Time zone dispute outlined for Northwest Florida
Northwest Florida weighs daylight saving and time zone alignment with Alabama and Georgia. The Panama City News-Herald cites economic links to Montgomery and Birmingham and argues against permanent fast time, warning of confusion for residents and visitors. It suggests Central Standard Time as a compromise if Florida’s line remains, urging careful consideration by West Florida residents.
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Florida
Panama City
Montgomery
Birmingham
Alabama
Chattahoo
Government payrolls top 795 million in October
Census Bureau reports state and local government payrolls and employment hit record highs in October with 4 million workers and an average monthly earning of 200 dollars. Top concentrations are in New York City and New York State, California, and Pennsylvania, while Arkansas and North Dakota show wide per capita variation. The piece notes political delays affect payroll funding and hints at North Dakota as a benchmark.
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Arkansas
North
New York City
New York State
California
Pennsylvania
North Corrolina
Detroit
Ilinois
Texas
Ohio
Mehigan
North Dakota
Folgyom
Hiry
Alabama and Northwest Florida clock change debate
Neighbors in Northwest Florida push to align with Alabama by adopting permanent Eastern Standard Time. The proposal, framed as a legislative act, would move clocks forward year round, affecting Wiregrass commerce and daily life as Southeast Alabama communities interact with coastal areas.
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Northwest
Florida
Northwest Florida
Convention Behavior at Female Club Meeting
A Hollywood Florida report discusses gender roles at a General Federation of Women's Clubs convention. The writer notes women attend every meeting and pursue serious issues like world peace and compulsory health insurance, while men attend fewer sessions and frequent the hotel bar.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Hollywood
Fla
Con
Phenix City gambling raid hailed as cleaned up by sheriff
Sheriff H R Mathews Jr of Russell County declares professional gambling ended in Phenix City after continuous raids. He admits minor slipping activity may remain but promises to keep the area clean. Critics retort Wanna bet. Also notes Defense Johnson cancelled supercarrier keel laying, calling it sunk by a pen stroke.
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H. R. Mathews, Jr
Russell County
Phenix City
Navy
Defense
Johnson
John Temple Graves on Labor, Bloc Voting and the Forgotten Man
The piece argues that organized labor does not equal the people and warns against bloc voting. It cites John G. Shelby and Waites Waring, contending labor's power risks democratic imbalance. It invokes Franklin Roosevelt and Sumner to define the Forgotten Man as the burden bearer at the economic bottom.
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Shelby
Organized Labor
Waites Waring
Charleston
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Bioc
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Franklin Roosevelt
William Graham Sumner
Yale
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Dealish
Chester W. Bowles
Capitol Hill
Bowles
Truman
Anti Noise Week Echoes Through A Medley Of National Weeks
New York humor columnist HAL BOYLE notes Anti Noise Week amid a parade of overlapping observances National Boys and Girls Week Family Camp and Baby Weeks as Dewey urges quiet while lawmakers and athletes amid the bustle. He quips about noise definitions and proposes earmuffs and refrigerator solitude next week.
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Prithee
Jet
Albany
Tom E. Dewey
Congress
United Nations
Leo Durocher
New York Giante
Europe
Folsom tax plan sparks Alabama legislative clash
The Folsom program in the coming session threatens $30 million in new taxes and a broad expansion of social and road programs. Opponents call it ruinous, while an economy bloc seeks to block spending without offering a positive alternative. Local government reform in Tuscaloosa and census timing add to the debate as officials weigh changes to city government and funded positions.
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Senate
House
Alabama
Huntsville Times
Census May Change City Government in Alabama Towns
State Senator W Guy Hardwick warned that the 1850 census could alter city government classifications in Alabama towns including Dothan. He noted that cities with populations in specific brackets move to new classes under the Alabama Code, signaling governance changes for fast growing municipalities.
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U.S
Alabama
W. Guy Hardwick
Houston
Dothan
Hardwick
Supreme Court backs governor on unlimited hiring powers
A Birmingham Post summary notes the Supreme Court decision likely to revive talk of a split legislative plan. The plan would finish business with about half of 36 days used, possibly allowing a 1950 meeting to oversee the governor’s office and other state departments, though Governor Folsom may refrain from calling the Legislature.
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Supreme Court
Department of State
Sverm Oe
Folsom
Birmingham
Post
Ray Tucker on Soviet war plans and carrier scrapping
Washington reports reveal Truman Johnson order tied to the 65,000 ton carrier and US rearmament shifts. Confidential briefs say Stalin builds 200 submarines aiming for 500, plus a large air force, and a mainly defensive strategy to guard Europe and China. A hidden warning that a World War II style ring of submarines and bombers could threaten shores.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Stalin
Red
Europe
China
Hitler
Moscow
England
Horseshoe Superstition Aboard Door Protection Myth
The belief that finding a horseshoe and nailing it over a door brings luck is a later modification of an early relief idea when horseshoes were scarce and thought to offer protective charm.
Malvern Church Progress Noted in 1924 Visit
J P Miller of Malvern visited Dothan and reported the new Malvern Methodist church nearing completion. The Episcopal Guild meets Monday at 3 PM at Mrs. K L Forrester’s home. The Senior Christian Endeavor meets Sunday at the Presbyterian church with leader Mrs Winifre Smith and talks by several participants. The Y M C A B P U group meets this week with leaders and participants named.
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J. P. Miller
Malvern
Dothan
Malvern Methodist Church
The
Episcopal Guild
K. L. Forrester
American Cotton Angers Red Scientist in Pravda Report
Moscow AP reports Tasnken paper Eastern Pravda filed a protest over early Soviet cotton types named American or Egyptian varieties. Uzbek Communist Party Central Committee Agricultural head Kudrin called for recognizing that these new varieties are actually Soviet bred. The piece notes 18,000 washing machines in the community.
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Tasnken
Pravda
Eastern Pravda
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party of Uzbekistan
Kudrin
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