Hearo veteran testifies of beating in Mississippi
Richard Daniel, Gulfport Negro war veteran, tells Senate Investigating Committee he was beaten by a city policeman after his vote was rejected at a Mississippi primary polling place. He shows bloodstained clothes as evidence while recounting the incident and his subsequent release after legal help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Richard
Daniel
Gulfport
Senate Investigating Committee
Mississippi
Williams
Fiveman
Senate
Heodore G. Bilbo
Sen
Styles Bridges
RNH
Federal District Court Room
Chinese Move To Seize Dairen Port From Soviets
Beijing dispatch reports Gen Tu Li-ming's forces poised to take Dairen Manchuria's largest port, held by the Soviets since Japan's surrender. Chinese troops sit near Pulantien inside Kwantung territory awaiting Red Army talks as panic rumors spread. Meanwhile 180000 Communist troops surround Yenan threatening the Red base from four directions.
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Peiping
Tu Li-ming
Dairen
Manchuria
Pulantien
Kwantung
Red Army
China
Yangku
Taiyuan
Shansi
Yenan
Two Weeks Holiday For Christmas In City And County Schools
City and county schools will close for two full weeks from December 20 to January 6 with Christmas Day on a Wednesday. Superintendent Bruce Flurry and County Superintendent Solomon Baxter attributed the extended break to the calendar and ensured no school closings due to coal shortages.
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Bruce Flurry
Solomon Baxter
Flurry
Only One Judgment Handed Down In County Court Sitting
In a county court sitting of 31 criminal cases, Clinton F P Tolar pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 100 dollars. One case was continued to Wednesday. other charges included breach of peace driving while intoxicated vagrancy and forgery with most not pressed or carried to next session.
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Clinton FP
Tolar
Krug Delivers Quiet Testimony On Subpoena Spat
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Krug, the cabinet member subpoenaed by Congress, arrives for questioning with muted demeanor. The scene mirrors a Capitol cliffhanger as Slaughter and Krug exchange formal handshakes, photographers left to capture the moment.
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Krug
Frederick C. Othman
Man Threatens to Fight After Quoted Fine
A Dallas man called city corporation court clerk Plummer May to ask the fighting fine. He was told the minimum is 15 dollars and the maximum is unspecified. The caller replied he would go out and whip a guy, signaling he would likely be seen.
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Dallas, Tex
City Corporation
Plummer May
New City Ordinance Requires Police To Seize Abandoned Cars
A city commission passed an ordinance requiring police to seize abandoned vehicles and store them. After storage, cars unclaimed must be advertised and sold at public auction. Owners must pay storage and pickup expenses if reclaiming their vehicle.
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New City
Dothan
Poles
Commission
Oii
Napier Field
Burke ousted as head of Southern Coal Producers unit
Burke was forced out as head of the Southern Coal Producers Association after proposing private mine owners resume talks with the United Mine Workers. The directors announced the resignation and said negotiations would be reconsidered when operations resume, providing no reason for the exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Southern Coal Producers Unit
Washington
Tigard R. Burke
John L. J
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
UFL
United Mine Workers of America
Association
Newton Man Arrested For Passing School Bus
Alto Lee Gullage of Newton was charged by Highway Patrol with passing an unloading school bus after a collision Monday afternoon on US Highway five miles north of Dothan. Patrolmen said Gullage followed too closely and failed to control his vehicle before rear ending the bus.
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Newton
Alto
Lee Guilige
Eloabet
Dython
Gullage
Suit Filed to Collect Back Pay in Careui Court
A suit to recover back pay, totaling 962.50 dollars, is filed in Careui Court by dae Creapeasrist Mine Saliba for work and wages for 3 months before October 1944. The case is set for hearing before Judge DB. C. Ualstenud in Careui Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Careui
Dae
Man Corrected in Court Note Acknowledges Racial Term Error
Yesterday's U S District Court report misidentified Gastone Guilford of Geneva as a Negro. The Eagle corrects that he is a white man and World War I veteran.
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E. D. Moss
Whiddon St
Dothan
B. B. Johnson
Alabama Department of Revenue
Johnson
Court House
Eagle Staff
U. S. District Court
Eagle
Gastone Guilford
Geneva
Guilford
United States and Britain Merge German Occupation Zone
United States and Great Britain unveil a three year plan to merge their occupation zones in Germany and create a self sustaining area by 1950. Secretary Byrnes and General Clay describe the move as an economic unit with expected cost cuts and a path to self sufficiency, while inviting Soviet and French participation.
