Promotions Approved For Geneva Scouts and Merit Badges
Geneva report details promotion of several boys to second class within the local Boy Scouts. Horace Newman earns first class status with six merit badges. Roy Crawford attains second class with six badges. Board of Review approves awards. funds update shows $1,000 raised toward a $1,950 budget for 1948. Local clubs sponsor Scout groups across Samson, Hartford, Slocomb, and Geneva. a Geneva Junior Chamber of Commerce Cub Scout Patrol is formed.
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Geneva
Jack Smith
Donald Kelley
Joel J. Johnson, Jr
Billy Wright
Rex Newman
Mack Herring
Charles Judah
Roy Mauldin
Harry Criggs
Franklin Ward
Ray Neal Brooks
Horace Newman
Roy Crawford
Pritchett
Geneva County
Clintonville
Coffee County
The
American Legion Post
Samson
Lions Club
Hartford
Sportsmens Club
Slocomb
Rotary Club
Geneva Junior Chamber of Commerce
Treasure Digger Rival Sells Locator At Grocery Pit
In Green Cove Springs Florida Aged G A Mobier guiding a 9 million dollar buried treasure dig meets rival Michael Duran a Chicago laboratory technician who unveiled a metal locator that oscillates when placed in dirt. Duran claims the device detects gold or silver and plans a hunt near Zacatecas Mexico after testing his German built unit.
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Green Cove Springs
G. A. Mobier
Gerardne
Walnut Street
Michael Duran
Deni Laboratory
Chicago
Duran
Mobley
Mobiley
Zacatecas
Mexico
Record Cold Across Nation With Snow Accumulations
Readings near zero in parts of New England and freezing air reaching Georgia with Atlanta at 28 degrees. A snow storm stretched from New England to Louisiana leaving 23 inches in Boston and 30 in Hartford. North and South Carolina reported multiple cold related deaths while Miami enjoyed a 75 degree sunny day.
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New England
Georgia
Atlanta
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Boston
Hartford
Conn
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Coast
Fresno
Calif
San Francisco
North Central States
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Permits Issued for Three Residences on Headland Avenue
R EF Tate gains city engineer permits to build three residences on Headland avenue costing 5000 dollars each. Addresses listed 514 516 and 518. Two more permits issued for homes costing 2000 dollars to Mrs. Leslie Dykes on 6th street and to Williams and Vories Lumber Company at 634 Fortner street.
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R.ef. Tate
Headland Avenue
Leslie Dykes
6Th Street
Williams and Vories Lumber Company
Fortner Street
Dothan Masons Schedule Two Meetings This Week
Two Masonic gatherings set for Tuesday night at seven. Pythagoras Lodge will conduct its regular meeting with third degree work planned while the Dothan Chapter holds a special session for first and second degree work.
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Dothan
Pythagoras Lodge
Maternity Clinic Sessions Planned in Houston County
Public health officials announce two maternity clinics this week in Houston County. On Tuesday afternoon the Madrid clinic will be held with Dr. Andress as clinician, and Thursday afternoon the Cottonwood clinic will be held with Dr. Hicks as clinician.
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Houston County
Madrid
Dr. Andress
Cottonwood
Hicks
Fire Starts From Faulty Heater at S09 ML Foster Street
Chief Arthur Posey reported a fire caused by a waterlogged heater that burned a hole in the ceiling at 509 ML Foster Street. The blaze caused no external damage. Owner Famie Seconst was listed for the residence. A second fire due to a flooded oil heater caused minor damage at Richard Ramsey’s home on Herring Street Saturday night.
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Arthur Posey
Foster Street
Fred
Posey
Faumie Seconst Way
Richard Ramsey
Herring Street
Welfare Department Helps 78,297 Needy People In Alabama
Alabama’s Welfare Department reports December payments averaged 20.20 dollars to 78,297 recipients totaling 1,531,940. Old age assistance rose to 1,503 cases with 18.89 per case. Aid to blind, dependent children, foster care, handicapped and temporary aid listed with specific totals and per‑case averages. An additional 2,684 cases were approved but funds were insufficient to pay.
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Montgomery
State Welfare Department
Laula Dunn
Boats Reassemble After Bahama Race Debacle
In CAT CAY Bahamas AP battered craft begin reassembling after the Fort Lauderdale to Cat Cay race. Only five of ten starters finished as high winds and rough seas hampered boats. Ocean Queen, a 40-foot cutter owned by R M Demere of Savannah GA, won in 18 hours 43 minutes. Defending champ Stormy Weather owned by Fred M Temple of Toledo OH finished second and Cielon, owned by Alphonse Gomez-Mena of Havana Cuba, placed third.
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Cat Cay
Bahamas
Fort Lauderdale
Ocean Queen
R. M. Demere
Savannah
Stormy Weather
Fred. M. Temple
Toledo, C
Cielon
Alphonse Gomez-Mena
Havana
Cuba
Baltimore Man Gets Room The Hard Way
Baltimore a 21 year old man walked into central police station claiming he robbed a Detroit bank of 47000. Detroit police said no record of such a robbery exists and no Detroit bank matches the name given by the self styled robber.
