States' Righters Pick Electors In Georgia Meeting
States' Rights Democrats in Georgia nominate 12 presidential electors amid a split from the regular Democratic party. Charles J. Bloch J. J. Brown and others are named as electors with Herman Talmadge tied to the slate. The move follows Gov. Talmadge's candidacy and features several regional figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Charles F. Barrett
Augusta
Democrats
Herman Talmadge
E. L. Willingham P
Talmadge
Charles J. Bloch
Macon
State
Democratic Executive Committee
J. J. Brown
Thomson
Agriculture
Julius Y. Talmadge ofAtlens
Daughters of the American Revolution
Democratic Party
E. B.register
Reidsville
J. E. Brooks, Jr
Camilla
Charles F. Crisp
Amereus
M. C. Roop
Carroll County
Urwood T. Pye
Atlanta
Oy L. Dunn
Businessan
Isaac Adams
Dalton’ Attorey
Ivy Li. Echols
Patterson Armer
George ‘McFarlane
Ummings Farmer
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Wright to Speak at Northwest Florida Rally in Marianna
Gov. Wright of Mississippi, vice presidential hopeful on the States' Rights ticket, will address a 7:30 p.m. rally at the Plaza. The event is organized by the Jackson County States' Rights group with J. T. Lanor as chair. Governor Wright and Mrs. Wright are expected to arrive by motor tonight for a welcome at Hotel Chipola and attend a Lions Club reception at Florida Cavern Park before the speech. Amos E. Vis of this city will introduce the candidate.
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J. Sims
R. A. Willis
J.A. Crond
R. R. Hodges
Wright
Govior Wright
Hotel Chipola
Tampa
Lions Club
Sion
Florida Caviate Park
Man Loses Left Arm In Roadside Log Truck Crash
Joseph Pybus 50 of route two suffered a severed left arm when his car side swiped a log truck driven by Sam Edgar Evans 45 of Al Fis on Cot srod road near the city. Evans faced charges after the crash as authorities described a high speed impact and emergency response details.
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Itiom
Joseph Pybus
Cot Srod
Sam Edgar Evans
al- Fis
Evans
Relph Wilson
Febus
Eve
Eas Bor
Festival ticket sales touted for National Peanut Festival
Season tickets priced at 3.85 dollars cover beauty contest mass band concert and night show at Wiregrass Stadium with single tickets 1.25 for beauty, 1.50 for concert and afternoon show and 1.50 for stadium night show. Penny Edwards and Little Beaver headline a diverse lineup plus Virgil Whyte Musicals and Professor Backwards. An advance meeting of the sales committee is set at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Charcoal Steakhouse to boost sales.
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Walter Morris
Morris
Wiregrass Stadium
Penny Edwards
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson J
Warner Brothers
Texas
Bobby
Little Beaver) Blake
Red Ryder
Little Beaver
Virgil Whyte
America
Professor
Wiregrass
Gadsden Labor Asks Truman Ballot in Alabama
A Gadsden labor delegation traveled to Montgomery to urge Gov. James Folsom to convene a special session to assign Alabama's 11 electoral votes to President Truman. Folsom backs Truman, while States’ Rights Democrats say the issue was settled in the May 4 primary. The primary electors are pledged to Gov. Thurmond.
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South Carona
Gadseen
E. L. Chambers
R P Williams 88 Pioneer In Modern Farming Dies
R P Williams 88 longtime Dothan resident and former Geneva County farmer dies after short illness in a local hospital. Survived by wife Mamie P Williams and son Robert P Williams Jr of Washington DC plus nieces in North Carolina. Funeral Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Columbia Cemetery Ward Wilson in charge.
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R.P. Williams
North
Bell ‘Street
Williams
Dothan
Geneva County
Robert P. Williams, Jr
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Jay Robinson
W. E. Elliott
Jim Bottoms
B. G. Stokes
Frank Bynum
H. N. Murdock
E. L. Feagle
A. S. Murdock
J. V. Bynum
Harry Bynum
Morris Garner
Joel Johnson
J. A. Driver
George Ward
E. C. Boswell
Floyd Baxter
Andrew Biatsios
Grady Watford
Mike Palmer
J. D. Creel
Sam J. Rice
W. T Street
John Nantz
First Presbyterian Church
J. Norton Dendy
Columbia Cemetery
Ward-Wilson
Pecan Price Support Discussed by CCC Board
A grower request for a price support program for pecans was set for discussion by the Agriculture Department's Commodity Credit Corporation board in Washington. The board must approve programs before implementation. Officials gave no details or forecast on action, noting Secretary Brannan's absence may delay a final decision.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation Board
Truman in Dairy States Dewey Talks To Onmen
President Truman campaigned across Wisconsin and Oklahoma to rally state votes as the Dewey campaign pushed through key races in Oklahoma and Kentucky. The race for the Senate included Ball against Humphrey, and Cooper against Chapman. Dewey assailed Truman on foreign affairs while Truman defended his leadership and peace efforts in a cross country contest that featured sharp partisan exchanges.
