Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Governor Folsom appointed notaries public W A Watson Jr Samson Geneva County J R Goldthwaite Dothan Houston County and J C Forrester Dothan for the state. Haley Hollis of Dothan named to Houston County jury commission to replace Joe Calhoun who resigned after being elected mayor of Cottonwood on Sept 20.
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Folsom
W. A. Watson, Jr
Samson
Geneva County
J. R . Goldthwaite
Dothan
Houston County
J. C. Forrester
Haley Hollis
Houston County Jury Commission
Sibyl Pool
Hollis
Joe Calhoun
Cottonwood
Calhoun
Willis McArthur
Jeff McCarty
Dean
Cuban Questioned In Student Dez h
Carrollton Georgia AP sheriff reports arrest of a 32 year old Cuban for questioning in the slaying of Carl Stevens a Georgia Tech student shot dead two weeks ago The Cuban was arrested in Chattanooga with a foreign make pistol in his suitcase Five other men are held for questioning Rewards totaling 1126 have been offered for arrest of the killer Stevens young woman companion said the slayer attempted to assault her She told officers she believed the man was a Negro.
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Carrollton
BB. Kilgore
Carl Stevens
Georgia Tech
Chattanooga
Stevens
Southeast dollar sales rise for wholesalers in nine months
Atlanta AP reports the Commerce Department says Southeastern wholesale firms boosted dollar sales to 25 million in September from August. In the January to September period, eight to nine percent gains were recorded by 556 area wholesalers versus the same span a year earlier.
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Atlanta
Department of Commerce
Gears Used in Auto Production Reach High Total
About 175 million gears are employed in the production of five million automobiles, reflecting the scale of manufacturing inputs and gear utilization across the industry.
Southern Cities Gain On Industrial Wages In Dixie
ATLANTA AP Four southern cities lead wage gains, Memphis tops at 68 percent over five years, with Atlanta 65.4 for manufacturing and 64.2 for nonmanufacturing. Dallas 56.7, Louisville 48.5, New Orleans 48.5, Houston 36.8 lag behind. Prices rose faster than wages overall, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Atlanta
Memphis
Bureau of ‘ Labor Statistics
Dallas
Louisville
New Orleans
Ffouston
Dixie Cities
BLS
Three Day Fire Destroys 600 Bales of Cotton
In Tallassee Alabama a three day blaze destroyed about 600 bales of cotton stored near the Tallassee Mills. Fire Chief DeWitt Wisner estimated 100000 dollars in damage and said an improvised spark from a firecracker dropped through a tarpaulin likely started the fire as nearby children had been setting off fireworks.
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Pullman Mattress Factory
Montana Street
Floyd Harris
Lafayette Street Methodist
South Appletree Street
Liddon Street
Tallassee
Ala
Yuesterday
Tallassee Taills
DeWitt Wisner
British Buy Books As Good Investment
LOS ANGELES England faces devaluation fears prompting investors to purchase rare books. Miss Ellen Shaffer, lecturer on rare volumes at the University of California Extension, notes London remains the world’s rare book center despite wartime losses from air raids.
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Los Angeles
England
Ellen Shaffer
University of California
London
Shaffer
Senate Committee Seats in Congressional Reorganization
Republicans face loss of two veteran members Jenner Indiana and Ives New York as Democrats aim to shrink GOP seats to five. Morse may fill a post if Republicans hold six spots with Taft Aiken Smith Morse Donnell among GOP names, while Democrats position Connally as chairman and seek new assignments for Hayden Tydings Murray Pepper Green Hill Lucas and others.
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Jenner
Indiana
Ives
New York
Taft
Ohio
Aiken
Vermont
Smith
New Jersey
Morse
Oregon
Donnell
Missouri
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
George
Georgia
Wagner
Thomas
Utah
Barkley
Kentucky
Hatch
New Mexico
Hayden
Arizona
Oklahoma
Tydings
Maryland
Russell
Byrd
Virginia
McCarran
Nevada
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Murray
Montana
Pepper
Florida
Green
Rhode Island
Hill
Alabama
Lucas
Ilinois
Vandenberg
Michigan
Wiley
Wisconsin
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusets
Pacific Coast
Dothan High Plans Short Session For Friday Game
Dothan High School will run a straight through schedule tomorrow ending at 1 pm to finish work before Friday night’s Dothan Panthers at Panama City game. Classes start 8 am and end 12 45 pm with Friday assembly removed. A special 1 30 pm train from Dothan will return with early session dismissal for attendees.
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Dothan High School
Dothan
Panama City
T. G. Vaughan
Florida
Dothan Tigers
Fowell Hampton
Hoover outlines postal reforms and new cabinet ideas
Former President Hoover urges reorganizing the Post Office Department into a revolving fund, with self accounting and fewer political ties. He favors decentalization into 12 regions, a simplified code, and limiting Senate confirmation for postal officials while appointing a new Director of Posts. He also muses on adding cabinet departments and sets taxation limits between federal and state levels.
