Great Lakes ships keep moving amid strikes and loitering arrests
Officers report most Great Lakes vessels still in service as curfew enforcement tightens. Two men were arrested for loitering in Dothan and Houston County on the third day of the curfew. Police note a decline in burglaries and thefts may reflect strict loitering and vagrancy laws. Three suspects, including a white man and a Negro, linked to recent thefts, were detained. one white suspect posted bond while other is in custody.
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Dothan
Houston
J. E. Draughon
B. G. Farmer
Draughon
Eddie D
Kelley
Cusacy
Shipping Walkout Freezes Part of Great Lakes Trade
On day two of the NMU walkout, the CIO National Maritime Union froze part of Great Lakes shipping while most vessels remained in operation. Union President Joseph Curran moved strike leadership toward Detroit as about 400 ships were said to be strike bound. The Lake Carriers Association reported seven of 316 vessels strike-bound, with 16 tankers idle and 35 expected tied up soon.
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Max Hall
Associated Press Labor
Cleveland
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Joseph Curran
Detroit
Lake Carriers’ Association
Jakes
Curran
Otto Wanek
Cleveland Tankers, Inc
Wis
Madison Official Convicted Of Fraud
Madison County commissioner Clifton C. Mann found guilty of forgery and false pretenses in a probe that charged him and fellow commissioner Robert C. Shelton with defrauding the county of about 55 000 dollars over five years. Prosecutors announced four indictments linked to the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Clifton C. Mann
Madison County
Mann
Commission
Robert C. Shelton
Vets May Obtain Free Discharge Copies
Veterans from the Army Navy and Air Corps can obtain a certified copy of their discharge for their accrued pay. The Houston County Service Commissioner’s office offers these records at no charge though supplies are limited. early callers receive priority.
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Army
Navy
Apie Corps
Houston County
Jimmy Dees Heads Dothan Charities Chest For New Year
Jimmy Dees was elected president of the Dothan United Charities Chest at a morning board meeting in City Hall. Officers chosen for the new year begin Oct 1, unopposed, with Bov Ward as vice president and L J Thomas Jr as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Dees
Dothan United Charities Chest
Board of
Bepzins
Bov Ward
L. J. Thomas, Jr
van Ritch
Clyde Levern
Albert Logue
Betts Slingluiff
Raymond Spann
Betis Slingluff
Horace Hall
Artheur Ussery
I. J. Thomas
Fred Moseley
Jim Tindell
Lions Club
A. F. Childs
Foster Street Methodist
Man Rescued After 10 Hours Trapped In Crumbling Well
Edwin Hendricks a 30 year old hardware dealer was trapped for 10 hours at the bottom of a 22 foot well on Wesley Gordon’s farm after rocks and dirt caved in. He survived in a three foot high space by kneeling and breathing through a casing hole while 15 volunteers and about 3 000 spectators watched the rescue. His wife Kathryn prayed nearby as workers pulled him to safety unharmed.
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Verona
Wis
Edwin Hendricks
Hendricks
Aluck
Resauere
Warfrei
Wesley Gordon
Gordon
Brother
Kathryn
First Aerial Cargo Here More On Way
A DC-4 cargo plane landed at Municipal Airport with ten tons of Cryolite for Wiregrass peanut growers to fight a severe peanut worm infestation. The shipment, the first of five emergency flights, was chartered by Greenwood Products Company for delivery to Headland Marianna and Moultrie, with a total of 50 tons planned. Farmers will apply the pesticide within hours to protect a $75 million peanut crop in southern Alabama.
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Eagle
Headland
Marianna
American Airlines
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Moultrie
Greenwood Products Company
Graceville
Fla
Greenwood Company
Alabama
Emergency Nail Shipments For Peanut Harvest Reach South
A 50 ton shipment of ten and twelve penny nails is due in Dothan next week for peanut harvesting, with 75 tons planned for Troy. Congressman George Andrews, via telegram, says Secretary Glinton Anderson confirmed the dispatches. The Production Marketing Association will bar nail sales for non peanut uses and existing allocations continue to south Alabama. A nail dealer survey shows shortages easing as hardware stores stock all sizes including poles for stacks.
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Dothan
Troy
George Andrews
The
Eagle
Union Springs
Glinton Anderson
Andrews
Production Marketing Association
South Alabama
Army To Display New Weapons Here
Army Ground Forces will display latest ground force weapons and equipment at the Dothan National Guard Armory on August 30 and September 1 2. The event, organized by the Dothan recruiting office, is supported by the Chamber of Commerce and National Guard officials and will be supervised by about 120 AGF personnel.
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Dothan National Guard
Montgomery Highway
Dothan Army Recruiting Station
Chamber of Commerce and
National Guard
AGF
Dothan Recruiting Office
Taxi Drivers Face Stricter Permit Suspensions
Police Chief J E Draughon announced a citywide crackdown ordered by the City Commission. Dothan taxi drivers face permit revocation for listed offenses with suspensions ranging from two weeks to indefinite for alcohol related and reckless driving convictions.
