Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Albert James Deese son of J M Deese of Cottonwood route one will enter Mt Sinai Hospital Chicago to begin a three year nursing program September 1 He graduated Cottonwood high in 1987 and has worked 239 nurse in Aurore DL since finishing high school Dr Thomas E Boorde of Washington DC will speak Thursday at 10 00 AM at the city hall auditorium on God Saves America He is a Baptist pastor and editor who served in the Navy in World War One and later led evangelistic work in Virginia and Washington He now pastors Anacostia Baptist church He has supported campaigns for social justice civic righteousness and sobriety Revival services at Haleburg Methodist church begin Sunday August 1 at 10 AM with the Rev J C Carmichael leading morning services and the Rev Comer Woodall delivering evening sermons Services at 10 30 PM and 3 45 daily thereafter The Haleburg church sits seven miles north of Columbia on the Columbia to Ashville highway The Sixth annual all night Sacred Harp Singing Convention will be at the courthouse in Cothran Saturday July 31 starting at B M under W C Lisenby secretary treasurer of the Houston County singing convention An invitation is extended to singers and old tune gospel lovers Last year eight states and 43 Alabama counties were represented at the event Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
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Albert James Deese
J. M. Deese
Cottonwood
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Deese
Cottonwood High School
Aurore, DL
Thomas E. Boorde
Washington, D. C
City Hall
America
Boorde
Baptist Astor
General Welfare Magazzme
U.S. Navy
Virginia
Washington
Temple Baptist Church
Anacostia Baptist Church
J. C. Carmichael
Comer Woodall
Napier Methodist Church
Pal
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Haleburg Church
Curlumbia
Columbia
Absheville Highway
Et B. Mmn
W. C. Lisenby
Houston County
Alabama
Air Right Sing
Wooden shipyard construction on river Syir in Moscow
AP reports Ted Fleet notes a wooden shipyard along the river Syir in Moscow is pushing wooden ship construction. Ships planned range from 75 to 2000 tons as production rises, tungsten wire drawing is mentioned and pricing details are cited.
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Moscow
Ted Fleet
Jeenest
Syir
Peanut acreage in Houston County tops 1948 total
PMA figures show Houston County peanut acreage for 1948 at 77,958 acres, about 5,000 more than 1947. Officer Jesse Culbreth notes harvest potential depends on crop quality yield and weather. County beat totals range from 2,675 to 7,567 acres across 13 beats with most planted.
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Houston
Tw Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Jesse A. Culbreth
FMA
President Truman pressures Congress for wartime controls
President Truman calls for new price and wage controls including wartime excess profits tax and expanded authority for the Federal Reserve to curb inflation. He seeks power to limit shortages, ration scarce goods, regulate credit and impose allocations, while urging non inflationary wage increases and enforcement funding. White House also pushes anti discrimination orders and foreign aid measures.
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Dothan Beagle
Vresident
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Sential
America
Civil rights clash looms as southern leaders urge stall
The Georgian accuses federal job equality moves as a political sop while Eisenhower’s separate units stance is cited. Southern Democrats pledge to fight civil rights measures, with talk of filibusters and possible adjournment as Republicans weigh a constitutional or federal approach.
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Tussell
Tuts
Dwight K. Eisenhower
Russell Cather
Nin
Thurmond Tlc
Wright
Missy
Henate Republicar
Veaders
Henath
Mase
Hteata
Truman
13 Reserve powers to stabilize economy debated in Congress
Fragmented remarks from multiple lawmakers discuss President Trumans use of emergency powers, potential new authority, and impacts on inflation, housing, and civil rights. Critics question merits while some favor adjournment moves and further review amid economic strain.
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Loriess
Ren
Wheeler
Johnston
DSC
Chanmain Taber
RNY
House Appropriations Committee
Trumand
Congress
Colmer
DeMiss
Nonse Democrata
Persstent
Redoubled Efforts Urged After Scout Camp Breakin
Birmingham Catholic Club backs resolution urging county police to redouble efforts to arrest hooded robed intruders who disrupted Camp Pauline Bray Fletcher near Birmingham. The June 20 night incident involved about 100 robed men ordering two white women instructors to flee. The camp training Negro women as scouts closed the next day and Gov. Folgorm sent investigators and aides, though no public report has been released.
