City Merit System Considered for Dothan Officials
City officials and state legislators weigh a civil service merit system for Dothan city employees including fire and police. About 125 to 156 workers would be affected with 80 in public safety. plan remains in study and would require local legislation and framing by three city quarters. Senator Hardwick and Rep Malone back exploration. outcome of last election not tied to this discussion.
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NATO
FAULE
City of Dothan
City Commission
W. S. Hardwick
Rep
Wallace
C. Malone
Crivil
John D. Ayres
Clyde Coe
Hardwick
Montgomery
Circuit Court Opens Term Here Monday
Circuit Court will convene here on Monday for the first term of 1947 with 38 cases on the criminal calendar. Charges range from trespass to embezzlement and felonies include murder attempts and forgery. Trials are set for Monday through Wednesday with several cases across days.
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Circuit Court
Gircuit Court
Ap Sauk
Bagworm Infestation Plagues City Cemetery
Horticulturists report a bagworm invasion at the Dothan city cemetery. Attempts to eradicate the pests with poison would damage plants, so officials advise stripping infected shrubs and burning them. Caretaker B. M. Price notes widespread damage and ongoing battle with the worms.
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B. M. Price
Dothan City Gemetery
Gage
Abby Ellarn
Dothan
Anya
Senator Hardwick Puzzled by New Appointment to Commission
Senator W. Gus Hardwick received a notice from Lieutenant Governor J. C. Tazer that he is among five senators named to the Alabama Commission on Interstate Cooperation under a Joint House Senate resolution from 1836. No details were given. Also named were James S. Coleman Jr. Ben N. Glover H. Mize and Noble J. Ruz.
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W. Gus Hardwick
House and Senate Journal
J. C. Tazer
House
Senate
Hardwick
James S. Coleman
Jn. Ben N. Glover
H. Mize
Noble J. Ruz
County Red Cross Drive Nears Target With $2841 Needed
County residents race to finish the Red Cross fund appeal with only 2841 dollars still needed to push the Yulin County chapter past its 1047 dollar goal. By noon Saturday, Kinsey and Ashord had reported quotas met, while Kinsey was the first to report full collection in its community. Some districts, including the colored division, had not yet reported, and officials urged all volunteers to complete canvassing and submit figures by Wednesday.
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Put ‘Ousten
Pat Poyner
Dothan
Kinsey
Ashord
Houston Lawyers Vote New Court Setup In County
Houston County Bar Association unanimously backs a new court as part of the county system. President J Theodore Jackson says a four man committee will draft a bill for legislative action with input from the bar and reference bureau. The plan aims for completion before the May term and involves state legislators Guy Hardwick and W Tace Malone.
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Reuben
Houston County
Houston County Bar Association
J. Theodore Jackson
Jackson
W. Tace Malone
Typhus Control Work To Resume In County Tomorrow
The Nathan and Houston County typhus control program restarts tomorrow with seven trucks and two men per truck for house-to-house beat-by-beat canvassing. Dr. W. T. Burkett says work begins in Beat Fight and aims to cover the county by July 1, using trained crews to finish quickly this year.
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Nathan
Houston County
W. T. Burkett
Burkett
Andy
Official canvass confirms city election results
The official canvass of Tuesday's Democratic primary totals shows two minor affinity changes but no change in overall results for City Commissioner. Incumbent Timm Brennan leads John Turner McAllister and Gadi Parish Jr. by 95 votes. discrepancies centered on Bremen and Malone Motor Co. boxes, with provisional counts 152 vs 139 and 286 vs 265, respectively.
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Tne
E City
Timm Brennan
John Turner McAllister
G. J
Gadi) Parish, Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
Bremen
Brennan
Malone Motor Co
Bor
Florida Youths Escape Jail Roof Break At Marianna
Four Jackson County jail inmates, Robert Melgren David Harris Doyte Ranew and Warren Magler, escaped by burning a roof hole then climbing the fence. Harris surrendered. others fled toward a car and night spot but were captured nearby. All under 21, some had prior robberies and arson tied to the Florida Industrial School for Boys. Authorities planned to charge them with auto theft and related offenses.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Rob ‘Ert Melgren
David Harris
Doyte Ranew
Warren Magler
J. Florida Industrial School For Boys
Sneads High School
A. J. McMullan
Harris
McMullian
MecMullian
Helgren
Lnter
Harold Frier
J. E. Gainer
Simu
Freer
Lewis Rogers
AM Four
Es McMullian
Taft warns Greece aid could trigger war with Russia
President Taft voices fear that aiding Greece could provoke a war with Russia. He tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to question top military leaders on the likelihood of conflict if Greece receives support, and notes the real test is whether U S action in the Mediterranean fuels war.
