Mrs W O Hand Dies At Home In Ashford Route Two
Funeral services for Mrs. W O Hand fifty three who died at her home on Ashford route two early Sunday morning after long illness will be held this afternoon at Rocky Creek Church with Rev Walter Robinette officiating Burial is in the adjoining cemetery Ward Wilson in charge She was a Methodist and had lived in the community all her life Surviving include husband two daughters Mrs Martha Fekays Ashford Mrs Malvina Stephenson Eufaula a son Carl W Sland Ashford route two her mother Mrs Martha M Hand Ashford two brothers C C Hall Ashford route two and Carl Hall Albany Ga seven sisters Mrs Mas Parrish Mrs T J Nowell Mrs Max Bruner Mrs Lenwood Buntin all of Ashford Mrs L C Upchurch and Mrs J S Skinner both of Macon Ga and Mrs C W Arnold Miami Fla one grandchild pallbearers listed and honorary members of W S C and Rocky Creek church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Hand
Ashford
Rocky Creek Church
Walter Robinette
Ward Wilson
Methodist Church
Martha Fekays
Malvina Stephenson
Eufaula
Carl W. Sland
Martha M. Hand Ashford
C. C.hall
Carl Hall
Albany, Ga
Mas Parrish
T. J. Nowell
Max Bruner
Lenwood Buntin
L. C. Upchurch
J. 58
Skinner
Macon
C. W. Arnold
Miami
Fla
Prandchild
Bill
Jack Womack
Barney Wiggins
Otis Hobbs
C. K. Cliff
J. K. Buntin
Poland Plans Port Developments at Gdynia and Gdańsk
Poland announces a government and maritime engineering plan to modernize two ports. Gdynia is set to unload 1,090,000 tons per month, while former German Stettin now Szczecin is projected to handle 200,000 to 350,000 tons monthly in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gdynia
Poland
Gydnia
Gdanak
Iengineers
Stettin
Ezezecin
Archbishop Fisher Praises U S As Pocket Handkerchief
Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher of Canterbury visiting Philadelphia describes the United States as a "pocket-handkerchief gort" of a country England, yet notes it as the very best of linen during his travel through the vast and glorious land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Visting
Geoffery Francis Fisher
Canterbury
United States
England
Harrison and Lisenby Named in Alabama Drug Store Watch
Tetesa Alabama presents a fragmentary record mentioning Harrison and Lisenby with references to Wright Drug Company Bé ilend Alabama Cesh Druc Stora Midhend City and Daniel's Drug. Details are unclear but indicate a local drugstore network in Alabama.
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Tetesa
Alabama
Harrison and Lisenby
Ford
Wright Drug Company
Bé@ilend
Cesh Druc Stora
Midhend City
Alabame
Daniel's Drug
Death closes Alabama rent scheme case involving 25-year-old matron
Birmingham AP report: Marjorie Coleman, 25, was found hanged in a Lynchburg Va jail cell while held on $5,000 bond for charges of taking $1,290 in advance rents for a South side Birmingham bungalow. Police say additional victims claim she took more. She faced an embezzlement charge of $2,400 from a local radio firm. Surviving are her husband in Lynchburg, two children, and mother Mrs. Eula Stewart. Burial planned in Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Marjorie Coleman
Lynchburg Va
Lynchburg
J. H. Boice
Southside
Coleman
Osborne
Eula Stewart
Weekend Police Blotter Records 65 Arrests Here
Police and sheriff records show about 65 persons were arrested over the weekend for misdemeanors. Most arrests were for public drunkenness and vagrancy.
Navy aims in Mediterranean outlined by Forrestal
Secretary Forrestal stated the U S Navy keeps forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean to support Allied occupation and military government in occupied Europe and to protect U S interests and policies in the region. The Mediterranean’s strategic significance involves British, Russian, and oil considerations shaping U S foreign policy security aims.
