Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass Explosion Injury Report
A dynamite explosion at a hospital area caused facial injuries to Dalton G Skinner aged 3. of ieeeaite route four. Dothan Hospital officials could not confirm details of the accident. A Megra identified as Lee Mare Lin, 58, was arrested on assault and battery charges and held on $300 bond.
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Dalton G. Skinner
Ieeeaite
Sitashes
Delalla
Megra
Lee Mare Lin
Townsell to Face Trial Here in Death of Wife
John J. Townsell faces court in the fall term on charges of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife Dovie Lee in September 1949. A lunacy report was reviewed by Judge D. C. Hulstead, finding Townsell mentally competent and that mental illness did not exist at the time of the crime. The docket lists additional cases for November and mid-November, including burglaries, forgery, grand larceny, and varied assault counts, with multiple defendants scheduled for trial in circuit court.
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John J. Townsell
Ufe
Circus
Dovie Lee
D.C Hulstead
Tuscaloosa
Townsell
Cafierrs
Johntie W. Clark
Louih Hs
Fula Moe Me Kensie
Sammie Lew Hamilton
Precila Bedsole
Charlie Is
Clifford Garlington
J. W
Maddox
Lloyd Purvis
Verice Campbell
Ulvor Ealy
Jathiy Molton
Kila Mac Mchissick
Gran Seny
Communist troops suffer fatal injuries in Canton incident
A Canton dispatch reports that Chinese Communist authorities confirmed a sudden incident in Hong Kong area with fatalities among troops. An official report is promised within 18 days according to Sing Tao Daily.
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Hong Kong
APL
Canton
Kumptiis
Sing Taal Mh Pao
Dothan CAA seeks federal funds for unit expansion
City commissioners learned that a federal funds request has been led by the state Civil Aeronautics Authority to cover the cost of expanding a communication station at Amualcigal Airport. CAA manager W. Hil cautioned the move does not guarantee inclusion in this year’s program. The board also acted on zoning changes, bids for gasoline and antifreeze, water department fittings, electrical transformer bids, and road grading transfers.
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State
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mont
CAA
Amualcigal S
Tere
W. Hil
Houston County
Dothan
Hill
Will
Hammond Park
Standard Ol
Ate Supply Company of
Dohan
Water Department
Thew Electric Company
Moore, Handley Hardware Company
Mack Electric Supply Company
Kinsey Road
I Street
City To Participate In Lights For Peace
Dotham's Chamber of Commerce will join the statewide Christmas Lights For Peace project sponsored by the Golden Club of Alabama. Clyde Levern chairs the decorations committee and the city will light its business district as requested by the state club. A December 1 broadcast from Selma will include a Prayer for Peace written by a Alabama student, with synchronized lighting across Hale.
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Dothar
Chamber of Commerce
Golden Club of Alabama
Clyde Levern
Chamber
Dotham
Hale
Selma
Abama Alga
Abama
Marianna Man Bound Over in Shooting Case
Sylvester Jenkins, 19, of Marianna, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder in connection with a Sunday night shooting of his wife Lizzie Jenkins. He was bound over to Circuit Court with a $2,500 bond. Police say the attack occurred at the Jenkins home when Lizzie fled to Jack Quensi’s residence seeking protection. she was hospitalized in serious condition with a spinal injury from a .22 caliber bullet.
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Chester Miller
Jenkins
Miller
Naneay
Jenking
Jack Qwensi
Protec
Ko Reds Defeat May Block World War II Doom
United Press Foreign News discusses how a Communist victory in Korea might shape efforts to avoid a third world war. It argues Russia would avoid large-scale war now, while noting long-term aims of capitalism’s defeat and the risk of a future conflict driven by economic and political pressures.
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Ko-Red
Bavet Ferguson
United Press
Sta Ln
United Nations
Korea
Pest
Russia
United States
See
Mary
Lenin
Stalin
Thora Siways
Europe
France
Britain
Marx
Stali
Berlin
China
Vienna
Livestock prices ease at Montgomery and Thomasville auctions
Livestock receipts at Montgomery AP show 1100 cattle and 400 calves with fairly active openings and generally steady quotes. Slaughter steers 26.00–21.00 for lightweights, cows 18.00–21.00, calves 23.80–27.00, and hogs 14.00–18.50 with variations by weight and grade. Thomasville reports 350 head, prices 16.75–19.25 for barrows and gilts, with hens of grades and weights yielding 16.75–18.50, and sows around 14.50–16.00.
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Montgomery (Ap
Moniny
Thomasville
Mort
Jolson Life Highlights and Turbulent Career Arc
Asa Yoelson born in 1886 in St Petersburg moved to Washington DC as a child. Debuted 1899 in Children of the Ghetto at Hershey Square in New York adopting Jolson name. Rose to fame with Mammy in 1921 at Winter Garden and starred in The Jazz Singer in 1927. Later Broadway returns in Wonderbar and Your Hats followed by The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again. Career revived by radio and film contracts before and after marriages to Ruby Keeler and Erte Galbraith.
