Alabama Employers lauded For Fairness In Induction Phase
Alabama State Selective Service Director James T. Johnson Jr praised local employers for fairness in inducting men into the armed forces and reemploying them after discharge. He said courts were not used against businesses and noted cooperative returns to civilian jobs as war ends. He warned of job-finding difficulties for veterans but blamed no lack of employer cooperation. Inductions in Alabama were trimmed from 80,000 to 50,000 monthly as national calls decreased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James T. Johnson, Jr
Selective Service
Alabama
Cal
Col. Johnson
State Guard Urged to Redouble Efforts After War
Brig Gen George L Cleere calls for renewed vigor in the State Guard as postwar unemployment and reconversion rise. The Adjutant General and Governor Roarks commend officers and enlisted men for four years of service, warning that peaceful times may demand greater readiness and possible reorganization of the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAF
George L. Cleere
Roarks
State Guard
Mit
National Guard
National Aa
New Rail Depot Construction Begins on East Main Street
Work started today on a new brick and tile rail depot at East Main Street near the destroyed terminal by Wreeal Bay. The eight room structure costs about W000 and will include passenger and freight facilities. Expected occupancy is later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mais
St. Andrews Bay
East Main Street
Coming Or Going Tipplers Face New Alabama Law
A state statute expands the interpretation of intoxication allowing charges of public drunkenness or highway drunkenness based on degree of intoxication. Public drunkenness now requires less emphasis on loudness or indecency, while highway drunkenness covers intoxication on public highways without needing to be boisterous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
County AAA Chief Expects Bureau Work To Continue Here
County AAA administrative officer Jesse Culbreth said the reorganization announced by Secretary Anderson will not stop AAA farm program work in Houston County. He anticipated the agency continuing under a new name with added duties, though official guidance was still pending from the State AAA office. The Washington plan creates a super agency while retaining thousands of local and state farmer committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Anderson
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Houston County
Jesse Culbreth
AAA
Culbreth
Washington
Auto Crash Fatal To L. D. Majors
Geneva County farmer Lawson Denard Majors aged in the 40s was killed Saturday when his car left the highway after a tire blew out near Four Mile Creek, ten miles south of Geneva. Majors was thrown clear and died about an hour later at Hartford hospital from facial and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Denard Majors
Geneva County
Dothan
Jemis
Four Mile Creek
Ten Geneva County
Spurgin Goodson
Estes
Fla
Majors
Hartford Hospital
Draft calls reduced for Navy and Marines
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs announced large cuts in draft calls with Navy down from 17 000 to 10 000 and Marines down from 5 000 to 3 000. The overall reduction shifts from 92 000 to 13 000 across services, while Coast Guard kept September requests unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randall Jacobs
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Coast Guard
Bankers Report War Bond Cashing Light In Dothan
Bank officials in Dothan say cashing of war bonds has not risen notably since the war’s end. Some bond-holders including returning veterans cash in as time limits expire, mainly employees of shipyards and defense plants. Purchasers with payroll deductions hold bonds. emergencies prompt cashing. Few soldiers cashed recently, but returning servicemen are joining the line at banks. Treasury assures bonds are contractual and will not be frozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Japan
Treasury Department
Department
Truman Leads Nation In Thanks For Peace
President Truman led a grateful nation in prayerful thanks in the White House East Room. Surrounded by Mrs. Truman Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and government officials Brig Gen Luther D Miller prayed for worthy sacrifice and the end of battles as the beginning of opportunity. Navy Chaplain Willliam N Thomas conducted the service. Truman had designated Sunday as a national day of prayer following Japan's surrender.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Luther D. Miller
Army
Navy
Adm
Willliam N. Thomas
Police Arrest 40 Offenders Sunday
Police Chief J E Craughon says 40 cases were booked by officers on Sunday, with most arrests for disorderly conduct and gambling. Over 48 hours, 33 disorderly conduct, 11 gambling, 11 public drunkenness, two liquor law violations, two driving while intoxicated, and one each of public drunkenness with petit larceny occurred. Sheriff's office counted 11 arrests including eight drunkenness, assault and battery, vagrancy, and a prohibition and statutory charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Craughon
