Alabama utility commission hearing on Western Bell prices continues
Rep F Webeanali notes the Alabama public service commission to review Southern Bell and its Western affiliate exhibits. Witnesses discuss alleged overpricing and the relationship between tolls and Bell system properties in Alabama. The record expands with hundreds of pages of exhibits and testimony as the hearing proceeds.
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Alabama Re Service Commission
Tnve
Southern A Telephone Company
Wentern Bite
Auport & State
Western Tire
Alabama
Ita
Southern MN
Southern Bell
American Telephone and Tele Company
New Tork
Western
Bell System
Penthera Bell
WcDonnell
Birmingham
Interest in Boy Scout revival excites Dothan youths
Young citizens in Dothan show marked interest in reviving the Boy Scout movement with school attendance and local polls indicating strong support. Deputy regional scout executive H. E. Bond reports high engagement at Highland Elementary and Dothan High, urging attendance at the Thursday city hall meeting to elect a district president and set up preliminary plans for the council. A tentative date for fundraising events is set for October 10.
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Dothan
H. E. Bond
Gbland School
Bond
Dothen
Ye Dothan
I J. L Waughs
Jabbah Hua
Fragmentary OCR: scattered numbers and names in a Norfolk text
The readable bits list multiple numbers and scattered names such as NRW ORLEANS 4083 and Ford of England with references to Gemeral Foods and General Biestrle Gerd. The passage appears as a damaged OCR segment lacking coherent narrative or clear events.
How Good Are You At Picking Right Answers On Squads
A scrambled reader challenge presents 13 ioe prizes to the win and 16 weeks of contests. Forecasts on the football lineup promise a three game set with expected winners and point differentials. Prizes include a top prize of $9 and other merchandise.
Lindbergh aids Goddard rocket tests in New Mexico
Lindbergh appears in shirt sleeves to assist Dr. Robert Goddard in rocket research at Roswell New Mexico. Harry Guggenheim pledges more funding while the scientists describe progress, past milestones, and aims for controlled flight to tens of miles in height with gyroscopic stabilization and remote launch.
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Lindbergh
Roswell
Apimcol
Charita A. Lindbergh
Robert A. Goddard
Masthehn- Heette
Harry F. Guggenheim
New York
Guggenheim - Goddard Atalement
Guggenheim
Goddard
Inte Dental Guysenhiem
Restant
Dr. Goddard
C. Gibbott
Smithsonian Institution
Sequel to Election of 1934 In Circuit Court To Decision
A Houston circuit court jury deliberated on the fate of Miltara Smith charged with assault to murder in an alleged spring election attack on Aeron Cameron in 1834. The trial began Tuesday and jurors retired Wednesday after a morning session. J Walter Dykes pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law and was fined $500 by Judge Halstead. Other defendants agreed to plead guilty at the next term.
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Houston
Miltara Smith
Aeron Cameron
Smith
Cameron
J. Walter Dykes
D C Halstead
Nevvral
Youthful Thousands Intone Devotionals at Catholic Fiesta
In Cleveland on September 25 thousands of children sang praises at a solemn pontifical mass to begin the third day of the seventh National Catholic event. Archbishop Beckman of Dubuque presided over a white robed choir of 300 boys from local parishes as 16 000 young voices joined in the offertory and hymn, with Pope Pius XII seen approving the youthful display.
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Cleveland
Hucharinde
Lake Erie
Ren Huey
Patrick Cardins Hayes
New York
Pope Pius
Pang
End of factional quarrel in DeKalb County nears end
Montgomery Sept 23 AP Gov Bibb Graves to appoint W Corley tax collector and O L Bethune tax assessor ending months of DeKalb county Democratic Republican strife after the November general election produced a no contest verdict. Absentee ballot disputes sparked the fight and a grand jury probe led to about 30 indictments for election law violations.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
DeKalb County
W. ©. Corley
Geraldine
O. L. Bethune
Fort Payne
National Guard
Pneumonia-Stricken Senator Improves in Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports Senator I Hamilton Lewis of Maine showing distinct improvement from pneumonia. Dr A Rumreleh stated the heart action improved, pulse slower, temperature lower, toxemia reduced, with pneumonia confined to the right lung and showing signs of clearing, though danger remains.
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Moscow
Cortora
Hamilton Lewis
Minais
United States
A. Rumreleh
Rumreten
Directory aide Hine Col Eiseman in city for directory work
Col. B. M. Eiseman special representative of the Baldwin Directory Co. is in the city for a few days to aid in preparations for Dothan's forthcoming city directory.