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Mediterranean
Forrestal
United States Navy
Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Europe
U. S
Attears
United States
Yat the
Navy
Funeral Service Held For Enterprise Infant
Funeral services for Jerry Ariton Bright infant son of Mr and Mrs Harold M Bright of Enterprise were held Sunday at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel with Dr B R Justice officiating. Burial in City cemetery Searcy in charge. Surviving are his parents maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs R H Bowden Enterprise and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J D Bright Paris Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Jerry Ariton Bright
Harold M. Bright
Dothan
Searcy Funeral Home
B. R. Justice
City
Searcy
R. H. Bowden
J. D. Bright
Paris
Tenn
Permits Issued Here For Two Residences
The City Fire Department issued two building permits totaling 6500 dollars today. One permit covers a residence on the 1300 block North Appletree Street to Mrs. Pearl Kirkland for 1000 dollars, and the other covers a residence on 302 East Washington to E. G. Griffin for 5500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Appletree Street
Pearl Kirkland
East
Washington
E. G. Griffin
Fun For All Urged By Miss Dauncey In Recreation Training
Miss Helen M. Dauncey, leading the National Recreation Association training, visited Dothan to conduct the Recreation Training Institute. She urged all ages to embrace regular games and activities, extending fun beyond summer to family gatherings and city parks. Two courses run weekly, 3-5 p.m. at Dothan Recreation Center and 7-9 p.m. at Ashford High School. call 1042 for details.
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Helen M. Dauncey
National Recreation Association
Dothan
Houston County Board of Education
Miss Dauncey
Houston County
Ashford High School
Five Nations Draft Statutes Stall Trieste Governing Row
The 21 victorious powers, under a gag rule, failed to unite on an 11 ute model for the future Free State of Trieste and sent the dispute back to the Italian Political and Territorial Commission amid five draft statutes. Other unresolved issues include Italian reparations and Czech demands on Hungary as deadlines loom for opening plenary work on five peace treaties.
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Ute
Free State of
Trieste
Hungary
Regional singing convention showcases varied voices and groups
A Slocomb convention featured a children’s quartet from Enon church and the Southern Harmony Boys from Columbus singing gospel and spirituals to large crowds. A C White of Panama City chaired a brief session and J. B. Davidson's school cooperation was acknowledged. future sessions will travel to Hartford, Oak Grove, and Slocomb with seats limited at the September gathering.
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Mozart
Chopin
Bethoven
Slocomb
Madame Schumann-Heink
Childred
Enon
Ashford
Southern Harmony Boys
Columbus
A. C. White
Panama City
Fla
Joe Sellers
Secomb
Hartford
Marca
Oak Grove
Fadette
J.B. Davidson
Slocomb High School
J. Harvey Etheridge
Dothan
Houston County Fair
A. J. Hathaway
J. R B. Spears
W. D. Mu
Mike Lee Burch
W. H. Scott
Oliver Engram
Vinson Register
J. N. Yeomans
Mr. Holland
Walter Gray
Mose Edesker
C. A. Caraway
Marvin Brackin
Mitchell Harris
Ollie Toole
Ira Singleton
G. C. Skipper
W. T. Sellers
T. V. Coats
Clarence Ausley
Jake Holman
C. C. Field
Racer Pigeon Found Here After Trouble
A pigeon, likely a racer, with an injured beak, was found on Atlantic Coast Line tracks near the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. by J. C. Chambless of 420 Railroad Avenue. He took the bird home to await its owner, believing it hit a wire. Metal leg bands bore the names Jerry Hearn of Columbus, Georgia and the code AU46C48134. Chambless planned to notify Hearn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
J. C. Chambless
Railroad Avenue
Atlantic Coast Line
Bear
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Chambless
Jerry Hearn
Third Avenue
Columbus, Ga
Hearn
Revival Crowds Fill Lafayette Street Church
Overflow crowds attend revival at Lafayette Street Methodist church prompting installation of a loudspeaker system. Pastor Rev. Charles Hildreth said speakers would be ready for tonight’s service so all in the auxiliary auditorium could hear. Rev. Elmer Johnson of Birmingham will preach twice daily at 11 am and 7 pm this week, arriving for tonight’s service. Rev. Si Mathison led song service yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Charles H. Hildreth
Elmer Johnson
Birmingham
Si Mathison
Burkett to Discuss Public Hospital on Radio
Dr W T Burkett county health officer will speak on a Health Department and Its Adaptation As a Health Center With a Public Hospital on his weekly Public Health News of the Week broadcast. He argues that operating a public health department and a public hospital separately is less efficient than a unified health center and notes a potential county hospital for Houston County. The program airs on WAGF at 3 p m Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Burkett
Dothan
Houston County
WAGF
Police Crack Down On Bootleg Ring In Dothan
City police arrested six Negroes for selling Aquor without a license as part of a Sunday night raid around Dothan. Included in the roundup were Ed Perry Katie Nelson Macon Branch Ira Jessie Elijah Junior Mitchell and Arthur Green tree all reported as Negro. All but Jessie and Mitchell were released from city jail today on bonds of 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ed Perry
Katie Nelson
Macon Branch
Ira Jessie
Elijah Junior Mitchell
Arthur Greentree
Jessie
Mitchell
Bend
Fire Prevention Week Boosts City Fire Brigades
Inspectors Baker and Tedder begin placing posters in merchant windows while Chief Ryan urges motorists and pedestrians to cooperate with fire alarms. Two new elementary brigades added at East Highland and Southside Negro schools, bringing city elementary brigades to nine. Enrollment at East Highland is 226 and at Southside 65.
