Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Sacred Harp sing honoring W E Kirkland at Primitive Baptist Church Blackshear Street Dothan with birthday celebration for the honoree. Al Searcy of Enterprise elected Phi Kappa Tau steward at API Auburn. installation next month. Two Wiregrass seamen on USS Huntington in Vieques maneuvers. David Miles and Wayne Smith named. Lysle NeNeal and James Mclean elected officers of Agricultural Club at Auburn. Dothan Community Center third anniversary program today at 3 p m with Rev J L Ware as guest speaker.
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W. E. Kirkland
Primitive Baptist Church
Blackshear Street
Dothan
Friends
Mr. Kirkland
Searcy
al Searcy
Enterprise
API
Auburn
Phi Kappa Tau
Huntington
Vieques
Puerto Rico
Navy
David Miles
USN
Henry Anderson
Pansey
Wayne Smith
J. Tom Smith
Skipperville
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Lysle NeNeal
Hartford
James Mclean
Clio
Resvu
Dothan Community Center
J. L. Ware
Trinity Baptist Church
Birmingham
Elma D. McGriff
Elisha Acker Dies at 88 Former Lincoln Mayor Lawyer
Funeral services for Elisha David Acker 88 longtime Lincoln mayor and former Alabama legislator will be held today in Lincoln Baptist church. Acker a Talladega County native and University of Alabama law graduate 1884 was the oldest living graduate of the law school. He died Friday at his daughter's Birmingham home after a long career as a farmer and lawyer in Lincoln and Piedmont.
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Lincoln
Ala
Elisha David Acker
Alabama Lgislature
Birmingham
Acker
Oxford College
Oxford
University of Alabama Law Schol
Law School
Talladesa County
Piedmont
Lincoln Baptist Church
T. W. Whatley
Opening of New Cafe Brings Down House
MEMPHIS Tenn UP The grand opening of Mrs Lee Calli cuts new cafe brought down the house today The first arrival truck driver Gerald Vannada went right in the door in his truck The door and part of the walls were demolished Customers are on the sidewalk.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lee Callicut
Gerald Vannada
American Sailors Charged After Marti Monument Incident
Ambassador Butler with Cuban ministers visited the Marti monument in Central Park and offered an apology for sailors actions. Witnesses described sailors desecrating the monument while crowds jeered and police fired to disperse protesters. Sailors were ordered back to the Rodman as a court martial was discussed by Capt Thomas Cullins.
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Butler
United States Navy
Marth Monument
Rodman
U.S
Thomas Cullins
Youth Confesses in Texas Ranch Murder Case
The killer, identified as Hester, described stealing a car after finding the victim unconscious. He admitted growing up in an orphanage, joining the Navy in 1947 then being dishonorably discharged. He hid at Mrs Godberry's home, confessed to beating Lord with a lead pipe, and planned to flee with the body discovery at the Texas ranch near TCU. The slain Texas educator and his wife had adopted Hester in 1943.
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Lord
Navy
Terminal Island Navy
Hester
Mrs. Godberry
Texas
Ranch
TCU
Redistricting Ashford Becomes Local Board Debate
Senator Hardwick outlined proposed changes to district lines affecting Ashford Beat Seven Cottonwood and Beat Ten areas. He noted objections over land ownership and the desire for representation, while Dothan Kinsey Cowarts Webb and Ashford seek separate districts. A county wide voting plan was also discussed but no final decision made. Rep Malone indicated he has not reviewed the proposal but favors a smaller, efficient board and nonexclusive structure.
