Draughon Installed As Chief At Auburn
Wiregrass report on the installation of Draughon as the eighth president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn. The ceremony drew alumni state dignitaries and students at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Dr John A Hannah of Michigan State College delivered the principal address, urging support for land grant goals and interwoven welfare of city and farm folk.
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Auburn
Ralph B. Draughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
J. W. Draughon
Geneva
Draughon
Ralph Draughon
Ann
John A. Hannah
University of Michigan
Eagle
Corres
Ralph Brown Draughon
Alabama Deaf Iee Tlab
Sisusahds Ae
Hare
Genevi
API
Craughan
Michigan State College
American Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
Hannah
America
Amity
Michigan
Craughon
Auturn
City and County Clash Over Gas Tax Shares
Houston County and Dothan officials sharpen battle lines over the Adsoline tax by interpreting the law differently. The county insists on a five percent collection expense, while city leaders say the net proceeds after expenses should be shared monthly. The dispute hinges on whether the collector’s salary remains as a county expense or is shared, with a potential further flare up when the Board of Revenue and city commissioners meet again.
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Houston County
County Board of Reve- Me
Dothan
Board of Revenue
City of
Graves Is Speaker At Thurmond Dinner
Birmingham columnist and lecturer Temple Graves told a Columbia audience that States Rights Democrats are as American as Jefferson, Washington, and Wilson. He spoke at a testimonial dinner for South Carolina Governor J Strom Thurmond, the States Rights Democratic presidential candidate last November, arguing the group might better be called American Democrats.
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Columbia
S.C
George Ashington
Noone Temple Graves
Birmingam
Ala
Thomas Jefferson
John Oon
Woodrow Wilson
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Graves
Fiona
Boy Of Wiregrass Rises To Pinnacle As Noted Educator
A Wiregrass schoolboy, once shy and absorbed in history books, rises to prominence as a noted educator. The edition highlights his journey, with pages featuring his teachers and a photograph gallery including portraits of past presidents.
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Thetute
Bey
Young
Ian
Enely
Foster Street Church Sells Property to George Malone
The Foster Street Methodist church sells its downtown property to George Y. Malone for 100,900 after sealed bids. Roy O. Hill, chairman, announced the board voted unanimously to accept Malone’s bid. The church plans a new brick building at West Main Street and Orange Avenue and will deliver the property within 12 months. Malone voiced no definite development plans for the site in Dothan.
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Foster Street
George Y. Malone
Roy O. Hill
Board of Stewards
Malone
West Main Street
Orange Avenue
Hill
Dothan
Motive Sought In Dana Weaver Slaying Case
Roanoke AP police press for motive in Dana Marie Weaver's slaying as 16 year old Lee Scott is charged with murder. Scott admits being at Christ Episcopal church kitchen where the girl died. coroner cites suffocation. Funeral held at Evergreen cemetery with Jefferson High School closed.
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Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Lee Scott
Dana Marie
Rolling Evergreen Cemetery
Raleigh Court Methodist Church
William P. Watkins
Jefferson High School
Dana
Christ Episcopal Church
J , Scott
Scott
Holtville School Shops Destroyed By Fire
Holtville AP reports a major blaze destroyed the Holtville High School community project shops, causing about 250000 dollars in damage. Firefighters battled the flames as the building burned, with no immediate word on injuries or causes.
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Holtville
Heltville
Berlin Blocks End Sparks Rival Rallies In City
In Berlin the 327 day blockade ended with two enormous rallies. Up to 125000 anti Communists gathered in City Hall Square while 100000 Communist supporters rallied on Unter den Linden. General Lucius D Clay warned the Cold War is not finished and urged freedom in a unified Germany. Western access resumed as trains and roads carried supplies and passengers into the city.
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Daniel Deluce
Berlin
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
West Berlin
Unter den Linden
Soviet
Brandenburg Gate
Westernee
Ernest Reuther
Reuter
Carlos Schmid
Indictments for First Degree Murder by Jackson Jurors
Jackson jurors returned two first degree murder indictments and one manslaughter indictment. J. E. Parnell alias Pat Parnell, 60, faces murder in the Jewel Lupo killing. Grady Deese is charged with manslaughter in Tom Ray’s death. Frank Murphy Jr 14 of Lakeland is charged with murder in Eddie Black’s death at the Florida Industrial School with Avelardo Guevado 17 of Tampa named as an accessory.
