Executive payroll drops from 38 to 25 in Alabama
Montgomery AP State Personnel Department disclosure shows executive payroll fell from 38 to 25 employees as of today. Included are a chauffeur and three mansion staff. Listed salaries cover Gov. James E. Folsom and aides, investigators, secretaries, and clerks, with transfers and removals noted.
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Montgomery
State Personnel Department
James E. Folsom
Edward C. Fee
Cecil Folsom
Ruth Bright
Mais Culver
Mable Amos
O.H. Finfey
Kenneth J. “Griffith
Robert R. Finney
W.V. _sagerly
Kate Simmons
Mice D. Vinson
Dorothy Idickson
Mary V. Ho‘tan
Jane Isbell
Nellif. Grimmett
Adanie Lola Price
Elida Juellar
A.E. Litefield
J. E. Stiefelmeyer
Robert Arnall
Mattie Hill
Peggy Cody
Winston Craig
Marie Henderson
Folsom
Edward Pepper
L. R. Lonergan
W. L. Horn
Neasbitt Elmore
George C. Hawking
Willie M. Baggett
H. S. Geismer
Washington
Claude D. Scruggs
Malone Senior Class Will Present Play
Malone High School seniors present their annual play in the school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. The production titled Professor, How Could You! features cast members including Dougald McMillian Clyde Owens Irene Culverhouse Wayne Hicks Fred Sims Vivian Hughes Jeanette Elmore Robert Mathews Susie Helms Carl Coullette Bille Saunders Garath Saunders and Jackie Watford. Miss Winnie Mickler directs.
Dr Keyton To Lead Meeting Of Medics
Dr J A Keyton will head the May program of the Houston County Medical Society Friday at 7 30 p m in the public health building auditorium The topic is Etiology of the Common Cold All members are urged to attend Dr Thomas B Woods is president of the county medical society
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Dr. Keyton
J. A. Keyton
Houston County Medical Society
Public Health Building
Medical Society
Thomas B. Woods
County Medical Society
Payroll Cuts Hit Several Officials and Staff
Three persons were dropped from the payroll effective today: W. C. Harrison interim committee adviser $416 Oscar S. Causey special investigator $450 and Dan J. Baker special investigator $325. Henry Sweet State Docks director appeared on the Governors payroll one month as a special investigator at $400. Records and report division employees were paid from the Governors emergency fund for one month: Ellis C. Stewart director $383 Ralph C. Hackmond assistant director $32 Carolyn Enslen secretary $120 Curtis Frizzell photographer $200.
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W. C. Harrison
Oscar S. Causey
Dan J. Baker
Henry Sweet
State Docks
Governors Emergency Fund
Ellis C. Stewart
Ralph C. Hackmond
Carolyn Enslen
Curtis Frizzell
Journalism scholarships offered to veterans and public ailing memory of Ernie Pyle
Number 15 discusses journalism scholarships open to all American students, with seven awarded so far all to war veterans. It notes one recipient, a WAC with fifteen months in England and France, and a flier with three children and prior injuries. Wheeler says scholarships will continue while veterans seek newspaper work, and Ernie Pyle’s legacy inspires students as a dedicated memorial room and a 690 volume library are prepared in his honor.
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America
WAC
England
France
Wheeler
Ernie
Pyle
University Memorial Union
Jo Davidson
Ernie Pyle
Erne
Boswell
Johnson
Edward Wood
May Day Observances Across Europe and Asia Stir Tensions
Moscow lights festoons from oiskitty to Red Square with giant portraits of Niko Lenin, Stalin, and the Datulatbure as banners denounce capitalist exploitation. In Yugoslavia the Central Commie party issues a May Day proclamation accusing the American led cliquen of provoking civil war in Greece. London postpones May Day rally to Sunday with Attlee to speak. Demonstrations banned in Greece. stores closed in Rome. labor and communist parities march in northern Holland, no observance in Catholic south. In Berlin Russians distribute vegetables and fruit as part of May Day.
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Moscow
Oiskitty
Red Square
Niko Lenin
Stalin
United States
Countnes
Balas
Yugoslavia
Central Commie Party
Greece
London
Attlee
Rome
Holland
Berlin
Netw wage demand grows amid long distance strike talks
Nationwide wage tension grows as I T W E S demand a six dollar weekly rise over the current average of forty four dollars and nineteen cents while initial offers were as high as twelve dollars. Freight and futures data show mixed movement with May and October contracts quoting varied levels. In Richmond Virginia a Black man named Willie Booze was fined one hundred fifty dollars with a year suspended sentence for a booze violation.
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NETW
Cattle and hog prices mixed at Montgomery market
Estimated salable cattle receipts 250 with slow opening sales and steady to firm prices for steers and heifers, calves mostly steady with some gains for top calves. Hogs of 100 head receipts traded fairly active with prices steady to 50 cents higher, range across weights from 12.00 to 22.00, sow prices weakened for smaller and lighter loads.
