Rescues and Exposures Highlight Wartime Sailors Tale
A flood of survivor accounts from sea disaster listed Navy and Marine personnel, including 2-year-old B Ma rine private first class from Hart ford and Cpl. Robert C Jones of Chicago, recounting three hours in frigid water, coast guard crews, and shore patrol skepticism. Amid chaos, names and places such as Natick Massachusetts Lexington Missouri Fairmont North Carolina and Buffalo New York arise as officials revised casualty figures from fewer than 20 to 28 missing as night fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
Ustian
Fugeny Kelly
Marine
Hartford
Core
Sick Bay
Cpl
Robert C Jones
Chicago
Kelly
Harold Knox
Lexington
Knox
Pfe
Richard A. Thiel
Buffalo
N. Y
Sebring
Mich
Navy
Dothan News Briefs Record Local Events
The Wiregrass region reports on community happenings including Dr A E Shafer reviving services and a local scholar Wallace II earning all A’s at Rose HM School. Water service cuts advised on West North Street and 500 600 blocks of North Alice. Girl Scout camp fund drive ends with two Highland troops tying for first. Harriet Hall and Dolores Rolen lead individual awards. Dewey Davis jailed on breach of peace, Kiwanis International trip to Los Angeles announced. Softball managers urged to attend meeting to decide financing and ticket policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sige
Wallace
Rose HM School
Hugh S. Wallace
South
St. Andrews Street
Girls Scout Council
Highland School
Lee Erlong
John Kedlac
Eugene Faulkner
J. W. Stowers
Harriet Hall
Dolores Rolen
Joy Ramsey
Harriet Mosley
Marjorie Mazyck
Carol Ann Bishop
Crawford Mosley
Mosley
Governors Use Of National Guard Planes Questioned
The hearings reviewed whether governors or state officials may use National Guard aircraft for personal or unofficial trips. Cramer said planes are for national or state business, with limits, noting Vermont and Utah flights but stressing federal funding does not cover non Guard uses. He suggested withdrawing equipment from governors to avoid future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiat
Sabate
Lake C
Kenneth Fiearce
National Guard
Scrivner
Cramer
Guard Bureau
Folsom
Gibson
Vermont
Salt Lake City
Utah
Servier
Cramer O
Burea
Amendment battle shapes church report on Protestant cooperation
The 11th amendment failed while the committee’s recommendation passed amid debate over Christian relations. Dr Flow of Concord objected to political language. Richmond VA committee member Compson argued the phrasing avoided political aims. The assembly approved the committee’s report advocating greater Protestant cooperation despite dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JE Flow
Concord
N.C
Permanent Committee On Christian Relations
Compson
Richmond
Val
Blor
Ats Radeoa Cotunisttee
T. Mabel Oy
Dissect Coast Opens Here Mondey Incoherent Text
Fragmented OCR notes list names and counties such as Henry, Geneva, Celice and Housier with scattered roles. The passage resembles a garbled local government or sports item with several proper nouns and unclear actions. No clear event or outcome is discernible from readable portions.
