Tax Education Drive and Navy Bomber Crash in Georgia
Georgia League of Women Voters launches a tax revision campaign urging state lawmakers to overhaul the tax system. In Dalton, a Navy torpedo bomber crash kills Ralph Meeks, UPI correspondent, and Cmdr. Charles Kiester of the USNR, with Marion Goldstein injured critically. Meeks, 26, formerly with the Emory class of 1942, covered major stories for UPI, including the John Garris murder and the Margaret Mitchell accident.
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Georgia
Navy League 91
Atlanta
Georgia League of Women Voters
Wate
Casue
League
Southeastern States
North Carolina
Tennessee
Dalton
Meeks
Miss Goldstein
Emory University
Naval Air Corps
Columbus, Ga. Ledger
United Press
Metropolitan Opera
John Garris
Margaret Mitchell
Kiesler
Atlanta Naval Air Station
Pilgrim John Alden House Stands Near 320 Years
In Duxbury Massachusetts the John Alden House built in 1683 remains well preserved. Located near Plymouth Rock, this historic home marks nearly three and a half centuries since the Mayflower passenger's arrival.
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Duxbury
Mass
UPI
Plymouth Rock
John Alden
Negro Ex-Convict Shot Officer Captured After Pursuit
A 38-year-old Negro ex-convict Jesse Donaldson was wounded by a 500-man posse after a three day chase for wounding Lakeland Patrolman Monroe Brannon. Donaldson, shot in the legs and shoulders, was captured near Auburndale and taken to a Bartow hospital for treatment as a thousand furious residents awaited news of the pursuit.
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Auburndale
Fis
Jesse Donaldson
Lakeland
Monroe Brannon
Donaldson
Here
Vwore
Bartow, Fla
Fugitive Captured After Shootout In Lakeland
Donaldson, freed from state prison last November after a 10 year term for armed assault, was captured by officers from multiple Florida counties after a gun battle in the Negro section. He allegedly shot Branineu, wounding one officer and blinding one eye, before escaping in a stolen car. Hospital attendants expect the wounded officer to recover.
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Lakeland
Donaldson
Roy Hutchison
Florida
Braniuen
Oldest Boston burying ground tied to Pilgrim tale
The Tower Tremont Street burying ground in Boston is described as the oldest city graveyard, established in 1690, housing notable graves including Mary Chilton, said to be among the first Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth. The text also mentions the olive as mankind’s oldest fruit.
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Boston
Tower Tremont Street
Mary Chilton
Plymouth Reef
Greatest Parade In City History Opens Saturday
A major Wiregrass parade opens Saturday with 64 units and 17 bands led by Anburin musicians. The one mile route through Dothan features a new traffic plan and a noon finish. Winners of parade treats will be announced at the football game that night.
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Wiregrass
Aubin Knights
Poster Street
Anburin
Aeredo
Dothan
Young Junior High School
Foster-Crawford Street
Foster Street
Newton Street
Newton
Oates Street
Oates
West Main
Theif Baptist Church
Foster Street Methodist Church
Auburn Heights
State
United States Marine Corps Coror Guard
National Guard Vn
Abbeville
Local Woman Named To OES State Post
Mrs. Rhoda Ray of Russellville and George W. Moody of Alabama City were elected to the top Alabama Grand Chapter posts of the Order of the Eastern Star. Roe is Worthy Grand Matron and Moody Worthy Grand Patron, with Lila Jones of Dothan and Hobart Lewis of Warrior stepping into their former associate and Grand Patron roles. Florence G. Meon of Montgomery reelected Grand Secretary, and Lillian Kearley of Montgomery named again Grand Treasurer.
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Montgomery
Rhoda Ray Russellville
George W. Moody
Alabama City
Alabama
Order of the Eastern
Roe
Moody
Lila Jones
Dothan
Hobart Lewis
Warrior
Jones
Lewis
Grand Sentinel
Florence G. Meon
Lillian
Kearley
Senate Delays Vote on Bas ing Point Wiring Pricing Bill
In Washington AP report the Senate shelves a House approved pricing bill delaying final action on the basing point wiring system until Congress reconvenes next January. Lawmakers faced strong opposition and lengthy debate that risked delaying adjournment plans. The measure would legalize the basing point method used to set prices.
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Washington
Senate
Husky pulls a bicycle on street in Memphis
Memphis reports a husky dog pulling a bicycle with a middle aged man aboard, a curious street scene as motorists moved aside. Elsewhere in Wayzata, Minn., state patrolman Fred Steage demonstrated a safety catch on a gun and accidentally shot himself in the leg during the demonstration.
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Memphis
Dane
Wayzata, Minn
Fred Steage
Industries absorb weight costs to quote uniform deliveries
Industries pass weight costs into quotes to offer uniform deliveries of their products nationwide, provided there is no conspiracy involved.
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Miss Newton
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Marianna High School
Miss Marianna
Marianne City
Walker Farm Equipment Company
Sanitary Dairy Company
Columbia’ High
Headland City
Auto Dealers
Shriners
Dothan Shrine
Panama City Shrine
Troy State Teachers College
Bonifay High School
Asx
Dothan Silk Hosiery Company
Oub Scouts
Malone
Fia
Newt
Young
Geneva
Miss Geneva
Geneva City
Hartford
Miss Hartford
Eufaula
Chapman Housing Company
Slocomb City
Miss Slocomb
Eufaula High School
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Banks of Dothan
Miss Dothan
Dothan High
City
Houston County
Yours
Mr. Peanut Farmer
Headland Peanut CO
Headland
Grover Ray
OES
East CL Eae Dothan Jewelry Company
Pie Aere LC Cor
Lee aeeReeae
Rls
Dothan Jewelry Company
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Birdsey
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Hets. Foster
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