Cross Sections of Life in the Wiregrass
A page of local notes covers Houston Lodge 88 meeting at Masonic Temple with first degrees for four candidates, plus a veterans club talk on proposed Napier Field incorporation. Also reported are Navy maneuvers off Alaska, Exchange Club speech on Soviet relations, Magnolia-Mt Zion church singing, Saturday children's movies at Ritz Theatre, a measles case in Dothan, influenza cases, a criminal breach of peace case, a burglar spree at Lester Green’s grocery, a fatal car crash near Brundidge, and New Orleans cotton futures with modest gains.
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Houston Lodge
Masonic Temple
Dothan
Houston County Health Department
Henry Green
Health Department
Legislators in Sixteen States Get Salary Increases
Michigan reports a radiant heating study on Detroit roads with five heating elements embedded in pavement to melt ice. City planning pushes slum clearance with LA YMCA style redevelopment and Detroit court ruling on municipal power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan Highway Department
State Schools Get $600,000 Worth of War Surplus Goods
Alabama schools received more than 600000 dollars worth of war surplus property free in the six months ending December 31. The program let schools deal directly with the armed forces and was coordinated by the U.S. Office of Education. Alabama totals by service were Army 177668, Navy 183246, and Air Force 254649, with items including tools, machinery, supplies, clothing, and various department equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hill
United States Office of Education
Theso
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate Banking Panel Sets Hearings On Housing Grants
A Senate banking subcommittee will begin hearings on three bills on February 2 covering federal grants to local housing authorities for public housing. The measures include 445 million dollars annually for 36 years with shorter terms in other provisions, and 1 billion in loans plus 500 million in grants for slum clearance. The House bill confines private housing loans to cooperatives mutuals and builders willing to cap rents and profits with no direct individual loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Banking Subcommittee
House
Banking Committee
Thief Breaks Into Sportsman’s Club Stealing Whiskey
A thief broke into the Sportsman’s Club and stole two cases of whiskey. He did not disturb the cash register, according to UPI.
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UPI
Sportsman’s Club
Georgian Acquitted Of Drunk Driving In Klan Parade Protest
ATLANTA AP A five member jury acquitted Frank Bettis of drunken driving after a brief deliberation. Bettis had protested a Ku Klux Klan parade in his neighborhood and was arrested minutes later. His defense cited civil rights and questioning of identity in public order.
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Atlanta
Frank Lettis
Bettis
Paul Carpenter
Samuel Green
The
Klaz
John S. Kelly
Carpeter
Carpenter
Green
Klan
Traffic Safety Meet Held At Montgomery
Traffic officers from 14 Alabama cities gathered in Montgomery for a statewide safety seminar aimed at becoming an annual event. National Safety Council official James D. Hill outlined the national traffic safety contest involving about 800 cities and encouraging idea exchange. N W Kimbrough led the session for the State Department of Public Safety as delegates from Montgomery Mobile Bessemer Selma Birmingham Tuscaloosa Anniston Phenix City Decatur Gadsden Huntsville Fairfield Dothan and Florence attended.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Bessemer
Selma
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Anniston
Phenix City
Decatur
Gadsden
Huntsville
Fairfield
Dothan
Florence
Southeast Alabama Doctors In Parley Meeting
More than 100 doctors from the southeastern section of the Alabama Medical Association convene in Montgomery. Dr. Yaneis M. Thigpen, society president, welcomes delegates as an afternoon program leads to a banquet. Speakers include Dr. J. Paul Jones and W. A. Dozier of the state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Medical Association
Montgomery County Medical Society
Yaneis M. Thigpen
J. Paul Jones
W. A. Dozier
State Association
Early warm spell boosts fruit bloom fears across South
Emmett Pinkston of the U S Agriculture Dept in Atlanta notes Georgia and nearby states have few peach trees blooming yet. Raleigh logged 78.6 degrees on Jan 24, risking premature crops. Tennessee and Mississippi report mixed bloom activity with warnings of potential crop damage if warmth persists. Alabama sees rapid growth in pasture and garden greens while strawberries ripen early in Hammond Louisiana. Weather-wise farmers prepare for spring, cautious about possible freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Pinkston