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Russia
Greece
Donald J. Gonzal Washington
SPO
Robert A. Taft
Walt
Arthur TE Vaneldiberg
Bagsa
Ymhan
Econonic
Nfliney
Tom Whiston
Medderrsnean
Carter
City Extension Plan Advances Amid Local Push
Chamber of Commerce leaders say extension of Doth city limits will be ready for full activity next week as work speeds up. Committees contact residents to gauge support, with petitions to follow and a local bill pending through Rep. Wallace Malone. Opposition mainly from nearby stores and residents worried about privileges.
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Chamber of Commerce
Caromittees
Epen
Archie D. Cadmichael
Fourman
Wallace Malone
City Recreation Center Improved Plan Underway
City officials described a plan to upgrade the Dothan Recreation Center, adding a skating rink, basketball court, volley ball court, and tennis area. Weathered details note cancellations for the coming week while procurement and construction bids are sought, with staff planning to hire ten contractors and a retaining wall atop the lower site.
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Dothan Recrestinn Center
Moseley Oriamend Woatertay
Theeley
Francis
Caitiacines
Elty
Boy Found Hanging From Limb Of Tree
Albany AP report identifies the nude body found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Loudonville as Robert Wahrman son of a New York Central railroad employee. District Attorney Julian Elway says there are indications of murder. State police report the body was found by three youths while target shooting. youths released after questioning.
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Albany
N.Y
Loudonville
Robert Wahrman
New York Central Railroad
Willam Wabrman
Aitany
Julian B. Elway
Lares
Bed Of Sea May Yield Bahamians New Oil Wealth
HAL BOYLE reports from Nassau that oil pumped from beneath the Atlantic may surpass past gun bed harvests in wealth. Bahamian authorities license foreign firms to study offshore rock under gravity meters from ships seeking oil-bearing formations on the edge of the continental shelf.
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Nassau
Bahamea
Aps
Kemermren
Century
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Healavlasthary
Blanderd OU
New Jersey
Banamian
Winzh
Ringe
Cotiaectal
May Balk In Tracks At Folsom Program
A scrambled political report discusses state legislature resistance to a Folsom program linked to rail and budget issues. Senator Birangham and others critique perceived waste, seek tax reforms, and urge cost cuts as the state weighs funding and policy directions affecting education and public services.
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Folsom
Country Girl Or City Girl The Wind Tells
In a March term ruling from London, a rotameint article reports on a wind tale claiming a country girl or city girl wins a bet. The piece notes a bet involving a wind bite and a girl grabbing thirty, with juror styles and terms reflected in the local reporting.
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London
Gtrin
Sewamry
Marshall Says Idea Strikes At Heart Of Germany's Problem
AY WES GALLAGHER MOSCOW AP France proposed a modern exodus of Germans from their defeated land to lower German war potential. Marshall said the plan struck at the heart of the German problem. Bidault urged an organized emigration and said France would absorb Germans into its population.
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AY Wes Gallagher
Moscow
France
Secretar Marshall
Georges Bidault
Foreign Ministers Council
Reich
Rescue Ship Aims to Save Tanker Crew After Fire
Rescue efforts continued as the HUSOLULITARY AC and HE Dorade searched the ocean northwest of Honolulu for 12 crew members aboard the damaged tanker. Navy amphibious units attempted to lift survivors with lifeboats while long range planes scoured 2000 square miles of central Pacific. A corrected count noted 44 crew members total, up from an earlier 42.
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Wein
Peelon
Vation
Honolulu
Central Pacific
Dearborn
Truman Receives Marshall Briefing On Moscow Conference
President Truman received word from Secretary of State Marshall about the Moscow conference and Greek aid plans. Messages emphasized preliminary Big Four talks and progress reports, with no direct read on Soviet reception to Truman's speech. Congress was expected to approve $400,000 for Greece and Turkey.
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Merriman
Washinton
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Alabama Motor Vehicle Accidents Kill 724 in 1946
Montgomery AP reports the Alabama statistical bureau shows 724 deaths from motor vehicle accidents in 1946, up from 224 the previous year. Among details, 474 deaths occurred in Highway Patrol studied crashes and 314 in other incidents. 382 were men, 102 pedestrians, and the majority aged 19 to 49.
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Montgomery
Statistical Bureau
State Department of Public Safety
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Moen
STB
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