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A 26-acre site just south of the North Mississippi Community Hospital was for mally selected I Monday by President Truman 0
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t~fz~t~:~itcac!n~t~~~ti~ ~ ft:!e u~ct!r J ~~~~ut an ·election , \· pelo's 200-bed Veter.ans Hospital. Drew Pearson, Washington colCorrespondents Substitution of this site for the umnist, originally announced that orjginally- selected 20-acre plot- the Veterans Administration had near the, airport on land adjoin- changed its plans r egarding the Uncle 5~m An Honest Y.i:'..:>~ ·l ing property of Congressman hospital site. , PONTOTOC-Uncle S ;,•.I'.:"...-~. Tohn Ra,nkin save the city of TuWhen queried by The . J ournal hon t R C (B b ~~ A'<> an estimated $125,000 im- f nf' t" f h' 0 es ,man. · · ) ~~.,..,. ·~ "'\te outlay for construe!ion or co irma wn t is repor.t, I commander of the Lan ~~ ~~~ ""'r and sewerage lines. ' however, the ·VA reported that Johnsto11 Post of the_Veterans -,<IJ..1~ _h ad . agreed to ~xtend ~ad~.ange in its plans h ad , been ~ ~-, Q : ae Imes to any site se F oret·g n w ars, can prove i·t'· .,~ 'A' · · -· Ye· sterday the o f f 1· c 1· a 1 an.. >.~ : Veterans- Admm1s B rady a veteran of 22 ""Onths ,A · · nouncement was m--dn ' . · •· t ' , "I ,v 1:>~:""" •.mgmeers estimated a. ~ i·n· Washwar duty m the Southwest Pacif- tha " , , of lines to the R,an- ington that the change in sites ic, recently received a subsistence kin p. Jperty wqiuld have run. to had been made and approved by check for $14~.80. But the account $1~0,000. Only ~~5,000 will be re- President Truman and t he Hosquired to. extend s~we_rage and pital B oard. 1 wasn't paid in full. . -water mams to the site Just south Mayor J . P. Nanney also· receivi He received another govcrn-1 of the Community Hospital, offi- ed a telegram yesterday from 1 mcnt check for two cents. . cials say. eongr essman Rankin saying that I Since Tupelo plans to construct the site had .been changed . Mr . 1 Must Be Going Home sewerage and water lines to wn: Rankin said that the Veterans \ OXFORD-Shakespeare said it lis Heights and Ha rrisb'urg a ny- AdministTat.ion now believes that i -but, still, "what's in a name?" way, the net long-term, saving to cost of the local hospital may run taxpayers from . selection of the, higher than the original estimat e - ~rt M~dQ M~ M~cli~ =whmpit ~~~ ueutima~d ~~285,000.~~r~ ~n&~ He~delberg and her three little at around $60,000. . .. _ .·_ -. l:cin added that it is hoped to get Heidelbergs wjll lea" e to join A special election· would ·nave'' work on the local hospital start1 husband and father Sgt. Steve been required to authorize"a n ex- ·ed in the near future. P r eviously l Heidelberg, on. occupation duty in penditure large· enough t o extend the VA h as said it would begin \ Germany. ' sewerage and water lines to the work here "in the spring. " \ They'll live in Ht idelberg.
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N,fE WD0 eR l iL c~AtN~S u(Ur.gP.)e _ry T·.'·h· eo'~· "' · · · . dore G. Bilbo, who halted the WASHINGTON- (U.P.) - Sen. The witness quoted P icar d as ha- 1 p lant guards agai nst Chrysler. He fight for his Sena~e seat in the J ames 0. E astland, D., Miss., said ving said he was "strictly pro- sai:d the judge later had t hem Cleare r Weather face .o f. a Republican Con~ress J Mon day night he would "press" l abor " and wanted the workers stricken from t he record, b ut that Abate S w ollen Wot~rs an~ fa ilmg health, underw~nt a an impe achme n t threat against involved in that suit to "get every a court r eporter's copy was avail dehca t_e , t"'.'o-hour and 25-mmute· Frank Picard, Mich igan federal · penny t hat is coming to them ." · able a nd would be submitted to ATLANTA, Ga. -<U.P.