Communion services at Ramah Primitive Baptist Church May 22
Pastor J. J. Collins announced annual communion will be held Sunday May 22 at Ramah Primitive Baptist Church. Members are urged to attend. Also 188 Carver High students in grades seven through nine received typhoid vaccine at Houston County health department clinic Monday morning, with about half completing the series.
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Columbia
Lenton, Adams
Ray Sel Jers
Ray Eford
Wayne Hinson
Christine Calhoun
Mary Ann Paulk
Burna Dean Wade
Evelyn Kelly
Madeline Snell
Catherine Wilkerson
Ramah
Carver High School
Houston County Health Department
Houston County Health Dept Reports Last Month Death Causes
Ten of the 36 deaths in Houston County were due to heart disease. Cerebral hemorrhages and kidney diseases caused six deaths each, with pneumonia two, cancer four, appendicitis three, intestinal disorders two, and single deaths from prematurity, diabetes, and homicide by stabbing.
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Houston County
Health Department
Houston County Producers Union Sets Friday Meeting
Houston County Producers Alliance will hold its monthly meeting at 7 39 p m Friday at Ashford State Market announced by president F G Granger. Discussion will cover opening season marketing. About 20 tons of string beans have already been sent to cannery. shipping of green tomatoes expected to begin around May 23. Odell Hobby, city radio patrolman, is on vacation and in hospital recovering from an operation.
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Houston County
Assention
Ashford State Market
F. G. Granger
Granger
Odell Hobby
Episcopal Laymen's League to Hold Final Spring Session
The final spring meeting of the Episcopal Laymen's League is scheduled for 7:30 p m on May 24 with P B McLauchlin, president, announcing that Rev Robert Marlow of Huntsville will speak on The Holy Communion. Members are urged to attend and bring a guest. a barbecue scene after the meeting will be announced later.
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Episcopal Laymen’s League
B. McLauchlin
Robert Marlow
Huntsville
McLauchlin
Kinsey Farm Bureau cancels May meeting due to graduation
Clifton Hughes president of Kinsey Farm Bureau announced their regular monthly meeting for May 24 will not be held because of graduation exercises at Kinsey school. Residents along Third Avenue watched street paving begin with asphalt spreaders and trucking from a North East Street plant as the final phase of the project starts.
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Clifton Hughes
Kinsey Farm Bureau
Hughes
Kinsey
Third Avenue
North East Street
Lafayette Street
Turn Meter Handle Warns Parkers by Police Chief
Police Chief Eddie D. Kelly warned motorists who insert coins in meters and fail to turn the handle, calling it a violation of Ordinance 974. Patrolmen have been instructed to issue tickets for intentional neglect to turn handles and for leaving meters in a tripped position, which is deemed tampering.
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Eddie D. Kelly
Kelly
Livestock Prices Rise Across Southern Packing Plants
Livestock arrivals totaled 200 cattle, 50 calves, and 600 hogs at eight major plants in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Hog market steadied to 50 cents higher per hundredweight, with good and choice barrows and gilts 120 to 240 pounds mostly $17 to $17.50, higher weight hogs $16 to $16.50, and sows $13.50 to $15. quotable limit for area set at $18 for good and choice semi hard.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery cattle and hog market recap with price ranges
Estimated salable receipts for cattle 350 open steady with Tuesday. Lightweights 20.00 to 25.00, cutters down to 18.00 and less. Canners 13.50 to 17.00, shelly canners 12.00, stock cows 17.50 to 19.00, stocker calves 17.00 to 23.50, a few good stocker calves 25.00. Calves receipts 150 with slaugher calves 25.00 and light grades 17.50 to 24.00, culls to 15.00. Hogs receipts 150, 180-240 lbs barrows and gilts to 18.00, other weights steady. Various weights 10.50 to 18.00 for smaller pigs, sows 10.50 to 14.75, stags 9.00.
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Montgomery (Ap
Fed- State
Mkt News
SVC
Union Stock Yards
Evacuation Plane To Bring 30 Shanghai Evacuees
Reliable sources say a U S Northwest Airlines DC 4 will fly from Manila to Shanghai on Friday, stay two to three hours, then proceed to Tokyo to carry 30 evacuees and mail. Shanghai remains under martial law with normal life peaking amid curfews and inflation.
