Visitors to operate radio controlled plane at Napier Field exhibit
Visitors at Napier Field Sunday may fly a radio controlled target plane under Army Ground Forces supervision. The display opens Saturday at 5 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on the Montgomery highway and runs through Monday 5 to 10 p.m. with bus service from Main and Foster Streets every 15 minutes 4:45 to 9:45 p.m.
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Napier Field
Army Ground Forces
Dothan
National Guard
Montgomery Highway
Main
Foster Streets
WAGF
Armory
AGF
Alabama
Houston 4-H Club Headed by Healthiest State Winner
Miss Mary Lois Clark a 15 year old from Madrid Junior High School H Club won Alabama’s healthiest 4-H girl title at state finals in Auburn. County agent Fran Maliette said Mary Lois will represent Alabama at the National 4-H Club Congress later this year. Mary Lois, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlton Clark of Graceville Toute Two, claimed first in her first state contest and has been in 4-H work for four years.
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Madrid
Mary Lois Clark
Auburn
Fran Maliette
Mary Lois
Alabama
Carlton Clark
Graceville Toute Two
Folsom Attacks State Department In Luverne Address
Alabama gubernatorial candidate James E. Folsom blasted the U S State Department during a Farm Day speech in Luverne. He accused officials of backing a 1936 misstep with Loyalist Spain and said only wealthy men can hold diplomatic posts. He urged Jacksonian democracy and aid to smaller nations. He touched on rural electrification and road paving and emphasized youth and education.
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Luverne
Ala
API
James E. Folsom
Alabama
U. S
Roosevelt
Spain
State Department
Truman
Mediterranean
Greece
Java
Folsom
United States
Washington
Women Far Ahead of Men in War Clothes Access
Washington reports civilian production officials say 15 million men will still wear tiny suits by December 1946 and full supply won’t arrive until 1948. Women have priority in garments with many slips and dresses already available, while men face shortages and high prices for suits and shirts.
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Washington
CPA
OPA raises cotton prices again and hints at more hikes
The War Economy agency announces a further two and a half percent rise in textile prices, boosting cotton garments by one to two percent. The fourth increase since March lifts basic fabric costs over 30 percent. Officials warn future boosts depend on raw cotton costs. Heads toward September price ceilings target livestock, with retail pork and beef inputs set to rise modestly.
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Washington
OPA
Clinton P. Anderson
Sanitation Workers Begin Street Clean-Up in Dothan
Health officials report the City Sanitation Department started a street clean-up in Dothan clearing leaves trash and refuse. Officers praised progress, noting especially the Negro residential areas where yards streets and alleys have been cleaned and trash removed.
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Health and Sanitation
Dothan
City Sanitation Department
Sanitation Department
Swear Not To Swear Club Formed By GI’s In Tokyo
In Tokyo soldiers about to be civilians form the I Swear Not To Swear Club. They levy two yen per obscene word with fines paid for each slip. Members pledge to report peers when cursing and the group notes fines fund meals. The article notes soldiers break the habit of swearing after service.
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Tokyo
Chengteh Falls to Nationalists as Communists Flee
Government troops captured Chengteh, capital of Jehol Province, without opposition after Communist forces withdrew. Shin Shen Pao reported ahead of the government advance along the Chengteh Chinchow railroad, with heavy fighting anticipated. Kalgan was reported as a target to the west, where a push toward the so called second capital continued.
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Tom Masterson Peiping
Chengteh
Jehol
China
Shin Shen Pao
Chinchow
Manchuria
Chengteh-Chinchoy
Social Welfare
Chihfeng
Chengtech
Kalgan
Pare
Five Convicts Escape Georgia Work Gang
Five prisoners escaped from a work gang in Milledgeville Georgia on Wednesday. The group of 31 men was sent from Jalmal Pris on to work at the Georgia State College for Women. Names given include Bill Folds 22 serving for highway robbery Paul Alles 32 for automobile theft and J C Coleman 29 for highway robbery. Coleman disappeared during basement work and two others went missing at 5 30 pm. Warden Captain Pittman said two others have relatives near Knoxville and Owensboro and suspects they fled toward those areas. Milledgeville police noted the group may have returned to a stolen automobile fitted for escape.
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Milledgeville
API
Jalmall Prison
Georgia State College For Women
A. l L. Pittman
Bill Folds
Paul Alles
J. C. Coleman
Coleman
Pittman
Alen
Folds
Knoxville Town
Owensboro
Ted
Ned
Molotov accuses U S of meddling in Greek affairs
At the Peace Conference Molotov charged the United States and Britain with interfering in Greece by dispatching the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and escorts to Greek ports. The Greek motion on Southern Albania triggered a heated plenary session gap filled with name calling and disorder.