>- Waters operat_1on for _oral cancer Monday · judge w h o opened the gates to a "I th ink t he H ouse should in- t h e committee. an d h is <.:ond1t10n afterward - was · flood of portal to portal pay suits. vestigate the fairness of the H e said the j ury twice rul ed in of 18 s outhern r ivers and streams termed "very satisfactory." P icard, whose original ruling in jud ge's remarks with a view to favor of Chrysler, b ut that each poured across th eir banks in .sevDr . Alton Ochsner , fame? can- the Mount. Clemens, Mich., p ot- impeachment," E astland said. B ut time P icard demanded reconsid- en states Mon d ay a fter w eeks of cer specialist of T ulane Un_iversi-· tery workers case sent labor un- Chairm . an Forest C. Donnel1, R., eration. ·when the J.ury refused to t Y, per f orme d th e opera t ~on _at, ion attorneys scurrying to the Mo.,. declined to comment. change. the verdict, he said, P i- driving r ain. At least two cit1es"" · · J.·Ot1r o_ I n f 1rmary o_n _th . e wi.ry 1. it -, courts to see k more than ~5,000,Later, E astland told reporters card set it asid e. T h e corporation- M.e ridian, Miss., and Gatlinburg, tle _M1ss1ss1ppi polltrn1an w_ho_r~- 000,000 in p or t al to portal pay, he woul<i 'lpress''. for subcommit - then settled out of court for $35-,- Tenn.,- we{·e p artly under water mamed cheerful and optimis.tlc was critici.zed sharply at hear ings tee action. 000. and floods had th rown 3,500 men up to the mmute he went uncjer by a Senate J ud iciary sub-com- · P ortal to portal su its have Eastland asked it P icard had general anesthetic at 7:30 a.i;n. , mittee 6n a bill .t o outla w the r·eached such t remendous propor - ' "coerced the compan y in to set- out of work in North Alabama. A negro was drown~d in a flood The operat10n, Billi>o's seoon d, 1 s uits. tions that congressional ' leaders, tling the claim." · was for removal of a ·diseas_ed, E astland ra ised t h e impeachmen t are d eman ding a q uick solution .· . "Yes, definitely," Ise.rman said . ed Alabama creek. fragme??-t of lower Jaw b"one, m- , thr'eat afte·r Theodore R ' Iserman, T.hey fear economic chaos if t he Asked i f , h e considered the Reports of heavy . flood damage fected tissue and neck gl and~., .A.tr ! -attorney· f~} Chr ysler Corp . te"sti- suits are pressed successfully. . j udge'-s actions "unfair," the w it - and the evac uation of r esidents in tendants ' re ported Bilb~'s condi- fied t hat Picard l\_ad "go~e be- . Iserman test ified t hat the r e- ness replied : , hon s atisfactory immediately ·af- , yond his functio n.s " by twice dis- marks he attributed to · P icard "They were unwise if n ot unter t]1 e ?Perat10n. m lssing a jury that voted for were made during a trial of a fair. He ·went beyond h is f unc· During the first 20 days of Operation Progresses Smoothly ; C l:irysler·· in a 1944 portal case. $250,000 portal suit brought by : tions as a judge ." · January rainfall in the Tupelo I twu ~dk~~ ili~~e~ti~ - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - ~~~w~ -~52 - ~~~ -~ progressed smoothly . A young at - · which 3.87 inches fell during tendant doctor came out" of the ~ the past w eek, Miss Mary Dean surgery room from time t o time Akers. "head of the local weato re:t:i'ort t o Bilbo's r elatives and . · · · · ther bureau, revealed Monday. a few close friends in the CorriThis total of 7.52 inches in 20 dor that "it's good neWs- :ti,e 's · -day s is almost equal to th e enI coming along fine. " tire amount ot 10.42 inches th at Bilbo's Pastor Moves B ilbo's d ivorced daughter, Mrs. , . fell during the entire month ) POPLARVILLE-The Rev. D . . Jessie Bi_lb o; Miss Mattie F ox- . Ta.ft Is Convinced Congress Can Cut From -·, . J a nuary a year ago. . . . worth, his rn ece and secretaTy, , 3 ·11· f . p - ·.d , f" C t" . h d ' Wade Smith, pastor of Sen. Theo. and Miss E vely n Gandy, h is re' To 4 Ba ions . rem resa ent s 1gures ed ~::u~~\~t:ra~:ie~~ G . Bilbo's famed Juniper Grove Baptist C_hu.r ch, has moved into searcher, were among those ,vait. · . · 1d 0 d • the new two-story brick parson. ing in t he corridor as white- I W ASHINGTON. -(U.P.)