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Ashford
Cottonwood
Hardwick
Kinsey
Cowarts
Webb
Dothan
Lathan
Unis
Hardwear
Couny
Beontd
CNC
Rep
W. C. Malone
Houston County
House of Representatives
Mary Hodges Rites Held at Tolbert Church
Funeral services for Mary Hodges forty three were held at Tolbert Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. She died Friday afternoon in a local hospital and was buried in the church cemetery. Survived by husband Etheridge Hodges two children Rose Marie Hodges and Tommie Joe Hodges two daughters in law and several siblings and relatives. Her family includes Mrs D C White Mrs Jessie Lee Lester Waite and J W White among others. Burial was directed by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Mary Hodges
May M. Hodges
North Foster Street
Tolbert Baptist Church
Etheridge Hilleeges
Rose Starlene Hodges
Tommie Joe Hodges
D. C. White
Headland
Jessie Lee
Dothan
Lester Waite
Terry Moore Looks Back as Outfield Flash Turns Coach
In St. Petersburg AP report Terry Moore veteran outfielder and new Cardinals coach laments aging and recalls knee injuries. Magre, age 36, reflects on quitting and choosing coaching over a minor league managing post. He notes the grind of 1946 to 1947 and the World Series memory while adjusting to a coaching role.
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Jack Hand
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Terry Moore
St. Louis Cardinal
Terry
Cards
Magre
Moore
Ali
O Dwyer Links Plot to Expand Beyond City Lines
Police may obtain a wiretap only with a court order as O Dwyer alleges a far reaching plot to invade privacy of office holders and politicians. He claims a prominent New Yorker directed the scheme, with Clendenin Ryan among those questioned as authorities probe corruption and influence in the looming November elections for a new mayor.
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Tammany Hall
O'Dwyer
Clendenin Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
National Foundation For Good Government
Ryan
Fiorello Uf. LaGuardia
New York
Frank Costello
America
New York City
CIO says soft spots hit consumer industries threaten jobs
CIO economists warn the economy shows weak spots in textiles electric appliances clothing shoes and furniture, risking broader unemployment while durable goods like steel aluminum and heavy industry stay steadier. They urge local public works programs higher social security and unemployment benefits better reemployment services and possible travel allowances to move workers to hopeful regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Malone weighs options on county board run
Rep Malone says he has no fixed opinion on running from the county at large and would need to hear arguments on both sides before deciding.
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Malone
Southern Senators push two thirds cloture plan debate continues
The article details Southern leaders opposition to a new Senate rule limiting debate, demanding unlimited debate on any rule change and opposing a bare majority pay rule. A Sunday compromise session was planned as Barkley and leaders met to craft a formula to close the filibuster and move key items like rent controls and trade measures forward.
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Byrd
Senate
Wherry
Russell
Dixie
Ruegsel
Senata
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Lucal
Barkley
Eastland
D-Miss
Lucas
Nebraska
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Federal engineers say contractors more eager for work now
Federal engineers across AEC, Federal Works Agency, Army Engineers, and Interior Reclamation report a shift to a buyer’s market. Bidders submit more proposals with prices closer to estimates, some below costs, while material shortages ease except for cement and steel.
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Clarke Beach Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Uncle Sam
AEC
Federal Works Agency
Office of Army Engineers
Reclamation Division
Interior Department
Commerce Department
District of Columbia
Senate Debates Over Filibuster Rift Deepens
Senate leaders discuss compromise efforts to end a filibuster with backroom talks and threats of extra stenographers for the debate. Senator Russell complains Southern proposals are repeatedly rejected and likens olive branches to birch switches on bare backs.
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Ence
Lucas
Senate
Russell
Snow Flurries Sweep Across Central U S From Canada
The Associated Press reports a cold air mass and snow flurries moving from Canada into the Midwest and northern plains. By Sunday night the system was set to overspread Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska Kansas northern and western Oklahoma eastern Wyoming Colorado South and North Dakota and eastern Montana. Snow also struck central and northern New York with up to five inches and gusts to 48 mph. Temperatures ranged from near zero to the mid 20s across the region with lingering snow in several states.
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Associated Press
Montana
Canada
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Colorado
North Dakota
New York
Buffalo
Minnesota
Dakotas
Colorado Mountains
Washington
Oregon
Lower Lakes
Ohio Valley
Lake Michigan
Missouri
Rockies
West Virginia
Two Soldiers Booked On Car Theft Charge
Enterprise police detained two Orlando soldiers Cpl. Virgil L Counts and Sgt. Clarence E Harrell with a stolen automobile. The car was found running and owners name being sought. They likely will be turned over to FBI agents in Dothan for prosecution after crossing state lines.
