Truman Shuns Southern Cabinet Pick Rumor
President Truman reportedly rejects a Southern cabinet pick as a move to appease civil rights critics. Anderson will leave as Agriculture secretary to run for the Senate. possible successor tentatively Midwest. Southern governors vow to block pro civil rights nominees. Sparkman weighs Dixie reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Truman
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Congress
Senate
New Mexico
Mason and Dixon Line
Sparkman
Alabama
J. Howard McGrath
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Beauford Jester
Texas
James FE. Folsom
Stram Thurmond
South Carolina
Ben Laney
Arkansas
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
William Tuck
Virginia
Sacred Harp Singers Hold Birthday Fete for W E Kirkland
The Sacred Harp singers honored president W E Kirkland with a birthday singing at the Houston County courthouse. D E Woodham opened with prayer. A long list of program and class directors followed, led by J J Givens M C Rudd and D F Woodham with G L Beck as music pitcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Harp Singers
W. E. Kirkland
Houston County
Kirkland
D. E. Wooedham
J. J. Givens
M. C. Rudd
D. F. Woodham
G. L. Beck
D. E. Woodham
Sam Spivey
CC. L. York
W. B. Hughes
W. H. Pitts
Hf. D. Buie
M. W. Metcalf
C. H. Byrd
J. H W. Watson
J. A. Ketchum
E. FE. Pipkin
GL. Beck
C. A. Bradshaw
Willie Broxton
D. H. Pellham
J. L. Johnson
R. H. Cameron
J. W. McCoy
A. G. Davis
J. E. Medley
A. B. Melton
Annie Judah
F. M. Roney
C. C. Matthews
Annie Johnson
W. I. Thompson
A. T. Hundley
N. A. McIntosh
D. H. Miller
C. C., Bradshaw
J. J. Batchelor
W. E. Sheen
B. H. Roney
W. T. Tidwell
D. C. Marley
W. W. Griggs
J. T. Pope
Frances Bradshaw
W. C. Lisenby
E. L. Wilkes
Lessie Howell
Walter Rykes
H. E. Woodham
Negro's Leg Broken In Traffic Accident
Willie Lee Grace a 21 year old Black man from Hilton Georgia suffered a broken leg when struck by a pickup driven by Howard D. Applin A 28 year old Columbia man. Grace was taken to a Donalsonville physician for treatment as witnesses said Grace jumped from a wagon to avoid a collision and Applin swerved into the ditch missing the wagon but hit Grace. Charges of reckless driving and driving without license were filed against Applin by patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lee Grace
Hilton
Columbia
Howard D. Applin
Grace
Donalsonville
Applin
Apolin
Pilot Club to Meet at Houston Hotel
The Dothan Piet Club will hold its monthly business meeting tomorrow night at seven o'clock at the Houston Hotel. Miss Lela Holland, president, reminded members today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Piet Club
Houston
Lela Holland
Political party rift entrails in convention choices
Senator Byrd helped draft the platform as governors threaten to withhold support unless the platform suits them or the nominee repudiates an unsatisfactory plank. McGrath warns the convention must decide, while Laney says Truman is unacceptable to their people. On the GOP side, talks of Senator Vandenberg as a dark horse emerge, with Joseph Martin eyed for convention chair. Taft pursues a speaking tour as the campaign unfolds.
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McGrath
Byrd
Laney
Tru- Man
Vandenberg
Michigan
Mr. Troma
Reeve
GOP
Moneetee
Witness Identifies Man Held in Rehoboth School Theft
Sidney C. Smith faces a habeas corpus petition and preliminary hearing on grand larceny and receiving stolen property charges for the Rehobeth high school sewing machine theft in January. Four witnesses tie Smith to the school. a machine is linked to him via Sheriff Walt Cameron. bond set at 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney C. Smith
Rehobeth High School
D. C. Halstead
Interior Court
Theodore Jackson
Smith
Witesses
Walt Cameron
L. J. Thomas
Rehobeth
Mary Ellen Jones
Mary Eleanor Adams
Montez Kirkland
P. A. Luce
Pensacola
Fla
Flomaton
Ala
Hamp Gandy
Dothan
Flooded oil stove starts blaze at Henry Green apartments
A fire caused by a flooded oil heater reached the home of James Gilbert at Henry Green apartments last night. Firemen extinguished the blaze. no damage reported and no other fires were logged over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gilbert
Henry Green Apartments
Floyd Harris
Coal Walkouts Sweep Eastern Mines Amid Pension Demands
Major mines across Ohio and Alabama shut partially or wholly as union miners walk out in solidarity with United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis demanding $100 monthly pensions for workers with 20 years’ service. Government warns action if strikes widen. Production losses mount, with Pittsburgh area hardest hit and forecasts of further takedowns.
