Supreme Court opens term with eight justices
The U S Supreme Court began its 100th term with eight justices present as two senior members Frank Murphy and Wiley Rutledge were dead. Justice William C Douglas was absent due to injuries from a mountain accident. Tom C Clark replaces Murphy and Sherman Minton is set to join after Senate confirmation for Rutledge.
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Dearlorre Moulton
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Wiley B. Rutledge
William C. Douglas
Rocky
Cuxendy
Washington State
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Rutledge
Genetral
Tom C. Clark
Geefaht Dustries
Sherman Minton
Ted
Truman
Senate
Finw
Minton
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
Seven Girls Killed When Train Hits Bus At Crossing
A collision at a crossing near Ontario on the day’s end killed seven girls and injured many others. The train from March Air Force Base struck a school party bus carrying military and civilian dependents home from a beach outing. Local reports describe chaotic wreckage, with survivors and rescuers aiding the injured as authorities organized evacuation and care.
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Cheet
Corepor
Edward Pe Desie
Twich Auline
Delos Pefrerry
Vichor
Anil Police
Pri bin
Air Force Bace
Union Pacific
Chicago
Atlal
Fick Klenhied
Jima
Omera
Maruita Pearce
Vearsald
Ontirio
OniwRa
Marauita
Ming T
Naval Wexital
Lone Beach
Dolor Grisolla
Brooklyn
State Supreme Court Ends Summer Recess
Mountcomray AP reports the State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals resumed sessions after a long recess. It was unclear if any decisions would be issued this week. The high court planned to release findings Thursday and Friday respectively as all judges were present after over a year of absence due to illness.
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State Supreme Court
Directors Pick Wood To Fill Wilkerson Post
Holland and Wilkerson were ruled eligible then later disqualified for hospital board positions. Attorney General Carmichael reversed on advice from officials, designating Alex Wood of Columbia to replace Wilkerson. The board approved Wood as a director while other posts remained unsettled. The Thornton County Hospital board will meet at 7 pm Wednesday at the courthouse.
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Hewalon
A. A. Carmichael
Peagle
J. Hotland
Luther Rushin
A. D. Wilkerson
Jearlice
Carmichael
J. Albert Logue
Board of Revenue
Alex Wood
Columbia
Wilkerson
Vutny Ob
County Board of Education
S and D Utility Service
Dothan
Holland
Avil
Hospital Paedcintimn
Ansistant
Ro! Mardin
Mande
Rushin
ASA
Alans AaMey
Bord Alea
Thornton County Hospital
Ieet
Ie Counthouse
Mmembers
Retie Limsqutal
Serccnte
Ion Aloo
Follies
Toru
Miss Meyrovitz Dies In New York Hospital
Miss Burionse Meyrovitz formerly of Dothan died late Saturday night in a New York hospital after long illness. Funeral services were held in Eufaula Thursday with burial there. She is survived by her brother Towle and two sisters Miss Hinah and Beenrice Meyrovitz, and by her father Jake Meyrovitz. The Meyrovitz family lived here in 1887 before moving to New York.
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Burionse Meyrovitz
Dothan
AB Hosstal
New York Uy
Eufaula
Miss Meyrowis
Towle
Hiinah
Beenrice Meyraults
Jake Meyrovite
Mass Meyrovix
New York
Floats Shape Up With Curves For Festival Parade
The Sixth National Peanut Festival parade committee announced a shift from table top floats to curved designs. About 27 entries last year, with a growing push for more, face a Monday deadline and a $50 entrance fee for non sponsor units. Bands from Wiregrass towns are being lined up as officials eyeOctober 22 for the parade.
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Rustace Bishop
Eva Helms
Comerce
Morgan McGellang
Eustace Bishop
Lavaues
Helms
Enthus Lom Ll
Bishop
Wiregrass
Jack Rob Mson
Chahanman
Alogis
Dothan
Watlc
Robstrape
Belie
Hon
May
Dothan Office Plans 1950 Census Start Next April
Dothan’s Bureau of the Census office announces preparations for the 1960 census to begin in April next year. Wilkerson, head, says about 1900 office square feet are sought for staffing and that temporary space may be found at Napier Field if possible.