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Post Office Department
Hoover
Post Office
General Accounting Office
Senate
Congress
Department of Security and Welfare
Department of Transportation
Department of Public Works
Kiddie Parade invites entries to Pea Nut Festival in Dothan
Betty Jean Watson from Headland Julie Wathena Nall of Webb route one Patsy Turner of Newton and Patsy Louise Mullins from Elba are among entrants. Three divisions Toys Pets Costumes offer prize money totaling 390 dollars with 109 for first place. Parade invites groups from towns to share transport savings and enter the fun before Saturday week. Santa Claus will be present.
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Betty Jean Watson
Headland
Julie Wathena Nall
Webb
Patsy Turner
Newton
Elba
Patsy Louise Mullins
Dothan
Santa Claus
Death rites planned for T-5 Charles Kirksey of Gordon
Full military rites are set for T-5 Charles H. Kirksey twenty four of Gordon Starroute who died in France in 1944 after being wounded in Normandy. The John D. Bruner post Ashford American Legion will conduct services with the Rev Chester H Pelt officiating. Burial will be in the Spring Church near Gordon. Johnson Funeral Home arranging. Survivors include his parents a brother a sister and a grandmother with multiple relatives listed.
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Charles H. Kirksey
Gordon
Spring Church
Johnson Funeral Home
C. E. Kirksey
Baron FE. Kirksey
Cottonwood
W. H. Shinholster
Kadie Walter
Columbus
J.C. Hall, Jr
Maxine
Meredith
Fay Kirksey
Gordon Star Route
R. B. Robertson
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Dabney held at New Home
Special funeral services for Mrs Martha Ann Dabney sixty who died at her home on a Samson route November 8 were held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at New Home The Rev J R Morrow of Samson officiated Burial was in the adjoining cemetery Boyd Funeral Home in charge
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Martha Dabney
Martha Ann Dabney
New Home
J. R. Morrow
Samson
Cemtery
Boyd Funeral Home
Funeral services for Sara Elizabeth Collins held Friday
Funeral services for Sara Elizabeth Collins two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs T D Collins were held at 11 am Friday at Center church. Rev C W Northcutt of Dothan and Rev Shofner Baldwin of Echo officiated with Ward Wilson directing interment in the church cemetery. She survived by her parents two brothers John William and Charles Douglas Collins and grandparents Mr and Mrs W P Snell Newville route two and Mr and Mrs J T Collins Caryville Fla.
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Sara Elizabeth Collins
T. D. Collins
Florida Avenue
Center Church
C. W. Northcutt
Dothan
Shofner Baldwin
Echo
Ward-Wilson
John William
Charles Douglas Collins
W. P. Snell
Newville
J. T. Collins
Caryville
Fia
Youth yields after tear gas clash at Gastonia police scene
The youth surrendered at the front door with hands up after tear gas, claiming police beat him causing bruises and swelling. Park Aldridge accuses officers of violence prior to a shooting. police chief Carr Elliott says seven officers were questioned and found no evidence of harm.
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Aldridge
Gastonia
Park Aldridge
Carr Elliott
British push for UN action over Negev gains
Number 14 outclassed Egyptian invasion force as British officials sought UN Security Council action to compel Jews to yield Negev gains. Backing from the United States was described as hesitant. A Security Council committee studying Bunche demilitarization proposals marks time over a half holiday and will reconvene Friday in closed session.
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U.N. Security Council
Palestine
Security Council
Ralph Bunche
U.N
Truman Grappling With Peace Problem On Armistice Day
President Truman faces the Armistice Day anniversary while weighing a potential easing of U.S. Soviet tensions. From Key West he monitors state department guidance on Berlin, with no plans for a Truman Stalin meeting or Moscow trip. White House signals welcome if Stalin visits Washington. no official word on emissary talks.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
State Department
Berlin
129Th
Harry H. Vaughan
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
van Dyke
Jeff Davis
Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Soviet moves hint at peace aim amid Dulles attacks
Sources in the American delegation say Russian bloc attacks on John Foster Dulles signal a possible peace offensive. Vishinsky labeled Dulles warmonger, while Evatt urged breaking the log jam and direct Greece Balkan talks. Sophoulis rejected conciliation with guerrillas amid calls for Balkan negotiations. First rodeo at Pecos, Texas, on July 4, 1883.