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Montgomery (Ap) O
Fed
Mkt
Union Stock Yards
O Neal May Retire As Farm Bureau Head
Washington AP reports Edward A. O Neal plans to retire this year after 17 years leading the American Farm Bureau Federation. He would be succeeded by Allen Kline, president of the Town Farm Bureau Federation, possibly not until the federation convenes in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington Associates
O’neal
Allen Kline
Town Farm Bureau Federation
National Organization
O'Neal
Legion Postpones Regular Meeting
Commander Pete Childs of Cheater R. Vickery Post No. 12 American Legion announced the regular meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until the third Thursday in May.
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Pete Childs
Cheater
Dothan Commandery Sets Meet Tonight
The regular meeting of Dothan Commandery No. 25 will be held tonight at 7 30 o clock at the Masonic Temple. Red Cross and Knights of Malta degrees will be conferred on a large class.
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Dothan Commandery No. 25
Masonic Temple
Red Cross
Knights of Malta
Train wreck slashes through car as steel tears coach
A passenger train crash near abrupt impact left cars torn and passengers injured. Coroner Blair Short warned deaths may rise while doctors treated victims. nurse Myrtes Carlo recalled scarce medical supplies and uses lantern light to aid the wounded as a second freight rammed into the wreckage and seven hours passed before debris was cleared.
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Blair Short
Huntingdon County
John R. McCrory
New York City
Myrtes Carlo
Tobin Recruits Ex-Miners While AFL-CIO Shifts History
In a newsreel setting Tobin questions workers about their trades and past mine loyalties. Murray, Green, and Lewis engage as Tobin recalls Green’s ouster and the AFL CIO split. The piece notes Green’s 1946 readmission and Wyoming WWII servicemen losses totaling 560 out of 32,000.
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Wyoming
Chicago Horn Blowers Get Courtesy Lesson
Chicago traffic policemen issue courtesy tickets from the Noise Abatement Commission and Police Commissioner John Prendergast. The cards urge drivers not to blow horns unless saving a life. Repeated horn blowing may result in fines from 5 to 200 dollars.
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Chicago
John Prendergast
Prendergast
Ben Butler's Toothpick Missed On Merrimac
Newburyport Mass UP reports a petition to replace Ben Butler's Toothpick the pyramid red landmark in the Merrimac River. The structure on a granite base marked a ledge but was carried away by a high tide. Named for former Governor Benjamin Butler who helped erect it.
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Newburyport
Mass
Ben Butler
Merrimac River
Benjamin Butler
Massachusetts
Senate Labor Bill Fights and Foreign Aid Battle
Number 20 elated over a preliminary victory predicted today amendments to the Senate labor bill will be approved. The Senate beat back a move to divide the catch-all bill. Taft predicts a vote on limiting union coercion. Senate favors its foreign relief bill for Europe with a $350 million package. Mexico’s Aleman tells Congress democracy backed by force to curb dictators. Tax cuts trend seen in England and Canada. Mason bill on anti-trust for news services debated. House to appoint information coordinator for legislation. Education aid debated with cautions on government controls. Airmail rate criticisms spark calls to probe post office contracts.
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Senate
Taft R-ohfer
House
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
England
Canada
Taft
Rep
Mason
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Associated Press
Lasch
Administration Committee
J. W. Studebaker
U.S
Feld
Senate Public Welfare
Airmas
Reed
Rakan
Cordon
R-Ore
Congress
Post Office
Ausley Named Ninth District Chief of American Legion
Samson special report says A J Ausley was elected Ninth District commander and J P Faulk Jr nominated Southern Area commander at the district conference in Samson. Nearly 200 delegates attended the convention at the Samson post with guests Ottis Cooper P S Bailey and Will Wright. Antsdugaville Negro quarter provided entertainment and a barbecue dinner was held.
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Samson
Able J. Autley
American Legion
J. P. Faulk, Jr
Fairhope
Ottis Cooper
P. S. Bailey
Will Wright
The
Legion
Probation Denied for Wesley L. Phelps in forgery case
Wesley L. Phelps was denied probation at a circuit court hearing before Judge D. C. Halstead yesterday. Convicted of forgery in October 1944, he received a four year sentence. an appeal to the Alabama Court of Appeals was affirmed April 15, 1947. Carl B. Burkett, convicted of operating a disusing bondsman without a license and fined 150 dollars, had his probation hearing today. sentence in September 1946 followed by a higher court appeal affirmed last month.
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Wesley L. Phelps
D. C. Halstead
Phelps
Alabama Court of Appeals
Carl B. Burkett
Burkett
Flier Rankin Led First Aerial Manhunt in Oregon
In Madras residents recall pioneer aviator John G Tex Rankin who died in a Klamath Falls crash. Rankin, piloting a patched Curtiss Jenny, barnstormed eastern Oregon in 1924 and tracked the Walter Fisher bank robbers from Metrollus, guiding a sheriff's posse to block routes and chase the robbers into southern Wasco County.