- The J o int Congressional B udget e an~ou~rv: age which figured prominently masked n urses and doctors pas~ed Committee deci d ed i n a s t o rmy initial meeti ng Monday that Additional Purchase creeks. and drainage ditchw 'to in the Senate investigations into Talmadge Rejects Demalld To urrender gom g to and from the operatmg i t wou l d recommend overall figur e s for gove rnment spendPlanned; Animals Go th e brim. ,,,? .. •' BiJbo's fi\ness for office . -Offa·c· e· ,· Coll_ege Students Back Thompson . row omh. B "l b f·. 11 h 1· ing e ach y ear and leave the details to the H ouse and Senate o was ina w ee - ·ttees 0 w_ Ch arg e d ".11·th t h o se- d .u f i es. . T. 0 Operation By Flashlight ... . ed outentheyi peer inten tlyyover his- c omrm - H I FFA G roups _, ~ the p ath of the still rising wa:'ters were starp_ng to come in. A n i.lfu') JACKSON_ A br·e akdown of ATLANTA, Ga:-(U.P.)-Lt. Gov. M. E. Thoµipson , rebuff- inert form . He was taken immed- , An o rganizational meetmg of 102 Republican and DemoP urchase of 41 registered J er- ber of small, ,.in dependent Ala», tra}?.sformer equipment at the ed in a per sonal demand that Herman Talmadge sur.rende r iately to h is th ird floor room, , ·cratic members of four House _and. - - - - - - - - - - - - - sey heifers, representing some of bama coal mines w ere r eporteq. ( \.M ississippi Power and Light Co. to him the office of governor, said Monday night that he had which had been filled w ith flow- Senate committees developed m to F ' B the best blood lines in the na- runined by the unbr idled waters plant, brought a 45-minute inter- $100,000 in funds to carry on a separate governorship until ers during t he morning. F or the a quarrel over jurisdiction ~f a arm ureau '. eetmg tion , and t he distribu tion of these and Meridian expected ruption ot electric service.in parts the courts settle the state house tangle. first. time since h e entered t he n ew 20-member subcommittee Court House Today · · · damage to r u n to $100,000. of the . downtown distr ict here hospital a w eek ago Sunday, the n a m e d t o work out budget · fine animals t o 4-H and FFA , · Mon.day. . Thbmpson revealed in a press conference .that the money "n o visitors" sign was posted out- details. 0 1 d e r heads preAll 'farmers · of this area · are Moi-£ than 10.0 pers ons Wt::.r e clu b boys and girls this m onth, evacµated from low-lying areas The trouble was blamed on the was left in resigned Gov. Ellis side the room. Only a special vailed· in their determfnation to .invited to attend a district F arm unusual strain on equipment by Arnall's ex ecutive contingent nurse was with him. · ' keep the subcommittee's d1.Lt ies to B ur eau meeting to be held in the has inateh ally strengthened, Lee of Rd'me, .Ga., where the O.osia'n'. recent unfavorable weather con- . fund . and .that he t hus will ,not . i\.gains t . hospital rules, Bilbo /Overall recommendation s ·on -gov- L ee County Court House at l O County:'s· prospects of -i1wreasing aul.a and Etowah r ivers conv.:erge ditions. . have to call on State Treasu rer had insisted that his r elatives re- ernment expenditures. a;m . today, Cou nty Agent W, J , its -reputation as a Jersey center to forw t he Coosa. AH · ttir ee and given the club membe · · a strea~ were in flood. .Abou t 50 . . . George· "Ham~lton f_or funds to 1:1-ain w ith him rig~t up to the Opponents had demandi d that P ernell announce d. . Dµri_ng the. po~e~ · fai!ure, an - , 1 fof\1.i,,.«!;..M',~l~.:ueing -c~i: , opfration which was bemg per- ~ car!y on the_ fifht w.i lled h1~ by time he v.:as t_a~en. !r,to,.su.r.g~y,, *'t. he su bcQmmitte~ go,f ur;ther than • ,· - , •· __ •. _, , ,. _ ,.. , ·_ . fi ,e ~+ ·ir!.-·M tl:w "',~1,~ form~rt1 :it a _loc"L hospital was- · A y·n pll: -.,,~: . ~ · , . •' -~J.:,,, , •'.l"he;v had ' urgea' tliat · he be l eft : · · · · · · · • ·· g.'