Truman Dewey clash over Communists hits campaign trail
President Truman challenged Republicans to offer real evidence in the fight against subversive activity while Gov. Thomas E Dewey warned there will be no compromise of American principles in the Russia dispute. Senator Ferguson accused the GOP of thwarting national security, saying his party fights communism. Dewey cited concerns about Communists in government and stressed unity with UN efforts amid overseas tensions.
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Associated Press
Truman
Ornas E. Dewey
Russia
New York
Spoane
Wash
Missoula
Mont
United Nations
Pais
Henry A. Wallace
Outstanding Houston County Home Demonstration Club Woman Named
At 8:30 tonight about 27 Houston County home demonstration club women gather as the record of the year’s outstanding member is read. The chosen member will be awarded the title during a banquet of the Houston County Home Demonstration Council sponsored by Dothan chain store managers.
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Abby Ellard
Houston County
Ome Demonstration Council
Dothan
Farmer's silo blast shocks quiet night
Maurice Reynole, a farmer in Charles, Alabama, slept through a night when his silo exploded. The blast lifted the silo roof fifty feet, collapsed the silo onto the barn, and caused a chain of structural collapses across sheds, windmill, and gas. Neighbors reported hearing a faint noise before dawn. Investigators respond.
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Charles
Maurice Reynole
Investi
Blonde Helen Kilpatrick Named Miss Geneva County
Geneva high school night beauty pageant selects 15 year old Helen Kilpatrick as Miss Geneva County. Finalists included Sarah Hartley Ann Kelly Jodean Hardin and Kilpatrick, with Slocomb Hartford Geneva contestants and Dr R E Howell committee chair. Kilpatrick will compete as queen candidate for National Peanut Festival.
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Geneva County
Helen Kilpatrick
Geneva
Geneva High School
Eagle
Dethan
Slocomb
Hartford
R. E. Howell
Dr. Howell
Miss Kilpatrick
Sarah Hartley
Ann Kelly
Jodean Hardin
Bernell Carroll
Betty Cherry
Mae Frances Boswell
Lou Merle Boman
Betsy Beckbickler
Mary Ann Gillis
Laura Jean Wood
Kathryn Quick
Kate Odom
Tralene Myers
Glennie Childs
Fay Godwin
Jackie Anglin
Juanita McKinney
Elric Patterson
Wilf Ed McDougald
Eleanor Blount
Floree Jacobs
City to Employ Lewis as Attorney and Continue Fire Plant Work
In an adjourned session the city commissioners approved continuing C R Lewis as city attorney at 160 dollars a month and paid remaining sums for the new fire station and sewage disposal plant plans by H C Howard totaling 11 567 84 dollars. The license schedule for soft drink bottlers was discussed but no changes. President John Ayres faces a final week in office. Mrs Mildred Burke aged 23 died in a Cottage Hill fire that burned a six room frame residence.
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C. R. Lewis
Lewis
Dothan
H. C. Howard
Howard
John Ayres
Mobile
Mildred Burke
Cottage Hill
Skyway Marker Shortfall Delays Navigation Aid
Washington AP report notes Skyway One lacks required rooftop markers for most states. Only Alabama completed 167 markers along 40 miles and about 150 elsewhere, leaving the rest of the route with fewer than ten markers per state. Blanche Noyes of the Civil Aeronautics Administration urges completion.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Ashington
Blanche Noyes
Civil Aeronautics Administion
Miss Noyes
Alabama
Laundry Operator Drowns In Tennessee River
Decatur Alabama authorities report Clifford Ward aged 50 drowned after being missing since Friday. His body was found in the Tennessee River about two miles west of Decatur by fishermen.
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Decatur
Ala
Tennessee River
John Davia
Clifford Ward
Here
Soviet Yak fighters buzz U.S. transports over Berlin milk run
Russian single engine Yak fighters buzzed two American C-54 transports near Berlin as supplies for the western sectors continued. U.S. officials filed a strong protest demanding immediate action from Moscow. The incidents add to a series of harassing moves affecting the Berlin air corridor and its 2,500,000 residents across allied sectors.
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Walter Rundle
Berlin
U.S
W. S
West Files Formal Complaint Against Soviets With U.N.
The United States Britain and France formally accused Russia of creating a threat to peace in Berlin and asked the United Nations Security Council to act. They delivered identical letters to Secretary General Trygve Lie and released the texts, citing the Soviet blockade as a violation of UN Charter Chapter VII and a threat to peace.
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R. H. Shackford
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Trygve Lie
Dothan
Obserserese
Sarastevad Plisesov
Poveas
UEC Wall
Ide
United Nations
Security Council
Rusia
Schuman
U.N
Robert Schuman Gight
United Nations General Assembly
U.S
George C. Marshall
High Schools Plan Half Day For Tallahassee Trip
Students in Dothan's high schools will dismiss at noon Sunday for the Tallahassee game. Bruce Flurry said both Young Junior High and Senior High will have a half day Friday with no activity or lunch periods and classes ending early. The Dothan band, about 100 members, will join up with Leon High in a Friday Florida parade and return that night.
