Dr Harris to Speak on Last Methodist Radio Hour
Dr Pierce Harris pastor of First Methodist Church in Atlanta and a noted lecturer will deliver the final sermon in the Methodist Hour series on the Southern Religious Radio Conference network at 7 30 a m next Sunday The talk titled The Little White Church and the Great White Way will address the urban rural church relationship in America The choir features Mrs Alice Tomlinson and director John Hoffman with organist George Hamrick The program is carried by 32 stations with sponsorship by regional Methodist councils in Atlanta and Oklahoma City and is directed by Rev James W Sells on WSB Atlanta
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Dr. Harris
Methodist
Pierce Harris
First Methodist Church
Atlanta
Southern Religious Radio Conference
Dothan
Harris
America
South
Georgia
Methodist Hour Cherug
Alice Tomlinson
John Hoffman
George Hamrick
Southern Religious Radio Conference Network
The
Baptist Hour
F Llowe
Protestant Episcopal Church
Preibsterian Church
U.S
Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
Win
FL Quillian
South Central Jurisditional Council
Oklahoma City
Okla
Paul Womeldorf
Embree H H. Blackard
Charlotte
N.C
Paul Eo Martin
Little Rock
Ark
James W. Sells
WSB
Firemen Muster Granted in Pittsfield Start June 30
Mayor James Fallon approved a week long firemen’s muster in Pittsfield starting June 30. AP reports the event aims to showcase old fashioned firefighting skills and community engagement with local volunteers.
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Pittsfield
Mass
James Fallon
Ald
Trolley Coach Scene Cited In Transit Report
A brief transit item notes the use of trolley coaches in the United States and Canada as part of urban transport notes. It references street cars and buses in a broad survey of mid century public transit practices. Authorities discuss evolving vehicle types and routes.
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United States
Canada
Strikers Intensify Milk Blockade In Amite To New Orleans
Angry strikers seized an Illinois Central train at Amite Louisiana in the milk boycott era. They searched for milk headed to New Orleans, fired on trucks, and dumped milk from cars. State police moved in as farmers manned roadblocks and weapons.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central Systems
Amite
Justice Department
FBI
Jesse James
AFL
Teamsters’ Union
Upstate
Wisconsin
Tangipahoa Parish
W. O D. Bee
IC Railroad
Here
Pan
Ted Mice
Human Fly At Eight Picks Wrong Window
Springfield officer Tray Garry confronted a man who climbed the courthouse second floor window in a failed attempt to gain entry. Deputies described a six-man pursuit around the building as they intervened near the window.
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Springfield
Tray Garry
Garrison
Investigaten Dbs
Ashford Negro School Donates to Red Cross Fund
Principal J R Giffin reported that Ashford Negro School students contributed 495 cents to the 1947 Red Cross fund. The room quartet led all offerings, showing strong community welfare effort and development in the school.
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Ashford
J. R. Giffin
Ashford Nero School
Janne Garefin
Oilers Oigitty
Griffin
Follies Rehearsal Tonight in Houston Hotel
Rehearsals for the Dothan Revels Folles are scheduled at the Houston Hotel in the evening. All cast members are urged to attend as the Follies of 1947 prepare for an April 1 Martin Theater performance under director Henery Stevens.
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Houston
Tensach
Martin Theater
Heney
Stevens
Collyer Hermit Langley Believed Dead by Police
New York police concluded Langley Collyer, the reclusive hermit of the center city mansion, is dead after a week without sighting him. His blind brother Homer was found dead of natural causes last Friday. Authorities and relatives prepare to transfer assets to the Public Administrator for probate, amid a decades long wall of junk in the Collyer home.
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New York
Langley Collyer
Collyer
Homer
Langley
Dremer
Admiralty
Eit
Polce
Howser
Bome
Francis J. Mulligan
Mulligan
Langley Collyer Aise Gs
John R. Mullen
Jimmy Dorsey Early Coal Miner Tales Revealed
Harrisburg reports that in 1918 a 14-year-old Jimmy Dorsey worked at a Kehley Run coal breaker in Shenandoah. Jean Hall recalls the episode from a life of Tommy and Jimmy and notes Jimmy earned 440 a week for a nine hour shift while Tommy briefly left for work. The piece details brutal slate picking and miner injuries, and references the Dorsey brothers’ later fame with the Fabulous Dorseys show.
