Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass Update
A Dothan Branch Laboratory report shows 100 of 1,423 specimens examined last month tested positive. Detected cases include tularemia diphtheria tuberculosis and rabies in animal heads. The lab serves five Southeast Alabama counties as Houston County Medical Society members discuss brucellosis and immunization measures. Football prospects at Dothan High were outlined to the Dothan Exchange Club by coaches Hewes and Posey. Additionally, two men pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Halstead and were sentenced for forged checks and grand larceny involving a mobile.
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Dothan Branch
Alabama
Katie Henry
Geneva
Pike and Ale
Dothan High School
Dothan Exchange Club
Rip" Hewes
Neal Posey
Walter Morris
Robert Guillott
J. H. Hewitt
E. S. McClintic
Lloyd Green
Houston County
Grand Jury
D. C
Halstead
Harley D. Bottoms
Jeanne Granville Moore
French premier candidate eyes quick budget plans
Queuille said one of his main aims in talks was to win 25 accord on program details and move swiftly to present financial bills to the assembly. He did not name a prospective finance minister. He warned inflation and fiscal problems as the gravest issues and noted the dollar hit 420 francs on the black market as citizens sought stability.
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Flation
Queuille
Georgia Public Service Commission races and court contests shift
Incumbents Perry and Knight led in Georgia Public Service Commission races with Perry holding a unit vote edge and Knight leading a field of five. Superior Judge Hawkins led Quillian for the Supreme Court seat, Townsend led Roan for the Court of Appeals, Dan Duke trailed for Fulton County Solicitor, and Speaker Hand won renomination in Mitchell County over Singletary.
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L. N. Huff
Belmont Dennis
Covington
James A. Perry
Perry Knight
Georgia Public Service Commission
Perry
Prison Commission
Royal K. Mann
Hugh Striplin
State Department of Agriculture
Knight
Clark Gaines
Elberton
Glenn Allen
Blue Ridge
J. Hartley
John D
Fulton County Superior Court
Paul Webb
Uwouse
Fred Hand
Mitchell County
L. H. Singletary
Chicago Grain Market Action Mixed On Short Covering
Chicago grains edged lower to higher in a volatile session as cash corn eased. Wheat fell to 4 1/4 lower with September at 221/4, corn slipped modestly to 1 cent, September futures at 1.67 3/4 to 1.68 1/4, oats varied with September around 72 1/4, rye steady to 1 cent lower at December 1.54, and soybeans rose 3/4 to November 25.04.
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Chicago
Muestreneia
Board of Trade
Cotton futures close mixed amid price swings
Market chatter shows futures closing 35 cents higher for one contract and 09.bale lower than prior values with brief notes on October, May, and nearby months. Open high low quotes appear garbled but indicate mixed direction in New Orleans cotton trading with slight declines in some contracts and marginal gains in others.
Berlin Air and Police Tensions Mark Four-Power Showdown
Western sector police surrounded Republic Square as Communist protesters demonstrated near the Soviet border. Russian planes and Danish authorities reported incursions while a clash over police detainees intensified Berlin’s four power strain. Kotikov and Howley traded protests over American conduct at City Hall and the handling of 19 Western officers.
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Sos
Republic Square
Berlin
Jin Ber
Alexander Kotilov
Frank Howley
UU. S
B. E. Steadman
U. S
Armed Forces Division
Copenhagen
Bornhol
Baltic
Germany
Roenne
Howley
Taegliche Rundschau
Kotikov
Dsolate
Cty Hall
Kotikoy
Strikes ripple through oil and grain sectors amid wage disputes
CIO Oil Workers Union reports 15,000 on strike as Shell talks show promise and 6,400 independent workers honor picket lines. Other major firms reopen negotiations while West gas rationing plans are mapped. A US rail embargo hits mills and a wage dispute continues with grain processors rejecting a 12.5 cent boost.
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CIO Oil Workers
Shell Oil
CIO
CIO United Electrical Workers
Buestus-Erie
Evansville
Ind
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Association of America Railroads
AFL American Federation of Grain Processors
Vaneton
Livestock arrivals at eight plants in four states
Livestock totals reached about 700 cattle 825 calves and 925 hogs at eight major packing plants in Georgia Alabama and Florida and nearby cities. Hog quotations were largely steady with price ranges by weight from 140 to over 270 pounds in the eight plants. Prices varied by grade with medium and good hogs and sows listing at specific per head values.
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Thomasville
USDA
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Montgomery Market Cattle and Hog Prices Report
Estimated salable receipts near 700 cattle with active trade and mixed prices from 13.00 to 28.90, including good baby beef steers and heifers 24.00 to 28.90 and common slaughter stock 17.00 to 18.50. Calves and stocker animals show 16.50 to 24.50, hogs steady to higher with barrows and gilts 22.50 to 29.00 and sows 18.00 to 22.50.
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Montgomery
Fed- State Met News
SVC
Union Stock Yards
Spa
Traits of a good mother from Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that a mother shapes a child more than the father and that a child’s future conduct reflects what a mother instills. She notes early patterns set by age three and credits a mother's strength, self-control, ambition, and encouragement with sustaining effort and shaping character.
Georgia incumbents win in close returns in early election
The article reports that five incumbents including Heps Bue Rene Cox W M Wheeler and James Davis secured reelection, with Georgia’s other seven congressmen and Senator Richard Russell unopposed for renomination. It also covers national drama as Truman faces GOP charges, Stassen’s speeches, and Dewey’s planned campaign kickoff in Des Moines on September 20 with Warren joining an eastern tour.
