Truman advisers split on farm price subsidy plan
Washington dispatch reports division among President Truman's advisers over farm subsidy policy. Senator Lucas signals openness to a flexible price support compromise, while Senator Anderson and a bipartisan subcommittee craft a plan. Secretary Brannan advocates a subsidy to limit price controls, arguing for market-based adjustments without government support, amid pressure from Congress to extend wartime price controls.
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Truman
Washington
Lucas
Ilinois
Congress
Anid
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Ano She
Awhcuitaine
Brannan
Gs Fat Ag Coes
Brannan Sai Sho
Chiang In Canton Aids Plan Battle In South China
General Chiang Kai Shek arrived in Canton as Chiang supporters prepared to strike into Luling province to defend South China. An emergency Kuomintang council meeting was expected to finalize plans for Canton's defense amidst Communist invasions near Kiangs province and threats to the Kwantung border.
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Canton
Jaime Chiang Kai-Shek
Ube
Chiang
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
South China
Kiangs
Kwangting
Iveiles
States Rights Democrats Face Trial At Party Session
States Rights members of the Democratic National Committee go on trial at a party court on desertion in last year’s campaign. TheCredentials committee will pass judgment with the national committee to consider expulsion. The meeting follows the Dixie walkout and Thurmond victory, shaping a confrontation over McGrath’s likely successor as chair.
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Pouglas B. Cornell
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Cour
Congress
National Committee
Truman
National
Lnst
Dixie
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
J. Howard McGrath
U. S
Rhode Island
Question Of Charge Against Kirkland Cleared By Baxley
Alabama officials clarified the charge against Oscar Kirkland in the death case of Clayton Yann Boogie. The label was changed to aiding after the fact, but the core facts remain. prosecutors say Kirkland acted to help a felon avoid arrest.
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Kirkland
Baxley
Alabama
Houston
Bure
Keener Brey
Oscar Kirkland
Clayton Boogie
Yan
Perso
Hurricane At Sea Threatens Atlantic Vessels
A tropical hurricane swirled off Jacksonville driving 90 mile per hour winds at the Marmac Surf and a second storm formed 300 miles east of Puerto Rico while another disturbance gathered 150 miles southeast of Sear at 11 30 a m as ships faced dangerous conditions at sea.
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Pen
Jacksonville
Atlantic
Fuerto Rico
Charge Against Klan Leader Dropped in Georgia Case
A fugitive charge against Klan Agent Hendrix of Tallahassee Fla was dismissed after certified papers showed he surrendered to Georgia authorities. Judge J Theodore Jackson ordered the case dropped while Hendrix Drake and four friends were bound over for grand jury action in Georgia on a murder intent charge. The Iron City clash began when Mayor C L Drake pursued Hendrix and others during an early dawn caravan attack on August 7.
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Birdrix
Tallahassee
Fla
Hendrix
Iron City
C. L. Drake
Dothan
Georgia
J. Theodore Jackson
Drake
God
Otters
Vaughan Seen as Controversial Figure On Truman's Staff
Washington reports outline Vaughan as a controversial figure linked to Truman's circle and Senate inquiries into government ties. The piece notes Vaughan’s long familiarity with reporters and his role amid questions about five percenters and wartime funding.
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Vaughan
Truman
James Pancuw Orcesalu
Washington
Taney Chaser
Harry Howling
Senate
Himaott
Gertetat
Guate
Feldman Denies Knowing Hunt Was Percenter
Washington AP Feldman the Army Quartermaster General testified he did not know James Hunt’s status as a “five percenter” when sharing 1942 Army buying plans. He defended his actions before the Senate Investigating Subcommittee, asserting readiness to justify every decision. Additional letters linked Hunt to influence near the White House, while Bennett and others challenged testifying. Tax discussion followed, with Doughton denying wartime tax cuts this year, noting expected red ink from wartime measures and luxury item taxes.
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Washington
Herman Feldman
Army
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Feldman
Hunt Lonselé
Upt
David Bennett
Wroge
Bennett
Albert Verney Pertime Co
Harry S. Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
McCarthy
R-Wis
Ims Carthy
Felderun
the Army
Gray
House
Doughton
D-Nc
Hour
Ways and Means
Mort Lawini
Senate House Leaders Reach Compromise On General Appropriation
In Montgomery AP reports Senate and House leaders forged a compromise on the general appropriation bill and sent it to Gov. James E. Folsom for approval. The agreement, reached in an informal conference, keeps open end appropriations with a governor veto option and raises funding for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals while preserving agency ceilings. The governor had opposed prior calls for open end spending and the plan aims to secure House agreement and avoid a veto.
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House
Sonia
Sun
Guy Hardwick
Hunston County
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Gereral
Folsom
Hae
Antil
Senate
Ang
Taylor
UN Scientist Told Of Gorgas Gas Test
UN conference delegates heard about underground coal gasification experiments at Gor gas Alabama. M Eidles of Alabama Power and James L Eider of the Bureau of Mines described a wet tunnel gasification project that could cut heating and automotive fuel costs, yielding gas around 1.50 a ton equivalent. The test, sponsored by government and power interests, aims to produce various gases by adjusting the tunnel mix, with Russia not attending.
