Educational Forces Pressing Folsom To Recall Legislature
Educational leaders pressed for another extraordinary call from Governor Folsom to address a school crisis after the legislature failed to provide relief at a special session. Teachers in Fayette County threaten a September term only if salaries rise to about 1800 dollars a year. The Alabama Education Association plans to urge actions at its Birmingham convention as Norma Smith Bristow appeals for more school aid.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Auburn Board of Trustees
Ruth RB
Folsom
Auburn
Fayette County
Alabama Education Association
Birmingham
Houston Farmers Seek Local Experiment Field
Houston County Producers Association reversed a prior plan and voted to ask the State Legislature for a local experiment field. A committee led by John C. Ingram and Dr A G Granger will push the effort, including appeals to lawmakers at the Capitol, to establish county based experiments on land owned by farmers.
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Reuben Herring
Houston County Producers Association
Houston
Tre John C. Ingram
Association
A. G. Granger
Herman Glimore
W. C. Bruner
Ed Bruner
Aoeeling
Ashford
M. J. Friehess
Alabama Experiment Stellan
Grandview Baptists Burn Mortgage Today
The Grandview Baptist Church plans to burn its mortgage at today’s 1:4 service marking the church’s second anniversary with Rev. Olis R. Holmes as pastor. McLeod of the Baptist Children's Home will be guest speaker. 220 members including 68 by profession of faith have joined, and a $7,000 pastorium has been built.
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Olis R. Holmes
Grandview Baptist Church
En. McLeod
Baptist Children’s Home
Troy
Whitecapping charge puzzling Alabama reader in old paper
A Philadelphia Record from September 20, 1803 described whitecapping as a criminal charge fined five men $300 each by U.S. Commissioner Tutwiler. The inked tale notes whitecaps worn by tobacco region groups to coerce growers, with prominent local men alleged to intimidate Negroes. The piece contrasts archaic phrasing and pricing in ads with today’s papers.
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T Wyatt Harris
West Wand and Drive
Philadelphia Record
Associated Press
Trew
U.S
Tutwiler
Indiaa
Booth Tarkington
Troy Sters
Negroce
Bonifay Girl 10 Killed By Truck
A tenyearold Bonifay girl, Joan Ceril Chitty, was killed when struck by a pickup on the Pensacola Jacksonville highway west of Bonifay at about 8 am Saturday. The driver fled, investigators search for him, a coroner’s jury will probe the incident, and two hitchhikers identified as Pal Shirin White and a woman told officers they rode with a stranger who owned the car and died.
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Chipley
Joan Ceril Chitty
Mro
Corwn Chitty Bonifay
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Benifay
al Chinles
Fatrolman
C. Wigging
Chipley Mation
Wiggins
Pal Shirin White
USA
Philadelphia
White
Inouisiana
Bonifay
Martial Law In Part Of Greece Amid Massacre Aftermath
The Greek cabinet imposed martial law across Laconia prefecture and ordered measures against civil and military authorities in the area after the murder of 32 communist convicts in Gytheion. It ordered military trials for those responsible and to remove armed bands from the prefecture. In the Holy Land, violence flared with a bomb in Tel Aviv and a Jew found shot in Petah Tikva, as bullets struck a taxi in Jerusalem.
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Athens
Laconia
Ghythion
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Petah Tiggva
Terusalem
Strange New York City Hermit Case Ends in Death
Eccentric recluse Langley Col lier is missing while his brother Homer Col lier, 75, is found dead amid debris in a barricaded Fourth Avenue mansion. Police suspect Langley, last seen shopping, remains in the chaotic house as investigators, led by attorney John R. McMullen, examine the scene and seek clues to the missing man.
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New York
Langley Collier
Homer
Tifth Avenue
Ayaring
Morgan Vance
Spetical
William Collyer
Langley
Ohn KR McMullen
McMuhen
One Dead Two Hurt In Traffic Crash in Marianna
A man died instantly and two others were seriously injured in a highway crash near Snead on the Pensacola Jacksonville road around midnight Friday. Robert Newson Peacock of Marianna was killed. A B Knowles of Campbellton and Di rote Raines of Chacation were injured and hospitalized. Peacock’s car rolled several times. speed and loss of control were cited. Peacock was a former senior vice president of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars. Funeral arrangements set for Riverside Cemetery.
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Marianna
Pensacola - Jacksonville
Florida Highway Patrol
Robert Newson Poacock
A. B. Konaches
Campbellion
Dirote Raines Ant Chacesailr
Pracock
Peacock
Patishnan
Danenck
Jarkson Goanay Fehonte
Abrey
Riverside
Neal
Farewn Wace
Mary Napier Tournen
Bobhe
Meetoumy Hansford
Cho Tes Mansford
Brice Hansford
Munna
Christine Cosh
Quincy
Jaycees Announce Alabama Junior Chamber Convention
Plans are nearly set for the Alabama Junior Chamber convention in Dothan from March 28 to 30. Harre Anderson, local Fayere president, announced that about 185 delegates from over 15 clubs will attend. Registration at the Houston Hotel will begin Friday afternoon with a kickoff at Toca night club and a Friday business session. Saturday features a 10 am program, luncheon, and election of state officers with more business ahead.