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Col. B. M. Eiseman
The
Baldwin Directory Co
Dothan
HOREIDON Pe CAPTEAL J P Mérgipom visit
J P Mérgipom district national re employment services director attended a meeting of actors at a permanent service housing actors in Montgomery Wednesday.
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Horeidon
J.P. Mérgipom
First Broomcorn Growers Dispute Taken To Court
Houston county farmer Outing T. J. Hodges sues Franklin Broomcorn Co. for 290 damages alleging breach of an agreement to plant ten acres broomcorn in 1938. He says the company would teach planting and curing, provide workers and arrange buyers, and take a one cent per pound royalty, with crop title staying with Hodges. He claims the firm failed to provide instructions or assistance, harming production and marketing.
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Houston County
T. J. Hodges
Frankin Broomcorn Co
Hedges
Broomcorn Company
Hodges
Houston
More Than 6 000 Pupils Enrolled In County Units
Royston county’s 57 public schools enrolled more than 6 000 pupils with two weeks of the session left. Superintendent Solomon Baxter said official returns may show more students than ever before, noting rural delays from late crops. He expects continued enrollment growth and full farm schools despite funds only for five months. The county follows the state minimum program. salary schedule set by the county board. Schools with 40 to 60 pupils need two teachers, 60 to 100 require three, 100 to 250 require four, and over 250 are consolidated.
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Royston County
Solomon Baxter
Baxter
Houston
J. A. Keller
Baxter Unmoved by Impending School Bus Fees
Superintendent Solomon Baxter remained calm after learning legislators did not exempt school bus drivers from a $200 license tax on large buses. State education official Morphet pledged to seek attorney general guidance to resolve the issue. Rep. Cahoon said the omission would be corrected in January if needed, with refunds possible under protest.
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Solomon Baxter
Baxter
B. L. Morphet
State Department of Education
Morphet
W. Perry Cahoun
Hogs Sluggish Market Report From Chicago Trade
Chicago hog market show slow, uneven movement, prices down to about 20 cents from Tuesday. Early ranges steady with bulk good and choice at 170 to 240, lots 10 to 20 higher or lower in assorted lots, with weights 240 pounds and under around 10 to 36 per hundred.
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UV. B
Magnolia club picks officers in Tuesday session
Mrs C D Bornsby was elected president of Magnalia Women's Howe Demonstration club at Mrs G W Robinson home. Other officers named include alternate local leaders and Mrs T M Flowers as county secretary director.
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Mra. C
Quality peanut crop outlook in Movston County 1945
Movston County faces a lower peanut crop value in 1945 despite a 10 percent rise in acreage. Yields drop due to poorer quality, with runners favored for the market and Spanish peanuts harvested earlier. Hog producers plan to feed hogs on peanuts to fetch top prices, signaling higher peanut use for fattening hogs than in 1944.
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Movston County
C. M. Ling
Forceset
Ednesday
Houston
Ling
Seld
Chicago Butter Prices Skim Records from Sept 25
Chicago market reports show butter and creamery products with varied prices. Creamery specials at 25 34-26 1-4 and extras 92, firsts 88-91 at 74 22 SH, eggs listings note 7,167 extra firsts at 25 14-34 and fresh graded prices 25 3-428 1-4, current receipts 225 14.
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Cricago
County Declared Favored by Rate on Garden Truck
Rousing county 16 favored over other sections of the South on rates for car lot shipments of truck produce to leading Northern markets. Ashford growers heard E B O Kelley agricultural agent of the Atlantic Coast Line railway outline freight rates and best packing methods for winter vegetables. Speakers included J M Purdom and J M Hughes of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce. The Ashford meeting highlighted a shift from a single crop system to diversified farming. Hughes cited farmers in Ashford growing cradle crops of greens with strong markets at parity with cotton.
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Ashford Secion
E. B.O ‘Kelley
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
O'Kalley
J. M. Purdom
J .M. Hughes
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Ashford
Hughes
Legionnaires Slate Compensation Notice
The American Legion post announces compensation details with post commander Thuredsy aj Thom and Morrison stating no sponsors will attend. Applications for compensation may be filed at the Adjutant's office Saturday.
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Chanter R. Vis
American Legion
Thuredsy Aj Thom
Morrison
Jutant
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