Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
A jumble of local notices covers Navy enlistments and training at San Diego Parris Island a farmers meet and dress revue plan, Kiwanis delegates return from Atlantic City, a civil service exam in Newton and a July criminal court session. Other items note Cottonwood city limits extension, Bay Springs cemetery work and wartime farming records push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bracewell
Whit King
Atlantic City
N. J
Dothan
Kiwania International
Bracewell
Miami
Impeachment Trial Postponed A Week
Walker County sheriff Grove Bo Baggett impeachment trial for alleged corruption in office was postponed from July 4 to May 18 by the State Supreme Court at the request of Baggett's attorneys. Legal objections to the trip were overruled by the high tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Walker County
Grove Bo Baggett
State Supreme Court
Iork J. Bender Thomas
Deby
Daggett
High Tribunal
Thunderstorms cause heavy rainfall and damage in Wiregrass area
Meteorologist Tate reported 443 inches of rain at Dothan airport over five days, with Tuesday the wettest. A lightning bolt hit a Hartford area store causing damage and knocked out several hundred telephones. One bolt destroyed a nearly new barn in Newville. Officials expect fewer, more scattered storms as the warmer air mass passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Cyt Aeronautics Authority
Dothan
Revere
Wiregrass
Delmar Whitehead
Beter Hartford
Mero Whitehead
Newville
Hubert Taylor
New
Doihan
Bandits Demand Service From Watch Salesman
In Atlanta a 24 year old watch salesman told police two bandits who robbed him of $12 and forced him to drive to Anniston Alabama expected him to provide service. Each bandit took a watch from his stock as they departed from the downtown street corner encounter with a group of Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
H. L. Warhington
Anniston
Ala
Masonic Installation Held At Dothan Temple
A Friday night installation at the Masonic Temple named new officers for Dothan Chapter 113 Royal Arch Masons and Dothan Council 63 Royal and Select Masons. Roy G. Young heads the chapter, with L O Reneau, L H Kirk and M Carswell among others, while James M. Jones leads the council with D W Poole and P C White among appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Masonic Temple
Pythagoras
Houston
Dothan Council
Royal Arch
Roy G. Young
L. O. Reneau
L. H. Kirk
R; M. Carswell
J. 5. Talley
T. T. Skeen
L. D. Durden
D. W. Poole
P. C. White
M. D. Cleelan
CG. S. Griffith
Hen. Walden
S. M. Brown
James M. Jones
Alabama moves to revoke Klan charter amid mob violence
U S Attorney General orders FBI to probe night riding activity and a Congressional Civil Rights subcommittee schedules Alabama mob violence hearings in Washington. Governor Fonfisom dispatches state investigators andAttorney General Carmichael plans to seek charter revocation in Jefferson County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
U.S
Tom Clark
FBI
Congressional Civil Rights Subcommittee
Alabama
Washington
James Fo Fon Isom
Albert A. Carmichael
Dr. Pruitt
William Flugh Morris
Carmichael
Perry
Cotton quotas eyed under new farm measure
Senator Anderson says the updated cotton program could become law this session. It envisions a 14 to 15 million bale target with favorable drawing conditions. Brannon to proclaim quotas by October 15 and voters among farmers to decide by November 15. The panel also approved expanding the Federal Crop Insurance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Agriculture
Memphis
Tenn
Department of Agriculture
Brannon
House
Law proposal would add two lane bridge over Chattahoochee
Hardwick cited a highway survey showing 700 to 1,000 vehicles cross the Chattahoochee at Columbia daily while the proposed Henderson district bridge would carry about 200 vehicles per day with a $700,000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Hardwick
Highway Department
Chattahoochee
Henderson
Berlin Airlift Tribute and Ongoing Defense Resolve
Western allies marked the first anniversary of the Berlin airlift as British Major General Bourne said strikers achieved their aims. The U.S. and Allied officials praised the operation as a peacetime milestone, with Lord Mayor Reuter dedicating Platz der Luftbrucke and saluting pilots who died. General Lucius D. Clay was lauded for launching the airlift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
G. K. Bourne
UGO
of &S
U. S. Tempelhof
Platz der Tuftbruecke
West Berlin
T.I
John K. Cannon
Reuter
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Secret enemies and budget reforms in defense bill debate
Dr. Johnson warned about secret enemies stronger than known while describing a defense bill favored by Sen. Tidings and backed by a Hoover commission. The measure, seen as tightening Defense Department control, aims at large savings though critics like Vinson warn of a risky bureaucracy, with President Truman and others endorsing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Sen. Tidings
Herbert Hoover
Iearn
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Oak Ridge Institute To Pick New Chairman
Oak Ridge Tennessee officials report the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies will elect a new chairman to replace Sen Frank P Graham who recently vacated the post after his U S Senate appointment. The council will also choose a successor for Dr Frederick Seitz who resigned from the board due to workload at the University of Illinois. Applications from several Southern universities for membership will be acted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Frank P. Graham
