Coal Miners Buy Ads To Explain Wage Hike Demand
The United Mine Workers announce an ad campaign in 58 newspapers arguing a 2 per day wage increase is affordable. They claim current wages are 23 years old and that prices for coal and products would not rise significantly. Dr. John R. Steelman hopes for direct negotiations to avoid a War Labor Board ruling while noting compromise suggests a way forward.
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UMW
Mallon Alec
Ealing
bDiruminos Coal F. O. B
Maine
Otl Ationg
John R. Steelman
A. B. Conciliation Service
National War Labor Board
Edward R Burke
Southern Cost Producers Association
Steelman
Burke
WLB
GOP Support Grows For Trade Treaties
Washington AP reports Republicans back a compromise reciprocal trade agreement, easing House debate on renewing the President's authority to negotiate foreign pacts set to expire June 12. GOP opposition to unlimited authority has centered on tariff protections for American business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Grenoble Incident Reported by Traveler
A traveler confirmed the Grenoble Incident noting Italians armed with machine guns forced Mobile guards to surrender British and American citizens. Other reports say U S and British citizens were arrested and sent to German-occupied territory where Nazi authorities released women and sent men to Godenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
Gone
United States
Great Britain
Godenberg Jn
EW Wilkerson Jr dies. rites set at Columbia Methodist
Burial plans announced for EW Wilkerson Jr of Ballon Reure Baton Rouge area. Services to be led by three pastors at Columbia Methodist Church with Masonic Lodge member, followed by interment in Columbia Cemetery. Survived by widow Lucie Gentry Wilkerson, father E W Wilkerson and siblings. Active pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascral
Bow Wikers, Jr. Uurty-nine
Ballon Reure
Joce
Josy
Columbia Methodist Church
Lamar Spencer
Hurt E. Wesom
JM Griffin
Dobban
Berialass
Ward Wusco
Masonic Lodge
Wilkerson
Slala
Preferred Life Ansurance
Bo Ftilay
Baton Rouge
Sarring
Lucie Gentry Wilkerton
Aos
Birmingham
W. C. Rivenberk
AH Green
Bill Lankford
R. Radney C
Williame
Tom Bryas
Scout Activities To Be Recounted
The Southeast Alabama Scout Council meets at the Houston Hotel at 7 30 p m with Harley E Erb of Memphis delivering the main address. Nine counties Barbour Dale Coffee Geneva Henry Pike Houston Covington Crenshaw are represented and attendance chairs are named from Eufaula Troy Ozark Enterprise Opp and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Council
Houston Hotel
Alraady
Harley E. Erb
Memphis
Tenn
Coun,es
Barbour
Dale
Coffee
Geneva
Henry
Pike
Houston
Covington
Crenshaw
Chaimen
James J. Jaxon
Eufaula
Lane Ensor
Troy
W. D. Thomason
Ozark
I. O. Morris
Andalusis
D. H Ward
Q. M. Sites
Enterprise
Travia Corsby
Opp
Jake Bonneen
Kiba
Thompson Rogers
Luverne
Mark Lowar
Abbeville
Roy F. Jetteoat
Brundidge
L. T
Sheffield
Headland
James A. Zellner
Newton and Prichard
W. M. Blount
Dothen
WAVES Recruiters Open Drive Here
A WAVES recruiting party from the Navy in Birmingham interviewed applicants in Dothan. Lt. O. H. Swayze led Ensign Virginia Hillyard and other officers as they tested mental and physical fitness for WAVES admission. Several women were interviewed and applicants listed include Dinwiddie, Christian, Eva Clea, and Mary Clarkce Baird. The team planned to stay through today and possibly tomorrow if more women applied. Headquarters are in the Federal Building, Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Dothan
O. H. Swayze
Virginia Hillyard
Anns Bet Zon
A. R. Pratt
H. A. Weaver
W. T. Hollis
Kiwasis
Marthe Lucilla Dinwiddie
Ellis
Mary Christain
Oster
Italian protection noted as Gestapo raids on Jews continue
A Lausanne dispatch says Italy has extended its stance toward Jews creating a strong impression in France while Gestapo raids on foreign Jews persist. The report notes Italy’s continued protection of Jews despite ongoing German actions.
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Germany
Gazette Ts
Lausanne
Aard
France
Gestapo
Italiana
Halifaxes Begin Birmingham Visit
Lord Halifax visits Birmingham to tour war industries and outline postwar aims. He argues Britain and America must build more ships than submarines can sink and strike a united stand to prevent future war. He plans a speech on home defense and meets Civilian Defense Council officials. The party will also visit Montgomery Tuskegee Institute and Alabama Polytechnic before heading to Washington.
