Life in the Wiregrass: Monthly meeting and service news
The Sacred Harp Singing Society will meet tonight at the Houston County courthouse from 7 to 9. Secretaries Lisenby and Herring are noted. Army updates include Sgt James V Herring, son of Charlie and Mrs Herring of Cottonwood, serving with the 408th A QM Co, 11th Airborne Division in Sendai Japan, after enlisting in 1935 at Fort McClellan. The Bureau of Internal Revenue seeks collectors across five states with an Atlanta deadline of June 7. An Elba sailor aboard the USS Kearsarge helped rescue seamen from the boiler explosion of the Empire Consequence near Cuba. The sailor is J T Boutwell, nephew of Jeff Boutwell.
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Sacred Harp Singing Society
Houston County
W. C. Lisenby
Anron le
James V. Herring
Charlie Herring
Cottonwood
Eighth Army
Sendai
Honshu
Japan
Army
Herring
Fort McClellan
Fort Benning
408Th Airborne Quartermaster Company
11Th Airborne Division
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
R. L. Allen
Civil Service
Commission
Atlanta
Dothan
Allen
Navy
J. T. Boutwell
USN
Jeff Boutwell
Elba
Carrier Division Six
Cuba
Marianna Publishes First Trade Journal Draft
Marianna will release its first trade journal just before June 15 16 and print 10000 copies for Jackson County. Cecil Haddock of the Chamber of Commerce says the project is sponsored by the retail merchants committee and tied to dollar days events. Glen Holley chairs the committee with sub‑chairs W H Maitley Samuel Pit Huck J W Kelly Arlan Hand J W Hightower Jr Cecil Rhyne Jr Fred V Mills.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Cecil Haddock
Marianna-Jackson County
Samuel PitHck
J. W. Kelly
Arlan Hand
J. W. Hightower, Jr
Cecil Rhyne, Jr
Fred V. Mills
Glen Holly
Egyptian air raids and mass roundups in Cairo
An Egyptian communique reports Israeli bombing of Tel Aviv and nearby targets while Egyptian planes hit settlements near Gaza. It says thousands were urged to raise white flags within an hour. The defense ministry says reporters may not go to the front until terrorists are treated as war prisoners. An interior official outlines detentions of Communists and Zionists in Cairo, Alexandria, and Port Said as steel helmets keep order under martial law.
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Lewis
Kia
Une
Kaela Abd
Gesu
Vale
Iraq
Suweidan
Ali Mentar
Gaza
al Dangor
Defense Ministry
Interior
Cairo
Alexandia
Port Said
Alexandria
Egypt
Martia
Alabama Democrats weigh runoff bid and mining votes
Number 22 bets more than Ikely will offer a minority report to place the issue before the full convention. Alabama’s Eisenhower boom shows strain as weeks pass. Some expect a bold expedient to counter Truman, but many Democrats doubt it works. Gov. Folsom remains confident he will run in the delegate runoff despite a weak first primary showing. May 4 primary still in focus as probes into Madison and Geneva counties voting irregularities begin. A six member panel departs after a Madison County grand jury orders ballot boxes impounded. Philp J. Ham was named again as State Revenue Commissioner after losing to Sparkman in the Senate race.
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Alabama
Eisenhower
Truman
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Wee
Madison
Geneva
Madison County
Philp J. Hamim
Hane
John Sparkman
U. S. Senate
Sparkman
Wage row over 10 cent raise stalls with votes planned
The company offers a raise around 10 cents per hour with vacations sick leave and 15 unsettled items. The union claims 7.6 cents averagely while the company cites 10 cents. Taft Hartley requires a secret ballot to decide on a strike or acceptance with results reported to President Truman as the NLRB proceeds toward a second White House briefing.
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Copany
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Faetadiss
White House
Lab Board
Fire at Probate Judge Al Sweet’s home damages porch
Firemen answered a call at the home of Judge Al Sweet on Foster Street finding a fire in a carved iron frame and window area. Crews controlled the blaze without damage to the establishment, Almighty tones mention a kiddie sip and faded details about a prior wall repair.
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al Sweet
Napier Field school move wins multi-county backing
Four Alabama counties join to back moving the state’s first Napier Field school to Dothan area. Inducements include land and facilities at Napier Field, with Coffee County initially resisting but pledging cooperation if not chosen. Officials predict major economic and educational gains for the region.