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Tallahassee
Dothan- Tallahassee
City Superientendent
Bruce Flurry
Young
Bam
Flurry
Dethan
Leon High
Howell Hampton
Dothan
Gardner Reported In Poor Condition
Chief Justice Lucien D. Gardner of the Alabama Supreme Court was reported in Montgomery to have worsened. The 7 year old jurist has been hospitalized since last Wednesday with the hospital saying his condition is poor. Gardner suffered an attack in his office two days earlier and the illness remains undisclosed.
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Montgomery
Lucien D. Gardner
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
Government bars A bomb plants unions with disavow demand
Washington AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission bars A bomb plant unions whose officers refuse to sign non Communist oaths required by Taft Hartley. The action targets CIO United Electrical Workers and CIO United Public Workers while other unions face certification hurdles only if they meet NLRB requirements.
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Washington
Masco
Itay
CIO
Thy
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Ridge
NLRB
United Electrical Womens
United Public Wore
Caominaniat
U. EF
United States
Public Warners
Pistol Theft Leads To Multiple Charges
Edwin Phillips held in county jail on charges of carrying a pistol unlawful possession of firearms and grand larceny in a theft case. Officers arrested him after he was seen flashing a pistol. the gun, found on his person, matched a weapon stolen from a downtown parked car of W. D. Williams, valued at $65. Williams obtained a warrant for Phillips and Phillips was sent to county for prosecution.
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Edwin Phillips
Permot
Phillips
W. D. Williams
Dothan
Eddie Kelley
Williams
Examiners censures state military heads over double payments
State examiners censured Adjutant General James S. Saliba and State Senator George Quarles of Dallas County for double payments while employed. The report cites a $1,280 loan from Dothan National Guard unit funds and notes two promissory instruments, one duplicating the other. Debt collection steps were urged.
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Montgomery
Plate
James S. Saliba
George Quarles
Dallas County
Guuntles
U S Demands Russia Return Ships Undersecretary Lovett Says
Washington AP report says the United States renewed its demand for the return of several ships sent to Russia under wartime diplomacy. The vessels include three cruiser officers two frigates and smaller naval craft.
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Washington
State Lovett
Roswa
Munich pact and WWII threat cited in two pivotal years
Footnote to history recounts two entries Sept 29 1928 and Sept 29 1944. In 1928 Britain France Italy and Germany sign the Munich pact appeasing Hitler by dismembering Czechoslovakia. In 1944 Britain France and the United States reject appeasement of Russia and place German crisis before the United Nations.
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Paris
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Cina
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
United Nations
Georgia Senate Advances All-Party Vote Bill Amid Amendments
The Georgia Senate approved an all party vote bill with an amendment to exclude Communists and retain presidential electors. The chamber voted 27 to 1 on an amendment to electors by plurality, adopted unanimously, and sent the measure to the House for a first reading. The House panel on the bill was moved to recess until morning, with further committee action anticipated.
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Atlanta
Georg Senate
Riverett Millican
House
State of the Republic Committee
Roy McCracken
Jefferson County
Senate
McCracken
Boselack
Herman Talmadge
Mitchum Denies Narcotics Charges in Federal Case
Robert Mitchum and three co defendants faced narcotics charges after an attorney failed to dismiss the indictment on a legal technicality. Judge Am bros allowed the case to proceed with all four defendants held on ten thousand dollar bail. Actress Lila Leads 2 and dancer Vicki Evans along with Robin Ford are named among those charged with possession of marijuana.
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Angleles
Robert Mitchum
Jerry Giesler
Mitehui
Thomas L. Ambros
Wherry
Eacn
Wireham
Lila
Vicki Evans
Robin Ford
Miss Evans
U.S. Armed Forces Get New Guns Tanks and Planes
A $15 billion 1949 defense budget starts funneling into U S factories for new weapons. The Army orders more M-3 machine guns and M-1 parts at Springfield arsenal and funds for a new 50 caliber machine gun and automatic rifle. The Air Force orders 100 Lockheed F-80C jets 100 Republic F-84 jets and 123 Boeing B-47 bombers plus modernization of 400 plus B-29s. further $96 million in jet bomber orders expected soon as Congress approved the funds awaiting President Truman's signature.
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Springfield, Mass
Army
Springfield Arsenal
Aet
Air Force
Congress
Defense
James Forrestal
Truman
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William J. Davis
U. S
West
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Communist Union
Iadustra
Dothan Pahona
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Levu
Kone Ide
Munich
Georgia
Oindestse
R. Mitchum
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