Sumners Formally Quits Congress After Centralization Blast
Representative Hatton W. Sumners of Texas, long a states rights advocate, announces retirement at end of current term. He condemns federal centralization, warning of fiscal waste and tyranny, and says the government has become an instrument of favoritism under both parties. He notes his 34 years in the House and his reformist stance. He was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and moved to Texas.
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Washington
Hatton W. Summners
Tex
Test Magat
Sumners
Lincoln County
Tenn
Texas
Reach For Fotate Rather Than Bread Urged in US Plan
Washington reports the AP that the economy and relief agencies push the slogan Reach for Fotate. Former President Herbert Hoover leads emergency food missions to Europe, planning conferences with James Byrnes and A G Anderson to assess European needs and coordinate US relief shipments under the pre famine emergency committee chaired by Hoover.
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Washington
Perale
Herbert Bowrer
Eurepe
Beater
James F. Byrnes
Anderson
Europe
Hoover
Revised Naval Recruit Itinerary Expanded Schedule
The Dothan Naval Recruiting Station extends its revised itinerary visiting five towns Cho Clayton Laverne Andalusia and others weekly or biweekly. The schedule lists Greenville Laverne Elba Brantley Cho Clayton Eufaula Abbeville Andalusia Florala Opp Samson Geneva and more with visits by weekday and time details. Reenoting officers anticipate following the plan for several months as officials disclose the revised schedule.
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Dothan Naval
Cho
Clayton Laverne
Brantley
Andalusia
Dothan
Greenville
Clayton
Eufaula
Laverne
Elba
Abbeville
Florala
Opp
Samson
Geneva
Two Women Accused of Petty Larceny in Dothan Stores
Police arrested two Houston County women identified as ay Oryx Hall and Mrs T V Wall on charges of petty larceny after shoplifting clothing and other articles from four Dothan stores. They were released on $100 bond each. Wallace Blue has arrived on Guam and joined the Twentieth Air Force headquarters squadron at B 28 Fort fortress under Major General James E Parker after serving with the Army Ground Forces at Leyte and preparing for the Pacific theater in August 1945.
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Ay Oryx Hall
T. V Wall
Houston County
Eddie Kelly
Dothan
Cuam
Wallace Blue
Ashter
Twentieth Air Force
Guam
James E Parker
20Th AF
Army
Leyte
Pacific Theater
Pigeons Deterrence Tactics At Decatur Library
Decatur AP report describes janitor Wiser placing mouse traps and artificial snakes along the upper edge of the building to scare pigeons. When traps trigger pigeons flap away, mistaking bites for danger and choosing not to return after the encounter.
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Decatur
Jil
Decatur Hibrary
Hiser
Sumners' Rise From Dallas County Attorney to Judiciary Chair
The text notes an early political start in 1906 as a prosecuting attorney for Dallas County, leaving four years later for private practice. It then states Sumners was elected to Congress in 1913 and gradually rose to chair the House Judiciary Committee, a position he held at the time.
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Dallas County
Sumners
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Government Seeks Means To Curb Cotton Speculation
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department noted cotton futures prices for 1316 inch cotton in the futures 30 spot markets averaged 61 cents a pound on Thursday, down from 2656 cents a week earlier. The department said inquiries were numerous but selling pressure remained.
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Washington, AP
Cotinns Furares
Commission Fachange
Collon
CPA
Sparks Proclaims Blue And Gray Day
Montgomery Alabama dispatch reports Guy Chauncey Sparks proclaims the last Saturday in December as Blue and Gray Day in tribute to the annual North South football classic. The proclamation appeals to Alabamians to support the game and related festivities to cement interstate friendship.
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Montgomery
Ala
Guy Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Tribune
Mason Dixon Lane
Union
Courthouse Lawn Plan Is Reached by Board of Revenue
A plan containing a blueprint and written instructions for beautifying the Houston County courthouse lawn will be presented to the Board of Revenue when it meets Monday. The Auburn Extension Service prepared the plan at the request of the Dothan Garden Club, sponsor of the project. The club had previously urged support to plant trees, shrubs, grasses, and concrete walkways around the courthouse.
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Houston County
Board of Revenue
Auburn
Dothan Garden Club
Club
30 bulon barrels of oil produced since the first well
The fragment notes that about 30 barrels of oil were produced and mentions the United States context and an early deep well. The text is garbled but indicates a historical oil production claim tied to an initial well and U S significance.
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