Warns Of Collapse Of Peanut Farming When Parity Ends
GALVESTON Texas AP Walter Allon of a Columbus Georgia peanut company warned at the National Peanut Council convention that Southern peanut farming risks collapse when the parity price program ends. He urged unity to protect future markets and adjust the peanut program to free markets.
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Galveston, Tex
Walter A. Allon Ece Prescent
Columbus, Ga
National Peanut Council
Richards
Southland
Camp Rotary Opens June 8 For Three Week Scout Camp
Camp Rotary the South Alabama council summer camp opens June 8 for a three week period with two week sessions June 8 to 15 June 15 to 22 and June 22 to 29. Scout Executive J W Cooke announces that applications should be filed at the Scout office and physical examinations are required for all attending Scouts. Urban Wakefield Jr of Columbia will be commissary director with Cooke and Frank Gaines also attending. Scouts may attend by troops or individually and activities include unit post camping boating swimming woodcraft campcraft and physical fitness skills.
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Rotary
Alabama Council
J. W. Cooke
Scout
Erban Wakefield, Jr
Columbia
Execuive Cooke
Frank Gaines
Slight Damage From Meadhesd Ave Crash Injuries Averted
Police report only slight damage and no injuries after a Sunday night automobile accident on Meadhesd Ave. Carroll Miles of 564 W. North St. Dothan hit a parked car owned by William Paul of 304 Headland Ave. Officers filed no charges.
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Meadhesd Ave
Carroll Miles
North St
Dothan
William Paul
Headland Ave
Forty Five Persons Arrested Here Over Weekend
Approximately 45 persons were arrested here during the weekend by city and county officers, records show. City police arrested 26 for public drunkenness disorderly conduct gambling assault and battery and other charges.
Ashford Legion Post To Show Free Movie Of 1946 Convention
Ashford Legion Post invites John D. Bruner Pac American Legion members and families to a free showing of a film about the Legion convention and parade in San Francisco last year. Walt Wright announced the event for 1 30 P M Thursday. The post now has about 40 percent of its invited members.
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Ashford Legion Post
John D. Bruner Pac
American Legio
Ashford
Legion
San Francisco
Walt Wright
Was
One Te Sioe
Lasseter Dies At Home In Dothan At 52
Cecil H. Lasseter fifty two of 15 N Bell street Dothan died at his home at 10 20 am after a long illness Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon in the Johnson Wilkerson funeral home chapel He is survived by his wife three sons Tip Thomas and Davis Lasseter all of Dothan and three daughters Mrs Sam Mc Rae Panama City Mrs Jeff Davis Slocomb and Mrs Leland Estes Jr Boston Mass
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Cecil H. Lasseter
N. Bell Street
Dothan
Johnson- Wilkerson Funeral Home
Lasseter
Tip
Thomas
Davis Lasseter
Sam McRae
Panama City
Jeff Davis
Slocomb
Leland Estes, Jr
Boston
Mass
White Teachers Meet in Rehobeth Houston County Session
White school teachers in Houston County gather at Rehobeth High School on Wednesday at 3 p.m. for the final session of the year. Solomon Baxter, county superintendent, announced the meeting to be led by Rehobeth teachers with B D Cumbie of Vicksburg presiding. A general business session will be held.
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Houston County
Rehobeth Nign
Solomon Baxter
Educatng
Rehobeth
B.D. Cumbie
Vicksburg Priicipal
Supreme Court upholds rail freight discrimination ruling
Georgia charges 19 railroads with conspiring to fix freight rates biased against the South. Supreme Court apppoints a special master to gather facts. report not due this term. Justice Douglas writes a lengthy opinion sustaining the commission, noting persistent discrimination and injurious effects on Southern development. Georgia officials hail the ruling as advancing fair freight rates for the South.
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Lloyd K. Garrison
Georgia
Southern and Western
Supreme Court
Gatto
Fae Gentrees
Douglas
Sonat
Re’ Douglas
Mentoritry
Coulson Ss
Wranties
Reneidk
Taday
Ham
Rae Arnab
Arnab
Cook
Five defendants in county court enter pleas and rulings
Lula Bell Mincecy pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder, fined 75 dollars and sentenced to 30 days. Wallace Griffin faced grand larceny and Odesser Kirkland a perjury charge. Other cases including grand larceny forgery burglary bad checks and seduction trespass and illegal use of a car remain ongoing or continued.