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Birmingham
Heaey
Lord Halifax
Germany
Jeffersan County
Easter Seal Sales To Start Monday
The Easter Seals drive for crippled children starts Monday in city and county schools. County goal is one penny per child, while city schools aim for ten cents each. Welfare director Mrs. C. L Collins said the goal has not been reached before in Houston County, but hopes to meet it this year. The Isle of the Senis ends Friday, April 16, in city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Welfare Department
Mra. C. L Collins
Houston County
Isle of the Senis
City Achoola
Florida Legislators Open Biennial Term
The Florida legislature opened its biennial 60 day session in Tallahassee at noon with a 3.5 million dollar funding need to back revenue tied to wartime construction and other programs. Finance and taxation committees prepared programs as Governor Holland prepared recommendations and lawmakers began introducing bills. Holland’s message to a joint session of the House and Senate was set for 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Holland
House
Senate
Ration Banking On Shoes Outlined
Houston County merchants lacking shoe ration banking facilities must notify the State GPA office in Montgomery. Wilkerson, chairman of the county War Pikes and Rationing Board, cites 1216 Bell Building Montgomery as the contact. Complete instructions will be mailed on inventory, handling ration currency since February 7, 1843, and operating under the shoe ration order without banking facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
GPA
Montgomery
Wilkerson
Pikce
Bell Huilding
Wolkerson Seid
City Officials Discuss Police Salaries And Uniforms
Miles A. Mier stated the police department will receive trained staff and uniforms including shirts caps and caps. Commissioner Bates claimed that Dothan officers’ salaries compare with similar sized cities. Commissioner McKinney praised the force as one of the best and most efficient in the country and honest. The commission asked for salary figures from Joss Vaughn and will review the matter seriously before deciding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles A. Mier
Ahiris
Conte
Capa
Bates
Dothan
Andexia
Cominnsaioner
Rawilly McKinney
McKinney
Joss Vaughn
Came Sire
Ube Panyent
Fragmented public notes on postwar financial planning
A scrambled passage discusses government loans and confidence, a Treasury concern about international methods after the war, and calls for rapid action. It references a Senate committee and a plan to address a threat tied to postwar economic stability.
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Senate
Treasury
Plana In
Allied Air and Naval Actions Across New Guinea and Surroundings
Allied forces pounded Japanese bases in New Guinea and nearby areas. Bombing and strafing hit airfields, ships, and coastal targets including Salamaus and Times Bay, with several enemy vessels damaged or destroyed. Reports note dispersed concentrations and continuing activity near Kaviang and New Britain despite resistance.
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Guinea
Ifan
Chinatown
Kani
Buha
Aptic
Kxvieng
New Ireland
Salamaus
New Guinea
T Mika Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Yungen Point
Wide Bay
New Britain
Uwhilh
Alamena
Cane Gloucester
Bombing reports cross Paris area and Antwerp raids
Reports say the Evia and Geigvaért plants suffered fires and heavy damage after bombing. Allied air raids hit Renault armament works near Paris and Erla Works near Antwerp, with thousands dead or injured per Berlin broadcasts. Casualty tallies include 221 dead and 385 injured in Antwerp, and 300 killed plus 700+ injured at Renault.
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Ing
Bulding
Geigvaért Photographs Products
Evlu
Evia
Renault
Paris
Sunerva
Erla
Renault Armamen Works
Berlin
130 Crippled Tots Expected At Clinic
At Presbyterian church Friday about 380 crippled children are expected to attend a clinic. County welfare director Mrs Colline reported 187 disabled children in Holgton County and said all can attend with 69 more needing treatment but no funds. Last year the county spent $2757005 from a total revenue of $1.41506.
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Presbyterian Church Fidey
Miu CL Collina
Holgton County
Colline
Czinne
Grand Jury to Probe Faulty Steel Plates
A federal grand jury in Pittsburg will convene to hear charges from the Senate Investigating Committee on defective steel ship plates supplied to the government. Testimony cited by Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp employees that tensile tests were faked at the Irvin works, with plates possibly from the Homestead plant, triggering independent and possible wider probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Senate
Truman D-Mo
Washington
Carnegiellnois Steel Corporation
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie-Illinois
U. S
Charles F. Uht
Feders
Portland
Ore
Perry
Irvin Works
Homestead Works
State budget plan recommends larger annual appropriations
The budget proposes raising general fund and eleemosynary appropriations by 1,685,044 yearly through the 1939 quadrennium, with added per capita allotments for Tuacstoasat hospital and industrial schools. Prepared after talks with Gov Sparks and finance officials, the plan spans five years to give the next administration planning leeway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Tuacstoasat
Sparks
Alabama
Gay Sparks
War Emergency Legislation Committee
Tinker
Jefferson County Hospital
County leaders named for Enterprise and surrounding areas
The plan assigns County will be directed to Chale man Dov Roberts of the Elia nos and Co-Chairman Alex Hue ry of ne Enterprise division. Henry County by John Wo White og tar Neadlend diviaen and Co Chairman WoT, Wooduan of the Abbeville Division. Barbour County's com paien wil be directed by Sin Thomas, chairian of the Eafanta Alyiston and nmea Dantet of the Cravtan division. Those actfediuled to attend from the Vietory Fund Committee are: Ww. 1 Malone, Dothan, district cuilenian of the committee, W. M Mapy, Headland, Henry County, ft. Dean, IM, Bafantia, Barbour County, B.C Joiner, Ozark, Dale County, Albert Hughes, Hartford, Geneva County, and J. B Byrd, Enterprise, Coffees County. Tomorrow's merning will be one AF a narise holm Wald in the Neste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaleman Dov Roberts
Elianos
Alex Huery
Ne Enterprise
Henry County
John Wo White
Tar
Wot
Wooduan
Abbeville
Barbour County
Sin Thomas
Eafanta Alyiston
Nmea Dantet
Cravtan
Number 12 continued charges to Congress offices and staffing
The public printer reported that Number 12 charges the lawmaking branch for salaries of Congress members and staff, maintenance, and operations of Capital Hill buildings. It notes repealing a law that required clerks of courts to be maintained in several Alabama and Georgia towns where offices are not currently open.
