State Jaycees Open Convention In City
The Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce opened its two day convention at the Houston Hotel with state president Leon Bainbridge presiding. Delegates from more than 15 clubs registered as committees including Award Nominating and Resolution met to set agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Leon Bainbridge
Harry Anderson
Tee
State Chamber
Alabama Jaxcees
Albert
Trunk Fister
United States
Commerce
U.S
Car Heavily Damaged in Cottonwood Crash
A car driven by John Franklin of Cottonwood was heavily damaged in a collision in Cottonwood about 9 30 yesterday morning, according to highway patrol reports. A pickup driven by Rosman Gibson collided with the left front of Franklin’s car as he attempted a left turn, with patrols estimating damage at 300 dollars.
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John Franklin
Cottonwood
Cotton Wood
Pa- Weimer
Lewis
Rosman Gibson
Dehan Negro
Petitions Seek Change to Dothan City Government Form
Petitions circulated in Dothan seek to abandon the commission form of government. About 600 signatures are reported as gathering, with nine petitions in circulation. If valid, an election would be called to decide replacing the system with a councilmanic mayor form.
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Dothan
Commission
Jeff Pilcher
Pilcher
Albert Jogue
John D. Ayers
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Old Man Finds Comfort in Warm Sun in St. Petersburg
Hal Boyles column sketches a chatty elderly man who, slow and content, enjoys a sunny day in St. Petersburg. The man jokes about aging, noting he turns sixty-five soon and cherishes simple companionship over formal reading.
U S Urges UN Police For Strife Torn Balkan Countries
Dothan and Houston County officials return from Washington with assurance that two steel hangars at Napier Field will be sold to the city and county with no strings. Hangars to be declared nonessential to airport operation, then transferred via WAA to be purchased as commercial property and disposed of as desired.
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Reuben Herring
Dothan
Houston County
Washington
Napier Field
J. H. Brennan
Brennan
Claude Coe
Albert Logue
Houston County Board of Revenue
George Andrews
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
War Department
War Assets Administration
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army Airbase
CAA
WAA
Fire damages large Ewell Lumber Yard in Ozark blaze
A blaze at the Ewell Lumber yard near the highway in Ozark destroyed six to seven hundred thousand feet of lumber. Chief Harry Mixon said water shortages slowed efforts as 15 firefighters worked about three and a half hours. Damage estimated at 30 to 40 thousand dollars. origin undetermined but possibly started by a nearby woods fire. J. W. Stowers owned the yard.
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Ozark
Ewell
Yain
Harry Mixon
Ozark Fire Department
Camp Rucker
Mixon
J. W. Stowers
Centralia
Centralia Coal Co
Harry Greathouse
Michigan Governor links CIO UAW leaders to communists
Gov. Kim Sigler testified before the House un American Activities Committee that three CIO UAW officers R J Thomas George Addes and Richard P Leonard were captives of the Communist Party and followed its lines in union activity The witness report came as Congress studies legislation to outlaw the Communist Party and a Detroit UAW spokesman said no comment pending further study.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Congress
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Communist Party
Sigler
House un-American Activities Committee
R. J. Thomas
Cio-Uaw
George Addes
Richard P. Leonard
Ford Department
Detroit
UAW
Hipuse Committee
Folsom Attacks Economic Monarchists At Alabama Meet
Governor James Folsom charged economic monarchists seek to defeat his school program. He urged Alabama teachers to fight for democracy, decried monopoly power and private schooling abroad, and called for higher salaries to attract capable educators. Senator Hill urged ending bureaucratic price controls in education.
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Birmingham
James FE
Folsom
Alabama
Fulsom
Aostasion
Alabama Education Association
Montgomery
Abooly
Milk D-Alat
Washington
McCellan van der Veer
News Age Herald
Hese
Hill
U S Plans Counter Moves Over Silesia Control
Washington signals counter to Soviet aims by seeking international oversight of Silesia to deny Soviet influence and pressure Ruhr plans. The move targets Oder Neisse borders and shifts leverage in German Polish postwar planning, aligning with Potsdam framework while awaiting final peace terms.
