Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass Deaths
Local notices report the deaths of Alvin Martin age 43 of Geneva and an elderly Columbia resident. Burial at Columbia City Cemetery after funeral services at Columbia Presbyterian Church. Also Talmadge Heath, 65, of Enterprise, dies. funeral arrangements to be announced by Boyd Funeral Home. Survivors listed for each.
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Talmadge Heath
Coffee County
Enterprise
Maths, Sadist Church
Lved
Glenn
Ted Heath
Douglas Feagin
Enter‘prise
Boyd Funeral
Napier Field Vocational Center to Close for Anounced Period
A Dothan physician reports 26 influenza cases in Houston County this week raising the year total to 86. The Napier Field Vocational see will close for a sane unit next as the Alabama Education Association meeting opens tomorrow in Birmingham with Dr Turner among those attending.
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Ota
Napier Field
Fb Turner
Turner
Alaharma Education Association
Birmingham
Houston County
Eleyka
Tron Lung Returns to Houston County
Houston County receives the long borrowed “Pravelng flron Lung” from the American Legion post. The device, loaned for hospital use during the West Coast epidemic, was per an incorrect 1948 shipping order, overhauled in New York, then kept at the health department before its return to Dothan and subsequent use in Louisiana.
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Houston
Vail
West Coast
Colorado
American Legion
Baptist Hospital
Kiexansrla
Chester R. Vickery Post
Houston County Health Department
New York
Dothan
Louisiana
Plan to replace RFC board with single administrator sparks debate
controversy surrounds a proposed move to abolish the RFC board and create one administrator. Republicans push the reorganization while Democrats urge caution. The fight intensifies as charges of influence peddling surface amid a federal grand jury inquiry into the agency. The future of the RFC hinges on today’s House vote amid broader defense powers concerns.
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House
GOP
Senats
Wayne L. Hayes
Guy George Gabrielson
REC
Gabrielson
Hayes
RFC
Agensy
Senate
Casualties Rise in Korea War List Listing 207 Added Names
Washington AP reports the 250th Korea war casualty list identifies 57 killed or died of wounds, 131 wounded, two missing in action, and 17 injured in accidents. The Defense Department release totals include 207 new names and confirms ongoing combat losses.
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Washington
Defense
Magic Meals Cooking School to showcase meat and lard use
The Dothan Eagle sponsors a public service cooking school featuring meat research on weight management and nutrition plus lard as a versatile shortening for pies cakes and pastries. Miss Marrs will discuss findings from her organization on meat and lard uses. Also notes on New York and New Orleans cotton futures as of 11 45 a m with prices mostly steady.
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Marrs
Mars Harris
Magic Meals Cooking School
The
Dothan Eagle
New Orleans
Rio Grande
Texas
U S Uncovering Unusual Angles Among Hoarders
Washington reports detail new patterns in gold smuggling as political crises boost demand. The piece notes past surges linked to currency devaluations and unrest, with small-scale hoarders and jewelers as common nodes. It cites South Africa India and the Middle East as key markets and mentions mint licensing and import controls.
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HY Fethn
Washington
NEA
United States
Ats
Korea
India
Enept
South Africa
Asia
U. S
New York
Europe
England
U. S. Treasury and
Justice
Iment
U.S
Treasury and Customs
Bureau of the Mint
Kiwanians Hear County Ceremonial Winners Speak
Two Houston County contest winners appeared before the Dothan Kiwanis Club as special guests. Morita Rudd of Cottonwood Trial School and Sarah Benton of Vicksburg Junior High spoke on Know Your South. Solomon Baxter supervised the program. Guests included Mrs. A B Windsor and Principal Leslie Baxter of Cottonwood, Lucy Milligan and Principal 61 6 Cumbie of Wicksburg, and Marvin Walden of Headland.
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Houston County
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Morita Rudd
Cottonwood
Sarah Benton
Vicksburge Junior High School
Poultry Prices Steady in North Georgia Markets
North Georgia live poultry prices remained steady to firm with short supplies and strong demand. Plants received lower test poultry from northern areas as of Tuesday afternoon and this morning, with broilers and fryers priced at 31 1/2 to 34 1/2 cents per pound, mostly 31 1/2 to 32 1/2 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Powitey Mare
Kot
Hoge
Fordyce Transferred to VA Information Director Post
Phillip A Fordyce has been transferred from Winston Salem to Ft Snelling Minnesota as director of VA information. His new area covers Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa. He and his wife Emma Kate Radford and their young son will move to Ft Snelling next month. Mrs Fordyce’s brother James Radford works in the VA office at Doan.
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Philip A Fordyce
Emma Kate Radford
Hartford
Fom
Jork Ban
Ft Snelling
Fords Yee
James Radford
Doinan
Funeral Rites Today For Mrs Johnson
Funeral rites for Mrs Ketaryn Cumbie Jorgson, 23, of Dothan, who died in a quadricycle accident near Rhine, Georgia, Sunday night, are at 4 30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Dr Henry A Parkes, pastor, will officiate. Burial in City Cemetery directed by Ward Wilson Funeral. Mrs Johnson is survived by her husband Cpl C J Johnson of Florida and Georgia, foster parents Mr and Mrs W Combie of Dothan, and two sisters.
