Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
A. A. Sheppard, Tuskegee conservationist, spoke to veterans in Barbour County about crops for permanent grazing, soil fertility, and erosion prevention using entered slides. Marie Walden underwent a major operation in a Dothan hospital. A bus starter fire on Montgomery Highway caused no damage. Four Wiregrass notaries were appointed by Governor Folsom for Geneva and Houston counties. Lt. James C. Quillin Jr. serves on USS Leyte in the Atlantic fleet, a Geneva County High School graduate. Cloyce W. Hughes and Fidmond C. Baker serve in anti submarine warfare training with Composite Squadron 11 at San Diego NAS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Sheppard
Tuskegee
Blue Springs
Barbour County
Sheppard
Folsoma
Lioy Pool
A. A. Smith
Hartford
Geneva County
Idelle Middleton
Dothan
Houston County
Rex M. Bozerson
Gloria Doster
Quillin
James C. Quillin, Jr
J. C. Quillin
Leyte
Navy
Burmarine
Cloyce W. Hughes
USN
W. CC
Hughes
Fidmond C. Baker
W. A. Baker
Enterprise
Composite Squadron 11
San Diego Naval Air Station
Lightning Damages Power Lines Cause City Phone Outages
About 200 to 300 telephones remained out of order at noon in the Southwestern city area after heavy rain and lightning yesterday. Officials blamed lightning striking power facilities at Boulevard and Morgan streets, damaging a head cable and burning wiring where the pole ground wire connected to the cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulevard
Morgan Streets
Ahead
City Light Department
Bus Driver Sentenced for Contempt in Harris Circuit Court
John H. Woodham, a Houston County bus driver, is jailed for five days in contempt after failing to appear in court to explain arrears in support payments. Circuit Judge Halstead ordered his appearance and deputies held him in custody after he sent only a partial payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Woodham
Houston County
Woodham
Equity Court
Dudte D.C
Cotton Textile Prices Slide After Six Month Review
The report notes sharp price declines across cotton fabrics with virtually all fabrics at lower levels. Government data show basic gray cloths down 36.1 percent since December 1947 and print cloths down 52.2 percent. The ten year chart lists 1,863,129,000 production in square yards with exports 940,455,509 and imports 31,745,000, plus domestic availability 9,954,418,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Wall of Silence Around Archbishop Beran Tightens
Prague reports indicate the Czechoslovak government has sealed a wall of silence around Archbishop Josef Beran. He remains under police guard in his Prague palace, with contracts severed and sermons curtailed. Vatican and diplomatic sources fear an imminent formal arrest as charges of anti-state agitation loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischke
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
Beran
Catholic Action Society
Antonin Zapotocky
Catholic Action
Dutch Plane Crashes Killing All Aboard
A four engine Royal Dutch Airlines transport crashed in flames into the sea off Bari Italy and all aboard were reported killed with no survivors. Early unofficial word suggested Greek and Turkish passengers among the victims as witnesses described the liner aflame on impact and parts breaking away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari
Italy
Royal Dutch Airlines
Coal talks stall as Bluefield sessions continue
The Southern Coal Producers Association and the union remain deadlocked in bargaining at Bluefield West Virginia about 80 miles away. Operators reportedly modified their contract demands. Lewis planned to meet Harry M Moses of H C Frick Coke and U S Steel to resume talks on Baz Steel's captive mines. Senator A Willis Robertson of Vermont announced in Washington that subcommittee hearings on coal industry spokesman proposals were postponed indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Lewis
Harry M Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Baz Steel
A. Willis Robertson
D-Vad
Washington
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Charles Lewis Shot in Grangerburg Altercation
Charles Lewis, 23, shot during an altercation below Grangerburg a month ago, remains in serious condition at the federal hospital in Montgomery. Edgar Pynes, 50, his father in law, is charged with the shooting and free on bond. Lewis is a former resident of Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lewis
Grangerburg
Federal Hospital
Montgomery
Eddie D. Kelley
Edgar Pynes
Lewis
Liberty
Dothan
Knight the prehistoric painter shaped by fossils and faith
Since 1894 he has specialized in painting prehistoric men and animals and became the first to do so scientifically from reconstructed fossils. His murals adorn natural history museums, and collectors include J. P. Morgan and Governor Pinchot. He argues Cro-Magnon man was not inferior to modern man and warns humanity must grow spiritually to avoid self-destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Charles A. Beard
Dinggaurs
Knight
Europe
New York City
Christ
Mohammed
Truman proposes executive reforms to streamline civil service