<I. Of $37 528 000 000 . w~es_e _fiie~tmgs are bemg held ing d~r:Y' he1'ii ,own rs. ' , ed for by the Red Cross a fter . 'C: t" ' ., 1,... '. ' ·-1 · a mere parm .. • ' ' . m S IX d istricts of the state the The \41 ,.heifers, valu ed at $1(3,- floods along the P earl River near c_omp eted w1tu he . aid of flash· · · · · Hamilton ha:' _h_inted . he might l}lone : so..he c,ould sleep, but .131 ~ budget r ecommen~ahon b y Presi;' Tupelo meeting being t he f ir;t in llghts. ! · not honor requ1S1hons eit her from bo said ,,who s bos-5 aroun d here, dent Truman for fiscal 1948. T ~ey order to counsel with Farm Bu - 650, have · been distr ibuted to Jackson, Miss., drove them from · Talmadge or · Thompson. an ywa)'., so they st!lyed.. · wanted the su bcomm1ttee- f1ve reau and agricultural leaders re- practically every section of the . their homes. county by means of dr~v,rings High Water Hits Meridian · Greenville PCA Grows Thompson lasl).ed out again last . B efore ,the op~rat10n, B i~?O told mem_ber~ ~ach from . the S enate garding t he farm ·p rogra m . for held ~n der supervision of Assist- . . More than 150 other fam ilies GREENVILLE-The Greenville night at Talmadge's use of uni- hi~ ~elI-~1she1s that . ev,;ry- AIJpr.opnahons and Fmance co~- this year. . ant County Agent E . W . Boggan Production Credit Association in formed State Highway P atrolmen th~ng s gomg t o be all right. m1ttees, the House Ways and the cou nty sch ool vocational were affected at Meridian when 13 years has grown to a net worth to "guard the pretender and to Reads Racial Issue Books . Means and Finance committeesA m ong the men_ sche_d uled t o and teachers. S owashee Creek came rampagof over $500,000 and 1,120 memLack Openings For guard some of his appointees who Durmg the last week, B~l?O to decide where the money should appear on the va~lOUS p~ograms Of the 30 boys and 11 girls who ing into part -of the town in what hers, it disclosed ·Monday. S d ~ are illegally holding department ~ad_ ·'?eel?- g1v_en regu l~r pemcil- go and how much to each branch are R ans?m Aldrich, F rum B!-1Last year, despite bad crops, tate tu ents t . " lm mJect10ns to reduce m flam.ma- of the government. reau presi1ent, Dr. F red T. Mit - have purchased the Jersey heif- was called a "flash flood ." 1 Offc The Red Cross also had emer· T S I es. . . (Continued on Page Five) ·_ . -d d 'th chell, president of S tate College; ers, · 26 are 4-H Club members , th e orgamzation earned a . five en nessee C 00 He referred spec1f1cally to the . - 0. . I The meetmg comc1 e ~l L . I. J ones, sta t e direc tor of Ex- nine are F FA ,Club members and gency w:orkers standing by at per' cent dividend and p laced office of State Parks D1rector these de velopments m. the hati_o n- tension· and o ther agricultural six belong to both organiza t ions. Black Mountain, N . C., on the $22,000 in surplus. Dr.~Charles Nash. III, of Tupelo, ·J im Page, Talmadge's appointee, al spend-and-collect picture: leaders: . Commi.lnities in wM.:h the club flooded French Broad River, qnd was elected presiden~ of the who refused to yield h is office to 1-A pre-confer ence statement , 0,_ _ _ __ members· live are Cedar H ill 11 , at Chattanooga, Decatur ville a nd Apparel Buyers In Meeting Northeast Mississippi Dental As- Thompson's man, Charles Morgan. b y Sen. R obrrt 1:1-· Taft, R., 0., Shannon 8, Belden 5, B issell 5, Savannah, Tenn., on th e surging JACKSON - More than 200 sociation and Dr. H. M . Campbell, Two troopers were. on duty in t he that he was convmced that ConPlantersville 3, Moor e ville 3, A u- Tennessee R iver: T he Tennessee buyers from six Southern states also of Tupelo, was elected secre- parks department. ' gress could cut $3,000,000,000 to b urn 3, Nettleton, T u pelo and Ve- w as out of it s banks for· long attended the spring-summer mar- tary-treasurer at the annual winEvents were still movin g swift- $4,000,000,000 from the P r esirona, one each. Two of the Bissell stretches