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Birmingham
Bergemer
Birmingham Catholé Eet Club
Alabama
Haa
Pauline Bray Fletcher
Folgorm
Reward Offer For Negro Who Hit Highway Patrolman
Manhunt continues for James B. Baker of Port St Joe after he struck Patrolman E B Jordan with a liquor bottle near Cottondale. Jordan, hospitalized with scalp injuries, has been released to a home in Marlena. Deputies and highway patrols arrested two accomplices, Isaac Baker and Lille Mae Pyles, as the investigation unfolds in Jackson County. A Western Division reward was posted. details unclear. Nearby reports mention NMU vote results and Curran’s anti-communist stance, with emphasis on leadership purges.
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Marianna
James B. Baker
Port St. Joe
Mighway
E.B. Jordan
Marianne
Jackson County
Barkley Gauze
Florida Highway Patrol
Jordan
Baker
New York
Isaac Baker
M Maritime Union
CIO
Rotag
NMU
The
Pilot
Curran
Frederck Myers
Membres
Livestock Prices Report From Montgomery And Thomasville
Livestock market notes show cattle receipts around 773 head with active slaughter demand and higher steady prices for slaughter cattle. Calves and hogs posted varied but steady to higher quotes with medium to good sow prices and mixed weight ranges across several Georgia packing sites including Albany Columbus Thomasville and Tallahassee.
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Montgomery (Ap
Union Stock Yards
Thomasville
API
USDA
Wystack
Albany
Columbus
Munihrie
Tilo
Dothar
Als
Jacksonvelte
Tallahassie
Fla
Confederate Flag Sales Skyrocket In Birmingham
Confederate flag sales surge in Birmingham amid claims of demand. An employee observed rising orders and a local shop set up a display. a vandalized or misprinted sign noted a flag department. Conflicting reports referenced a woman employee and a peculiar sign, while others described increased activity near a city hall area.
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Confederate Flag
Birmingham
Kidnapping case stuns family as search widens
Edwin Daniels 11, son of Edwin Daniels Sr., a Rubber Corp foreman, vanished after planning a Savannah vacation. Police checked routes from New York to Savannah. false tips came from Columbia and the Midwest. The boy, slender, 5 feet 1 inch, 150 pounds, with glasses and blue eyes, wore a white shirt and brown shoes. His mother implores hope and prayers.
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Sweethe
Ind
Edwin Dr
Parar Pon Rubber Corp
Edwin
Savannah
New York
Columbia
S.C
Midwest
Fragmented OCR reads like jumbled sports notes
The text presents broken phrases about numbers, teams, and a game, but lacks clear names, places, or outcomes. It mentions a match at a venue and references a star and bait. Overall, it reads as garbled sports commentary with no verifiable facts.
