City and County School Enrollment Surges in Busy First Day
First grade classes in City and County schools overflow, with City reporting 2 095 students in 12 grades and county enrollment around 4 500 on opening day. Minnie Heard tops with 386 in city schools, while Cottonwood and Ashford lead county totals. Negro schools anticipate about 1 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby Ellard
Bruce Flurry
Solomon Baxter
Minnie T. Heard
Highland School
Southside
Rose Hill
Young Junior High School
Flurry
Cottonwood
Ashford
Columbia
Explosion on excursion boat Island Queen devastates Pittsburgh dock
At Monongahela River dock the Island Queen exploded and burned killing many aboard. Crewman Jack O’Berry estimated 92 aboard with several bodies seen in the water. Fire from city stations and boats fought the blaze as Captain James A. McDavid rushed to the scene. The first identified victim was cook Mary Jones of Coney Island New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mononga
Monongahela
Ohio
Jack O'Berry
Coney Island
Melvin Stanley
Associated Press Traffic Bureau
Island Queen
Nickolas Sorg
Western Union
James A. McDavid
Queen
Nary Jones
N. Y
Negro Killed as Trucks Clash Near Headland
John L. Crews twenty six year old Negro of Headland was killed when the truck he rode on side swiped a cotton truck near the Blackwood trees bridge on the Headland Newville road. John McCloud another Negro was injured with broken shoulder ribs and side injuries and treated at a Dothan hospital. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Crews
Headland
John McCloud
Blackwood Trees
Newville Road
Earl Henley
Dothan
Henry Miller, Jr
Alvin Hudspeth
Crews
Medout
Dam Bires
Rattlesnake Bite Fatal for Samson Man Smith S. Pippin
Smith S Pippin 66 of Samson died Monday at Enterprise Hospital after a rattlesnake bite in a briar patch near his home. He walked to a neighbor’s house and collapsed on the steps. Serum failed to arrive in time. funeral services were held at New Home Church conducted by Rev J F Powell. Survived by widow five sons six daughters and a stepson. Samson Pensacola
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Smith S. Pippin
Enterprise
Roy
Pippin
Gina Baca Samson
New Home Church
J. F. Powell
Boyd Company
Lewie
Walter
Kenneth
Leon Pippin
James Pippin
U. S. Army
Dick Zorn
J. R. Thames
James Roney
Bobbie Jean Pippin
Misc Omega Pippin
R. Ss. Jones
Goshen
Jack Revels
Pensue
Households See Food Budgets Hit as Prices Rise Again
The AP reports a broad advance in staple commodity prices with the wholesale index hitting a new high. Butter and eggs rise while margarine in New York falls slightly, and dairy outlook carries concerns of low butter and cream stocks amid fewer milk cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
New York
Associated Press
Russell Fifer
Secre
American Butter Institute
Fifer Gard
Yor Cago
House Tangled Over Labor Bills and Road Bond Move
The Alabama House resumed after a three week recess to clash over labor bills banning the union shop and closed shop and outlawing mass picketing. Lawmakers also sought to pull back the $10 million road bond measure from the Senate via a rules-reform vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama House
Senate
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Roberts Brown
Lee County
Thomas A. Johnston
Mobile
Flournoy
Man Pleads Guilty To Forgery and Probation Revocation
Albert E. Crussell pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery and received a five year sentence on each from a local judge. Court records show he was indicted by a Houston County grand jury in August. He forged checks in May and was captured in Opelika and returned to Houston authorities. Weems and Young had prior convictions. Young received two years and Weems one year and a day for related offenses, with probation revoked in several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Crussell
Halstead
Crussell
Houston County
Thompson
Opelika
Houston
Grady Young
Nepre
Ceril Weems
Judie Jlalstead
Youn
Houston Cirerat
Houston Informer
Weems
Set
Jenvillet Photston County
Young
Dublin
Bids Received For Woodruff Dam Project
The firm Shephard Co. Inc of Atlanta submitted the apparent low bid of 752 961 for earthwork on the Jim Woodruff dam at Crattanoucher Florida. Nine bids were filed with the corps of engineers for the first phase of the multimillion dollar project along the Chattahoochee Apalachicola waterway to provide nine foot navigation to Columbus Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Shepherd Co., Inc
Atlanta
Crattanoucher
Fla
Corps of Engineers
Chattahoochee - Apalachicos
Columbus
Dougald Construction Co
Carleton Contracting Co
Albany
Washington
Jim. Woodruff
J. W. Woodruff
Columbus Ga
Anpatachico
Chattahoochee River
Columbia
Ata
Fort Benning
Buford
Resignation of Dothan Commissioner Coe
Clyde L. Coe resigns from the Dothan Board of Commissioners effective today. President John Ayres and Commissioner J. H. Brennan will name a successor at a special meeting tomorrow. Coe cites increased city responsibilities affecting his personal business and thanks the city for support during his term since 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health and Safety
Board of Commissioners
City of
Dothan
John Ayres
J. H. Brennan
Ayres
Brennan
Coe
Commissioners
Cae
City Commissions Discuss Napier Field Lease for Farm Use
J F Green of Dothan asked the Napier Field commission to lease several hunting acres for farming next season. The board agreed to a one year lease, pending exact acreage and a formal proposal. The panel also considered opening Ruth Street by filling a ditch to improve fire protection and hydrant access, awaiting a street department report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. FE. Green