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U. S. Northwest Airlines
Shanghai
Manila
Tokyo
U. S
Death notices from Wiregrass area churches and towns
Funeral services are held for Seabie Monroe Tindell, 80, a Freewill Baptist minister for 50 years, at Liberty church Pawsey with burial by Evans & Sons. Surviving wife Georgie and three daughters, plus siblings listed. Annie Boutwell Boutwell dies at 57 in Enterprise. Center Ridge Methodist church service with interment by Searcy Funeral Home. Gloria Faye Dickerson infant dies in Mt. Pleasant area. services at Mt. Liberty Baptist Church. Hes ter Ann Paul, 69, dies near Ariton. services at daughter’s home and burial at Ariton Cemetery. multiple survivors listed. Further details note other local deaths and funeral arrangements by Holman Funeral Home and Searcy Funeral Home.
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Donalsonville
Seabie Monroe Tindell
Liberty Church
Pawsey
Clyde Howard
Roy Roberts
Evans & Sons
Tindell
Geneva County
Cowarts
Bethel Church
Georgie Tindell
T. N. Smith
J. A. Burdleshaw
Macon
R.Z. Clark
Westville
C. W. Tindell
Dothan
Lidia Hilliard
Mississippi
Annie Boutwell
Annie Queen Victoria Boutwell
South Edwards Street
Enterprise
Center Ridge Methodist Church
J. M. Allen
Carl Rainey
Oscar Grantham
Bonnie Faye Boutwell
Russell Miller
Ozark
Ray Boutwell
Augusta
Rudolph Boutwell
Della Allen
Troy
Pike County
Cecil Bradley
New Bradton
Searcy Funeral Home
Dickerson
Infant Enterprise
Gloria Faye Dickerson
Willie C. Dickerson
Mt. Pleasant
Marie Carrington
Sue
Patricia Dickerson
Kenneth
Jimmie Dickerson
Miers
W. L. Dickerson
Marianna
Fla
Mt. Liberty Baptist Church
B. R. Justice
Hester A. Paul
Hester Ann Paul
Ariton
J. O. Barnes
H. Parris
Brewton
D. H. Adkinson
W. L. Pritchett
W. R. Pritchett
Tampa
J. B. Mainer
Eufaula
W. E. Bledsoe
Warrington
J. W. McKnight
Malone
Rev
A. C. Duke
Holman Funeral Home
Russians tighten freight permit rules at Berlin checkpoint
The Russians claimed new permit requirements for truck drivers had always been needed since the highway traffic resumed through the Soviet zone. Soviet guards at Helmstedt could grant immediate passage only after stamped documents from the German Economic Council and a West German seller. British officials noted relief shipments were blocked unless papers were shown.
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Dix
Berlin
German Economic Council
The
Economic Council
Helmstedt
Baby Rich Peloquin Wows Father With Toy KO
In Berlin New Hampshire seven month old Richard Peloquin delivered a surprising blow to his father Pap Peloquin. As he attempted to put on a souvenir boxing glove the baby struck the temple with a coin filled bank causing a stunning moment.
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Berlin
N. H
Richard Peloquin
Pap Peloquin
Richard
Stanning
Eisenhower greeted in Washington after Europe tour
Defense Secretary and top brass welcomed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on arrival at Washington National Airport. President Truman awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal at a White House reception. Clay at a news conference doubted a Berlin blockade return and urged keeping U S occupation forces in Germany while predicting a long struggle between communism and democracy.
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Washington
Dwight’ D. Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Louis Johnson
Washington National
Truman
White House
House
Capitol Hill
Clay
Berlin
U. S
Roosevelt scion’s strong NYC campaign fuels political future
The Roosevelt candidate drew a large voter turnout in a diverse New York district, campaigning door to door and via radio with Hollywood-backed star power. Tammany listed campaign costs at $250,000 as U.S. Sen. J. Howard McGrath and Paul E. Fitzpatrick backed Sharlock. He pledged to serve as a Democrat in Washington, awaiting House leadership’s action on full party recognition and committee roles.
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Roosevelt
New York Melting Pot
Tammany
U.S
J. Howard McGrath
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Sharlock
Washington
House
Alabama House blocks women work bill amid liquor ad ban threat
Lawmakers split as the House labor committee voted to kill the women employment bill after a two hour hearing. Four fifths of misconduct blamed on liquor. Wood warned of a wide spread wet dark political move if liquor advertising ban died. Business leaders argued the bill would drive women from work, proposing 50 cents minimum wage and eight hour days. AFL leaders Aldridge and St John defended workers while Malone urged rejection of the measure. Senate supported a county based senator plan in Folsom program.
