Carmichael Rules Exempt Charity Concerts From Tax
Alabama Governor Albert Carmichael issued opinions on tax exemptions and public expenses. Concerts and similar entertainments with net proceeds to charity or to schools or religious groups are not subject to state and county license tax. In a separate ruling he approved county payment for reasonable expenses in a special crime investigation directed by the circuit solicitor, including costs for digging up and examining a body by a state toxicologist.
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Montgomery
Atormey
Albert A Carminael
Pat Byrne
Mole
Carmichael
Thomas H. Bogge
Linden
Marengo County
Oficer
Four Autos Damaged In Dothan Collisions
Police reports show two traffic accidents in Dothan. At Pilcher and Wheat streets at about 7:30 a.m. today, Robert D Bene field and Leonard C Hubbard caused $600 damage to their cars. Yesterday evening at Main and Foster streets, Luther Chafin and Mattie William Palmer sustained smashed fenders in a collision with unspecified damage.
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Robert D. Benefield
W. Crawford Street
Dothan
Leonard C. Hubbard
Newton
Pilcher and
Wheat Streets
Luther Chafin
Lexington
Mattie William Palmer
Greenville
Ala
Main and
Foster Streets
Two Persons Injured in Storm At Mobile
A thunderstorm with winds up to 60 mph injured at least two people in Mobile. Tradis West, 8, was shocked by a downed high voltage wire and is in critical condition at City Hospital. John C. Kimbrell, 80, was struck by a car after alighting from a bus. Two tankers broke moorings and damaged a warehouse. four tugboats towed them. Authorities reported possible drowning in Chacolotta Bay. Alabama Power mobilized over 100 repair crews as storms lashed the gulf coast.
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Mobile
Tradis West
City Hospital
John C. Kimbrell
Railroad Pier
Chacolotta Bay
Here
Weather Bureau
Alabama Power Co
Tanner-Willams
Alabama Gulf Coast
Boy Scout Leaders Plan Camp Rotary Attendance
Dothan Scout leaders met with Scout Executive J. Vo Cooke and Field Executive Frank Guinea to arrange for local troops to send Scouts to Camp Rotary for the three week camping period next month. Attending were Benton Foy J. T. Wright Rev. E. Tipton Carroll Nathan Greenberg Gus Lapre Charles Skinner Sergeant W. E. Crosby and Fred Garner. Scouters will coordinate with each troop’s Scoutmaster and committee men.
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Dothan
J. Vo Cooke
Frank Guinea
Rotary
Benton Foy
J. T. Wright
E. Tipton Carroll
Nathan Greenberg
Gus Lapre
Charles Skinner
W. E. Crosby
Fred Garner
Scoulters
Lions Club Prepares For Horse Show Here
Final plans for the Lions Club Horse Show at Wire Grass Memorial Stadium on Saturday June 7 were completed at the club meeting led by President Horace Burch. A film on the VFW buddy poppy shown how sale proceeds help support an orphans home in Michigan.
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Lions Club
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Horace Burch
Michigan
Scout fraternity Alpha Phi Omega activated at Alabama
Raymond Saliba and Harvey Yarbrough, former Dothan Scouts, are members of Alpha Phi Omega the scout fraternity now being activated at the University of Alabama Scout officers here learned today.
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Raymond Saliba
Harvey Yarbrough
Dothan
Alpha Phi Omega
University of Alabama
Bogas Seeks County Pay. Car Michael Says One Dollar
Bogas requested county payment for a matter and Car Michael offered a single dollar. The exchange centers on who should bear the cost and whether public funds are appropriate. Local officials debated responsibility and pricing.
Attempted Assault Charged In Court
Beachum Worrells charged in county court with assault with intent to ravish. Sheriff’s officers said he was arrested yesterday and jailed. Also filed was a bad check case against Orlando Flowers for $45 drawn on Bank of Ozark with intent to defraud. Flowers posted a $300 bond.
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Beachum Worrells
Worrells
F. A. Neely
Orlando Flowers
Bank of Ozark
Flowers
Snell Funeral Rites At Liberty Church
Funeral services for John Burton Snell aged sixty six of Gordon route one were held at 2 p.m. today at Liberty Baptist Church with Rev J W Yeoman officiating and Johnson Wilkerson in charge. A life long Houston County resident he died at home Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and a brother and sister.
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John Burton Snell
Gordon
Liberty Baptist Church
J. W. Yeoman
Johnson-Wilkerson
Houston County
Snell
Sinter
Memorial Day Reflections Through a Veteran’s Eyes
A family in a wartime memory frames Memorial Day with visits to veterans and plans for simple comforts. The father vows to bring flowers, share gratitude, and recounts service memories while preparing food and ice cream for his children.
Olsens To Attend Regional Meeting
Capt and Mrs J B Olsen commanders of the Salvation Army Unit in Dothin will attend a two day meeting of Southern Territorial officers on Atlanta Monday and Tuesday The commissioning of new officers for the Southern territory will be held Monday with conferences scheduled all day Tuesday.
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J.B. Olsen
Salvation Army
Dothin
Atlanta
Recruiting Station To Close Tomorrow
The Dothan recruiting station will be closed all day tomorrow as personnel travel to Montgomery for a district recruiting conference. Officials announced today that conferences update recruiters on latest procedures and advance technical knowledge.
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Dothan
Montgomery
Sacred Harp Singing Session Set for Sunday in Dothan
The Sacred Harp society will hold its monthly session at the courthouse in Dothan on Sunday with singing starting at 1 30 p m all singers are invited to attend.