U. S. Agriculture Department
Atlanta
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
J. C. MarDaniel
A. B. Harmon
Middle Tennessee
A. H. Moseley
Washington County
Miss
Dixie Wonder Peas
Try Cribb
South Carolina Peach Growers Association
Alabama
Hammond
Alabama ‘Agriculture
J. C. Garrett
Local Merchants Association Forms Committees in Dothan
The Retail Merchants Association of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce met under Chairman George H. Malone to organize for 1949. Representatives for department stores, men’s stores, women’s stores, furniture, jewelry, dry cleaning, auto dealers and restaurants were named, with grocery and drug stores, service stations and auto supplies not present. Only 28 merchants attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Association of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce
George H. Malone
Malone
John Ed Owens
Sam Behrman
WW. Brickner
Aaron Kraselsky
B. G. Farmer
Winnie Saxon
Lloyd Helms
Ted Bauman
Henry Kennedy
B. M. Merrill
Lawmakers weigh eviction rules and federal control shift
Director Tighe Woods called landlord evictions potentially illegal and in bad faith. He said his office may seek injunctions to halt such evictions. The current rent law moved eviction control from the federal government to states, allowing evictions if landlords keep units off the market. Two bills in Congress seek to restore federal eviction regulation and extend rent controls for two years. Evictions were underway in Kansas City Detroit Denver Minneapolis Oklahoma City Indianapolis Sacramento Cedar Rapids.
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Tighe Woods
Congress
Kansas City
Detroit
Denver
Minneapolis
Oklahoma City
Indianapolis
Sacramento
Cal
Cedar Rapids
Courts to curb landlords over rent control protests
In Tulsa and Dallas a group of landlords warned tenants to vacate within 60 days to withdraw properties from the rental market. Texas Rep. Wright Patman, contacted by telephone, said courts would stop such actions while mass evictions raise questions under current rent control law.
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Tulsa
Okla
Texas
Wright Patman
Dallas
Patman
Wallace J. Murphy
Congress
Murphy
Car Tempts Thieves In Erie Police Find Stolen Cars
In Erie Pennsylvania a car was stolen twice in one day and recovered twice. Police located the abandoned vehicle in a downtown area and later found it missing again when the owner Verona Flaherty attempted to reclaim it. It was later found parked a few blocks away.
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Erie
Verona
Flaherty
Weather Thwarts Crop Growth Citing Pests
Fragments indicate crops struggle as weather conditions hinder growth. Cited issues mention weeds and stress on fields, with references to ongoing farming challenges and uncertain yields. Names, dates, and locations are not clearly readable in the fragment.
Little Girl Survives 150-Foot Fall Bridge Tragedy
Five year old Gail Nicoletti survived a Brooklyn bridge fall after her father hurled her and her six year old brother from the Kasertsa bridge. Both father and son died. In Greenpoint Hospital she regained her voice, speaking clearly to her mother and dialing a toy phone.
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New York
Gail Nicoletti
Brooklyn
Gail
Greenpoint
Citizenship Girl Billie Branton Honored At Rehobeth School
Billie Branton, a senior at Rehobeth School, is named the Good Citizenship Girl by faculty and the senior class. A native of Cottonwood Route Two, she has studied at Rehobeth, South Side, and Madrid, and serves as Beta Club president, Student Council secretary, and active member of 4-H and PTAs. She won a 1947 Auburn trip for outstanding 4-H work and acted in the class play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehobeth
Billie
Joyce
Branton
Schoor
Bile
Southside School
Madrid
Auburn
Howell Branton
Cotonwood Routs
Prominent Doctor Dies At Aliceville
Dr. C. M. Murphy aged 75 a long time West Alabama physician died at his Aliceville home after a three week illness due to heart trouble and pneumonia He celebrated his 73rd birthday January 12 He was born in Green County a UA and Birmingham Medical College graduate and an elder in the Aliceville Presbyterian Church Surviving are his widow four children and four grandchildren Funeral is set for 3 p m Friday.
