Truman plans acclusive message on price control housing and rights
Ross outlined President Truman’s plan for one comprehensive message embracing recommendations on price control housing civil rights and federal aid to education and other topics. He suggested a possible later messages on individual topics and noted focus on price control and the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill.
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Ross
Truman
Rose
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Congress
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Weekend crime figures in Dothan show 67 arrests city county and state officers led by city police. Burglary at Daughtry Lumber involved tool loss after entry with padlock smash. DDT shipment for typhus control arrives for Beats Two and Three as fall clinic plans and a large crippled children clinic set for October 29. Ten Southeast Alabama Council Boy Scouts join Penacola regatta with Dothan Scouts Theo Carroll Spencer Roberts and others attending.
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Houston County Health Department
Southeast Alabama Council
Pensacola
Naval Air Station
Dothan
Theo Carroll
Spencer Roberts
Troy
Benny Davis
Jim Corbett
Charles Jeffcoat
Fufawa
Rufus Lee
Joe Brown
Ira Nolin
Earl Beaman
Japier Reeves
Funeral Held Today For Radford Renfroe
Funeral services for Radford Renfroe a former Houston County man who died in Columbus Saturday of personal safety related gunshot wounds will be held today in Columbus Relatives here were advised Renfroe a member of the Georgia State Highway Patrol died at his home in a death by own action He was about forty five Survivors include the widow one adopted daughter and several relatives in Houston County
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Radford Renfroe
Houston County
Columbus
Renfroe
Georgia State Highway Patrol
Grain Prices Slip on Chicago Board as Supplies Rise
Chicago oats fell sharply as new corp unloading increased supplies. Wheat rallied near close while corn and rye showed modest drops. Soybeans declined 3 to 4 cents with July at 3.75. Market activity reflected pressure from higher grain stocks and mixed near-term futures.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
New Corp
Dogs Help Save Bull Dog Victim In Heat Stroke
In Memphis a veterinarian, a nurse, and police along with courthouse staff revived a bull dog after more than an hour of effort. Ice packs finally worked and the dog stood again as hope waned.
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Memphis
Tenn
Western ministers seek Big Four clash avoidance on Berlin crisis
Foreign ministers from Britain France Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands meet in The Hague supporting secrecy to avoid public embarrassment over arms for Western Europe and the Berlin crisis They anticipate a future Big Four foreign ministers council on Germany France favors widening the Brussels pact and a Western German state amid renewed Berlin tensions
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Russia
Berlin
Forteyn Minersterm
United States
Germany
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
Gettine
U. S
Benelux
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Josef Bech
Luxembourg
Baron van Boetzelaer van Osterhout
Netherlands
Hague
Goor
Fire alarm summons search for missing New Hampshire boys
A fire alarm was rung to locate two missing boys in Sandwich, New Hampshire. Among the first responders was one of the youngsters, who appeared at the scene, and the other child was found shortly afterward.
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Sandwich
N. H
Truman Faces Sharp Criticism as Congress Set for Special Session
Angry Southern Democrats and Republicans target President Truman in the upcoming special session. Senator McClellan warns recalls could be tragic if international events don’t require action, while Dewey tentatively aims to cooperate on constructive legislation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
McClellan
D-Ark
Dixie Party
Philadelphia
Arkansas
McClean
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Martin
R-Mass
Taft
New York
Ferguson
Washinton
Senate
Dixie
Diane
Livestock Arrivals Reported Across Georgia and Florida Plants
Livestock arrivals totaled about 425 cattle 400 calves and 450 hogs at eight major plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Ga Dothan Ala and Jackson ville and Tallahassee Fla. Hog market was active with prices mostly steady and quoted for various weights of barrows gilts and sows.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Market Report Montgomery Cattle Calves Hogs at Union Stockyards
Estimated salable receipts show 850 cattle and 200 calves with slow demand and varied price shifts. Cattle include medium to good slaughter steers and feeders and weaker cows, calves offer 27 to 46 dollars for butcher grades, hogs steady with prices 20 to 28 dollars per hundredweight across weight classes.
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Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Federal State Market News Service
Union Stockyards
Woman seeks prosecutor stance on assault case in Fort Worth
A Fort Worth woman called the district attorney’s office offering information on an assault case described as a poor man beaten by another man. She insisted on knowing which side the newspaper would take on the case.
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Fort Worth
Tex
District Attorney’s Office
Anm
Actor Sets Record in Boston Play
Owen Martin, who plays the federal marshal in the touring company of Oklahoma, has appeared in 2,275 consecutive performances, claimed to be the longest run without a break ever in an American play.
