May Begins Defense In Fraud Case Against Garsson
Former Congressman Andrew J. May testifies in federal court denying any wrongdoing as he defends against charges of using his wartime committee chairmanship to aid the Garsson munitions business. The defense argues his actions were duties of the House military affairs committee and aligned with war production investigations.
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May
Washington
Andrew J. May
Hig
Garssons Munitions Combine
Henry M. Garsson
Murray Garsson
House
Garssons
Mayo
House of Representatives
Meg
9-State Bus Strike Halted By Agreement
In Alexandria Louisiana an impending nine state bus strike was averted after management and labor agreed to meet with a government labor conciliator at 2 p.m. today. R K Jeffries said Southern Trailways will join Wylie Roberts for the session. The strike threatened 1100 workers across Louisiana Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Texas Missouri Kentucky and Illinois.
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Alexandria
R. K. Jeffries
Southern Trailways Company
Wylie Roberts
United Jewish Relief Drive Opens in Dothan Hepburn Era
The 1947 United Jewish Appeal drive for European and Palestinian displaced persons relief opens with a Houston Hotel banquet in Dothan. Local chairman is Joe Schreiber of Temple Emanuel Marianna. Guest speaker is Eva Finkelstein formerly of Poland, now Agnes Scott College student in Atlanta.
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Europe
Palestine
Dothanst
Houston Hotel
Joe Schreiber
Marianna
Temple Emanuel of
Dothan
Misa Eva Finkelstein
Poland
Agnes Scott College
Atlanta
Resolutions dated May 13 mailed to officials
The document notes that a copy of the resolution be mailed to the local Senator and Representative and a copy provided to the press. It was dated May 13 and signed by Charles C. Edmondson, R. S. Ward, J. B. Anderson, and J. B. Davidson, chairman of the Geneva County Teachers Association.
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Charles C. Edmondson
R. S. Ward
J. B. Anderson
J. B. Davidson
Geneva County Teachers Association
May traces life background in federal court case
May began tracing for the Federal Court jury the background of his life. He said he first became interested in national politics when he was 16. Earlier, the Garnsons brothers' counsel said in his opening statement that everything they and May had done was "perfectly legal and proper."
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May
Federal Court
Garssons Brothers
Bevin Cites Press Hampering Peace Talks Worldwide
London AP Ernest Bevin, British foreign secretary, called press reporting a major handicap in world peace negotiations. He argued that even preliminary thoughts quickly become headlines, hampering secret diplomacy at Moscow Paris and in deputies’ committees. He added he remains cautiously hopeful despite persistent difficulties.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Urs U.S
House of Commons
Moscow
Paris
United States
Germany
Austria
Bevin
Return of Number 10 and a changing Kansas City block
A narrator recalls urging Number 10 to stay in a life well lived as changes sweep a longtime Kansas City block. New management shutters the backroom dice game while pool remains, elms grow thicker, houses are renovated, and a once-mortgaged home is broken into apartments. The narrator’s memories of friends and neighbors fade as the neighborhood reshapes with time.
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Jhave
Kansas City
Ag A Caila
Tax debate slows as Congress delays action on tax cuts
Congress remains divided over timing for income tax cuts with Democrats favoring postponement until major appropriations are resolved and fiscal year plans are clear. Republicans largely back slow action though several hold similar views while negotiations between Senate and House address labor and wage restrictions amid ongoing foreign relief discussions.
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Aiken Ve
Morse Oren
Senate Finance Committee
Ruby Lee Collins murder trial adjourned amid juror shortage
Last night the court postponed remaining cases to the next session after Solicitor Baxley urged continuing due to exhausted juror pools. The state argued two more defendants, T. J. Haring and Buford Collins, will be tried then, with ties to Carrie and Fenn, and Harris as a former state witness.
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Halstead
Baxley
Ruby Lee Collins
T. J. Haring
Buford Collins
Buford
Carrie
Fenn
Harris
Willie B
Buddy
Griffin Charged With Drunken Driving After Accident
Harry Sandell Griffin of 204 W Powell St Dothan was charged with driving while intoxicated after a panel truck he drove overturned nine miles south of Dothan on U S 231. Damage was estimated at 600 dollars. The Dothan patrolmen L Mooneyham and T L Brooks investigated.
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Harry Sandell Griffin
W. Powell St
Dothan
Griffin
L. €. Mooneyham
T. L. Brooks
DDT Sulphur Dusting Boosts Peanut Yields in Georgia Test
Dr Gilmer and officials outline DDT sulfur as a cost effective worm and leaf spot control for peanuts. Tests on 32 farms show 3-week protection, worm kill within 24 hours, and yields up to a ton per acre with sulfur dust. Copper dust adds 5 percent yield. leaf spot control allows later digging and better nuts.
