Truman backed Axtell wins Democratic nomination in Missouri district
Complete returns show Ends Axtell, a 37 year old former Navy lieutenant, securing the Democratic nomination over Jerome Walsh with 2 39 votes in Missouri s Fifth District. Albert Reeves unopposed for the GOP nomination as Slaughter loses in a wave of party nominees.
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Associated Press
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri Congress
Fifth
Missouri
Ends A. Axtell
Jerome Walsh
OPA
Axtell
Albert L. Reeves
Army Engineers
Slaughter
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Cio-Pac
Pendergast
Kansas City
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
John J. O'Connor
New York
O'Connor
Congress
Charles M. Dale
U.S
Sherman Adams
Harry W. Woodring
Memorial Building of
Independence
Mary Margaret Truman
Enos Axtell
Missouri Fifth
Five Confessions On Burglaries Made By Negro Suspect
Dothan authorities report Richard Hicks, a local Negro, confessed to multiple burglaries and thefts. He admitted breaking into the Ennis home on June 20, the Bush home on July 7, the Harris home on July 27, and the Cannon Flour and Feed Store on Monday night. He also confessed to stealing a bicycle from Kyle Howard and taking a shotgun, shells, and food from the Whiddon garage after the Harris burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
J. E. Craughon
Richard Hicks
Rex Ennis
Charles W. Bush
Whit Harris
Cannon
Craughon
Kyle Howard
Hicks
Alex Whiddon
Pontiac Street
Harris
Woman Hit by Lightning at Dothan Grocery Store
Mrs. John C. Womack of Henry Green apartments Dothan was seriously injured yesterday at about 11 after a lightning bolt struck a grocery store on Alice Street. Proprietor Alice Powell said Mrs. Womack, talking on the telephone, dropped the phone and collapsed. A physician treated her at a hospital. she remained in serious condition this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Womack
Henry Green
Dothan
Alice St. J. M. Powell
Polio Epidemic Warnings Rise Across Several States
Polio reaches epidemic proportions in scattered areas with Minneapolis Pulaski County Arkansas and Jones Forrest and Lowndes Counties Mississippi reporting outbreaks. Ohio warns of a potential year long surge unless a sharp drop occurs. States from the south to the midwest report higher case totals than last year while New England remains lightly affected.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Pulaski County
Arkansas
Jones, Forrest
Lowndes
Mississippi
Ohio
South
West
Middlewest
New England
Middle Atlantic
Louisiana
Nebraska
Little Rock
Labor plan to import Bahaman workers to help peanut harvest
Houston County Labor Association prepared a report on Bahaman labor costs and wage scales to bring in workers for peanut harvest. Glenn Lawrence said about 4,400 workers were requested but officials expect far fewer. Wages are 26 cents per stack for row work and 16 cents per stack for wind-row work with a $30 biweekly minimum. Housing talks were under way with the federal government for Napier Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Houston County Labor Association
Glenn Lawrence
Ashford Route Two
Association
Enterprise
Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Houston
Lawrence
Agriculture Department
Napier Field
C. M. Ling
Aubrey Johnston
John M. Meadows
Columbia
M. M. Hollis
Dothan
C. C. McEachin
Cowart
Labor Association
J. H Bryson
Wallace Malone
John Harrison
Fifty Cents A Pound Cotton Justified By Senator Thomas
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma argues that fifty cents per pound for cotton is fair given rising costs. He notes farmers struggle as prices remain low and cites high labor and equipment costs. Spot cotton trades around 34 cents in New York.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Oklsa
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
New York
Black men confront fireman and girl. fatal harm in Georgia
In Chatham County early today two Black men approached a parked car and attacked Anthony Blixson, a 22 year old Savannah fireman, and his 17 year old female companion. The assailants forced both from the vehicle and injured them before fleeing. Blixson, from Augusta, later noted at hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Protem
Andrew J. Ryar, Jr
Anthony Blixson
Ryan
Chatham County
Elixson
Government Sells Napier Army Airfield Facilities
The government agreed to sell housing and other facilities at Napier Army airfield cantonment to Dothan Alabama for 276 929 according to Senator Mill. The move follows a bid process and aims to transfer the property to the city.
UAW Faces Decision on Holding Line or Asking Pay Rise
Norman Matthews of the UAW Chrysler unit asked the CIO UAW board to reopen the national contract with Chrysler to seek wage adjustments. Observers expect the board to table the matter until the August wage price conference in Washington, amid auto worker unrest over living costs after price controls ended.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Executive Board
UAW
Chrysler
Norman Matthews
Chrysler Corporation
Washington
OPA
Chrysler Uaw
Matthews
Flaming Red Auto Delivered To Chief
A flaming red 1946 Nash has been issued as the City fire department chief's car. The previous chief's vehicle was retired during the war years and no replacement had been in service until now. The Nash was ordered months before its delivery.
Heirens Reenacts Murders To Bolster Triple Confessions
Chicago authorities report William Heirens a 17 year old University of Chicago student confessed to three murders and 28 robberies during an all day reenactment at the county jail. Officials say the mild mannered suspect detailed the Degnan and two other slayings and aided the investigation by tracing movements at the crime scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heirens
Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
University of Chicago
William J. Tuohy
Tampering With Garsson File Charged
The Senate War Investigating Committee turned over to the FBI a year old case about tampering with Garsson munitions files. An official said an early morning visitor gained access to the Senate office building around 2 am and copied files before returning originals by 5 am. The FBI will pursue the matter as the committee continues its Garsson inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
FBI
Senate
Mead
D-Ny
Garston
Kaiser Declares He Welcomes Congressional Probe
Six Houston County 4-H members were rejected to attend the State 4-H Camp and Short Course in Auburn. Delegates from Alabama counties will attend the five day convention. Two Houston County delegates selected for the state meeting are Sara Flowers and Mary Lois Clark.