between P aducah, Ky., ket of the Southern Men's Ap- ter meeting held at H otel Tupelo ly in ~he governqrship crisis as it dent's budge't w it hout impar ing and one- of the A uburn club mem- where it enters the Ohio, and parel Clul:) }iere Monday. Monday . Dr. A. K. Naugle, Jr., began its second week. After government services; that t he 20 bers attend the East T upelo Ch attanooga, bu t the TVA flood States represented were Missis- of West Point was chosen presi- 1Talma?ge bluntly refused _to yie~d per cent income ~ax cut I)1:oposed . school. con trol system had the w a ters sippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Flori- dent-elect. h is office, Thompson succeed ed m b y some Repubhcans might not Of the 41 Jer s eys, 11 were pur- in check at most points . da, Tennessee and Arkansas. The One of the outstanding features ~aving himse~f sworn in as "actcost the . Treasur~ th~ $3,qoo,OOO,chased from W . G . Ray of DeTh e flood areas touched Kenclub's fall and winter mart will ot the meetin~ was an address bv mg governor before an unsusooo 1oss it has estima ted, smce tax Improvement Project troit, Ala., and ar c originally tucky, Tennessee, North and be held in New Orieans June Dr. Paul E. Wesson, professor .at pecting• state senate. . Trans_port Explodes cuts do r\.ot always result in reExpla"1ned Jo P"1lots from the farm of E. W. F iles in South Carolina, Georgia, A,laba18-20. the University of Tennessee and Students of seven Geor gia colvenue losses. P ortland , Maine. T hese were all ma and Mississippi and rising waleader in dental edµc;ition, . who_ !eges rallied to Thompson's _cause And Disintegrates; . Changes "Gag Rule" Invoked, An informative and inspira~' .unbred young heifer~. and were ters were threatening Lou isiana, Reba In Easy Win _ discussed "Derital Ed4catiop.'_! ,., r,; i~?-~,, S,d1,~ duled _ii derponstrat10n _at . Made_ Ra.do r Landing_--2-A .post-conference statement tional outline of t he program be,'. lpou gh_t .J er, $1,650·., Thirty heifers , the basin · of the Mississippi and OXFORD-The University -of . Dr. Wesson brought'-no-:encoiwc J l\e f apitol .toaay. In ~he legis_ ". _ . by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D., ing developed to improve the aj;>'-'.).20 !,mW '.anq 10- u n bred, valued at Red Rivers. Still high.e r crests Mississippi broke a five-game agement for the training :of :deti- .,S~'t_Yf,e, Tal.1;1-adge w~s P!Ctur~d as OAKLAND Calif. _ (U.P.r. -'-- A ' Wyo., charged that the new bud- p earance of Tup elo and its high~: ,$12,qoo_. ,irwer:e . bo~ght f~o!n the wer e predicted for nearly all the l0sing. streak as it swamped Chattanooga Monday night in a dull, tists for Mississippi, sin-ce' _the Uni'..: -fi!i~ i~gver~;~~tterimi~ghts S till g iant Naval Air T ransoort Sefv- -get ~ubcommitte~\ of 20 n~~1;1bers ·way approaches was given _to· Mend~le : f ar ms m Mend1th, N. affected streams but forecasts of · f vers1ty of Tennessee :<!fas ·, been, , T. h- t 5- . - d 1. 1. • ice h osp ital plane makin" a ra- had mvoked_ the gag rule m re- mem_bers of the P il ot Club a t Y., which .1mports1many of its an - clearer weather gave -promise one-sided basketball romp by a forced 0 to limit training .to native . · 0 P1P on ha · ttt e hope O oust- d t 11 d 1 d · f · - fusing to give members of t he 0 score of 64 to 36. . 1:a..lmadge pendmg ' a court b:~Jn J ~k~nd aR_i/;!t !asJfd full -committee notice of its meet- their meeting in Hotel J eff Davis imals d ir.e ct from: the Isle of Jer- that the floods would soon abate. Tennessee ans and has already acThe flood pict ure, state by Monday night b y George Mc- sey . P urchase arran~enient s were Ch.a ttanooga played its whole cepted applications to fill the Jim- ruTmhg_. '. , ·t t O t T 1 a nd d isintegrated Monday killing ings. Lean, m ember of t he executive made by .the Lee County Jersey sta te, includ ed: game in the first portion, lead- ited ' space through Mar.ch 1948 ompson s. sui ous a " · N · ' 3 A t b Ch · Mississippi- P earl River flood, ,, · madge· is scheduled for a Super for one avy woman ..and _inJ ur.ing 20 nnouncemen y air- committee ana Paul E. McMillan Cattle Club t h r ough its president, ing at the half by 31 to 28. In .. . · g F e b- .. 