Refusal to Register Negroes Charged to Macon County
In Montgomery Alabama a federal suit accuses Macon County Board of Registrars of denying Negro citizens equal protection by requiring them to vouch for white electors. Plaintiffs seek 5000 dollars in punitive and treble damages. Names include Mrs George Wright Tuskegee and Virgi Guthrie Notasulga. The action labels a class suit for denial of registration based on race color and servitude status.
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Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Aja
Board of Registrars
Tour D. Shores
Willem 2
Mitchell
Macon Cousy
United States
Alsbema
George & Wright
Tuskegee
Virgi Mi Guthrie
Notasulga
Thas Smitus
Dothan Names Officials in Local Community Cooperation
In a published list, officials and officers are thanked for their contributions to a public work. Notable names include B P Powner Jr, Vittor Maisity, J H Bryson, Richard Warden, Paul Allen, LaBruce Hanaken, J B Davis, J A Region, Dr Ralph Madson, and others from The Standard Telephone and Telegraph, Alabama Power, City Water and Light, plus City Commissioners of Dothan and Houston County Commissioners. The note highlights Dothan’s usual spirit of cooperation and enthusiasm.
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B. P. Powner, Jr
Vittor Ma‘sity
J. H. Bryson
Richard Warden
Paul Allen
LaBruce Hanaken
J. B. Davis
Oarying Industries
Cr. J. A
Ralph Madson
Standard Telephone and Telegraph Company
Alabama Power Company
City Water and Light Department
City Commissioners of
Dothan
Houston County
County and City School Plans Center on One-Time Funds
Containing from page 16, discussion notes that county schools will be formed from sli schools in the county with Superintendent Baxter commenting. City schools chief Bruce Flurry says city plans remain in planning stage and will be announced once definite. Figures show a one-time lump sum allocation from surplus in the education trust fund, per State Superintendent Dr. E B Norton.
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Baxter Asid
Bruce Flurry
Education Trust Fund
E. B. Norton
Wartime airman joins famed 378th Bomb Group unit
SSG James D. Baughman, son of Mrs J W Baughman of 409 East Main Street and husband of Mrs Marjorie Baughman of 300 Woodland Drive, has been assigned to the celebrated 378th Bombardment Group at Grand Island Army Air Field Nebraska. The unit, which flew 326 Liberators on 452 long range missions in the Middle East Africa and Europe, is training with B 20 Superfortresses after a storied record. Baughman enlisted in October 1942 after working for Firestone Stores in Dothan and graduating from Dothan High School in 1932, earning wings as a gunner at Harlingen Field Texas in 1943.
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James D. Baughman
Mra
J. W. Baughman
East Main Street
Marjorie Baughman
Woodland Drive
Army Air Forces
378Th Bombardment Group
Grand Islaad
Neb
Army Air Field
Middle East
North Africa
Europe
Army
Baughman
Firestone Stores
Dothan
Harlingen Field
Tex
Gasoline Dealers Exempt From OPA Record Keeping
The Mouton aity Wet Price and Mauong Bear announce gasoline dealers, gatmbuturs and suppliers are no longer required to keep or restore records under the geopline order. Officials say large issue checks over ten cover plot tebliferkged. evidence on deposit may be destroyed. No further disputes or withdrawals to be read. Reon order was elective August 15.
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Mouton
Reon
Approval of 20-Unit Housing Project for Eufaula
Representative George W. Andrews announced FHA approval of a 20 unit housing project in Eufaula under the H-2 program. Ten white and ten Negro units will be built with contractor determining sale or rent. White units max sale $6500 and rent $50. Negro units max sale $3500 and rent $30.
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George W. Andrews
Federal Housing Administration
Washington
Eufaula
Henry Green
Hodgesville Road Paving Underway
Hodgesville Road paving on a five mile farm to market project in Houston County proceeds with only a two day interruption last week. The initial project cost is just over $25,000 and must finish within 50 days of the work order. The street is slated to open to the public around October 1.