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Romnitter
Alan
Newnan
Committes Salt
Ate
War Tires Reclassified as Grade II by Price Board
A. D. Wilkerson announces reclassification of war tires made from reclaimed rubber from Grade II to Grade I? The Office of Price Administration governs removal of ties from Grade II and retapped ties for Grade I0 certificates. The ruling applies to all Grade II certificate holders regardless of prior testing.
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Price Administration
A. D. Wilkerson
County War Price and
Allied forces push toward Mareth Line in Tunisia drive
British First Army advances near Mateur as Montgomery aims at Gabes with heavy artillery and tanks. American Patton troops brace on the road to Gabes, repelling Stuka raids while Liberator bombers strike Naples and Sicily harbors with RAF support.
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Poatlion
Tunisia
Morpero
London
British First Army
Mateur
Hizerts
Axim
Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth
Montgomery
Rommel
Gibraltar
North Africa
George S. Patton, Jr
Birmrobott Paan
el Guetar
Gabes
Rommel Atill
Patton
Fald
Fondouk
Eaid
Sedjranane
la Bizerte
Firat Army
Tunis
Medjes-El-Bab
Cairo
Ninth
United States Air Force
Middle East
Naples
U. S
French North Africa
Vighlena Mole
U. S. Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Raf Sirecaft
Pa- Nerme
Sicily
Indictments Called Major Blow to Back Markets
In Washington Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown hailed the indictments as the biggest hammer blow to back markets yet. He noted Golas had shifted from a modest river peddler to a vast, expanding operation since last autumn, prompting OPA investigations amid rival complaints of trade methods.
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Green Bay
Wis
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Golas
Brown
Vere and Hearth
OPA
Bankhead and Pace bill clash over price controls
Bankhead defended a plan to curb government payments in parity price talks while asserting the measure would have limited effect on prices. Senate leaders doubted sustaining Roosevelt's veto as the Agriculture Committee pressed to include farm labor costs in parity calculations. Brown and Wickard faced subpoenas and delays as hearings stretched into the day.
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Pommutes
Abankhold
Besata
Actios
Bankhead
Harksey
Kentucky
Senate
Sechettion
Lander McNary
Oregon
Jazoey F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Agriculture Committee
Price
Prentiss Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Brown
Chester Davis
Smith
D.8. C
Pace
Roosevelt
D.-Ala
Barkley
White House
Manning Shaw
Shaw
E. D. Smith, Jr
Agriculture Department
Davia
Wickerd
D-Sc
Aiken
R.vt
Charman
Nim
D-Okla
Casey
Chate Davis
Ellison Smith, Jr
West Ab
Wierard
Davis
R-Vt
Bankhed
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Commalite
Farm Organization
Banke Messury
Ageniture Committee
Administrator Prentiss
City Renews Appeal For Funds At Conley
City officials press for reopening of a funds request to the Federal Work Agency in Washington. The Conley project center awaits government approval, with new furniture arrivals and operational funding to begin as soon as the building is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
Federn
Pty Sess
TC. Bates
Pinaidens
The
City Commission
Uday
Bates
Ted Beeg
Washington
Trsentatives
Diplomatic shifts and farm bill debate in wartime era
Amid South American talks and Axis tensions a Rio de Janeiro meeting prompts shifts in alliances while U S farm policy battles hinge on the Bankhead parity bill. Price administrator Brow n and Davis dodge appearances as Senate panel weighs inflation fears and farm aid, with Byrnes cited as key strategist.
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GOP
Southside Granite CO
Itera
Yack Hingry and Coy Brosson
EW Wilkerson, Jr
WAVES
Dothan Savings & Loan CO
Grand Jury
New Orleans
Chicago
South America
Prezille
Italy
Tora Maisters
Rio de Janeiro
Lota Populatioe
North Foster St
Dothan Milling Company
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