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City of
Dothan
County of
Houston
Napier Field
Hardwick
Coffee County
Alabama
Are
Obenie
Napier
Temi
Dntear-Civic Club Council
Dethan
Geneva Lions Club
Dale County Chamber of Commeree
Dale Couray Coordinat
Ozark Lions Club
Dale County American Legion Post
Headland Kiwanis Club
Headland
Henry County American Legion Post
Abrevalle Lawns Elue
Atheneatin Club
Geneva
Plaie Sitapes
Henry County
George Foonwaghe
J.T. Dykes
Dale County
al L. Brackin
Raver
Newville
Bruce Flurry
Gale
Hartford
A Clughes
Hartfeldt
Boland Bo Bank
Collins Stpeetems Atien
Exter
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Congress Mn Sepat te Lreven a stuns restoremtiy
Fragmented OCR text mentions a congressional meeting with debate over a tax or policy proposal. Names and clear actions are unclear, but the piece references a legislative discussion and proposals presented to a committee.
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Livestock market figures from Chicago sales note varied week
AP and USDA cattle round in Chicago shows steers and yearlings up to 100 higher than week ago with strong demand for light stockers and feeders. Cows and bulls gain 25 to 75, vealers 27 to 30, top steers at 33.50 and average choices about 31.00, week irregular but closing high amid record highs for some lighter cattle.
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Chicago
USDA
B.guer
Market Circle
Female Mashers Attack Boy In Alley
In Pueblo Colorado two women assaulted Albert Garillo after emerging from an alley and attempting to force their affections on him. Garillo resisted and lost three dollars before the women fled. Police warn young men to avoid walking alone at night due to rising aggression by the so called mashers.
West Tyree West boy scout founder and chief scout executive
West Tyree West, born May 6, 1876 in Washington DC, led youth welfare efforts after orphaned youth work and YMCA service. He became chief Scout executive in 1910 guiding the Boy Scout movement to over a million members by 1936. He earned honorary LLD from Kalamazoo College in 1928 and married Marion Speaks in 1907, with four children.
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Boy Scout
Pr West Kalamazoo College
Washington
Robert
Mary Tyree West
Frnese
Washington Ymca
West
Ymlc.a
Manalyre
National University
Theodore Roosevelt
Board of Pension Appeals
Department of the Interior
National Child Rescue League
White House
Sovs
Afiver
Hrauss
Marion Speaks
Arthur
Marti
Seles
New Rochelle
Ncoy
Princess Elizebeth Te Ceacel Secret Events After June
Daily Mirror columnist Noel Whitcomb reports Princess Elizebeth plans to cancel all official engagements for the rest of the year. The last engagement cited is the National Festival of Youth and Sport at Wembley on June 5 with photographers reportedly told not to image the royal couple. Rumors persist she may have a baby in October.
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Lobdom
Bocaughem Palace
E'Cs
Praccess Elzebeta Wail
Goceal
Palace Autheories
Leiress
Elizabeth
Noel Whitcomb
The
Daily Mirror
Whitcomb
Wembley
Two Miners Rescued After 60 Hour Entombment
In Shamokin Pennsylvania two miners Edward Heck aged 42 and Peter Gorton 35 were pulled from a 175 foot flooded coal shaft after 60 hours entombed. Their companion is presumed dead. Rescued men were bandaged and taken to Shamokin State Hospital for rest.
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Shamokin
Edward Heck
Peter Gorton
Shamokin State Hospital
Federal spending creased as Congress weighs funds
The measure survived a veto and reduced withholding rates, effective this month. Leaders lack clarity on foreign aid and defense costs as House and Senate must decide on Army and Navy funding. The House appropriations panel studies a 4.3 billion request to run ER in full, while only 1 billion is available via the Export-Import Bank. Several spending bills await clear appropriations, including a pay raise for about 2 million federal workers.
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Martin
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Export-Import Bank
Fire Call By Mail Brings Out Brigade
BLACKPOOL England AP A man sent a postcard to the Blackpool fire brigade asking for help with a fire at his house. The firemen arrived 24 hours later and found timbers smouldering under the hearth. They extinguished the fire.