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Lula Bell Mincecy
Wallace Griffin
Odesser Kirkland
Trespusa
Royall says May feared Senate probe in 1945
Under secretary Royall testified at the Garsson war fraud trial that former Rep. Andrew J. May warned him in 1945 of a Senate committee investigating him. May later told Royall to forget it, as the probe began in 1946 into war contracts tied to the Garsson munitions group.
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Washington
ULP
Kenneth C. Royall
May
Royall
Wnh
Erie Deasin Metal Products Co. Inc
Erie Company
Garssons Munitions Combine
Henry M. Gars
Murray Garsion
Alabama Barred From Georgia Freight Suit
Washington AP The Supreme Court refused to allow Alabama to intervene in Georgia's antitrust freight rate suit led by former Gov Ellis Arnall. The case accuses 19 Southern and Western railroads of conspiring to fix rates benefiting Northern industries. Special master Lloyd K Garrison, appointed last year, recommended denying Alabama's intervention.
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Washington
Sureme Court
Alabama
Georgia
South
Ellis Arnall
Southern and Western
Arnall
Supreme Court
Lloyd K. Garrison
Garrison
Supreme Curt
Lynching Trial In Greenville Involves 28 Cab Drivers
Greenville South Carolina. Twenty eight Greenville taxicab drivers and three others go on trial for the lynching of Willie Earle a Ne a who was taken from the Pickens County jail and slain in reprisal for the stabbing of another cabbie. The court crowded after a delay as defense lawyers sought postponement.
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Greenville
Willie Earle
Pickens
Innehtiew
J. Robert Mertin
Tnerdes
Livestock arrivals at eight plants prompt mixed hog market
Livestock arrivals at eight major packing plants in Georgia Florida and Alabama totalled 250 cattle 50 calves and 1100 hogs. Hog quotations ranged from 12 to 21.59 per hundredweight with various weights and grades showing steady to slightly mixed prices across regions. Cattle and calves at Montgomery market showed active trading and generally steady prices with calves and beef cows in the 11 to 22 range and hogs priced across weight classes up to 21.50.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery (Ap
Federal- State Livestock Market News Service
Union Stockyards
Demonstration Dishs To Meet Wednesday
A business meeting is planned for Wednesday in Ton County with local officials and members including Mrs. Wao and Abe Wha. The agenda covers a demonstration and community concerns, with notes on supervision and future activities at the county office.
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Ord
Wao
Ween
Windoor
Sivton
Senate Set to Vote on Labor Bill After Debate
Washington AP reports the Senate will vote tomorrow on the labor disputes bill after a debate over the GOP drafted measure. Debate ends, amendments are to be voted on, followed by the bill. A group of Democrats offer a full substitute, with a roll call planned.
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Washington
Genie
Tae Lander
Orohio
Senate
Wherry
Barkley Kyobo
Gaal
Strongy
In Morrow
Death of John L. Collins Near Hartford
John L. Collins, 78, died at his daughter’s home near Hartford Sunday night. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Mt. Gilead Church with ministers R. K. Blackshear and A. Collins officiating, Hollman Funeral Home in charge. Burial followed in the church cemetery amid active pallbearers Kenneth Collins, William J. Sammons, Norman Collins, J. T. Byrd, A. L. Byrd, and Forrest Thomley. honorary pallbearers listed. Survived by three sons J. J. Collins, John F. Collins, Charles Collins. one brother J. W. Collins. one sister Mrs. C. J. Sammons. 18 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Artford
John L. Collins
C. H. Reeves
Hartford
Mt. Gilead
R. K. Blackshear
A. Collins
Hollman Funeral Home
Burlas
Kenneth Collins
William J. Sammons
Norman Collins
J. T. Byrd
A. L. Byrd
Forrest Thomley
J. H. Flowers
W. H. Davis
Sim Weeks
Jesse Tindell
W. R. Byrd
Palestine inquiry hearing pushes toward vote on instructions
The Jewish Agency and Arab representatives clashed before a United Nations Palestine Inquiry Commission session. Lester B. Pearson pressed for a vote on instructions, while Shertok argued Jews would cooperate with Arabs yet accused the Mufti of Nazi wartime involvement. El Khoury attacked Zionist immigration, pledging Arab resistance to any plan undermining an independent Arab state.
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Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. Palestine Inquiry Commission
Shertok
Holy Land
Cairo
Arab Higher Committee
el Khoury
E Khoury
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Britain
Tahoe Jewish Agency
Labor and Maritime Unions Face Expiring Contracts
The article notes looming expirations for CIO maritime unions on June 15 led by Joe Curran and Harry Bridges unions on the West Coast. Rail unions seek wage gains amid non operating group demands of 29 cents an hour. Operatings and building trades show renewed contract activity as summer contracts approach.
