Metopelian Opens Concert Series At High School Here
Tenor Elsape Gary a Metropolitan veteran opened the Dothan High School auditorium concert series before about 300 people. He sang operatic arias from Puccini Verdi and Debussy with piano interludes by Mr. Jackson. The program included The Lord's Prayer and several semi classical songs and a descriptive aria from In a Persian Garden Night.
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the Dothan Eagle
Tessdar
Metopelian
Elsape Gary
Arnie Neevice
Bas Mens
Henry Jack
Mr. Plains
Gary
Dothan Ceremoniy Cancer Association
Ur Gars
Rubler Walt
Phils
Metropol Opera
Pucling
Rudolph
Mimi
Giuseppe Verdi
Mr. Jackson
de Rose
Malotte
Ireland
Dothan High School
Cross Section of Life In The Wiregrass Notice
A hermecoreng eristration at Smyrna Baptist church in November announced today invites all church members and friends for a daylong event and picnic lunches. Dothan Bremen scored two runs that night but a fire caused no reported damage. A Hazel Hurts laundry boiler fire caused minor damage and door blast but no serious injuries. A 302 Minates street gasoline tank auto fire caused minor damage. Hughes, 48, of Dothan, was charged with driving while intoxicated by city police. C Bacrentine filed suit in Houston County Circuit Court seeking $3,000 damages over a truck wreck on Oct 15 on U.S. 431 near Dothan involving a bus and the truck. the truck was wrecked and rendered worthless.
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Hazel Hurts
East Main Street
Minates Street
Ore. Hughes
Ot Dothan
Esriy
City Po
C. Bacrentine
Twoc
Houston County
Mberrenkine
Sever Milles
Dothan
U. 5
Adeay
Political clashes shape 1948 campaign rhetoric
The article surveys 1948 campaign rhetoric with Dewey urging a wage rise and expanded security programs, while criticizing Truman’s peace mission ideas. Taft criticizes the Moscow plan, Wallace labels Truman the worst Democratic candidate, Thurmond touts bloc votes, and Warren defends GOP reclamation.
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Labor
Commerce and Agriculture Department
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Fi
Nashville
Tenn
Blarshall
United Nations
Russia
Chicago
Henry Wallace
Truman
Progressive Party
Dewey
Lynchburg
J. Stram Thurmond
States Rights Party
Earl Warren
Casper
Wyo
Republican Party
Alben Barkley
Warren
Stockton
Calif
Births Surpass County Deaths Fivefold in September
September records show 137 births and 24 deaths in the county. White births numbered 90 females and 49 males with 32 nonrendered, 138 total births last month. Hospital births included 9 whites, 1 Negro. physicians delivered 17 white and 18 Negro babies.
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Siataber
Gwallm
IMB
Nes Grohshire
Dothan
Dothan Police Adopt Eight Hour Day For All Shifts
Dothan police shift system switches to eight hours daily effective Friday under order from Police Commissioner Brennan. Chief Eddie D. Kelley says no extra hires. fewer officers per shift but more alert coverage. Three shifts plus night cars and two motorcycle units assigned. officers keep one day off weekly.
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Dothan
Eddie D. Kelley
J. H. Brennan
Kelley
Brennen
Sil
E- Craughan
Deek
C. Burdesthaw
Tom Butler
Sam Wace
Tom Hovand
George Garrett
Shife
Liewt Ed Cherry
Sam Capps
Lawson Kelley
Frei Tankersley
Leo Sickes
Jack’ Smith
Mike Palmer
Atomic energy control plan sparks Western and Soviet rift
Debates in the committee reveal Western proposals for an International Atomic Control Agency with inspection powers and no veto, while Vishinsky derides Western aims as deception. Austin defends disarmament pace as Marshall returns, signaling a sharpened Western campaign against Russia.
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Canada
Vishinsky
Hitler
Russia
Soviet Union
Austin
United States
George C. Marshall
Washington
Josef Stalin
Vichinsky
Russa
Briain
Frases
China
Funeral services set for Pfc Rudaton Sanders in Graceville
Pfc Rudaton Sanders of Graceville route two will receive artillery funeral services with military honors by the Chester R. Vickery Post American Legion after his death from an accidental gunshot wound on Luzon Island, Philippines, July 3 1865. His body arrives in Dothan Wednesday at 6 40 am and arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Dewey Sanders a brother Clarence and several aunts and uncles.
