Big Four Moscow Conference Opens With Molotov Marshall
A composite AP montage shows foreign minister Molotov and Secretary of State Marshall at the Moscow Big Four start. The page also notes rescue workers at a Cincinnati five-story building collapse, Milwaukee bakery strike aftermath, Lilienthal confirmed as AEC chair, a Gulf rescue at Mobile, LaGuardia testimony on labor law, and a strikebound Cornell-Dubilier plant in New Bedford.
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Vv. M. Molotov
Ett
George C. Marshall
Moscow
Top Center
Cinnernati
Milwaukee
Wis
Offens
AFI
David E. Lilienthal
Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Edgar H. Osborn
Orange Grove
Miss
Kathryn Busch
Marine Hospital
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Senate Labor Committee
Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corporation
New Bedford
Mass
Associated Press
Lifelong Enterprise Citizen, Grandmother Of 105, Dies At 81
Julia Ann Smith, 81, of Enterprise, died at her daughter’s home in Goodman community Saturday night. She was a lifelong resident, widow of Bud Smith, and a member of the Methodist church. Survived by seven daughters including Joan Bradley and Alto Watkins, four sons, 50 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, two brothers, a sister, and other relatives. Funeral at Goodman Church led by Rev. T. P. Plant. burial in adjacent cemetery. Searcy Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Julia Ann Smith
Joan Bradley
Goodman Community
Bud Smith
Smith
Methodist Church
Alto Watkins
David Johnson
H. A. Miller
Andrew Nichols
Anna Bryant
Goodman Church
T. P. Plant
Searcy Funeral Home
Folsoms Brother on State Payroll
Cecil Folsom, ex State Highway Patrolman, is hired as a special investigator in Gov. James E. Folsoms office. State Personnel records show his notary at 400 dollars a month. Folsom served under Graves administration and later worked as a city policeman in Attala. Benjamin Franklin urged adopting the turkey as the national bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Cecil Folsom
James EF. Folsom
State Personnel Department
Folsom
Graves Administration
Attala
Jay Robinson moves to country home four miles from Dothan
Jay Robinson, a longtime city resident, plans to relocate to a rural estate four miles north of Dothan on the Campbellton highway. He will move at the start of the month after years of operating a barbershop near N Foster Street. He notes the outdoor work keeps him active and away from indoors.
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Jay Robinson
Dothan
Campbellton Highway
N. Foster
Sciwoh Co
Register
Jaye Rey
Jay
Lisenby Returns From Montgomery to Court Duties
B H Lisenby, formerly of Dothan council, arrived from Montgomery to serve as bailiff in Judge Kennamer’s court. He has worked in Montgomery most of the week and plans weekends at home, noting seven years in the bailiff role and duties at the Federal marshal’s office when not in court in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Lisenby
Montgomery
Dothan
Kennamer
Lisenby
Veterans program turns trainees into first class farmers
C. W. Johnson, chief clerk for Probate Judge Saxon P. Povner, oversees veterans in on the job training as farmers. He says the trainees are really accomplishing things and turning into skilled farmers with strong help from the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Johnson
Saxon P. Povner
Theo Senn Recovers and Returns to Town Aid
Theo Senn, recently discharged from four months of illness and a hospital stay, was seen downtown shaking hands and receiving congratulations. He says he had a close call but is now venturing out from home while friends express happiness at his return to social activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Senn
Theo
Dothan Traveler Frances Farmer Becomes Montgomery Agent
Dothan travelers on Eastern Air Lines passing through Montgomery get a friendly greeting from Frances Farmer, formerly at the Dothan BAL office. Now a passenger traffic agent in Montgomery, she was transferred last month in a promotion to a larger station with more flights, and she looks for locals traveling from Montgomery.
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Dothan
Eastern Air Lines
Montgomery
Frances Farmer
Bal
Momgomery
Corner gossip links Ozark man to Dale County talk
Kirk Adams of Ozark and Jesse Curry of Piichard met at Foster and Main in downtown Dothan and traded Dale County gossip. Their encounter shows out of town visitors mingle on street corners where locals discuss region affairs.
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Dothan
Kirk Adams
Ozark
Jesse Curry
Piichard
Foster and Main
Dale County
Kirk
State Merit System Examinations Due
MONTGOMERY AP Anouncing merit system examinations for nine job classifications were announced by the State Personnel Board as additional tests to fill the employment register. Examinations were funded by a $5,000 allocation from Gov. James F. Foteam's emergency fund last week. Roles include ware house supervisor, income tax examiner, tax liability analyst, chief clerk and several levels of stack clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Personnel Board
T. Stanley Frazer
Charles W. Terry
James F. Foteam
Pilot Club Formed At Andalusia In March 14 Meeting
Andalusia women formed a Pilot Club after a Saturday night meeting attended by 14 business and professional women. Miss Sicily B. Raley was elected chairwoman with Mrs Neva Davis as secretary and Miss Freida White as treasurer. A nominating committee was appointed to submit officer nominations for the next meeting on March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andalusia
Jndia Campbell
Jucy McManugs
Selma Pilot Club
Sicily B. Raley
Neva Davis
Spcrstary
Freiida White
Ruth Gunter
Selma RK. Thomley
Hilda Frederick
Gentle Springs Ideas Stir Law Man's Breast
FRANKFORT KY UP W A Blackwell director of field activities of the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board sounds eager for bootlegger hunts as spring arrives noting birds singing and blossoms blooming and citing recent severe weather conditions as a factor in enforcement plans
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Blackwell
Frankfort
W. A. Blackwell
Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Tropic Sea Horses Arrive for San Francisco Aquarium
A pair of tropical sea horses, one red and one gold, over three inches long, arrived in an electrically heated tank-car truck from Guaymas Mexico to the Steinhardt Aquarium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Driver Donald Simpson reported snow en route and cold weather, but all fish survived the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Guarmas
Mexico
Steinhardt Aquarium
Golden Gate Park
Donald Simpson
Aquarium
Old Log Cabin Yields Historic Signatures
Pittsburgh report that Harold J. Kaspary’s 17 year effort to tear down a disused log cabin at his property yielded a trove of historic signatures found among the ruins. The discovery was made during ongoing work on the site.
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Pittsburgh
Harold J. Kaspary
Engineers Record 300 Below Zero
New York report explains how Brown Instrument Co engineers use platinum based electronic devices to measure temperatures from 300 degrees below zero to over 3,500 degrees above. The piece cites Byrd Expedition Little America, Snag Airport in Yukon, and notes mercury freezes at 46 below, alcohols at 142 to 173 below, and ether at 180 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Little America
Snag Airport
Canadian
Yukon
Brown Instrument Co
Jefferson Madison parchment grants land to Jacob Ferree found
Kaspary preserves an 1808 parchment bearing signatures of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison granting land to Jacob Ferree, an ancestor of Kaspary’s mother. He has received offers but treats the paper as a prize souvenir.
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Kaspary
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Jacob Ferree
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