Limited Export Grain and Coal Seen Possible This Year
AP dispatch reports Secretary of Commerce Sawyer indicating limited exports of grain and coal might be allowed this year under wartime export controls. He urged extending powers to ration exports to protect national security and aid Western Europe’s stability, while Congress weighs continuing controls on scarce materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cton (Ap
Secreta Enmerce
Sawyer
Senate Banking Ittee
Marshall Plant
Europe
Presiami Truman
Meanile
Dwyer
U. S
Marshall Countries
Hough Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Initiate 600 in Marianna
Delegates from 14 southern states are due to arrive in Morron for the Southern Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. National Commander Lyall T. Beggs and St. Claude Pepper will lead a ceremony at Chipola Junior College. 600 candidates will be initiated, including Marianna residents and members from Alabama Georgia and Florida posts. The event honors Jackson’s memorial post as the first to gain 50 new members in 1949. Florida Governor Fuller Warren and Rep Robert Sikes are expected to attend along with state legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Fla
Morron
Johnson
Disik
Mmnander Lyall T. Beggs
St. Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Chnson
VFW
Marianna
Chipola Junior College
Towa
Alabama
Georgia
Maughout
Florida
St. Petersburg
Post. Prier
Robert Sikes
Fuller Warren Ie
Southerners Fight To Keep Filibuster
Washington AP reports Southern Senators resisted moves to end the filibuster. Maybank and Stennis led arguments in the Senate rules committee as they sought a compromise. Stennis drafts a 90 percent vote plan to permit debate on any issue, requiring 66.4 votes to end debate, altering a 64 vote gag on bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Rules Committee
Ordy
Voice of Free People
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Rules Committee
Snowstorms Hit Western Rangelands Straining Livestock Relief
Fresh snow and strong winds hit Nebraska Nevada Utah Idaho and Arizona widening the disaster for more than 5 million cattle and sheep. federal and state officials coordinate relief efforts while highways rail lines and relief work face new drifts. Snowstorm impact spans western plains and Rocky Mountain region as weather also brings freezing rain and sleet across the central United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Nebraska
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Arizona
Western Plains
Rocky Mountain
Negro Truck Driver Bound Over In Floridian Fatal Crash
Marion Payne a 30 year old Negro was bound over to Circuit Court on manslaughter charges from a highway crash four miles east of Marianna. The Watfords of Tallahassee were killed when their car hit a parked truck driven by Payne. Mrs. Watford died at once, her husband three hours later. Mrs Frances Glover of Tallahassee and her infant were injured. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Marion Payne
Holly. Watford
Tallahassee
Watfords
Here
Payne
Watford
Frances Glover
Two Arrested In Minor Charges Link To Big Burglary Probe
In Franklin North Carolina two men Robert Brady Jr and Cadeth B Sheetz Jr were arrested on minor charges after a routine stop led detectives to a broader federal inquiry. Georgia and Tennessee agents joined the investigation into an ongoing $60 000 grocery warehouse burglary case with links to six states. The warehouse owner Cas Walker identified Brady as a potato salesman who had visited before the December 27 theft. Police pursued the case through multiple jurisdictions as the probe expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranklin
N.C
Georgia
Sheetz
North Carolina
Patro Msn
Knoxville
Tenn
Cas.Walker
Brady
Faye
Mitchell Denies Cars Are Washed Too Much
MONTGOMERY AP Highway Patrol Director Jake Mitchell rebutted criticism that patrol cars are washed and greased too often. He cited an average cost of 2 per month per car, noting most expenses are for high-mileage vehicles. He ordered daily cleaning at patrolmen’s expense and dismissed complaints about grease as cost-saving against new parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Jake Mitchell
Mitchell
Mitchel
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Plane Hits Buzzard While Repaired Near Selma
A field report states the plane struck a buzzard and was laid up for repairs. Public relations officer Craig and Col Striskland confirmed the bird damaged a wing but the field crew kept the aircraft safe during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzard
Selma
A. Craig
Dwight ‘Dinsmore
Craig
Robert S. Striskland
Wages near postwar peak. some leave room to fall
Washington AP reports wage trends may have peaked with prices as 300,000 GM auto and electrical workers face two to three cent hourly cuts from a declining cost of living index. CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers say no fourth round of boosts due to soft demand, though food price relief could boost consumer spending on clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker Washington
General Motors Corp
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Government Collects 10 Cents From City Gasoline Tax Refund
City officials of Dothan revealed that the Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration sent a demand for a ten cent refund of local gasoline tax paid on fuels used in government vehicles. The government supplied Form 1094 certificates and a Form 60 receipt, showing it rightfully collected ten cents after months of correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Department of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Second Region
Atlanta
Standard Oil Company, Inc
Birmingham
Ala
Marjorie Shannon
Comptroller General
U. S
L. R. Driggers
Bodies Of Three Babies Found In Mobile Graves
Three infant bodies were unearthed in shallow graves in a vacant Crichtex lot. Police say two are premature and one stillborn, wrapped in newspapers or pillowcases and placed in cardboard boxes. Two graves appear fresh, one four to five days old, neighbors alerted officers to the dig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Crichtex