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Alvin
Martin
Ayia J Martin
Geneva
Veterans of Foreign Andalusia
Montgompe
Union
Ery Highway
Euell Church
Layton
C. J. Fuller
Slpstead
Comb
Church
Ward
Wilson Puner
Hore
Geneva County
Mary Alice “Martin
James G
Wil A. Roland
Slocord
Juanita L. Martin
Franford, Fla
Edward D. Martin Camp Rucker
John E. Martin, Jr
el Monte
Calif
Alverta Simmons
Port Arthur
Vex
Lois Geohagan
Sexon
Lola Streepy
Saxton
Ketaryn
Truck Overturns Hurting Driver in Alabama Crash
A loaded truck overturned on Highway 221 near Dolban trapping driver James Avert Gambie, 31, of Montgomery. Helper Thomas McClain, also of Montgomery, escaped injury. Gambie suffered a lacerated hand. a rock apparently tipped the left front wheel, sending the vehicle into a ditch.
Tax Office Reports Slower Day Before Filing Deadline
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports a slowdown in business at the local office as taxpayers rush earlier to beat the looming filing deadline. A spokesman said the recent days were brisk, with the heaviest rush mostly over on Monday and yesterday.
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Runinast
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Doday
Delegate injured in fall at church balcony
Velma Stoudenmire of Gadsden suffered a fractured thigh when she fell from a church balcony while attending the state Womens Union convention. She was transported by ambulance from De Hun hospital to a Gallon hospital today.
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Velma Stoudenmire
Gadsden
Auditorum
Stoudenmaire
De‘hun
Gagiden
Hit Run Driver Tied To Schoolboy Death In Birmingham
Two Birmingham police officers captured motorist Thervas W Johnson after a Terraplane tied to a hit run that killed 13 year old Charles Griffith. The boy was struck in the snow as he walked to a store. Johnson was charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene. Evidence included a radiator ornament and red threads in the car grill.
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James W. Gunter
Brmingham Mup
Pattelron
Cecil Edmundson
James K
Jake) Turner
Southside Stree
Charles Griffith
Young Griffith
Edmundson
Jake
Southside
Oltiess
Thervas W. Johnson
Johnson
Young Grifth
Johgson
J H Bryson Named To Edible Oil Board
H Bryson president at Dorman Os Malt Company is appointed by Agriculture Secretary Brannon to the Refining Edible Oil Industry Advisory Committee. The panel, chaired by George L Prichard, will advise on production processing and marketing to meet civilian and military needs and guide department orders on edible oil supply and distribution.
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H. Bryson
Dorman Os Malt Company
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles B. Brannon
Agriculture Department
George L. Prichyard
Pats and Oiln
Production and Marketing Administration
Brannan
Department of Agriculture
Unclear battlefield report from Korea front lines
Fragmentary wartime dispatch notes Allied forces on a 7 mile front patrolling for retreating Chinese and North Korean units near Kam Kang Bye Kom and Pyongyang. UN units reported fast Chinese North Korean advances forcing loss of contact and operations cloaked by security blackouts while patrols scoped central Korea around Hongchow.
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Okinawy
Hungnam Barracks
Kam
Kang- Bye
Kom
Pyongyang
U. S Army
Korés
Hongchow
Witnesses in All Judea and Japan in Baptist session
The State Baptist Convention opened with Dr. B R Justice of Enterprise delivering Witnesses in All Judea. Rev. Coleman Clare spoke on Witnesses Unto Me in Japan, followed by Miss Minnie Landrum and Mrs Andre M Coltharp presenting talks on missions. Miss Mary J Atgensen represented the Louisville training school and Miss Marjorie Stith of Montgomery presided. The reports highlighted youth work and the Royal Ambassador program.
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B. R. Justice
Enterprise
State Baptist Convention
Judea
Coleman ‘Clare
Japan
Minnie Landrum
Brasil
Andre
M. Coltharp
Mary J.atgensen
Ugél
Louisville
Marjorie Stith
Montgomery
Stith
M Farrel
Students Get Best Dothan add Houston County
Disjointed OCR text notes noon announcements about students and teachers at a convention. It mentions a schedule change with a week closed or altered, classes resuming at a later time. Names and exact events are unclear due to damaged text.
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Dothan
Houston County
Genevan Arrest Ties Cattle Theft Ring in Tri State Area
Federal and state agents disclosed a Geneva livestock dealer linked to a large cattle rustling ring operating across Florida, Walton County, and nearby states. J. C. Clemons faced charges while other suspects posted bonds as authorities pursued stolen cattle, with market receipts and hogs reported at Georgia Alabama and Florida plants.
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Thomasville
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
U. S
Sioner
Geneva
Daughtry
Walton County
Fla
McClung
Army Coronel
Jack Wilson Webster
John Hartison
Charles “Jimmis Allen
Florala
John K. Mumford
PBI
Stoon
Allen
Harrison
Wobster
Tri- States
Trig
Webster
Montgomery
FBT
H. Hart
Crestview
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Columbia
Eufaula
John Fmetyer
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Order of Eastern Star
Puneral
Columba Presbyterian Church
W. Hagood
Columbia City Cemetery
McTyver
Bob McTyer
Stella,MeTyer
Carrie Freemar
A.M. Thompson
Thompson
Nivces
Tron
United Front
Congress
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Speigner Concrete Block CO
Ola Fairgrounds
Woman's Missionary Union
Yasselcay
WMU
First Baptist Church
Dina M Byrd
Treasures
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Uyby
Barta. Montgomery
Tennhys Bugcott
Ashford
Ploem
Tangiers
Macao
Kuwait
International Monetary Fund
L. S
Smi
Phillip A. Fordyce
Mrs. Johnson
Income Tax Office
Boston
Hobby
J.H. Bryson
Edible Oil Board
Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott Rooesvelt
Minnewa Bell Ross
California
Key West
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Rex L. Ross
Santa Monica
Owlif
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Mongtomery
Fed
Mkt
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Great Lakes
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Pike's Peak
David Bradford
Dothan Eagle’s
Martin Theatre
Lucille Harris
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