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Dothan
ED Driggers
Bureau of Denniis
A.D. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Heon
Wilkavon
Hev
Explosion Rocks Manhattan Section
An explosion shattered a five story building in mid Manhattan injuring six people, one critically. Fire swept through the structure at 148.50 West 20th Street sending tenants into the street as alarms and sirens filled the scene.
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New York
mid-Manhattan
He Vinsl
West 20Th In
Clibgs
Carmichael Refuses To Discuss Lawsuit
Montgomery report states Gen Albert A Carmichael refused to discuss a lawsuit involving an injunction against Preferred Life Insurance Co. The action aimed to stop the company from converting from a fraternal benefit society to a stock holding firm. Francis M Kohn resigned as attorney general after levying the charge. Justice Jr., of Montgomery, filed the suit and is the son of a founder.
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Montgomery
APL
Albert A. Carmichael
Iment
Francis M. Kohn
Carmichael
Kohn
Montgomery-Souviel Sud Il
Preferred Life Ag+ sbrance Co, Inc
J. E. Justice, Jr
Justice
Peace treaty hopes and Yoshida on communism spread
In Tokyo Premier Yoshida hopes for a peace treaty with Japan soon but says withdrawal of American troops next year would leave Japan defenseless. He cautions China should be left alone and notes the Chinese Communist movement gains Soviet help yet remains limited to rural areas. warns against overstated interference and suggests a generation may pass before Communist influence ends.
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Foulas Flan
Énis
Wile Korson
Japan
China
W Chinees Commaniet Peoples Republic
Joseph L. Doves
United Perens
Kant
Joseph L. Jones
Tokyo
Mee Shikeru Yoshida
Alles
Duckig Sin
United Press
Otlovio
Truman Action Said Best Bet To End Strike
In Pittsburgh AP reports more than 1.2 million coal miners and 80,000 steel workers returned to partial operations as union leaders and officials weigh presidential action to end the broad labor conflict. Federal mediation officials floated talks with industry and labor to revive negotiations. Steel wage losses mount while coal supplies balance to keep energy demand.
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Truman
Pittsburgh
Jean L. Lewis
Milion Steel
Wathout
Fce
Dhaught Cyrus Ching
Mediation and Conciliation
Feadure
Ois
Pennsylvania
Lewis
America
Nine Dead in Alabama Weekend Traffic Wrecks
Weekend Alabama traffic toll includes nine killed in wrecks across the state and nearby Mississippi. Victims include Loyd Harris 92 and wife 25 of Weagutka, plus Edward L. Malone of Vincent, and James Floyd Weatherly of Northport. Other fatalities involve a Birmingham taxi driver, a Selma area girl, and an Albany Air Force sergeant. Several were critically injured in multiple crashes, with a pickup and embankment accident near Durant Miss and a death in a Birmingham taxicab crash marking the year’s 20th fatality in the city.
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Wile. Parsons
Alabama
Talladega
Mississippi
Birmingham
Harpersville
Goutheast
Loyd Harris
Weagutka
Dra Hughes
Edward L. Malone
Vincent
Harris
Hughes
Sylacauga
Malone
Yestundays
Tscaloona
James Floyd Weatherly
Northport
Joan Willam Powell
Alberta
Ala
Selma
Marguerite Baxter
faVadoga
Durant
Miss
Oan
Albany, Ga
Air Force
Robert C. Day
Clarion
Theordis ‘Garrett
Willis Herbert James
Bankhead Memorial Unveiling Set in Jasper Alabama
A memorial for Alabama Bankhead family figures will be unveiled at the Walker County Courthouse grounds next Sunday. Woodmen of the World entry will bear names including John H Bankhead Sr John H Bankhead Jr and William B Bankhead. John N Coshbran of Montgomery will speak at the ceremony.
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Jasper
Alabama
Bankhead
Warla
Walker County Courthone
John H. Bankhead
U.S
John H. Bankhead, Jr
William 8
Civil Rights Bills Out This Session
President Truman and congressional leaders agree Civil Rights bills will be shelved for this session. They plan to pursue a Fair Employment Practices bill early in the next session. Senate leaders expect the Civil Rights fight to pass to West session, with timing uncertain.