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Houston County
Auburn
Alabama
Sara Flowers
G. G. Flowers
Dothan
Mary “Lois Clark
Carlton Clark
Graceville
Kaiser Seeks Congress Probe On Wartime Operations
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser welcomed a Congressional investigation into his wartime shipbuilding and declared the inquiry would reveal the real story. He stated the probe would alarm some industrialists and likened its impact to an atomic bomb explosion. He spoke at a press conference in Oakland to the House Marine and Fisheries Committee.
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Waica
Thomas O'Connell
Garsson
Chicago
O'Connell
Benjamin F. Fields
Wawington
Henry Garason
Murray Garson
Pite
Fields
Joseph Wilson
United Press
Oakland
Calif
Agai
Kaiser
Congress
Australian Bride Bewildered By Well Stocked U. S. Shelves
Dothan welcomes Mrs. Josephine Hatton formerly of Linchcomb Australia a GI bride who traveled from Sydney aboard the Margon arriving via Honolulu and San Francisco. She notes ration free food in the U S and taller buildings with steam ships and air conditioning on display while shopping for a rain coat and umbrella.
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U. S
Dothan
G. I
Josephine Hatton
Linchcomb
New South Wales
Australia
Hatton
San Francisco
New Orleans
William Hatton
Sydney
Honolulu
Debarkation
United States
Dothan Sees Rainfall Near State Record
Weather observers at the municipal airport report six weeks of rainfall in Dothan reaching 17.16 inches, approaching a third of Alabama's typical annual total of four inches per year, with continued precipitation forecast tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
CAA
Alabama
P. S
Parsons Assigned To VA Office Here
Jack Parsons of Dothan has joined the Dothan Veterans Administration office as contact representative. A former field artillery officer and veteran of many months of combat in Europe, Parsons recently completed a Montgomery training course and was sent to Dothan on his first assignment. He assumed duties today and lives at 746 Cottonwood Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Parsons
Dothan
Veterans Administration
Parsons
Montgomery
The
Eagle
Cottonwood Road
Paris Conference Breaks Deadlock On Voting System
UNRRA Director General F H LaGuardia accused Soviet authorities of draining Austrian food and supplying crude petroleum to Czechoslovakia. He urged the UNRRA council to back him or expel him, saying disputes should be settled by an international authority. He noted UNRRA aims to finish work in Europe by year end and in the Far East by next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Twelftree
United Press
Geneva
F. H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
LaGuardia
Austria
LaGuarna
Europe
Far East
Compromise Wins Two-Thirds Rule in Paris Conference
After 20 hours of debate the Paris conference adopts a British compromise requiring a two-third majority for decisions by 21 nations while allowing simple-majority recommendations to the Big Four council. Soviet Russia opposes. Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland gain hearing rights in committee and plenary. The full conference approval is expected.
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Paris
Conference of
Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
Aso
Netherlands
Antrina
Gill
Todd
Soviet Russia
Another Cut Looms In Building To Aid Veterans Housing
Washington reports a third major cut in commercial and industrial construction looms to divert materials to GI housing. Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt says non housing work remains trimmed by about 1 billion dollars, with 225 000 living units completed since January and a goal of 1 200 000 starts this year. Veterans groups view Wyatt's outlook cautiously while the National Association of Home Builders criticizes optimism and urges government withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Frank Eleazer
United Press
Washington
Prospect
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
National Association of Home Builders
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Apparala
Civilian Production Administration
Sparkman Official Majority Is 229
MOBILE AP Rep John J Sparkman won the Democratic Senate nomination in last Tuesday's primary by a 229 vote majority over four opponents. McCorvey reported final figures showing Sparkman 85049 State's Son James A Simpson 46762 Frank W Boykin 35962 Thomas H Maxwell 585 Ted Allen 1268. runoff not needed for the House majority whip race.
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Mobile
John J. Sparkman
Senate
Gessner T. McCorvey
House
John H. Bankhead
McCorvey
Sparkman
James A. Simpson
Birmingham
Frank W
Britain weighs blockade to bar Jews from Holy Land
London AP report says Britain may order a full blockade of the Palestine coast to stop illegal Jewish immigration. A cabinet meeting at No 10 Downing Street discussed 1,300 detainees on Haifa ships amid a tightening quota and policy review. Field Marshal Montgomery attended with service representatives.
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London
Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
Palestina
Wis
No. 10
Downing Street
Attlee
Haifa
Erne Bevin
Paris
Philip Noel-Baker
Aocess
Field Marshal
Lord Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Kiwanis honors 25 year member in Dothan event
Dothan Kiwanis awarded a certificate of merit for 23 years of continuous service to Mosley of Dothan at a club meeting. Theodore Jackson of the Dothan Club presented for the Anniston Club where Mosley earned the quarter century mark. Mosley served 13 years with Dothan and 12 with Anniston. Jerome Lee Sullivan of Dothan spoke on the Wildcat Division activities.
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Kiwanis Club
Mosley
Dothan
Theodore Jackson
Dothan Club
Anniston Club
Jerome Lee Sullivan
Bist
Wildcat
Tarn Te No. 7
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Augusta
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Napier
Flaming Red Auto
James A. Smith
Atlanta
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
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