Senate Vote Rebuffs Change on Journal Reading Rule
The Alabama Senate rejected a move to ease journal reading requiring unanimous consent. A two thirds rule failed amid tension over a two year cap on the tractor gas refund bill and a related $40 million road bond issue. House members then recessed for committee work as lawmakers eyed next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Henderson
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Senate
James S. Coleman
Greene
Light turnout in 1-Mill school tax renewal vote in Dothan
By noon in Houston County 78 residents cast ballots on renewal of the one-mill school tax levy approved in 1997 for 20 years. Officials noted weather and lack of dispute as reasons for the light vote. at the courthouse 87 ballots had been counted with 28 at city hall, eight at the curb market, and five at Malone Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Houston County
Malone Motors
Boy Scouts To See Explore Campsite Near Clintonville
Scout Executive C. V. Cooke announced an exploration of the new council campsite near Clintonville. About 500 trees are to be explored by Scouts this weekend. All council Scouts are invited and asked to bring camping gear and provisions for three meals.
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Council
Clintonville
C. V. Cooke
City bans bottled drinks at games after bottle throwing
City Commission orders Stadium Commission to stop selling bottled drinks at Wire Grass stadium and to serve drinks in paper cups after numerous broken bottles during Friday football. Commissioner Jim Brennan cites a serious glass hazard and risk of injury. Separate meeting approves fiscal year appropriations for 1947 48 totaling funds for schools welfare health library and other agencies with monthly payments.
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Wire Grass Stadium
City Commission
Stadium Commission
B. Pitunin
Othe Field
Opp
Jim Brennan
Brennan
Tothan City
Houston County Welfare Department
Houston County Health Department
Houston Library
Houston County Tuberculosis Association
Alabama League of Municipalities
Alabama National Guard
Two Warrants Filed In Trespassing Case
Jack Hall released on bonds totaling 800 after warrants filed by C. C. Powell. The Sept. 17 warrant accuses Hall of assaulting and remaining on Powell’s dwelling after warning. The Sept. 19 warrant charges Hall with removing a bale of cotton to defraud Powell. Bonds set at 300 and 500 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hall
C. C. Powell
Hall
Powell
Better Farms and People Mean Better World Rotary Told
Alexander Nunn of the Progressive Farmer told 60 Rotarians in Dothan that the rural South can prepare for an inevitable recession by building better farms homes and people. He showed charts tracing wealth growth from 1932 to 1946 including debt versus income and rising bank deposits and war bonds held by farmers.
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Rotary
Alexander Nunn
The
Progressive Farmer
Nunn
Dothan Rotary Hel
Truman weighs voluntary food rationing plan
President Truman weighed recommendations for voluntary home rationing and reduced foreign grain shipments as the most feasible fix for rising prices and unrest abroad. A White House statement on world food problems was expected in days while debates on Marshall Plan timing continued.
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Washington
Truman
Smaaller
Congress
Food Cabinet Committee
Marshall
Harriman
Agriculture
Anderson
White House
Food Committee
State Department
State
Agriculture Departments
Andrews To Attend Peanut Festival With Forty Floats
Rep George Andrews will attend the Do than Peanut Festival October 3 4 as 40 floats are anticipated for the parade in a growing regional event. Southwest Georgia Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama communities will bring floats beauty queens and other participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Andrews
Dothan
Warry Anderson
Anderson
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Newville
Bert Davis
Fort Gaines
Albert Killingsworth
Lions Club
Enty
Davis
Hospital Committee Invites State Man To Dothan Meeting
The executive committee of the hospital association invites H. F. Singleton, state hospital administrator, to Dothan for a public hearing and a question and answer session after a discussion on local hospital needs. The gathering will include the hospital committee, Houston County Medical Society members, and other interested persons. date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Singleton
State Board of Health
Hospital Association
A D. Ussery
Singleton
Dothan
Houston County Medical Society
Frank Covington
Slagieten
Florida Storm Triggers Tornado Reports Along Coast
A tropical storm off Florida’s west coast spawned three tornadoes between St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Gusts reached 60 to 70 mph at Bement Key Tampa Bay mouth. Several freighters and banana boats were missing or overdue as coast guard rescues continued. Winds over northern Florida were expected to rise to 50 to 60 mph inland near Tallahassee and Apalachicola as the system moved slowly northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Gulf Coast
Tampa
Bement Key
Tampa Bay
Mearchife
Weather Bureau
Atlante States
Tallahasee
Apalachie
Coa
Pata
Lac
Baron County
Lyme
Bas Tore
Rail service to New Orleans disrupted by cane damage
Louisville based railroad chief Parsons announced extensive damage along the line to New Orleans after recent cane floods. Bridges and trestles are damaged. 80 miles of track limited service for over a month. Piedmont Limited ends at Ocean Springs. Pan-American and Azalean run only to Mobile. Humming Bird terminates in Montgomery with connections to 38 Springs.
