Mercy Trial Witness Is Doctor Who Told Girl Dad Had Cancer
An AP report details the mercy slaying trial in Connecticut. Dr. William Sealine of Stamford testifies about the father’s cancer prognosis and the shooting that followed. Carol Ann faces murder or manslaughter charges with temporary insanity as her defense seeks leniency. The state presents witnesses to reconstruct the Autumn night.
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Dothan Eagle
Mercy
Ergebort Coon
Ann Paight
Boday
Willam Sealine
Stamford
Carin
Carl Paigst
Fide
Smilth
Parsvere
Carol Ann
Milo
Connecticut
David Goldstein
Dr. Smith
Fs ‘Smith
Carol ‘Ann
Pinglly
Lorin W. Willis
Napier Trade School Opens Welding Class
Napier Trade School announces a twenty four month welding course at Napier Field. Director Rene Turner reports the program follows a survey showing favorable prospects in welding and industry. Veteran instructor Johnson will join, and applications are being accepted at Napier Field on a first come basis as enrollment fills.
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Walding
Watup
Varation ‘Trade School
Mepier Hels
Rene Turner
Turner
Napier Field
Bas Gin
Irugtor
Johnson
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass Demonstration Set
A Community event announced by the Conmbir of Commerce invites farmers to a demonstration at 10 a.m. featuring a mechanical planter and a WOOP radio transmitter. Forest rangers will supervise hands on plant operations while attendees hear from W. D. Malone at the Aghford-Webbered hotel. Community members and local VFW Auxiliary hosted a prep meeting, and highway patrol officials discussed truck vaner incidents at the courthouse.
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Conmbir of Commerce
W. D. Malone
Forest Rangers
Highway Patrol
Ae Wee
Norcourtroom
Salvage Operations Halted on Big Mo Recovery
Navy halted salvage work on the Big Mo due to northeast winds to 70 mph and heavy seas near Norfolk and Hampton Roads. Officials expected a resume tomorrow as seas ease. A new 875,000 warehouse project in Puget Sound was announced with completion within six months, per state director Alen Kampar.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Puget
Fiinteagovine
Ane Hoapitel
State Welie
Alen Kampar
Jay
Poultryman Builds Circular House for 9000 Chickens
Am boy Ti Amboy reports John Kilerman devised a circular poultry house to keep 9,000 chickens under one foot. The 1 foot diameter structure has six sections with integrated watering feeding and nesting gear. A central wet work area drains and a rotating feed carrier eases single-person tending.
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Amboy
John Kileman
Flight Tried As Cure For Whooping Cough
ZUMBROTA Minn UP Lieut Cmdr M P Horn of Zum biota flew a Navy plane 14000 feet above Germany girl 14 in an attempt to cure her of whooping cough Change of air was suggested by German doctors Navy and US officials studied the flight after the girl Jutta Mayerle claimed she felt better when the plane landed She recovered after about ten days but medical opinion remained undecided on the flight’s value
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Zumbrota
Earth’s atmosphere reaches far beyond surface
Fragmentary note states the earth’s atmosphere extends to distances of 19 000 to 5 000 miles above the surface, indicating a cut or error in the source text. The sentence appears garbled with duplicated figures and lacks clear context or attribution.
Early Georgia Primary Bill Spurs Senate Debate
In Georgia the Senate considers a House approved measure to delay the primary. Senate President Griffin seeks a full chamber vote on controversial bills including the plan letting Governor Talmadge’s State Executive Committee call the real election. Debates touch a speed limit proposal and unemployment pay bill advances to the governor.
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Atumter
Senate
Carl Talat
Mouse Shombees
Griffin
Horfoun Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Pssenger
Senators Decline Invitations to Southern Rights Conference
The article notes several Senate figures declining invitations to a southern rights conference. Olin Johnston says he is not invited due to a Clover March of Dimes engagement and Sunday School duties. Georgia Senator Russell cites a policy against out of town dates. Kefauver and McKellar report they were not invited. Sparkman had a prior engagement as the conference ends with a Saturday night dinner and Vice President Barkley as main speaker.
