Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
Minor fire at Modern Cleaners on South Oates street started by a cartridge in a pocket. Firemen found the blaze out on arrival. damage negligible. Edward E. Gilley, 23, of Newton, jailed on DWI and license charges. posted $61 bond. J H Bryson to speak to Dothan Kiwanis on peanut history. credited with early peanut industry leadership in Georgia. About 400 children received medical exams in Marianna preschools. exams ongoing under Dr. R. J. Head with nurses. Chest X-rays: ~60 people registered at Wednesday Thursday clinic. August disease tallies include 11 cancer cases. diphtheria 1, gonorrhea 2, hookworm 84, pneumonia 3, rabies 8, syphilis 5, tularemia 2, typhus 1. USS McKean, with Frank J. Black and Albert Williams Jr. aboard, earned battle efficiency pennant and E flag for 1947-48. Three Jackson County boys named to Florida Wildlife conclave at Camp McQuarrie September 20-25. William Logan Sneads, Edwin Duce Central, Orren Smith Greenwood.
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Modern Cleaners
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Floyd Harris
Harris
Jackson County
Camp McQuarrie
Fred Summers
William Logan
Sneads
Edwin Duce
Central
Orren Smith
Greenwood
Truman campaign schedule and party finances outlined
President Truman plans a Western campaign starting September 17 with stops in Iowa Colorado and California and a return trip to be announced. Democrats say finances look good after a White House tea, while Republicans anticipate wider travel. Wallace’s campaign at Yankee Stadium drew a large turnout, signaling continued party activity.
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William P. Lane
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White House
Dexter
Iowa
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Los Angeles
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Pueblo
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Colorado
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Louisville
McGrath
Dewey
Warren
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Carmweller
Tone
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Histors
Fort Worth Family Fight Ends With Hospitalization
A heated husband wife quarrel escalated into a family fight in Fort Worth. The husband struck his wife in the head with a hammer after she followed him outside. The wife's mother attempted to intervene and was knocked down. The wife's father also joined the fracas and was bitten. The wife was hospitalized with injuries.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New Efforts Made To Settle Strikes Across The Nation
Massive strikes in oil, shipping, and trucking persist with 115000 workers idle including 50000 Detroit auto plant employees. CIO longshoremen and refinery workers on the Pacific Coast join 15000 AFI truck drivers in New York and New Jersey. Federal mediation may intervene as talks resume despite steep wage demands and limited progress.
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Associated Press
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CIO
Pacific Coast
AFI
New York City
New Jersey
CIO of
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Federal Agences
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Newark
CIO Longshoremen
Seattle
Harry Bridges
Coast Wise
Puget Sound
San Dierto
Auto
Detroit
Brigus Manufacturing Company
Brigras
Chrysler Corp
Packard
Georgia Ballot Returns Highlight Renominations and Races
Unofficial early returns show 12 incumbents renominated without opposition and three others reappointed to Washington for two more years. Eugene Cox beat J. Neely Peacock, James C. Davis defeated Helen Douglas Mankin and Wyman Lowe, and Don Wheeler bested John Gibson and Country Johnson. Joe Quillian led over Jade J. Wawkins for Supreme Court, while J. M. Townsend edged Augustus Roan for Court of Appeals. Public Service Commission shows Perry leading in several races with narrow margins for Knight and Gaines in different districts.
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Washington
Eugene Cox
J. Neely Peacock
Albany
James C. Davis
Helen Douglas Mankin
Wyman Lowe
W. M
Don) Wheeler
John Gibson
Country Johnson
Joe Quillian
Winder
Superior Court
Jade J. Wawkins
Marietta
Supreme Court
J. M .C. Townsend
Ted Augustus Roan
Court of Appeals
Quillinn
Hawkins
Townsend
Roan
Public Service Commission
Jatoett A. Perry
Hugh Striplin
Atlanta
Royal K. Mann
Gas
Berlin Crisis Air Safety and Soviet Demonstrations
Tensions rose as Soviet and American forces faced off over Berlin. The Soviets pressed for guarantees on flight details before takeoff, while air safety centers warned that incomplete information could hinder operations. Across town, clashes near the Brandenburg Gate left civilians wounded and police injured amid a broader four power crisis.
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Goolin
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Mie Corrom
Berlin
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Russaan
Germ
Potsdamer Platz
Europe
Britain
Bornholn
Baltic
Danish
Niot
Brandenburg Gate
ADN
Errth
U S Senator Sees Germans Opposed to Red Ideology
Berlin AP report quotes Senator Duan Gurney of South Dakota praising a large Berlin protest as proof Germans reject communism. As chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee he spoke at Tempelhof before leaving for Geneva after two days in Berlin and four in Western Germany with plans to tour the Middle East on return to Washington.
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Berlin
U. S
Duan Gurney
R-Sd
Gurney
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tempelhof
Geneva
Germany
Middle East
Washington
Six Years AWOL From Army Ends For Marvin Campbell
Marvin R. Campbell, 30, longtime AWOL from the Army, was captured by FBI agents in Greenfield Missouri after six years on the run. He hid in his farm attic by day and moved only at night, leaving a California embarkation point in 1942 to visit his mother whose death reportedly influenced his course. Campbell said he feared being shot by the Army and awaited contact with army officials while held in Greene County jail in Springfield.