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Dewey Sanders
Clarence
Graceville
Young Miss Rhodes Tops Local Eveningwear Contest in Bathing Suit
Miss Rhodes, a 15 year old Elon High School junior, impressed judges to win the queen title after a second-round selection among Miss Maragen Whitman and Miss Betts Jane Spurlin. Injured contestant Miss Marty Padgett was kept from entering as spectators say she would have challenged the winners. Other entrants included Lowe Wharle, Jean Taylor, Mary Jo Lowery, Mozelie Alday, Joan Thomason, Evelyn Sego, Helen Breswell, Betty Rushing, Johnnie Johnson, Mary Holley, Mary Lou Plant, and Lease Danford.
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Miss Rhodes
Maragen Whitman
Betts
Jane Spurlin
Marty Padgett
Lions Club
Miss Padgett
Elon‘ High School
Lowe Wharle Jean Taylor
Mary Jo Lowery
Mozelie Al'day
Joan Thomason
Evelyn Sego
Helen Breswell
Betty Rushing
Johnnie Johnson
Mary Holley
Mary Lou Plant
Lease Danford
Tragedy of Two Teens Ends in Death and Mystery
Police probe a double tragedy in a small town where winell syble eihorides and alesse darby, both youths, were found dead near a store by third base with blood surrounding. Parents dispute motive, insisting no harm by Lonzy Darby, while friends note a true romance and a planned marriage thwarted by disapproving families. Funeral plans set at Grace Baptist church.
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Winell
Alesse Darby
Third Base
Lonzy
A. W. Etheridge
Darby
Grace Baptist Church
Lelere
Etheridge
Speeding and Assault Trials Begin in Houston County
The Houston County Circuit Court opened its second day with trials for George BR. Wells appealing a speeding conviction and Eula Mae Wamms indicted for assault with intent. Wells was acquitted. Wamms trial continued. Comer Peterman, a Negro, died from natural causes per toxicology. a prior bullet wound was deemed unrelated. John Fordham pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced to two years, with probation sought. Other trials were continued.
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Houston County
George BR. Wells
Eula Mae Wamms
Wells
Hula Mae
Comer Peterman
Peterman
John Fordham
John H. Brown
Clifford Ward
German economic and postwar plans outlined in 1945 dispatch
A Soviet zone report cites General Lucius D. Clay as saying private foreign investment in German industry may resume. Western allies discuss returning coal mines to civilian control, while Soviet authorities keep wartime arms salvage programs in place. The piece mixes conflicting wartime notes and peculiar statistical insertions.
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Germany
Backs Tremee With Teague in Sneaker Comment
A jumble of names and quotes shows James Jackes expressing preference for Truman, praising straightforwardness while noting unpredictability. He references Thomas Elis Dewey, Henry Wallace, and shift from a Progressive past amid party changes and political maneuvering.
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Thomas Elis Dewey
Jckes
Truman
Old
Progressive Party
Jpew
Henry Wallace
Truman’s political missteps and campaign turmoil
A retrospective on President Truman’s fluctuating political standing. It notes his shifting influence in Congress, the 1946 and 1948 cycles, his civil rights speech, a failed autumn session gambit, red espionage probes, Folke Bernadotte’s murder impact on Jewish votes, and the abortive plan with Stalin and the UN.
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Wallace
Congressional
Fred M. ‘Vinson
Joseph V Stalin
United Nations
Mr. Truman
George G. Marshall
Br. Truiman
Rights Declaration Debate Highlights Global Tensions
Delegates cited remarks by Truman on racial injustice and Georgia laws restricting unmarred women. A Cuban amendment proposed equality without race sex or status, and a 18 nation commission led by Mrs. Franklin D Mt drafted article two. The committee approved article one. vote: 28 in favor, none against, eight abstentions.
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Russia
Pavlov
Georgia
Truman
Human Rights Commission
Franklin D. Mt
Claire Of Baskett Refused By County Road Claim Fight
County board debates paying Burkett 253 for gasoline and oil from a prior inspector contract on the Columbia Cedar Creek road. Judge Logue says the state ordered repayment. legality disputed. Board eyes contract route on Cattonwood-Florida line road while county crews face repairs. concerns voiced over paracuture packing by licensed Siggera.
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Robert Meadowe
Burkett
Columbia
Cedar Creek
Logue
State Mucilor
Board ‘of Revenue
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Cattonwood
Florida State Line
Abe County
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