City Employees Oppose City Merit Plan Vote Result
City of Dothan employees voted in a straw ballot on a proposed merit system. Of 210 participants 11 favored including department heads. 4 opposed. Department results varied with main office 5 yes 4 no. police 2 yes 1 no. fire 7 yes 0 no. water electric 1 yes 1 no. Auditor noted no pressure biased the vote.
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NATO
FAULK
Dothan
Hyepeey
Pathcs
J. le Vaughn
W. G. Hardwick
W. D. Malone
Billy
Pern
Inferior Court Bills Advertised By Houston Bar
The Houston County Bar Association promotes two local bills to abolish the Common Pleas Court and create an Inferior Court with countywide jurisdiction. Bills advertised for four weeks could be introduced at the next legislature session. The Inferior Court would handle civil cases up to 1000 dollars, divorce actions, and domestic matters, with a judge elected in 1949 serving six year terms. The governor would appoint Judge J Theodore Jackson until a successor is elected. Regular court sessions would be held on the first and third Mondays each month.
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Houston County Bar Association
Cort of Common Pleas
Common Pleas Court
Interior Court
Drosdot
Itala
J. Theodore Jackson
Jackson
State Tax Collection Ahead Of Last Year
The Alabama Revenue Department reports eight months into the current fiscal year saw collections totaling 51,018,257, up from 42,061,000 the prior year, a gain of 6,967,167. Tobacco and income taxes show notable monthly totals while Bay area collections dip.
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Montgomery
State Revenue Department
Alabama
Phillip J. Hamm
Bay
Totel
Rabid Fox Bites Hog Then Sets Off Area Alarm
In Wiregrass near Headland a rabid fox attacked multiple hogs and a neighbor’s dog on April 14. The victim hog died Friday after exposure. its head was sent to the Dothan Branch Laboratory where rabies was confirmed. The sow later went mad and died Friday after a rampage. Dogs inoculated against rabies remain uninfected. Several dead foxes were found nearby prior to the incident.
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Abby Ellard
M. J. Dunaway
W. T. Burkett
Dunaway
Burkett
Dothan
Denver Explosion Kills Three at 35 West Dakota Avenue
An apartment building blast in Denver killed three occupants including landlady Mrs. Gertude Rowan and her 11 year old grandson Richard Rowan. At least eight others were injured as debris collapsed walls and the roof. A man identified as M O Breckenridge was recovered with a crushed head.
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Denver
Walla
West Dakota Avenue
Gertude Rowan
Richard Rowan
P.m
M.O’ Breckenridge
Wet-Dry Referendum in Houston Set for July 8
Houston County will hold a wet-dry referendum. Probate Judge Albert Logue reported 27 petitions with 1,614 signatures were filed for a local option election. Signature checks stopped when 538 signatures were from voters, surpassing the 507 required. Judge Logue planned to issue the call next week and set July 5 for the vote. Whittaker led the filing. an organization to advocate dry status will form. Since 1935 Houston County has had four local option votes, with the first dry and the last three wet.
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Houston
Albert Logue
Probate Office
Logue
Is Waa
Audge Logue
Hilt ‘Whittaker
Ashford
Whittaker
Houston County
Court Directs City to Return Cash Bond in Indecency Case
Mrs. Mary Mitchell who posted 102 dollars as bail after her arrest for public indecency during a Titigaiion event at the Houston County Fair has won a suit against the City of Dothan. The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that the city improperly held the bond, and directed return of the bail posted on Oct 28, 1943 plus related claims by Mrs. Maxine Head and Mr. and Mrs. Tezzano. The decision settled that authorities could not retain the money as a fee or without lawful authority.
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Mary Mitchell
Titigaiion
Dothan
Hounton County Fair
Maxine Head
Frank Tezzano
Head
Terzana Dikewise
Mra. Mitchell
Alabama Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Abe
Recorder's Court
Houston County Circuit Court
Qet
Dalstoud
Live Winge
Tuaticn Livingston
Wothan
Mary Mitchotl
Ten Criminal Cases Set For First Day In U S Court Here
Spring term of the United States District Court opens with about ten criminal cases on the docket for trial on opening day Eight more on the civil docket are slated for trial Tuesday and Wednesday including the pay suit of Dorsey trailer workers Pending cases include charges of violating internal revenue Inits against Winston Welcome Thomas Buddy Scott Walker Jim Henry Lawrence Lester McCarter Frater Hasty Howard Gilton Johnie Thorne Howard Lowar Griffin Charlie Cornelius Bivin Charlie Henderson and Larry L Lampp Richard Blanchard charged with meter theft and Carlos Grady Campbell charged with male hali fight to avoid testimony Campbell will be first of its type tried in the U S District Court in Davenport Deputy Clerk J W Daughtry said Campbell had previously pressed charges in circuit court against another and failed to appear for testimony He was later arrested by the FBI Columbus Luck Danford has pleaded guilty to motor theft and will be sentenced tomorrow The civil docket lists Philip B Fleming Admr Office of Temporary Controls versus T W Terry Fate Terry Motors Turn To No Wage 2
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United States District Court
Frater Hasty
Howard Gilton
Johnie Thorne
Howard Lowar Griffin
Charlie Cornelius Bivin
Charlie Henderson
Larry L Lampp
Richard Blanchard
Carlos Grady Campbell
Campbell
U. S. District Court
Dethan
J. W. Daughtry
Enid
Ofter
Wag Jerch
Ue FBI
Columbus Luck Danford
Philip B Fleming
Admr
Office of Temporary Controls
T. W
Solons To Tackle Unprecedented Fiscal Program
Alabama lawmakers reopen the 1947 regular session amid a broad agenda to raise money for teacher salaries and old age benefits. A special election Aug. 26 will fund the plan, while debates on income tax and liquor control loom. The interim finance committee proposes tapping existing revenue and cutting budgets to cover a projected shortfall.
