Deaths toll rises in Montgomery County and state reports
State health data list 433 deaths in Houston County and other causes last year. Revival services at Blackwood Congregational Christian Church begin Sunday Aug 8 with Rev. Charles Bed delivering sermons. Dear Roger list names Mery Huey Jeter for high scholastic achievement at Enterprise Baptist Deep, student at Alabama Polytechnic. 127 people X-rayed in Houston County clinic. Solomon Baxter attends Alabama educator meetings at University of Alabama. out of town fire response at Cowarts gasoline pump injures none. chief Harrit among responders. minor truck damage noted.
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Dear
Mery Huey Jeter
Enterprise
Dear Roger
Behhool
Alabama — Polytechnic
Callan
Cowarts
Luthor Danzy
Harrit E Wen
County PMA Officials to Attend Ozark Meet
About 20 men from Houston County will attend a day long Ozark meeting. County PMA head J. Jaess Culbreth and County Farm Agent C. M. Ling will participate, joining county committee and community members to learn PMA program aspects.
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PMA
Ozark
Houston County
Production and Marketing Administration
J . Jaess A. Culbreth
Anid We
C. M. Ling
Alto
Culbreth
Deaths in Wiregrass John W Wyatt funeral services planned
Funeral services for John W. Wyatt of Dothan route five and longtime Houston County resident will be held Tuesday at 3 pm at Selma Baptist Church. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Survived by wife Rosey Hyatt three sons James Davies Hyatt Dothan Julius P Hyatt Washington DC daughter Dora Bell Temples Ashford five grandchildren. Active pallbearers include Homer Ex Raymond Vargil Williams M Whidden J P Vann and H H McNeal.
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A. W. Myatt
John W. Wyatt
Amty-Nioe
Dothan
Houston County
Selma Bapiae
Joe White Ting
Ward-Wilson
Rosey Hyatt
Dethan
James and
Davies Hyatt
Julius P. ‘Hyatt
First Baptist Youth Camp Near Panama City
About 65 members of a Baptist church travel to West Florida Baptist assembly near St. Andrew for a youth camp. The group, led by Dr Henry A Parker, will engage in surf, study courses, religious conferences, hymn sings, and recreation through Saturday afternoon.
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Sheirs, Baptist Church
West Florida
Dr. Parker
Money A. Parker
Sara Margaret Parker
Walter Allen Parker
BL M. Cherry
B. M. Cherry
Joe Patterson
Johnny Tandon
Max Morris
Lyndh Mallory
Charts Skinner
Eleanor Martin
Janet Roahk
Patey Pitman
Nay Hayes
Larry Knowles
Charles Peters
Grady Richey
Thorax Harwell
Philip Hayes
Isabelle Rountree
Parbata Blakey
Sylvia Biskey
Wattert
Tarden Thrower
Betty Jean Jernigan
Joan Nowell
Larolyn Knowles
Sara Ann Cunningham
Minna Sue Hae
F. Janet Patterson
Quinn FV Yen Kelly
Loy Pitman
Lyon Beatity
Mariny Raye Haver
Ruby
Cotton Futures Tumult Report From New York Market
In New York City a chaotic note on cotton futures appears with scattered figures 46 190 and a stray 14 48 am reading. The fragment hints at rapid price movement but lacks clear figures or outcome.
Officer Accused Of Using Army Job To Sell Insurance
Washington report details allegations that an Army colonel and aides used Pentagon contacts to promote and profit from an insurance scheme. Col Rey Green and George Kasten allegedly formed the Armed Services Mutual Benefit Association to handle overseas officers insurance with commissions paid after shifts in policy ownership. Lawmakers cite potential misuse of government resources. Inspector General Crate notes a thorough investigation found officers did not profit directly, while Kasten faced possible censure for using official access to advance the business.
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Glenn Marti Washington
Kasten
Lees Mutual Benefit Association
Green
Iavitable Life Assurance Society
Eision
House Armed Services
St Louis
Equitable A
Blaton
Equitable
Jann Hannes
State Mutual
X ‘Fen
Roneler
Kaefen
1 _Bistan
Bildas
Army
Louis A. Crate
Association
Dvice
Washington
Pri
Radio figure claims 25000 reward for cancer fund
New York radio commentator Wiles Winehell announced a $25000 reward for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Indicted killers Mack and Gluato, linked to the May 1949 telegraph booth stabbing of William Lurge, surrendered after a prearranged handover. Witnesses and police tied the case to a national manhunt and related labor union tensions.
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New York
Wiles Winehell
Damon Runyon
Pier
Mar
Onedict Mack
William Lurge
Weechell
Lower Manhattan
II Maori
Winchell
Hin
Stith
Targe
M. American Broadcasting Company
Polire Aspartment
Attonaarm
International Ladies Garment Workers
AFL
They Cancer Fund
Ealing Lueye As & Mertyr
Mack
John Gluato
Kallins
Wirenesser Pool
Hien
Lurge
Livestock Prices Report From Union Stockyard Market
Federal state Market News notes cattle receipts and price ranges at Union Stockyard with steers heifers and calves sold steady to a bit higher. Slaughter and replacement cattle nine to twenty five hundred pounds listed with most classes in narrow bands. hogs show active demand and varied weights with several price points. note mentions nearby African colony context and distance from the market.
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Livestock Montgomery
Union ‘Stockerards
Sven
Somme
Abundant Living Church Faces Generation Of Drinkers And Spenders
A sermon excerpt from E Stanley Jones critiques modern discipline and time misuse. It warns a generation for indulgence in drink, wealth, and entertainment while urging rigor in daily life, education, and preparation for moments of crisis. The piece cites Wesley and Osler and references the book Abundant Living.
