City Extension Bill and Damages Bills in Wiregrass Legislature
Wiregrass delegation filed local bills as the 1917 session nears adjournment. One bill seeks to extend Dothan city limits, while two authorize paying damages from a December 1946 highway accident in which a county tractor hit a wagon, killing Willie Frank McSwain. Calvin McSwain would receive 690.10 and J. W. Culbreth 50 for wagon destruction. Dale County education bills include a 4000 salary for the county superintendent and expanded duties including Veterans' Training and school lunch programs, with mandatory attendance at related meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat G Faulk Montgomery
Wiregrass
W. G. Hardwick
Houston-Henry
Dothan
County Board of Revenue
Willie Frank McSwain
Calvin McSwain
Willie
J. W. Culbreth
Dale County
Jesse Adams
Dale County Board of Education
Superintendent of Education
3. D. Dykes
Gaid Board
Wall
Capitol Hearing Deluged Over 40 Million Road Bond Bill
Opponents of the administration's 40 million dollar road bond plan crowded a Senate finance committee hearing in Montgomery to argue the issue is too costly for now and would burden smaller counties. Critics warned it would saddle debt on future generations, while supporters pushed for votes later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Senate Finance Committee
Wallace D. Midone
Honanton County
Hastings Reprey
Joe Poule
Jinstye
Senate
Earl Spesiht
Howard Thames
Casto
Chester Walker
Tuscaloosa
Walker
House
Alcoholism Authority to Speak at Local AA Meeting
W Bruce Haughton, noted alcoholism authority from St Petersburg, Fla, will address the local Alcoholics Anonymous chapter at the Recreation Center Thursday at 8 pm. The program aims to illustrate the disease and its cure with Haughton, a former railroad man and AA member, introducing him will be Albert Rankin of Andalusia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bruce Haughton
Spicoholic
Alcoholics Anonymous
Recreeation Center
Haughton
St. Petersburg
Fla
National Committee For Education
Yale Clinic
Fargo
N. D
Albert Rankin
Andalusia Atttorney
Wholesale Food Price Index Hits All Time High
The wholesale food price index rose 31 cents in the past week to 7.02, a new high per Dun & Bradstreet. The week ended January 9 saw broad price increases in 20 of 31 basic products, with declines only for peas raisins and rice. Increases were noted in flour wheat corn rye tats barley beef hams bellies yard butter beef coffee cotton seed oil cocoa exes potatoes beers hogs and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Two Men Die In Florida Crash After Hog Strikes Car
Jergine Busby twenty seven died instantly and Ray Hicks died later in Hartford Hospital from injuries after an automobile collided with a hog on Florida Highway 117 northwest of Bonifay. Jim Hatcher Jr. was uninjured. Funeral services planned at Water Church with Mixon officiating.
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Jergine Herman Busby
Ray Hicks
Hartford
Bonifay
Florida
Flarthern Holmes
Jim Hatcher Jr
Bonifay Station
Busby
Richard Busby
Wiggins
Hicks
Jesse Busbyne
Water Church
Mixon
Pittman
White
Lee
Senator Tucas to push election day holiday bill
Senator Scott W. Tucas proposed in Congress a bill to declare election day a national holiday. He said the plan would increase voter participation and simplify casting ballots nationwide.
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Chicago
Scott W. Tucas
D-Tk
Congress
Gandhi preaches peace amid riots in Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi walked among refugees in Old and New Delhi urging calm and urging Hindus to work for peace or die. He appealed for patience with the new Indian government and pressed a do or die stance to quell sectarian strife in the riot torn capital.
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Gandhi
New Delhi
Mohandas K
India
Calcutta
Old
Lord Mountbatten
Punjab
Maston ONeal Named To Succeed Clyde Coe As City Commissioner
James Maston ONeal a 38 year old Dothan native and World War I veteran was appointed by City Commission members to fill the unexpired term of Clyde J. Coe who resigned. ONeal took the oath and pledged cooperation as he assumes the role of Commissioner of Public Health and Safety and Public Affairs in place of Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Smith
John D. Ayres
Jo. Brennan
James Maston O'Neal
Dothan
Clyde J. Coe
O'Neal
J. T. Vaughn
Coe
Ayres
New City
Manton O'Neal
Cisdell
O Neal
John Ayres
J. E H. Hrennin
Cor
Vlo
Cam Aouer
Tafetyy
Three Slightly Hurt In Traffic Collision
Three men sustained minor injuries when an automobile driven by John Ward Bond of Mid and City struck a parked car at 600 West Main Street. Bond faced reckless driving charges and was released. The impact pushed the first car into a second parked vehicle. owners of both cars were not identified.
