Davis outlines six point plan to boost cotton industry
State Extension Director P O Davis urged a six point program for cotton research and development to lift gloom and renew faith in cotton. The plan covers production cost cuts, diversification, new uses, improved manufacturing and distribution, price supports, and a fair production control method. Davis notes synthetic fibers are expanding while cotton production has doubled, yet remains confident in cotton’s enduring value.
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P. O. Davis
Davis
War plans panel hears Marshall testimony and Hurley split
In Washington the war plans division prepared to hear Gen. George C. Marshall testimony as he heads to China. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee embraced Maj. Hurley as a key critic of career diplomats while McKellar pushed a 550 million UN aid bill. Domestic politics saw Republicans draft a 1500 word principles statement for the 1946 elections amid GOP jitters in the Senate.
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D-Tenn
Senate
United Nations of and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
United Nations
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol
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Joe Martin
Massachustts
Taft
Ohio
Georgia to play in the Oil Bowl at Rice Stadium
Houston reports that the University of Georgia has accepted an invitation to play in the Oil Bowl on January 1 at Rice Stadium. Holly Brock, president of the local organizing group, announced the news today.
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University of Georgia
Rice Stadium
Holly Brock
Cotton futures ease after quiet session in New York
Cotton futures moved through a quiet session with narrow price moves. Early gains from mill and local buying faded as hedge selling and profit taking set in. Forecasts put crop between 9.0 and 9.2 million bales versus the November official estimate of 9.368 million, with late-afternoon prices down about 5.6 to 25 cents a bale. Dec 24.62, Mar 24.57, May 24.39.
Nashville Livestock Market Report from Dec 5
Nashville market news shows cattle receipts very light due to weather. Steers and heifers sold fairly steady with some top baby beef to 15.00, vealers 14.00 to 16.50, cows 6.00 to 12.80, calves 75 steady, hogs 14.55 ceiling, sows 13.80, sheep and lambs 13.00 to 14.00 for good ewes and wethers, other grades down to 7.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal-state Market News Service
Labor Row Deepens as GM Delegates Meet On Saturday
Labor scene centers on a proposed fact finding bill to curb industrial strife. GM locals in Detroit plan to draft recommendations for the union rank and file while the steelworkers wage policy panel in Pittsburgh prepares to act on a 500000 worker strike vote backing a $2 daily wage demand. About 213000 GM workers at 70 plants are idle, with Ford and AFL lumber actions reducing total job losses. 1500 AFL diamond cutters in New York strike closing 50 diamond bishops.
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Ramspeck
House Labor Committee
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Ford Motor Co
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Pacific Northwest
New York City
Midway and Coral Sea Battles Shift War Strategy
Chmnac argues Midway's seizure as a key outpost reshaped the Japanese defense plan. He notes trials at Dutch Harbor and Attu Kiska, and calls the Coral Sea clash a postponement of the core advance while blaming early losses for Japan's inability to defend homeland.
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Philippine Sea
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Chmae
Night watch aboard Indianapolis described at court martial
Naval court martial hears Lt Cmdr Richard B Redmayne describe the 8 p m to midnight watch aboard the Indianapolis as officers were told a search was under way for a submarine in a path the ship was to travel at 8 a m The court prosecutes Capt Charles B McVay for alleged negligence and inefficiency in the loss of the cruiser last July between Guam and Leyte.
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Indianapolis
Guam
Leyte
Richard B. Redmayne
Norwood
Mass
Charles B. McVay
Medical men to meet here on hospital plans
More than 40 persons including members of the Medical Society the Medical Society Auxiliary and representatives of Decatur civic and women's clubs are to attend a meeting on proposed hospitals at 7 o'clock Thursday night at the Gernelian Hotel J. John N Gallalee technical director of the state planning commission W O Dobbins director of state health will discuss plans for a tuberculosis sanatorium and a general hospital here Charles ic Gaam arch itect will also attend the dinner meeting Officers for the coming year will be elected by the society at Thursday night's meeting Members of the dinner meeting committee are Dr J W Hughes Dr A M Roan and Dr Tom M Guyton.
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Medical Society
Medical Society Auxiliary
Decatur
Civic
Gernelian Hotel
J. John N. Gallalee
State Planning Commission
W. O. Dobbins
Wusting
Montgomery
Charles
J. W. Hughes
Tom ‘M. Guyton
Snowy strike cripples Decatur area utilities and transit
Crews from Birmingham and Decatur work to restore downed telephone and electric lines after a heavy snow. In North Alabama 300 poles down and several towns report power outages. Decatur buses run on schedule. trains near normal. No accidents reported. schools disrupted in Moulton Heights while Decatur schools stay open with high absentee rates.
