Andrews Defends OPA Votes Before Dothan Group
Alabama Congressman George Andrews told Dothan Kiwanis the CIO PAC attacks miscast southern Democrats as anti party. He defended voting for the profit amendment to the OPA bill, blamed OPA for hampering reconversion and inflation, cited meat and auto industry woes, and praised local Napier Field acquisition as a potential future economic boost.
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George Andrews
Alabama
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Andrews
Cio-Pac
Third
Dothan Kiwanians
Andrews Gail
OPA
OPA Bil Were On the Purgest of the Cio-Pac
Washington
Walter Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Auomobile
GOP Resurgence Seen In New York Primary Election
In New York several GOP backed incumbents won renomination while three NYC Republicans lost. Joseph Baldwin and Vito Marcantonio were defeated in key districts, with Katharine St. George defeating Bennet in the 29th. Marcantonio beat Haningan in a tight Democratic contest.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
New York City
GOP
Josph Clark Baldwin
Vito Marcantonio
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
Upstate
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Katharine St. George
Tuxedo Park
St. George
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bennet
Baldwin
Congress
Frederick R. Coudert, Jr
East Harlem
Yorkville
Marcantonio
Frederic V. P. Bryan
Bryan
Tammany
Patrick J. Hanningan
Hanaingan
Poison dust relief nears as wiregrass peanut worm pest abates
A large release of cryolite from state and federal programs, plus deliveries to Dothan and other points, eases a ten year drought of supplies for fighting the white fringed beetle pest in Houston County and nearby peanut belts. County agents report uneven damage across fields as shipments continue.
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Houston County
Peanut
Farmers’ Exchange
Joe N. Poole
Alabama
Mississippi
Poole
Dot
Folsom Denies Threat Against Attorney General
Phenix City Alabama AP report quotes Jim Folsom denying a threat to replace the attorney general if Phenix City is not cleaned up. Folsom says he has nothing to do with the attorney general and that the town needs cleaning up.
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Phenix City
Ala
Columbus, Ga
Enquirer Today
Govenor
Jim Folsom
Folsom
Hugh Bentley
Christian Layman's Organization
Homer D. Coub
Bentley
Pherax City
the Enquirer
Sparks Doubtful On Special Election In Eighth District
Governor Chauncey Sparks said he doubts he can call a special congressional election in Alabama’s Eighth District before January. He voiced puzzlement at a proposal for a primary to anticipate such an election and noted he will not fill the remainder of John Sparkman’s term while the 1947-48 term awaits vacancy. Sparkman was renominated in a May primary and then chosen to succeed the late John H. Bankhead in the Senate.
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Montgomery
Ala
API
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
McCorvey
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Way 7
John H. Bankhead
Senate
Walden Gas Tax Shares Announced for County Towns
Camp Blackwell, collector and distributor, announced July allocations from the Walden gas tax. Dothan received 3858.80 dollars, Ashford 340.44, Cottonwood 196.60, Columbia 168, Webb 53.40, Gordon 19.74, with the county receiving 2556.80 dollars.
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Houston County
Camp Blackwell
Dothan
Ashford
Cottonwood
Columbia
Webb
Gordon
Albania clashes at peace table as Hoxha defies borders
In Paris Albania's Prime Minister Enver Hoxha demands equal status at the peace conference and rejects any change to borders, labeling frontiers sacred and blasting Greece. He accuses Tsaldaris of supporting wartime occupying regimes and seeks reparations from Italy for damages. The conference political commission stalls on Rome's bid for broader recognition of Italy as a belligerent.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
Albania
Enver Hoxha
Hin
Balkan
Greece
Constantine Tsaldaris
Russia
Tsaldaris
Iterlan
Rome
France
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Hoxha
Reece Describes South as In Political Bondage
Birmingham AP B. Carroll Reece, head of the Republican National Committee, said the South is in political bondage until the two party system is restored. He blamed Democratic dominance and radical groups, plus northern machines seeking profits, for policy control. He spoke at the Republican State convention.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Reece
Democratic Party
Moscow
Big City
Meat price ceilings near. dairy price controls stay off
The OPA expects retail meat ceilings to restart around Sept. 3 after a delay, while dairy products including milk and butter remain free of controls. Plans call for live animal ceilings first, with packer and wholesale ceilings following, to allow cleanout of higher priced meat stocks.
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Marvin L
OPA
Agriculture Department
Decontrol Board
CIO Cost of Living Committee
Decontrol ‘Board
Ind Co
Paul Porter
Truman Seeks Calm Cruise Marking Yugoslav Tension
President Truman sails toward Bermuda aboard the ship Williamsburg for a vacation cruise while briefing on the Yugoslav situation via Brynes in Paris. White House officials say no statement will be issued unless developments warrant as the yacht nears fuel and restock at Antigua.
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Ernest B. Vacarro
Truman
Bermuda
Brynes
Paris
Charles G. Ross
White House
Wallinburg
Anert Can
Brithb
Wil- Hamsburg
Wien
Roma
Byrnes
Paria
Koga
Avukup
Weiss
Wether
Washington
Yugoslav Admission of Attack on U.S. Plane Sparks U.S. Drive
Yugoslavia admits its fighter planes attacked an American military transport from Austria to Italy on Monday and that two crew members parachuted from the downed plane near Ljubljana. The note claims weather was clear and denies coordination with other reports, as U.S. and Allied tensions rise over the incident.
