Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Governor Fosom named Henry M. Cline Sr a county wide notary and Richard D Griffin notary for the state at large. Pic Eugene L Baxley of Slotomb route one is in Caribbean fleet maneuvers with the Second Marine Division after graduating Slotomb high last year. Regional FHA meeting features Bobbie Rae Dunn Samson as southeast district vice president to represent Alouma Association in Memphis. State meeting at Navarma College Montevallo planned for June 11 1 1 discussed in Birmingham. Classes in applied mathematics and science 361 for Troy State Teachers College extension program organized here yesterday by William T Wilks. Courses three hours each run concurrently. next class March 17 in the county courthouse Dothan.
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Fosom
Henry M. Cline, Sr
Dothan
Richard D. Griffin
Headland
Pic
Eugene L. Baxley
Lester Baxley
Slotomb
Caribbean
Second Marine Division
Baxley
Slotomb High School
FHA
Bobbie Rae Dunn
Samson
Alouma Association
Memphis
Tenn
Navarma College
Montevallo
Executive Council
Birmingham
Troy State Teachers College
William T. Wilks
Troy
Song Session At Rehobeth School And Big Creek Singing
Fred Halstead announced an all day Big Creek Singing convention at the Big Creek church starting 10 a m Sunday after a Saturday night concert at Rehobeth High School. The concert at 7 40 p m features the Henry County Four Mission Aires Quartet and the Dixie Rhythm Quartet. Groups from Columbus Georgia and Panama City Florida are among attendees.
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Big Creek
Rehobeth High School
Fred Halstead
Persi.dent
Henry County Four
Missionairies Quartet
Dixie Rhythm Quartet
Bati
Columbus, Ga
Panama City, Fla
Sally Gillars Faces Execution Efforts in Court
The article describes Sally Gillars being led from a courthouse to a jail cell, then to a trap for execution. She speaks to reporters, claiming those who judged her should risk their lives for America, before being moved back to the district jail amid marshals and cameras.
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Sillars
Edna Mie Herrick
Conneaut
Ohio
America
Germany Develops Refrigeration Process to Soften Leather
Germany advances a method using cooling to soften hides and leather. The process involves chilling materials to alter tannin interactions and improve pliability for manufacturing. Details on scale and adoption are not specified.
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Germany
Livestock arrivals and hog market reports across Southeastern plants
USDA reports eight plant regions with 200 cattle 50 calves and 2800 hogs arriving. Hog prices ranged from 11 to 18 dollars per hundredweight across weights, with good to medium grades cited. Montgomery market notes weekly receipts around 1400 cattle and 1650 hogs, steady to higher week over week, with detailed price bands for slaughter cattle calves hogs and sows.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton Ga
Dothan
Fla
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Montgomery Market
Montgomery
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
Nighttime raid prompts farm women alarm in Kaw area
After terrorizing pupils and ransacking desks, two or more men fled into woods. Mary Francis Turnbull, secretary to Sheriff Ferguson, said farm women reported men trying to break into homes and screaming for help before hanging up. Clothing resembled patterns from Wadsworth facility but no one missing per 8 am checks. Suburban farms and older homes seen as officers conduct house to house checks at noon.
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Mary Francis Turnbull
Ferguson
General Medical
Wadsworth
Leavenworth
Kaw
Winter Hospital
Opeka
New York Cotton Futures Slip on Liquidation Pressure
Cotton futures fell in New York as liquidation and grain weakness weighed on prices. Late trading shows March at 92.32 cents, May 32.09, and July 30.99 cents per bale, down from the previous close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Cotton New York
County Officials Back State Gas Tax Increase Plan
The Alabama Association of County Commissioners and probate judges backed a one cent increase in the state gasoline tax, with revenue shared among all 67 counties. Judge Conna Garrett said the motion passed, while Judge Chester Walker opposed, arguing the public would not welcome new taxes and fearing it would jeopardize the association’s five point program for county funding and salary reform. Other area meetings will follow in Troy and Brewton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dadeville
Ala
Allabama Association of County Commissioners and
Association
Tuscumbia
Gadsden
Chester Walker
Tuscaloosa
Garrett
Walker
Troy
Brewton
Israelis Reach Gulf of Aqaba Amid War Talk
Reported by 20 Israelis to have reached the Gulf of Aqaba through Israeli territory. A Jewish military spokesman denied designs on Aqaba. U.N. sessions at Lake Success featured tensions as Russia and Poland blasted the United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower walked out of the Economic and Social Council as Lt Gen. John R. Hodge was labeled a gauleiter. Russia accused the U.S. of using a mechanical majority to back South Korea’s recognition over North Korea. Dutch delegates warned the U.N. Security Council about possible dangers in meeting Secretaire.
