Local Seabird Sailors Return Amid Warm Weekend Outlook
The weather forecast calls for a mild spell with fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday. North and central areas cooler tonight frost in the south, warming by Saturday with lows 26 to 32 inland and 32 to 34 on the coast. Aboard multiple ships returning to the States from Okinawa and the Korean Straits are seamen M. E. Swann J. S. Shelton and Jimmie Bennett among others, while William Francis receives a promotion notice to major in the Army Air Forces. Local clergy and civic groups announce sermons and meetings for January with town figures in attendance.
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Focal Bureau
Massive transport plane crash kills many near Cheshire
A C-47 transport plane operated by Eastern Airlines crashed near Cheshire Connecticut en route from LaGuardia to Boston. Eyewitnesses counted at least 15 bodies as flames engulfed the wreck, with fire crews and state police rushing to the Andrews farm scene.
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Boston
Army Flight Service Today
Cheshire
Conn
Eastern Air Lines
la Guardia Field
N._Y
Hartford
State Reformatory
Waterbury American
College Highway
Lester Harris
Andrews
Harris
sFirst
Cheshire Fire Headquarters
Bob Andrews
A and D Flying Service
Wallingford
Cheshire Reformatory
New Haven Register
Eastern Airlines
la Guardia
Licensing 33 Airports in Alabama by State Aeronautics Dept
The State Department of Aeronautics announced licensing of 33 airports including Pryor Fields and Decatur Flying Service Field at Montgomery. Director Asa Rountree Jr. said additional permits will follow after inspections as required by the 1945 aviation act.
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Pryor Fields
Decatur
Montgomery
State Department of Aeronautics
Associated Press
Asa Rountree Jr
Rountree
Aviation Regulatory Body
Albertville
Alexander City
Russell Field
Anniston
Athens —Athens
Auburn- Opelika—Municipal
Birmingham— Municipal
Central Park
Roverts
Brewton
New Municipal
Clanton—Gragg Field
Decatur— Pryor and
Decatur Flying Service
Demopolis
Boykin Field
Dothan —Municipal
Southern Airmotive
Enterprise—Municipal
Eufaula—Weedow
Evergreen— Municipal
Gadsden—Gulf Steel and
Goodyear
Ee Ee Huntsville
Munic Come Mobile
Coastgomery
Danoony
Norman Bridge
Muscle Shoals
TVA
Selma
Tuscaloosa
van de Graaff Field
Jose Wintiolai
Tuskegee
110 More Japanese War Criminal Suspects Arrested
Tokyo reports Gen Maj Arthur ordered the arrest of 110 war crime suspects including seven generals and officers. Dr Ba Maw, Burmese puppet premier, was captured in Peiping as Maj Gen Eugene Ott, Nazi ambassador, faces questioning by MacArthur's staff. Also mentions plans for a nationwide plebiscite on the Emperor system by businessmen.
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Tokyo
Arthur
Ba Maw
Burma
Peiping
Eugene Ott
Pearl Harbor
Japan
MacArthur
Takeji Wachi
Solomons
Honshu
Truk
Maw
E. R. Thorpe
Ji Ji
Negro admits killing girl as Alabama executes convict
At Kilby prison in Montgomery, Peter Paul Hall confessed to killing 18 year old Ethel Luck after being strapped in the electric chair at 12:01 a.m. He previously denied links to the slaying during a clemency hearing before Gov. Chauncey Sparks. Hall had been convicted last July of drowning the girl after seizing her on her way home from a cotton mill. He faced an indicted rape charge not tried.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Peter Paul Hall
W. H. Swearinge
Kilby
Hall
Winnie Sentiff Addresses BIg Club on Peace
Miss Winnie Sentiff spoke on Is Peace Possible Probable And Practicable at the Business and Professional Women's club meeting last night at the clubroom. Mrs J T Nelson was appointed to the club at the Community meeting to be held Tuesday. Following the regular business the club enjoyed a social hour.
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Women's Circle
The
Central Baptist Church
Gussie Bell
Federated Business Women’s Circle of
North Alabama
Elizabeth Griffin
Federated Business Women's Circle of
Pat Eeee
Winnie Sentiff
J. T. Nelson
Capitol to Close for Robert E. Lee Birthday
Alabama state capitol to close tomorrow in observance of Robert E. Lee birthday. Officials note the day as an official state holiday and a pause in governmental activities.