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CIO
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Harry Bridges
Italy and Trieste: Senate push on aid funding
The committee approved the full amount unanimously and Senator Vandenberg said he would press the issue on the Senate floor this week. In Congress, the Greek Turkish aid program faced sharp House criticism as a note from Marshall urged urgency. Eaton read the statement, noting Moscow’s ministers’ deadlock heightened importance. The House later backed the measure, while leaders seek a reversal of a funding halt for Voice of America. Taber signaled possible reconsideration if the State Department reshapes foreign information.
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Italy
Trieste
Vandenberg
Senate
Marshall
Charles A. Eaton
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
House
House Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
John Taber
R-Ny
State Department
Scout leaders return from national camping school
J. W. Cooke, Scout executive, and Frank Gaines, field executive for the Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council, returned from the national camping school at Camp IIsodruma near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they attended a train camping session.
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J. W. Cooke
Frank Gaines
Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council
Baton Rouge
Cafe Robbery Laid To Dothan Negro Held At Enterprise
Police say Joe Louis Person a Negro is held in Enterprise jail on petty larceny charges in a Dothan cafe robbery. He allegedly entered the cafe last night took about 23 dollars, rode a taxi to town edge, then a bus to Enterprise where he was arrested. He will be returned to Dothan today to face charges.
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Joe Louis Person
Enterprise
Dothan
College life in Missouri veterans press for support
A veteran speaks on Columbia life amid 15000 students in a town of 18000. He details high rent and food costs, long study hours, limited classroom recitation, and the VA funding shortfalls. The speaker praises Missouri and other schools for crediting service work, urges a $25 subsistence increase, and notes thrift while planning to marry a redhead.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
G. I
County board debates funding shifts and land deeds
Discussions center on gas tax fund use for road work and land transfers to Ashford school. Officials note deeds to Telcool and past projects in Cottonwood and Columbia, with a motion to transfer 961.61 and keep records open. New hospital planning groups appointed by the Health Officer for Houston County and a policy requiring purchase orders for county department buys. The road repair request for Gordon is tentatively approved as the session adjourns for dinner.
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Wigtins
Meadows
Ashford
Srycearentt
Telcool
Logue
Meadowshed
Cottonwood
Columbia
Perry Calhoun
Tanrat
Cory Fynopelte
Sagueees Theta Baie
Calhoun
Alke
W. T. Burkett
Houston County Hospital Association
Grady King
Ford Snell
C. W. Northcoutt
Lenn Horne
D. G. Andrews
Fred Snell
Brady Trawick
Jesse Forrester
Ed. Crockett
Robert Christmas
Yates Willoughby
W. E. Holland
A. D. Wilkinson
C. K. Olive
Sam Croom
Gordon
Grantet
Shelby Ingram Dies at Valdosta Funeral Arrangements
Funeral services for Shelby Ingram sixty eight? forty eight? formerly of Valdosta Ga died after a short illness will be Holmes officiating. Burial will be Beulah cemetery Wilson in charge. Ingram moved to Valdosta about 25 years ago and was a music teacher in Valdosta City schools. Survivors include his widow and a son with several other relatives. Pallbearers listed as Driggere Lester Grain Ag Blatsios Buddy Hale Claude ton GH Stephens Ag Brown and Keener Baxley.
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Gram
Valdosta
Holmes
Beulah
Wilson
Ingram
Frog
Dosta
Wido
Driggere
Lester Grain
Ag Blatsios
Buddy Hale
Claudeton
GH. Stephens
Ag Brown
Keener Baxley
Woman convicted in gruesome double murder case in Los Angeles
The case centers on Mrs. Judd who killed former roommates Agnes Angol and Hedwig Samuelson, hid bodies in trunks and a hat box, and shipped them to Los Angeles. Deliberations focused on insanity as the defense, with timeline stretching from 1939 escape attempts to a later hospital bed discovery near Yuma.
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Los Angeles
Agnes Angol
Hedwig Samuelson
Judd
Angeles
Fay Vey
Widow and business associate fatally shoot each other
Police say motive grew from a long standing feud between Mrs. Simon and Shames over Samuel B. Simon Inc. After Sam Simon's death Shames controlled the enterprise tied to Boston Garden and Rockingham Park. In a mezzanine office they shot each other, leaving Mrs. Simon dead at her desk and Shames wounded.
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Attra
Shames
Sam Simon
Simon
Samuel B. Simon, Inc
Boston Arena
Boston Garden
Rockin Park
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