Homecoming plans and community notices in Wiregrass
Friday is Homecoming Day at Center Baptist Church with a revival led by Rev Clyde Peterson. Sunday observes Riley and Brannon families homecoming at Old Center Methodist on Newville route two. Rev Jeter Baldwin guest speaker. services 10:30 and 7:30 daily this week. Miss Laurena Croom named Holmes County home demonstration agent, July 1 start. Houston County Medical Society heard talks on fear and the nasopharynx. Preliminary felony hearings set for Friday for H W McCoy Roy Scott and Thomas L Balkum. A free Marine Corps movie West of Wakiki will be shown at Martin Theatre starting tomorrow at 10.
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Center Baptist Church
Clyde Peterson
Riley
Brannon
Old Center
Newville
Jeter Baldwin
Laurena Croom
Gordon
Holmes County
Florida
Bonifay
Croom
Miss Croom
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Columbia High School
Graceville
Carolyn Clark
Inferior Court
J. T. Jackson
H. W. McCoy
Roy Scott
Thomas L. Balkum
Marine Corps
Wakiki
Martin Theatre
Wheat, Corn Edge Higher on Chicago Grain Board
Wheat moved ahead a couple of cents in active dealings on the Chicago board. Corn tried to gain but faced selling bursts, closing higher for wheat and soybeans advancing mildly. July prices noted with specific gains in wheat to $2.31 3/4, corn to $2.08 3/4, and soybeans at $4.03.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Night clash near Tel Aviv and Gaza prompts UN reports
A tense day as a bus clash sparks fighting with 20 Jewish soldiers stopping two Arabs. An Israeli communique reports three Jews wounded by Arab fire from Ein Ghazal and Jaba, with a Jewish armored car silencing the fire. U N drivers describe tank traps near Haifa and Gaza roadblocks. The truce mission copter line reports a French officer killed by a land mine near Nazareth, two others wounded, and an Italian interpreter hurt. King Farouk reportedly toured Gaza to cheering crowds.
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Tel Aviv
Ein Ghazal
Jaba
William K. McClure
Pathe News
Haifa
Yugoslav Tito Rift Deepens As Cominform Censure Hits
Yugoslavia and Albania traded notes over insults to Tito's regime while Warsaw backed the Cominform censure of Tito. Polish leaders approved the censure unanimously, viewing the split as a party affair. Yugoslavs alarmed by foreign invitations to Belgrade congress aim to rally support and restore standing in world Communist ranks.
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Banian
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Albania
Tito
Warsaw
Cominform
Russia
Belgrade
Four power air safety tension over Berlin supply routes
Soviet fighters appeared along western air corridors as dirty weather slowed airlift to Berlin. Visibility dropped to 200 feet, forcing instrument landings, while Moscow accused the US of violating safety rules by posting traffic data on bulletin bonds.
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Berlin
U.S
Havel
Gatow
Hamburg
Gatow Field
Vassily 10. Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin Helmstedt
White Man Held On Same Charge He Brought Against Negro Here
In Interior Court Judge J T Jackson freed Hudspeth on a threat to kill charge and ordered no similar warrants. Witnesses testified Hudspeth threatened McCoy with death during a confrontation at McCoy’s home after Hudspeth refused to provide money or food. McCoy and his wife Gussie Lee McCoy testified to threats. two white witnesses supported the threats claim. Cases continued to the next Interior Court session.
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Maalvin Dudspeth
Whate
J.T. Jackson
Will sleCoy
Hudspeth
MacCoy
Jackson
John C. Wite
McCoy
Interior Court
Heary County
Farn
Big House
Nero
Gussie Lee McCoy
Charley Moore
O. B.smith
Eisenhower nomination debate signals party rift in 1948
In New Orleans coverage, calls emerge for Eisenhower as a national candidate with Truman tensions. Democratic leaders like Frank Hayes and Jacob Arvey debate running paths as party unity frays. Mississippi and Illinois figures weigh support, while Taft Hartley clashes frame the platform talk amid convention chaos.
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Frank Hayue
New Jersey
Satrap
Truman
Jacob MM. Arvey
Chicago Democrate
James
Beta
Ohare
Sand Georguis
Eisenhoower
Eisenhower
New York
Phons Og Anges
Scott Lucas
Fay
Harry Carlson
Worle
Actress Carole Lindis Death Sparks Family Denials
In 1940s style reports, Carole Lindis’s death prompts speculation over sleeping pills and romance rumors. Dr Maynard D Brandsma says he never prescribed such pills. Rex Harrison denies romance with Lindis, while wife Lilli Palmer expresses support. Eve Ian Ross portrays Lindis’s longing for home life and a family, noting heart trouble and multiple marriages. Alfred Ridste travels from Richmond to Hollywood as family members seek will details. a 1944 will exists. Funeral plans hinge on coroner results and inquest findings.
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Maynard D. Brandsma
Harrison
Carole Taandis
Qaigtrine
Eve
Ian Ross
Miss Lindis
Carole
Mrs. Ross
Schmidlipp
Alfred Ridste
Richmond
Cato
Hollywood
Vermargeg
Sameog
Livestock Arrivals and Hog Prices Across Southern Plants
Livestock arrivals show 359 cattle 150 calves and 65 hogs at eight major plants in Albany Columbus Thomasville and Tallahassee with Dothan and Jacksonville areas. Hog market remains active with prices mostly steady and quotes across weight ranges from 180 to over 270 pounds ranging roughly from 19 to 26 dollars per hundredweight.
