Wiregrass meeting in Ozark and rabies case report
Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council will hold its annual business meeting and banquet in Ozark on January 18. Hugh Comer to deliver principal address. Dothan calf tested positive for rabies. owner Floyd Cosby of Columbia route two reported stray behavior prior to death. No human exposure. Regular police and civic service notes follow including a peanut festival parade and cemetery work at Pleasant Grove church Graceville. Cotton futures and school bus safety mention Nebraska and Georgia requirements.
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Yeo
Alatame
Boy Scout Council
Ozark
Hone
R. C. Joiner
Hugh Comer
Dothan
Mra
Anne Cooper
Floyd Cosby
Columbia Route Two
AL "Gus" Lane
Scoutm
Lane
Theouts
Civic Service Project
By &M Oa
Two Louisville men arrested again on same charge
Lehman Baker aged 24 and Lud Clark aged 28 were arrested in Louisville by city police for the second time on the same charge. They were later turned over to Barbour County Sheriff Marshall Williams, who held grand jury indictments. In a prior July arrest they were charged with breaking into a veterans club and removing a slot machine. Officers said Baker could not prove car ownership when trying to sell a 1937 automobile for 25 dollars.
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Teo Louisvile
Lehman ‘Baker
Lud Clark
Veerans
Loulawlic
Barbour County Grand
Wiliams
Loral
Baker
Clark
Festival events and tickets listed at Napier Field
Tickets for the festival weekend events are on sale with individual and season options. Information and ticketing at the recreation center. A bright sunny day boosts anticipation for a wide crowd as parade help and miscellaneous duties are noted.
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Napier Field
Russia Tightens Blockade as Berlin Communists Rally
Report says a Russian veto looms as Berlin walls tighten the blockade. U.N. attention shifts to the city where Berlin's communists mobilize 3,000 special police to seize food supplies entering the city, except via costly routes.
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U.N
Berlin
French Coal Strikes Hit Mines and Rail Traffic
Reported strikes in France by Communist factions halted maintenance crews at coal mines risking four mines flooded. Riviera rail traffic slowed and a Paris subway strike was forecast. Production could drop by about a fifth while Communists appeared to mobilize around the European Recovery Plan costing the U.S. over 5 billion dollars in the year.
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France
Riviera
Paris
United States
Reds Gain In China and Communist Leadership Reels
The Communists in China appear to have captured Changchun the Manchurian capital, with Taiyuan and Kweisut threatened. Greek forces claim a strike against rebels and report 245 jailed over three days. A U S carrier and eight ships departed Greece for exercises after a five day visit.
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China
Changchun
Taiyuan
Kweisut
Shansi
Suiyuan
U. S
Greece
Alabama Ballot Oddity Ties Truman to State Laws
The text notes Alabama uniquely cannot place President Truman on the ballot unless the legislature amends voting laws. It mentions Governor Folsom backing Truman after previously opposing him, and references party qualifications and delegate roles.
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Mudh
Alabama
Truman ii
Folsom
Truman
Livestock market report from Montgomery area sale
Trade was slightly more active with higher calves and hogs. Receipts included 900 cattle and 250 hogs with good and choice calves at 400-500 pounds selling around 20 to 23.50 and stocker cattle at 18 to 22 per hundredweight. hogs mostly 50 higher for barrows and gilts with varying weights.
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Montgomery Wr
Public information committee lists subcommittees and contest
The group directed by Bondurant and Miss Betty Mathis outlines subcommittees press radio women and men rural school advertising and racial groups per director. A county scrapbook program for Oct 1 1948 to Sept 1 1949 will be judged for regional plaques with awards for weekly and daily press and radio coverage. A Houston Hotel luncheon featured Dr Thomas Woods as keynote.
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Amittee
Bondurant
Betty Mathis
Alabama
American Cancer Society
Counly Committee
Dhe Vision
Houston
Noom
Thomas Woods
States Rights rally attacks Truman in Southern tour
Thurmond and Wright denounce national Democrats and claim Truman’s party hijacked by radicals. Wallace blasts Truman from Reading while criticizing Marshall and the White House plan. Barkley’s camp dismisses Democratic foreign policy claims amid a fractured party scene.
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Truman
Democratic Party
South
Philadelpha
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Reading
Harts S. Truman
White House
Bankets
Wallace
Marsnail
Marshall
Demti
Vinson
Motcou
Semon Alben W. Barkles
New York
Rites for Mrs. Othe Richardson at Rosaville Church
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Othe Richardson twenty six of Abbeville who died after a brief illness. The Rev Pete Mezmer officiates at Rosaville Church with burial in the church cemetery. She leaves her husband Prince Richardson and several siblings. Funeral notices also list Sgt Henry Roy Bowden of Newton route one killed in Germany with Rainbow Division. Military rites planned at Goodwater Church with burial by Ward Wilson and pallbearers named.
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Otmel Riceardyon
Prince Richardson
Abbeville
J. D. Strong
John Robert Armstrong
Willie Armairing
Abbevile
Elgara Richardson
Cottonwood
Ethel Richardson
Way Roy Bowden
Sbgt
Henry Roy Bowden
Nawton
Germany
Coodwater
Ward-Wilson
Ergeant Bowden
42Nd Infantry
Rainbow
Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
Rebecca Virginia Bowden
Terry
Bobby Bowden
Newton
Noah Bowden
Dozier
Ala
Cecil
D. L. Bowden
Willie
Cleo
James Bowden
Winter Haven
Fla
Unter
Vernie
Gulley
Lozier
Flore Brown
News Ton Route One
Lola Mae jEllis
Dog
Gilley Brink Gilley
Vernie Gilley
le A. Bowden
Evrmen Thomley
Ian Gilley
Bulldozer Uncovers 1200 Gallons of Gasoline in Yard
Workers on a Cal. construction site uncovered a buried gas line and a large storage tank filled with about 1200 gallons of gasoline. The fuel had been forgotten for 15 years after installation for a service station that was never built.
