Wiregrass life notes include new star mail route and county updates
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass reports the Post Office Department approving a new star route in Coffee County enabling overnight mail to Kinston Elba Enterprise New Brockton and nearby towns. Other items note a Marine Corps League detachment formation in Dothan with a meeting November 10 at City Hall, a Baptist Hour program by Dr. W Boyd Hunt, and school addition contracts in Geneva County. Examinations for farm management supervisor postings are announced for the Farmers Home Administration in several southern states with salaries and application details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffee County
Kinston
Elba
Enterprise
New Brockton
George Andrews
Andrews
Marine Corps League
Dothan
League
Albany
N. Y
Theus J. MacQueen
Atlanta
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alvin Capps
Truman Campaign Tour Focuses on Agriculture and Prices
President Truman, elected in November, will be inaugurated and travel through 19 states with 251 electoral votes. He plans major speeches to spell out Democratic policy, urge farmers not to back Dewey, and blame the Republican 80th Congress for high prices and housing shortages while touring Dexter Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco. His talks will rely on Congress records and failed legislation requests.
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Dexter
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
80Th Congress
Congress
Radar station to host Air Forces Day operations
Lt. Dave Gray announced tomorrow's schedule at the radar station for Air Forces Day. From 8 to 11 a.m. personnel will plot aircraft and explain the operations to spectators. From 12:30 to 4 p.m. interceptor groups controlled here will simulate an attack. At 2:19 p.m. a large plane formation will pass over Dothan with four radar scopes open for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gray
Dothan
Gray
Dothan High Chooses Cheer Leaders For Night Game
Eight cheer leaders join the band to boost the attendance at the Dothan game tonight. Seniors Robert OBrien Claire Faulk and Fanchion Amerson, juniors Max Ingram Joyce Keel, and freshmen Pat Rice Harriet Ann Grubb and Dot Mullins form the squad. A marching band of 75 plus will perform during the half with a St Louis Blues arrangement. Game time is 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Hign ‘Tiger
Robert O'Brien
Claire Faulk
Fanchion Amerson
Max Ingram
Joyce Keel
Pat Rice
Harriet Ann Grubb
Dot Mullins
St. Louis Blues
Wright attacks civil rights measures in campaign speech
Governor Wright criticizes Truman era civil rights proposals including anti-poll tax and anti-lynching bills, urging states to resist federal overreach. He dismisses fair employment practices as infringing on states rights and likens it to a Soviet law. He praises Louisiana Democrats for fronting States' Rights candidates.
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Wright
Joseph Stalin
Louissiana Democratic Central Committee
Louisiana
Poultry Growth In Alabama Prompts Wider Flocks And Profit
Ivey notes 12 week cycles allow 3 000 chickens per man with 20 cents average net per bird, equating to about 2 400 yearly. Poultry Co Operative in Montgomery has expanded from processing 5 000–6 000 chicks daily two days a week with 80% imports to three days a week with no out of state birds, signaling rapid local growth. Ivey’s talk coincides with Houston County Producers Association meeting and invites all farmers to attend.
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Ivey
Alabama
Poultry Co- Operative
Montgomery
Georgia
Houston County Proqueers Association
Fire rackades hit several local facilities in September
Number 12 building house warehouse of lumber and farm equipment burned nearly destroyed. Losses included lumber cement lime farm tools a truck and a small sawmill. Slocomb fire followed two other serious blazes in a week with Green Furniture in Dathan suffering 25 0 to 30000 dollars and Midland City Lumber Yard and a nearby warehouse owned by J F Byrd valued at 12000 dollars. causes were undetermined.
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Cox
Slocomb
Green Furniture Company
Dathan
Midland City
J. F. Byrd
Municipal airport project plan announced
A terse notice states that Sigua Waldo will be erected near Ridles's stereo sector for motorists, outlining a municipal airport project and related site plans.
