Maund Convicted Of Murder In Coffee County
Circuit Court jury convicts John Maund, a prominent Coffee County farmer, of murder in the January 2 shooting of neighbor W. A. Whigham over a land lease dispute. Maund faces the death penalty. sentencing set for May. The trial drew a huge Wiregrass crowd, with extensive courtroom crowding and statewide attention. An appeal to the State Supreme Court is anticipated by Maund’s attorneys.
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John Maud
Coffee County
Mand
W. A. Whigham
Frida
Alabame Inn
State Supreme Court
Maund
Whiggham
Igehary
Yard
Whiegham
Geneva Enterprise Highway
Court House
Ela
G. C. Brannen
Eagle
Fudge Bramwen
Fasie
Man Held In Shooting Wife In Birmingham
In Birmingham AP report, Sheadore W. McCleery 38 faced assault with intent to murder after shooting his wife in the thigh at a neighbor's house while their small children and a maid were present. Mrs Jewell McCleery was hospitalized. his discharge from the Army in Kentucky was cited as context.
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Birmingham
Sheadore W. McCleery
Jewell McClerry
McCleery
Kentur
Howard Tucker
Tucker
Mattie Davis
Uptairs
Theaters Protesting Chipley City Tax
SHIPLEY Special Martin Theaters of Fintida Inc has filed an injunction against the City of Chipley claiming an annus ment tax is unfair. The theater cites admission at 27 cents plus a 5 cent federal tax and 3 cent local tax totaling 35 cents. A hearing for a temporary injunction is set March 20 at 9 a.m. before Judge E Gay Lewis.
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Shipley
Martin ‘Theaters of Fintida, Inc
Chipley
Black man killed after gun battle with Alabama patrolmen
An 85 year old Black man, Arthur Colling of 400 Montana Street, fired on officers during a one hour siege in Dothan Alabama. Patrolman W A Norris shot Colling ending the confrontation as Police Chief Eddie Kelley directed the stand off. Officer Johnny Fields was wounded in the ear and a bystander narrowly escaped injury as the crowd watched from Montana Street.
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Moctada Street
Arthur Collins
Ralph McCord
Eddie D. Kelley
Patrol Li
Joe Smelley
Jamey Lewis
ABC
Lake Burdick
Mike Palmer
Pathan
Eagle Statt
Driggers
Alabama
Montana Street
Arthur Colling
Sgt
W. A. Norris
Highway Patrol
Eddie D Iy
Johnny Fields
Colling
Fields
Field
Mitchell Smith
Atlanta
Smith
Collins
Montana
West Newton
Norris
A. P. Mason
Eddie D. Kelley Kelley
Arthur
Red Cross Fund Falls Short of Goal in Houston County Drive
The 1930 Houston County American Red Cross campaign shows $6,222.34 raised toward a $14,875 goal, with Sam Stephens blaming rainy weather for slow canvassing. Al Flowers Jr. notes the total. Clydechar reports payroll deductions planned for industrial workers. downtown Ba wthan already contributed about $500. most residential sections have not reported fully. local leaders pledge to finish the drive by week’s end.
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Houston County
American Red Cross Fund
al Flowers
Flowers
Sam Stephens
Stephens
Clydechar
Camel
Industrial Workers of Dothan
Robert Guillot
Business Area
Bawthan
Bob Weston
Lottery raid in Dothan nets 88000 tickets seized
Officers raided Mose’s Spot on North Cherry Street arresting Albert Crews 27 who admitted tickets were his. Police say 88000 tickets uncovered the largest haul in months with 41000 used in Cuban fottery and 40000 in the Dolita game. Crews jailed, bond set at 800. faces $40 to 100 fine or up to five months hard labor under new city ordinance.
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Dothan
North Cherry Street
Radie D. Kelley
Crews
Isler
James Lewis
Lake Burdick
Sin Dothan
Georgia Klan Forms Iron City Klavern Membership Drive Set
TRON CITY Georgia AP The Ku Klux Klan seeks a foothold in Iron City and southwest Georgia with the formation of Klan No 360 at Iron City Imperial representative James A Beard Jr appointed Plans include a membership drive in Seminole Decatur Grady and Mitchell Counties Imperial Wizard Samwel W Roper notes these are active members linked to traitor leaders Shuler a former Baptist minister says he and Beard will expand Klan activity in the area
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Tron City
Iron City
Georgia
Shuler
Ku Klux Klan
Southern Knights
Bull Hendrix
Tallahassee
Fla
Cable Held By Teeth Of Painter In Fall From Scaffold
London report says painter Robert McQuade, 26, fell from a 40 foot scaffold when the supporting cables snapped. He reportedly kept holding by a broken cable with his teeth, gripping until rescue and medical aid could reach him.
