County and City Clash Over Airport Land Funds
County and City of Houston face a tangled dispute over 1320000 dollars spent to buy airport land at Napier Field. War Department approval, tax issues, and possible refund plans loom as parties weigh who bears repayment, with river of funds and bonds complicating the outcome.
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Foasien Ceany
Ratesuc
Napier Field
Down Wit
Revpes Es Paseed
Reaviation Petithe
Engian
Gesstora Bankhead
Hilt Steagall
Hhe
Wenty
Yanty
Ciy
War Department
Fe War Department
Wser
Houston Bond Sales Climb To $810,000 With Goal In Sight
The government announced steps to hold raw cotton prices at 21.38 cents per pound for middling 1518 inch cotton under a stabilization program by War Food Administration and Office of Price Administration. The Commodity Credit Corporation will offer government-owned stocks at the base price with quality differentials, potentially supplemented by grower loan calls to raise supply or stock levels, aiming to reach the set target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Coffee Legislator Pledges Bill To Ban Liquor Advertising
Rep J A Carnley of Coffee County proposes a bill to ban liquor advertising in Alabama including signs newspapers magazines and radio. Violations carry fines from 100 to 500 and up to 12 months hard labor. Carnley, a veteran temperance advocate, has long worked with the temperance committees since 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
J. A. Carnley
Coffee County
Representative Carntey
Coffer County
Carntey
Temperanes
Sparks
Cottonwood and Ashford Rally for War Bond Drive
Bond rallies in Houston County netted over 22 000 toward a 431 000 quota. Cottonwood raised 1 500 at the first event Friday night, and Ashford added 20 568 in a three hour rally yesterday. Rain limited Cottonwood attendance but did not dampen support for the Second War Loan drive. Judge J T White led the Cottonwood drive and organized a Marianna Airbase Band rally at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Pridsy
Cottonwood
Ashford
J.T. White
Marianna
Fernie
New OPA Retail Scale Cuts Beef and Lamb Prices
OPA Administrator Prentiss M Brown announced new retail ceiling prices on beef and lamb will be one to three cents per pound lower than recent schedules, effective May 17. Regional beer veal and mutton prices were delayed for review to align with Hold the Line while the cost of living is examined.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Roosevelt
Brown
Anid
US war casualties reach 78,235 total
The Office of War Information reports 78,235 U S casualties with TUNISIAN losses possibly unfinished. The tally covers those notified to next of kin as of Friday and breaks down to 12,123 dead 15,040 wounded 40,433 missing and 10,628 prisoners. Army totals are 54,308 including 6,976 killed 10,384 wounded 27,331 missing and 10,628 POWs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Heavier Buying To Raise Balance Of Quota Urged
Houston County pledged 10 boys and two bombers plan to call on Rome Berlin and Tokyo as the Second War Loan Campaign nears its end. Cochairmen Flowera and Clyde Levern report sales at $810,000 with a goal of $881,000 plus ten percent. They urge continued bond buying and canvassing of Dothan’s four wards. Reports due by Tuesday. every home assigned should be canvassed.
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Houston
Rome
Berlin
Tokyo
Cochairmen F. A. Flowera
Clyde Levern
Dothan
Houston County
W. D. Malone
Senate Study Of Army, Navy News Urged
Senator O Mahony urged a judiciary probe into Army and Navy press conference methods and government information control. He said a clash between the Office of War Information and other agencies justified attending preconferences held by heads of several departments including the Army Navy and Inter-American Affairs. He proposed authorizing lawmakers to attend such preconferences to study dissemination policies and radio information practices.
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Francis J. Belly Washington
Senate
Omahony
D-Wye
Army and Navy
Ferguson
Rmich
O'Mahoney
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Judiciacy Committee
Army
Navy
Office
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Nelgyn A Rockefeller
Judiciary
Senate Majority Backs Trade Pacts
Allied air forces report sweeping raids across Celebes and Timor targets with heavy bomb loads. In Kendall and Kendari operations, fighters destroyed multiple Japanese planes on ground and in air, while a convoy near Wewak drew air attacks. One bomber repelled a 12-plane attack over We wak harbor, returning damaged but intact.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
Kendall
Celebes
Walsh
Wewak
New Guinea
We Wak
Dougle MacArthurs Caldera
I Trail of
Maine
Aus ‘Trate
Advante
Kendari
Dil On
Tim
Poll Predicts Vote To Continue U S Program Unchanged
Associated Press poll finds at least 40 Senators likely to vote to renew the reciprocal trade agreement without changes, with about 10 leaning to oppose or seek amendments. It notes a 36 member Senate decision pending renewal by June 12 and outlines divisions among Democrats and Republicans over unamended renewal versus changes.
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Tha
Washington
Senate
Congress
Puna
Howaver
Sereern
Ture
Churches Schedule Easter Services
Churches schedule Easter services as readers note attendance varies. Many people left early by bus and private automobile for Camp Rucker to join special sunrise services held off page.
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Dothan
Camp Rucker
Dothan Students Buy Fleet Of Jeeps To Aid Bond Drive
Dothan area students from six schools raised funds in the Second War Loan Campaign to buy jeeps. Officials expected six jeeps but Friday afternoon total reached 28, surpassing the goal. Cochairs Clyde Lavern and F A Flowers praised the students for their effort and leadership.
