Utopian Wiregrass Town Finances Without Taxes
Mayor Borland of a small Wiregrass town explains the locality runs on bond income and state distributions without levying taxes. The town employs one person for cemetery work, has a marshal briefly, and plans street paving or beautification once costs drop, with minimal current expenses and no regular council meetings.
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Éeyers
Mack
Piickard
Ard
Incer
Jes
Pine
Borland
Pinckard Farmers Boost Peanuts Amid DDT Shift
Councilman Harold Snell notes Pinckard area farmers expect a strong peanut harvest. They focus on leaf spot control and worm prevention, preferring DDT to Cryolite for fewer applications. Farmers claim DDT affects only pests and not animals feeding on treated hay.
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Harold Snell
Pinckard
Snell
Columbia Hopes Persist For Dam Funding
Columbia residents lament Congress failure to fund the dam on the Chatta hooches at River Junction though Mayor E. E. Wakefield says the city has done spade work and may secure federal money in the future. He cites Texas as a model after its dam funding and notes political courting by Republicans.
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Columbia
Congress
Chattahooches
River Junction
E. E. Wakefield
Texas
Whitney
Tex
Politioal
Wakefield
Wicksburg votes wet in Houston County liquor referendum
In Houston County last Tuesday rural areas shifted to a wet majority led by Wicksburg Beat One which voted 67 to 49. Farmer Clete Bond noted Beat One had long tested referendums since 1904 and this marked its first wet result amid doubts about a State store system and bootlegger fears.
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Houston County
Wicksburgh
Wicksburg
Clete Bond
Dothan
Clete
Sears unveils wire recorder radio-phonograph for home use
The Sears Roebuck display showed a wire recorder radio-phonograph capable of an hour long recordings on a stainless steel wire spool. It promises durable playback and a magnetic eraser to reuse the wire. Store manager R. E. Query says many parents plan to record children voices for long term keepsakes.
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Radio-Phonograph
Sears Roebuck
R. E. Query
Junior
MacArthur Says Japan Cannot Reface War For A Century
Gen Douglas MacArthur declares Japan cannot rearm for modern warfare within a century, even without external controls. He lauds the Far Eastern Commission policy on reparations and post surrender treatment as a unified path to demilitarization and peaceful reconstruction.
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Miles W. Vaugin
Tokyo
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
MacAross
MarcArthur
Lee County Man Held in Assault on 6 Year Old Girl
Lee County sheriff reported a 20 year old man is in county jail on charges of attempted criminal assault of a six year old girl. The complaint was sworn by the child’s father J T Hall Jr owner of a carnival showing in Opelika. The suspect waived a preliminary hearing. The girl was reportedly lured into a carnival tent and bruised per a local physician.
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Opelira
Ala
Shor
Gene Lowe
Lee Coun
Curtis Eugene Smitha
Eanesie
Carstes
J. T. Hall, Jr
Ieee Amusement Co
Opechkia
Lowe
Smith
Opelika Phyasican
Julian Palmer
Second Semester Of Summer School To Begin Monday
Dothan High School will start the second semester of summer school on Monday announced by Principal T. G. Vaughn. Courses include Senior Sociology Senior Literature English and American Literature with a ten dollar fee per subject. External students need principal approval. Instructors are Mr. Vaughn Mrs. Asa Lisenby and Miss Flo Fraley.
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Dothan High School
Obegin
T. G. Vaughn
Vaughn
Asa Lisenby
Flo Fraley
Magazine Men To Salute City In Dothan Visit
A brief note reports sports magazine figures Irby and SS FP Kim Browsh visiting Dothan to honor local editors and celebrate Alabama coverage.
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Wog. Irby
SS. FP. Kimbrowsh
al Alabama
Dothan
Salute to Dothan Heralds City Life and Sports
A feature proposal for the August issue highlights Dothan’s sports and daily life. The magazine plans articles on local teams, community events, and city personalities shaping Alabama’s urban culture.
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Dothan
Alabama
Abbeville Firm Bids For Dale Road Work
Abbeville firm Mathison Construction Co. bids $58,644.85 for Dale-1,996 miles of grading drainage double surface treatment and bridge work on a county road from the Ozark Skipperville road to near Asbury as Mobile state highway letting awards approach.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Highway Department
Montgomery
Dale
Ozark-Skipperville
Asbury
Mathison Construction Co
Abbeville
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New York
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