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Thomasville
Gla
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moutre
Tiomasville
Tiften
Dethan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery Market: Cattle Calves Hogs Prices Steady
Federal State Market News Service reports opening cattle receipts fairly active and steady with Tuesday, listing prices for steers, cows, and bulls. Calves show good demand with heavy calves at 28.09 and vealers around 23.50 to 24.50, hogs steady with varied weights from 22.00 to 27.50 and cows up to 18.00.
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Montgomery
Federal State Market News Service
Adu
Lodges Seizure Fight Over Masonic Property Ties
In a dispute the lodges insist all real estate owned by the Dothan Masonic Fraternal and Benevolent Association has been conveyed to them and that only funds remain to discharge obligations. The defendants deny equitable ownership of any gifts from Charles D Murphy or the Murphy estate and say the association acted as a holding company for the four lodges. They admit beneficial ownership of the Masonic Temple and that property and funds advanced by the lodges were held by the association for them.
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Dothan Masonic Fraternal and Benevolent
Charles D. Murphy
Murphy
Masonic Temple
Democratic platform plank targets Communists in government
Connor mails a Democratic platform plank to Chauncey Sparks in Philadelphia. Sparks is a temporary platform committee member from Alabama. The plank declares the party will not hide from the Communist as an enemy of government and recommends deportation or sedition laws to deal with Communists and other offenders.
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Connor
Guy
Chauncey Sparks
Philadelphia
Sparks
Alabama
Democratic Party
Three Western Powers Demand End to Soviet Blockade
In a terse exchange, Washington London and Paris sent notes to Moscow urging an end to the Soviet blockade and signaling a continued Western stance on Berlin. The notes, kept secret from the Russians while they were considered, reflect united Western demand for access and governance in Berlin.
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Pritsia
France
Moscow
Washington
London
Paris
Berlin
Dusting Could End If Charged Furniture Repels Dust
A proposed method suggests furniture with a light electric charge to repel dust particles. Separately, ultraviolet rays power a new movie projector to display images on a brightly glowing fluorescent screen in a lighted room.
Pilot Club Reports Convention Visit From Daytona Beach
Anne Cooper, Dothan Pilot Club delegate, presented an official report on the Pilot International Convention in Daytona Beach Florida. Fourteen members attended the meeting’s business session and heard chairmen's reports while Cooper, recording secretary, led a letter style summary and informal discussion.
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Ers
Anne Cooper
Dothan Pilot Club
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cooper
Blondell Garrett
Marjorie Gay
Ruby Shanks
Fran Mallette
Lucille Willis
Irene Lisendy
Robbie Vincentelli
Lela Holland
Helen Andrews
Selma Thomley
Janive Yranin
Mise Abby Ellard
Murileyn Davis
Sheriff Ordered To Stop Toy Train On Courthouse Lawn
Springfield Missouri United Press report: Greene County court rules Sheriff John Pierpont must abandon engineering and remove a toy train he installed on the courthouse lawn. He planned to run it for profit and charge fares for electricity. Pierpont moved the train to a skeet range he also operates.
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Springfield
Creene
John ‘T. Pierpont
Court House Lawn
Pierpont
Card Takes 54 Years To Go Fifteen Blocks
In October 1894 Richmond city editor mailed a post card to a 15 block distant correspondent. Delivered 54 years later to Miss Kate Don Leavy’s nephew R C Don Leavy. Card traveled about 4000 miles with Philadelphia mail bag marks. Grant Canyon National Park covers 1008 square miles, 56 miles long, and contains 105 miles of the Colorado River.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond Dispatch
Kate Don Leavy
Ceaud
R. C. Don Leavy
Don Leavy
Philadelphia
Grant Canyon National Park
Colorado River
Democrats divided over Taft Hartley repeal at convention
Labor leaders and Democrats clash over the Taft Hartley act with Truman veto overriden by many Democrats. Senator Myers targets a short platform mirroring the 1944 stance. He eyes farm plank to draw farmers back to the party as rural areas shift to Republicans. An 18 member drafting panel includes former Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks.
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Truman
Nts
Soratos
Joseph
Myers
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Kiwanis President Reports On Meeting
Kiwanis Club President Freg Moseley reported on the Kiwanis International Convention held in Los Angeles last month where he served as the delegate. J P Culver acted as program chairman for the latest meeting and Glen Sherer was welcomed as a new member. a Board of Directors meeting followed adjournment.
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Kiwanis Club
Freg Moseley
Kiwanis International
Los Angeles
Moseley
Chi
J. P Culver
Glen Sherer
Fish Life Depends on Tiny Dissolved Oxygen Levels
A concise note explains how aquatic life relies on very low concentrations of oxygen dissolved in water. It highlights the sensitivity of fish to oxygen availability and the broader implications for aquatic ecosystems and water quality management.
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Hilson
Hopkins
Chicago Grain
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J. C. Barber
Mgr
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Pepsi-Cola Botling CO
Dotilan
Gonder
Feps
Cola Company
N.Y
Bolivar
Renato Gallegos
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Missouri
Gallegos
United States
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Ational
Repte
Orleans
Lower
Suis Oo m. “v
Lilli Palmer
Ater Harrison
Miss Palmer
Rex
Miss Dice
Diaie
van Louis McDaniel
Forrest City
Ark
Atlantic City
N. J
Rolling College
Deland
Jeanne Crow
St. Petersburg
Pilot Club
Kiwanis
Harry Hall Co
J. L. Harris Roofing Co
Kresky
Sherwie-Williams
America
Sherwin-Williams
Galfa
Wtf
Cautee
City Cafe
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