The text outlines President Truman's ideas to concentrate authority in key leaders. It covers placing transportation into the Commerce Department, granting the Civil Service Commission chair sole responsibility for internal matters, and giving the Postmaster General full control by abolishing the bureau of accounts and purchasing office. The aim is to reduce confusion and free commissioners to focus on their primary duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Department
Commerce and Transportation
PRA
Federal Works
Civil Service Commission
U. S. Civil Service
Tne
Congress
Post Office Department
Mr. Truman
Bureau of Accounts
Office of Purchasing Agent
Bureau
May mortgage totals fall from April, year prior figures
Mortgages recorded in Houston County during May were valued at 551,852, down 6.9 percent from April and 3.5 percent from the year ago. Dothan Alabama State Employment Service office nonagricultural placements rose 4.8 percent from April while unemployment compensation claims dropped 19.5 percent and job openings rose 13.0 percent. Year over year, placements fell 28.9 percent, while job applications surged 98.2 percent, unemployment compensation payments rose 17.0 percent, and claims edged up 3.3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Dothan
Alabama State Employment Service
Coplon Case Chronology Highlights Spy Trial Tensions
Edward A. Condéh faced criticism over a Soviet Union visit application while Miss Coplon testified that Foley urged a first trip to Stockholm to seek a Russian visa. She admitted spending nights with Shapiro amid denial of intimacy and charged the case as an FBI setup. Prosecution plans to call Koffsky and Leavin. defense will not call Shapiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Condéh
Bureau of Standards
Soviet Union
Miss Coplon
Foley
Stockholm
Sweden
Europe
Kelley
Harold P. Shapiro
Shapiro
Gubitchey
Mr. Shapiro
FBI
Archibald Palmer
Miss Caplan
Russia
Gubitchev
United Nations
Harold P. Koffsky
Nathan B. Leavin
Justice Department
Miss Copron
Washington
Gubitcheyv
Alabama lawmakers tackle masking ban and road bond debate
House judiciary backs an anti masking bill while the House transportation panel favors a 40 million road bond substitute. The measure faces floor passage Friday after delays as KKK officials protest. Road funds and federal dollars are debated amid budget requests from Health, Bryce, Searcy, and Partlow facilities as state agencies seek increased appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House Transportation Committee
J. J. Benford
Marshall County
W. L.doc Martin
Greene
Ed N. Rodgers
Alabama Road Builders Association
A. P. Valladsen
Rodgers
Highway Department
Valladsen
Ward W. McFarland
Ways and Means Committee
Health Department
Alabama
J. S.tarwater
Rabies Quarantine Placed in Cordele Georgia
In Cordele Georgia four children were bitten by rabid dogs spurring a 30 day quarantine. Health commissioner Dr O W Harwell ordered dogs on streets to be leashed or kept in escape proof enclosures as authorities trace the outbreak to rabid foxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
O.W. Harwell
Deaths of Mrs. Mattie Singletary and John McGowan
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Singletary of Bonifay were held at Union Hill Church with interment in the church cemetery. Surviving husband Joe Singletary a daughter Erina John Singletary five sons Noska and Joe both in Japan two other sons R M Colin and Jesse all in Bonifay three grandchildren two sisters and five brothers. John McGowan fifty two of near Gordon died at Donalsonville hospital from injuries when a tree fell on him while sawing logs. Survivors include widow Ida McGowan two sons Perry Gordon route one and Joe Chattahoosa Fla three daughters Lois Donnie Ellen and Pauline five brothers W A McGowan Cliff Thad and T F McGowan Dothan and Syree McGowan Blakely a sister Mrs T W Snell Dothan route one. Funeral services will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Singletary Bonifay
Mattie ~ Singletary
Union Hill Church
Joe Singletary
Erina John' Singletary
R. M
Colin
Jesse Singletary
Bonifay
Noska
Joe
Japan
John McGowan
Gordon
Donalsonville Hospital
McGowan
Ida McGowan
Perry
Chattahooche
Fla
Lois
Donnie Ellen
Pauline
W. A. McGowsan
Laurel Hill
Capitol Hill Faces Combat Over Truman Civil Bill Debates
Senate and House clash on public housing and rearmament as Congress returns to Capitol Hill. A Friday vote looms on Truman’s housing bill amid a fist fight between Rep. Bath and Rep. Cox. Administration backers claim a 230 vote margin. Other focus areas include labor reform, atomic inquiries, five percent contracts, flogging probes in Alabama, appropriations gridlock, farm price policy shifts, postal rate hearings, and RCA FER aid scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Truman
Rep
S8bath
Stout
Cox
D-Ga
Coux
Capitol Hill
Congressional Atomic Inquiry
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Los Alamos
N. M
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Alabama
Celler
D-Ny
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Appropriations
Congress
Brannan
House Post Office Committee
Donaldson
E.c.a
Senate Armed Services Committee
