Truman Solons' Political Accord End Is Forecast
Washington AP reports the wartime draft act may end next May 15 as Congress or the President could terminate it sooner. Sentiment exists to halt the draft promptly after September 5, with various members ready to introduce termination measures. President Truman said the choice rests with Congress and favored pairing young men with overseas service to relieve veterans.
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Ruman
Legislative Branch
Executive
Mr. Truman
Congress
Trugrax
Sak
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Truman
Poole Insists on Debate With Governor Sparks
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Joe N Poole remains firm he will not debate the income tax amendment with anyone but Governor Chauncey Sparks. He cites Sparks as the most visible champion of the amendment and says he is too busy for multiple debates, aiming to draw a larger crowd for the Governor.
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Joe N. Poole
Chauncey Sparks
H. G. Dowling
Poole
E. B. Norton
Alabama
Ala
The
Eagle
Cmmissioner
Dowling
Fi- Mace
Hayse Tucker
Farm Bureau
Walter Randolph
Herta
Will
Sheriff Continues Roundup Of Indicted, County Grand Jury Concludes
Sheriff B G Farmer reports ongoing roundup of indicted county residents as the last session of the county grand jury nears completion. One inmate, Fowler, indicted for violating the prohibition law, was briefly jailed on bond set at 350 dollars before release. Authorities say several more suspects, including six already indicted, remain at large or in custody, with some believed in the penitentiary and others in Florida.
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Ted
Fay County
Grand Jury
B. G. Farmer
Fowler
Reine
Florida
Boost In Output Of Civilian Goods Seen Immediately
Washington reports improved civilian supply prospects with wartime controls easing. Secretary Anderson says rationing may end soon as demand and supply balance. Meat per capita for Q4 expected near 145 pounds, up from under 12 earlier this year.
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Washington
Anricoligre
Anderson
Farmers Ordered Not To Fraternize With POW Workers
Wiregrass farmers using German prisoners in the 1945 peanut harvest were told to avoid fraternizing with POWs as government rules under the Geneva Convention govern their treatment. C. M. Ling said meetings will explain employment practices, with Camp Rucker circulars to be handed out. The circular warns against any conversation beyond work, prohibits giving prisoners clothing or mail, and notes aiding an escape could bring criminal penalties.
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C. M. Ling
Houston County
Camp Rucker
Twenty Six Hurt In Argentine Riot
In Buenos Aires AP reports 26 injured today amid continued rioting that has left four dead and 129 injured over three days. Police broke into the Nationalist Youth Alliance headquarters and arrested 22 men after they said demonstrators were being fired upon. Nine people were wounded when police fired machine guns to disperse a crowd.
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Buenos Aires
Palice
Nationalist Youth Alliance
Georgia Senator Seeks Gradual Postwar Tax Cuts
Senator George D. of Georgia, chairing the Senate Finance Committee, urged gradual postwar tax relief for individuals and businesses. He favors reducing corporate and individual income taxes over three years, keeping the surtax steady for now, and starting work on a tax bill next year. He warned against badly devised taxes that stifle enterprise and pressed for a simplified system through rate changes rather than exemptions.
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Henry Lesesnf
Vienna
George D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
George
Congress
South Georgia
Local Boards Continue Drafting Registrants 18 25
Houston County Selective Service Boards will postpone induction and pre induction for registrants 24 and over. Volunteers may be accepted. quotas will be filled from ages 38 to 23. Employers need not file deferment requests for ages 26 to 37. 2 years old called previously not affected.
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Houston County
Selective Service Boards
National Headquarters
Washington
National Selective Service and Training Act
Senate Navy Group Starts Pearl Harbor Debacle Probe
Senate Naval Affairs Chair Walsh demands Navy files on Pearl Harbor inquiry and comments on declassification as wartime secrecy ends. Ferguson seeks immediate court martial trials for Rear Admiral Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Short. Langer petitions 15000 signers call public results. Boards found no basis for court martial. Short and Kimmel seek public trials.