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Hodgesville
Houston County
Japanese Surrender Talks Reported in Luzon Mountains
A worn army sheet shows Japanese officers in Northern Luzon negotiating surrender with their commander torn between opposition and yielding. Similar talks were reported in Mindanao and Cebu as an emissary heard Tokyo peace broadcasts. Twenty five unarmed Americans negotiated capitulation under enemy guns in Northern Luzon.
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Luzon
al Med
Macula
Mindanao
Cebu
Associated Press
G. I
Tokyo
Postwar housing policy clash slows wartime relief
Farm leaders and officials saw hints of a land boom while OPA said sugar rations will last through 1945. A Senate push for smaller shipm ents overseas sparked a dispute over postwar home price ceilings. Potter argues building will curb inflation, while others fear higher prices. Truman may decide as agencies stall Wartime housing rules.
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OPA
Senate
Armed Services
Mugh Potter
Truman
WPB
Wpb's General Construction order—No. Loil—oy
Registrar Board To Hold 30 Day Meet In October
A 30 day session of the county Board of Registrars will begin in October to register new voters, including those aging into eligibility and voters transferring to Houston County within the state. Under the new law the board meets the first and third Monday each month at the county courthouse. The board is chaired by Miss Olive Armstrong with members Mrs. i of L. Lee and Mrs. Cristige Grittin.
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County Board of Registrars
Houston County
Olive Armstrong
I of L. Lee
Cristige
Quisling Defends Finance Deals In Norwegian Treason Trial
In Oslo Vidkun Quisling denied embezzlement charges and claimed his German-financed arrangements saved Norway. He said payments to Germany kept 260 million kronor from German hands and that his 1 million kronor salary plus guards wages covered duties as leader. State witnesses, including Norwegians and German officers, testified about collusion and Quisling’s influence with Hitler.
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Oslo
Norway
Vidkun
Quisling
Toney
Dilate
Annaeus Schreedt
Erik Solem
Reich Commissariat
Scheidt
Kurt Brauer
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Josef Terboven
Terboven
England
Dothan Plans Recruitment To Fill Local Jobs
The U S Employment Service in Dothan launches a next week campaign to recruit 500 workers for permanent peacetime jobs with local employers. Firms in lumber, fertilizer, oil mill, end pipe, railroad and construction sectors seek 1 to 10 workers each. The drive will use ads, handbills, radio appeals and a sound track from Chattanooga to reach Houston County and Henry County audiences.
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Dothan
U. S. Employment Service
L. H. Kirk
Chattanooga
Tenn
War Department
Houston County
Henry County
Dairy Products To Be Increased
AP reports after lifting all sales controls on fluid milk dairy products will be available to civilians in larger quantities. Frank M. Stewart of the Production and Marketing Administration says the removal of controls prompted three distributor meetings in Alabama to map marketing for the Fall and winter. Montgomery distributors meet Friday, with Birmingham and Mobile sessions in early September.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Stewart
Production and Marketing Administration
Home Gardening Demonstration Set For Today
A home gardening demonstration was held at B. H. Butler farm on Dothan route two led by County FSA supervisor W. Cooke and Miss Mary Arast. A second session is planned at Ed Roland's farm in Madrid Friday to show soil preparation fertilization seed bed formation and planting for good germination.
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B. H. Butler
Dothan
FSA
Ed Roland
Madrid
W. ¥. Cooke
Mary B.arsat
City Manager Proposal Aims at Municipal Efficiency
The proposal will be on the ballot with three new city commissioners. Commissioner Ayres, Democratic nominee winner, will appear on the ticket as the sole candidate. Ayres currently fills Rawlins McKinney’s unfinished term and will start a new three year term September 1, with Coe appointing Woodfin Parkman to finish Ayres’ current term.
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Dothan
Ayres
Sim
Rawlins McKinney
Coe
Woodfin Parkman
Whisky Ration Increased To 2 Quarts A Month
MONTGOMERY ALA AF The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board increased Alabama liquor rations to two quarts per person each month effective Sept 1 A board member John Toomey Mobile said discussions on removing whisky from ration lists were not held but not possible under current conditions The prior limit of one quart per month under the ration card system had been in effect for about a year and a half with temporary increases during Christmas The rationing began with gin rum and brandy but only whisky remains restricted today
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Montgomery
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Alabama
John Toomey
Mobile
Toomey
Noted Surgeon Dead in Baltimore
AP reports Dr Hugh Hi Young internationally renowned surgeon and urologist tied to growth of medical science died in Baltimore. The obituary notes his prominence among leading medical men connected with the Jobus Hop development and his influence on the field.