R.F.C
Senate Banking and Currency
R.F.C. Joan
Cotton futures fall to new daily low on July liquidation
Cotton futures slipped to new lows in late trading as nearby July liquidation weighed on markets. Futures closed about 10 cents to $1.00 per bale lower than the previous settle as pressure persisted through the final hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Owen Hirth
Funeral services for Mrs Matha Lacy Capps Hartford
Funeral services were held at 3 p m at High Falls Church for Mrs Matha Lacy Capps seventy nine of Hartford route one burial was in Wesley Chapel cemetery She died Tuesday at her son J F Capps home on Hartford route one Survivors include two other sons A G Capps Hartford route one and J F Capps Black a daughter Mrs Bessie L Smith Hartford route one and brother W H Martin West Palm Beach Fla The Rev Mr Thomas officiated Holman Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matha Lacy
Hartford
Matha Lacy Capps
High Falls Church
Wesley Chapel
Capps
J. F. Capps
A. G. Capps
Black
Bessie L. Smith
W. H. Martin
West Palm Beach
Fla
Thomas
Holman Funeral Home
Livestock Arrivals and Hog Prices Across Southern Plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 400 cattle 100 calves and 700 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Georgia Do than Alabama and Jacksonville and Tallahassee Florida. Hog market steady with barrows and gilts 180 240 pounds 18.50 19.50 and up to 19.75 for select lots. Alabama market notes steady to higher for baby beef and calves. hogs opening fully steady with 180 240 pounds 20.00 21.00 and 240 270 pounds 18.50 19.00. Sows and larger hogs outlined with weight ranges and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Fed- State
Mkt News Syc
Union Stock Yards
Pilot Flies Belly Landing Saves Passengers in Field
A burning aircraft with Hatch and co-pilot Norman Lundeen nearly crashed into two houses before a controlled belly-landing in a clear field. Stewardess Hanavan organized evacuations through an emergency window as firefighters from a nearby base arrived to douse the flames. Eyewitnesses praised Hatch’s landing and Hanavan’s courage in guiding passengers to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehough
Hatch
Norman E. Lundeen
Memphis
Hanavan
John Whitaker
Lucille Cook
Clara Boletta
Berlin Rail Strikers Halt Western Trains into West Berlin
In Berlin, I 15,000 non Communist Western Berlin railway workers continue a 34 day strike, blocking entry of supply trains from Western Germany. Soviet controlled railway authority calls the move an encroachment on operation rights, leaving Berlin’s elevated lines idle as emergency crews attempt to reroute trains. An adjoining note reports American meat consumption in 1934 and later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Germany
West Germany
Efforts Continue in Hunt for Missing Iron Lung
Houston County health authorities press on to locate one of 12 iron lungs sent to California last September for polio outbreak aid. The device, purchased in 1936 by the Chester R. Vickery Peet American Legion, was last heard from in Denver en route west. Legion officials say they would rather it be found than needed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
West Coast
Denver
Colo
California
W. Burkett
Alabama
Colorado
Chester R. Vickery
D. G. Gill
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
County Health and Legion
Legislature considers restarting bill on public funding
Senator Hardwick and Rep Malone are in Montgomery for committee sessions as Malone wins a Local Government panel vote to overturn a previous indefinite postponement. The House committee, by 6 to 8, rescinded the delay and placed the bill back on its calendar for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
Hardwick
Rep
Malone
Montgomery
House
Bill to outlaw conspiracy to injure citizens and end Jim Crow
The measure seeks to outlaw conspiracies to injure, oppress, or intimidate any citizen and to protect political rights and franchise. It proposes abolishing Jim Crow segregation in interstate commerce and expands federal enforcement.
Big cattle states listed in the United States
The major cattle producing states are Texas Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Illinois Minnesota California Wisconsin and Oklahoma. The list emphasizes leading beef regions across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iinois
Minnesota
California
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
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Marie Walden E
Headland
Dothan Bus Company
Montgomery Highway
Floyd Harris
United Grocery
Rinso
Rinso Lux Lg
Lifebouy
Lifebody
Bath
Swan
Igc
Preston Bros
New York
Bureau of Reclamation
Geological Survey
Biringham Federation of Teachers
Senate “Commerce ”and Common Carriers
Sena
Houston
Tax Estes
Stelniems
Samplinestay
Cash Drug Store
Foster — Dethan
All
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Othan Lincoln-Mercury. Co
Fraternity In Action
Democracy In Action
Woodmen of the World
San Antonio
Woodmen
The
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
MAHA
Ox Dothan
W. Yegman
P.O
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