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Jolson
Asa Yoelson
St. Petersburg
Russa
Wason
D.C
Hersid Square Theater
New York
Mo Jolson
How
Winter Garden
Hollywood
Himas
Jelson
Mammy
Broadway
Hild
Cogan
Columbia Brawdy
Jolaon
Tour Mis
Ruby Keeter
Jolton
Erte
Galbraith
Airman's Body Found and Drowning Near Chipley Probed
A 38 year old Sgt Henry Dillingham of Savannah Georgia parachuted from a plane at 25 000 feet. His unopened parachute remained on his back and the body was found near Chipley yesterday, investigators suspect the parachute was not armed. Four airmen bailed out after a wing mechanism failed. Lt Henry Morris and others later returned to Birmingham. In Chipley Mrs Mintie Spooner Hutchins 48 drowned at Chestnut Bridge on Holmes Creek. A coroner's jury convened to investigate but recessed without verdict yesterday. Mrs Hutchins is survived by her husband two sisters and three brothers.
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Browne
Birmingham
Frederick E. Glatzberg
Hunters Air Force
Savpsnah
Fed
Dillinghaca
Chipley
Minttie Spooner Hutchins
Chiptey
Chesnut Bridge
Holmes Creek
Here
Sam May
Isle
Hutchins
Bill Parker
O 2
Revells
Troy Chesnut
Dallas Hicks
J. T. Harrell
Brown Mercue
Mix
Minnie Cooper
Fanama City
Witals York
Georgianna
John Spooner
Cattondale
Thai Troops En Route to Korea for UN Forces
Bangkok AP reports twelve hundred Thai troops sail to join United Nations forces in Korea. They are the first batch of 4,000 Thai soldiers slated to arrive at Pusan around Sunday, with further units expected thereafter.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Korea
United Nations
Pusan
Poultry Yeggs Loot Grocery Store
In Muskegon Michigan three boys aged up to six learned a lock with a topside stick and stole cash and poultry. Police say a poultry market kept steady trade as a result. The rest of the text mixes with New York Cotton figures and weather data, showing scattered numerical notes and unrelated market details.
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Muskegon, Mich
Pilice
Rorth Georgi
Jadome
Pancho
Pac
New York
NEW Oak
Feries
Woman Fined In Lottery Charge And Court Highlights
Dothan Recorders Court fined Rosa Brown $52 for possessing lottery paraphernalia. James Riley pled guilty to reckless driving with a $52 fine, plus $10 for driving without a license. Isman Wilson paid $102 for liquor law violation. The session disposed of 30 public drunkenness cases, totaling $210 in dinew or cash bonds, plus other fines for disorderly conduct affrays and license offenses.
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T. Rosa Brown
Dothan
Recorders Court
James Riley
Isman Wilson
Association In Dale Sets Ozark Hog Sale
Ozark Special Dale County Purebred Hog Association will hold its annual Fall show and sale Thursday at the baseball stadium. Hogs from Duroc, Poland China, Berkshire and OTC bloodlines will be sold to the highest bidder. Many blue ribbon stock hogs from prior sales will be featured. About 25 gifts and boars will be awarded to farmers by association members. The group formed last year to improve the county market hog quality. first show and sale was held October 28 last year.
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Ozark
Dale County
Duroc
Paland
China
Berkshre
Dajan
Festival Review at Dothan Rotary Meeting
General Chairman Eustace Bishop reviewed the Seventh National Peasus Festival at the Dothan Rotary Club meeting yesterday. Raymund Christian of Dothan High School was inducted. guests included Wayne Etheridge, Bob Zainden, and Dr. John Leith of Auburn Rotarians.
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Eustace Bishop
Dothan Rotary Club
Raymund Christian
Dothan High School
Frank Covington
Wayne Etheridge
Bob Zainden
John Leith
Auburn Rotanan
Hundreds Of Bodies Found At Pyongyang Prison Pits
Reports from freed prisoners describe mass graves inside Pyongyang prison where hundreds of Korean civilians and political prisoners were killed by the Communists. Pit sizes ranged up to 50 feet deep, with bodies packed and stench reported around the facility.
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Pyongyang
Wobbet Bennyfroff
Comiyunists
Kim
Nyun
Handy
Shere
Busiess
Beewe
Senate OKS Voter Amendment Amid Korea War News
The Senate approved a constitutional voter qualification amendment. Report cites MacArthur and Truman views on Korea in a Wake Island discussion. Proponents seek literacy or good character criteria and a pledge against allied overthrow, with U. S. forces to stay in Korea until security ends.
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Senate
Cabanas
Beeseederson Wilcox
Tokyo
U. S
Korea
MacArthurlang
Eighth Army
Japan
Elghia
Can Peninsula
Inormants
U.S
MacArthur
Truman
MacApthur
United Nations
Truman Urges Disarmament and UN Cooperation
President Truman proposed disarmament as a simple practical principle and called for free exchange of information across borders. He contrasted his UN address with last week’s San Francisco speech criticizing the Soviet Union, urged good faith negotiations, and warned that the UN may use its collective strength to curb aggression, citing Korea as an example.
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Tromut
San Francisco
Soviet Union
United Nations
Laat
Security Council
Korea
United States
Trumen
Ines
Truman
JUN
Agriculture Aids Export Quota Increase Announcement
Announcement from the Department of Agriculture notes an increase of 146000 bales in the export quota. Trading at 11 30 a m shows higher prices with quotes around 1 28 to 1 85 per bale, as pertain to the market activity and futures listings.
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Ment of Agriculture
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Vladivostok
Chongjin
Vladievostok
Yeggs
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Dale
Rotary Meeting
Archie Starling
Twen Seven
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Gladys Brown
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