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Senate Navy Group
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Japan
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Ferguson
R-Mich
Husband E. Kimmel
Waller Short
Hawaiian
Department
Langer #2
Senate
Union
Naval Board of Inquiry
Army
Navy Boards of Inquiry
Short
Kimmel
Grew Quits State Department Post Acheson Moves Up
President Truman elevates Dean Acheson to succeed Joseph C Grew as undersecretary of state. Grew resigns after a 24 year foreign service career including Tokyo ambassadorship and Nippon policy role. Acheson, a lawyer who joined the department three years ago, reshapes wartime and postwar policy with a pragmatic, nontraditional approach.
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Grew
State Department
Acheson
Washington
Dean Acheson
Stat
Joseph C Grew
Ural
Byrnes
London
Truman Isle
Truman
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
The
Treasury
Counus
Congress
Capital Hill
Shoppers Flock Stores As Two Day Holiday Ends
Shoppers formed lines at De than grocery stores as housewives replenished household food shelves emptied during the two day holiday. Canned foods and fresh items were purchased as shelves emptied quickly. Meat markets were crowded with mobs around counters. Many restocked shelves with rationed items. offices reopened and windows were cleaned after celebrations. Post offices resumed delivery service across town and county.
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Dethan
Carnal
Federal County
Nation Has Better Plane Than B-29 Gen Arnold Says
General H J Arnold announced the U S Air Forces possess a newer aircraft "considerably better" than the B 29 Superfortress capable of range over all East Asia from Western Pacific bases. He gave no details beyond its speed matching or exceeding the B 29 and noted a B 29 flight from Guam to Washington covered about 9000 miles in 36 hours.
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Washington
H. J. Arnold
U. S
East Asia
Pacific
Army Air Forces
Guam
Japanese Peace Envoy To Be On Way Sunday
General MacArthur announced that Japan had selected surrender emissaries who would travel by air to Manila. Tokyo had quibbled, then Tokyo obeyed. The unconfirmed message followed the warning to comply with directives without delay. The Japanese cabinet was sworn in at the Imperial Palace as occupation began. Higashi-Kuni potentially faces Allied war crime questions. he assumed the war portfolio. Text of the Japanese message from GHQ to Supreme Allied Commander released.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Ban Francisco
Korechike Anami
Bruin
Manila
Russians Charge Manchuria Japs Still Fighting
London dispatch reports Japanese troops on parts of the Manchurian front still fighting as Soviet forces press the offensive. A broadcast cited by AP says Japanese troops cannot cease hostilities while Soviet troops continue. meanwhile 20 000 Japanese were reported captured in a separate Soviet communique.
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Manchuria
Burrender
London
Red Army
Alexander M. Vyassitevsky
Maeenw
Alan
De Gaulle Commutes Petain Sentence To Life In Prison
Paris AP reports Gil De Gaulle commuted Petain's death sentence to life imprisonment. The court verdict urged that the execution not be carried out while Petain faced denouncements from former premiers Reynaud Daladier Herroi and Blum and generals Weygand and Laval offered testimony in a lengthy trial context.
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de Gaulle
Petain
Paris
Gil de Gaulle
Dluster
Pit
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Edouard Herroi
Leon Blum
Germany
Maxime Weygand
Pierre Laval
Fetain
Brome
France
Finn
Spain
Laval
Hin
Weygand
Registrants Report For Pre Induction Examinations
Two groups of registrants reported to Houston County Selective Service Boards for pre induction physicals. Names listed include Chester Buford Ledger, John Paul Camp, Albert Junie Metcalf, Alig Leon MacNeil, Ler Bruner, Howard Hatten, Talmadge Orland Irwin, Robert White, James Robert Cain, Noy Lee Swain, Gordon Armeniaux King, L. D. Snellgrave, Joseph Laney Sims, Raymon Morris Riley, Jamie Earl Mumford, Archer Lovell Powter, Oscar Herman McGinty, Gromne Leonard Poole, Willa Cochran, Walter Conlnge Folkes, Alwin Hayward Braswell, Henry Dur weed Hunter, Moses Maxwell Smith Finnest Bowen, Lenard Howard Dargard and Johnnie Hibert Welch.