7.. If a d e-, other passengers and crew. mem·,-: man Harold K nutson , R. , Minn., land scape 'architect, of Commu~ P at D ougherty. . ed near Jackson. Yazoo River the second half the Moccasins · This k f students M. ·enter· · C oui·t· h eann d means t 1 that mg en _a wor rom . _1ss1ssipp1 cision comes before Feb. 19, th e bers. . of the House Ways and Means n ity Beautification, Inc. Further plans are bemg made flooded 15 miles south of Greencould get only five points .. The in Jured were t aken to t he ·c ommitec, that he would w a it Mr. McLean, who was intro- to p urchase a n u mber of r egis- wood where U. S. Engineers paRussell Reid, Ole Miss center, and Atkansas mus~ fmd :;;ome loser is expected to appeal immewas the outstanding player, scor - other dental. school m or der to diately to the State Supreme Oakland Naval Ho~pital where another week before pressing for duc,ed by the program ch a irmari, tered Jerseys, both br~d and un- trolling levees. Sowashee Creek complete theu-. work be:i:o~d _the Court which can con:;ider the cas<;i- eigl{t_ _of. them were in serious action on a measure to extend Mrs. Marie A m brester outlined b red, from outstanding Texas flooded Meridian. ing 23 points. · tw_o. y~ars pre-d_en~a~ tr'.1-mmg of- during its term expir ing· on that .condition. T_h e ot~er .. 12 were all excise tax es beyond t heir J une the general r easons why t he beau- hE;rds ;;ind all club members who · ~ ~ - - -.o~~~~ Alabamll,- More than 3,000 m:infered m the ~.iss1ss1ppi and ~r- date. Both. Thompson and Tal- treated for mmor m Junes. (Continued on Page Five) tification program has been wish to get o~e of_these a~e r e- ers made idle by floods a long kansas .schools, Dr. . Wasson said. m adge have .agreed to abide by T he dead ~01:1-an was known to started, pointed. out that the more qu1:;sted to !notify e ither t h eir vo- Black Warrior in Jefferson Coun" De~and Exceeds Supply the court's' ruling/ · . be either a Jumor grad~ n urse or attra ctive the h ighway approach- cat10~al t~acher or t he county ty. S everal h undred chemical arid Men m the service were made The scene in Talmadge's office o_ne of two Wave hospital orderes, streets, and lawns can be made agents offi_ce. . refi.nery workers made idle at to see -t he need for , d 7ntal care Monday moi'ning· wen t exactly hes aboard . the plane. . the greater appeal they will make Preparat10ns are bemg made Tuscaloosa and Holt where War ar:d have brought the idea hor1e according to : script. T hompsq n The D ouglas Sk;ymaster plane to ind ividuals and industrialists now to get a ll th e J erseys. ow~ed rior at 62 feet approaching re w ith them. _ Now the demand on. presented himself was admitted was on a routme flight.from. Mofcome h ere and. the m ore pleasure by Lee Coun t:i: club mE;mbers fit tf 1 · h d residents of Tupelo w i·11 ex · . ed for the_ spr mg show to be held cord crest o 69 . Wilie P n tc ar , the dentists throughout America is (Continued on' Page f'ive) ' fa tt Field, 25 "miles south of San negro, drowned in flash -flooded d M h 22 greater than a,t any other time in · ' -Francisco, witn 14 passengers and perience i n living here · at the fairgroun s on arc ' Jefferson Cou nty Creek. Coosa " ' seven crew ·members aboard. It · · and the district show t o be held Army Veteran Making history, and to make the situaM r . M cM 1·11a~ mentioned s ome in West P oint on March 27_28_29 . River out of banks at Gadsden tion even worse . the 39 dental was scheduled to take on a n adof t he plans ):1e m~ends to develop It is expected t hat there will be 9 nd still r ising, w ith Red Cross Second District Race schools in America are turning · •. · . dit ion al 12 passengers b efore pro- , Announces Candidacy m t_h e beaut1flcat10~ progr am, ~s- between 75 and 100 Jerseys and ready to evacuate families. Tomout fewer dentists because of the ceeding to S an Diego. I 4 h D' t • R Quitman C. Bethay, Army ve- increased requirements and longpecially the pl antmg of na~ive 42 baby beef Hereford and An- b igbee R iver in West Alabama 17 Airport officials said the ·field n t IS net ace shrubs and t r ees along t he h1g_h · - . 