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Boston
Owen Martin
Oklahoma
Fatal crash victims identified in Alabama notice
The report describes a fatal highway crash involving a truck and four Black passengers with multiple injuries. Coroner Dale County Tom Goff ruled it an accident with no criminal intent or driver negligence found. Funeral details for Creel and Forehand list immediate family and service times in Alabama.
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Brooks
Norris
Dale County
Tom Goff
Doc
Lauria Kathryn
Creel
Oakle Grove
Abbeville
H. D. C. Fuller
Headland
Odell
Homer Mack
Billy
Joe Fred
Lu Ann Creel
A. A. Creel
Cuthbert
E. M. Skeen
Newville
Forehand
Memphis Church
Albert Davis
Church
Ward-Wilson
Dothan
Houston County
F. C. Forehand
Ashford
Henry
Clarence
Clyde
Bud
Ocle Forrester
Esther Butler
Allie Merl Gibson
United Nations Cease Fire Orders Palestinian Truce Amid Scenes of Violence
The U N Security Council issued a late night cease fire to take effect at 6 pm with Folke Bernadotte setting a 10 am deadline. Arab leaders dismissed real peace while Cairo Amman protests and a mob in Amman challenged the truce. The halt began yesterday morning after earlier breaches by both sides in Jerusalem.
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Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Holy Land
Arab League
Palestine
Cairo
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Jerusalem
Western Allies weigh new measures over Berlin blockade
Washington authorities privately warn against showing weakness to the Soviet challenge in Berlin as pressure could spread to Vienna Trieste Western Germany and other fronts. Reports say the Allies may issue stiffer notes and threaten reprisals such as blocking Soviet shipping or freezing vessels offshore while considering an armored convoy to Western Germany and UN action.
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Panama
Suez
United Nations
Germany
Berlin
Washington
Vienna
Trieste
Russia
J Donovan
Amercan
Strstewic Services
Full Military Rites For Lt. Calvin Chalker by VFW Dothan
Lt. Calvin C. Chalker Jr. received full military honors in Dothan as a WWII veteran who trained at Kelly Field and Avon Park, served with the 387th Bomb Group, and died in a 1942 England crash. The service included church rites, burial at Rehobeth Baptist Church cemetery, and color guards, firing squad, taps, and flag presentation to his widow.
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Dothan
Veterade of Foreign Wars
Calvin C. Chalker
Chalker
Rehobeth High School
Rehobeth Baptist Church
Alabama National Guard
Troy State Teachers College
117Th Field Artillery
Camp Blanding
Camp Boyle
Texas
Army Air Corps
Kelly Field
Sikeson
Missouri
Enok
Oklo
Lubbock
Avon Park
Fila
387Th
559Th
France
England
Meuterant
Jewell M. Chalker
South St. Andrews Street
C. C. Balcom
E. Tipton Carroll
National Guard
Jesse R. Cheatham
George Sharra
Jerome Sullivan
Fred Garner
Maurice Steensland
Red Thomas
Alford Brown
Wallace Green
Fred Boyd
J. D. Fuller
VFW
William Griggs
Ben May
Horace McInnish
Fred Howell
Willie Cook
William Rasmussen
Wallace Lambert
Tullis Free
Gordon Griffin
J. D. Wilson
Max Fuller
Eugene Strickland
Clyde Jewell
Legion Johnson
Bruce A. Crozier
Co. E
325Th Infantry Regiment
Fr. Benning
Georgia
Crozier
Capitan Garner
War room in Nanking and press controls tightened
In Nanking the 15th special war room signaled tighter Chinese press controls with a spokesman announcing that papers must check with the central news agency before printing. In Shanghai the yuan devalued sharply as new notes up to five million circulated, while two major airlines suspended passenger traffic due to high costs.
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Nanking
Shanghai
U. S. Shanghai
Wasoline
South Republicans urged unity over partisan strife
Laney warned that the South is outnumbered and urged Americans to avoid unnecessary conflict. He noted State Rights delegates lack direct mandates from voters, saying they should return home and seek recommendations from state Democratic conventions. Alabama and Mississippi electors are pledged against Truman.
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South
Laney
Mississippi
Alabama
Truman
Farm land values rise in the United States
Unclear OCR text notes a rise in farm land values in the United States, mentioning percentages and dates but lacking complete details. The fragment suggests an economic shift affecting rural property worth.
