AP Looks to Postwar Global News Services Expansion
The Associated Press outlines expanded international news and photo services across Scandinavia Iberia the Mediterranean Africa China India and the Pacific. Executive director Cooper notes a growing program since 1930 guided by Lloyd Stratton with 80 000 miles of travel in the past year to meet editors worldwide.
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New York
World Service
Associated Press
Globe
Kent
Data Board of
Cooper
AP News
Iberian Peninsula
Mediterranean
Africa
China
India
Pacific
AP Global Services
Lloyd Stratton
Stratton
POW totals climb as Allied forces report prisoners
Official Allied counts show 637 000 prisoners on the Western front up to Oct 27 28. American first army 199 413 American third army 92 900 American seventh army 50 916 American ninth army ? 21st army group British second army 85 582 Canadian first army 82 744 French first army 57 939. Additional uncredited prisoners may have been captured by French interior forces and turned over to the 21st army group.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Ninth Army
21St Army Group
First Army
Canadian First Army
Local Social Roundup from Lawrence County and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Travis Legg and children of Massey visit relatives in the community. Miss Alene Gibson spends weekend in Decatur. Mrs. Jim Asherbranner and children visit her parents at Cold Springs. Angle family and many others host and attend gatherings across Massey, Hartselle, Cullman, Lebanon and Holly Pond. A note of a strategic menu includes toasted stale bread with garlic margarine served with a salad.
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Travis Legg
Massey
Alene Gibson
Decatur
Jim Asherbranner
S. F. Greene
Cold Springs
Thomas Angle
Winston Angle
Hartselle
Relaves
Joe Shaw
Cullman
Clara Walker
Mobile
Tom Poole
S. F. Green
Bevil West
Johnie Steele
Jack Steele
Shelby
Essie
Ruby Burgess
Bobby
Billy Don
Howard Anders
Lebanon
Leamon Hogan
Near
Holly Pond
Evia
Vera
Lois
Travis Asherbranner
Proclamation for Alabama 1944 Election on Amendments
Governor Chauncey Sparks proclaims a November 7 1944 election in Alabama to consider constitutional amendments. The notice specifies amendments on officer salaries and compensation methods and extends or confirms certain bank life provisions, with four weekly newspaper publications in each county. The proclamation includes definitions of military service exemptions for poll taxes and references secretary of state attestations.
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Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
United States
Army of the United States
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
State of
State of Alabama Proclamation by the Governor
A proclamation issued by the Governor of Alabama references the state continuing under the 1901 constitution and asserts authority from the state government.
Alabama Proclamation on Amendment Election Notice
Governor proclaims a proposed constitutional amendment to be voted on at the next General Election after the legislative order. The notice of election and amendment must be published in every Alabama county.
Test Looms On Electors In Mississippi Political Move
Mississippi seeks to enforce party loyalty among presidential electors. Governor Bailey announced a special legislative session to amend election laws to require electors to vote for their party’s nominee. If an elector refuses, he would be disqualified and replaced by fellow electors. The move follows Democratic nominees pledging to vote for Senator Harry F. Byrd.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas L. Bailey
Bailey
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Alabama 1943 Election Order for Proposed Amendment
The document states an election ordered by the state to be held among qualified electors of Alabama on a proposed amendment to the 1901 Constitution. The election is set for the General Election following the Legislature's session, with timing details about notice and campaigning.
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Alabama
Chauncey
State of
Houston
Bama
Aid
Alamo
EAS
Chauncey Sparks
Amendment Procedure Notice from 1944 Election
Fragmentary text describes an election amendment process held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1944. It references proposing and permitting amendments and outlining publication over four successive weeks before November 7.
Private War in Southern Dordognes Mountains
About 2,000 Spanish republicans and Russians under a skull cap flag form a private faction in France's Dordognes region. They raid border areas and clash with the F. F. I., aiming to muster forces for action on the Franco border. Escapees from German camps and veterans of the International Brigade are among the fugitives.
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Paris
France
Dordognes Department
Spain
International Brigade
Franco Ree
Morgan Co Union Hill Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Alvine McKee and daughter Sylba Ann visited Dewey Steadham and family Tuesday. Miss Ruby Lee Terrell returned to school after illness. Miss Bettye Jo Edwards spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs Carry Brown is ill. Mrs Doris Steadham was in the community Sunday. Mr and Mrs Audrie Lamon and others remember Sunday is Preaching day. Several from here made a business trip to Decatur last Saturday.
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Alvine McKee
Sylba Ann
Dewey Steadham
Ruby Lee Terrell
Bettye Jo Edwards
Carry Brown
Doris Steadham
Audrie Lamon
Ees
Robert Bailey
Grace Edgman
Decatur
Senate panel probes campaign finance law tightening
A Senate campaign expenditures committee moves to tighten the corrupt practices law amid debate over banning corporate and labor group contributions to primaries. The effort seeks broader limits on money in federal elections.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Wage board splits as CIO seeks wage gains for steel workers
The CIO and steelworkers push for a 485,000 worker wage rise plus paid days vacations shifts and group insurance. The AFL fights scrapping the July 1942 wage formula and the wage stabilization horizon. The WLB plans a factual report on living costs, prompting Meany and Woll to resign from the board instead of backing a general status move.
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Clegaste
CIO
Uaré
AFL
Aly
WLB
George Meany
Woll
Morgan County Rock Creek Community News Highlights
Local church invites everyone to 1st and 3rd Sundays services. Navy service member and local families noted. Mrs Elna Tanner teaches at Hartselle, families gather for quilting and visiting. Carmen Tanner attends Eva school with county teachers. Training school event held in Florence.
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Arthur Oden
Camp Saturd
W. O
U. | Navy
Harvey
Olen Hamilton
Missippi
Amilton
Elna Tanner
Hartselle
J. F. Tanner
Jocie Hamilton
Elbert
Julian
Carmen Tanner
Eva
Florence
Erselle Turner
Ter
Lullene
Gadsden
Louis Tanner
Community Notes From Corinth MORGAN COUNTY
Several singers from Upshaw attended singing here Sunday. O W Hogan returns home to take charge of his mercantile. Mrs Laura Haines spent last week with her husband. J D Bonds called on Paul Smithson. Hogan has roof work started. Barto Blair building stove flue. Sunday school progress noted. Mrs J H Rigby visited. Lavern and Dorris with Herman Hogan of Andrews. Mr and Mrs Tom visited in Andrews over the weekend.
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Upshaw
O. W. Hogan
Mobile
Laura Haines
J. D. Bonds
Paul Smithson
di Barto Blair
J. H. Rigby
Lavern
Dorris
Herman Hogan
Andrews Funity
Tom
Andrews
Home Army Aging Moscow Report From Konstantin Hoff
Fragmentary dispatch claims a large Lithuanian home guard group near Moscow as of October. The report references Heinrich and Hoff, noting a sizable but unclear contingent amid wartime conditions.
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Moscow
Heinrich Man
Konstantin Hoffs Home
Mayor of Aachen Named in Silent German Officer Selection
A German city report from Aachen notes a slight, bald mayor involved in a nervy transition as officers are chosen for a new German element. Censorship withholds names while stating the officer selection includes individuals not known to be Nazis.
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Aachen
Germany
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