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Yugoslavov Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pirmes
Austria
Haly
Eo O
Bled
Fuet Anight
USS
Richard C. Patterson
Patterson
Vubiiana
Vietitos
London
Wiroalay News Assrnes
Maraha Pia
Yusoday
Pattersons
Ito
Belgrade
Ljubljaun
Patterson Sanday
Tito Ag Suv
Chen
Anid Wit
Oso Taneh
Ener
Bath Thane
Yurcelevia Stethes
Yugoslavia
Sita
United States Rejects Soviet Dardanelles Demands
The United States rejects Soviet demands on the Dardanelles as a firm policy, with President Truman and top officials commitment to preventing Moscow from expanding influence from the Dardanelles to India and China. White House and cabinet leaders reviewed the stance at a recent meeting.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Middle East
Asia
Munich
Soviet Union
Middlemaster
Truman
Byrnes
Acheson
Batterson
Navy
Forrestal Arl
Russia
Dandanelles
India
China
Anid
Dardanelles
Frye
Sruman
War
White House
Mystery Shot In Pentagon Building Bared By Army
Emergency shipment of nails to Houston area for peanut harvest to be distributed wholesale by Porter Hardware in Dothan and Brantley Hardware in Troy area. First of two truckloads of 10 and 20 penny nails from Civilian Production Administration expected to reach Cathal icday with three more carloads for five surrounding counties anticipated.
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Houston
Troy
Monts
Dale
Henry
Geneva
Porter Hardware Company
Dothan
Brantley Hardware Company
Trowall
Secret weapons designer narrowly escapes fatal 1942 pistol shot
War Department reports Maj. General Gideon M. Barnes, chief of the Ordnance technical division, was saved when a bullet from a German type 9 pistol pierced his fourth floor office window in 1942. The shot, fired during a casual swivel while talking with a cadet, traveled from a fifth floor areawork access route. Investigators question whether Barnes was targeted or the bullet was an accidental trophy relic.
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Pentagon
Army
War Department
Ger. Giadean M. Barnes
Ordnance Department
Caton Feory
Barnes
Florida Klansmen revive openly but cautiously in Miami
The Ku Klux Klan in Florida expands its activity after a 1944 revival. It operates without public claims or visible leadership, while a 1945 cross burning incident near Miami is noted. The Miami Herald reports signs welcoming recruits as Klan No. 5 reopens routes into the city.
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Florida
Klan
Miami
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
America
Cilently
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan of
Typhus Control Work Begins In Beat Four
County health officer Dr. W. YT. Burkett announced the typhus control program has moved to Beat Four Best Four following weather delays. A week of clear weather allowed crews to catch up after weeks of inclement conditions in Beat Three.
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W. YT. Burkett
Tornadoes and Earthquakes Strain States Across Nation
Montgomery Ald reports disaster relief data showing tornadoes and earthquakes affecting 45 states. Kansas records the most tornadoes with 41, Texas and others following, while California leads earthquake totals. Red Cross estimates about 50 600 nationwide disasters yearly with property losses near a billion dollars.
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Montgomery
Ald
da Taverien
Eve
McGurk
Red Caeser
Bia
Ando
Nevada
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
California
Jane
Augiat
Altaoich Caer
Second Negro 19 Tried For Assault
AMNISTON Ala AP two young Black men faced trial for assault after a LouisvilleMissouri witness identified them in a parked car assault. Leroy Scott, 19, was found guilty and sentenced to death by electric chair while Tew Curtis Willian pleaded not guilty and did not testify.
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Amniston
Ala
Curtis Willian
Evenreold Negro
Leroy Scott
Louisville
Misa
Williamna
Geol
Scott
Opp Gun Battle in Alabama Kills Two Officers and Wounds Two
In Opp Alabama last night two officers attempting to serve war rants at a lawn workers home were shot. Police Captain Dornan and Officer Patterson died from their wounds while Officer Sasser and another officer were injured. Sasser allegedly grabbed a pistol and opened fire on Dornan before being shot. Authorities detained the assailants on the initial assault charges.
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OPP
Ala Aps
Warrindts
Opp Polies
Moore
Maoure
Omer
Tan Altl Dorman Ua
Sasser
Heo Onald
C. Bo Patterson
Atta Suster
Police Accuse Negro of Stealing Chickens
Police arrest an African American man in Dothan on a petty larceny charge for allegedly stealing chickens from Pas Barrentine, who says they were jointly owned. the suspect was released after Barrentine saved his bond.
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Bllt Strickland
Wester- Tick
Pas Barrentine
Joan
Barrentine
Neco
Parrentine
Recruiters to Distribute Leave Pay Forms at Army Office
Recruiters said leave pay forms for discharged veterans will be issued at the Dothar Army recruiting office when they arrive. Forms are for Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard veterans but will not be executed by recruiting personnel. The recruiting office is on the third floor of Turn To No 4.
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Dothar Army
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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