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Greenfield
Marvin R. Campbell
Campbell
FBI
Greene County
Springfield
California
Veterans Affairs Officials Appointments in Florida
Gov Millard Caldwell reappointed Tom H. Barnett of Marianna and W. Ray Judson of Bartow to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Perry B. Cannon of Liv er Oak was named a Suwanee County commissioner.
French Parliament Faces Constitutional Crisis and Strikes
Reports indicate nine tors and twenty police injured as nationwide work stoppages flare over living costs. De Gaullists push for constitutional revision and immediate elections for the Council of the Republic while awaiting expanded executive powers.
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Tors
de Gaullists
Council of the Republic
Queuille
Red
de Gaulle
Maurice Thorez
Jonesal
French Communist Party
Quettilie
Brittany
Ministry of Finance
France
Robert Schuman
Schuman
MRPP
Daniel Mayer
Air Force claims world’s largest land plane and rising abroad
The Air Force promotes a massive land plane capable of 400 troops or 50 tons of cargo and notes expanded overseas strength. It reports 35,000 more personnel temporarily abroad than a year ago, with bomber crews and maintenance staff in Europe on training stations. Production orders lag and enlistment struggles persist while drafts approach amid ongoing reorganization.
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Air Force
Europe
Mas Cates
Aren Voramiver
Thurmond condemns FEPC as communist tool in campaign
Thurmond, running as States' Rights candidate, warned at a Lubbock rally that the fair employment practices bill would be used by Communists to infiltrate every factory, lab, and machine shop. He compared it to Thaddeus Stevens measures and warned of a federal police state eroding American liberty.
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Lubbock
Tex
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
South Carolina
FEPC
America
Truman
Dallas
States’ Rights Party of Texas
Thaddeus Stevens
South
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
Europe
Axis Sally Indicted By U S Grand Jury
Washington AP reports Mildred Gillars Axis Sally 47 of Portland Oregon indicted by a federal grand jury on treason charges for wartime propaganda broadcasts for Germany. Indictments allege broadcasts from Charles and Paris France Hilversum Holland and Berlin.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Sally
Portland Met
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United States
Charles
Paris
France
Hilversum
Holland
Berlin
Notary Dispute Over Petitions Sparks GOP Courtesy Claim
Signatures priced at six cents each with a 200 dollar bonus sparked a dispute as Betiv Jean Biro witnessed most names, dated Sept 1, while Kimbrell says petitions arrived Aug 31. Democratic officials allege notary and seal are inauthentic. Republican chairman Clark Springer denies GOP involvement beyond mimeographing forms as a courtesy to Kimbrell.
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Betiv Jean Biro
Kimbrell
Clark Springer
GOP
Three Panama City Boys Held For Robbery
In Panama City police rounded up three youths aged 11, 12, and 18 on robbery charges after one was caught attempting a downtown break in. They confessed to multiple burglaries and police found stolen hoods and toy pistols in their hangout. Names not released.
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Panama City
Folsom Orders Crackdown on Alabama Slot Machines
Governor James E. Folsom announced a statewide crackdown on slot machines in Alabama after a six week warning period. He said sheriffs were instructed to remove machines and a state check found virtually no activity, amid a federal report listing 232 tax permits issued to Alabama operators.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Washington
Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue
Livestock market roundup at Montgomery weekly sale
Cattle and calves supply estimated 2300 and 1325 respectively with Friday prices steady to higher. Slaughter cattle and yearlings show gains with various alfalfa and beef cow ranges noted while hogs stay fully steady. feeders and calves also report mixed gains and steady trade through the week.
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Montgomery
Fed- State Met News
SVC
Union Stock Yards
School trims double shifts at three city elementary schools
Superintendent Bruce Flurry announced that effective Monday two elementary schools Highland Minnie T Heard and Southside will end double teaching shifts for second graders and place the second grade in lunchrooms lounges and offices as temporary rooms until new classrooms are ready. First graders will shift to full day after Friday noon dismissals and six year olds will have extended half days to ease acclimation. An extra room plan will cover until construction completes.
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Bruce Flurry
Avoy
Flurry
Highland School
Minnie T- Heard
Rose Hill
Southside
Rose Hi
Minnie T. Heard
Highland Schools
Boy Slightly Injured In Bike Auto Crash
Eight year old Jerry Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Armstrong of 105 North Orange Street, was slightly injured this morning when knocked from his bicycle by a car on Montezuma Street. The driver, Leonard A Wilson of 802 South Cherry Street, said the boy entered from a sidestreet and skidded directly in front of the car. Wilson picked him up and his parents took him to a local physician. The youth was skinned in several places but not seriously hurt.
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Jerry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong
North Orange Street
Montezuma Street
Leonard A. Wilson
South Cherry Street
Wilson
Montezuma
Sid
Four Power Talks Spark Sharp Disagreements Amid Trusteeship Debates
The text notes sharper disagreement expected from four power talks and doubts about Soviet aims and usefulness of more denunciations. It cites Marshall on meeting aims, while Moscow presses UN trusteeship for Libya Eritrea and Somaliland to Italy, opposed by Britain France and the US. The bi partisan accord on the American position remains uncertain.
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Moscow
Libya
Eritrea
Somaliland
Italy
United Nations
Britain
France
United State
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Truman
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