Obituaries and Funerals Add Enterprise Notices
Funeral services held for Hobson Watson at First Baptist Church Enterprise with Dr. Avery and Dr. Lowe officiating. Interment in city cemetery. pallbearers listed. Also notices for Mrs. Lottie Wise of Enterprise and family details, burial at Bethlehem cemetery. Searcy Funeral Home in charge. John Gillespie, 80, Rochford, Died. obituary item noted. John Harvey Thomas, 70, Dallas, Texas, died. heads of surviving relatives listed. services planned in Headland with Headland Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Hobson Watson
Enterprise
Joseph Avery
Greenville
Fi Lowe
Atanta
Seatey Funeral Home
Lewie Martin
Comer Sims
Shelly Nielels
Looney Grimsley
Fred Waxon
Tarver Rowe
Mercee Ellis
Sterlyn Speigner
Lottie Wise
Loutie Idella Wise
Iufig Wo
Edgar Somersett
Bradshaw
Pan [Ama City
George Wise
Panama City
Clarence Cook
Grady
Rowe Wie
Elba
Walter Lee Young
Jenie Snow
E. E. Somerset
Tallshasse
Fla
S. M. Somersett
Birmingham
M. W. Meredith
Beth-lehem
Searcy Funeral Home
G. F. T. Wyatt
Fred Donaldson
Clyatt Snow
Dallas Wise
Lehman I Wise
B. J. Davis
Julius Young
Jack Wise
Sturlyn Somersett
Curtis Smith
Edgar Snow
Clarence Smith
Shelle A
Snellgrove
Ozark
Charles Horne
Napier Fied
Geary Andrews
Midland City
Dort Snellgrove
New Brocklyn
John Bryan
Doris Snelltrove
Tie Nons
Bailey Snelerove
Andalusia
Garrett Snellgrove
Ozarl
Will McSween
Andrews
Fie
Fred
Eatuuls
Lewis M
Cleveland
Bewey
Glennie
Sah
Severn
Ebenezer Church
Hinton
Waters
Charles MW Landers
Hehnan
Soom
Harvey Thomas John Harvey Thumas
Dallas
Tey
P. M. Thomas
Thomas
R.a.thomas
Mary EB
Armstrong
Mra
E A Gray
P.M
J.B
Headland
Charleston
D. C
R. A
Holeburg
Meadland
Gray
Shorterville
Wu Barnes
Roby J. Lee
Headland Mortuary
City OKs Sale of Public Improvement Bonds
City commissioners pass a resolution to accept sealed bids on 5260,000 of public improvement bonds to finance street works. Bonds will be sold August 17 to the bidder offering the lowest cost, maturing in 1958 under ordinances 924 and 4.
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Lowes
Budget Meeting Discusses October Effectiveness and Reconditioning Costs
The group noted Item 12 would take effect in October and an auditorium appropriation must be made before the budget is finalized. Chairman Jones and his committee were told to obtain firm figures on reconditioning and present them to the commission. Methods to raise additional revenue were discussed, but no action was taken.
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Jones
Commission
Canadian Man Waits at London Station for Long-Lost Son
A Vancouver man claims a Royal Air Force death notice helped him identify his son in London at Kings Cross. John Sutherland spent up to ten hours daily under the clock for three months, saying he believes patience will reunite him with the son who vanished after a 1943 Holland bombing incident.
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London
Kings Cross
Royal’ Air ‘Force
Holland
John Sutherend
Vancouver
Wilfred
Sutherland
Cenda
King's Cross
Canada
Oliffk
Waltng
Alabama Branch of CROP Organized
Montgomery AP Alabama branch of the Christian Rural Overseas Program organized to help farmers contribute food to hungry people in other nations. P O Davie named chairman with Dr Hamilton Reid as vice chairman and T Reid as secretary treasurer. Edward Shivers of Atlanta represented CHOP noting U S farmers donated about 25,000,016 dollars in farm products since the start of the year.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
State Extension
P. O. Davie
Hamilton Reid
State Baptist
T. Reid
State Agriculture Center
Church World Service Cathy the
Rural Life and
Sothern World Relief
Edward Shivers
Atlanta Fed
CHOP
Wap
Veterans Office Here Open Saturday Night
The Houston County Veterans Office in the county courthouse in Dothan will stay open from 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday to help World War II veterans reinstate NSLIGE policies lapsed before the July 31 deadline. Veterans may reinstate amounts from 1000 to 10000 by certifying health is as good as when lapsed, paying two monthly premiums. After the deadline, three months or more of lapse requires a physical exam to qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Veteran Atairs
Sam J. Parish
Houston County Service
Dothan
Heart Attack Kills Radio Star's Father in Waycross
In Waycross Georgia a heart attack killed Dr Henry Jasme father of radio and screen singer Cannie Haynes. He was a Savannah native who moved to Waycross five years ago and was found dead yesterday in a hotel room. His wife and two daughters could not be located immediately.
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Waycross
Henry Jasme
Cannie Haynes
Jasme
Savannah
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Maritime Union Free of
Commie’ Control
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John Gillespie
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Ashford
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