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Dothan
Bome
Hitler
Hirohite
Munschnt
Sassat
Bondy
Stampa
Clyde Lavern
FA Flowers
Losses Slack Nazi Offensive In Kuban Valley
London dispatch reports Moscow stating heavy losses halted German attempts to widen a bridgehead in the Kuban valley. Soviet sources say airmen destroyed 20 German planes in the northwest and hit 18 others at a Donets Basin airfield. One enemy infantry company was wiped out or dispersed near Balakleya, Kharkov region.
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London
Cancapua
Baling
Donets Basin
Moscow
Kuban
Caucesug
Monitor
Balakleym
Kharkov
Sweden vows swift steps after Nazi attacks at sea
Sweden said its navy would counter any German mines or gunfire in Swedish waters after a German armed merchantman fired on the submarine Draken near the Goteborg Archipelago. The Draken incident drew criticism as a breach of neutrality, while reports said the Ulyan vanished with 33 aboard during maneuvers nearby.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Goteborg
White Men Freed In Lynching Trial In Mississippi
Federal jurors acquitted Luther Holder Jones County Deputy Sheriff Harney Jones and Allen Pryor in a lynching case tied to the 1942 jail mob that seized Howard Wash after a murder. The verdict followed a trial at Federal Court in Hattiesburg.
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Hattiesburg
Misg
Jones County
Batur- Sar
Degro
Wen Wen
Cour
Wan
Sidney C. Mae
Luther Holder
Harney Jones
Allen Pryor
Defendente
Ora
Naid Usey
Maid ‘Uelner
Goners
Preme Court
United States
Wash
Tare
44 Per Cent Tax Plan Proposed By Democratic Bloc
ALEK SINGLETON reports from Washington that a Ways and Means plan to cancel about 4 percent of tax obligations emerged after a Democratic majority pushed for compromise amid House deadlock. Leader McCormack urged GOP support, framing forgiveness of about 5 billion dollars as a path to legislative unity, though the measure passed committee on a voice vote with Republicans outnumbered.
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Alek Singleton
Washington
Mo‘Cormack
Massachusetts
Ture
Celanese Workers End Strike As FDR Plans Intervention
In Johnstown, Celanese workers voted to end a two week strike after President Roosevelt signaled possible government action. United Mine Workers at Newark plant returned to work Monday following Roosevelt telegrams promising hearings and protection of workers rights. Picket lines halted as the company and union move to resume normal operations with government oversight expected.
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United Mine Workers
Newark
N. J
Celanese Corporation
America
Roussvelt
Npon
Howard Gill
UMW
Joca
Lege Rights Gill
Thermla
Membare
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
School Boys To Help Harvest Potato Crop
Alabama youths from 2 towns will join 500 non farm high school boys in Baldwin County to pack and ship 143 Irish potatoes. They will work in Falshow Foray Loxley Robertsdale and Hummerdate for about a week starting May 10. P O Davis says many boys already plan to help with the effort.
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Aubuhkn Ala
Whalita Ue
Tye
Axteneion
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Achool Offtrale
Alabama
Baldwin County
T'lang
Falshope Foray
Loxley
Robertsdale
American Forces Move To North Tunisian Front In North Africa
Secret American troops arrive near Bizerte and Mateur as French and British units push toward Tunis. Reports cite Rommel’s fate and shifting Axis defenses while Allied forces capture Cap Serrat and advance toward Bizerte and Tunis, with Patton’s area coordinating traffic and supply lines.
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GY Wes Gallagher
South Africa
Noothern
Tunisia
Northern Canal
Hizerte
Tafim
Alice the Great cAvel Omee
Wan
Marshal Urwin Konmamel
Harold Alexander
Btn Arny Group
Rotopiel
Africa Corps
Tuna
el Alamein
Africa
Crl
Jorgeo von Arnim
Enlel
Rommel
Rae Porte
Axio Defanera
Lean
Germany
Eouth Swiftie
Anintican
Duttehhill
Bhierte
London
Lroadcaste
Cap Serrat
Laget
Giserta
Cap Herrat
Gaermen Verdun
Long Bop
Tunis
Ain Lonk Sip
Becaien
Toontos
Medjex¢-El-Hab
Tuenis
Draft Evasion Laid To Negro Convict
Milwaukee AP reports an escaped black convict alleged to have tried to notify a draft board of a change of address. Governor Goodland refused Alabama extradition, calling it slander against Alabama. A federal warrant named Lively Tawes, 34, while prison records show a 1941 Jefferson County burglary conviction and a 9 year sentence. The Alabama governor criticized the refusal as prejudice and lack of equal protection of law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Alabama
Walter Goodland
Wikconan
Madison
Gondland
Chauncey Sparks
Alacama
Modland
Wisconsin
Alaama
Lewis
Montgomery
Bate
Jefferson
Birmingham
Alabana
Xaw Lawla
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O’mahoney
Democratic Bloc
Celanese
FDR
Johnstown
Alepetcer
Bua
AEF
8Th Army
Jares Rommel
Mateur
Bizerte
Tiehe
George
Patton
Irth Barong
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