N. C
Graham
Institute
U. S. Senate
Frederick Seitz
University of Illinois
Alabama Senate Hammers Out Early Sessions and Bridge Plan
Anti administration forces push for early sessions and a gag rule to curb filibusters as Senator James R. Allen from Etowah County vows to mobilize colleagues. The chamber okays five measures including a $15.69 million bridge bill with added spans and a plan to loan funds for construction. House and Senate approve a resolution urging Congress to drop its probe into hooded groups and President Truman urged to modify desegregation order. lawmakers also consider a $1 million State Office building financed by federal leases with a new public corporation option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
James R. Allen
Etowah County
Rules Committee
Allen
Chamber
State Military Department
State Planning Board
Robin Swift
Escambia
J. Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
State Bridge Commission
Congress
Alabama
House
Truman
Thomas A. Johnston
Mobile County
Johnston
State Supreme Court
Mobile
State Department of Industrial Relations
State Employment ‘Service
Unemployment Compensation
Nationalists Begin Shanghai Blockade
Shanghai blockade by Nationalists began with no ships moving. Rainy weather hampered air raids. The British freighter Foochow left ahead of the blockade leaving Anchises as the only foreign vessel in Shanghai waters. Several ships may dock in 10 days including Flying Arrow. A relief pilot ship was seized by a gun boat. Black Swan was reported off the Yangtze mouth to guard shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Shanghai
Anchises
Flying Arrow
Jebrandtsen and Company of
New York
Yangtze
Whangeoe River
Shangai
Hong Kong
Plan for Flint River bridge blocked by Congress limits
A Lions Club talk by Col Twitty of the Army Engineers said funding for a Flint River to Chattahoochee bridge requires a special act of Congress, which is deemed impossible now. The talk outlined shoreline fishing and recreation plans and possible cottage construction under government standards, warning Seminole County could lose taxes, tourism, and existing recreational privileges if the dam and preserve plans proceed. The Seminole County preservation plan would seize hundreds of acres, while REA warns loss of 100 current customers and hindrance to 300 new prospects. Interior officials remain firm on the preserve while studying size adjustments and sending a representative to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint River
Chatahoochee
Fla
Lions Club
Col. Twitty
Army Engineers
Congress
Lions
Seminole County
Florida
Jim Woodruff
Washington
Chattahoochee
Yoey
Butter’s Ferry Road
Arthur Reynolds
REA
Interior Department
Atlanta
Champion dethroned by Spokane fisherman George Caughey
Cant. George Caughey, acknowledged champion fisherman of the Spokane fire department, admitted his fishing mishap with wife aboard using the same tackle and letting out an excessive line. Reports from Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
George ‘Caughey
Caughey
Lull in Building Permits Reported by City Engineer
City Engineer H M Ramseur reported a lull in the past week for construction and repair permits. Notable permits include Saliba Engineering to build a residence at 200 Bracewell Avenue for 7000, and several repairs and new projects by Homer J Wright, Chapman Housing, J Hi Alford, C M Brannon, Carl B Burkett, Paul Dickenson, Jack Brown, Emanuel Robinson, Carston Smith, and M V Sullivan, with amounts ranging from 50 to 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. MM. Ramseur
Saliba “Engineering Company
Bracewell Avenue
Homer J. Wright
North Lena
Chapman Housing ‘Company
North Oates
J. “Hi Alford
Southeastern
Ala
C. M. Brannon
Morgan Street
Carl B. Burkett
East Main
Paul Dickenson
South ‘Oates
Jack Brown
Montgomery Highway
Emanuel Robinson
McKay Street
Carston Smith
Appletree Street
M. Vv. Sullivan
Deaths in Wiregrass Joseph Green Taylor and Lennie Ward
Funeral services were held for Joseph Green Taylor seventy five at Spring Hill Church with burial in the church cemetery. He died Thursday at his Graceville route one home leaving five daughters and several sons and brothers surviving. Lennie Ward seventy died at her Newville area home after a long illness and was buried at Roeville church with Holman Funeral Home handling arrangements. Surviving are a daughter and four sons along with grandchildren and other relatives.
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Joseph G. Taylor Chipley
Joseph Green Taylor
Spring Hill
Green
Jackson County
Graceville
T. Humphrey
H. L. Ellis
Blackburn Funeral Home
Mary Knight
Columbus
Emma Lee Miller
MES
Sennie Ward
Newville
Lennie Ward
Roeville
Holman Funeral Home
Harriett Adams
Willie
Elbert Ward
Wilburn Ward
Headland
Claude Ward
Midland City
Funeral notices for Shelby DuBose and Docia Lunsford
Funeral services for Shelby DuBose seventy four will be held at Sikes Creek church near Clio with burial in the church cemetery. survivors include a wife three daughters a son two sisters and a brother. In Geneva Mrs Docia Lunsford eighty three will be buried in Geneva city cemetery with services at her daughter's home. survivors include three daughters and two sons.