Claude Bush
Henry Wilson
Protest Evictions Spark Broad Bipartisan Critique
Washington AP Republicans and Democrats unite with President Truman against mass evictions as a protest against rent controls. Lucas and other leaders urge congressional review of evictions while Tulsa organizers voice frustration at federal policy. Tighe Woods vows court action to halt notices if landlords persist. Myers pushes extending federal controls for 27 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Winds
Stattonstall
R-Mass
Tulsa
Okla
Tighe Woods
Woods
Senator Myers
D-Pa
Congress
Myers
Wallace J. Murphy
Page
March OF Dimes
Three Killed In Boston Subway Fire At State Street
A fire in the State Street Boston subway station caused panic as smoke filled shafts and corridors. At least three people, two women and a man, were killed with many others injured amid a chaotic rush to stairs and exits near the waterfront. An elevator shaft fire may have begun from acetylene torch work by construction crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
City Hospital
State Street
Financial District
Li Tsung jen calls Mao for peace talks in China
Acting President Li Tsung jen pressed for a peace conference by sending a personal appeal to Mao Tse tung. He urged Mao to name the venue and Red negotiators as Gen Pai Chung hsi aided Li’s move, while Premier Sun Fo and Foreign Minister Wu Te chew left Shanghai amid suspected resistance to peace. Gen Chang Chih chung, a designated delegate, traveled toward Lanchow, reportedly pessimistic about any chance for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. White
Nanking
Li Tsung-jen
Red
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Pai Chung-hsi
Central China
Hankow
Pai
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Sun Fo
Wu Te-chew
Shanghai
Sun
Chang Chihchung
Lanchow
China
James Webb Sworn In As Undersecretary Of State
James E. Webb aged 42 former budget director was sworn in as the new Undersecretary of State in a ceremony attended by cabinet members congressmen and officials at the State Department. Webb pledged to carry out his duties with fidelity faith and courage as a new top level team takes over the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Webb
Robert A. Lovett
Webb
Raymond Muir
State Department
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Oxford
N. C
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Navy
John S. Sullivan
Interior
Jans Krug
Tom Clark
J. Melville Boughton
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Sel Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lewis W. Douglas
U. S
Britain
George C. Marshall
Acheson - Webb
Two Days Left in March of Dimes Drive Houston County
The Houston County March of Dimes faces a $5,000 goal with only two days remaining. Chairman Charles Dorseth urged contacted and unresponsive contributors to send checks today. The drive is ahead of last year but many gifts and unopened boxes remain, with county schools still counting today as drive closes Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County March of Dimes
Charles Dorseth
Warren Demands Klan Outlawed
Governor Fuller Warren declared he would ask the 1949 Legislature to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan and any other terrorist organizations in Florida following a nighttime parade in Tallahassee. Six Klansmen were arrested after the event, which the governor described as a disgusting spectacle aimed at terrorizing minority groups, with several suspects tied to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Fuller Warren
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
Warren
Capitol City
Valdosta
Mink Coats Worth $28,000 Stolen From Sonja Henie
Thieves ransacked the hotel apartment of ice skating star Sonja Henie at the Hotel Pierre and stole mink coats valued at 28 098 dollars while jewelry was left intact. The theft was discovered by Henie’s mother who occupies an adjoining apartment. Henie was not immediately available for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sonja Henie
Miss Henie
Pierre
6Ist
5Th Avenue
M L Shields Dies After Work Accident
ML Shields a 37 year old City of Dothan power lineman died after grabbing a hot electrical wire while stringing a new line at 900 South St Andrews. Wet ground and damp feet created a ground path as he snatched the wire from a reel top of a pole. Negro helper K W Powell wearing gloves was unhurt. Foreman H L O Neal said Shields had no gloves when he touched the live wire. Shields joined the department in January 1947 and was born in Geneva County. Also mentions another lineman, W B Snell, present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Dothan
South St. Andrews Street
Shields
Narth Appletree Street
Ling
H. L. O'Neal
Selma Street
K. W. Powell
Powell
Clif Smith
Power Department
O'Neal
Smith
W. B. Snell
Snell
O'Neall
Shields Joined the Local Power Department
Geneva County
Panama City
Sound Made To Move 31,000 Miles An Hour
Rice Institute scientists led by Charles Francis Squire achieved a record sound speed of 31,600 miles per hour at three degrees above absolute zero using radar clocks. The project marks a potential method to measure sound at extreme low temperatures and advances fundamental physics research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Rice Institute
Charles Francis Squire
Maryland
Squire
Sir
1500 Passengers Feared Drowned in Chinese Ship Collision
Hong Kong dispatch reports survivors say more than 1300 people drowned when the Taiping collided with the Kienyuan off Bonham lighthouse near Wenchow. Taiping sank 15 minutes after the Kienyuan, with 38 Chinese rescued by the Australian destroyer Warramunga en route to Woorung, Yangtze River delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Warramariga
Taiping
Bonham Lighthouse
Wenchow
Chingecart
Shanghai
Japan
China
Woorung
Yangtze River
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Marianna Hill
Tennessee
American Feed Company
Fayetteville
Marck OF Dimes
Sally
Axis Sally
Mildred Gillars
Wables Klan
Frank Bettis
Anta
Fulton Corp
James Webb
Mink
ML. Shields
South St. Andrews
IOIN
Dimz
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