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Enterprise (Special
Orlando, Fla
Highway Patrol
Enterprise Police
Curtis Bull
Virgil L. Counts
Clarence E. Harrell
Orlando
Bull
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dothan
DaGraxa to Speak at Coaches Meeting in Birmingham
John Ox DaGraxa, Temple assistant coach and noted football authority, will address the Alabama Coaches Association in Birmingham on March 24 during the Alabama Education Association convention. He led Holy Cross in the 1945 Orange Bowl and wrote football textbooks, with a storied career at Colgate Georgetown and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Tuscaloosa
John “Ox
DaGraxa
Temple University
Alabama Coaches Association
Birmingham
Alabama Education Association
Frank Kendall
Association
Holy Cross
Miami
Colgate University
Georgetown
Philadelphia Eagles
Two Week Coal Mine Work Stoppage Impacts Railroads
A two week stoppage called by President John L. Lewis furloughs 29,000 Pennsylvania Railroad workers and affects about 403,000 coal miners east of the Mississippi. Major lines like Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk & Western and New York Central plan layoffs, while Alabama industries expect little local disruption due to stockpiles and mild winter.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Munday
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
New York Central
Louisville
Nashville
Lackawanna
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading Co
Chicago
Indiana Harbor Belt
Eastern Illinois
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Birmingham
Alabama
Southern Airlines plans new Mississippi routes and launch
The carrier proposes a Wattiesburg Mississippi flight and inks linking New Orleans to Columbus Miss Meridian and Jackson New Orleans to Natchez Jackson Greenville and Memphis. After a halted charter due to finance the CA4 approved the revised plan and Hulse said Memphis Jacksonville service in May will start in the company’s own planes.
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Wattiesburg
Miss
Southern
New Orleans
Columbus
Meridian
Jackson
Natchez
Greenville
Memphis
CA4
Hulse
Deshan Chamber of Commerce
Memphis - Jacksonville
New Alabama D A R state regent elected in Birmingham
Mrs. E N Passman of D A R region is named state regent of Alabama Daughters of the Revolution at a Birmingham conference. The gathering adopted resolutions opposing socialized medicine and world government, backing American history education, and supporting the committee on American activities. Elected with: first vice regent Mire ana Passmore of Dothan. second vice regent Mrs M E Curtis of Ogden. chaplain Mrs Dy Celle of Mobile. recording secretary Mrs R E Mattingham. corresponding secretary Mrs L C McCrary. treasurer Mrs Johnne Birmingham. registrar Mrs ter Huston. historian Mrs Baldwin Westcott. librarian Mrs.
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Birmingham
Wy. Smith G. Fallon
Birm
D.A.R
Committee On American Activities
W. W. Peace
Luis
Mire Ana Passmore
Dothan
M. E. Curtis
Ogden
Dy Celle
Mobile
Tery
R. E. Mattimingham
Lary
L. C. McCrary
Johnne Birmingham
Ter Huston
Selma
Baldwin Westcott
Macgomery
Frank Morrison AFL Veteran Dies at 89
Washington AP reports Frank Morrison secretary emeritus at the American Federation of Labor died last night at age 89 after a long illness. A printer who studied law, he served as AFL secretary for 43 years guiding growth from 250000 to about 4 million members. Morrison, Canadian by birth, observed Gompers era and retired in 1939.
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Washington
Ir Morrison
American Federation
AFL
Morrison
Samuel Gompers
Primm Quits Post As McGrath's Aide
MONTGOMERY AP Th resignation of William J. Primm Jr as assistant to J Howard McGrath Democratic party chairman was announced yesterday Primm will enter private business Primm who became McGrath s assistant in May 1948 submitted his resignation Feb 28 but it was not accepted until this week
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Mildred Gillars
Axis Sally
Germany
U. S. District Court
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Midwest States
Rainer
Ieee
BUICK
W. Main
E. N Passman
Regen
Frank Morrison
Primm
McGrath
Windows
Ofelifornia
Zephyr
Colle
J. L. Harri
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