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Paris
Qarrier
Roosevelt
George of
Molotov
United States
Greece
Albania
Nallen
Australia
Briezil
Canada
China
Ethiopia
Great Britain
India
New Zealand
Netherlands
South Africa
Russia
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Norway
Tn Pff
Napier Field Transfer Set To City and County
City Commission President Clyde L. Coe announced the transfer of cantonment area buildings and facilities at Napier Field to City and Houston County, with the airport to follow later. Each party will pay 10,484.50 dollars for the cantonment property. The land was leased to the federal government in 1940 and no new industrial-site arrangements were announced.
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Cantonment
Napier Field
City Commission
Clyde L. Coe
Houston County
Coe
Napier
War Assets Administration
Cocal
Dothan
Houston
Army Air Forces Training
Tse Ine Field
Russia asks UN for details on Allied troops worldwide
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko urged the United Nations Security Council to require member states to report the locations and numbers of Allied forces and air and naval bases outside former enemy territories. The move follows postwar tensions and Greek-Ukrainian disputes, with Britain opposing the proposal and tradeoffs shaping Russia's security agenda.
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U.N
Herrehel V. Johnson
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
Andrei Gryumvka
Ailesia
Andrei Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
United Kingdom
Johnson
Paul Haslick
Australia
Charles A. Grumich
NY Cape
Soviet
Russia
United Nations Security Coucil
Britain
Ukraine
Greece
Greoks
West
United Nations
Arragad
Ireland
Trancjordan
UGN
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Sweden
Techland
Afghanistan
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyki
China
Gromyko
U. N
Council
Political Violence Surges in Greece Ahead of Elections
Athens reports a sharp rise in political violence as Greeks prepare to vote on the monarchy. Police say 21 killed and 42 seized by communist bands in 24 hours, with clashes in Macedonid Thessaly and the Priaponiedces. Reports note attacks on police stations and civilian casualties amid growing tensions.
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Athens
Greece
Ministry of Police
Thessaly
Vrikkola
Grevena
Macedonia
Vane
Tra
Apn
Medivary
Eusergines
Coed
Mesienis
Paris
Pesce
Ourndi Vas
Seta
Uigalla Bearcher
Baul Sacha
World War III Looms? Paris Peace Parley Fails
Paris observers grow despondent as the World War II era peace talks show irreconcilable Russia West blocs. Molotov Byrnes clashes and Greek indictments deepen distrust while Yugoslav air action and an American transport crash add to mounting tension unseen since Versailles.
German Spy Ring Smashed By U S Forces In Germany
US forces announced the capture of a German spy ring tied to Soviet sympathizers. Leader confessed supplying Russians with American troop movements. 14 Germans held for trial. One defendant named Kasmarek of Stuttgart. Ring linked to Germany’s occupation administration surfaced in the revelation.
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Frankfort
Germany
Aps
Ring
Wate
Fer Kasmarek
Stuttaart
Heodauclear
Uspfet
Kazmarek Firat
Girl to visit 150 fathers during college path
Sue Johnston, a 1 year old girl raised at Baptist Children's Home in Hapeville, Ga, will fly to Vidalia next Tuesday to visit the 150 fathers who adopted her through the First Baptist Church. The college bound youth will study at Bessie Tift College as a junior this fall after being sponsored by the Vidalia Bible Class.
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Atlanta
UDP
Sue Johnston
Vidalia
Sue
Baptist Children’s Home
Hapeville
First Baptist Church of
Bessie Tift College
Vidaila Bible
Collige
Last Of Stern Gang Sentenced To Death
Jacob Alcalay, last of 23 Stern Gang members, sentenced to death by a Jerusalem military court for sabotaging Haifa railroad yards. British commander in Palestine commuted 18 prior death sentences to life, four women given life terms. Alcalay injured, read a Bible, offered no plea. Boundary note: June 17, military reports of large cache of munitions found in Dorot and Ruhama in Southern Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Jacob Menahem Alcalay
Stern
Haifa
Palestine
Alalay
Dorot An Ruhanma
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Tenn
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Ine
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William F. Halsey
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H. Shackford
Relman Morin
Europe
Luxembourg Palace
Bloc of
Wien
V. M. Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Versailles
George Clemenceau
Stern Gang
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