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Moscow
Tohoe
United States
Siesta
Silesia
Sim Et
Feng
Ruhr
Oder Neisse
Germany
Poland
Europe
World
Oder
Neisse
Dortland
Tites
Weston
Firemen Put Out Pantry Blaze at Theodore Jackson Home
City firefighters were dispatched to 140 S Oater St at 7:00 am today to extinguish a small pantry fire causing serious damage. A separate grass fire in the 500 block of W Woodland Dr yesterday afternoon was extinguished before any damage occurred.
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Theodore Jackson
S. Oater St
W. Woodland Drive
Kidnapping Charged In Milk Strike In Louisiana
A farmer alleges four unnamed men seized his truck during Louisiana milk protests, dumped 690 gallons of milk, and forced the driver toward Amite. Isaac Townsend filed the complaint in Baton Rouge, seeking police escort to recover the vehicle. Col. Atkins said he had no authority to provide one.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Amite
Baton Rouge
Isaac Townsend
WL 2D
Atkins
Truman Doctrine Expands as U.N. Debate Opens
The United States urges permanent U.N. observers on the Greek frontier and may extend the Truman Doctrine beyond Greece and Turkey. Warren Austin declares readiness for immediate debate, outlining goals and possible broader application beyond the Balkans.
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Robert J. Manning Lake
Success
N.Y
United States
United Nations
Balkans
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Security Council
Truman
U.N
Congress
Warren R. Austin
U.S
Austin
von. Balkan Commission
Pranian
Middle Eastern
Johnny Evers Dies At 66 Former double play star
Albany dispatch reports Johnny Evers legendary second baseman and part of the Tinker to Evers to Chance double play trio died at 66 after a stroke at St Peters Hospital. He played in the early Chicago Cubs era and was famed for his double play combination with Joe Tinker and Frank Chance. Born in 1879, Evers spent years in the major leagues and his career highlighted the famed double play unit.
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Johnny Evers
Albany
N.Y
Johnny Byers
St Peters
Aloe
Pupnacias Sopdy
Chiengpa
Rize
Joe Tinker
Short
Frauen Coance
Fiess
Youth Group To Hear Dr. Bob Jones Jr Address Saturday
The Rev. Otte Ro Helrues of Grandview Baptist Church said the Youth for Chair program will host Dr. Bob Jones Jr President of Bob Jones College in Cleveland Tennessee. Jones has authored books and speaks worldwide on Christian education and faith. A second item notes British officials reporting five Jews blew up an air pipeline in the Hinfa dock district causing a fire at oil and benzene installations.
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Bob Jones
Gabayver
Dothanna
Youth For Christ
First Baptist Church
Bob Jones, Jr
Otte Ro Helrues
Grandview Baptist Dured
Cvhig
Dr. Jones
Bob Jones College
Cleveland
Tenn
Kr. Jones
Adi
H. Apdlf
Jones
Holmes Yard
Jerusalem
Hinfa
Telephone Workers Propose Conference Amid Strike Threat
Washington AP dispatch reports telephone workers threaten a nationwide walkout unless a conference is convened with union and company leaders. National Federation of Telephone Workers leader Joseph Beirne calls for talks in the public interest with Senator Taft and Representative Hartley. Hartley warns a bill may seek an injunction to block a strike if talks fail, with a strike readiness set for Monday after Easter.
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Washington
Forday
Conpressx
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Independent
Taft CR Civit
Rep
Hartley
Nao
Truman
NEPW
Sally Rand Sues Police in New York Feud Court
The fan dancer Sally Rand sought a court remedy in Manhattan after Police Commissioner Woallander refused to grant her a private identity card. Justice Morris Eder scheduled a hearing with Rand and her attorney Hyman Barsnay as five officers faced accusations of overreach in monitoring her act.
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Sally Rand
New York
Osaga
Todas
Supreme Court
Sally
Morris Eder
Arthur Woallander
Greenwach
Tenanewel
Chicago Century Af
Ino
Justice Eder
Hyman Barsnay
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