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Truman
Dewey
Associated
FRESS
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
Congress
New Yorker
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Minnesota
Rep
Ross Rizley
Robert 8. Kerr
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Virgil Chapman
Blue Grass
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Four Amish Farmers Jailed For Keeping Kids Out Of School
Four Amish farmers Amos Yoder Memma Bren men Jonas Petersheim and Enos Mast were rearrested in Somerset County for a second 20 day sentence after again refusing to send their children to high school Their children four girls and a boy are said to have enough education and be better served at home authorities say they risked harsher penalties unless they comply with the compulsory attendance law.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Salisbury
Justice of the Peace
Clarence A. Maust
Amos Yoder
Memma Brenmen
Jonas Petersheim
Enos Mast
Elk Lick Township
Yoder
Dothan Chest Drive Sees Strong First Day Response
The Dothan Chest, Inc. general drive reported good early participation. About 100 solicitors went out Tuesday and around 150 workers made calls on businesses and homes for contributions.
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Dothan United Chest, Inc
Bill Beck
J. M. Dasher
Dothan
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions and Exchange
The
Jaycees
V.F. W. Post
General Drive
Fred Garner
Woodfin Parkman, Jr
Blind veteran leads sale bid in Jersey City houses
Benjamin J. Masdale, a former Marine who lost his sight in Okinawa, attended a public housing sale with his seeing eye dog in Jersey City. About 590 people were present as Deputy City Collector William P. Black opened bidding, with one property starting near 2500 and bids quickly reduced to 75, the auction ending as the gavel fell.
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Jersey City
N. J
Benjamin J. Masdale
Okinawa
City Hall
William P. Black
Over 100 Attend UDC Convention
The fifty second annual Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy convened with more than 100 delegates registered. Registration began at 10 a m in the Houston Hotel lobby, followed by an executive board meeting at Foster street Methodist Church. The opening banquet honored Mrs. Julia Frances Weinmann though she could not attend due to family illness.
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Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Houston
Foster Street Methodist Church
Julia Frances Weinmann
Weinmainn
Dothan
Kb. Broyses
Birmingham
M. T. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Horace Jia
the Eagle
W. &. Calhoun
Displaced Persons Begin U S Journey From Germany
The first group of 400 displaced persons in Butreacil Germany packed belongings for a voyage to the United States under the new immigration bill. They will first travel to Bremerhaven and sail later this month for New York amid fears sparked by past travels from their homes.
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Butreacil
Germany
United States
Bremerhaven
New York
Russians Reject Bramuglia Plan On Berlin Crisis
In Paris the Soviet response to Juan Bramuglia's compromise for resolving the Berlin crisis was described as unsatisfactory. Bramuglia met Andrei Vishinsky for about an hour and planned to brief Western and neutral Security Council members. Western powers cooled optimism, signaling no Big Five session before Berlin blockade removal. The UN disarmament discussions continued, with Australia and Belgium compromises advancing sub committees and Palestine on the agenda.
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Paris
Russia
Brel Shackford
Juan A. Bramugia
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Stamuglia
Andrei Vishinsky
Bramugna
Bramagna
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Vishinsky
Bramuglin
Security Council
U. N
Big Five Council
U.N
Palestine
American Officials Eye Winter Berlin Air Lift Capacity
American officials say a daily average of 6000 tons of supplies can be flown into Berlin this winter if the Soviet blockade endures. Hundreds of reserve pilots and engineers will train at Great Falls before joining the Berlin airlift, while British engineers plan runway extensions at Gatow to expand operations.
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Berlin
United States
U.S. Air Corps
Great Falls
Gatow Air Base
Atlantic
Westover Field
Massachusetts
Frankfurt
Hft
Army
GCA
Berlin Faces World War I Aftermath Then and Now
A fragmented wire service summary reflects on postwar Berlin as Western powers set paths for Germany’s future. It notes Allied influence, contested borders, and debates over government structure while detailing the broader European recovery and governance questions following the conflict.
Governor Races Draw Attention Across 82 Contests
An AP report notes 100 candidates compete for 33 governorships this year. Four races in Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan draw heightened interest. Republicans hold 24 states to Democrats 24 with Maine already tallying a Republican winner Frederick G Payne.
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R. Harold Oliver Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Maine
Frederick G.payne
Georgia
Merman Talmadge
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Irma C. Otto
Mary Price
Republicurn
France Declares War on Food Speculators Amid Strike Wave
Paris reports outline government crackdown as Public prosecutors are urged to pursue profiteers. A 24 hour dockworkers strike threatens port disruption, blamed on Communist-led unions and the Communist International. The plan relies on targeted, short strikes to pressure prices and policy.
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Paris
France
Andre Marie
Cominfarme
Communist Internatinnal Information Bureau
French
Communist Party
Tormene
Ce Pulnis West
Benoit Fracheee
Vie Folinaers Inne
Gts
Man 85 Returns to School After 72 Year Absence
Teaneck New Jersey reports an elderly man aged 85 who ran away from home at 13 and has returned to education after seven decades. He expressed a wish to learn new things and adapt to the atomic era, pursuing classes in cooking and related studies.
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Man
Teaneck
Cliscrania
Riets
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St. Louis
Charles R. Wood, Jr
Navy
UDC
U. S
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Wes Gallagher
Risa
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