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Democratic
Olin D
Johnston
South Carolina
Byrnes
Clover
March of-Dimes
Suneday School
Glover
Ruand
Georgia
Kefauver
Jonathan Daniels
Sonatue McKellie
Tennessee
Dean
Henater Sparkman
Alabama
Barkley
Wallace denies he pressured license decisions in atom project case
Wallace stated it is clear no one at BEW or BEW authority pressured anyone to issue licenses for the atomic bomb project. He argued BEW only processed approvals and denied claims of cabinet involvement. He rejected proposals for sharing know how and construction details with any nation despite talks of a scientific exchange with the United Nations.
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Atom
Conigny
Hiepenne
Wallace
Ulmoat
Lonil Taase
Truman
Russia
Vince
United Nations
Agai
Counselor Speaker At UCT Meet Here
Waller L. Walker Supreme Counselor of the Order of United Commercial Travelers spoke to Dothan Council 600 detailing measures to blunt a perceived Communistic threat to the United States. He travels this year promoting brotherhood and fraternalism while noting Dothan’s Council 600 is the state’s largest group with over 178 members, comprising more than half the organization’s statewide membership.
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Order of United Commercial Travelers
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Dothan Council
United States
Walker
Ene
UCE
Dothan
Berlin Blockade Strains West Berlin Economy
The report notes cargo delays up to 40 hours due to a Russian slowdown on road traffic into West Berlin. Food and fuel in the city remain relatively plentiful, but unemployment rises as the economy falters. American transport chief Charles A. Dix warns the blockade worsens Berlin’s crisis and risks a push toward a Soviet-controlled rail system.
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West Berlin
Charles A. Dix
Berlin
Qwest
Coat Zone
Jewel theft tied to Aga Khan robbery abroad
Reports identify underworld figures Paul Leen and Charles Vinelmane in a high profile jewelry heist tied to the Aga Khan and Begum. Police withheld full identity details while tracing recovered gems and insurance payments paid by Lloyd’s of London. French authorities claim five gang members were captured as the Riviera incident unfolded.
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Charles Vinelmane
Lloyd's of London
Blewite
Beguin
India
Aga Khan
Begum
Khan
Ue Riviera
Mvitia
Cannes
Eens
Prince Aly
Aenunir
Annai
Third instate Dothan Negro awarded Silver Heaver in Scouting
Dr. D Jemison Jr of Dothan received Scouting’s highest honor, the Silver Beaver, at a Southeast Alabama Council ceremony with over 200 attendees. Three Eagle Scout awards were presented to Henry Drew Philip Jackson and Emprish Seckson of Prichard. The event marked a historic milestone for Negro scouting in Alabama and the nation.
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D. V. Vermisan
Thoitman
Alabama
Boy Scouts of America
Nexo
D. ¥. Jemison
Dothan Nero
Anerich
Jemison
Cognele Negro
Guise
Pls
Henry Drew
Philip Jackson
Emprish Seckson
Prichard Fie
di Jemison
South
Marion Bedd
Ozark
Tee
Redd
Alabama Council
Trugb
L.hratcher
Montgomery
Negro Fist Baptist Church
W. B.” Ward
Henry County
Abbeville
Rabber
McRight
Southeast Alabama Council
Council
McRigh
Bill Harding
Earle C. Moody
Dothan
Jon B. Salbla
Carnell
Frank M. Gaines, Jr
E. Co. Jones
Gainer
Piichard
Stso
Old Burial Grounds Found By Excavators In Egyptian Desert
Excavators uncover ancient graves dating to the Sixth Dynasty in western Nile desert near Abdul Haye. Many tombs damaged by looters. bodies stretched, some crouching. Amulets of gold carnelian and a painter's palette with hieroglyphs linked to Pepi I. Finds include alabaster, limestone items, and carved shoe remains.