Senate action tightens focus on war refugees and draft
Senate leadership, with Taft and House leaders, pushes through bills to admit up to 200,000 war refugees in two years, extend the draft, and renew the reciprocal trade act while omitting civil rights legislation. Taft says GOP aims for adjournment by June 18, just before the Republican convention opens in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayburn
Truman
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohiot
Bue Taft
Senate
Republican Poles Committee
Martin
Philadelphia
Rural women council conference highlights lamp theme
The Alabama club women from Pike, Houston, Dale, Barbour, Covington and Crenshaw counties gathered at a church event centered on the theme Keep Your Lamp Lighted. Delegates heard remarks by Mrs. G T Green and Mrs J Sebold on rural youth leadership and state council programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcy Hall
Toe du
Ceentoeree
W A Weeeack
Margaret Oliver
Frances Crawford
Barbour
Carrie B. Threaten
Joyce Levins
Geneva
Malmie Mathews
Inez Green
Coffee
Louise Gause
Jean Seibert
Covington
Isabelle Downey
Alex Stewart Johnson
Crenshaw
Margaret Brown
Reita Thomas
Pike
Lillian Cox
Betty Hamilton
Henry
Fran Mallette
Sara Dell Phillips
Houston
Clb
Farm Bureau
G. T. Green
Pike County
Dale
G. A.richburg
State Council
Pike Council
Houston County
National Home Demonstration Council
W. A. Womack
Dale County
Barbour County
Covington County
Dothan Recreation Center
Whiddon
Montgomery
John Sebold
State Home Demonstration Council
Seibald
James L. Lawson
Auburn
Richburg
Henry County
Couneh
Bev Mfrs. Hlon
Marduck
Gineva County
Tremendous effort under Truman for Vanport relief efforts
President Truman ordered federal agencies into full speed rehabilitation for the stricken region. Agencies and volunteers mobilized to rebuild and relocate refugees, with efforts from FWA, Public Housing Admin, Interior, and RFC. Typhoid vaccines, DDT spraying, and emergency housing plans proceeded as the Navy offered surplus vessels and hospital units for relocation. Water and flood damage hampered search and recovery as officials revised casualty estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Kuing
Federal Works Administration
Department of Interior
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Portland
Vanport
Navy
Astoria
Ore
Porthaid
Army
Interior Departments
Calumbia River
Dancester
Pacific
Fallin Vanport
Stalloon
Shemit
Martin T. Prato
Merrouridl
Racroud Bank
Fragmentary note reveals disrupted call log confusion
A damaged OCR fragment describes a mislinked telephone exchange event. It mentions a wife calling, a husband, a basket, and an operator, with unclear timestamps and names. The text reads as garbled dialogue about a missing or misrouted call and a presumed caller sequence.
Incoherent creekside road project described
Fragmented OCR text references a proposed road and dam near a creek, with estimates of forest acreage and farmland affected. Mentions opening the water and potential ponds, but specifics are unclear due to garbled wording. No identifiable persons or organizations can be confirmed from the readable fragments.
Police chase ends after man fires on officers near Dothan
Deputy Smerrit E. H James said officers tracked a suspect who fled from a Negro home on a farm north of Dothan. Ennis claimed he fired twice at the deputies but missed. A plus of $3.98 cash and a small amount of unidentified property was recovered. Dogs from Headland convicts camp trailed him through fields and woods before losing him near Park Avenue and Osceola Street where other African Americans worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H James
Themas
Dothan
Wicrenses
Ennis
Headland
Park Avenue
Osceola Street
Livestock market results from Montgomery United States
Livestock market report from Montgomery AP notes estimated salable receipts: cattle 475, calves 150, hogs 125. Wednesday activity slow yet mostly steady. cattle and calves show mixed declines to 1.00 lower in some classes. Hogs active with weights 140 to 270 pounds showing gains to 50 cents higher for barrows and gilts, with other weights steady to firm.