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G. D. Baker
R. E. Tedder
Ryan
East Highland Negro School
Gussie McMillen
Southside Negro School
Robbie West
East Highland School
Jerome Ward
Barbara Coleman
John Ellis Farrell
Willie Clark
Fuller Stallworth
Gurtha Myhand
Gentry Richardson
Southside
Joseph Jackson
Freddie Lee Haynes
Eddie Earl Oliver
Charles Clifford
Bettie Jean White
Voncell Lemons
Hall
Young
Rose Hill
Highland
Minnie T. Heard
Alabama
East Highland
Otis Skinner Ghost Costume Haunts Denver Hamlet
A ghostly moment occurred at Denver University's Little Theater during a summer Hamlet. Harry Lowery who played Laertes wore the same Otis Skinner Hamlet costume. The attire was donated to the university by Cornelia Otis Skinner.
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Otis Skinner
Denver
Denver University
Little Theater
Harry Lowery
Laertes
Hamlet
Cornela Otis Skinner
Veterans Administration Opens New Office Hours
J. W. Thornton, officer in charge, attends a state wide conference in Montgomery to discuss improving veteran services. Veterans are urged to call at the office during hours 8 am to 4 30 pm Mondays through Fridays, with the VA closed Saturdays and Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thornton
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
Federal Grand Jury to Meet Tomorrow in Alabama
The federal grand jury will convene in Montgomery tomorrow to investigate criminal cases in the Middle District of Alabama. Indictments from the Southern division will be tried in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Middle District
Alabama
Dothan
Nazi Leaders Convicted in Historic War Crimes Tribunal
The tribunal condemned Nazism as a criminal system and its leadership for conspiracy and crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It ruled against the cabinet and high command, while noting some members may escape death. Goering and Ribbentrop showed visible tension as judges detailed aggression from 1920 to 1939.
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Europe
Adolf‘ Hitler
Hermann
Goering
Rudolf Hess
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Dothan
Geoffrey Lawrence
Britain
Reich Cabinet
Lawrence
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Alfred Rosenberg
Hess
Cabinet
High Command
S. A
Eisenhower Visits Luxembourg After Frankfurt Stop
President Eisenhower changed his planned itinerary to fly to Luxembourg where he laid a wreath of red roses on the grave of General George S. Patton Jr. The U S commander was greeted by cheering crowds as citizens lined the streets to welcome him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Eisenhower
Luxenbourg
George §. Patton, Jr
U. S
Press coverage plan discussed for executions in war era
The meeting debated who should cover executions and a pooled press approach. Baillie urged full news access to ensure public informed reporting, noting wartime pooling used for major events. McNarney supported the plan, and allied representatives approved coverage despite secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
States
Baillie
McNarney
Council
Commission
Stowaway Cat Earns Trip to New London Air Cadet Flight
In New London New Hampshire a cat named Pat Bule's pet traveled from Florida by air after being accidentally locked in a suitcase. Miss Gwendolyn Shirley reported the cat missing from her home during Cadet Bule's vacation. The cat was later found safe and flown to the base with Bule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
N. H
Pat Bule
Florida
Gwendolyn Shirley Eve
Bule
Chinese film enterprise formed by financiers and artists
A fragment from a Chinese business note describes the formation of a film enterprise by financiers and artists led by a known company. The entity, named Movie Enterprise Ltd, is reported to be based in Canton. Further specifics are unclear due to OCR gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canton
Ching” Wy
Bachian
We Movie’ Enterprise, Ltd
Wiles Out
Calne
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Optometrists
C. E. Blakey
G. W. Blakey
Foster
Blakey
N. Foster
Malone
H.P
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Enterprise Infant
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Racer Pigeon
Lafayette St
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Federal Grand Jury
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Charlie Boyett
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Berkeley Bios
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Harris Motor CO
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J. D. Buie
U. S. Army
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