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Harrisburg
Jimmy Dorsey
Jean Hall
Shenandoah
Hailwane
Dorseys
Tommy
Jimmy Dorsex
Hall Hoeadis
Duane Pat
Pan
Jimmy
Hall
Shrill Voice Tied to Shallow Breathing In 1947 News
Hilma Seay explains that common speech faults from a weak diaphragm stem from shallow breathing. The Memphis maid crowned Ambassadress of King Cotton demonstrates breathing exercises to strengthen the diaphragm, including book-weighted resistance and sash-tied pressure techniques for slow rhythmic breaths.
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Hilma Seay
Paris
U.S
Memphis Voice
Southland
King Cotton
Hilma
Photogenic Nico Lang finds editor’s role her true love
Fragmented lines describe personalities and actions from a noisy scene. References to Ian, Cronin, and a printed ink origin hint at editing ambitions. Planes crossing the Atlantic and a Columbus comparison appear as stray thoughts amid jumbled dialogue.
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Niclang
Ashe
Wife's Bowling Ball Teaches Follow Thru
ST LOUIS AP Stanley Cronin was late for the weekly bowling session with the boys he dashed in whipped his bowling ball and joined the game as teammates teased him about his new follow through technique
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ST. Louis
Stanley Cronin
Doug Fuller Elected VFW Commander In Dothan Meeting
Doug Fuller was elected commander of the Wire-Brass post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars last night. Julius Rountree was named senior vice commander with Jeff Luftin as junior vice commander. A hospital committee was appointed to promote a public hospital for Dothan, and the post voted to donate 72.72 from January wrestling proceeds to the March of Dimes.
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Doug Fuller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dothan
Julius Rountree
Jeff Luftin
Horace McInnish
Ben May
J. E. Olsen
J. B. Ward
J. H H. Seay
J. W. Thornton
Nick Saad
Montgomery
Lawrence Oakley
William Griggs
Juliuz Rountree
John Bowen
Capt. Olsen
J. H. Seay
Clyde Jewell
The
Post
Charlee Jennette
Eugene Strickland
Hugo Griggs
Folsom Grants Reprieve and Commutes Death Sentences
Gov. James Folsom reprieved Israel Garrett of Russell County until April 1 and commuted Phillip Cobb of Montgomery from death to life imprisonment. Garrett faced execution for the October 1945 mutilation slaying of Ruby Tolliver. Cobb killed his wife Sue Evelyn and had his sentence cut to life. Folsom delayed clemency hearings to study the cases further.
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Phillip Cobb
Sue Evelyn
Cobb
Folsom
New Regular Army To Reach 1 070 000
Major Gaghagen reports Regular Army expected to total 1 070 000 by June this year, with volunteers since October 1945 tallying 1,143,088. Birmingham district recruits show 9.7 new men per existing member, higher than the 8.7 U S average. Recruits come from ranks, West Point cadets, and ROTC programs, during an inspection trip to Dothan Army Recruiting substation.
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Jun Taf
Bloward K Cnghagen
Buianghan
Birmingham
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
United States
Regular Army
United States Military Academy
Army to overhaul cook training at Fort Lee camp
At Fort Lee Virginia the quartermaster school plans a new 12 week cook training course. The program aims to improve on current methods with expanded instruction and practical kitchen drills for cadets and staff.
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Camp Lee, Va
Army
Quartermaster School
Henderson Speaker At Exchange Club
The Dothan Exchange Club marked its 36th birthday with a cake cutting and a talk by John Henderson, State Board of Control member. Roy Baxter led the program, Rev. J. Norton Dendy officiated, J. J. Dean cut the cake, and Highland school students performed. Guests included Rev. Joseph Kellerman, Dion Morgan, H. M. Tranum, and Reuben Herring.
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Dothan Exchange Club
John Henderson
State Board of Control
Roy Baxter
J. Norton Dendy
J. J. Dean
Highland School
Joseph Kellerman
Dion Morgan
H. M. Tranum
Reuben Herring
British Editor 14 Leads Teen News Magazine
Barbara Willis, 14, runs Cherry Chicks a two color 20 page teens magazine edited by and for youths. She oversees a staff of five girls and one boy, with unpaid work, and earns seven dollars weekly for her duties while shaping juvenile news and views.
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Barbara Willis
Cherry Chicks
Aida Reubens
Barbara
Miss Recbens
Rere
Demardi
Journaliant
Tec
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