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Louisville
Lotwisydie & Nasoviche Haolroad
New
Ortechs
CL Parsons
General Ranoper
Parsons
Papenedd
New York
New Orleans
Meridian
Borminenas
Iata
Statacu
Piedmont Limited
Ocean Springs
Cincinnati
Mobile
Peoncola
Fla Parsons
Jim Crow Primaries Decreed for Georgia Voters
Georgia faces a white primary system impacting Black voters as a new rule enforces segregated Negro participation by ward. The March 14, 1946 primary date is set with fees of 3500 for governor and 33599 for U S Senate nominees.
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Georgia
Denar
Pratt
Andy Eynet
Ole Denne Therie
Pero
Tore Tate
Yaverrar
Sepator
Richard
Buncellie
U. S
Flemina Ordered to Inspect Hurricane-Graced Damage Tour
President Truman orders General Philip Fleerang to conduct a fatal inspection of damage in southern states. Fleming, stationed in Wyoming, is expected to visit Florida Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Fleerang
Fleming
Wyoming
Florida
Alabame
Louisiana
Mississippi
Lie Warns Collapse Of U N Means War
In a United Nations General Assembly session, Soviet Delegate Andre Vishinsky accused the United States of risking peace by seeking to revise postwar agreements. U N secretary general Trygve Lie warned that unresolved differences could wreck the UN and trigger war. Evatt countered that the Assembly has the right to discuss the matter and urged cooperation to maintain international peace.
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Roh. Shackford
Flushing
N.Y
United States
USN
Assembly
Vishinsky
Heo
Asgentina
Mare Gate
Soviet Union
May
Fascian Vishtitsky
Wandd
Osthatan
Herbert Vv
Evatt
Wishinsky
Ale
Vadureky
Inise
One Killed One Injured In Highway Crash Near Malone
Reported near Malone, a fatal crash killed Rex McKetoon of Malere and injured Henry Steeth. The vehicle collision involved a pickup and a trailer, with responders stating a driver was shot in a separate event during the incident.
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Malone
Floryda Taghtag Pats
Rex McKetoon
Malere
Henry Steeth
Groyy
Ith
Foor Jordar
Finda
Doughtie Bonded in Embezzlement Case and Related Charges
Court records show Horace Bate, Jonn aon, and others released on bonds after embezzlement and murder related accusations. Details indicate multiple defendants posted 2500 dollar bonds with ongoing investigations and preliminary charges pending at the office of the county clerk.
Debated atom fate as United Nations haggles over arms fear
Fragmented text reports on global discourse about whether Russia possesses an atomic bomb and how United Nations members respond. It notes shifts in stance during the General Assembly with references to Soviet and Western positions and ongoing debate about nuclear development and deterrence.
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Bert
United Nations
Delog
Ganera
Kuta
Goseface
Fll
Barnes
Cal Sane Charncery
Perceon
Tathanee
Great Britain
Rusia
Bistain
Bertes
Andre
Elf
Paul Revere Parody Lands Man in Jail for False Warning
West Palm Beach authorities arrest Willy Gilmore after his daytime false weather alert sent 4 200 residents from bed and prompted crowds to seek hurricane shelters near the Neggee section. Police say the hoax disrupted transit and caused widespread alarm before it was contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Negro Willy Gilmore
Paul Revere
Gilmore
West Pale
Negee
Wilso
Bulgarians Hang Communist Foe Despite Protests
Nikola Petkov 54, leader of the opposition party, was hanged in Sofia central prison for plotting against Bulgaria’s communist government. The United States and Britain denounced the conviction as a miscarriage of justice while the Soviet Union rejected calls for intervention. Petkov’s appeal to the Supreme Court failed. he called his case a prolongation of past events in Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorta
Bulsatia
Nikola Petkov
Fote
Sofia
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Petikov
Bulagela
Povernments
Petkov
Army Demands Release Of 3 Men Seized At Trieste
U S Army headquarters demanded the return of First Lt William Van Alten and two enlisted men seized near the Trieste Free Territory frontier by a Yugoslav patrol. The trio, patrolling a disputed sector, were reportedly forced across the border at gunpoint. The men were last seen approaching the boundary and talking with Yugoslavs before being captured.
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U. 5. Army
Trieste
Capo
United St.' Army
Gunpont
US 5
Yurossis
William van Alten
Fort Orange
Hendites, Jr
Glen A. Siverd
Armoy
van Aftten
van Killen
Trey
Two Savannah River Bridge Weddings Run Afoul Of Jealousy
A Georgia press reports two couples wed across the Savannah River under two spans then a disturbance followed. Dennis J Coulhan of Chatham County police arrested after he confronted the newlyweds at a river bridge as they left for Wisconsin.
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Savannah River
Geoorgia
Savannah
Nona Lee
Dennis J. Coubhian
Chatham County Police
Curtis
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Andrei Yevishinsky Efor
Russia
Hector McNei Gripht
Flushing Meadows
N. Y
McNeil
United Nations General Assembly
House
Boy Scouts
Judy Jingle
Judith Beltramo
Los Angeles
Judith
BY Victor Smith
Dir Craw
Flemina
Lie
U. N
Doughtie
U.N
BY Robert Manning
Pole
Tata
Vlan
Atlanta
Georgia Terk
Walther Houpt
Beyesie Wilchin
Setlee
Ted Faye Syed
Rover Heedae
South Carolina
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