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Aliceville
Ala
C. M. Murphy
West Alabama
Green County
University of Alabama
Birmingham Medical College
Aliceville Presbyterian Church
Inter-American Labor Conference Postponed to April 25 1949
The fourth conference of ILO member countries in the Americas will now open April 25 1949 in Montevideo Uruguay instead of March 28 to avoid a clash with the Inter-American Economic Conference in Buenos Aires. The event is called by the Social and Economic Council of the OAS, with the United States as a member.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
International Labor Organization
ILO
Buenos Aires
Social and Economic Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
The
Pan-American Union
U. N
United States
Livestock arrivals and hog market in Georgia and nearby states
Livestock arrivals totaled 0 cattle, 125 calves, and 3600 hogs across eight plants in Albany Coluin Dug Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Georgia Dothan Alabama and Jacksonville and Tallahassee Florida. Hog market stayed mostly steady with quotes for soft and semi hard hogs by weight ranging from 12 to 18.50 dollars, and medium grades between 12 and 17.75 dollars.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Coluin Dug
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Co .Od
Montgomery Market Cattle Hog Calf Prices Displayed
Montgomery Market news notes cattle receipts around 230 with mostly steady prices and few higher canner cows. Calves receipts about 75 with 24.50 for 150-300 lb stockers. hogs about 200 with medium to high weights firm and barrows 18.00-18.25 for 180-240 lb, sows steady, pigs 10.00-13.08. Cattle and calf prices listed across weight classes and categories.
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Montgomery
Mkt
Union Scackx Yards
Two Rooms Damaged by East Adams Fire
A fire believed started from a fireplace heavily damaged two bedrooms in Alberta Gilbert’s home at 1101 East Adams Street. Neighbors noticed the blaze, which burned a hole in the floor and set the wall on fire, while the family was away at church. Earlier, firefighters also fought a truck fire on the Ashford highway beyond the city limits caused by a short circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Gilbert
East Adams Street
Floyd Harris
Harris
Ashford Highway
Dothan
G. E. Maddox
President Teases Post inaugural Plans and Steel Price
The article notes he believed steel prices were too high. It reports he greeted unnamed individuals cordially in the reception line after an inauguration parade, and did not wave to Governors Thurmond of South Carolina and Talmadge of Georgia during the parade review. He hinted at a possible government role for former Washington Governor Mon Wallgren, who said he may seek a government job.
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J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Peace moves widen in China amid talks and retirements
In Peiping a draft plan for negotiations is reported with 14th representative active. Prof Chang Tung sun and Gen Teng Pao shan push for a national settlement background. Local peace efforts emerge in Shanghai and Nanking while Canton prepares to receive the National government by February 5. Gen Hsueh Yuen takes Canton governorship, succeeding T V Soong who resigns after a trip to the United States. No major fighting reported today.
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Peiping
Chang Tung-sun
Democratic League
Teng Pao-shan
Shanghai
Nanking
Chang Chien-hua
Canton
Hsueh Yuen
Kwangtung Province
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Hong Kong
Electoral history shapes push for constitutional reform
Judge Harwood argues that the electoral college distorts popular will citing 1800 and 1804 events and 1944 Roosevelt results. He says bloc voting in states like New York Illinois and California can sway elections and warns reform would favor the South. Baxley profiles the Alabama judge and local associates praise the 1949 AA officers.
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Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Hamilton
Burr
Jefferson
Harwood
Buchanan
Lincoln
Hays
Garfield
Cleveland
Harrison
Wilson
Roosevelt
New York
Dewey
Alabama
Tlinois
California
Judge Harwood
Baxley
University of Alabama
Harvard Law School
U. S
Army
Judge Advocate’s Department
Court of Appeals
Association For 1949
Poyner
W. Ferry Calhoun
John Philip Shealy
Robert M. Guillot
J. Norton Mullins
Georgia rights call contrasts with national bill gesture
In New York Walter White of the NAACP called a proposed federal bill a gesture by Senator Russell. White urged Russell to back enforcement in Georgia instead, arguing Congress will not act seriously. He pressed for Negro rights to be protected and equal opportunities in Georgia like in northern states.