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Ohio
Hocking
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania
Jones Lawyghtin Steel
Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Washington
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Lewis
UMW
Pittsburgh Consolidacion Coal Co
Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama Mining Institute
Watsum
John L. Lewes
United Mine Workers
Funeral arrangements for Cloyd Maddox of Columbia
Lestee Maddox Lester Wiliam Maddox died Sunday at Dethan hospital. He was a resident of Henry and Houston Counties. Survived by widow, two sons William Ray and James Earl, two daughters Edog Mae and Shirley Fay, mother Mrs. John Stewart, father Cloyd Maddox, brother Edward Maddox, three sisters Mrs. Marvin Spann Mrs. Charles Reynolds and Mrs. O. C. Pearce, several nieces and nephews. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. today at Shilon Church with Rev. Edward Culbreth and Rev. P. A. Brascin officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Lester Wiliam
Sky Five
Columbia
Sundey
Dethan
Ife
Henry and
Houston Courthes
Wiliam Ray
Jams
Earl
Edog Mae
Shirley Fay
John Stewart
Cloyd Maddox
Edward Maddox
Marvin Spann
Charles R. Reynolds
O. C. Pearce
Shilon Church
Edward Culbreth
P. A. Bracsin
Johnson Funeral Home
Scouts Plant 1000 Pine Trees at Clintonville Reserve
About 1,000 pine seedlings and 2,000 bi color lupin seeds were planted Saturday on the new Boy Scout reserve near Clintonville. Scout Executive J W Cooke and Field Executive Frank Gaines led the effort with assistance from Enterprise Troop Four leaders Joe McKinnon and Daniel Johnson and Scouts Arthur Saliba Richard Saliba John Thomas Ashley Herbert Jackson, Jack Caldwell, and others from Troops Four, 22, and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Reservaton
Clintonville
J. W. Cooke
Frank Gaines
Joe McKinnon
Enterprise
Daniel Johnson
Arthur and
Richard Saliba
John Thomas Ashley
Herbert Jackson
Jack Caldwell
Livestock arrivals at eight Georgia and Florida plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 450 cattle 500 calves and 1 600 hogs at eight major plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Ga Dothan Ala Jacksonville and Tallahassee Fla Hog prices were mostly steady with Friday Composite quotations for soft and semi hard hogs at eight plants ranged from 15 50 to 17 75 per hundredweight with various weight brackets and sow quotes at 14 to 15.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Cattle and Hogs Mixed at Union Stockyards Market Report
Montgomery market notes show salable receipts of 325 cattle and 175 hogs with slow slaughter cattle demand and uneven rounds but generally steady to slightly lower. Calves and stockers mixed, hog prices steady with Friday’s gains. medium to choice barrows and gilts mostly 16 to 18.50 per hundredweight across weight ranges.
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Montgomery (Ap
Union Stockyards
Conference in Clermont Ferrand grips German recovery plan
Riots by communists and De Gaullists marked the opening of a conference in Clermont Ferrand Central France as two main agenda items emerged. A permanent national organization to supervise economic recovery and the use of American aid is to be discussed alongside a progress report on joint economic planning since the September meeting with working parties to draft it. Britain and France were expected to propose German experts join the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Clermont Ferrand
France
de Gaullists
Ionation
Britain
Labor groups accused in Baltimore campaign funds case
The CIO president admitted writing a front page endorsement in the CIO News for Edward Garmatz, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Baltimore who won. He said only one funds were used to finance the campaign. The edition circulated in Baltimore on July 14, the eve of the election.
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CIO
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Fo Congress
Baltimore
Tr Wa
Alec
Martha Jessowed dies. funeral set at Biff Springs Church
Martha Jessowed daughter of Barney Moved Jr. of Ashford died Tuesday. Survived by brother Raymund Earl of Ashford and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Barney Mewell of Ashford. Funeral at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Biff Springs Church with Rev Agee of Ashford officiating. Burial in church cemetery. John son Funeral Home in charge.
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Martha Jessowed
Sars
Barney Moved, Jr
Aseford
Rutile Ome
Sam Tesay
Wesséca We Peremis
Raymund Earl
Ashford
Biff Springs
Mr. Agee of
Johnson Funeral Home
U N Secretary General Rules on Russia Charge
Trygve Lie dismissed Russia as a non governmental move aiding Communists and warned against military threat. Three days later Prague informed the U N that Papaneck had been fired as a delegate. Papaneck said he would continue until recalled by President Eduard Benes.
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Russia
Trygve Lie
Prague
U. N
Papaneck
Eduard Benes
Prague moves to strip immunities amid spy plot case
The Communist government in Czechoslovakia pressed a program of new laws and roused actions against opponents. Parliament, still in recess, faces a committee vote to strip leader Vladimir Krajina and two others of immunity from arrest while at least 20 people are detained over alleged plots with national socialists. The interior ministry cites office searches and a self-inflicted death as evidence, with other committees advancing legislation on insurance nationalization land revisions and aid for newlyweds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Vladimir Krajina
Ministry of the Interior
Krajina
Senate debate over European Recovery Bill and aid plans
The article outlines Senate and House struggles over the European Recovery Program and added Greece Turkey military and China economic aid. It notes possible cuts to the aid package, Byrnes urging rapid armament buildup, and new rent control debates with Democratic critics labeling the measure landlord-friendly.