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Baltimore
Hugh Hi. Young
Zed Toa
Axis Sub Took 434 Victims Among Merchant Seamen
New Orleans reports Allied defense against Axis submarines in the Gulf of Mexico. Navy records indicate 434 merchant seamen victims linked to U boats, with patrols in the Yucatan Channel and the gulf coast area.
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Axis
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Ine Gul
Florida
Ine
Yucatan Channel
Cutas
Mexico
Navy
Uas Gulf
Driver License Renewals Delayed By Supply Shortage
Judge Saxon P. Poyner of the probate office said renewals will be delayed this year due to lack of supplies for licenses. Renewal work previously began September 1 but receipt blanks won’t be available until after that date. Clerks will issue new licenses later in the month.
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Lcensea
Jurge Saxon P. Poyner
Proba
Big Four to sign Japan surrender at sea and in Tokyo
Allied leaders led by Nimitz and Sir Bruce will sign for the United States and United Kingdom surrender terms, with Derevyanko and Hsu Yung chang for Russia and China. Other signatories include Blamey, Van Oyen, and Le Clerc. Canada and New Zealand to name reps later. Occupation plans flag 22,000 POWs released and large Allied air operations near Tokyo.
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Nimitz
Sir Bruceer
U. S
United States
United Kingdom
Missouri
Truman
Kuzman Nikolaevech Derevyanko
Russia
Hsu Yung-chang
China
Sir Thomas Blamey
Australia
L. H. van Oyen
Netherlands East Indies
Jacques le Clerc
France
Canada
New
MacArthur
Japan
Nippon
American Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
Australian Comforts
Halsey
Comet Agency
Okinawa
Tokyo
Atsugi
Pacific
Imperial General Staff
Strikes Continue As Laid-Off War Workers Seek Jobs
Strikes widen as laid off war workers seek employment. Nine new war contract terminations push totals to about 70,000,000 in SEC reports, with Potts town Spicer unit facing a showdown over recall and seniority. Midvale Steel Nice town plant enters third day of walkout over two-day holiday pay. Local unions, including CIO and AFL, back the workers, while President Truman urged straight time pay.
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Philadelphia
Lap
Lue Naioc
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ordev
Hueong
SEC
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Pottstown
Tocey
State
Mediation Board
Selective Service
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Trixing
John Bohannon
Midvale Steel Company
Nicetown
Truman
Federal Labor Union
AFL
J D Chambers Dies In Montgomery
J D Chambers aged seventy five died Sunday morning in Montgomery after a long illness. He was father of Mrs B B Johnson of Dothan. The Johnsons were at his bedside at 721 Boulevard Avenue. Funeral services were held Monday at Whites Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery.
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J. D. Chambers
B. B. Johnson
Dothan
Montgomery
Cotton Ginning Totals From 1945 Crop Report
Washington AP The Census Bureau reports 532,097 bales of cotton ginned from the 1945 crop before Aug 16, compared with 162,455 bales for the prior period. Cotton consumed in curing July totals 73,087 bales while storage and compression figures show 97,002 bales active in public facilities.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Coton
Bend
Eoa
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Macon County
First National
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
B. F. Goodrich Company
Legion
Albert B. Stapp
Birmingham
The
American Legion
8. F. Austin
Otis Lr
New York
Asa Mery
Speigner Concrete Block Co
Pear 'S Kyard
On Automobiles Furniture Co-Makers Homes
Dothan Savings & Loan CO
Troy
Stephens
Berk’s Jewelry CO
Francis James
North Foster St
Dallas A. Yon
J. L. Harris Roofing Company
E. Troy
N. St. Andrews
DE. Pepper Bottling Company
Dothan, Alabama
Men’s Union
Chambray
Moontsom
Ren
Ward
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