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New York
Walter White
National Association For ‘the Advancement of Colored People
Russell
Congress
White
Georgia
Massachusetts
Truman Attacks Communism as Reactionary Attitude
The speaker calls communism a basically reactionary attitude and philosophy that makes the individual a cog in a machine. He contrasts it with the American view of life, which aims to protect the worth, dignity, and freedom of the individual as government’s objective, presenting this as the Truman administration’s global alternative to communism.
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Truman
Stennis Rule Clash Prompts Filibuster Threats In Senate
Senators weigh changes to debate limits as Long warns of filibuster against any rules change. Tait signals Republican opposition to a Stennis substitute. Long, son of Huey Long, urges a delay and threatens obstruction. Barkley silent on stance affecting the battle over anti filibuster rules. Senate leaders eye constitutional gag rules and historic debate rights.
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Tait
Stennis
Long
D-La
Huey Long
Rules Committee
Alben Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Priscilla Granger Gordon Rites Held at Gun's Church Near Gorge
Mrs Priscilla Granger Gordon widow sixty nine or ninety? funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Guns Church near Gorge with Rev B Holmes presiding Funeral Home arranged services for the deceased who died in Sneads Florida after years of residence Surviving are three daughters Lilla Dickson Gordon Callie Comer Anniston Minnie Brown Key West Florida four sons Gratt Ba Granger Sneads John Granger Bristol and Gra Granger Anniston a brother Gratt Pittman Dellwood Florida and many grandchildren and nieces Funeral services for John Granger age 73 known as Uncle Joan will be held in Newville tomorrow at 11 am Also mentioned Panamas City resident Mr Taylor age 92 nat of Henry County died today.
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Priscilla Grange Gordon
Priscilly
Man Granger
Gun's Church
Gorge
B. Holmes
Chetahoochee
Fla
Q.tahoochee Funeral Home
Granger
John T. Granger
Sneads
Lilla Dickson
Gordon
Callie Comer
Anniston
Minnie Brown
Wee
Gratt
Jong Granger
Bristol
Gra Granger
Gratt Pittman
Dellwood
John
Tor
Joan
Newville
Tomory
Taylor
Panama City
Henry County
Senate weighs reconsidering drivers permits and education funding
Yesterday the Senate moved to reconsider its approval of free drivers permits for war veterans while criticizing spending for a Cadillac and a pension guarantee for each service member. Davis argued funds are insufficient and a large spending cut is urged on the floor. The panel signaled that education funding must match road additions, potentially raising taxes. The Senate approved a measure to remove state control of finances for athletic associations with Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, with tax money checks and audit exclusions for books. The House, after routine business, allowed county boards of education to divide bond districts, a move protested as unconstitutional by Rep. John Greer. He defended antiadministration tactics and claimed opposition was treated fairly in debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Davis
Appropriations Committee
Chamber
Athletic Associations
Geom Tech
University of Gelgia
House
John Greef
Lanier
Greer
Ti Les
Canadian gift to Pasteur Institute via UNESCO
A $15,000 donation from the Canadian Corporation for Reconstruction is sent to the Pasteur Institute in France through UNESCO for the purchase of specific equipment. A stray sentence notes food is siphoned via slender trunks by some butterfly species, but this fact is not clearly related to the donation.
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Paris
Pasteur Institute
France
Cor
United Nations Educational Pentific and Cultural Organize
Unesco
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J. R. Phipps
James F. Martin
USN
C. W. Martin
Headland Avenue
Alaska
Skagit
Martin
Rehobeth High School
Exchange Club
Clayton Wiggins
Soviet Union
Lowell Dennis
William Whitlock
LaPorte Ind
Magnolia-Mt. Zion
Mt. Zion
W. T. Weed
Sing
Mr. Hughes
George Robertson
Magnolia
AAAW
Ritz Theatre
Davy Crocket
James Shipman
Houston County
Shipman
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Lester Green
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Fate Terry
Brundidge
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U. S. Highway 28
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Roofing CO
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Mama
Local Merchants Association
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Rehobeth School
Montgomery Market
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Old Fairground Peas
For All
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