Local Notices
Grass section reports Lodge meeting at Grace ville Maganic Lodge St4 Will meet Thursday in the school gym at 6 20 p m Guest speaker Connor Spears Birming City commissioner. Klwenis club noon meeting at Lawson Hotel PTA meeting notes Headlang Par Teacher Association regular session 3 p m tomorrow Final lunchroom Principal Z L Esrathy to discuss alcoholism Foster Street Methodist Church Men s Club guest Dr Frazier Montgomery starts 7 p m All men invited Marriage notice for 32 years of Mr and Mrs F M Roney of Dothan route four Kinsey 84 urecess 14 Faye not 50 typed words truncated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceville
Maganic Lodge
Connor Spears
Bers Fjugené
Bully Connor
Birming
Ban City
Klwenis
al Itouson Hotel
PTA
Ficlala
Headlang Par Teacher Association
Z. L. Esrathy
DA Frazier
G. Stanley Frazier
Mont+gromery
Foster Street Methodist Church
Dr. Frazier
Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Memphis
F. M. Roney
Roney
Eagly
Dothan
Kinsey
Three Hurt In Geneva Accident A Car Versus Truck Crash
In Geneva near the Ice Plant a collision between a car driven by Chace Thoms and a truck driven by J. D. Commander injured three people. Commander suffered fractures of both legs and was taken to Enterprise hospital. Sue Hiddies, a passenger in Thoms car, had multiple jaw injuries, broken teeth, and was also hospitalized. Bobbie Nicks, another passenger, received lacerations and bruises and was taken to a nearby hospital. Both vehicles were eastbound toward town when the driver attempted to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Sprcish
Bate
Chace Thoms
J. D. Commander
Enterprise
Sue Hiddies
Bobbie Nicks
Tapmay
Martford
Thomas
Laboratory report notes infectious cases and animal head tests
The report cites one typhoid and seven typhus cases in 1049. Laboratory work includes examining animal heads for rabies with 129 positive heads, fox heads at the top. Other positives include cattle and calves six each, plus positives on mule, mule deer, and bobcat. During the war, 990 preliminary blood tests were done and 32 weddings delayed due to general disaster. There were 827 negatives, 21 positives and doubtfuls. About 110t planetoids are known to astronomers.
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Laboratory Nylans
Georgia Law Reform Sparks Civil Voting Battle
Georgia lawmakers prepare actions on a voter re registration bill amid postponement votes in both chambers. Senate members back delaying enforcement for two years while the House delays a repeal option, with House and Senate debates on highway reform tax and early primary measures also looming.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Willy Smith
Carrallon
Inulead Ar J Administration
House State of the Republic Committee
Hamilton Kellam
Laurens
House
Caer
Frank Twitty
Cafia
Kellam
Spance Grayson
Savannah
Dent Greer
Lanier
Senate Bu
Denate
Demonstration Set By Chamber Group On Pine Seedlings
A Pine seedlings planting demonstration will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. two miles east of Dothan on the Columbia highway. H M Roller of International Paper Company will show manual and mechanical planting of the seedlings. The project began last year under the chamber of commerce with Pat Foyner as chairman. Solomon Baxter, county school superintendent, assisted and lectures were given in all county schools. Seedlings ordered last year were to be delivered Friday and residents who ordered can pick up at Rehoboth Aynford or local schools after Friday. Attending include Maurice Steenstand district forest ranger and B F Palmer Houston County ranger with vocational agriculture students.
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Dothan
Columbia
H. M. Roller
International Paper Company
A5 & Onan Chamber of Commercs
Pat Foyner
Solomon Baxter
Rehoboth
Aynford
Chamber of Commerce
Maurice Steenstand
District Forest Ranger
F. Palmer
Houston County Ranger
Political Roles and 1952 Campaign Hopes in California
Fragmented notes discuss Nixon running in California for the Senate or governor candidates James Roosevelt and Helen Gahagan Douglas as Democrats. It mentions Truman administration ties and a tactic to keep the Hiss controversy alive to boost 1952 prospects. The tone reflects pre election speculation and party strategies.
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Nixon
California
Senate
Sen
Sheridars Dowsey
Helen Gahagen Douglas
Truman
Darling
Fdr
James
Ateranee
Trumans
Camellia Show Draws 3000 Visitors to Marianna
Three thousand visitors viewed the Camellia Show in Marianna as Mrs. John Winslet won top honors, with Mrs. Jake Jones of Graceville taking best in show. The event featured dozens of classes, many local nurseries, and judges from Pensacola and Greenwood.