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Sacred Harp Singing Society
Dothan
Mrs. Maude Mercer Dies At Home In Houston County
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Mercer forty nine who died at her home on Montana Street were held at Ward Wilson Chapel with Rev. A D Zbinden and Rev J Norton Dendy officiating Burial followed in Cowarts cemetery Mrs Mercer a Cowarts Baptist Church member had lived in Houston County most of her life Surviving are two daughters Mrs Roy Burdeshaw and Miss Sue Mercer both of Dothan three sons Harrell Gene and Bobby Mercer of Dothan two brothers James and Ernest Newton of Dothan and three sisters Mrs Lewis Daughtry Newton Mrs Lester Miller and Mrs J C Whitehurst of Cowarts Active pallbearers were James Newton Roy Burdleshaw Lester Miller Lewis Daughtry Max Kelly and Tullis Woodham
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Maude Mercer
Montana St
Ward-Wilson Chapel
A. D. Zbinden
J. Norton Dendy
Cowarts
Ward-Wilson
Mercer
Cowarts Baptist Church
Houston County
Lester Miller
Lewis Daughtry
Max Kelly
Tullis Woodham
Plane Crash At La Guardia Leaves Dozens Dead
Observers at La Guardia Field watched a United Airlines flight clear the runway then plunge into marshy ground beyond Gries Central Parkway. Thirty seven died at the scene or soon after, including Helena Klein. Captain Benton R. Baldwin survived. Victim families and officials awaited word as rescuers worked amid fire and rain.
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Gries Central Parkway
Iwo
Benton R
Lucky) Baldwin
Victor Levin
Queens County
John A. Herlihy
United Airlines
Reacuers
Helena Klein
New York City
LaGuardia Field
Theodore Alexay
Yonkers
N. Y
Cleveland
Tragedy Strikes Tokyo Area With Plane Crash
A four motor courier plane crashed into a mountain near Tokyo killing 40 on board after a routine flight from Kimpo Korea to Japan. Maj William Evans Smith led a three hour trek to recover bodies. 20 miles from Tachikawa base, Mt Fuji foothills. In Iceland an Icelandic Airlines Dakota wreckage was found with 72 passengers and four crew believed dead. Gardar Thiosteinsson, a parliamentarian and lawyer, was aboard.
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Tokyo
Tachikawa
Kimpo
Korea
Japan
1St Cavalry Regiment
William Evans Smith
Redgewood
N. J
Mt. Fuji
Reykjavik
Icelandic Airlines
Iceland
Turnesa and Chapman Reach British Amateur Semi-Finals
Willie Turnesa of White Plains New York and Dick Chapman of Pinehurst North Carolina advanced to the British Amateur Championship semi finals. Turnesa defeated Marvin Ward 1 and 1 while Chapman beat Robert Rutherford 3 and 2. Campbell and McKinlay eliminated Wise and Wilson to reach the other semi final.
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Carnoustif
Willie Turnesa
White Plains
N. Y
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
N. C
Turnesa
Marvin
Bud) Ward
Spokane
Wash
Chapman
Robert Rutherford
Scotland
John Campbell
Glasgow
Bill Wise
Sam McKinlay
James C. Wilson
Political clash over rent controls and farm aid weighs vote
Rep Harold Knutson urged the President to sign a modified rent control bill as Senate action looms for an eight month extension. Liberal amendments allow a 15 percent rent increase by voluntary agreement and monthly decontrol of remaining areas. Senator Lister Hill warned of cuts to Agriculture Department funding damaging Alabama soil funds, school lunches, and veterans farm loans under Bankhead Jones act.
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Harold Knutson
R-Minn
House
Senate
Lister Hill
Ala
Agriculture
Alabama
Agriculture Department
Sharkey Says Foul Against Schmeling Was No Low Blow
Boston fighter Jack Sharkey stated Schmeling should not be allowed to return to the United States. He recalled the 1930 title win on a foul and recalled belting Schmeling in the belly as revenge, saying he would still fight him if they met. Sharkey, now retired from fighting, discussed past glory and his lingering memories.
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Grandfather McSwitch
Mana
Esther
Mama
Sam
Jim
Pacific
Veterans Hospital
Junior
Sharkey
Schmeling
Oscar Fraley
Boston
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
United States
Gene . Tunney
der Max
Jack
Johnny Shkor
Guard Drill Postponed in Dothan Tonight
The Dothan National Guard unit will not drill tonight officials announced. Announcement of the next drill will be made later.
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Dothan
National Guard
Class Choir Singing Convention at Union Hill Church
The Class Choir Singing Convention will be held at Union Hill Church three miles south of Lio comb on Sunday. It will be an all day affair.
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Union Hill Church
Liocomb
Sharkey Says He Wants Fishing Not Boxing Any More
Sharkey says boxing is rough and he wants no part of it. He states all he does now is go fishing.
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Sharkey
Tea bush needs ample rainfall for thriving salads
The tea bush, a member of the camellia family, tolerates no less than 60 inches of annual rainfall to flourish in tossed green salads.
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Foster
Southside -Granite Co
RIALS
MEMOI
Appliettes Coy
L. Brunson
Jack Kingry
James D. Grow
Boy Scout
Join Scout Fraternity
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Slagtex
Speigner Concrete Block CO
Phone Iit
DEES
Orease
Scarborough Bros
Western Auto Associate Store
N. Foster
Jwuet
Maia
Matias
Dad
Gutuer
Olsens
Sacred Harp
Gardar Thiosteinsson
Supreme Court
Dr.r.l. Tindell
Blumberg
Brewton Engineering CO
Dothan, Ala
East
Washington St
Featherlite
A. J. Roy
J. D. Buie
S. Foster
Carlton Buie
Southern Diaper Service
Rainer’s
Allstate
Sattifauction Sumarion
Sears
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