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Blackpool, Eng
Blackpool
Death of Father Flanagan Founder of Boys Town Overseas
The body of Father Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town Nebraska will be shipped from Berlin by special plane after funeral services at Holy Rosary Church with American Army chaplains officiating. He died of a coronary occlusion at Harnack House after a dinner. He surveyed German youth problems and had previously worked in Austria. His remains will return to Boys Town, Omaha, via Frankfurt and Omaha, expected by Tuesday night or Wednesday.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Boys’ Town
Neb
Army
Holy Rosary
Frankfurt
Omaha
Father Flanagan
Harnack House
Germany
Austria
United States
Boy's Town
Question on Pay Rates for Elected Officials and Constitutional Impact
Judge Ward notes urgency in opinions on whether paying 15th district officials 720 a year and those elected two years ago 360 per year is lawful. If the provision is unconstitutional, will it affect other parts of the act or hold them in abeyance and trigger protests from candidates who expect higher pay upon taking office.
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Ward
WII
Gideon
Gibson
Negeb border clashes amid new Jewish state formation
Haganah reports two western Negeb settlements Nirim and Kfar Darom under heavy Egyptian attack with tanks and shellfire. Nirim lies four miles inside the Palestine frontier and Kfar Darom ten miles from the frontier along the Gaza route. British forces evacuate Jerusalem as Haganah plans to assume control of installations. United Nations consular commission seeks a truce while the new state imposes military censorship.
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Urim
Negeb
Haganah
Nirim
Palestine
Kfar Darom
Gaza
United Nations
Ocean floor sediment buildup over vast spans
The record shows the ocean floor accumulates roughly one foot of residue every 50,000 years, with faster deposition near land areas where the sediment accumulates more quickly.
Shoplifter Tagged by Quick Witness in Spokane
A man who spotted a shoplifter slipping two shirts under his coat followed him from the store and urged return of the items. The thief refused. The next day Police Judge Raymond Kelly sentenced him to a one-day term.
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Spokane, Wash
Raymond Kelly
Dothan Student Wins State Music Cup in Birmingham
Roy Morris Driggers, a senior at Dothan High School and longtime band member, won the State Federation of Music Clubs loving cup in Birmingham. The 1848 class member excels as a pianist and clarinetist and sings in the glee club, competing among four state districts with parental accompanyment by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Driggers.
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Roy Morris Driggers
Dothan
Dotan Fugh
State
Federation of Music Clubs
Birmingham
Young Driggers
Roy Driggers
Meyers Indicted For Tax Evasion in Dayton Case
Bennett E. Meyers former Air Force major general now in prison for subornation of perjury faces a federal indictment for income tax evasion. The grand jury charges he wilfully and knowingly tried to evade taxes due by Aviation Electric Corporation Vandalia Ohio, linked to a wartime procurement role and Senate war fraud inquiry. The indictment cites false 1941 income statements and taxes due.
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Dayton, D
ULP
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Internal Revenue Department
Army Air Forces
Aviation Electric Corporation
Vandalia, O., Corporation
Meyers
Senate
Aviation Electric
Five men seek mayor post in Democratic primary race
Five candidates, Douglas W. Edwards R E Valen A Ward and B F W contest the mayoral seat as incumbent A T Lisenby retires. Two council seats in Ward One unopposed with N Henry Byrd and Louie Tamplin. Incumbent councilmen W P Price and Nat W Winokur face Noel G. Andrews and ward four battles H H Hodges and others unopposed for Democratic Executive Committee seats.
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Douglas W. Edwards
R. E. Valen
A. Ward
A. T. Lisenby
N. Henry Byrd
Louie Tamplin
C. Garner Smith
Two Bessemer Fliers Hurt in Private Plane Crash
Two Bessemer men were injured when a Piper Cub crashed near the Reichhold Chemical Co. plant on the Warrior River, eight miles east of Tuscaloosa. Curtis Carroll, pilot from McCall Route One, sustained head injuries and was unconscious. Earl Fancher of Bessemer had chest injuries and was semi conscious. Both were taken to Durmid City Hospital. No witnesses reported seeing the crash.
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Tuscaloosa
Bessemer Fiiers
Relchhold Chemical Co
Warrior River
Curtis Carroll
McCall
Earl Fancher
Bessemer
Carroll
Fancher
Durid City
Ravine
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Judge Legue
Princess Elizebeth Te Ceacel
Flanagan
Eve Caly
Bessemer Fliers
Green Furniture Company
Gibson Refrigerators
S. Feater
Zoto Permanent & Cold Wave
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