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Alabama Junior Chainter
Commerce
Dothan
Harre Anderson
Fayere
Houston
Atate
Frank Fister
U. S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dia
Weston
Cijman
Tam
Truman Cracks Down on Subversives in Federal Jobs
President Truman orders a nationwide purge to remove subversives from federal payrolls. An executive order expands loyalty investigations to all government agencies, targeting communists and others deemed disloyal. Congress debates the scope as agencies probe personnel for past affiliations and current loyalty.
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Truman
U. S
Frank Eupazer
Washington
Atement Truman
Arantia
Tn Ao Dalng
Fay Eliyeh
Dame An
Nla
Turkey
Teemeh
Feder Buteng
Avery
Inelidee
Navy
Couthtesian
Volsiver
Herve Peninus
Urarm
Congress
Russia floats Weimar pattern for Germany in Molotov plan
Moscow sources report Russia proposed a German government modeled on the defunct Weimar Republic as foreign minister Molotov publicized a federalized framework. The proposal drew mixed reactions with the United States favoring a federated Germany, Britain and France seeking degrees of decentralization, and U S officials weighing implications for postwar order.
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Wes Gallagher
Moscow
Russia
Friersa
Weimar Republic
Adolf Hiller
George (. Marshall
France
America
United States
Betas
Germany
Getic
Stork Devet
Tory Kestner
Lemand
Diveesion
U.S
Pln
No. 2 Fire Station Planned At Frasier And Edgewood
Fire Chief Ron Ryan announced No. 2 Fire Station will be built at Frasier street and Edgewood Drive to serve the southwest. The station will house one pumper truck and a crew of ten, with design to improve protection for nearby homes and streets.
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Frasier and
Edgewood Drive
Dottie
Seti
Prorat Ube xl
Ron Ryan
Per Thuy
Aalbiry Atarion Wil
Treinger
Friever Street
Regiewaad Dsienel
Ihe
Phiuf
Ryan
Yueatine
Urkatin
City condemns farmer estate land for black school
In northeast Dothan, nine parcels owned by Farmer Estate were condemned Friday by Probate Judge Albert Logue for city use. About six full parcels valued at 2,150 dollars were seized to clear site for a new Black school. Remaining property will undergo negotiations before construction begins.
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Dothan
Albert Logue
Compromise Efforts On Budget Slashing Fail At Conference
Washington lawmakers failed to reach a compromise on budget cuts amid House Senate tensions. Republican leaders warned the stalemate could delay a tax bill and federal aid, with negotiators blaming entrenched positions and logistical delays.
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Washington
Altinaigth
Oshoe
Rita Penidines
Senate
Lund
Peter
Qieuntere
Geneva Man Killed In Florida Crash
A Geneva man died in a Florida traffic crash. The coroner ruled manslaughter after a collision involving a car and another vehicle. The band members were en route to perform at the University of Florida military ball.
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Geneva
Florida
Piterdias
Brooka
Fielda
Brooke
Dick Commander
Marks Smith
Orson
Malary
Secret Documents On Greece and Turkey Spark Curiosity
A cluttered OCR fragment references Greece and Turkey secret documents and names individuals and places in a era of unclear context. The text hints at political, diplomatic, and archival themes with scattered mentions of figures, dates, and locations. The exact story remains unclear from the fragment.
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Greece
Turkey
Man Arrested Here For Shoplifting
A man was arrested here in connection with a shoplifting case. Police report details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate an arrest and a stolen item. The exact identity of the suspect and shop involved could not be determined from the readable portion.
Holy Virgin Statue Looted of Jewels in Bethlehem Church
In the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem thieves broke glass cases and stole jewels and icons from the Holy Virgin statue last night. The gifts were donated by pilgrims and the church was reportedly under light guard and mostly unwatched.
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Jeruslaem
Christian Bern
Circus Prep Shows Girls Clowns but Pig Not Present
Hal Boyle sketches a Sarasota circus preparing for spring shows with Risling Bros. and others, amid sunburnt road weariness. Performers rehearse under canvases as directors scold, horses circle, lions roar, elephants dream of peanuts, and chorus girls stretch from near-new to full routines.
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AY Hal Boyle
Sarasota
Fla
API
Sathaulu
Risgling Bros
Gil Ratnuyy
Railayesreun
Devin
Madison
Seiare
Seiare Goede . Under the Flanpiin Canvan
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Bonifay Girl
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