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Gledid
Gilmer
Tifton
W. M. Ray
Greenwood Products
J. D. Warner
West Florida
Warner
Clapp
Ray
Barbour County
L. A. Pitts
Clio
Rob Zorn
Clayton Route Two
Marion Oakley
Columbia
Ala
Yuields
Joe Malone
Jackson County
Fla
R. W. Lipscomb
Florida
Jack Ingalls
Homer Kindig
Kindig
George Morrow
Homer Ray, Jr
Georgia Peanut Co
Debate on income tax funds for schools continues in House
The House debated allocating future income tax revenues to teacher salaries and a school building program. A Randolph legislator proposed substitutes to direct funds to teachers, with a plan to set aside 1.5 million for homestead exemptions and divert 26 million in surplus to building. A later substitute was tabled. The measure would submit a constitutional amendment to voters, prioritizing teacher salaries and a school-building fund, with proceeds after debts are addressed.
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Red Cross
White House
Senate
House
Truman
Brewster R-Mee
Post Office
Senate Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Bridzies
Hovton
Allen
Randolph
Veterans Club Opens Swimming Pool At Napier Field
The Napier Field veterans club opens its swimming pool tomorrow under joint sponsorship of the local American Legion post Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans of America. Members and ladies auxiliaries enter free. guests and veterans families pay a small fee and must be accompanied by a member. A full time lifeguard is hired and the pool will be open six days a week including Sunday with bath houses ready for use.
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Napier Field
Livestock market steady at Montgomery week’s end
Cattle receipts for the week totaling about 2,050 head with the market described as steady. Heifers 17.50 to 22.00, good heifers to 23.00, cows 9.00 to 18.00, bulls to 15.50, calves 11.00 to 22.00, and stockers 9.00 to 16.50. Hogs receipts 800 with a fully steady Friday market. barrows and gilts 20.50 to 22.90, sows 16.00 to 18.50, under 180 pounds 12.50 down, stags 14.00 down.
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Montgomery
Fed- State
Mkt News
Union Stock Yards
Four Building Permits Issued in City
Building permits were granted today to Walter Jackson for a store at 406 Pitcher Street costing $800 George W Orr for a shop at 1005 South St Andrews Street costing $800 Grady Henderson for curb and gutters on Cottonwood extension between St Andrews and Foster Streets costing $2112 and a storage house at 101 Cottonwood Road costing $100.
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Pitcher Street
George W. Orr
St. Andrews Street
Grady Henderson
Cottonwood
St. Andrews
Foster Streets
Cottonwood Road
Pickets Protest At Hotel Front On Campus Crisis
Number 24 for Democracy picketed in front of the hotel entrance carrying placards. The signs accused Hitler of promoting thought control, condemned witch hunts, and questioned the Cincinnati Reds, framing a campus debate in inflammatory terms.
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Hitler
Thomas
Cincinnati Reds
Dow Chemical introduces Garden Cowfume soil fumigant
Midland Mich. UP Dow Chemical Company announces commercial introduction of a powerful soil fumigant named Garden Cowfume. It controls wireworms and nematodes, two major garden pests, and requires no special equipment to use.
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Midland, Mich
Dow Chemical Company
New York Cotton Futures Open Higher On Mixed Close
New York cotton futures ended with a mixed move as nearby July and October contracts posted gains while May and December showed softer levels. Jly 34010-34640. Oct 2923-2988. Dev 2830-2845. May 2730-2754. New Orleans shows similar activity with Jly 3338-3395 and Oct 2921-2929.
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New Orleans
Fragmentary statements in lynching case root of trial
Readings by the district attorney describe Carlos Hurd Sr a 45 year old dispatcher involved in a lynching. He claims he did not shoot the Negro and that others killed him. Prosecutors recount alleged statements by Jessie Sammons about violence and a knife attack.
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Carlos Hurd, Sr
Eig
Dlon
Matai
Hurd
Jessie Lee Sammons
Brutal escape duel ends with two hit pursuers
Number 15 court clerk recounts a tense chase as Bramhall and bystanders pursued a fugitive carrying a gun. Across two blocks the fugitive fired back wounding both pursuers. The article also notes Williams, a controversial Jackson attorney with a troubled past, once in a Mississippi asylum and disbarred amid misconduct charges. A Chicago license inquiry was mentioned but not answered.
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Estes
Craig
Jackson
Mias
P. Williams
Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Jackson College
M'isssippi
Hill County
S. D. Redmond
Illinois Ba Association
Chicago
Redmer
Record Air Speed Pioneer Aims San Francisco to New York Flight
United States mission seeks a non-stop jet propelled Meteor flight by Group Captain E M Donaldson of the Royal Air Force holder of the world air speed record of 616 mph. The plan is a 100 mph record attempt from San Francisco to New York.
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London
E.M. Donaldson
United States
San Francis
New York
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