Sheriff's Office
Solons Favor U S Control Of Pacific Bases
The House Naval Committee backed U S control of Pacific bases over gentlemen’s agreements. It urged outright U S sovereignty over Japanese and allied islands, with rights to base sites and full titles for key bases, while delaying Formosa and certain others. The stance signals possible Senate and House action to press the State Department for strong U S holdings to keep peace in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
Pacific
Japan
Congress
Senate
House
State Department
United States
Vinson Td-Gat
Formosa
Ponape
Jaluit
Yap
Marshalls
Carolines
Marianas
Izus
Bonins
Ryukyus
Manus
Noumea
Espiritu Santo
Guadalcanal
Canning Sugar Quota Exhausted by War Price Board
Officials of the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announced that the canning sugar quota is issued and no further applications can be processed. All requests filed through August 1 have been served, with some allotments reduced to cover all applicants. A published list names those whose allotments were returned for address errors or removals, who may obtain their sugar coupons at the board office with proper credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Garefield Acree
H. W. Anderson
James Ebb Andrews
Sahie D. Austin
Jake Barber
Isceo Benton, Jr
Dovie Bigham
Fannie Lou Blackman
Carlin Brown
Rubeyn Burnham
Ide Bell Butts
Emma Carter
Henry S. Chapman
Juanita Courtney
Braxton Driskell
Eleanor Dyles
Dave Ealy
Lila M. Fears
John E. Gauthier
Essie M. Glenn
William P. Gordon
O. L. Granger
James H. Greer
Marcus Ham
Olean Herring
L. A. Hicks
W. T. Hicks
Clem Hill
Jonah Jackson
Archie B. Johnson
Dolley Kelley
Bertha B. Kirkland
Lovetter Langston
Mattie B. Leonard
George Lovejoy
Jessie Lynn
Henry Mathis
Burnell May
David C. Meredith
Jasuah Miller
Henry Moss
Samuel L. Neal
Thomas Nelson
James Oliver
Violet Peacock
Thomas J. Parker
Joe Pullins
Uerman Rodney
Willie C. Reece
Thomas Rich
Lou Weller Rogers
John A. Safford
Mollie Scott
Elwin Shultits
Edd Smith
Ethel W. Smith
G. G. Smith
Lillian Smith
Revell Smith
Perle L. Stoke
W.B. Sykes
Vina Lene Tadlock
Ralph L. Tenant
Bartalette Thompson
Lady Tilman
Lillie Mae Truitt
Johnnie Walden
Bert Walker
Arnie D. Weatherington
Emily White
Gimmie Lee White
Lissie Willson
John Wilsher
Rosa Lee Wright
Storm Weakens as It Moves Northward Near Turks Islands
A tropical storm drifting across the South Atlantic has diminished in intensity over 24 hours. The U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami reports the storm near Turks Islands at the southeast tip of the Bahamas, moving northwest at 18 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
South Atlantic
U.S
Wainwright Freed From Jap POW Camp Move Toward Manila
General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Corregidor hero, liberated with other prisoners in Manchuria and North China, heads toward Chungking and possibly Manila to meet surrender envoys. Allied forces plan air and sea moves to occupy camps and begin releasing POWs and civilian internees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moosa
Chungking
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Manchuria
North China
Manila
U. 5S
China
Wainwright
Corregidor
Philippines
Traffic Death Toll Rises After Speed Limit Lifted
The nationwide traffic toll reached 59 as gasoline rationing ended and most states lifted the 35 mph limit. Weekend fatalities by state show Virginia eight and New York with five. Alabama reports higher highway use but warns normal conditions require better tires and prudent driving despite repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Verginia
Oho
New York
California
Tennessee
Michigan
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Kinus
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
New Jersey
Washington
Indiana
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Kentucky
Eight Inductees Saved by New Today Rule
National Selective Service orders suspend induction for men 26 and older. Eight Houston County men scheduled to report remained civilians. Boards said the Aug 15 order followed Japan's surrender acceptance. Most future calls will come from 18 to 25 registrants or volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Houston County
Selective Service Boards
Japan
Six registrants enter armed forces from Houston County
Six registrants from the Houston County Selective Service Board reported to Fr McClellan for induction. The named registrants are Jimmie Lee Helms Brady Wilson Lawrence Samuel Jenkins Grover Howell Blakey Thomas Byrd Riley and Huey Allord Travers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Selective Service Board
Fr. McClellan
Armed Forces
Jimmie Lee Helms
Brady Wilson
Lawrence Samuel Jenkins
Grover Howell Blakey
Thomas Byrd Rily
Huey Allord Travers
Youth Under Bond On Statutory Count
Buck Oliver a 17 year old was taken into custody by Sheriff B G Farmer on a statutory charge after a one year old Dothan girl filed a complaint before Judge J Norton Mulling Jr of the Court of Common Pleas. Details were not disclosed and the defendant was released on a 500 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Oliver