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Capitol
Montgomery
Alabama
Robert E. Lee
Bill Stewart Seeks Place 2 in Alabama House
Hartselle businessman Bill Stewart, a one term state representative, filed his candidacy for Morgan County and Alabama House Place 2. He serves on key committees and the Aviation Commission, backs education and progress of the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanitorium, and hopes education becomes a governmental priority.
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W. A
Bill) Stewart
Hartselle
Alabama
Morgan County
Alabama House
Stewart
Secretary of State
House of Representatives
Alabama Aviation Commission
Appraisers Named for Loans in Alabama Counties
M. E. Head, VA administrator, announced a designation of 26 appraisers in Alabama counties to make home loan appraisals for World War II veterans. The Montgomery dispatch lists representatives including D. B. McWilliams of Athens for Limestone county and Lamar, Penney for Morgan county, among others.
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Alabama
M. E. Head
Associated Press
Montgomery
Lamar
Penney
Decatur
Morgan County
D. B. McWilliams
Athens
Limestone County
State Public Service Commission Sets Hearing on Rail Stations
The commission schedules a January 25 hearing on Southern Railway Co. petition to abandon passenger stations at Tuscumbia and Sheffield and build a new facility on Railroad Avenue opposite the Tenth Street intersection.
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Montgomery
State Public Service Commission
Southern Railway Co
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Railroad Avenue
Tenth Street
Senate group organizes to battle TEPC
A Southern Democratic bloc in the Senate moved to block a bill creating a permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission. They invoked parliamentary tactics to delay a vote, signaling broader opposition and threatening to delay other pending legislation.
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Senate
Washington
FEPC
Barkley
Overton
D-La
Johnson
D-S. C
Congress
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Clark Forman
Georgia
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Response to Salvation Army Building Fund Drive
The Salvation Army drive in the city is progressing with Capt. Oscar P. Fuller reporting good response and about half the $10,000 goal reached. F. O. Smith noted many contributions are still arriving and only half of employer envelopes have been collected. the campaign ends Saturday to fund community centers and programs.
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Salvation Army
Oscar P. Fuller
Ladies of the Missionary Society of the
Sixth Avenue Church of God
F. O. Smith
Drive
Fuller
Churchill Not To Be Called As Witness
The Pearl Harbor committee voted 6 to 2 to not call former Prime Minister Winston Churchill as a witness in its 1941 Pearl Harbor inquiry. Senator Ferguson had urged inviting Churchill to discuss any Britain Roosevelt agreement before the attack. party lines formed as Brewster sought delay.
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Churchill
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Winston Church
Ferguson
Mich
Florida
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Senatore Ley
Ranieri
George of
Lucas
Llincs
Iran Files Case to Security Council As World Body Debates
Iran plans to bring its dispute with Russia before the United Nations Security Council as Andrei Gromyko defends the big powers and unity of the five permanent members. Iran seeks technical arrangements with secretary Gladwyn Jebb to file the case amid ongoing general debate on UN powers.
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John M. Hightower
London
United Nations General Assembly
World Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
United “Nations
Gromyko
Seyed
Hassan Taquizadeh
Assembly
Taquizadeh
Iran
Security Council
Gladwyn Jebb
Taquiz&deh
Giromyko
UNO
United States
Great Britain
Peace Organization
Yugoslavia
Edward Kardelj
Kardljj
Curb Market Sales Hit Near Million in Alabama 1945
Alabama curb markets saw farm women generate nearly 1,000,000 in sales during 1945. Gadsden led with 280,032 dollars, Montgomery reported 194,832, and Tuscaloosa 122,000. Other towns listing figures include Anniston Clay ton Decatur Eufaula Florence Greenville Huntsville Lanett Mobile Ozark Roanoke Selma Sylacauga Talladega Troy Tuskegee.
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Alabama
Gadsden
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Anniston
Clayton
Decatur
Sthan
Eufaula
Florence
Greenville
Huntsville
Lanett
Mobdiie
Ozark
Roanoke
Selma
Sylacauga
Tallabsee
Troy
Tuskegee
Draft leader explains lag in inductions
Washington report shows Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey told a Senate subcommittee the monthly 50 000 draft quota was lagging because many 18 to 25 year olds volunteered. He urged extending the draft law beyond May 15 and lowering physical standards to meet Army needs. General Eisenhower supported replacements as key to demobilization.