Pershing Funeral Reflects Nation's Military Might
Walter Reed chapel rites honored General of the Armies John J. Pershing as 3,500 service members joined a ceremonial procession from the Capitol to Arlington. President Truman’s era figures and foreign dignitaries observed the public funeral with a rare military display. Pershing wore World War I dress and decorations as thousands filed past his bier at the Capitol rotunda and Arlington grave.
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Little Green Hill
Walter Reed Hospital
Black Jack
Pershing
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Capitol
George C. Marshall
Capitol Rotunda
Arlington
Constitution Avenue
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac’s Memorial Bridge
Black Jrack
AEF
Persting
Ariington
Roosevelt
United States
George Washinuvin
Hartford Man Hurt in Altercation At Family's Picnic
Marianna special report states Walter J. Kirkland 27 of Hartford sustained a chest stab wound during a family picnic near Campbellton Florida. Sheriff Barkley Gause reports Luther Nowell 35, Kirkland’s uncle, arrested on an open charge as Kirkland remains in serious condition.
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Marianna
Walter J. Kirkland
Hartford
Barkley Gause
Gause
Luther Nowell
Kirkland
Nowell
Campbellton
Fla
New York Cotton Futures Close Higher Amid Mixed Trades
New York cotton futures ended 70 cents per bale higher from the prior close as trading showed varied moves across the curve. The Oct contract traded 3218 to 3223 with a final 3220, Dec closed 3217, Mar 320, May 3197, July 3150, reflecting a cautious but firm session.
New Orleans Cotton futures mixed with varied closes
New Orleans cotton closing prices showed shifts across maturity months with Oct, Dec, Mar, May and July contracts trading unevenly. Prices ranged from about 3130s to 3217, reflecting steady to mixed movement as markets closed.
Mrs F E Farmer Dies At Headland
Funeral services for Mrs. F. E. Farmer seventy four who died at her Headland home after a long illness were held at Bethlehem church with Rev Roby J Lee and Rev P A Duffey officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Surviving are six sons J Hubert Farmer Dothan Jesse Milton and Ewell Farmer Headland Carl Farmer Abbeville and D G Farmer Montgomery two daughters Miss Thelma Farmer Headland and Mrs Foy Nowell Dothan. Active pallbearers were Henry Farmer Athold Farmer Norman Farmer Max Kelly Loring Parrmore Moran Baxter Bernard Bostwick and Lee Farmer.
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F. E. Farmer
Headland
Bethlehem Church
Roby J. Lee
P. A. Duffey
Abbeville
Church
Ward-Wilson
J. Hubert Farmer
Dothan
Jesse
Milton
Ewell Farmer
Carl Farmer
D. G. Farmer
Montgomery
Miss
Thelma Farmer
Foy Nowell
Henry Farmer
Athold Farmer
Norman Farmer
Max Kelly
Loring Parrmore
Moran Baxter
Bernard Bostwick
Lee Farmer
Mrs. R. J. Haskew Dies In Demopolis
Mrs. R. J. Haskew wife of Rev. R. J. Haskew Demopolis district superintendent and former Dothan pastor died at her Demopolis home She survived by son R. J. Haskew Jr Hartford and siblings Con nine Fox and Mrs Ed Coe Springfield IL Funeral at Lafayette Street Church with Rev Hildreth and Rev Pope officiating burial in city cemetery Holman Hartford directing
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R. J. Haskew
Demopolis Methodist District
Dothan
Demopolis
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Lafayette Street Church
Charles H. Hildreth
C. G. Pope
A. E. Shafer
W. F. Daniel
Hartford
City
Holman
Hartford Methodist Church
R. J. Haskew, Jr
Connine Fox
Ed Coe
Springfield
Ozark Jaycees Present Beauty Pageant and Variety Show
The Ozark Junior Chamber of Commerce will stage a beauty pageant and variety show on Wednesday to raise funds for club projects. The winner will be crowned Miss Ozark and may compete in future contests, with proceeds aiding local efforts such as distributing pure-bred hogs to Dale County farmers. A Dothan Jaycees delegation led by C H Poitevint and Gene Faulkner will attend and invite the winner to compete in the Peanut Festival Queen contest next fall.
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Ozark
Dale County
Dothan Jaycees
C.H. Poitevint
Gene Faulkner
Faulkner
Poitevint
Bridge Repair Timeline and Cost Discussed
County Engineer Milton Lurie told the board that repairing the old bridge would take at least a month due to flood damage, while a new bridge could be ready in two to three months. Estimated costs for the structure were set at 35,000 dollars.
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Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Piclic
Asbury Park
N. J
CIO
Congress
Whettar
Viewco
Wieta
Bara- Ley
Murtas
Montana
Muhores
Rhode Island
Milton Lurie
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