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Georgia
Heps
Bue Rene Cox
W. MM. Wheeler
James Davis
Washington
Richard Wv. Russell
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Staussen
Dewey
GOP National Committee
Des Moines
Iowa
New York
Dewey's Campaign Opener Will Come Just Two Days After Mr. Truman
Albany
Earl Warren
Otis
Buffalo
Hartfora
Conn Newats
Berlin Crisis Dominates Talks as U S Seeks Duress-Free Settlement
President Truman and Secretary Marshall weigh the Berlin impasse amid four power talks. Diplomats fear a Kremlin stop order if negotiations falter while Moscow reportedly pivots to blockades and unrest. The United States conditions new proposals on Soviet ideas and signals possible continued discussions in Paris.
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Berlin
Truman
Marshall
U. S
Benin
Kremlin
Moscow
Germany
Berin
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Italy
Espeo
Agecda
Ted Arte Wee
Tim Ee
Georgia's Talmadge saga ends with Thompson acting governor
In a dramatic predawn shift, the Legislature selected M. E. Thompson to sit as acting governor after Herman Talmadge died before his inauguration. The crisis included rival governors, courtroom rulings, and a statewide vote realignment. Thompson claimed the office briefly, while Talmadge supporters promised a comeback as national politics loomed. Other Georgia races showed Cox leading against Peacock in several districts, with unopposed candidates in others.
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Eugene Talmadge
Herman
Aimes
Hammon
M. E. Thompson
Talmadge
Georgia Supreme Court
Thompson
Gene
Hoke O'Kelley
Hoke Willis
Joseph A. Rabin
MicRae
Georgia
Congress
Eugene Cox
J. Neely Peacock
Albany
Cox
Peacock
W. M.don
Wheeler
Country Johnston
John Gibson
James C. Davis
Davis
Helen Douglas Mankin
Wyman Lowe
U.S
Richard B. Russell
Berlin Blockade Echoes in East West Tension
The note recalls the 1948 Russia disruption of the Berlin rail link and the 1948-49 airlift. Western powers rely on the airlift to hold Berlin with over three million residents depending on continued aid and access.
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Russia
Berlin
Banks Tougher Credit Winds From Fed Action
Washington AP report says Federal Reserve Board orders member banks to add about 1.9 billion dollars to reserves to curb inflation. Banks may fund via selling bonds, risking tighter lending. Impact targets large cities first with Sept 24 deadlines, while country banks face lighter increases.
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Molony Washington
Federal Reserve Board
FRB
Congress
Lunsford Rites Set At Bay Springs Church
Robert Lunsford seventy nine former Houston County resident died yesterday at his daughter's home in Columbus Georgia native of Barbour County moved to Houston in 1908 and to Columbus in 1945 Funeral services will be held at Bay Springs Church at 10 30 am Friday with Rev Akins Ethridge officiating Interment in the church cemetery directed by Johnson Funeral Home Surviving two daughters Mrs JR G Trawick Columbus and Mrs Lee Messer Tallahassee Fla one grandson two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Active pallbearers Raymond and Lenard Lunsford Wynn Bradley Ottis Todd Carl Bass and Dewey Horn
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Robert Lunsford
Houston County
Columbus
Barbour County
Lunsford
Houston
The
Baptist Church
Bay Springs Church
Akins Ethridge
Johnson Funeral Home
JR. G- Trawick
Lee Messer
Tallahassee
Fla
Raymond and
Lenard Lunsford
Wynn Bradley
Ottis Todd
Carl Bass
Dewey Horn
Too Big Welcome Home Furlough Party Spawns Pancake Chaos
SEATTLE AP reports Pfe Wallay Monette 18 invited friends home from Fort Monmouth N J for a furlough party. The crowd swelled to about 400 teens, cars lined the curb, food vanished including canned goods and frozen meat. Monette’s mother Mabel Champion waited 15 minutes to enter, struggled to restore order, and later found $250 missing.
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Seattle
Pfe
Wallay
Monette
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Mabel Chiampion
Howsard
Governor Rejects Rush on Major Appointments
The governor voiced caution about speed in filling major posts while expressing faith in Dr. Meadows' recommendations. Dr. Norton will earn 7500 dollars annually in the new role, down from 12000 tied to the chief state school officers organization. Norton was elected state superintendent in 1942 after leading Covington County schools and serving as Alabama Education Association president.
Banks Face Heavy Reserves Requirement In Lead Up
Banks in major cities are estimated to have $200,600,000 in excess reserves available to cover the additional $700,000,000 they must post. The figures reflect a substantial liquidity need as part of regulatory measures affecting large financial institutions.
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New York
Chicago
Country
Reserve Board
FRB
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EB. G. Burson
N. B. Cannady
Houston County Medical Society
Burson
Cannady
State Health Department
Mobile County
Chicago Grain
Comentin Et Cite Rovernn Eyse Odessthland
Omechoece CP
Vroey Party
SED
New Orleans
Galvez
H. E. Miller
Monticello
Miss
Dale Simpson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nicholas Jacobs
John J. Jackson
Dorothy Dix
Dup
Dougie
Douglas Fields Bailey
South
Mr. Batley
the Dothan Bank & Trust Co
Federal Reserve
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