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John Ward Bond
Midand
West Main Street
Ernest Bond
John D. Bond
Tran
CGHIS
Lond
Mrs Thrasher to be made fellow of hospital administrators
Jewell W. Thrasher super intendent of Frasier Pilts hospital will be named a fellow in the American College of Hospital Administrators at the 13th annual meet in St. Louis Missouri on September 21. She leaves September 2 for the convocation in Hotel Jefferson where Dr Frank R. Bradley will preside.
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Jewell W. Thrasher
Frasier-Pilts Hospital
Wil
American College of Hospital Administrators
St. Louis
Thrasher
Hotel Jefferson
Frank R. Bradley
Meadows Responds To Petition In Halstead Case
Attorney Ian Robert Meadows member of the county board of revenue filed a reply to parts of a petition. A hearing occurred on August 28 in Halstead with actions recorded at the circuit office. Meadows denied the first charge and admitted others stating he is over twenty one and a board member from district 2 and qualified to take office June 20, 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Robert Meadows
County Board of Revenue
Petison
D.C. Halstead
Agaers Meadows
Circuit Yf
Meadows
Houston County
Board of Revenue
Further Plans Made For Peanut Acreage Referendum
Jesse Culbreth of the Dothan office joined delegates from nine Southeastern Alabama counties at Troy to advance plans for the December 9 peanut acreage referendum. Houston County’s local committee will meet Friday to organize information collection and timing. Culbreth hopes growers receive allotments under the pending section at least three days before the election, based on 1944-46 base acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Culbreth
Dothan Production and Marketing Administration Office
Alabama
Troy
Beal Committees
Houston County
Culbreth
Ashen
Guibrettei
Secretary Seeks Extra Congress Amid Europe Talks
Washington officials indicate Secretary of State urged Congress to consider expanding the current session to address Europe’s ongoing negotiations and related security and trade matters. He emphasized the need for timely action while noting that a broader study and allied consultations are planned before final decisions.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
Tne
Trent
Desiris
Dothan Merchants Plan Ten Floats For Festival Parade
Dothan merchants vote to enter ten floats in the Peanut Festival parade. The committee reports participation by local stores and groups, with a float for each. Sanford joins the effort with extra entries and plans for bands and beauty queen contests.
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Dothan
Merchan
Festval
Harry Anderson
Glen Joneson
Satie Lion
Ferns Gris
Uther Kroupe
Samson Man To Aid Cattle Disease Fight
ALABAMIANS Russell C. Heary of Montgomery and Oliver D. Crews of Samson were warned to work with a U S Mexican commission to aid in the campaign against a cattle disease. They will assist in cleaning and disinfecting operations in the effort to eradicate the illness, according to Dr B N Lauderdale of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
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Montgomery
Russell C. Heary
Oliver D. Crews
Samson
U. S
B. N. Lauderdale
Pareau
Animal Industry
I Il
Dothan Man Injured In Morning Traffic Collision
A Dothan man sustained injuries in a morning traffic collision at a city intersection. Police and witnesses described the incident unfolding on Wert Place near Grofeast Avenue as responders arrived to assist and clear the scene.
Florida University Heads Get Pay Hike
A questionable clipping reports a pay increase for Florida University leaders. The fragment names officials and institutions but lacks full details or clear figures.
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Florida University
Inland Queen Explosion Toll Reaches 21
Fire crews intensified search on the Monongahela after the Inland Queen blast killed and missing 21. Only the top deck remained, with six lifeboats recovered and few bodies identified as investigators assess the ship’s fate amid insurance estimates of up to 1 million dollars.
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Piptsburghlap
Queen
Putte
Monongahela
Schott
Cincinsnati
Coney Island, Inc
Joss
William Davis
Andrew Charles
Notant
Peter
Hotocourt
Plistens
Baltimore
Ohio
U S Urges Britain Not To Send Jews Back To Germany
Secretary of State Marshall stated the United States strongly disapproved of Britain’s plan to repatriate 4400 Exodus Jews from Hamburg to Germany. American officials warned of the consequences and pressed Britain to reconsider the decision amid housing and refuge concerns.
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U. S
Britain
Germany
Marshall
United States
Palestine
Hame
Decise
Hamburg
Talion
Gierds Ponent
Marie Theis Gaerney
Personal Income in U S Reaches Unprecedented 197 Billion Rate
The Commerce Department announced personal income in the United States rose to 197 billion dollars, a record high, driven by higher wage receipts and payrolls. The report notes increases in wages for coal miners and broader employment expansion, with total personal income last year at 18.203 trillion dollars.
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U. S
Washington
Commerce Department
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Flardwick
Adams
Malone
Dale
Capitol
Icoholism Authority
Bruce Haughton
Holesale
Maston O’neal
Clyde Coe
Oiaerl
Mrs. Thrasher
Hospital Association
Halstead
Paut Meadows
Board of Hevenue
Wits
Tolewton
Keegan
Finvast
Crete
Bert
Dons S. Carpel
Florinda
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