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Madras
Ore
John G
Tex) Rankin
Klamath Falla
Rankin
Oregon
Walter Fisher
Citizens’ National Bank
Metrollus
Wasco County
Train bearer and colorful program split among local ushers and dancers
Number 23, Jane Hayborn, led the train bearer role with ushers Linnie Godfrey Elizabeth Milner Betty Baker and Mary Whatley assisting. The program featured Maypole Dancers Nezadale Lawrence Eloise Culbreth Bonnie Bowden Rosy Thomas Shirley Benson Regina Wiley Shirley Benson Janice Thomas Bobbie Jackson Maxine Thorne Joan Ragan Mary Jean Merritt Peggy Lewis Christine Thorne Betty Zorn Pat Dunaway. Minuet numbers listed for Joan Kelley Shirley Barfield Jacqueline Gamble Mary Evelyn Sims Jacqueline Lowe Annette Gamble Minnie Jo Bond Norma June Kirkland Mary Jo Angin Wylene Hanty Ann Henderson Nancilou Oakley Ozelma Elmore Annette McLeod Betty Sue Jackson Constance Parker Janice McLissack Thocbe Barfield. Maypole Dancers Adeline Finridge Betty Joyce McClendon Mary Nell Calhoun Sue Culbreth Martha Yusan Armstrong Sara Hudson Della Carroll Margaret Oakley Mary Green Blondell Henderson Christine Calhoun Elaine Whatley Laverne Henderson Gloria Horne Peggy Whig ham Carolyn Smith. Waltz features Lou ise Parker Wilma Anglin Joan Cox Jean Kelley Marjorie Falker Mary Edna Brown Marjorie Gantt Betty Jean Smith Edwina Stanton Patsy Douglas Charlie Nell Ethridge Deryle McGrady Sally Faulk Eloise Oakley Martha Rollin Edna Kirkland Emily Jen ri gan Jeanette Whatley Emma Jean Gray Nevada Jackson Mary Carolyn Griffin Helen Chancey.
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Jane Hayborn
Linnie Godfrey
Elizabeth Milner
Betty Baker
Mary Whatley
Nezadale Lawrence
Eloise Culbreth
Bonnie Bowden
Rosy Thomas
Shirley Benson
Regina Wiley
Janice Thomas
Bobbie Jackson
Maxine Thorne
Joan Ragan
Mary Jean Merritt
Peggy Lewis
Christine Thorne
Betty Zorn
Pat Dunaway
Minuet
Joan Kelley
Shirley Barfield
Jacqueline
Gamble Mary Evelyn Sims
Jacqueline Lowe
Annette Gamble
Minnie Jo Bond
Norma June Kirkland
Mary Jo Angin
Wylene Hanty
Ann Henderson
Nancilou Oakley
Ozelma Elmore
Annette McLeod
Betty Sue Jackson
Constance Parker
Janice McLissack
Thocbe Barfield
Adeline Finridge
Betty Joyce McClendon
Mary Nell Calhoun
Sue Culbreth
Martha Yusan Armstrong
Sara Hudson
Della Carroll
Margaret Oakley
Mary Green
Blondell Henderson
Christine Calhoun
Elaine Whatley
Laverne Henderson
Gloria Horne
Peggy Whigham
Carolyn Smith
Waltz
Louise Parker
Wilma Anglin
Joan Cox
Jean Kelley
Marjorie Falker
Mary Edna Brown
Marjorie Gantt
Betty Jean Smith
Edwina Stanton
Patsy Douglas
Charlie Nell Ethridge
Deryle McGrady
Sally Faulk
Eloise Oakley
Martha Rolline
Edna Kirkland
Emily Jernigan
Jeanette Whatley
Emma Jean Gray
Nevada Jackson
Mary Carolyn Griffin
Helen Chancey
Flag Raising Marks Reunion In Kaneos
A Kaneo flag reunion honors the Lane family at Herman Lane, VNI, Kan. The Lane parents raised a new American flag above the roof after Eldon and Herman served at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Martin joined them in service and two daughters worked wartime jobs. All were recently home for a family celebration.
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VNI
Kan
Herman Lane
Eldon
Herman
Pearl Harbor
Martin
Vase line on latch bolt to ease fridge door bang
A brief tip suggests applying a small vase line to the refrigerator latch bolt when the door must be banged. This minor adjustment aims to reduce friction and improve closure without major repairs.
Local names listed for community notice
Betty Carroll Mildred Deese Betty Crawford Katie Nell Jarvis Opal Hatcher Betty Johnson Betty Lou Wood and Lida Wood appear in a local notice or social roster. The fragment names several women, suggesting a community event or membership listing shared in the newspaper.
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Betty Carroll
Mildred Deese
Betty Crawford
Katie Nell Jarvis
Opal Hatcher
Betty Johnson
Betty Lou Wood
Lida Wood
Chandler Appointed Baseball Commissioner in 1920 Era
In Cambridge Massachusetts a man found a purse with $7,000 and promptly returned it to the owner earning a reward. The article notes A B Chandler as the second to hold the baseball commissioner post, a role established in 1920 after Mountain Landis until his death.
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Cambridge
Mass
Benjamin D. Bogaoelas
Ward
A. B. Chandler
Mountain Landis
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