White Crosses Mark Normandy D-Day Anniversary
On the third D-Day anniversary readers see endless white crosses among Normandy trees marking American dead from the Cherbourg push and hedgerow fighting. Maj. Robert Crisson notes hedgerows breaks and shell bursts as key toll factors. Capt. Marion Cole recalls dangerous parachute drops and heavy airborne casualties.
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Normandy
Cherbourg
Europe
Paris
St. Lo
U. S
Bowie
Germany
la Combe
St. Mere Eglire
Robert Crisson
Birmingham
Ala
Utah Beach
Marion Cole
Fostoria
Ohio
82Nd Airborne Division
Traen
Six Arrests After River gambling raid in Houston County
Sheriff reports six arrested near the Chattahoochee River on gambling and larceny charges following a raid on a dice gate at George Smith’s house. E F Glisson Leroy Baxter I C Tyner Jack Brazwell face gambling counts while B FE Smithwick and George Smith are charged with grand larceny and operating a gambling table. Bonds set, Smithwick held, Smith and others posted $104 each. Officer A D Sheffield filed charges over thefts of $100 and $3,850 tied to the alleged crooked game.
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Chattahoochee River
Houston County
George Smith
Walt Cameron
E. F. Glisson
Leroy Baxter
I. C. Tyner
Jack Brazwell
B. FE. Smithwick
A. D. Sheffield
Sheffield
Smith
Smithwick
Youths confess burglary of lumber firm plant
A fourteen year old Dothan youth and seventeen year old Robert Kornegay of Dothan confessed to entering Sherman Lumber Co. via a back door on May 18 and taking four paint brushes valued at 15 dollars. Broward White and Henry C. Walker of Dothan face charges of buying and receiving stolen property with bonds set at 300 dollars each. Kornegay posted 300 dollars bond on petty larceny with juvenile authorities handling the younger suspect.
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Dothan
Robert Kornegay
Sherman Lumber Co
J. T. Burton
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Broward W. White
Henry C. Walker
Burton
Kornegay
White
Walker
Wilkerson to testify on Chattahoochee dam plan in D.C.
A. D. Wilkerson of Dothan and Columbia will speak before the House Rivers and Harbors Committee in Washington. The Chattahoochee Valley Chamber of Commerce seeks federal funds to build a hydroelectric dam near Columbia and fund related projects on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola and Flint rivers.
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Wilkerson
House Committee of Chattahoochee
A. D. Wilkerson
Dothan
Columbia
Houston County
House Rovers and Harbors Committee
Washington
Board of Avenue
Albert Logue Baid
Chattahoocheee Valley
Oil Wealth Spurred Wild Spending in Early Oil Boom
Hal Boyle notes Osage County oil strikes in the 1920s turned farmers and Osage Indians into sudden millionaires. Luxuries like $100,000 homes and Persian rugs followed, but the wells ran dry and many spenders left town broke, the era fading with fading profits.
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Osage County
Florida Legislature Adjourns '47 Session Without New Taxes
The 1947 Florida Legislature adjourned at 12 48 p m after leaving major appropriation bills unsettled and rejecting new or increased taxes. The House blocked a soft drink tax while education funding dominated, with a record 50 million dollars allotted to schools and teacher pay raises.
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Florida
Tallahasseepe
Florda
Worhan
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Finance and Taxation Committee
Chamber
Whole
Anti-Soviet Leader Arrested In Bulgaria During Purge
Bulgarian parliament arrested Nicola Petkov, secretary of the Agrarian National Union, on conspiracy charges as Dimitrov's government widens a purge of anti-Soviet leaders. The ruling Fatherland Front holds a large majority, with Petkov once minister without portfolio and a critic of the regime. The British Foreign Office says Russia refused to provide proof of Hungary’s anti-democratic conspiracy claims.
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William &. Higginbotham
London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Russia
Hungary
Georgi Dimitrov
Nicola Petkov
Ferenc Nagy
Petkov
Agrarian National Union Party
Fatherland Front
Com
Foreign Office
Nagy
Allied Control Commission
Budapest
Inmangud
Britain
Une
United States
United Nations
U.N
Petkova
Truman
Agrarian National Union
Senate Labor Bill Sparks Veto Fight in Debate
Democratic lawmakers clash with Republicans over a labor bill aimed at curbing unions. Senators Murray and Pepper push opposition to urge Truman veto and a two thirds congressional override, while the measure likely passes the chamber.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Murray D-Mont
Labor Committee
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
Murray
Sone Democratea
House
Senate studies Auburn trustee nominations in stalled hearing
The Senate rules committee spent an hour reviewing Gov. Folsom's Auburn board of trustees nominees Rep. Robert Brown and Dr. Joe Davis, adjourned without a hearing date, and planned to reconvene Tuesday to decide whether to set a hearing.