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William L. Phillips
Success
Alabama
United Nations Scientific
Conservation and Utilization of Resources
M. Eidles
Alabama Power Company
James L. Eider
U. 8
Buerequ
Gorgas
Ala
Fies and
Elder
Bureau of Mines
Alabama Power
Morgantown
Russia
Soviet Union
U. N
Figs
Fider
Camden Voters Back City Tax Move In Reform Bid
Residents of Camden favored a tax measure as a step toward reorganizing government from mayor council to city one mission. An unofficial count showed 173 voting for the sales levy and 132 against amid pre election arguments.
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Camder
Camden Volrs
Tts
Fev
Rankin Seeks Ballot On Flood Control Fund
Rep Rankin of Mississippi asks for a House vote on a motion to end the impasse over flood control and waterway funding for the year ending next June. The motion would direct conferees to accept amounts for 300 projects and include $1,010,009 to start the Tombigbee waterway in Alabama.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House
Hla
Te Mississippian
Lst
Alabarma
Commission Ends Adjustment Plan For Dothan City
City Commissioners voted to abandon the Alabama Workmen's Compensation Act for Dothan. They accepted City Attorney C Roys Lewis's resignation but rehired Lewis and Lewis to handle legal matters as a matter of expedience. They cited higher death benefit limits under the act and preferred taking a chance to be out from under it while seeking lighter damages and alternate insurance options.
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Driggers
City of
Lewis
Dothan
Thal
President Domingo Avese of Panama Dies at 74
PAMADIA Panama AP says President Domingo Dita Avese of Panama died today at age 74 after months of ill health. He had taken a 35 percent leave of absence from July 7. First Vice President Dr Daniel Chanis Jr was sworn in as acting chief executive. Diaz was elected May 1869 and assumed office the following October. Chanis, a 57-year-old surgeon-politician, was his running mate on the Hoeral Barty ticket.
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Pamadia
Paname
Domingo Dita Avesemeng
Panama
Daniel Chavns, Jr
Diaz
Chanis
Hoeral Barty
Plant Officials Visit Dothan Plant Plans in Massachusetts
Plant officials from Hedstrom visited Massachusetts after discussing the Dothan site for a children’s tricycle plant. EA Hedstrom and John Canti met Chamber of Commerce leaders and explored training ties with Napier Field Vocational Trade School. They aim to finish construction on South Oates Street by December and move in machinery, with training potential for operations staff. Turner outlined plans to visit Hedstrom’s main plant in Fitchburg in September to align training and operations.
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R. A. Hedstrom
John Conti
Jett
Hedstrom Union Company
Dothan
Napier Field
Eagle
Heasrern-Aston Company
Massachusetts
Hedstrom
John Canti
Chamber of Commerce
South Oates Street
oTstelary
R. T
Turner
F. Ingram
Seamet
Vngedstrom Unior
Fitchhur
Mass
Atlantic Gulf Gas Plans Regional Pipeline Expansion
Washington AP report outlines Atlantic Gulf Gas Co plans to serve 33 towns in Alabama Florida and Georgia in year one if approved. June 1 1950. The firm aims a southeast pipeline from Alabama across Georgia into Florida with later expansion to Charleston Sumter and North Carolina areas as plants ready.
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Washington
Power Commission
Atlantic Gai Gas Co
United States
Alaama
Georgia
Florida
O. Wilhelm
Atlanta
Win
Alabama
Andalugia
Dothan
Ozark
Troy
Fernandina
Jacksonville
Marianna
Panama City
Port St. Joe
Quincy
Tallahassae
Albany
Bainbridge
Brunswick
Cairo
Dawson
Douglas
Dublin
Fitzgerald
Moultrie
Savannah
Statesboro
St. Mary
Thomasville
Tifton
Valdosta
North
Charleston
Summercville
Swanebone
Baumaidge
Enterprise
Reading
Floria - Bonbay
Chipley
Hava
Ashburn
Ignnts
Blackshear
Corcele
Eastman
Bolene
Lyons
McRae
Mester
Ocilla
Quitman
Vidalia
Vienna
South Carolina
Andrews
W. Scott Wilkinson
Atlantic
Williams named area FBI chief in Mobile
Jobo Williams, wartime counterespionage supervisor, takes charge of the FBI Mobile office overseeing operations in South Alabama and Northwest Florida. He succeeds James D. Good who left to practice law in Columbia South Carolina. Williams, a three decade FBI veteran, has served in Little Rock and various western southern and Atlantic Coast offices.
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Mobile
Jobo
Williams
FBI
Willams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Alabama
Northweat
Florida
James D. Good
Columbia
S.C
Ehartert Mobile
Washington
Devtroit
Wiliams
Bureau
Little Rock, Ark
Midwest
Atlantic Coast
Georgia liquor probe reveals fraud and corruption patterns
Deputy Attorney General Claude Shaw reports progress in a statewide investigation into Georgia liquor sales. After weeks of inquiry, the probe targets fraud and violations across the state, naming many high political and social figures as potential subjects while promising further sensational developments.
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Revenug
Nelalsa
Claude Shaw
Seatie
Georgia
Uquor Industry
Fermat
Healm
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