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City Commission
J. E. ‘Draughon
Dothan
Draughon
Eighteen Jews sentenced to death in Haifa raid
Eighteen defiant Jews were sentenced to death for bombing the Haifa railroad shops. Four Jewish women received life terms. The ruling followed ultimatums by Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Vuad Leumi urging revolt as the British deportation crisis and immigrant landings moved Palestine toward upheaval.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Vuad Leumi
National Council For Palestine Jews
Cyprus
Palestine
Truman
Burning Crossset A Negro College Campus Disclosed
The cross burned Tuesday on the hill near the Tugaloo Negro College campus 1 mile from Jackson Mississippi. Faculty witness J H Owen said the eight foot high cross burned about two hours with four hooded figures nearby. Dean L O Fraser offered no clear reason for inaction and suspected, as Owen hinted, a deeper significance beyond a prank. About 270 Negro students are enrolled though most were away for the summer. faculty saw no warnings or reprisals. Identification of the cross’s perpetrators remained a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tackson
Tugaloo Negro College
J. H. Owen
Owen
American Missionary Association of New York
L. O. Fraser
Tugaloo
New Construction Permits Total $20,475 in Dothan
City permits show total cost for new construction at $20,475 in Dothan. Major project is a store and warehouse planned for the 200 block of West Crawford Street costing about $20,000 for the Alabama Machinery and Supply Company. Also approved are a private garage for Oos Anderson at 500 Dasy Street for $300 and two repair jobs on Lafayette and Pine streets totaling about $175.
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W. Crawford Street
Alabama Machinery and Supply Company
Oos Anderson
Dasy Street
J. C. Bothoms
Lafayette Street
Lois Robinson
Pine Street
Marshall Soong Meet In Kuling For Chiang Talk
Gen George C Marshall and T V Soong arrived in Kuling for talks with Chiang Kai-shek amid concerns over renewed civil conflict after the Aug 10 American peace statement. A failure to broker a settlement could lead to the loss of executive headquarters at Peiping and push China toward full civil war.
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Marshall
Soong
Kuling
Chiang
Walter Logan
United Press
Nanking
UPI
George C. Marshall
T. V. Soong
China
Chiang Kai-shek
J. Leighton Stuart
Stuart-Marshall
Peipiing
Litile
Pape
OPA Expands Controls With Broad Price Hikes
The OPA announced broad increases on home goods and essentials, including 3 to 12 percent boosts on 20 items and a rise of one to two cents for beer served in bars. New ceilings will apply to used cars this year or 1945 models, white sidewall tires, and stationery. Building materials ceilings also expected soon under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
OPA Hung
OPA
Paul Porter
Britain drops Palestine plan as UN option Urged
British government, convinced the Palestine federation proposal is dead, weighs sending the issue to the United Nations. Whitehall says the United States bears blame for the stalemate as Arabs and Jews refuse talks, complicating Britain’s ability to surrender the mandate. London seeks a path to new constructive ideas for Palestine while preserving Suez defense needs.
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United Press State
London
Palestine
United Nations
White Hall
United States
Britain
Peritiasn Averoment
Jawa
Estine
United Nations Assembly
Suez Canal
Egypt
Alka
Dothan Man Injured In Truck Wreck Near Demopolis
Guilford, driver for Dove Transportation, was injured when his tractor truck carrying a 2,200 pound load wrecked and burned near Demopolis Alabama. Company officials said he was forced off the road to avoid colliding with a passenger vehicle. His injuries were not yet determined at noon.
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Guilford
East North Street
Dothan
Dover Transportation Company
Demopolis
Ala
Diveton
Pu Yi Confesses Fear Behind Accepting Manchuria Crown
In Tokyo Pu Yi testifies at war leaders trial claiming he accepted the puppet throne of Manchuria to save his life amid Japanese conquest. He recalls pressures from Japanese officers and the 1932 to 1943 period as democratic nations failed to resist militarists.
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Tokyo
Henry Pu-yi
Manchuria
Pu-yi
Japan
Seishirao Ttanaki
Port Fum
Bradley denounces indifference to veterans nationwide
General Omar Bradley lashed out at public indifference toward returning veterans in a radio address. He cited hospital care, unemployment payments, and the VA’s first year of operations, noting 1.7 million veterans on $20 weekly unemployment benefits and VA obligations reaching 4.5 billion dollars in 1946 and 6.3 billion in 1947.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Japan
Nfe
Arlington County
Pital
Congress
New Zealander Blasts Russians For Dawdling
New Zealand delegate W J Jordan angrily denounced the Soviet delegation during a Paris peace conference session, calling Russia a "thin blasted old rot" after long delays and appeals. Soviet officials resisted changing voting rules in commissions on Romania Finland and others, with Britain’s Hector McNeil noting his government would not accept the Soviet stance. The exchange led to continued debate with no immediate action.
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William B. King
Paris
New Zealand
W. J. Jordan
Jordan
Andrei Viahinsky
Viahinsky
Political and Territorial Commission On
Romania
France
Commission On
Commission
Finland
N. V. Novikov
United
Savier
Decontral Board Promises Decision On Studies Tuesday
The Decontrol Board, facing price control decisions on major foods, vows to announce its verdict on Tuesday. Chairman Roy L. Thompson says no guesses or speculation will influence the panel and that rulings will be released simultaneously for all commodities under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Décontral Board
Ita
Roy L. Thompson
Congress
Thompson
Four Counties Pool Requests For Labor
Houston County Labor Association expected 25 Bahaman Negro laborers for September peanut harvest but only 100 workers were needed. Farm officials and U S Department of Agriculture agreed Coffee County would contract 23 workers for Houston, Coffee, Dale, and Geneva Counties. Workers to be housed at Camp Rucker at Department expense.
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Houston County Labor Association
Houston
U. S.department of Agriculture
Enterprise
Coffee County Labor Association
Agriculture Department
Coffee, Dale
Geneva
Camp Rucker
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NMU
Madison
West
America
Negro College
U. S
Edward V. Roberts
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