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Church
Wesley
Paul
Folsom pushs reapportionment amid state political clash
The article reports Governor Folsom urging reapportionment as essential for fair county representation from the Tennessee River to the Mississippi line. It notes Senate fights over new senatorial terms, proposed constitutional amendments, Pardon-Parole Board changes, and bills by Sen Patton and others affecting state governance and voting rules.
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Iennessee
Ohattahoochee
Mississippi Line
Folsom
Confor
Congress
Mentel
Senate
Sen. Lowe
Sevensman
David Patton
Time Sowe
Howe
Patton
Rankin Fite
Marion
W. G. Hardwick
Houston
George Wallace
Barbours
Hardwick
Fite
Leaisiotuce
Boswell
A. L. Patterson
Russell
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Soldier Held On Robbery Charge At Service Station
PHILADELPHIA API A fit young soldier described as tall and sturdy with light brown hair and eyes sat at Lele West's service station in Sprang Township yesterday and asked for a road map. He paid with base money, bought a soda and candy, and after a dispute about the till police found stolen cash in his patrol car hiding behind the seating. He was identified as 24 year old Sampson of Guntersville Alabama, recently returned from Germany as a military policeman, who admitted the robbery and faced charges in court.
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Philadelphia
API
West
Sprang
New York
Gunlecaville
Ala
Rome
Gaake West
Sa Tong
Dior
Guesn Tve
Orr
Harvey Wiliamson
Nin
Williamson
Channes
Johbery
Townod B. Sampson
Germany
Guntersgile
Grandmother 88 Slain In New Orleans Found In Tar
NEW ORLEANS (UP) An 88 year old grandmother identified as Mrs. George Dantin was murdered yesterday. Her body was found at 4 p m on its side in a tar pool near drum leaks. Three men were detained for questioning and homicide investigators suspect foul play but ruling out robbery as motive. The envelope with three accident policies was found near the body. Family described her as active and kind with sharp eyesight. No enemies were reported. Autopsy to determine cause of death.
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New Orleans
Yestery Day
George Dantin
Floyd Pisht
Dantin
George Sullivan
Toofing Company
Smith Back in Jail on Mann Act Charge
Harold Smith, arrested last November on a fugitive warrant, faces a Mann Act count after a federal complaint filed by FBI Agent John K. Mumford. Police say he also carried a pistol without a permit and has no fixed home. He is to have a preliminary hearing today before U.S. Commissioner J. W. Daughtry.
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City Puberties
Osba
Harold Smith
Athorites
Texas
John K. Mumford
FBI
U.S
J. W. Daughtry
Smith
Wichita Walls
de Dothan
Poultry market steady as demand holds in Georgia
North Georgia live poultry market reports steady demand with supplies mostly inadequate. Prices for broilers and fryers hover around 24 to 26 cents, with most at 24 1/2 to 25 cents per pound as buyers look for quick sales. In Lawton Oklahoma, Judge Foster fined Clifton Miner $20 for pocket picking and ordered Daniel Clerk to pay the same fine for public drunkenness in a related bar incident.
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Poultry
Atlanta
1Usdad
North Georgia
fanRedi
Two Motorists Booked In Dothan Weekend DUI
Police arrested two drivers E R Ivey 46 and Cecil Lawrence 28 on DWI charges during the weekend. Lawrence also faced operating a vehicle without a license while officers logged 32 arrests including 16 for public drunkenness and vagrancy and several counts of affray assault and battery loitering and other offenses.
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Dothan
E. R. Ivey
Cecil Lawrence
Lawrence
Probate Judge Warns of Admission Limit at Mental Hospital
Probate Judge Albert Logue says Tuscal Terwater reports a white female admission cap is near while white men will face a limit in two to three months. Bryce Hospital indexes 4,381 patients. 2,008 beds deemed acceptable. Houston County sends about 80 patients yearly. overcrowding blamed on elderly admissions and slow state funding.
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Throwzhou
Alabama
Tuscal
Terwater
Albert Logue
Hic
Public Health Service Commission
Houston County
Bryce Hospital
W. G. Hardwick
W. D. Malone
Gemmienstig
High Spots of the Show Highlight Flight Trials
The event awarded Dick Byers of Montgomery for auto racing and showcased unmatched pilot maneuvers. Raymond Burnham chased a blue and yellow antiplane but wind carried it away, while Strickland nearly lost a plane before recovering near Napier Field. Officials called the day among the best with hundreds of fans amid frequent wind and flight feats.
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Carmichael
Angie
Burnham
Mulaula
Frank Mack
Pensacola
Strickland
Education Sessions For Alabama Start On Capstone Campus
TUSCALOOSA AP Alabama educators Parent-Teacher Association officials and school bus workers totaling about 1507 converge on the Capstone campus for the annual State Education Conference. Key speakers include Karl McGrath Northwestern University professor Paul Witty and other education leaders. A separate conference for Parent-Teacher groups and several workshops are planned alongside sessions for school boards and administrators.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Parent-Teacher Association
WU. S
Karl
Grath
Zlat Annus
Paul Witty
Northwestern University
Seth
Rkthap Red
Devi Kappa Gamma
Alabama Federation of Women's “Clubs
Northington
Tnps
Alabama Association of School Board
McClrath
Witty
Guerrillas Kill Five in Ambush Near Op Cowry
Five persons were killed and six wounded in an ambush near Op Cowry today. Guerrilla forces carried out the attack against a convoy, causing casualties among civilians and soldiers.
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