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Marianna Jyause
Jake Jones
Graceville
T. Saliba
Marianna
Rufus Davis
Pathan
Rere ‘H
Grace Morse
Geoege Milton
Hagle
Harrison Motor
Chamber of Commerce
John Winslet
Woodville
Ities
Tira
Arrder
Joan Carter, Jr
Loula. S. Smith
W. D. Clitterd
Ainsg JA
Edward Wells
R. W. Yost
P. D' Matthews
W. Ro ‘Sennille
Louise Dickson
T. Sabre
Asa Davis
Ds Clitford
George Bush
Clagy
J.C. Prine
Chipley
Marianas
T. Mackinnon
P. D. Matthews
Ba McGee
Marie Winslet
Lola Smith
Wills
Greenwood
Clagg
Nixon Cooper
Lyswood Sony
Charles E. Reitt
Katie Tindell
John McFartin
CC. Liddon
Cetii Rhyne
Neill Williams
Katie ‘Indell
F. T. McKinnon
Essie Cassidy
Chrales QC
Relif
C. C. Liddow
Jy McFarlin
Lynwood Seay
Menry Burke
Mra
R. L. Hinegan
Cecil Rhyne
Charles Reiff
Henry Burke
Jakeng
Lynwood
George Mitton
Edna Long
Reiff
Clnne
Emmett Davis
Walton Anderson
Alvert
C. P. Faalyson
John Winslett
Princer R. G. Head
Ed MocGee
BA. Willis, Sr
Bryant Pander
Greerwood
W. Hightower
Lané
Bertha Rabb
Hazel Reddock
Dor + than
Roe x Tole. Jr
Purvis Nurseries
Anderssom
Pauljoht
Bainbridge
Friendly Flower Shop
Singletary Nurseries
Wayside Nursery
Panama City
Bowman Plural Garden
Louis Flote Garden
Pensacola
Jom K. Edwards
W. O. Walker
Walter L. Ravasco
Bormiz Carta
Tallahassade
Annie Lucy Wills
Y. H. Lowery
Most Jewell Andrews
I W. If. Harrison
Three Men Jailed In Webb Burglary Case
Webb officers report three men connected to a Saturday burglary at Burdeshay’s store. Carroll Elmore, 20, faces burglary charges after a prior grand larceny arrest. Willard Bowen and Fred Bayon, both 18, held on open charges. Police say the trio fled the scene as officers arrived and a few minors were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Burdeshay
Webb
Eers- Tees
Carroll Elmore
Willard Bowen
Fred Bayon
J. Walt Curseron
Elmore
Bowens
Iéma
54 Arrests Listed By Cops And Deputies
A weekend arrest roundup shows 54 arrests by police and sheriffs, with four drunken driving charges among the totals. Individuals named include Cohen, Negro, Roy Jackson, and George C Maddox of Dothan route four. Additional charges cover highway violations, public drunkenness, vagrancy, reckless driving, speeding, assault, battery, disorderly conduct, and grand larceny. One noted case involves Johnson Dowling alias Blue Boy for pecan theft from a state Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Roy Jackson
George C. Maddox
Dothan
Otter
Johnson Dowling
Blue Boy
Labor action tests Taft Hartley in coal dispute
The piece notes a 10 day possible injunctive move under Taft Hartley to halt a three day mine week, with Palmer Labor Committee urging President Truman to invoke national emergency provisions while a federal court schedules hearings on labor practice charges amid coal producer concerns.
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Ons Ik
Aiken
Palste Labor Committee
Whity Task Batore
Anklog
Truman
Lewis
Lewin
Vote Machine Ruling From Carmichael Sparks Election Rules
Montgomery AP reports Attorney General A A Carmichael issued a ruling that voting machines be locked at least five days after county election results are announced and stay closed 18 days after other elections. allowed reopening for investigation then recocking. The opinion also says elections officials must require full names from voters and probate judges lack authority to transfer voters between precincts without registrar board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
A. A. Carmichael
Madison County Circuit
Jett Dy Smith
Attorney General's Office
Board of Registrars
Houston Home Agent Named State Officer
Miss Fyan Mailers of Houston County home demonstration agent is re elected vice president of the Alabama Home Demonstration Agents Association. At the Birmingham meeting all officers were chosen for full terms. President is Miss Irby Barrett of Birmingham with Miss Clarabelle Parsons of Greenville as secretary and Miss Geneva Marshall as treasurer.
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Fyan Mailers
Houston County
Alabama Home Demonstration Agents Association
Birmingham
Alabama
Irby Barrett
Clarabelle Parsons
Greenville
Geneva Marshall
National Association
Guicago
Nell Thrash
Green County
S. Treasure
Pennsylvania Leads in Strike Vote Among Miners
Reports show Pennsylvania's strikers largest group to continue walkout while New York and Alabama show mixed returns. In Kentucky and Tennessee, UMW estimates indicate sizable returns to work but full totals await tallying as leaders face lawsuits and injunctions amid a three day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsyvania
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
UMW
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
Lees
Will Mitch
District United Mine Workers
Alabama
Alan Hale Dies at 87 After Long Screen Career
Hollywood veteran Alan Hale, a 20 year film actor and director famed for heavy roles and the Little John in both silent and talkie Robin Hood versions, died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital at age 87 from a virus infection amid liver illness after returning from a Montana premiere.