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Marianna
Yesteray
J. E. Parnell
Pat Parnell
Jewel Lupo
Grady Deese
Tom Ray
Graceville
Frank Murphy, Jr
Lakeland
Eddie Albert Black
Pensacola
Florida Industrial School
Avelardo Guevado
Tampa
Young Murphy
Arthur Dozier
Men Attacked by Hooded Klansmen Near Chattanooga
Police investigate mass assault at a Dolly Pond church near Chattanooga Tennessee on Saturday night six men and boys including three teens report being beaten by robed hooded Ku Klux Klan members. Victims include Ed Allison 50 L E Allison 22 Charles Beaver 40 Tom Ferguson 18 Leondas Ferguson 34 and Henry Blair 18. Local authorities note a string of similar incidents in the mountain area with authorities indicting others for earlier flogging cases nearby.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Frank Burns
Dolly Pond
Ed Allison
L. E. Allison
Charles Beaver
Tom Ferguson
Leondas
Henry
Blair
Hooker
Police Here Debunk Army Wives Kidnaping Claim
Dothan and Graceville police said the Columbus wives pregnancy tale was not a kidnapping. They testified the women rode with Rufus Tindel, a Columbus brick mason, and were dropped off in Graceville after a long ride, then abandoned near Milton.
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Columbus
Dothan
Graceville
Fla
Milton
James Lewis
Carl Prior
Leo Kirkland
Florida
Kirkland
Rufus Tindel
Garrett's Cross Roads
Alabama-Florida Line
Gracev'li
No. 12
S4 Billion Boost In Taxes Urged
Washington AP President Truman urged a 4 billion dollar tax increase to avert a deficit and retire public debt while pledging strict fiscal discipline He questioned whether the final amount would be fixed until deficit figures are known and noted no expected change in his January tax plan The latest deficit estimate for the year ending June 30 was 600 to 700 million dollars
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Washington
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Veterans Committee
Police Probe Tip In Slaying Of Tenor John Garris
Atlanta police chief Herbert Jenkins says a prisoner from Washington has claimed knowledge of a person who threatened tenor John Garris. The man Robbie Barfield writes and Jenkins plans to send Lt. Sikes to question him. Jenkins says many tips come in, but this may be a blind alley. Garris was found murdered in an Atlanta alley three weeks ago.
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Atlarta
Herbert Jenkins
John Garris
Jenkins
Washington D. C
Robbie Barfield
Washington
T. J. Sikes
Barfield
Atlanta
Child Dies In Fall From Dad's Tractor
In Anniston AP reports Harold Boswell died at a hospital after his father Lewis Boswell, operating a lumber yard tractor, ran over him. The accident occurred yesterday at the lumber yard where the father works. The boy reportedly fell from the tractor in the yard.
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Anniston
Haroold Boswell
Lewis
Boswell
Eggs splashed Arab U.N. envoy at New York session
In New York an Arab U.N. delegate reported being splashed with eggs by four men in a car during a U.N. debate on Israel's admission as the 59th member. Jamil M. Baroody of Saudi Arabia said the attack occurred as he rode in a limousine and asked for U.S. protection for delegates. The incident followed Israel's admission amid Arab protests. Israel’s Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett attended as the Nag symbolic flag was raised.
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Lake Success
Israel
Saudi Arabia
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Assembly
Baroody
Moshe Sharett
General Assembly
Truman Steps Out With Boys After A Bit Of Trouble
Washington report describes President Truman joining Civil Air Patrol members at a late dinner. He quips that Al was not supposed to be present and jokes about being in bad with the boxs as Mrs Truman hosts a separate Blair House gathering.
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Washington
Truman
Civil Air Patrol
Blair House
Lottery Law Jail Term Move Stirs Alabama Legislature
In Montgomery the Senate near a vote on workmen's compensation raised to 18 dollars weekly but stalled by noon adjournment. A jail term of up to 12 months for lottery law violators passed the House, and bans on closed shop and check off were introduced. A failed 30 of 35 rule-change to curb journal readings ended.
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Dave Patten
Limestone County
House
Joseph Langan
Mobile
Larry Dumas
Jefferson
Dumas
Senate
James B
Folsom Cuts Down Clerk Hire Spending
Montgomery AP Gov James E Folsom trimmed his temporary clerk hire fund spending by dunning about 35 recipients to end services after May 15 The House limit is 3500 yearly and Senate action is pending Finance Committee approved the House measure clearing way for a possible Senate vote next week The governor has already spent about 34000 on the fund this fiscal year
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Fosom
Reporter drives 110 miles into Berlin without seeing Russians
Walter G. Rundle reports from Berlin that he drove 119 miles from Helmstedt to the city on a moonlit night, encountering no Russian soldiers until the Soviet checkpoint. Jubilant Germans greeted the convoy, some tossing flowers and offering schnapps, signaling the blockade’s end.
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Berlin
Walter G. Rundle
Helmstedt
Heinrich Link
Erbe River
Elbe
Turz Tele
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George Whittington
Thurmond
Foster St
William J. Davis
Toda Their
Eeay
State Senate
Jackson
Arab U.N
Max Harrelson
Folsom
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