Ambitious City Planning Proposal Faces Costs and Condemnation
A 1950 planning discussion urges extending W Adams and E Crawford streets to ease traffic into the business district. It notes possible condemnation of property and bond funding if cash is unavailable. The note stresses urgency as land costs rise with inevitable urban expansion and the need for swift action.
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W. Adams
Montana Street
Tersing
E. Crawfort
S. Alice and
Wedwill Boulevard
Wis
Dothan
Planning Board
Let There Be Licht Betrayal Cited in 3 Rigs Note
A fragmentary note references a biblical line about Judas betraying Jesus with a cryptic phrase “3. Rigs?-Guke 22:48” and mentions divine aid. The readable text is highly garbled, offering few verifiable names, places, or dates.
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Jesus
Judas
San
Guke
Premature Conclusion on CIO's Political Role
The piece argues the CIO president Philip Murray plans to expand the CIO beyond unionism, seeking influence in national and international councils. It notes a CIO convention demonstration and questions whether enlarging the CIO’s power serves its members or politics overall.
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Sam
CIO
Mur- Tor
Murray
CTO
Susctet
Qtr Nation
Tr Mark
CIG
Mure
Dothan Traffic Woes Highlight Planning Board Delays
Persistent headaches for motorists grow as Planning Board experts delay recommendations. City officials discuss remedies including removing grass plots to widen narrow sidewalks and improving Crawford and other streets to relieve congestion.
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Sinle Planning Board
Dothan
Ereazog
Crawford
Oales
Ain
Dove Season Outlook Prompts Banded Dove Study Call
The State Conservation Department asks dove hunters to remove bands and return data to federal and state offices to help set a biologically sound open season. Since 1948, Alabama stations have logged over 5 200 banded doves guiding future hunting limits and season length.
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State Conservation Department
U.S
Washington, D.C
Game
Pish and Seafoods Division
Department of Conservation
Brangovery
Alabama
That Cold Spell Brings Odd Cheer to Weatherspread
A weather column notes an unusually cold spell in We Weesend stirring unexpected cheer. Residents smile at the cold as a novelty, remarking little complaint beyond the chill. The piece playfully credits the season with easing griping, and jokes that weather questions spur more grins than discomfort.
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Te Wiregeass
Offensive-Big Puzzle In Korea War News
HAL BOYLE reports on a large Korean front campaign as 116000 US troops of the Eighth Army push toward the Manchurian border. Intelligence suggests 100000 North Korean and Chinese volunteers may block their path, with Chinese crossings and diplomatic risk looming. Military voices express doubt and cautious resolve about the operation’s direction and potential outcomes.
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U. S. Atu Arbty
Korea
United Nations
Eighth Army
Yalu River
Red China
Franken
Westbrook Pegler Forges Critics of Nazism in Confusion
The column critiques American critics deriding Nazi denazification as a sign of political confusion. It accuses the Society for the Prevention of World War II of fronting fascist sympathies, argues Nazism blends socialism and nationalism, and suggests Roosevelt era policies mirrored fascist tendencies. It cites Mussolini, Hitler, and public figures while warning against trusting supposed anti Nazi voices.
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New York
Society For the Prevention of
United States
Taft
Dewey
Mark Sullivan
Vivien Kellerma
Pegler
Hitler
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Jack Bozio
Propaganda Bureau
Fascist Foreign Office
Rome
Mussolini
Joe Maestro
Bazio
Axis
Blue Eagle
Nauty
Italy
Elliott Roosevelt
New Deal
Harvard Law
Washington
NRA
Brown Shirts
Brown Shirt
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Goona—Brown Sh
Frank Musay
Kent
Bors Lnioneers
Leon
Ming
Contest Winners Promised at Sour Harbor School Gossip
The piece notes various contest titles such as Miss America Miss Cotton Maid Miss Dothan Peanut and a Mr Knees contest at Sour Harbor School. It mocks naming odd titles for Mr Carmichael Attorney General and hints at local opinions on fast divorces amid Alabama and national trends. It cites Prichard Citizen Huntsville Times and Decatur Daily discussing quickie divorces and out of state influence on Alabama law.
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Sour Harbor School
Knees
A. A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Mr. Carmichael
Tom. Sharp
Prichard Citizen
Madigom County
Alabama
Alewbame
Decatur Daily
Huntsville
New York
Times
Mecca
Alshama Q
Male
Madr Sen County
Extradition stance cited by Alabama paper
Decatur Daily notes a demand that elected officials extradite prisoners across state lines. It asserts governors must cooperate with Alabama, or risk political friction. The piece critiques a governor who refuses to cooperate and questions the fairness of treating defendants differently by state.
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aAnoter Yuuze
Eilion
Hon Persons
Alabama
Persons
Decatur Daily
Change In Tactics Faces Labor 25 Years Ago
Washington report analyzes labor’s political shift after Taft Hartley backlash. AFL leaders defend alliances while CIO convenes amid protests urging nonpartisan wage-focused strategy. Results show mixed gains and losses for pro-labor lawmakers, with McMahon praised and Donnell defeated.
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Washington
Klewigs
Gomperr
CIO
Philip Murray
White House
AFL
William Green
Murray
Truman
Acheson
Miso
Friends
League
Labor
American Federation of Labor
Green
George Meany
Jo Iseph D. Keenan
Seasion
Eraoe Aly
Brien McMahon
Atomic
Bowles
Benton
McMahon
Albertville Fire Destruction Totals Forty-Two Thousand
Flames ripped through Albertville causing about 42000 in losses across a residence, poolroom, and warehouses. Firefighters battled blazes in the business district with help from neighboring towns Guntersville Attallas and Gadsden as homes and establishments burned. Fire Chief Beama Gipson reported the first house destroyed while residents were away. mortgage of the lots valued at 10000.
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Twe Oman Fae
Combine- Owners
T.we ‘Thrasher
Gper
Abertville
Oremon
Guntersville
Attats
Gadeden
Beama Gipson
Century
Ireland
Albertville
Orientals
Jacksonville
Lees
Snalka
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