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Washington
Sétective
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Hershey
Special
Senate Military Subcommittee
Army
Japan
Navy
Armed Services
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edwin C. Johnson
Cole
Subd
Eisenhower
War Department
Johnson
Navy de mobilization trims U S sea power in Pacific
Admiral Towers warned that demobilization seriously reduces U S Navy efficiency but noted fleet units remain ready for emergencies in the Pacific. He disclosed rapid personnel cuts in Japan as he hands Fifth Fleet command to Vice Admiral Sherman and departs for Washington to discuss Navy strength reductions.
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USS
NEW Jersey
Tokyo Bay
U. S. Navy
John B. Towers
Pacific
Navy
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Frederick Sherman
Towers
Washington
Raymond A. ‘Spruance
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Canal Street Building Sold
Negotiations for the sale of the Driskill apartments at 602 Canal Street are complete. W. H. Driskill sells to Clay H. Pitts of All States tourist camp. Four four unit apartments, brick building on a Canal and Vine Streets corner, price between $16 000 and $18 000.
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Driskill
Canal Street
Russell Speake
Decatur’ Realtor
W. H. Driskill
East
LaFayette Street
Clay H. Pitts
Bee Line Highway
Canal and
Vine Streets
Union Powers Approval On Proposals Amid Steel Walkout
The CIO accepted President Truman's steel settlement proposal while United States Steel rejected it. A nationwide 800000 worker strike set for 12:01 a m Monday looms. The White House said the plan would raise wages by about 18 1 2 cents hourly, retroactive to Jan 1.
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Associated Press
CIO
Truman
United States Steel Corporation
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Truman appeals to steel industry to accept compromise wage plan
President Truman urged United States Steel Corp to adopt his proposed settlement after the company rejected it. CIO steelworkers had accepted his recommendation of an 18 12 cents hourly raise for 800 000 workers set to strike at 12:01. He warned a steel strike would affect nearly every major industry and hinder economic recovery for veterans. He stressed settlements should be achieved by free collective bargaining.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Steel
CIO
Trumann
United States Steel Corp
United States
Federal fact finding panel to study packers strike
A federal fact finding board was named to study the dispute and planned meetings with packers and the CIO and AFL unions. The panel aims to act promptly on possible settlements before February 16, while meat supplies dwindle and wage talks continue. Albert Fitzgerald offered limited arbitration but no immediate settlement is seen.
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CIO
AFL
Schwetlenbach
CID Electrical
Albert Fitzgerald
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
Washington
Southerners to Talk with Bowles on 1946 Cotton Ceilings
Southern legislators vote to confer with OPA Chief Chester Bowles to avert proposed ceilings on the 1946 cotton crop. A 19 member committee from 14 cotton growing states will meet Bowles to discuss limits and policy.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
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Okinawa
Franklin Loosier
Baginaw Bay
Jimmie Stewart Bennett
San Diego
Calif
Shelter
Korean Straits
J.S. Shelton
Falkville
William H. Francis
Tas
Army Air Forces
Francis
Barrett Shelton
Birmingham
Alabama Press Association
L. C. Radford
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Eugene Chapman
St. John’s Episcopal Church
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Jesus
L. R. Murphy
Sherman Street
H B. Handley
Vinemontt
Decatur General Hospital
W. G. Garrison
Mr. Hope
Lamar Speake
Hubert Cryer
Decature
H. F. Landers of
Mobile
D. D. Billions
Fifth Avenue West
Buddy
Ed Garrett
Auburn
Theo_de Graffenried
Dorethula Gill
Morgan County Court
Elsie Ruffin
Lottie Morris
Vinemont 1
Baugh Inirmary
Homer Payne
Baugh Infirmary
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
England
Joseph Govro
Festus
Selly Oak Hospital
Bill Stewart
Dixie
Cooper
Tennessee
Ing
North Carolina
Murphy
Pennsylvania
Gearhart
Brewster
Rep
Keefe
R. Wis
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June Queen
Tonia
Mitch
Ripley
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Stanford
Pat Rankin
Bob Breitigan
Otto Jaeschke
Cincinnati
Canal Street Building
UNION
Benjamin F. Fairless
Murray
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