B. G. Farmer
Dothan
J. Norton Mulling, Jr
Court of Common Pleas
Nation To Have Big Christmas Buying Season
President Truman prioritized postwar issues and summoned John W. Snyder to the White House along with a reconversion advisory committee led by former Governor Mary Gardner of North Carolina. The panel, with business labor and farm reps, was formed to aid the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion as Byrnes serves as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hall Washington
Truman
White House
John W. Snyder
Mary Gardner
North Carolina
Office of War
State Byrnes
Government Labor Policy Regulates White Collar Pay
The government says white collar workers will receive wage increases without triggering price hikes, with the Internal Revenue Service drafting instructions. Separately, War Shipping Administration cuts $425 billion in contracts for 145 vessels and military gear. Recovery plans push Christmas shopping, with price controls lingering where needed and la id noted that wage rules may ease as reconversion begins. Government to hold price ceilings selectively. War Labor Board stays to manage labor disputes during transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralsca
Internal Revenue Bureau
War Shipping Administration
Navy
Ar Armericite
Truman
OPA
Christman
Victory
War Labor Board
President Urged To Halt Output Of Atomic Bombs
In New York a group of educators and religious leaders urged President Truman to stop production of atomic bombs. They issued a statement saying the bomb makers announced the device with satisfaction and claimed the action as a moral duty. Signers include Reland B Baintem Yale Divinity School and A D Beltiel Talladege College plus Rabbi Abraham Cropbach Cincinnati and Rev Samuel W Marble Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tbe
Strechy
Pew
Tromen
Sestlers
Reland B. Baintem
Yale Divinity School
A D. Beltiel
Talladege College
Ala
Abraham Cropbach
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Samue W. Marble
Trinity Methodist Church
Denver
Colo
Quisling Goes On Trial For Life In Norway Treason Case
Oslo reports Vidkun Quisling faces life treason charges as Allied witnesses like Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop are set to testify from Germany. Quisling, presenting a 21 000 word defense, insists he acted as patriot and criticizes resistance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NED Nordnes
S Oslo
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Haz
Hitler
England
Bolsheydarn
Assistant State Attorney General Killed In Crash
Frederickburg scene reports the death of James Foreman Smith 42 of Alabama and Miss Margaret Elizabeth Carr of Montgomery in a plane crash four miles northwest of Fredericksburg soon after departure from Washington. Smith's widow requested his body go to Sylacauga Alabama while Miss Carr’s body was sent to 14 Riverside Drive Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
James Foreman Smith
Alabama
Misa Margaret Elizabeth Carr
Montgomery
Washington
Smith
Sylacauga
Ala
Miss Carr
Riverside Drive
Formal surrender of Japan to be signed within ten days
General MacArthur announced that the formal surrender of Japan will occur within ten days unless weather intervenes. He said Allied occupation plans proceed, the Emperor Hirohito’s delegates have left Manila with instructions, and airfields harbors and facilities are to be prepared for the Japanese arrival and unconditional surrender of all commanders abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Briner
Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Hirohito
Mikado
Nichole Field
MacAnchur
Takashiro Kansbe
Himelf
Kwantung Army Surrenders to Soviet Forces in Manchuria
Dispatches from Moscow report rapid Japanese capitulations across Manchuria after an ultimatum from Marshal Vantsevsky. Soviet airborne units seized Mukden Harbin Hsinking and Kirin as ground forces closed on Manchurian puppet capital. Lt Gen Yamada’s representatives arranged surrender terms for over 98,000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manchuria
Japan
Kwantung Army
Harrison
Garrizon
Red Army
Moscow
Reas
Alexander M. Vantsevsky
Far East
Mukdii- Harbin
Hsinking
Kirin
Muken
Russia
Otoza Yamada
Kwangtung
Family Of Five Burned To Death In Pratt City Fire
A Pratt City blaze at 1:30 a.m. Sunday killed the Levie family five. Charles J Levie and wife plus daughters Sara Ann Jo Annie Levin and Rosemary Levin perished. Two others, a mother and son, in a separate Muscoda village fire near midnight Saturday also died. Funeral services planned for the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Pratt Cry
Charles J. Levie
Sara Ann
Jo Annie Levin
Rosemary Levin
Pratt City
R. D. Warren
Muscoda Village
Tom Oglesby
Bazzie Ogicaby
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Arep
Charles A. Whoughby
Agat
Signal Corps Ratiotelephoto
Cleere
County Aaa
L. D
Bankers Report
U.S. of Pacific
Ration Board
Gen. Wainwright
Corregidor Hero
Hsian
Marian
Mukden
Manditrya
Gen
Dathan
Eeven
Highway Patrol
Nation
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Norway
Manile
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