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Senate
Reconstruction Pinvance Corporation
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Committee
Greece
Turkey
China
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Charleston
S. C
United States
Russia
Maly
France
Congress
House Banking Committee
McGrath Orre
Democratic National Committee
Ball ¢R-Minm
Attlee Announces Purge of Key Communist State Positions
Prime Minister Clement Attlee declared a government purge targeting Communist influence in state jobs deemed vital to Britain's security. The move aims to remove suspected subversives from public service and bolster national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petre
Clement Attlee
Permanent Pasture Plan For Veterans In Houston County
Johnson, head of veterans farm training, gathered details on pasture use for a long-range live at home program. A 12 acre field at Joe Hall’s dairy site was praised for grazing, with discussions on seed cost fertilizer and planting. The goal is a permanent pasture for each veteran to feed stock year round.
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Veewing & Cor
Cromeam Clover C
Johnson
Veterans Farm
Joe Hall
Hall
Ling
Hall’s
Horn
Houston County
Supreme Court Reverses Negro Jury Convictions
The Supreme Court nullified nine convictions from Winston-Salem trials on charges from a laundry workers strike. Attorneys argued Negroes were arbitrarily excluded from juries. in a brief order, the court reversed, citing recent opinions that systematic exclusion invalidates verdicts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Winston - Salem
N. C
Modest widow Mrs Urie linked to anti fascist work
The retiree, expelled from Italy by Mussolini, is described as a social worker with the Society of Friends who aided communities in England Denmark Iceland Norway Germany and Italy. Despite arthritis she stays informed through reading and extensive correspondence.
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Italy
Urie
Society of Friends
England
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Germany
Court lack of jurisdiction delays Meyers perjury case
The court rejected a seventh appeal and a renewal for an immediate trial on Meyers perjury charges, with government expected to drop them. Witness Miss Neta Davis, ill in San Francisco, testified of payments from Aviation Electric Corp of Vandalia Ohio for two apartments as Meyers faced broader wartime profit allegations and related tax evasion cases. Tamarre and Mildred Tamarre threaten lawsuits over alleged slander and investment recovery as perjury sentencing looms. Meyers identified as wartime profit broker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holtzoff
Meyers
Neta Davis
San Francisco
Miss Davis
Aviation Electric Corporation
Vandalia
General
Aviation Electric
Tamarre
Mildred
Lamarre
Woodmen and Woodcraft Encampment Visitors Spotlighted
The territory invites members and neighbors to attend with sons and friends. A motion picture of the Woodmen of the World uniform rank and boys of Woodcraft encampments from last year will be shown. Among prominent visitors will be John N. Cochran state manager and national director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
John N. Cochran
Marshall Warns Against Cutting Greece Aid Now
Secretary of State Marshall testified for two hours to the Senate on a request for 275 million dollars in additional military aid for Greece and Turkey. He warned that halting aid would bring swift, tragic consequences and urge that Communist pressure could expand to Hungary and Czechoslovakia, drawing other nations into communism.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Greece
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Turkey
Europe
Hungary
Cechoslovakia
TWA Cancels All Palestine Flights
JERUSALEM AP Trans World Airline flights touching Palestine have been suspended. A TWA plane had just taken off from Lydda Airport when it was reported fired on Saturday over Tel Aviv.
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Jerusalem
Trans World
Palestine
TWA
Lydda
Tel Aviv
Funeral arrangements for local resident at Pig Mill Church
The funeral was set for 2:30 p.m. Monday at Pig Mill Church with Rev Henry of Cottonwood officiating. Burial would follow in the nearby cemetery. Fellows and Chris of Ashford conducted the arrangements. Pallbearers included B. Croom Archie Harper C Harper Lester Knight Oll Harper and Herbert Parrish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig Mill Church
J Henry
Cottonwood
Fellows
Chris
Ashford
B. Croom
Archie Harper
C Harper
Lester Knight
Harper
Herbert Parrish
J E Cherry 74 Dies Near Pansey
J E Cherry 74 longtime Houston County resident dies at noon Sunday near Pansey after illness. Survived by widow four sons two daughters four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Prospect Church with burial in Prospect Cemetery. Services by W Wilson of Dothan.
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J. E. Cherry
Than Route
Ve Brown
Macon
Zy Danford
Dothan
Jack Cherry
Ford
Frank Cherry
Graceville
Fla
Bama Whites
Ashford
Polly Beard
Prospect Church
Prospect
W Wilson
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Senator Byrd
D-Va
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Stimm
N.Y
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Pansey
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