1 in the Lee County feet over flood st age at Demopoteran with five battle stars, toer ·stuq_y periods," Dr . Wesson had b eeJ:1 closed to all air t raffic F· d A d ' u • k ways to create a y ear-round pie- gus amm a s lis but little damage repor ted. day is announcing his candidacy said. sin ce Sunday night d u e to ther re_ n erson, . e _nown for t'he office of supervisor · of the Dr. Walter Shannon of Jackson, heavy fog. The ceiling was zero Lee c::_oun ty_ farmer. , t oday !s a n- ture of natu ral beauty. Care .will _S_h_o_w_._ --'--/- - - - - - - - -- • Second District of Lee County. gave a paper on "Helpful Hints at the t ime .of the accident they no uncmg h ts : candidal;Y ~or con- be used in selecting the plants trees so that. as one ceases to Born and reared in Saltillo, Mr. in Everyday Extractions," and D r. Running For Office said . ' ~table of t he F our th D istn~t. s~b- and bloom or sheds its fo liage, others Bethay is sipgle and is now. living Justin D . Towner of Memphis, I . f "f h D. . T he impact and the ensuing Je~t to the ? emocrahc pnmaries will take their pl ace. The talks in the home of his mother at .Sal- discussed, "Consideration of Pen. . I t ' 1st.net , explosion rocked n earby homes this s~mmer. ' by Mr. McLean and Mr. McMillan tillo. He is 29 years old. He spent r iodontia in Gener al Practice," at · and scat tered wreckage over a . In _h is statement t o votei:s _of the created ll- great deal of inter est in Dakotas, Mi~nesota, Montana Are .H.it Hord Arthur (Nook) L angley today w ide area . two years ' o~ his Army service the morning ·session. , ,district .. • Mr· Anderson said · . the p roject among ·club member s. I have been a far · · f or a overseas where he was promoted In the afternoon the group is announcing his' candidacy for The p 1ane was commg m . _ mer. and . resiCHICAGO. - (U.P.)- A severe Army "weasel" completed a round Mrs. S her man H enderson, club to the gi'ade of sergeant. heard Dr. R ~ J. McGavock of B ir- cons~able of the Fift h District of normal ground controlled a ppro- d ent m the F ourth D istrict . for In his announcement Mr. Be- mingham, form er president of the Lee County, becoming the fourth ach landing u nder guidance by a ~he past 12.years, and h!3-ve lived presiden t , .presided during t he cold wave moved s outheastward trip to the snowbound town of business session at which mem- over the North Cen tral S tates B abb and report ed that its 300 thay said: Alabama Dental Association, d is- candidate irl the race . radar unit which guides aircraft m ..Lee County all m y life._ inhabitants had plenty of food "I know the needs of the Sec- cuss, " A Rational Approach to' the Mr. Langley, a farmer who t o t he runw ays w heri fog reduces I feel t h at I _understand the bers having the · best attendance Monday and in the S outh Rivers b ut w ere low on · fuel oil. The ond District and promise the peo- Subject of the So-Called Dead or lives south of Plantersville, is t he visibil'ity and ceiling below d uties of the office o_f const able records were commended. One fed by heavy rains f looded thoustown h as been isolated for a ple that if elected, I will see that Devitalized Tooth and Treat- making his second campaign for m inimum required fo r ·. regul ar and t hat Jny experience . a?-d visitor, Miss F annie S ue B urt, and ands of acres of lowlands. Light snows fell in the l ower month by h uge snow drifts. the taxpayer's get value received ment." Dr. .John Algood of Co- the office, having rp.ade his initial flights. k??