Dothan
Jeane
Napier Field
Green
Pinch
Green Gay
Commission
John Ayres
Rarseaur
James B. Powell
Ruth Street
Powell
Wey
Ayres
Remseur
J. D. Paramore
Naypier Faeld
Jim Neewston
Tend
Bus Strike Turns Violent as Shots Fired at Driver
In Shreveport Louisiana a Southern Trailways strike turns violent after a passing car fires four shots at a bus stripping drivers training to replace strikers. No injuries. one man hit by a spent bullet. three former Trailways workers arrested. six sticks of dynamite found in fleeing car. Reporters Al Howitt and Dovs Perry were present at the city terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Southern Trailways
Ray Aecock
Strace
Red River Parish
Esid Tre
Adcocn
Bis Company
Erployes
al Howitt
Shreveport Times
Dovs Perry
Shreveport Journal
Bandit Steals $164 and Whiskey in Peachtree Robbery
A robber attacked the Rote House liquor store on Peachtree Street, escaping with 164 dollars and a bottle of rye whiskey after the night heist. Police pursue leads as the incident disrupts a quiet Atlanta night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Woman Deputy Spots Florida Escapee On Street In Dothan
Mrs Dunaway, a Jackson County deputy sheriff in Marianna, spotted Richard Edward Wells, an escapee from the Jackson County road camp in Florida. Wells attempted to flee but was captured and turned over to Florida authorities after being seen in the area for about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutnaway
Jackson County
Marianna
Dothan
Wells
Wenn
Two Georgia Girls Injured In Wreck On Ashford Highway
Two Georgia girls Betty Jane Coleman and Mary Ann Thomas were injured in a wreck on Ashford Highway near Dothan. Patrolmen reported Kelley Henderson and Charles A. Kevles involved as drivers. damage was extensive and injuries treated at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Ashford Highway
Hingston County
Hidhwas
Betty Jane Coleman
Weed Mary Ann Thomas
Senercees
Biota
Donalsensilie
Terrar
Ashford Road
Dothan
Patrolmien
Mas
Dewee
Reed
Clem
Reed Shearath
Noeland
Payne
Berater
James Arrrone
Ae Tae
Charles A. Kevles
Rherisland
Onn Herderson
Headland
Kelley
Henderson
Ammons
Ito Herder
Voce
Mba Oe
Orchestra Secured For Peanut Festival Dance At Vets Club
An orchestra will perform at the Peanut Festival Dance at the Vets Club. Organizers say multiple quartets will entertain, with future parade and beauty event details announced by Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vets Club
Alois Higaret
Craunan
Wda
Hudson
Knaan True
Tate
Anderson
Sariaas Copernat
Alabama Pilot Fails Paris Plot
A historical article details an Alabama pilot accused of aiding a plot involving Paris and French peace efforts. It mentions protection of cadets and alleged involvement with British authorities, with references to key figures and military actions around the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Paris
Georgia Landlady Continues Fasting
The report notes a Georgia landlady maintaining a fast as part of a local or regional event. Sparse readable lines reference area programs, officials, and reactions, with focus on a person named Robert or Roberta and generic community responses. Details are limited and fragmented in the OCR.
Pollywog Truman Aims At Court Of Neptune In Odd Chronicle
A garbled political spoof recaps figures like Pollywog Truman in an eccentric Neptune court scene. The piece weaves names and places in a satirical, dreamlike sequence with scattered references to political actors and local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollywog
Truman
Taft Hartley Law Stands Court Test
Federal court in Fort Worth upholds the Taft Hartley Act requirement that labor unions file affidavits naming nonaffiliate officers. Judge Davidson rules the act is constitutional and constitutional restraint remains to prevent manipulation of union certification in the Wichita Falls development company case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Taft
Pedersl
Davidson
Pudge
OWE
NEMA
Edwin A. Elliott Tocota Hallots
Deenal Development Company
Wichita Fall Tex
Judie Davidson
CIO
Katt-Hartley
Ghia
Chicago
Weione
Senator McKellar Flown To Hospital After Illness
Senator McKellar was flown by plane to a Washington hospital after a digestive disturbance suspected from food poisoning. The 61 year old lawmaker departed from a Pomona naval air station and was moved by ambulance per Dr Keavens indicating his condition improved during transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator McKellar
CIPY
Ben
Kenneth McKellas
Washington
Roote
Arthur Ke Eavens
Dover
Washington Hospital
Naval Air Tation
Pomona
Fovens
Cape May
State Divorces Rise 154 Percent From 1940 to 1945
Statisticians report divorces in the state climbed by 154 percent between 1940 and 1945. The analysis notes the growth tied to shifts in social trends and court practices, with experts warning against viewing the increase as a simple measure of societal breakdown.
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Folsom
Woodruff Dam
Clyde L. Coe
Donald Doane
Hamburg
Germany
Rimnymede Park
Posptui Zool
Peti Wees
Thea Bf
Patio
Palestine
Branco
Tae Mantivas Puedes
Florida
Birmingham
Robert C. Wilson
Pingghered
PAR
Thalyter
Tee Peiet
Tataders
Atate
Redi
Hope
Sateberg
Syed
Gilneas
Frenen Effierae
Ogi
Artnor
Bowe
Verre Jasidt
Sore
Baidean
Sven
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