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London
Robert McQuade
Bo Ife
McQuade
Abbs
Senate Opposition To Acreage Hike Stirs Farm Debate
In Washington Senator Aiken grapples with a Senate backed price support plan that could raise 1.2 million more cotton acres and 650 thousand wheat acres, while Majorities warn of a presidential veto. Critics say the tentative compromise may cost the government up to 320 million and undermine production controls.
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Edwin B. Darkinson
Washington
Senate
Aiken
R-Vi
Re. Poritt
Lucas D-110
Lucas and
House
Lect
Congress
Commodity Credit Corpers Hon
Ita
Ita Lending Authority
Snow blankets mid continent with record cold across states
A March storm dumped heavy snow across the mid continent leaving bitter cold near the Canadian border. The system brought rain and hail, damaged 35 trailers at Spartan Aircraft in Tulsa, and produced 3 to 5 inch snows from Michigan to Montana with scattered 0 to 21 degree lows in northern states. Temperatures steadied to near normal further south and east.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Spartan Aircraft
Tulsa
Michigan
Montana
Pennnsylvania
Plains
Ohio Valley
Rumford
Bemidji
Mion
Butte
Mont
Yellowstone
Spokane
Washington
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Enna
New England
Actress Cuts Throat At End Of Jap Play
In Oita Japan a 22 year old actress named Futim e Fukugawa died after stepping before the curtain, bowing to the audience and cutting her throat with a razor. She left a note claiming she was tired of paying her father's gambling debts.
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Oita
Japan
Audienc
Atiumed
Fukugawa
Folsom Program Bid By Hamm Stirs Dothan Meeting
Gubernatorial candidate Phillip J. Hamm campaigned in Dothan urging voters to back his all-out administration plan. He claimed the Folsom era paved more roads and funded schools and old age benefits, then pressed for higher expenditures and universal monthly payments. He told a courthouse crowd our foot is in the door and we want more.
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George Whittington
Phillip J. Hamm
Hus Campalim
Dothan
Montgomery
Pontinua
Hamm
Folsom
Alabama
Truman Spending Plan Faces All-Out Budget Battle
The article outlines President Truman's proposed spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1950, proposing appropriations for all major departments. It notes uncertainty and opposition as lawmakers consider blanket cuts and how to fund essential programs amid fiscal pressure.
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Truman
Cross Burned Before Judge Waring's Charleston Home
A crude cross was set aflame in front of Federal Judge J. Walkes Waring’s residence at 61 Meeting Street in Charleston while the judge and family were away in New York. Neighbors reported the incident around 9:30 PM. remnants, kerosene odor, and crude KKK markings were found. Police investigated the apparent hate act as a prank.
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Charleston
5. C
J. Walkes
Cragg
Warings
New York
Waring
KKK
Mobile Banker Heads New Bellingrath Foundation
Turner Rice, a 41 year old Mobile banker, was named to direct the new Bellingrath-Morse Foundation. The foundation will fund perpetual operation of the Bellrath Gardens and Mobile floral area traction for three colleges and two churches. Net income from the gardens supports Southwestern College, Memphis. Buntingdon College, Montgomery. Stillman College, Tuscaloosa. and two Mobile Protestant churches. Rice is vice president and trust officer of Mobile's First National Bank. The foundation was created by Walter D. Beltingrath, owner of the gardens.
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Mobile
Mobile Floral
Southwestern
Cotlews
Memphis
Sailors clash over navy uniform plans at Norfolk base
At Norfolk Naval Base sailors voice strong opposition to a proposed new standard uniform. They argue the roomier design with pockets and buttons erodes tradition and identity. An Atlantic Fleet spokesman noted mixed views after a recent shipboard survey.
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Norfolk
Lerics
Navy
Mistouri
Feria
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Columbus
R. Cunningham
Ashi
Peregrine
Russian Parliament Vote Opened in One Party System
Citizens across the Soviet Union began voting for delegates to the Supreme Soviet as polling booths opened. The slate lists 101 candidates, with Politburo figures promoting peaceful coexistence and nonviolent competition between socialist and capitalist systems. Soviet leaders stressed peace policy while warning against war, asserting a new conflict would end capitalism.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Siberia
Alele
Politburo
Humia
U.S
United Nations
New York
V. M. Molotov
Stalin Faw
Molotov
Russia
Lezar Kaganovich
Pashkent
Uzbekistan
Molotoy
CEURCE Bike Injuries Fatal
A man identified as CEURCE Bike Injuries Fatal died following injuries from a truck collision yesterday. The victim, Anderson, and a second party are involved in the report, with initial details indicating the accident occurred on a street where the truck struck the cyclist. The date of death was Saturday.
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Patrolman
Red Cross
Klan
Iron City Klavern
Florida
Marianna
Tri-States
Florida Highway Patrol
Joe Davis
Greenwood
Mid Continent
GOP
Hammin Tothan
Byrd
South Carolina
Matey
Algilian Guesit
Bobby J. Davis
Athens
Sayer
Davis
John Weeks
Ceurce
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