-owledge _of th e Fourth District 20 club members were p resent. Two rotary snowplows, sup Gr eat L akes ·- area as the cold for their money. lumbus, gave an illustrated lee- bow into politics tour years ago. Comdr. 'William w. Tow nsley, w il~ en.able m e to carry o ut these by bulldozers, were buck- · ported Baptists Meet Today w a ve, borne by strong w inds, "I promise the people of the ture on "Full Lower Impressions In announcing his can didacy airport commandant, said the air- duties m the way you "".ant them The Rev. J·. B . L aney, associa- spre~d over a wide area of t he ing 10-foo t drifts o n a road leadS~cond District four "ears of hard, by the use of the Mucosal-Seal for the office of , constable Mr. cr aft struc k a d i' k e, smash e d I·ts to be. performed · . I will be on coas,c ientious work in their in- Technique." Langley said: landing gear while skid ding ' off the Job at all t imes, ready to tional' m is s ion a r y of P ren t iss Dakot as, Minnesota, Iowa and into t he t own. Acting S upt. E. County, will be t he guest speak- parts of Wisconsin . T he cold w as N . F ladmark of Gl acier National terest. I will see to it that the " I have lived in the F1'f th D1·s- the 1and'mg stnp · an d nose d. m · t o a ser·ve ·you· Approximately 100 dentists, ·. , P ark estimated t hat the plow s roads of the district are well kept their wives and dental assistants trict all my life and a m acquaint- mud flat where it exploded. · " In asking you to el"t!ct me to er at the Lee County S unday expected to envelop most Mid- w ould r each B abb in five days and that every citizen is treated attended the meeting. ed with most of the voters in th~ Monday's crash was the- :first the office of constable, I , promise School workers meet ing today a t west states by today and reach the unless a w ind came u p . He sa id fairly and squarely. district. I greatly appr eciate the that has r esulted in in jury to pas- you my ftil cooperation in every t he Harrisbu rg Baptist Church at Ohio Valley by tonight. Th e cold sent t emperatures in if t he wind rose "we'~ through ." "I will appreciate the advice · L f good vote they gave me four senge.rs in more t han 1.400.000,000 matter you see f it to bring to me 7 p .m. T he weasel d r iver said the sit several a r eas of t he D akotas and and confidence of the people at 0 n Iy Ten .pays e tyears ago and will appredate any a ir miles flown by NATS, t he and fair and iml?artial tre atme~t n or thwest er n Minnesota p lum- uation iI]. Babb was "not desperMeanest Thieves at Work all times a:nd will appreciate their support the voters see fit to give Navy said to all persons with whom I will PORTLAN D, Ore. ~ <U.P.l - A meting 12 to 17 degrees in four ate." Lee County citizens have .only me in the 1947 primar ies. support in the 1947 primaries in · have offi cial dealings w h ile in of0 " No one is suffering," he sa id. Christmas shrine, dedicated by a hours. At Williston, N. D ., t he building a better second district. ten days left in which -to pay " If elected I promise to se rve j T I A fice. I ask the support of all my friends their 1946 poll taxes and the nkople to the best of m y abil- . , U pe Cl rea eat er , " Your vote and influence in the .Portland fat her to his son lost on m ercury dropped to 12 d egrees "There is plenty of food . . . fuel oil is low . . . and feed for the cat and acquaintances in the interest qualify for voting in this s.um- ity Ind to treat all alike in enF air and colder today. High ' coming,_ election will be greatly B ougain ville, w as strip'ped by below zero. In Montana, . the driver of an tle is practicallr exn austect." mers general elections. of my candidacy." vandals of $350 in colored lights. _forcement of the law." . ... .. .:· tem perature Monday, 58; low 44. appreciated." . _
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