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Ozark
Shelby DuBose
Clio
Sikes Creek Church
F. M. Shirah
Church
Holman Funeral Home
Fred Cox
Colquitt
Willie Westbrook
Bill Campbell
Herbert DuBose
Louisville
Ala
Dollie Scrroggins
Minnie Pew
Eufaula
Dolphus DuBose
Columbus
Docia Lunsford
Geneva
Eightythree
Hiram Robinson
Horace Chance
Geneva City
Pitlman
Robinson
Lois Beagles
Lula Lynn
Pensacola
K. J. Lunsford
Panama City
Ellis Lunsford
Hartford
Funeral for Mrs Dixie Carlisle in Cottondale
Funeral services were held at Cottondale Methodist Church for Mrs Dixie Brook Carlisle sixty four of Cottondale with Rev Hawkins officiating. Interment followed in the family plot near Round Lake. Survivors include husband M F Carlisle three sons and three daughters two brothers and several half brothers and sisters.
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E. J
Brown
Cattondale
Lewis
Starke
F. M. Green
Grace Carleisle
Cottondale
Maude Avinger
Little Rock
Arkansas
Green
Chipley
Ernest
Leslie
Ben
Bess
Russell
Pensacola
Roxie Lash
Donnie Lewis
Panama City
Mt Zion Revival Services Start Today At Mt Zion Church
Revival services begin today at Mt Zion Church. Pastor J O Dorriety, a missionary Baptist preacher, will lead a guest speaker series through July. Dorriety has served churches in Slocomb and Maron before his call to Columbus Georgia. He is well known in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion
Sionary Baptist
Columbus
Dorriety
Slocomb
Maron
Lumbus
Dog Finds Wallet After Detectives Fail
MILWAUKEE UP Skippy a black Cocker spaniel found a wallet containing 106 dollars after detectives failed 36 hours of searching The dog trotted up with the wallet in his mouth and presented it to his master Frank Bayne 46 Detectives said the dog was unfair and concluded he had hidden it in the basement in the first place
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Skippy
Frank Bayne
Government pressuring Czech church leaders amid anti state claims
Minister of Justice Cepicka accused Archbishop Beran of lying about threats to religious freedom and predicted a church state accord soon. He charged the Vatican with provoking tensions and said Czech Catholic clergy cooperated with foreign enemies. Church sources report seizures of nine convents in Slovakia and intensified priest arrests. Cepicka warned high clergy would bear the consequences of anti state activity while vowing a possible imprisonment of church leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexei Cepicka
Cepicka
Klement Gottwald
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Communist Central Action Committee
Slovakia
Beran
Prague
Cenicka
Antonin Zapotocky
Josef Straka
Trnava
Bratislava
Fighters and Superforts Fill English Skies Testing Defenses
American fighters and B 29 Superforts joined RAF Meteors in a nine day air war named Foil to test Britain’s defenses against atom bomb risk. Air Marshal Embry described the exercise as a stocktaking of new air power pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood Caruthers
London
England
U. S
Britain
Basil Embry
Leon Johnson
U. S. Third Air Mvision
Aubrey Ellwood
RAF Bomber Command
Paving program near completion with contract split
The two projects forming the paving program near completion see parts of its contract redirected to two other firms not connected with the request for compensation for delays. Commissioners declined further comment pending a report from the engineer and attorney.
Monks Evicted From Silesian Monasteries Reported
Report says two intruders forced monks from Silesian monasteries within two hours and were taken to police vans. They allegedly moved three confiscated monasteries to western Slovakia, with residents asked to vacate Michartoskan, Zilina, and Komarno sites and relocate to Latín.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Setin
Slovakia
Mont
Michatorskan
Zilina
Komarno
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Harala
Geese Donnell
Font Dae i
Marine Corps Renewat
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Fansey
Hughes
K.tsey
Jesse A. Culbreth
Culbreth
UW. S. Civil Service Commission
Newton
U.S. Civil Service Regional
J. Theodore Jackson
Criminal Court
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W. G. Hardwick
Cottonwood
Vata
Bay Springs
Aly
Comer
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Cla. Purcell
John Ja. Slaughter
William P. Ebncel
Joe H. Brady
Fraser Banks
Birmingham
J. C. Orr
Bessemer
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CIO
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California Refinery Company
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Oak Ridge Institute
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Fighter Command
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