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Wood
House Business and Labor Committee
Labor
J. R. Aldridge
Cullman
A. F. L. Legislative Council
D. L. St. John
Falkville
Alabama State Council of Carpenters
AFL
Frank Malone
Birmingham
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
House Rules Committee
Senate
Constitution Committee
James E. Folsom
House Labor
Malone
State Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Starnes
Alabama Restaurant Association
Starnes
Question of votes in soviet bloc area prompts Western strategy
In an area swarming with Soviet troops and Communist spies the text questions how many voted for the Communist state while wishing they had the courage to vote against it. The one third no vote strengthens United States Britain and France as they face Russian strategists. West Germany's 46 million inhabitants are solidly opposing communism and any form of Russian rule.
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United States
Britain
France
Paris
West Germany
Women and Children Victims Highlighted in Incident
Local report notes women and children among those affected in the incident. Authorities are investigating the scene and assessing safety concerns for families in the affected area.
Tornadoes in Oklahoma and West Texas Cause Deaths and Injuries
One dead and at least 12 injured in Texas and Oklahoma as twisters struck Meeker and Spur. In Oklahoma a grandmother was killed near Stratford while another farmer died in the Sooner State. Fort Worth faced severe flooding with waters rising around downtown and widespread disruption to utilities and transport.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Meeker
Okla
Spur
Tex
Sooner
Stratford
Fort Worth
Wate
Camp Hood
Dallas
Trinity River
Clear Fork
West Fork
Dée Pennington
City Water Works
Lucille Co.t. Negro
Josa Kent
Rene St. John
Donald Leroy de Weese
Charity Smith
Breathing Well in Wellsville a Natural Barometer
Residents of a Cattaraugus County village monitor a dry well dug in 1941 that "breathes" by drawing in air ahead of storms and expelling air in fair weather. The well serves as a local natural barometer guiding daily plans and forecasts.
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Great Valley
N. Y
Cattaraugus County
Police haul in drunk of the month for test
In Detroit a man named Robert Fair was brought to the station for a drunkometer test after a car incident. He registered a 28 on the test, while a 15 is the threshold for drunkenness. The court sentenced him to 10 days in jail.
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Detroit
Robert Fair
Fair
Early Pig Market Ends With Car Accident
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a pig wandered toward market a few weeks early. It was struck by a car and later slaughtered by a local butcher who stored the meat in a locker until claimed by the owner. The butcher charged a five dollar service fee.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
New York and New Orleans Cotton Futures Closing
New York Cotton futures closed 55 cents per bale higher than the prior close with Oct at 2915, Dec 2891, Mch 2879, May 2858. New Orleans prices were steady with Oct 2908, Dec 2883, Mch 2870, May 2842, reflecting mixed gains and declines across contracts.
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New Orleans
Political clashes and budget debates dominate Senate actions
The Senate weighs loyalty checks amid Communist concerns and academic freedom worries while tackling a $1.3 billion Agriculture Department appropriation. House and Senate panels advance FEPC talks, anti-poll tax study, and various bills including crop insurance and a cigarette bootlegging bill. Proceedings also cover Malmedy trials, a rural telephone measure, and overseas marine insurance kickback probes.
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David
Lilienthal
AEC Oward
Joint
Friestadt
Senate Judiciary
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
12-Nation Alliance
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Administration
Judiciary
Senate Armed Services
House Rules Committee
Harriman Names Aide To Roving ECA Ambassadorship
W Averell Harriman will appoint an assistant chief of mission with ministerial rank to work under McCloy while the military commander stays linked to the joint chiefs. McCloy gains authority to direct the general to intervene for law and order and to support US policy in Germany as transfer of military government to the State Department proceeds.
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ECA
W. Averell Harriman
Hoffman
McCloy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Germany
State Department
United States Zone
Secretary of State
Lawsuit Filed In Case Involving Hanners and Benton
Ryat Benton filed a $10,000 false arrest suit against D. R. Hanners in circuit court. Benton seeks $5,000 for each of two counts claiming he was deprived of his family while jailed. The actions allege property and vagrancy charges connected to a farm tenancy dispute and a stack of Peanut ownership involving Hanners’ son.
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D. R. Hanners
Last Meats
Ryat Benton
Benton
Vity
Garay
Conchates
Wirac
Hanners
Hanners’ Son
Eon Ir
Court debate on humane prison conditions and case merits
The text notes a dispute with O Connell about federal role. One side argues the ruling should address case merits and mistreatment, while the other emphasizes humane treatment of convicts in prisons. It mentions brutality and how return to the chain was scrutinized for ultimate value.
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Federal
O'Connell
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