Gladys Dickerson Dies After Short Illness
Mes. Gladys Dickerson 48, of Ashford route, died at home Friday afternoon after a short illness. She lived in Houston County all her life and was a Baptist Church member. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Ward-Wilson upon relatives' arrival. Interment will be in Poplar Springs Church cemetery. Survivors include her husband S Dickerson, two daughters Janie McKay and Mary Frances Dickerson, three sons Otis Woodham USMC, Royce Woodham USN, and Charlie Dickerson, Ashford route. Also surviving are sisters Mrs. A M Ready Port St Joe Fla, Mrs I G Shonter, Mrs Dorothy Albert Gainesville Fla, and Mrs R L Raburn Blakely Ga, three brothers Walter Tate Jacksonville Fla, Jack Tate Ashford route.
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Omea Dickerson
Ash‘fara
Houston County
Baptist, Church
Poplar
Springs Church
Ward-Wilson
Wal
J. W. Yeomans
Ash‘red
S. ‘Dickerson
Janie ‘McKay
Eufaula
Wary Frances Dickerson
Ashford Dette
Otis Wood‘ham
Marine Corps
Royce ‘Woodham
U. S. Navy
Char‘ie Dickerson
Ashford
Goereisters
A.M. Ready
Port
Phosphate Shortage Hurts Florida Farmers
In Jackson County a phosphate shortage and hay wire scarcity hinder legume and peanut programs. J Malone reports about 10,000 acres of blue lupine needing 400 pounds of phosphate per acre. Tails County faces similar baling issues with 30,000 tons of peanut hay.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Malone
Tails
Trucks Damaged In Pinchard Collision Friday Night
Highway patrol estimated damage of about 400 dollars to two trucks in a Pinchard crash on Route 231 Friday night about 7:00 p.m. Ellis Trawick of Midland City sustained slight head wounds treated by a Pinckard physician. No charges were filed against Trawick or Willie R. Andrews of Newton. Patrolmen Earl Smith and L. S. Monneyham investigated the accident at the Dothan station.
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Pinchard
Ellis Trawick
Midland City
Route 231
Pinckard
Trawick
Willie R. Andrews
Newton
Earl Smith
L. S. Monneyham
Dothan Station
Oklahoma home accidents cause most 1945 deaths in state
Oklahoma safety expert Dr DeWitt Hunt reports 1604 lives were lost in 1945 across all accident types in the state. Home accidents led the list, with public accidents and motor vehicle deaths ranking behind.
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Okla
Oklahoma
DeWitt Hunt
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Ust
Detroit Pallbearers Named for Service
John Tate Detroit Mich obituary fragment lists active pallbearers Milton Par amore Dan Antley George May hand Willie Fellows Otis LEilis and K P Still indicating a local funeral notice with names and roles.
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John Tate
Detroit, Mich
Milton Paramore
Dan Antley
George Mayhand
Willie Fellows
Otis Leilis
K. P. Still
Over The Wiregrass With NATO Fauls Over The Wiregrass
The article notes railroad and road projects in Coffee County including the Daleville road segment linking with Camp Becker. Federal funding paid for the four miles, state funds covered others, and completion of the Elba Victoria road will total 32 miles of paying roads in four years under Judge Brock’s figures.
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Enterprise-Daleville
Coffee County
Daleville Read
Camp Becker
Elba-Victoria
Brock
Coffee County Crops Fall Short As Cotton Yields Shrink
Coffee County farmers face poor cotton harvests far below last year with estimates near 1,500 to 2,000 bales in the county and around 1,500 bales in the Enterprise section, while peanut yields dip by about 2,900 tons from 1945 to 1946. County agent J R Speed notes wartime veteran farmers return to fields and peanut worm control helped, but overall crops are disappointing.
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Coffee County
J. R. Speed
Speed
Dale County
Choctaw County
Auburn
Road Paving Progress Amid War Efforts in Elba Victo
Probate Judge John Brock notes that paving is among the few road projects active during the war. He explains that the Elba Victoria stretch recently began paving, marking a rarity in wartime infrastructure work.
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John Brock
Elba-Victoris
Veteran coordinator with Metéorans Administration stationed in Elba
The performance earned praise though no injuries occurred to the subject who serves as veterans coordinator with the Metéorans Administration since January 1 and is based in Elba.
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Metéorans Administration
Elba
Will Solemon Back Home to Headland Life
Will Solemon, a Wiregrass veteran, plans to stay in Headland after four and a half years in the Army. He says travel once abroad left him longing for home and vows never to wander far again. Solomon works with Frank Whitesell at Headland Grocery Co. as a traveling salesman while keeping Wiregrass duties, returning to Headland each evening.
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Headland Grocery Co
MSA
Wilkes Finds Home in Elba After Dothan Years
Frank Wilkes Jr formerly based in Dothan and a 1935 FSA supervisor in Elba, values Elba life. He recalls knowing many locals, prefers street encounters there, and notes his Auburn degree before joining the Army in 1942. He flew grasshopper liaison planes and earned the Silver Star for directing fire on German troop movements.
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Frank Wilkes, Jr
Dothan
Elba
Frank
FSA
Auburn
Army
Aig
Boswell Denies Active Campaign For Amendment
E. C. Bud Boswell of Geneva clarifies he will not lead a South Alabama Democratic fundraising drive. He supports the Boswell Amendment and will speak to explain the proposal when invited, with campaign leadership to the State Democratic Executive Committee. Boswell, Geneva County’s former representative, authored the amendment bearing his name.
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E. C
Bud” Boswell
Geneva
South Alabama
Frank Boswell
Democratic Executive Committee
Bud
Geneva County
House
UDLA Sees Farm Labor Peak Nearing Nationwide total
The Department of Agriculture says the nation’s farm labor force is near peak with veteran returns slowing. It notes a temporary halt to wartime declines, 11.586 million on farms July 1, and that many veterans work as hired hands while some move to city jobs. Also, Central Oregon bets a record potato crop this year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Navy
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Icreases Ln
Redmond
Ore
Oregon
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Gladys Dickerson
N. Foster
NATO
Will Solemon
Wilkes Settles
Boswell
Fall Fashion Shop
Knorloku
UDLA
Oko Waster
Sterling
Bauman
Dothan, Als
Tippet
Foster
Young Drug CO
Rexall
E. Main
Frenchie
Sears
Dixie
Southside
Leader Store
Graceville
Leader
Dothan, Ala
Graceville, Fla
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