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Chattanooga
Atlanta
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Tri-Cities
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Decatur
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Courtland
Town Creek
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Ha&artselle
Athens
Cullones
Quince Edder
City Electric Department
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Lacon
Cullman
L. E. Alverson
Decatur Transit Company
Ten-inch Fall At Arab Is Reported
Deep snow blanketed the Tennessee Valley counties of North Alabama disrupting highways and telegraph service. Arab in Marshall county reported nearly 10 inches of snow, Florence had about four inches with melting. Haleyville eight inches and Athens six inches. Trains and buses ran late. motorists urged to stay off roads until plows arrive. Forecast calls for clear, colder weather with lows 22 to 34 degrees. Birmingham’s low reached 34.
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mid-Alabama
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Ala
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Nashville
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North
Discharges ordered for 6100 troops at Oxk azaka depot
The U S sixth army ordered all 60 point enlisted men to report to the 11th replacement depot at Oxk aza ka on Southern Honshu by December 10. The action affects about 6100 troops and raises total releases to over 28,000 in the past eight days.
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Japan
U. S. Sixth Army
Oxkazaka
Honshu
Veterans Return Home Amid Medal Remembrances
Cpl Charlie C Speegle returns after three years seven months service with thirteen months in the South Pacific. His wife Frances and parents at Priceville, and George F Cooley moved from Decatur General to 1510 Fifth Avenue East. Another veteran, eight years eight months in service, wears multiple medals and plans to settle in Decatur. Civil events include a Panama Baptist church sing in Cullman county and a birth announced at Hamil clinic on December third.
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Sernce
South Pacific
Frances Speegle
L. P. Speegle
Priceville
George F. Cooley
Decatur General Hospital
Fifth Avenue East
Howell's
Enth Avenue East
Decatur
Cold Wave Curbs Southeast as Snows Hit Northwest Florida
Frigid conditions spread from Alabama to extreme Northwest Florida with frost likely to reach the Everglades by Thursday. Key West faced a half hour squall and 38 mph winds sinking several boats. Snow flurries appeared in Valparaiso as Maine posted record lows, while Texas and the Carolinas endured chilly rain and freezing readings elsewhere. Fort Worth and Corpus Christi registered near 35 to 38 degrees as storms shift southward.
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Atlanta
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Portland
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Minn
Controversy Over Prewar Plans and Winds Message
Congressional investigators scrutinize Army Navy boards and policy memos on pre Pearl Harbor diplomacy. Henry Stimson's stance, Marshall and Stark notes, and Gerow's November 1941 briefing are examined while Ferguson seeks testimony on MacArthur and Short information differences before December 7 1941.
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Mitchell
Henry L. Stimson
Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans Division
George C. Marshall
Army
Gerow
Stimson
Marshall
Adm
Harold B.lark
Japan
Marshall-Stark
Ferguson
R.-Mich
William D. Mitchell
China
Truman
Michigan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Hitler’s ultimatum led to Czech protectorate agreement
German records show Hitler pressed Hacha to invite a German protectorate after Czech leader Tiso renounced union with the Czechs. Keitel and von Ribbentrop attended the meeting as German troops prepared to invade at 6 am. Hitler said London and Paris could not stand up for Czechoslovakia and promised autonomy under the protectorate.
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Slovakia
Tiso
Wilhelm Keitel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hacha
Berlin
Hitler
London
Paris
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Anniversary Tea Scheduled Sunday
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club marks its tenth anniversary with a tea from 3 to 5 Sunday afternoon at Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall. President Mrs. O B Smith says invitations went to clubs in Athens Cullman and Huntsville and urges every member to attend. Former members and other guests will be present with past presidents in the receiving line and club scrapbooks on display.
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Athens
Ex-Archbishop Lang Dies in London Calamity
Cosmo Lang former Archbishop of Canterbury died today in London after collapsing at a railway station. He was pronounced dead at the Royal Hospital in Richmond while being taken there.
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London
Cosmo G. Lang
Canterbury
Lord Lang
Royal Hospital
Richmond
White Christmas drive under way for Methodist Children's Home
The White Christmas campaign at Selma supports the Methodist Children's Home with headquarters on the ninth floor of the First National Building led by Mrs. O H Horton. Methodist churches statewide urge December 23 offerings payable to the Home, with Virgil McCain as superintendent in Selma. The Home marks its 56th birthday in January 1946, having aided over 1800 children since inception, with 1945 support reliant on White Christmas and Fifth Sunday offerings.
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O. H. Horton
Alabama
Florida
Virgil McCain
APO Sowin-Sehaya
Vargas Candidate Leads in Brazilian Election Returns
Army Gen Eurico Gaspar Dutra holds a commanding lead in unofficial returns as the presidential race narrows. Dutra appears ahead of Air Gen Eduardo Gomes and other candidates. Gomes challenges Vargas loyalists who back Dutra.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Army
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Yedde Fienza
Dutra
Air
Eduardo Gomes
Fiuza
Rollim Telles
Getulio Vargas
Gomes
Japanese grave markers honor bomber crew in Japan
Crosses bearing Japanese characters reading Brave American soldiers' grave mark the rural site of seven bomber crewmen killed in a flaming crash two weeks before Japan's surrender. The U S 41st Division located the graves on Japanese soil.