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Baltimore
Central Police Station
Detroit
Fred Johnson
Final Concert Set Here For February 3
Dornan presents the St. Louis Sinfonietta in a Tuesday February 3 concert at the Dothan High School Auditorium. The 20 member ensemble under conductor Paul Schrieber performs Bach through Shostakovich, with American works and harp soloist Gertrude Hopkins. Previously the group appeared in colleges and on Civic and Community Concert series.
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Dornan
St. Louis Sinfonietta
Middlewest
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Vivaldi
Debussy
Ravel
Stravinsky
Hindemith
Shostakovich
Paul Schrieber
St. Louis
Gertrude Hopkins
Dothan High School
Dothan Community Concert Association
Julius Huehn
Mary van Kirk
Europe needs aid tied to American production experts
Roy W. Gifford urges a group of top American production men to modernize Europe's industries so it can better sell goods abroad. H. J. Heinz II proposes Europe receive farm machinery and fertilizer to boost food production. The Agriculture Department seeks extended power to limit grain distillers' usage, with the Senate having passed a bill to restrain till February 29, while government extends the period.
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St. Lawrence Waterway
Roy W. Gifford
Detroit
Europe
H. J. Heinz II
Pittsburgh
Department of Agriculture
Anderson
Congress
Senate
Agriculture Department
Ozerk Girls Enter Pi Tau Phi Chapter
Virginia Baldwin and Lougene Trammel of Ozark join Alpha chapter of Pi Tau Phi at the University of Alabama. They were among 19 students and five honorary initiates selected for attainment and service.
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Virginia Baldwin
Lougene Trammel
Ozark
University of Alabama
Pi Tau Phi
National Methodist Society
The Shoe Doesn''t Fit When On Other Foot
Vice President William J. Muth of the Baltimore City Council was awakened at 3 30 a.m. by a citizen who outlined a scheme to improve the city transit service. The caller declined to give a number, saying he was a night watchman and would be awakened if the phone rang in the devtime.
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Baltimore
William J. Muth
Folsom Denounces Hand-Picked Alabama Delegates
Gov. James E. Folsom rejected reports that political has-beens sought to arrange a hand-picked slate of Alabama delegates to the Democratic National Convention. He urged wide open races and free debate, saying the people should choose delegates through a voter-led process and judge candidates by their platforms.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
C. H. Finney
Folsom
Democratic Executive Committee
Police Seek Auto Stolen Last Week
Police search for a dark blue 1938 Ford Tudor stolen from N Foster street parking space while J M Baker sat in a movie. Vehicle described with aluminum radiator drill and red leather interior. tag 38c 2911. Chief Eddie D Kelley asks for information and notes tools found inside.
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J. M. Baker
N. Alice Street
N. Foster Street
Baker
Eddie D. Kelley
French plans hinge on export gains to shore up prices
The French government relies on higher export income to boost dollars for recovery measures before domestic prices surge. Speculation swirls about repatriating foreign capital, which could ease Marshal Plan approval in Congress. Some Furonean nations are criticized for underutilizing assets. As of midnight, the dollar exchanged for 9 francs. at the official rate it would buy 214 francs.
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Unon
New York
Livestock Arrivals Boost Hog Prices in Georgia Plants
Eight major plants across Albany to Tallahassee reported arrivals of 450 cattle, 208 calves, and 3,700 hogs. Hog prices eased to steady to five to seven cents lower than Friday, with quotations for hogs 120 to over 270 pounds ranging from 16 to 24.25 dollars. Cattle trading opened active in Georgia Florida and Alabama with prices uneven but near steady, steers and heifers 500 to 1,000 pounds quoted 25 to 29 dollars, middling 18.50 to 24, common 14.50 to 19.25, and canners and cutters 10 to 16 dollars.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Als
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fis
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Foursquare Gospel Members Turn Other Cheek After Theft
In Little Rock Arkansas the Foursquare Gospel Church fed its thieves in prayer after $35 to $50 was stolen from the pastor's study Saturday night. Rev Warren W Twyford said the congregation prayed for the thieves souls and invited them to attend services. Detective Chief C O Fink said police are investigating.
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Little Rock
Ark
Foursquare Gospel Church
Warren W. Twyford
C. O. Fink
Alabama Delegates Face Key Civil Rights Stance
Gov James E Folsom welcomed Alabama Democrats to Montgomery and urged against hand picking national convention delegates. State Chairman Gessner McCorvey called for opposition to any segregation platform, warning repeal could mix races. Alabama will select 26 delegates in May and runoff in June if needed, with nine House seats and four statewide offices up for election including Senate, Public Service Commission, and two Supreme Court justices.
