Truman Hails Atom Bomb Advisor Meeting
In Washington the White House convenes a discussion at which key figures including Groves and Secretary of War discuss the atom bomb program. President Truman, announcing the war effort, notes Kevin's declaration and outlines ongoing weapon development efforts as officials assemble to review progress.
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Washington
Moe Cele
White House
Tum Mule
Lee Groter
Siwic Hye
Tretiot
Kevsin
Bester
Gay
Ube
Qibers
Riley Named Sunday School Head at Conference
At the Third Quatta Conference held in Dothen E T Riley was elected general superintendent of Sunday School with Lee Herlong as assistant. C E Garrison was elected to the annual committee to be held November 10 with Earl Buyer as chair.
Negro Charged As Draft Violetor Custach Wily Vel Daher
Fragmentary OCR text shows a Negro charged as draft violator with unclear names and scattered phrases. The readable fragments mention a charged individual, possible legal action, and references to a draft context, but details and proper nouns are largely garbled.
Two Cars Hit In City Intersection Injury Reported
Two motorists suffered minor injuries in a collision at Foster and Troy streets. Drivers were Mrs. Denxie Mae West of Dothan and Mrs. Marcer Ivey of Webb. Damage to vehicles was negligible. Patrolman Euell Jones investigated. A settlement was reached by both parties. Sergeant Clarence W Weeks due to arrive in New York August 1 aboard the Queen Elizabeth. About twenty people were present. Dr S M Maker presided.
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Foster
Troy
Nonpraia
Euell Jones
Denxie Mae West
Dothan
Marccr Ivey
Webb
Jones
Aug
Clarence W. Weeks
New York
Associated Press
Talks To End Three Major Walkouts Across Nation
Disorder across Detriot and Portland with unions AFL and CLAW CL0 reporting walkouts at two Detroit steel plants and Federal Mogul in three sites. About 1,000 Detroit workers affected by pending investigations and 2,000 at Federal Mogul involved in a 12 day stoppage. A two week strike at Libby McNeill and Libby plant in Portland ends as new developments emerge. In Oregon, 100 workers quit three logging camps near Klamath Falls after a watchman refused union joining. No major changes in other reported labor actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mator
Federal Mogul Corporation
Locadim
Univ
CLO
Miss Sibyl Paul May Run For State Office
MONTGOMERY AP Al termaney General Robert B Harwood says Miss Sibyl Paul now serving as Secretary of State by appointment may seek the office in next year’s general voting. A Constitutional provision prevents consecutive terms but Harwood says it does not apply since she was not elected to the term she is serving. Chauncey Sparks appointed her in May to serve out the term of Howard Turner who resigned to join the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Howard Turner
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Japanese air raid aftermath report on Overcast skies
On page twelve a continuing field report describes observed damage to ships near Ovaston. Weather was favorable for the strike with clear skies and minimal haze over targets. A returning pilot reported seeing 15 Japanese planes burning on a field and another eight burning in a separate scene.
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Ather
Ovaston
Endgame Tactics as Soviet Push Nears Japan
Wartime dispatches outline possible Japanese surrender moves and Soviet entry into the war. Washington weighs outcomes as MacArthur shapes invasion plans. Northward, Kurile and Manchuria armies loom with Allied air and sea superiority poised to cut Japan from its home islands.
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Vruimans
Tunight
Pacific
Asia
Japan
Rider
Vindingsigk
Suklalin
Islalus
China
Mane Vhiri
Koreas
Okinawa
Guam
Douglas MacArthur
Kurile Islands
Manchune
Korea
Five Convicts Shot In Escape Try At Speigner
SPEIGNER Ala AP five state convicts were wounded during an escape attempt at Speigner prison. The wounded prisoners, identified as Yerburaug aged 23 with prior years for larceny, Guyver Ho Carrel, and Sisley Taylor, faced additional charges. At large later today were Ralph Miles and Argie Walker, both with burglary and grand larceny histories. Authorities described the escape attempt and the ensuing manhunt.
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Speigner
Ala
Amvgud
Earks Sodas
Polity
Ptenwerss
Welder Burr HK
Keesca
Telius
Prisgiers
Jyur
Leir Cela
Yerburaug
Mentgervery
Greidd
Guyver
Veatt
Ralph Miles
Argie Walker
Walker County
Eagle Badges To Be Awarded Tonight At Court of Honor
Scouts Alfred Searcy Hub Bryson Jr Townsend Boyd and others will receive Boy Scouts Eagle and First Class badges at the Court of Honor in Enterprise tonight. J Cooke reports that Bryson Bord served on the Camp Open Pond staff last week.
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Enterprise
J. ¥. Cooke
Alfred Searcy
Hub Bryson, Jr
Townsend Boyd
Lomax
Griswald
Ben Johnson
Mex Byrd
Bobby Peoples
Joe McKinnon
Sonny Fleming
Bryson and
Bord
Open Pond
Charity Chest Chiefs To Meet in Dothan City Hall
Charity Chest Chiefs from nine agencies will meet tomorrow in the Commissioners Chamber at City Hall to elect officers and appoint a budget committee for the 1945-48 drive. The drive date will be announced when the budget committee submits its report. J. P. Culver has served as president of the organization for the past year, with Fred Moseley as vice president and L. J. Thomas Jr as treasurer.
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Dothan United
Commissioners Chamber
J. P. Culver
Fred Moseley
L. J.thomas, Jr
Embezzler Suspect In Custody Here
A man identified as C. E. Marr by jail records was taken into custody locally on embezzlement charges and held for Birmingham authorities. Chief Deputy Sheriff J.T. Casey and Special Investigator Chavty assisted, with Adaitie arresting Marr at the request of Birmingham officials.