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Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Aqaba
U.N
Lake Success
Russia
Poland
United States
U. S
Way Stinehower
John IR. Hodge
Senate Debates Civil Rights Clash Over Cloture Change
President Truman era debate centers on whether the Senate should alter its rules to end debate by two thirds vote. Vandenberg warns against relying on vice presidential rulings and cites Barkley’s ruling as pivotal. The vote hinges on Lucas to table and later on curbing a two week old filibuster, with party lines and regional positions shaping the outcome.
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Senate
Vandenberg
Barkley
Lucas
Mess v
Bicyclist dies in Tuscaloosa collision
John Robert Nash, 17, of Northport was killed last night when his bicycle collided with a car near Tuscaloosa.
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Tuscaloosa
John Robert Nash
Northport
Here
Denmark seeks terms to join Atlantic defense pact
Danish Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen urged Secretary Acheson to secure terms for Denmark to join the forthcoming Atlantic Alliance. The pact linking the U S Canada and Western Europe is to be published next week and signed by early April. Italy moves to join the eight nation lineup as Britain approves a large defense package for a highly mobile army. the measure stands alongside a reduction from Russia’s earlier defense budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indonesia
Gustav Rasmussen
Dean Acheson
Denmark
U. S
Canada
Western Europe
Italy
House of Commons
Russia
Truman
Noted Ambassdor Express Robbery Suspects Tell Tale
Ashton and Ramsdell discuss a spur of the moment hold up on the Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador express. They claim no prior plan, only a clash with a dining car steward over a drink, then a rapid gunpoint robbery and escape. Police pursued across three states ending in a pawnshop arrest.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Ashton
Robery
Ramsdell
Lomax
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sears
Jesse James
Washington
Elwood G. Lomax
James D. Kennedy
Kennedy
Woody
Extradition Hearing Delayed for Willie Etheridge
An extradition hearing for Willie Gray Etheridge, a Panama City man charged with bigamy, was postponed and rescheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in Panama City. Sheriff J Walt Cameron announced the delay after Deputy Sheriff Seaborn Dennis returned to Dothan without Etheridge. Etheridge has been indicted by a Houston County grand jury on the bigamy charge but has disputed extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Gray Etheridge
Panarma City
Panama City
J. Walt Cameron
Cameron
Plang
Seaborn Dennis
Dethan
Etheridge
Tallahassee
Ce . Etheridge
Houston County
Death notices for Jessie J Hollis and others in Wiregrass
Funeral services for Jessie J Hollis, long illness, will be at Pilgrim Restchurch 10 a.m. Saturday with Interment in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, four sons, five daughters, two sisters, twenty grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Masons will be active pallbearers and rites were at the graveside. Additional notes cover Nettie Kilpatrick Harrell’s last rites in St Augustine, Leola Carr's funeral at Holmes church near Ariton with survivors listed, and multiple regional relatives across Dothan, Marianna, Columbus, and Phenix City.