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Nicipal
Sigua Waldo
Ridles
Asec
Death of Swedish Red Cross Head Shocks UN Assembly
Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden’s Red Cross head and UN Palestine mediator, was assassinated in Jerusalem prompting shock at the United Nations in Paris. He had urged truces, met with Arab and Jewish leaders, and was en route to a UN General Assembly meeting when a sniper killed him. Bernadotte’s death sent a wave of disbelief through officials preparing the assembly and recalling his wartime mediation and humanitarian career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadette
Red Cross
Estelle Manville
New York
Hernadotte
Damascus
Syria
Jerusalem
Holy City
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Haifa
Aage Lundstroem
Bernadotte
Folke Bernadotte
International Red Cross
United Nations
Palestine
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gustav
Sweden
Furspe
Berlin
U.S. O
Yo M. GC. A
Det Basia
Readers Digest
Alena
Chicago
APS
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
Tae
Andrew Cordier
Trypayne Lie
Adrian Pelt
Rhodes
Cordier
Pelt
Lie
Norway
Russian and British Orders Halt Eastbound Shipments
A disjointed report notes five guards issuing steret orders to stop shipments eastward while British transport authorities discuss measures. A Russian licensed newspaper claims a front page resolution by members, referencing tensions and patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studsimkve
Nees Dedtsehlund
Menoers
Bheavne Tea Acty
Indian Move Into Secunderabad Sparks Hyderabad Clash
Indian troops crossed into Secunderabad across the river from Hyderabad as part of a blitz that overwhelmed local defenses. Columns from the west and east advanced toward Hyderabad city, with up to 54 miles covered in a day. Hyderabad urged surrender through广播, while civilians reportedly urged to join the fight. weapons were seized, and the Prince of Berar’s palace arsenal fell to Indian forces.
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Secunderabad
Hyderabad
India
Midapur
Lis
Zahirabad
All India Radon
Hyderabad Co
Mrnder
Iife
Cau
Kazakar
Betor Hinderabad
Aurangabad
Prince of
Berar
Nizam of Hyderabad
South Dakota claims Huron resident was first woman senator
Pierre South Dakota Republicans dispute the record on the first woman in the U S Senate. They credit Gladys Pyle of Huron with historic firsts, noting her 1938 short-term seat and lineage of South Dakota political milestones. Pyle, active in suffrage and state government, also sparked GOP presidential nomination moments and later ran an insurance business in Huron.
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South Dakota
Miss Pyle
Congress
Senate
Wash’ Ston
Smith
Warren Green
Harlan J. Bushfield
GOP
Huron
Mrs John E Amos Dies After Heart Attack at 75
Mrs John Ernest Amos aged 75 died unexpectedly at Jackson Hospital in Marianna last night from a heart attack. Widow of Ernest Amos former Florida comptroller, she is survived by a son John BE Amos of Marianna. Funeral at Milton Episcopal Church at 10 a.m. tomorrow with Maddox Funeral Home in charge.
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John FE
Amos Marianna
John Ernest Amos
Jackson Hospital
Ernest Amos
Florida
John BE. Amos
Marianna
Milton
Tla
Milton Episcopal Church
Maddox Funeral Home
Funeral services for Pfc Harry G Windham in Headland
Headland specials announce at 3 p m Sunday funeral for Pfc Harry G Windham killed in action in France at least 10 1944. Rites at Sylvan Grove church by Rev Roby J Lee with burial in church cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs Vate L Windham Midland City route two four brothers James R Windham Versehel Windham Warne and Jennings Windham Midland City route two two sisters Mrs Leis Helland Blake ly Gia and Mrs Oia Thompson Newton.
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Headland
Harry G. Windham
France
Sylvan Grove Church
Roby J. Lee
Vate L. Windham
Midland City
James R. Windham
U.S. Army
Versehel Wingham
U. S. Navy
Warne and
Jennings Windham
Leis Helland
Blakely
Gia
Oia Thompson
Newton
Headland Obituary and Ozark Infant Funeral Notices
Daniel Marion Brown seventy seven died yesterday at his daughter's home near Ozark after a long illness. Survived by wife Twis Brown of Ozark route two daughters and two sons, plus fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 3 PM at Pleasant Grove church with Rev. W. M. Busia officiating. William David Warren infant son of Roy and Mrs. Watson died yesterday at Skipperville. Funeral at Morgan church with burial in Sh etherd Cemetery. Surviving: parents, sister Virginia, brother Roy Jr. and several grandparents and aunts uncles.
