Remember the pacers and Vishinsky notes in Washington
A World Staff survey pieces together scattered reports on atomic secrecy, Vishinsky's Russia role, and job prospects under BES. The briefing highlights cautious views on postwar unemployment, tax filing deadlines, soil and price ties in the new farm program, and lingering postwar administrative scrutiny. The era’s tensions surface in foreign policy chatter and domestic fiscal questions.
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Washington
Agriculture
Brannan
Political Patronage And Postmaster Appointments Debate
A review of the push to remove postmaster appointments from politics as House members seek candidacy for these jobs and Senate confirmation remains in focus. Reports cover Hitler citizen issues, Brunswick minister Dietrich Klagges accused in deaths, and calls to curb welfare department powers amid Hoover Commission findings.
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Senate
Hitler
Pal Bielefeld
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Dietrich Klagges
Brunswick
Klagges
Welfare
Washington
Hoover Commission On
Republican House
Department of Welfare
GOP
Road Bond Measure Faces Legislature Push Again
DADEVILLE Alabama the 49 million road bond bill faces another legislative push after a 1947 filibuster and House passage. Senator Broughton Lamberth said the plan could reach the floor this year while county officials favor a one cent gas tax and county financing of local blacktop roads. The meeting outlined proposals including boosting ABC profits shares and redistributing auto tag funds to counties. Captain James Cook’s 1770 discovery days note closes the item.
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Dadeville
Ala
Alabama
Broughton Lamberth
House
Senate
Lamberth
Tallapoosa
State Military Department
Alabama County Commissioners’ Association
Gadaden
Tuscumbia
Tuscaloosa
Lewis E. Sellers, Jr
ABC
Livestock and grain mixed in Chicago regional report
Chicago area livestock receipts show salable hogs about 2,700 with varied weight ranges and prices, cattle also around 300 head with steady to higher marked for several categories, top hog bids around 22.25 to 22.75, feed and cow values mixed. Grain notes indicate grains recovered late, May wheat up slightly while corn and soybeans traded mixed around Friday levels, lard steady to weak.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Grain
Judge Williams Sends 81-Year-Old Jail Term in Whisky Case
In Ozark circuit court Judge J Williams scolded 81-year-old Robert Biggons for making whisky. After a curt remark about the Lord, the judge delayed action and later sentenced Biggons to 13 months in jail at the first 1949 term, following arraignment last year.
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Ozark
Willams
Dale County
Robert Biggons
Williams
Biggons Spriiy
Open Manhole Falls Hurt Three At Elba
Three people were injured after falling into open sewer manholes in Elba last week. Cecil Wise, a city mail carrier. Miss Carolyn English of Elsa. and an unidentified Straughn girl were returning from a basketball game when the accident occurred. Holes were not open during recent paving work. Williams Construction Company has since covered them. Wise suffered a severe leg injury and chest bruises, English leg injuries, and the other individual facial injuries.
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Elba
Cecil Wise
Carolyn English
Elsa
Straughn Gir
Pavity
Williams Construction Company
Wise
Williams Company Notifies City of Project Resumption Plans
The Williams Company informs city officials that construction work on the project is expected to resume in the near future barring inclement weather. A majority of the streets have been graded and topsoiled and much of the preliminary sewer work is complete.
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Wiliams Company
Ancient swannery legend and Canute decree recalled
Off Dorset coast lies Abbotsbury Swannery long a swan gathering site. The note recalls King Canute granting a law in 1023 and the region’s historic role as a mess erring place for thousands of swans.
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Dorset
England
Abbotsbury
Canute
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