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Marr
Birlinghan
Sheriffs Office
J.T. Casey
Chavty. Adaitie
Birningham
Rabbi Alfred Wolf Preaches at Temple Emmanu El Friday
Rabbi Alfred Wolf will officiate the Sabbath Service at Temple Emmanu El Friday night at 8 o'clock after returning from summer studies at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati Ohio He will preach on the subject Charity of Taxes
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Alfred Wolf
Hebrew Unioi' College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Temple Emmanu el
Mahan Returns to U S After Two Years Service
Maj A F Mahan Jr former Associated Professor respondent at Montgomery has landed in the United States after more than two years as a public rating officer with the Eight Air Force. Editor M S Dodson says he was advised Mahan would arrive yesterday at Fort McPherson Georgia where he would be processed before a 32 day leave.
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Mai, Mahan
U.S. Troy
Ala
A. F. Mahan Jr
Associated
Montgoomery
United Staes
Air Force
M. SN. Dodson
The
Troy Messenger
Mahan
Ft. McPherson
Postwar Dispositions Shape Hong Kong Singapore China and Pacific
Postwar dispositions in Hong Kong and Singapore tied to prewar British holdings spark moves for future control. Soviet involvement grows in deciding fates of strategic islands seized from Japan. American military leaders seek full control of Pacific outposts near the Philippines and Hawaii, backed by congressional signals.
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Hong Kong
Singapore
Ching Way
Russia
Philippines
Hawaii
Witness Stand For Petain Trial Mentions Himmler Of France
A witness testified at the Petain trial that Joseph Darnand once known as the Himmler of France resisted Vichy ministers seeking German aid to repel Allied landings in North Africa. The testimony ties Darnand and other Vichy figures to collaboration and the Gestapo militia’s crimes against the French underground.
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Himmler
France
Petain
Bown
Vichy Aniisters
Andre Muruet
de Brinva
Dsemand
Darnad
Gestapo Lee
Peta
Vichy
North Africa
Officials Deny Displaced Persons Mishandling In Germany
British 211st Army Group in Germany reports that displaced persons in British zone camps receive suitable accommodations and better meals than German civilians. The findings refute World Jewish Congress charges of abject misery and indifference, noting British officers conducted the inquiry.
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Germany
AP1
World Jewish Congress
Nine Continued From Page One Fragment
Number 9 outlines China Formosa Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific with Navy and merchant fleets using jig manufacture shipbuilding and repair facilities. It mentions 12 square miles of industrial suburbs including Inase Akunoura and Urekami on the harbor’s west side.
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China
Formiosa
Southeast Asia
Southwest Pacific
Jig Mateur
Industual
Inase
Akunoura
Urekami
Dothan Eagle Placed On Warplane By Lt Yarbrough
Lieutenant Yarbrough named his combat plane The Dothan Eagle reflecting his hometown and the squadron's lore. He flew 68 missions, earned the Air Medal with ten Oak Leaf Clusters, and shared in the Presidential Unit Citation, with a plan to redeploy to the Pacific.
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Bildre
Yarbrough
Europe
Liem
Cyning Bowie
Yar Brough
West Burdeshaw
Fort MacPherson
Drew Field
Taupa
Fla
Pacific
Laienl
Wal
Liews
Yarbrogh
Liew
Atom Bomb Discussion At Univ Of Alabama New Thing Under Sun
A 1945-era article explains atomic fission basics, names uranium isotopes 235 and 238, and discusses the Hiroshima bombing. It notes the scarcity and purification challenges, mentions Oak Ridge, and estimates costs akin to the Panama Canal project.
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Uratsuin
Ole Hahn
Hatin
Uncle Sam
Oak Ridge
Blackout
Hiroshima
Panama Canal
Nuclear energy and uranium debate in wartime science note
The excerpt discusses uranium splitting and energy yield, noting potential for large energy release. It mentions Uranium 235 and possible fission products, with speculation on practical and safety implications. The text references global sources and wartime industrial interests in nuclear science and its applications.
Contested Moves Near Harbin In Manchuria War Plans
The report describes potential Japanese attacks aimed at Harbin, a major communications and industrial hub, located 225 to 30 miles from the eastern Manchurian frontier along the Ussuri River. Kwantung Army units have massed there, with the best trained forces kept in Manchuria for a possible bloody engagement.
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Page Inc
Harbin
Manchurian
Ussuri
Kwantung Army
Hirohito
Manchuria
State plan seeks matching funds for postwar hospital beds
Under terms of a dispending in Congress state and local sources would be required to provide 1,000,000 per year for matching. W Dobbins Jr State Planning Director in Montgomery says the Commission could use about 000,000 for post war construction. The plan aims at 3.5 hospital beds per 1,000 residents with regional allocations including Mobile 2,57,000 Montgomery 4,588,000 Tuscaloosa 1,2000 Gadsden 2,969,000 Decatur 3,784,000 and Birmingham 5,463,000.
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Congress
W. ©. Dobbins, Jr
Montgomery
Alabama Medical Association
State Health Department
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Gadsden
Decatur
Birmingham
Scout Rations Ready for Southeast Alabama Scouts
Scout Executive J. V Cuoke announced today that Emergency Ration boxes are available at the deouncil Scout office in Dothan for Southeast Alabama Council scouts. The ration boxes are designed for use during biking and camping trips.
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Deouncil
Dothan
Alabers Council
J. Vcuoke
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Dothan Savings and Loan CO
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W. W. Mc O 'Carty
C. E. Blakey
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WAGF
DE Pepper Bottling Company
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War Labor Board
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Miss Pool
Charity Chest Chiefs
Rabbi Alfred Wolf
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Tee Humler
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Esther
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PSA
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Ax Atha
May Peter
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Myville
Tennessee
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Teng
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Towliger
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Wiregrass Grocery CO
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