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Houston County Selective Service Boards
Ernerd
Fr McGiellan
Kutless Penard
Chester Buford Ledger
John Paul Camp
Albert Junie Metcalf
Alig Leon MacNeil
Ler Bruner
Howard Hatten
Talmadge Orland Irwin
Robert White
James Robert Cain
Noy Lee Swain
Gordon Armeniaux King
L. D. Snellgrave
Joseph Laney Sims
Raymon Morris Riley
Jamie Earl Mumford
Archer Lovell Powter
B 29 Raids Cost Thousands in Lives and Planes
General Spaatz disclosed that year long B 29 campaigns over Japan cost over 3 000 American lives with more than 600 rescued. Losses to Superfortress units exceeded 27 aircraft, while crews averaged heavy casualties. US Strategic Air Forces said major Japanese industrial targets were destroyed or damaged.
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Guam
Spaatz
Japan
adaAision
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Red Cross Arranges War Letters for GIs in Japan
Houston County Red Cross officials announced arrangements with national headquarters to send letters to American prisoners of war in Japan for delivery upon their release. County residents with relatives held prisoner must bring the letter to the Red Cross office by neon Saturday. Letters must reach San Francisco by Monday, August 20, be personal, and no money for fines may be sent. Pictures up to five by seven inches or smaller may accompany letters. Several local prisoners are named, including sons of area residents, held in camps in Central China, Tokyo, Osaka, and Manchukuo, with details provided for a few cases.
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Houston County
Red Cross
San Francisco
Calif
Thes
Janes
Mandy
Harreth Cada
Peter Ees
Woo Therrel
China
Tokyo
Tomi J. White
Eva White Gordon
John James Martin
Army
Uaban
Mov
Martin
Dothan
Pie
William W. Pateman
USMC
Mra BE
Whiddan Dothan
Osaka
Molton W. Whatley
S. Army
Nancy Whatley
Columbo
Manchokuo
Bernard W Caves
Probation Hearing Set For Today In Houston County
Court records show a probation hearing scheduled today for three defendants. All pled guilty or faced sentencing on indictments returned by the Houston County grand jury including charges of embezzlement grand larceny and burglary.
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Malatead
Defindanta
Hounton County Grand Jury
Pelibonk
Jamia Batchelor
Fred Sarge
Neal Hall
Truman orders wage policy shift with wartime inflation guard
Washington AP reports President Truman unveiled a new wage policy authorizing the War Labor Board to approve price neutral pay increases beyond the steel formula when needed to correct major misadjustments. The plan aims to ease bargaining as labor unions and industries anticipate broader wage talks while pledges to hold prices steady recall wartime price controls.
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Truman
Isbor
War Labor Board
Ala
WLB
Dheer
Eerabet Tanuars
MAMI
Pettis Steel Weanuring
CIO
Manly Om
Automotive
Sire
Aluminum
Electrica
Radio
Bikewire
John J. Leva
United Mine Workers Beth Murray
APL
William Green
Newhey
Trumab
Orum
Ocean
Pearl Harbor
Revenue Commissioner Says No Politics In Tax Issue
Alabama Revenue Commissioner Dowling says the income tax amendment question carries no political element and that any action would hinge on statecraft. He spoke before the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce noting the homestead exemption would become constitutional and not require regulatory action. He argued corporate tax gains from lowering ad valorem taxes, and cited a study showing only a small share of rural residents would benefit from higher homestead exemptions.
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Revenue
Alabama Revenue Commissioner
Dowling
Birmincham Chamber of Commerce
de Dowling
Weoparto
Canara
Tyne
Alabama
Bombers Fended Off by Fighters Over Tokyo
American B 32 bombers on a photographic mission over Tokyo Bay were attacked by about ten Japanese fighters at 20,000 feet near noon. One bomber was badly shot up and one crewman injured. Two Japanese fighters went down in smoke and likely destroyed. General MacArthur said offensive action across all theaters continues. FCC picked up a Japanese wireless report of transports and a near approach to Kochi on Shikoku.
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Tokyo Bay
Tisten
MacArthur
Shuey Island
Chine
Tw Parks Troupe
San Francisco
Shikekie
Federal Communicate Commission
Wa Bern
FCC
Kochi
Shikoku
Soft Talk Won't Protect Tipplers From Law Scrutiny
A State legislature act expands penalties for intoxicated persons on public roads. The sheriff notes a conviction possible for drivers under the influence while traveling on roads and highways, excluding passengers in a private vehicle. Penalties include up to 30 days in prison and a fine of at least $10, or both.
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