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Montgomery
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
Coal case tests Taft Hartley law and bargaining
The argument centered on whether 15 percent of negotiators could bargain freely under the Taft Hartley act. Lewis’s lawyers claim bargaining with the Southern Association is barred by the current soft coal contract. Hopkins argued the Taft Hartley Act is unconstitutional and that the Southern Coal Producers Association is not a proper bargaining agent, noting it owns no coal and employs no miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Southern Association
Hopkins
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
Investigations Probe NBC Voice Script Controversy
Number 16 writer for NBC urged affirmative investigations for all personnel linked to voice activities while Denny said scripts for a series on state histories were pre cleared by the State Department which cited lack of funds to supervise broadcasts. House investigators criticized Gunther and his Inside USA as a source for voice scripts and said the book focused on gossip and scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Borgia
Denny
State Department
House
John Gunthers
USA
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Cole
Bragg Hartford special obituary notices
The funeral for Bragg Hartford will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Pondtown Church with Rev. Alto Thomas and Rev. Dewitt Smith officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Church. Holman Funeral Home of Hartford is in charge of arrangements. The deceased leaves a widow and three daughters, plus sons and brothers named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Joan Sheaaty
Eure
Kenorth Bragg
Startford
Buren
Brexton Bragg
Loutexuly
John
Terre Haute
Ind
Wifora
U. S Navy
Thelma Crook
Jacks
Ala
Christine
Tessie Ann
Funeral set Thursday for Pfc James L Hall
Funeral services for Pfc James L Hall of Dothan route four will be held at Wiggins Church at 3 30 p m Thursday. Hall, 26, was killed in the Normandy invasion serving with the 12th Infantry Battalion Fourth Division. Surviving include widow daughter Annette and parents W W Hall. Rev A D Zbinden to officiate. Veterans of Foreign Wars to lead military graveside service. Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggins Church
James L. Hall
Dothan
Hall
12Th Infantry
Houston County
Annette Hall
W. W. Hall
Preston Hall
Troy
David
Charlie Hall
Virgie Skipper
Headland
Maggie Hicks
Ashford
Bernice
Dorothy
Patricia Hall
A. D. Zbinden
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home of
Fourth District race yields clear wins in Dale and Geneva counties
Dale County results show Foy Watson 1690 over G C Eford 1244 in tax collector race while Allen P Curry 461 defeats Therman Williams 448 for District Two commissioner. Geneva County Marvin Wood 590 wins District Two over Melvin Lammen 390. Grover French 602 leads District Four commissioner against Fox Davie 281. Henry County tab shows Tom Ben Culpepper 1047 over Myrtie McCoy 895 in tax collector race. District One commissioner J H Oates 1094 over E Comer Herring 1002. Wiregrass delegate races report mixed counts with numerous candidates. district tallies show varied leads. Also an aviation toy feature promotes Atomic Jet Helicopter with 25c price and 10c saucers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale County
Foy Watson
G. C
Dick) Eford
Watson
Fford
Allen P. Curry
Therman R. Williams
Geneva County
Marvin Wood
Melvin G. Lammen
Grover French
Fox Davie
Henry
Tom Ben Culpepper
Myrtie McCoy
J. H. Oates
E. Comer Herring
Nouston
McCorvey
Bonner
Riddle
Stapp
Carmichael
Folsom
Money
Boswell
Adams
Coffee
Dale
Nmccorvey
Unknown fragmentary text from archival page
The readable fragment references page elements and names unclear to determine a coherent event. No identifiable persons, organizations, or places present to anchor a factual headline or summary.
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Navy Department
Washington
Desporn
Alabama
Houston Memorial Library
Dothan Kiwanis Cluny
P. L. Calhoun
Cim
Kiwantan C. C. Mosses
Brary Board
TL Schwalb
Eclub
Othe Phiyce
Qegemuatar
Mager
Achetuliet
A E. Shafer
Shafer
City Water and Light Department
West North Street
North Alice Street
Camp Ous
Minnie T. Heard
Dewey Davis
Walt Cameron
Davis
Lorene Davis
Kiwanis Club
Fred Moseley
Los Angeles
Calif
C. Oscar Johnson
Moseley
Yuge Family
Pepsi-Cola
Pege-Com Comgeny
U.S
Evstege
Hever
Pobera
Harves
G.cson
Sra
Phere Taper
Baetatee
Mart Phar
Sid Charice
Breane
Mawee
Hager
Lobe Brotione
Troll
Bragg
Aisling
F. K. Formis
Vicin
Ady
New Orleans
Corton
St. AttViews
W & Iy
Lydia
Pinkham
Inkham
Lydia E
McKennie Model
Dothan Milling CO
Ray, Mer
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