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Lyle
Wilson
Washington
Truman
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Tilimai
Whiste
Lucas
Jay Bui
FERC
House
San Ray2up
House Democratic Legatra
Congress
Democratic Bist
Trumas
Kansas City
Singer Buddy Clark Dies In Plane Crash
Crooner Buddy Clark, 38, was a last minute hitchhiker on a twin engine Cessna that crashed in a Los Angeles street after returning from a game trip. Five others were injured as the plane ran out of gas. Newscaster Sam Hayes said Clark joined the party at the last minute after an extra ticket was found.
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Holly Wool
Buddy Clark
Los Angeles
Clark
Palo Alto
Jares N. Peyton
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sam Hayes
Hayes
Drive Carepollyw
LIFE
Argentine devalues peso by about 46 percent
In Buenos Aires the peso was devalued by roughly 46 percent against the dollar, altering exchange rates for travel, exports, and imports. The new official rate set the peso at 25.20 to the dollar, compared with the prior level around 4.32.
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Buenos Mres
Relalon
Douar
U. S
Russia Recognizes China Communist Regime Shifts U.N. stance
The Associated Press reports Russia has recognized the Chinese Communist regime, breaking with the Nationalists. T. F. Tsiang called the move expected as the UN debates the Nationalists' complaint of Soviet backing. Britain said it would discuss recognizing the new government with 18 nations including the United States and NATO allies.
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Associated Press
Russia
China
New York
T. F. Tsiang
United Nations General Assembly
People’s Republic of China
U. N
Britain
United States
North Atlantic Alliance
Monwealth
Germany
Bonn
Johnson May Have to Settle Feud In State Guard Command
Washington reports defense tensions between Maj. Gen. P.F. Cramer National Guard commander and Maj. Gen. George Finch air chief. Cramer ordered Finch to step down. Finch was restored after a truce by top defense secretaries. Controversy centers on control of state guard air units and separate state air staffs. If unresolved, Secretary Johnson may decide the outcome. Drive carefully save a life.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Itohnson
Weely
Natonal Guard
Giard
PF. Cramer
National Guard
George Finch
Army
Finch Wes
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Gordon Gray
Cramer
Finch
Guard
Carer
Symington
Navy hurricane hunter probes distant area east of Mine
Hurricane hunter plane winged over the Atlantic more than 2,000 miles east of Mine as forecaster Gradge and the Port Chalmers reported 35 mile per hour winds. The area of suspicion was being probed for potential development.
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Miami
Atlantic
Gradge
U. S
Justice Douglas Injured In Fall
Justice William Douglas, a leading liberal on the U S Supreme Court, was gravely injured in the Cascade Mountains near Yakima Washington after a horse fell and rolled on him. He suffered 13 rib fractures and injuries to internal organs, but doctors said full recovery possible though pneumonia danger lingered. His daughter Mildred and other family members joined him as he recuperated in Yakima hospital.
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Yakima
Wash
William
Douglas
U. S
Cascade Mountains
Yekima Hospital
Gette
East
Mildred
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wesh
Supreme Court
Reve
Senate
Washington, D. C
High Cascades
Xia
Curtes Gilbert
Clarence Truitt
Drivs Carbpullt
Save & Life
Alabama Farm Bureau kicks off major membership drive
The Alabama Farm Bureau announces the Federation Fall membership drive aiming for at least 90,000 names by its end. The group currently has 74,017 members with enrollment underway in several counties. District meetings are planned in Gadsden and Russellville on Oct 12 and in Cullman on Oct Get.
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Montgomery
Alabama Farm Bureau
W Woite
L. Randolph
Randolph
Federation
Gadsden
Russelvile
Cullman
Get
Help Them Walk Again Crippled Kids Benefit Campaign
Crippled Children's Service reports 28 percent of Houston County live children are crippled. Funds from Do than United Chest assist orthopedic care, with $159 contributed from the Chest toward a total $143,000 spent on services last year. The county’s crippled children face polio, club feet, and other handicaps needing care.
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JC Campbell
Thace
Houston
Dothan United Chest
Crippled Children’s Service
Dotan
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State Guard Command
Hurd
Justice Douglas
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