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Committee On Civil Rights
Rushton
James E. Folsom
Montgomery
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
McCorvey
National
Alabama
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
John Sparkman
Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
State Supreme Court
Thomas S
Buster) Lawson
Robert T. Simpson
Mrs Howerd McKay Dies Route Two Resident
Mrs Howerd McKay of Route Two dies leaving husband a daughter Miss Juanita Lynn of Auguste Georgia and her parents J and Mrs George Lewis of Dothan. She also leaves four sisters Mrs W W Howard of St Petersburg Florida Miss Margaret Lewis Mrs Raymond Smith and Mrs Hanson Harrell all of Dothan and a brother Charles Lewis of Dothan. Funeral at 3:30 p m Tuesday Assembly of God Church with Rev Gordon Earle officiating Burial in City Cemetery Pall bearers listed and Ward Wilson in charge.
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Juanita Lynn
Auguste
George Lewis
Dothan
W. W. Howard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Margaret Lewis
Raymond Smith
Hanson Harrell
Charles Lewis
Assembly of God Church
Gordon Earle
Foy Johnston
Charles Riley
Charles ‘Smith
Woodrow McKay
Ward-Wilson
Wiregrass Students Work As CPA Interns
Three Wiregrass students at the University of Alabama work as interns for certified public accountants this winter, announced by Dean Lee Bidgood. The interns are Cecil Bonner of Newton, Henry A. Holland of Geneva, and Robert S. Johnson of Ozark. Twenty-three graduates from senior accounting classes are interning this winter, with strong grades and completion of the income tax course required.
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University of Alabama
Certified Public Accountants
Lee Bidgood
School of Commerce and Business Administration
Cecil Bonner
Newton
Henry A. Holland
Geneva
Robert S. Johnson
Ozark
Stassen Seeks Bold Test in GOP Nomination Fight
Number 23 on the Nebraska ballot may show Stassen as a declared candidate amid a push to include aspirants and potential dark horses like Arthur Vandenberg and Douglas MacArthur. He aims a head-on test against Taft’s policies, pledging a liberal course in the Republican party while entering the Ohio race and resisting a New York delegate slate opposed to Dewey.
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Nebraska
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Douglas MacArthur
People
Stassen
Taft
Ohio
Minnesotan
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie Withdraws After Wisconsin Primary Loss
In 1944 Wendell Willkie staked his bid on the Wisconsin primary but Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York crushed him. The defeat led Willkie to withdraw from the presidential race.
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Cias
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Willkie
MacArthur vows to stay in Japan until task done
On his 68th birthday General Douglas MacArthur said he would remain in Japan until his mission there is complete unless an extraordinary occurrence prompts otherwise He did not clarify that phrase nor address rumors of a U S presidential bid or a March return date cited by Walter Winchell His office gave no new plan to go home
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Toyko
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Allied Power
United States
Hale
MacArthur
Walter Winchell
America
Wisconsin
Winchell
Alabama Educational Council selects leaders at meeting
The Alabama Men's Educational Advisory Council met yesterday and adopted a resolution for federal aid for education. Mrs. M. P. Walker of Loosa was named council vice president, a post last held by Gilmore. Mrs. Harry Nelx of Montgomery became secretary-treasurer. Retiring president and executive committee members include Col. Herry Ayres and other Montgomery and statewide figures.
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Alabama’ Men’s Educational Advisory Guv Cil
Milton
The
Anniat Star
Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
Oliver Young
Wenon
Alexander Nunn
the Prgressive Farrer
Jam. Fitts Hill
Andrew Turnipseed
Frank L. Gro
Montgomery
Proposal for synthetic fuel program on peacetime basis
Krug urged a five to six year peacetime synthesis fuel program, framing it as a continuation of wartime achievements. He cited a lengthy report outlining progress in synthetic fuel research and argued the nation should undertake the project when at peace, building on the $9 billion scale concept.
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Krug
New Orleans Cotton Futures Decline With Liquidation Pressures
New Orleans cotton futures slipped as long liquidation and hedge selling pressed prices. By 11:30 a.m. prices showed declines across contracts with May at 3464, Jly 3410, Oct 315 and Dec 3115, amid a broad market pullback.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures slip as late prices drop in New York
In New York the cotton futures market moved lower with reactionary activity. Prices at late afternoon ranged 90 cents to 95 cents per bale below the previous close. The contract prices showed March at 34.32, May at 34.44, and July at 33.90.
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New York
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N. St. Andrews
Welfare Department
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Ngure
Ozerk
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Mundie Service Cent Ee
Yoel Apres
Cain
Houston County Milling Co
Cates Phone Pty
Foursquare Gospel
Blondie
By Williams
McTrees
Major Hoooe
Miss Airy
Lue
Wiregrass
CPA
BAY Line
Panama City
Urninc
LOOR
Furnac
Underwriters Laboratories
J. L Harris Roofing Co
EB. Tre
Ford Motors
Fleet
WoroReco. Parte Distributers
St. Andrews
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