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Rex ThoMas Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
James KF. Folsom Ning
Senate
House
Toschevik Fenghers
Welfare
Aalea
Walt Mein
State Department
State Fire Marshal Dies In Fall At Columbia
Phillip Lippman state fire marshal died from injuries after a fall during an inspection at Calnibia high school. He plunged through a ceiling to the auditorium floor and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 67, World War I veteran, former commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Montgomery, survived by three brothers and a sister. Services set for Montgomery.
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Phillip
Lippman
Montgone Ory
Werresday
Lipp
Montgemery
Pennsylvania
Haskell Lippman
Tallasor
Fla
President Signs Foreign Relief Bill Saturday
President Truman announced a new foreign relief program delivering aid to Greece, Austria, China, Trieste, and other areas. He outlined travels to Alaska and Ottawa to coordinate relief efforts, with Secretary Krag and Marshal Me Truman assisting in the administration.
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Charlon G. Rusk
Muska
Trontan
Kansas
Ottawa
Jeave
Wasmonten
Mane
Martha
Trai
Trounn
Secretary of the Interior
Krag
Alaska
Ptat
Greece
Umigmiy
Austria
WM Land
China
Trieste
Simutrneounty
Bnsretary
Avate
Truman
Stra Istriesan
Ahn Wari
LaGuardia Crash Toll Rises to Forty One
A crowded narrative details the deadly LGA crash with multiple victims and a high death toll. Names and specific incidents are unclear due to garbled OCR but references indicate hospitalizations and a dramatic collision aftermath.
Defective Tail Structure May Have Caused Airliner Crash
Government investigators sift mounting evidence that a damaged tail structure sent an Eastern Air Lines four motor liner into a fatal dive. The crash killed 53 people. bodies laid out at a Navy training station as medical teams matched victims. Investigators noted parallels to another crash but found no confirmed connection. Weather and witness accounts pointed to a sudden loss of control, with early theories citing a propeller issue.
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Bait Syn . RY
Donald J. Gonzales
Bainbridge
Eastern Air Lines
Ing
United Airlines
haGuardia Field
Xni
New York
Maryland
Ecomemercial Aviation
Pethens
Pestretinia Aviation
Chititman Henies
Mmland
Creal Aetonaation
Washington
Maryline
DCA
Weil
Tevet
Tannlia Ani
Henry Myerx
Bares Woabel
Uey
Areble
Bainbridge Naval Station
Oklahoma Tornado Kills Five In Small Town
Northwestern Oklahoma town of about 600 people reports a tornado strike around 1:08 pm that killed five residents and left others missing or injured. Emergency workers and doctors race to reach survivors as officials assess the damage and dangers after the storm.
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Lebmey. Okl
Sock
Sapp
Oklahoma City
Sappe
Atari
Ageom
Warner
Radio Paul Revere Treason Trial Faces Conviction Risk
A 19th-century radio figure named Paul Revere faces treason charges with potential death penalty or long imprisonment. The case references Massachusetts law and the era’s harsh penalties, including fines. The trial and legal process are described with emphasis on the severity of treason allegations and the potential outcomes.
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Paul Revere
Relatives Seek Kin in Plane Wreckage Mystery
Relatives and friends search the wreckage of the AY USS Green Hainbidge for identifying signs as they cling to hope of locating kin. They examine charred debris, personal items, and a burning clue amid cold, dark ruins while authorities note a brief, tragic context and pending confirmations.
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Hainbidge
Rendy
Vicl
Dante
Trey
Mian
Hawarth Stuart
Dette
Sturt
Falling Tree Trims Man's Legs in Georgia Woodlands
In ROMP Georgia a lumberjack Ernest Alloway, 24, suffered catastrophic injuries when a tree toppled as he worked along a creek bank. He slipped and the trunk pinned his head under water. fellow workers freed him and sawed the trunk away as he lost consciousness, the incident leaving him severely injured.
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Romp
Ernest Aleuy
Raffyer
Alloway
Mie Waa
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