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Jessie J. Hollis
Slocomb
Pilgrim Restchurch
B. R. Justice
Harden
Enterrise
Wardilson
Church
Hollis
Marianna
Saint Augustine
Nettie Kilpatrick Harrell
St. Augustine
William Keener Harrell
Susan
W. EK. Wickliffe
Greenville
S. C
W.W
S. S. Jones
Miami
Eva .Kilpatrick
Harrell
W. K. Harrell
Monticello
Leola Carr
Ozarr
Tom Steed
Brundidge
Holmes Church
Ariton
Mr. Napier
Clayton
Ozark
Carr
Steed
Joe Johnson
Phenix City
Daniel Garner
Floyd Carr
Foy C, Carr
Tommy H. Carr
Covington
Florence Carr
Ellis C. Carr
Aritten
Frank Brogden
Midland City
J. M. Brinton
Donalsonville
Arthur Preston
Ceph Lewis
Geneve
Filibuster clash and field sale eyed in Capitol whispers
Judge Logue describes a chaotic Senate scene with Senators Cain Wherry Rankin and others trading quips while a filibuster raged. He predicts Southern Senators will prevail with Republican support. He notes pressure to abandon Napier Field, enabling sale of 400 to 500 acres, and a contract change to sell electrical facilities to Alabama Power Co. for $60,000.
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Cain
Judge Logue
Wherry
Capitol
Rep
John Rankin
Mississippi
Rep. Rankin
Brennan
Washington
CAA
E Waa
Coloty
Alabama Power Co
Cotton futures fall in New Orleans on broad market weakness
New Orleans AP report notes cotton futures declined as liquidation spread from weaker commodity markets. By around 11 30 a m prices were down 25 to 40 cents a base, reflecting pressure from broader declines in the sector.
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New Orleans
Barbecue Planned for Tri-State Fat Stock Show
Selden Baily of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce announced a barbecue for exhibitors and officials at the Tri-State Fat Stock Show to be held April 12 13 at Ramsey and Son Stock Yard. Wilson and Company will host the meal at noon on opening day. The event includes open houses bus tours to local plants a theater party for young exhibitors and an expanded entertainment committee with six named members.
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Ramsey and Son Stock Yard
Selden Baily
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Bailey
Wilson and Company, Inc
Chamber
Frank King
Charles Whiddon C. H. Poitevint
E. M. Wells, Jr
Ellard
Charles A. Dunseth
Detectives Probe North Street Thefts
City detectives investigate two North Street break ins where innel white Leghorn hens were stolen from H. H. Howard at 514 E. North Street and sheets plus women’s clothing were taken from C. C. Hayman at 512 E. North Street. Police also booked five persons on gaming charges after raids on a local Negro establishment.
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North Street
Turay
H. H. Howard
E. North Street
E. North
C. C. Hayman
Inventions and gadgets spark at-home handywork trend
A Glendale inventor Warren M Mansfield creates a home hair cutter with replaceable razor blade and adjustable knob for hair thickness. Chicago nail-holder by Neil J Pollock promises safer hammering. Elastic shoe laces eliminate tying. San Jose Joseph J Ben patents a sawdust blower for handsaws using a compressible rubber chamber. A broom still finishes the clean-up.
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Washington
Warren M. Mansfield
Glendale
Calif
Pop
Neil J. Pollock
Chicago
Joseph J. Ben
San Jose
Geneva County Teachers Plan September Workshow
Special report from Geneva details the formation of a county teaching committee led by Mrs. 3 Fain. The group elected Boyce Brown as chair and named co chairs and a steering group to prepare a workshop, review available literature, and coordinate with school representatives across Geneva Springs Hartford and Cottze Springs.
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Geneva
Geneva County
3 Fain
Representatives County Schools
Boyce Brown
Cleo Woodford
Lege
May Spears
Hidie
Mendson
Bellwead
Migs Gare
Hart
Hacoda
Ang McLain
Cottze Springs
Fain
Boyce
Parrish
Samson
J. Kgan
Hartford
Clee Wagram
Opal Bis Samson
W. J. McLain
Springs
Tensions on Alliances and Communism Debate
The document outlines views on defensive pacts and regional pacts within the UN, opposing militarized blocs and urging freedom of nations to choose their systems. It condemns former American methods, calls for penitence, rejects global expansion of communism, and opposes racial discrimination while advocating noninterference in internal political choices.
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Rota
United Nations
Bana
Hyteria
Clara
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S. Foster ST
Frank Weber
Alabama Banking Co
South Foster ST
Harry Hall Co
Bill Hynes
Vivian Kennedy
Nework
J. J. Hollis
Mrs
Nettie Harrell
J. L. Harris
Roofing Company
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