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Rules Committee
James B. Allen
Etowah
Allen
Folsom
House
State Buildings Commission
Legislative Council
Senate
HW. A. Taylor
Autauga County
Tayior
Alabama Medical School
Birmingham
George Wallace
Barbour
FE. L. Roberts
Alabama
Kyser Ueona
Talladega
W. A. Barnett
Launderdate
Wokman
Luther Ingalls
Montgomery
House Health Committee
Frank Head
Shelby County
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Roosevelt Estate Valued At 2 Million In Dutchess Filing
In Poughkeepsie the Dutchess County surrogate court revealed Franklin D Roosevelt left a gross estate of 2,111,673.26 with additions from his mother Sarah Delano Roosevelt totaling 994,155.19 and potential capital increases of 167,787.40. Taxed amounts included 353,061.55 federal 46,593.47 state and 1,597.74 DC. Canada Campo Bello and New Brunswick estates were taxed as well. Total taxes reached 403,832.69 along with executor fees and administration costs.
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Poughkeepsie
Franklin J. Hoosevelt
Dutchess County
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Canada
Campo Bello
Province of
New Brunswick
Roosevelt
Dominion
State Store Liquor Prices Due For Cut
ABC Board reports a general decrease in state store liquor prices expected by August. First five months show nearly $3.5 million higher profit than 1946. retail impact seen after July. Sales last month rose about $500,000 from April and $800,000 from May 1948, with five month total near $20.48 million.
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ABC Board
Montgomery
Alabama Aicotulic Beverage Control Board
Tanmar Kelly
Kehr
Warner
Liquor Censees Board
Melvin Dawkink
Nme
Mpsic
Nource
J. Op. Faulk, Jr
ABC
Public Poll Favors City Merit System
Victor Smith reports a local poll of 161 city workers and downtown voters on the proposed merit system for the City of Dothan. The results show a heavy majority in favor with 16 supporters and five opponents. 50 offered no opinion. The Fagle conducted the poll, mirroring a City straw vote.
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City of Dothan
Cathan
Fagle
Avatena
Note Aims to Pressure Russia Over Hungarian Coup
State Department draft prepared with Truman approval accuses Soviet authorities in Hungary of involvement in the overthrow of Premier Ferenc Nagy and cabinet members. It proposes a joint US Soviet British inquiry and warns of UN action if Moscow does not respond. decision on UN Security Council or General Assembly appeal pending.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Russia
United Nations
United States
Hungary
Piatici Pation
Ferenc Nagy
Proto- Vietn
Oie & Serioux
Yalta
Soviet Union
Security Council
WON
General Assembly
Assembly
New York
Series Of Lectures At Farmington Methodist Church
Dr Bowen of Emory University will lecture at 7 40 tonight at Farmington Street Methodist Church as part of a Bible conference running through Tuesday He will also speak on Sunday The speaker holds a Ph D from Yale 1938 and an A B from Charleston The church invites ministers teachers and the public to attend
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Boone M Gecaen
Briory University
Wall
Fonter Street
Boaen
Ald
Alea
Bowen
Emory University
Charleston
Ermory
Yale
Socity
P Kappa Phi
South Carolina
Tae Methodist Church
Lovern Appointed Savings Bond Chief In Houston County
Clyde Lovern was named Savings Bond chairman for Houston County by U S Savings Bond Division officials. Lovern, a leading business and civic worker in Dothan, has chaired War Bond drives previously and served on community projects.
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Clyde Levern
Houston County
Folbelgh McMillan
Italy
Chantionson
Fram Pel
U. S. Savings Bond
Lovern
BP. Poyner, Jr
J. Robert Ramsey
Mian
Dothan
Cotmey
Taft Levelled Charges as Truman Prices Policy Sparks Debate
Senator Taft accused President Truman of creating the conditions that push prices higher. He released a five point program rebutting Truman’s claim that GOP Senate policy follows a boom and bust theory.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Alabama bill seeks teacher oath against communism
Alabama state lawmakers, led by Rep. C. J. Owens, introduced measures requiring all teachers to take an oath declaring they are not or have been members of the Communist Party. A companion bill would criminalize Communist Party membership as a misdemeanor.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Dothan Lions Club Horse Show Set for Tomorrow
Dothan Lions Club presents its annual horse show at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium with about 60 horses and 45 riders from four states. Two shows, 32 classes in the afternoon starting at 2 pm and 13 classes at night beginning at 7 pm, aim for 5,000 spectators and $1,200 in cash prizes plus trophies and ribbons. Miss Claude Reeves, a teen rider from Sela, along with local entrants Charles Whiddon and Hugh Weatherly groups, are highlighted for tomorrow's event open to professionals and amateurs.
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Anual Dothan Lions Club
Yay Wiregrass Memorial, Stadium
Julian T. Turner
Horsen
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Claude Reeves
Sela
Ala
Dothan
Lions Club
Charles Whiddon
Marilyn Walding
Jack McBrayer
Hugh Weatherly
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