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John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U. S
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
America
Herbert V. Evatt
U. N. General Assembly
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
U. N
Evatt
Trygve Lie
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Selim Sarper
Turkey
Themistskles Sophoulis
Athens
German scientist claims wrist band camera with 400 exposures
Munich report says 42 year old scientist Steinbeck completed a wrist watch sized minicam weighing 116 ounces. It uses 4 millimeter film for four hundred photos per roll and stays on the wrist ready to snap at a moment’s notice. The 2.8 lens focuses from one meter, supports color, and can enlarge to about two by three inches. Production planned soon to simplify photography for laymen.
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Munich
Steinback
Steinbeck
Museum Digs Fossils In Home Grounds
Lincoln Nebraska UP The University of Nebraska state museum digs for two prehistoric elephant fossils found under nearby houses. A 50 000 year old pachyderm was uncovered during furnace work, followed by a second near the first. Both homes were torn down this fall and the museum plans to remove and study the specimens if feasible.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska State Museum
C. B. Schultz
Grange Fights Plan To Kill Farm Program Revisions
Number 13 member of the convention committee on agriculture predicted the Grange would oppose Cooley s plan to end rigid 90 per cent parity supports. The new farm law would adjust parity, favoring flexibility 60 to 90 per cent, with high supports during shortages and lower ones during surpluses. Goss backs flexible supports. Cooley prefers current levels with controls. Newsome notes potential conflict with President Truman and Brannan. The parity revision and flexible supports were urged by the administration and supported in the campaign.
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Convention
Committee On Agriculture
Grange
Cooley
Goss
Newsome
Truman
Brannan
80Th Congress
Congress
Legal bid to appeal electors case faces hearing
A federal suit seeks injunction to stop electors from voting for Truman with a November 17 hearing to potentially grant a permanent restraining order. The Mobile suit names all 11 electors and argues the 1945 statute mandating party nominee voting is unconstitutional while pledging electors fulfilled party obligations in the general election. Gen Saliba appoints tri cities committee to clarify Alabama election law and fund court fights against electors.
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State Supreme Court
C. B. Kennamer
Truman
Birmingham
Joseph N. Langan
Mobile
Gessner T. Ale Corvey
Democratic Executive Committee
Lamberth
McCorvey
Sam H Johnston
Folsom
Alabama Supreme Court
James S. Saliba
Tri-Cities
Marines Mark 173 Years In Service To U S Navy
The United States Marine Corps marks 173 years since its 1775 authorization. Generals note rapid mobilization, global postings from Tripoli to Europe, Pacific outposts and amphibious warfare origins. Reserve strength exceeds 110000 citizen marines with 20000 on active duty training. aviation and ground units emphasize readiness.
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New ‘York
United States Marines Corps
Continental Congress
Tripoli
U. S. Navy
China
Guam
Pacific
Aleutians
Marianas
Europe
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Palestine
Clifton _B. Cates
Marine Corps
Esek Hopkins
New Providence
Bahamas
United States
Marine Corps Reserve
Soviet threaten airlift as corridors stand firm
In replies to a Soviet chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Gailey warned that full responsibility for injuries or damage would rest on Soviet authorities if any action closed or harmed the allied air corridors. Four power talks had established roughly 20 mile wide Berlin and Western Germany air routes, which Moscow has recently disputed but the West rejected.
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C. K. Gailey
Clay
Lukjantschenko
Gailey
Berlin
Germany
Hotel Manager Meets Four-Footed Exhibit Guests
In St Louis two live heifers were found in the Hotel Statler service elevator. Attendants said the animals were to be Exhibits A and B for a feeder calves lecture in the dining room. A tarpaulin barrier was laid to admit them.
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ST. Louis
Hotel
Statler
Market glut delays Texas pecan sales show steady prices
Houston reports county agent Ling advised pecan growers to hold can shipments as the market floods with supply. A yesterday meeting noted a good pecan crop this year and urged delaying sales to spur prices, with latest 43 Brand prices near those for peanuts. Officials cite 1948 crop as biggest story though quality varies by region.
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Houston
Ling
Poo Ling
Labor unions clash with Taft Hartley enforcement at NLRB
The article notes labor groups opposing Denham and his strict Taft Hartley act enforcement. It details disputes over NLRB powers under the act, vows to bar AFL CIO leaders from NLRB facilities, and top union officers must sign loyalty affidavits. The ITU fights Denham over stopping injunctions in alleged unfair labor practices cases. Illinois holds 8,400,000 acres of timber land.
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Mg Denham
Czgr
NLRB
Wasigen
Oith Denham
Labor
Unig
AFL
CIO
Nnt
Gro
AFCIO
Ions
Denham
U Ion
S .B
Eral
Gerhard van Ai
ITU
Arkel
Labor Board
Lans
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Liang Club
Dothan Eagle
Dothan Milling CO
New England
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Pecos
Texas
Eagle
Tri-State
Care Dothan Eagle
PETS
U.S
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Manville
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