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Ecavetoce Ate
Abdul Hayenatnr
Hurtaly
Pepi
Hamada Toynd
Jane
Funeral services for Sally Heal Waters held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mn Sally Heal Waters were held yesterday afternoon at iu with Rev. jent leading. Survivors include W. Waters. Annie Lau Waters. her mother Dr. Tom Wright. sisters Ouida Smith Alaska, Mixsea Hittie, Mattie and Innz Waters of Hartford. and brothers Willie Wright Slocamb Mitchel Joseph Wright, all of Hartford.
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Waters
Sally Heal Waters
Tory
Harvard
Itn Camurviving
W. Waters
Annie
Lau Waters
Tom Wreht
Gadford
Toute
Ouida Smith
Alaska
Mixsea
Hittie
Mattie
Innz Waters
Hartford Voure Faree
Willie Wright
Slocamb
Mitchel
Joseph Wreht
Harkord Vowle
Numbers back to work as talks resume with Lewis
Part time returns for miners as George L Leve of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal signals operators may accept Fresien contract talks with President Lewis next Wednesday. Lewis suggested the date in reply to an invitation. Southern operators and U.S. Steel were not included, provoking Moody of the Southern Association. The president’s stance and Taft-Hartley machinery loom if no deal emerges.
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John L. Lewis
George H Leve
Love
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
U.S. Steel Corporation
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Truman
Levils
Lewin
Brutal Cold Grips Much Of Nation As Spring Preview Fades
Weather across the country shows extreme cold in the Dakotas Minnesota and North Dakota with North Dakota near 80 below zero at night while Montana remains frigid. Sub zero readings persist in several central states and freezing rain threatens the southern Appalachians and Texas coast while snow covers Oregon and California braces for warmer trends later today.
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North Dakota
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Dakotas
Ane Weather Bureau
Ayid City
Minneapolis
Arkansas
New York
Kentucky
Cosato
Texas
Comba River
Oregon
California
Livestock Prices Rise at Southern Packing Plants
USDA reports eight major plants from Albany to Jacksonville processed 53000 hogs valued at 150 patves and 4150 hogs, with prices up 25 to 50 cents per cwt. Composite quotes show good and choice hogs 181 to 240 pounds at 16.50 to 15.75, with various weight bands and grades across plants. Cotton futures in New Orleans remained quiet at 11:30 am with slight declines, while Nixon cites a misattributed remark linking Stettinius and a 1948 Fall conference.
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USDA
Albany
Columbus
Mont Wie
Tittan
Dothan
Jacksonville
Tale Tahassee
Fis
New Orleans
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Fragmented exchange on money and visas with Hinson and Akiko
A garbled dialogue discusses money and an immigration matter. Tom Hinson cites past struggles and job prospects in Japan while a letter to the State Department suggests Congress must act to register for his wife’s admittance to the United States under current law.
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Tom
Hinson
Japan
Mae Tu
Akiko
Congress
Bar-Bebalf
Valentines Through Time as Roses Stay Red in Memory
A feature on evolving Valentine customs and verse from 1849 to modern days. It notes cautious modern suitors, old fashioned playful lines, and the enduring charm of heart laden cards. Historians trace Valentine origins to medieval romance, with Chaucer cited for popularizing the day in English verse.
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Jeannettee Lee
Hallmask Greente Card Company
Laure
Cupid
Ian Wen
Rome
France
England
Geoffrey Chaucer
Einestion
Valentine
Macduff Comes Alive In AAUW Macbeth Tonight
Dothan AAUW presents Macbeth at the high school auditorium with veteran Shakespearean actors. The troupe, including three British-born performers, stages Nac Seth in a revised dialogue and costumes designed by Marion Depew. The performance begins at 7 PM and targets high school students studying Macbeth, with tickets on sale locally.
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Shby
Ellard Macduff
Banqua
Wile Shakespeare
Macbeth
New York
Ang
Bard
Avery
James Hiour
Dothan High School
Welleepe
Anbu
New Zealand
England
Canada
Hisburn
Blaebell
Marion Depew
Hilburn
Robert Little
Marlol Wilson
Angela Castle
Ket Meionis
James Ray
Joseph Olgan
Jo Olson
Norman Elliing
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