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Headland
Daniel Marion Brown
Ozark
J. D. Hatton
Harvey Sauls
Jacksonville
Fla
Twis Brown
B. N. Brown
Newton
Pleasant Grove Church
W. M. Busia
Troy
William David Wa’ron
Roy Watson
Skipperville
Morgan Church
Ine Ferment
Amothe Bershed
Holman of
Ozayt
Virginia
Roy, Jr
G. W. Welch
Hartford
Cynthia Watson
George Lanier Dies At 68 Textile Leader In South
George Lanier 98, long time head of West Point Manufacturing and key figure in Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works, died after brief illness. He led Dixie Cotton Mills and was son of Lafayette Lanier who helped start the textile firms in 1880. Survivors include wife three sons two daughters two sisters and fourteen grandchildren.
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Est Point
George Lanier
West Point Manufacturing Company
South
Lanier
Lanett
Ale
Dixie Cotton Mills
la Grange
Lafayette Lanier
Joe L Lanier
Bruce Lanier
West Point
George Lanier, Jr
New York City
Joe L. Jennings
Fairfax
Ala
O. F. Nixon, Jr
Lagrange
Dupree
Hunicutt
Harold Hinton
Athens
Livestock markets at Montgomery Cattle Week gains and steadies
Estimated 5200 cattle receipts week show steadier Friday with cows up to 1.00, weighty beef, calves and stocker steers strong. hogs steady to higher on Friday with sows and barrows lifting, feeder and slaughter calves mixed across weights, prices detailed by weight classes.
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Montgomery
Fed- State
Mit News
Sve
Union Stock Yards
Chicago censor Harris retires from movie complaints work
Roy G. Harris, a Chicago censor ship clerk, says he has not visited a theater in ten years and is leaving after more than two decades of handling complaints about films. He declares he is sick of the movies and quitting his post.
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Chicago
Roy G. Harris
Fire loss figures and fatal incidents recount history
The text notes 800 fires annually in US hospitals and institutions and over 43 000 fires in manufacturing plants. It cites the SS Morzu Castle blaze killing 125 and the 1944 Harford Circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut with 168 deaths.
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United States
Morzu Castle
Harford, Conn
Navy Plane Missing Over The Pas District In Canada
An American Navy plane en route to Ottawa disappeared Sunday after leaving Churchill for The Pas in heavy rain. Among the missing were Capt. Benjamin Scott Custer of the U.S. Embassy and Capt. Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton of the British High Commission. Over 30 search planes operated with local and air force personnel aiding, while a helicopter and Norseman aircraft prepared for aid if sighted.
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PAS
United States’ Navy
Gons
Arogeg
Wabowden
Ottawa
Churchill
Sir Rober W. Stirling-Hamilton
British High Commissioner's Office
Benjami Scott Custer
United States
Jack Howe
Air Force
Quail as a name for several small game birds
The term quail is applied to multiple small game birds within the grouse family, indicating a shared common naming among distinct species. This usage reflects historical and regional naming practices in hunting and aviculture circles.
Spy inquiry hearings reveal past EBT ties and Communist Party links
Witnesses testified to working for the EBT in San Francisco during 1943 to 1945 and to acquaintance with core players in the current inquiry. The six to seven day session covered CIO International and Leather Workers' Union matters as Ben Gold and others asserted long Communist Party membership amid a contentious closure to the subcommittee's hearings.
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EBT
San Francisco
CIO International and Leather Workers’ Union
Iorman
Max Schwabe
Pnee
Gold
Bresiders
F ‘Tom
Communist Party
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Houston
Tex
Geneva County
J. J. Collins
Geneva County Board of Education
Slocomb High School
Coffee County Vocational
Houston County Health Department
W. L. Edwards
Alabama Education Association
Raymond D. Hurlbert
AEA
Birmingham
Jiy
New Orleans
Harry Hall Company
Edgar E. Huff
Deerfield
Joanna
Elizabeth
Patricia
John
Bear
Edgar, Jr
Michael
Daniel M. Brown
St.Joseph Aspirin CO
Ac Cela
Cele
J Cele
Arc
Kresky
J. J. Harris
Kresky Flony
Roofing Company
E. Trey N. St
Andrewa
United Warehouse Company, Inc
J.C. Barber
Mer
Cherry
Navy
Bejamin Scott Custer
Bainbridge, Ga
John Flowers, Jr
Eacle
Royal Crow 7 Co
Dothan, Alabama
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