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Zolma. Cal
Thief Better Mechanic Than Car Salesman
Kenosha Wisconsin United Press report says Michael W. Gallo, an Atta service station manager, left his car with keys in it after it wouldn’t start. The next morning the car was gone, and Gallo theorized the thief was a magician or a very skilled mechanic.
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Kenosha
Wis
Michael W. Gallo
Gallo
Atta
Flight of 20 American officers from Soviet Union questioned as refugees
American officers stated twenty officers fled the Soviet Union and sought political refugee status, denying Russian planting. After Keyes refused returns, Kourasov urged Russian officials to visit Hoersching to persuade the men to return. The officers described escaping on October 9 and attempting to land near an American occupied area, with a Piper Cub escorting them to a rough landing that caused a crash but left all uninjured amid ongoing tensions following General Clark's removal.
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Keyes
Kourasov
Hoersching
Plannion
Soviet Union
Tught
Thor
Austria
Mark Clark
Fragmented Note on Eye Irritation and Tags From Lean Text
A damaged OCR fragment describes irritated eyelids and mentions tags, hints at a product or label, and includes unclear names and places. The readable portion centers on eye discomfort and a list-like sequence of unrelated terms.
City Fires Damages Reported At Three Sites
Two fires caused minor damage in the city with only one notable blaze. An electric motor at the Serrain and Bradford iced mill on 130 South Oates Street burned after a short crewk started the fire. Earlier, a grass fire in the 300 block of Dusy Street and a heater issue at Dr. M. D. BecCarty's office on North Oales Street were reported.
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Brethers
Serrain
Bradford
South Oates Street
M. D. becCarty
Tha
Oales Street
Dusy Street
Dr. BecCarty
Flremet
Local pageant crowns Miss Samson in Samson contest
In a Lions club sponsored event at Samson high school brunette Johnnie Faye Hornsby was chosen as Miss Samson and will represent the city at the National Peanut Festival in Dothan. Frances Jones and Ola Ann Sims finished second and third among ten entrants. Other contestants included Alice Faulk Nancy Knowle Joan Coleman Jimmie Nell Mallory Fay Parker Gray Owens Jolene Adkison and Connie McDuffie.
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John Hornsby
Samson
Saimson
E. S. Parish
Parish
Mike Samson
Dothan
Alice Faulk
Nancy Knowle
Joan Coleman
Jimmie Nell Mallory
Fay Parker
Gray Owens
Jolene Adkison
Connie McDuffie
Hugh
Medal of Honor engraving and relief from mortgage payoff
The Army paid for engraving on the Medal of Honor case. Red was promoted to a higher paying contact representative post by the VA. President Lee Moody announced the Bes semer mortgage was paid off by an undisclosed benefactor, described by sources as a large Midwest firm. Irwid called it a major relief, saying, I feel her million bucks. The 1948 cranberry crop is projected to be the second largest on record.
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Army
Red
Lee Moody
First National Bank of Bessemer
Midwest
Irwid
Reckless Driving Tangles Two Crashes in County
Two traffic incidents yesterday left one injured and one arrested for reckless driving. Abraham Futch, 11, suffered head and face lacerations after attempting to jump onto a moving truck driven by Ariander Hart in Jordan. J T Keel, 23, was charged after a collision with a parked car in Headland near Handleod Baptist church. police report he sped around a corner and struck Carey Solomons’ auto, causing about $400 in damages. a Henry County Court warrant was filed by Solomon.
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Ore
Abraham Futch
Jordan
Ariander Hart
Gordo
J. T Keel
Handleod Baptist Chures
Keel
Carey
Henry County Court
Solomon
Veterans Legion lesson in wartime peace and politics
Amid convention debates, Warren remarks urge peace with honor and warn against vetoes and threats delaying a stable free world. The Miami march drew a massive crowd despite tropical rain as delegations paraded along Flagler Street. Main sessions focused on Americanism foreign relations and employment with auxiliary elections and a push for universal military training. James F. Green of Omaha emerged as a leading candidate for national commander, reflecting WWI and WWII veteran backing.
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Warren Weld
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
American Federation of Lister
William Green
Legion
Mmunists
United States
Miami
Legion Delegat
Flagler Street
Biscayne Boulevard
Bnt
California
Jonathan Wainwright
Bat
Archie W. Miller
New Cumberland
Hubert Goode
Portland
Ore
Lee W .Hutton
Excelsior
Mian
Cesson
James F. Green
Omaha
Neb
Unclear OCR fragment hints at Legion officers and Indian soldiers
Fragmentary text mentions Soe aepitants and Craig of Indians with Legion younger members, suggesting a historical military or veteran context, but lacks coherent facts or names to form a complete report. The readable bits imply internal military group dynamics without clear events or dates.
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Soe
Craig
Gedther
Ether
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Romine Teate
Louise Walker
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Wiregrass Stadium
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Barney's Army Store
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