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Hiroshima
Japan
U. S. 41St Division
Daily crossword puzzle and cryptoquote challenge entry
A dense page lists crossword clues with many entries, a cryptoquote hint, and attribution to LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. It references standard puzzle instructions and yesterday’s answer, indicating a daily syndicated feature by King Features. The exhibit includes across and down clues with numerous enumerations and wordplay.
Court actions tallied in local docket details of fines and cases
Court continued and resolved numerous charges including vagary, trespassing, and public drunkenness. Fines ranged from 5 to 25 dollars with costs, bonds set, and several defendants placed on probation or remanded. Civil judgments and numerous cases were dismissed or continued, with a list of specific names and entities involved.
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Annie Ma € Woliver
Elois Cornelius
Ed Bailey
Louise Jones
William D. Melvin
Andrew Lyle
O'Neal Blankenship
Alma West
Alma Jones
F. S. Holmes
Ollie Holmes
Jack Winton
Ervin Romine
State of
Alabama
Chester Frost
Frank Royer
Walker Sharpley
Emma Houston
Bud Brown
R. Q. Lindsey
Q Lindsey
Emma Russell
J. E. McCutcheon
Forbes Piano Co
Harris, Davis & Co
Robert Robinson
Minnie Singleton
Newt Edmondson
J. M. Halbrooks
Harry G. Walker
J. R. Watkins Co
John H. Free
J. R. Sandy
Howard Lediow
Mary Ella Blackburn
John Blackburn
Citizens Industrial Bank
Edward F. Parks
Ivan Sams
M. H. Jones
W. B. Harrie
Jervis Foundry & Machine Co
Paul Collier
National Surety Corporation
H. F. Harper
G. T. Childers
James P. Slaten
Seven more Army divisions placed on inactive list
Washington reports seven more combat divisions have hung up their weapons and were put on the inactive list since V J Day. The War Department said the recently inactivated units include the 34th, 38th, 43rd and 66th infantry divisions and the 3rd, 8th and 13th armored divisions, bringing total inactives to 26.
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Washington
War Department
Living costs rise in Birmingham index to 133.1
A slight month ending Oct 15 increase in the cost of living index was reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index stood at 133.1 percent of the 1935-39 average, signaling a modest inflation uptick for Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Farm price guarantees to ease in 1946 says official
Washington reports government price supports for most farm commodities will be at the minimum allowed by law, with cotton at 92.5 percent of parity. Sugar beets and a few other crops may exceed 90 percent. Hutson notes 1946 goals assume 8–10 percent export share amid wartime production.
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Washington
H. B. Boyd
Agriculture Department
State Agriculture Extension Service
Boyd
Department
J B. Hutson
Hutson
United States
Role continues to push for full employment and growth
The article notes calls for full employment and production as essential to rising real wages. Wallace warns deflation risks and predicts lower farmer and wage earners incomes postwar, urging profits through mass production and mass consumption. CIO President Philip Murray misses meeting but seeks a substitution. NAM President Ira Mosher reports 4,500 industrials registered for three day sessions and promises a Thursday update on the labor management conference.
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Wallace
Philip Murray
CIO
Ira Mosher
NAM
Chiang Moves Into Nanking in World War II Era Push
Associated Press reports Chiang Kai-shek plans moving government personnel to Nanking led by Premier T. V. Soong as Changchun prepares for Sino Russian airlift and Manchurian troop movement. Nationalists push toward Mukden while in Tokyo debates question Hirohito’s role and abdication linger. جهود
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China
Nank
Chungking
Mukden
Manchuria
Sinmin
Kupehkow
Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Manila
U. S
Tontoyuki Yamashita
Bandoeng
Java
Ambarawa
Semarang
Hurley recites policy aim for strong democratic China in Far East
Hurley testified that a Byrnes letter favored a strong unified democratic China to support the United Nations and maintain peace in the Far East. He criticized State Department career diplomats for allegedly defeating U.S. policy and noted Stilwell’s removal and reassignment to Tokyo while affirming continued aid to Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese forces.
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United States
Far East
Byrnes
Raederson
R.-Calif
China
Unite Nations Organization
Anderson
Hurley
State Department
Stilwell
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Joe” Stilwell
Chiang Kai-Shek
No Trouble Until Hit Alabama Line
Mr and Mrs Lewis C Brown arrived from Philadelphia where they saw the Army Navy game and encountered snow on a highway in Alabama. Electric wires and poles began falling from the weight of the snow near Hunts. After four hours they reached home from Scottsboro, notifying the highway patrol radio station along the way.
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Lewis C. Brown
Philadelphia
Alabama
Brown
Scottsboro
Hunts
Highway Patrol
Browns
Black and White Ointment Promises Skin Relief
The ad touts Black and White Ointment for acne pimples boils and rashes with claims of instant antiseptic healing. It markets the product as a 25 year trusted remedy available in 16 25 and 50 cent sizes with a money back offer.
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