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Hollywood
Alan Hale
Hale
Colony
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Helenia
Mont
Montana
Little John
Don Fairbanks
Erryl Fiynn
Deaths at Wiregrass: Hallford and Infant Duhon
Funeral services were held for John Wesley Hallford eighty one at Pilgrim Rest Church with Rev W M Bush and Rev A D Zbinden officiating Interment followed at Pilgrim Rest Cemetery Hallford resident eighty eight years a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church He is survived by three sons J J and C M Hallford two daughters Mrs W G Purvis and Mrs L J Bake four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Infant Valeria Fay Duhon daughter of Mr and Mrs William Duhon of Marianna route two was buried at Friendship Church Cemetery Ward Wilson directed Surviving are the parents a sister Brenda and grandparents Henry Taylor Marianna and Mr and Mrs William Duhon Be City La
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J
C. M. Halliford
Dothun
W. G. Purvis
Slocomb
L. J
Dothan
Tohon
Valeria Fay Dahon
William Dahon
Marianna
Friendship Church
Church
Ward
Wilson
Brenda
Henry Taylor
William Duhon
City
Livestock market roundups in Georgia Alabama and Florida
Livestock arrivals totaled 300 cattle 106 hogs and 4700 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Georgia Do than Alabama Jacksonville Tallahassee Florida Hog market largely steady with varied plant quotes for different weight classes Good and choice hogs 180 to 240 pounds 15.25 to 16.50 per hundredweight and up to 16.40 at one plant Medium grade 280 to 324 pounds 14.50 to 13.90. Cattle and hog price ranges shown from several markets including Montgomery Union Stockyards and New Orleans with mixed futures at New Orleans.
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Thomasville
Albany
Columbus Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomgre
Montgomery
Federal State Market News Service
Union Stockyards
Calvey
Truman Civil Rights Proposals Fuels Senate Split
The passage notes that Number 15 and Southern Democrats plan to oppose the President's proposed measures. It predicts a split between Republicans and Southern Democrats when civil rights proposals reach either house, limiting the budget and resisting tax increases.
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Sanat
Mr. Truman
House
Senators To Shatter Spending Precedents In Senate Action
Lawmakers push to curb government outlays with farm department and related agencies facing hearings this week. Subcommittee chair Russetl plans closed testimony after last year’s open sessions. Agriculture and Farm Credit budgets total over 1.5 billion dollars for the year beginning July 1, with further reviews on State Commerce Justice and Treasury requests upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Agriculture
Brannan
Rix _aubordinates
Treasury and
Post Office
Fics
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Agriculture Department
Farm
Toure
President pushes tax reform to raise revenue and close loopholes
President unveils a 4500 word message proposing estate and gift tax revision to uniformize treatment and raise new revenue. He cautions against any cut that reduces income and highlights loopholes in film industry, charitable trusts, and investment income shielding. Congress faces pressure to raise taxes for balance and debt reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Treasury Department
Sunder
Tromanalav
As & Reguit
Traman
Congress
Amea
Reds Cripple Berlin Traffic In Soviet Reprisal Action
Soviet officers restricted truck traffic between West Germany and Berlin halting dozens of vehicles and delaying three American military trains overnight. An inquiry into travel papers of three non Americans led to a temporary hold before Soviet officials dropped the probe after a call to U S Army HQ at Heidelberg. Only German, Brazilian and Italian passengers were aboard African military coaches as trains resumed normally by daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Germany
Srontier
Rugel
Berl
Luebeck
Estone
Maxwell D. Taylor
Miss Ward Transferred to Covington County Home Agent
Miss Margaret Ward the home demonstration agent for Houston County since June 1949 has been transferred to Covington County and promoted to home agent. Thelma Smith assistant home agent at Andalusia will accompany as assistant in Dothan. Transfers are effective today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ward
Houston County
Snce
Covington County
Margaret Oliver
Auburn
Thelma Smith
Andalusia
Elephant Rampage Hits Malay Village Leaving crops Damaged
A district officer reports an elephant rampage terrorizing a Malay village in X dah State. The animal has destroyed coconut trees and cane plantations, uprooted a village lumber shed, and driven away hunters chasing it. Local residents fear further damage as the elephant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elepa Penang
Xdah
Polio Victim Has Twins in GaLESburg
Mrs Richard Powers aged 28 who contracted polio in 1944 after a return from Warm Springs Georgia has given birth to twins Richard Stev and Sandra Kay. She walks with stitches and braces and all are dong well.
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Galesburg
Richard Powers
Warm Springs
Georgia
Richard Stevin
Sandra Kay
Dong
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