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States
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Byrnes
Lucius JD. Clay
Clay
United States
Health setback halts 4-H trip for Miss Clark
Miss Mary Louise Clark of Graceville Florida was selected as Alabama’s healthiest 4-H Club member and planned to travel to Chicago for a national 4-H event. An facial infection forced her to abort the journey after reaching Troy to visit an uncle, while fellow delegate Miss Fran Mallette helped keep the plans on track and Clark began recovery in Houston County.
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Conserytium
Mary Luis Clark
Graceville
Fla
Mel Clark
Alahainui
Auburn
Chicago
Prestead
Troy
Wey
Mourt
Momery Cieshee
Congress
Fran Mallette
Houston County
Clark
Why Not An An ti Santa Day For All
Hal Boyle reflects on a civil, humane Christmas mood that transcends religion and class. He notes strangers, taxi drivers, waiters, and workers showing courtesy, the veterans and the poor being considered, and contrasts it with the brittle festive mood as Christmas nears. The piece ends urging a universal spirit beyond satire and social divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Santa Claus
Mine Workers Leader John L. Lewis Found Guilty of Contempt
Washington AP John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers were found guilty of contempt of court for defying an order to avert a coal strike. Judge Alan Goldsborough deferred sentence until tomorrow and suggested both parties submit sentencing recommendations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Lewis
Juncliveh
Eupiuuleer
Suhlerce
Widsborough
AFL
Joseph A. Padway
Padway
UMW
Teewin
Trabke
Cane
Federal District Court
Steel and Railroads Strike Sufferers Tally Losses Across Plants
Pittsburgh dispatch reports fires banked in more steel furnaces as the AFPS United Mine Workers strike halts 400 000 workers and idles about 150 000 others. In Pennsylvania 23 000 coal workers become eligible for unemployment pay while railroads reduce fuel supply, laying off thousands. Officials warn the strike’s impact cuts across steel, coal, and railroad sectors with widespread joblessness and plant slowdowns.
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Pittsburgh
Afps-United Mine Workers
Tn Jillswurpeh
Steel and Neft
Pennsylvania Employment Service
Chaba Railroads
Oun
Southern Railroad
Waetlusse Fee
Cheattr Prare
Gihijo
Norfolk
Central
Columbus
Ierti Norris
Southern Haabboad
siuutGna Deen
Glack Firnace
Poapen
Stoubenville
Ghree
Divician
Denver residents burn debris as city faces energy strain
Disarray and fires sweep Denver districts from dawn to dusk as homes and fences are scorched by burning debris while officials warn shortages loom. Gordon Callbeck of the Denver Coal Merchants Association says supplies will arrive later this week unless actions curb the blaze.
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Denver
Poe
Oulingi
Petsad
Gordon Callbeck
Denver Coal Merchiurty Aeeneration
Paren
Dees
Volunteer Firemen At Samson Spend Busy Day Sunday
Samson volunteers had a busy Sunday with two calls. First they responded to Mrs. J C Brunson's home where a fire started in the chimney flue and was spreading when firefighters arrived. A later alarm from Mrs. Carlton French two miles north led to quick extinguishing of a corn crib fire with limited damage.
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Samson
Sartonse Volunteers
J.C. Brunson
Carlton French
Twelve Die in French Plane Crash Near Paris
A Brennen airliner crashed late Monday near Palefort, killing twelve aboard. The flight from Limed to Paris was engulfed by fire, with many bodies beyond recognition. Rescue crews faced fierce flames amid a charred wreckage as authorities identified the Vespies Motio airliner and noted the victims included women and children.
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Palefort
Frances
Caps
I Eosterm
Tag
Lidem
Ciera
Paris
Wee Krencen
Air Ministry
Mass Strike Grips California City as Unions Halt Work
Oakland witnesses a general strike with AFL unions ordering all workers off the job. Transportation and industry halted, newspapers stopped, and thousands stayed home or rode private cars amid protests over police escorts of nonunion trucks. Union sources say the strike targets enforcement actions in downtown Oakland.
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California
Oakland
AGL
AFL
Oakiend
Charlee W. Real
APL California Federation of Tabor
Heaed
Bay District Council of Seamsters
Washington, D. C
Lindas
Major shutdown hits Alabama steel unit as idle workers rise
Irminghal AP reports a severe curtailment at the Leennes see Coal Iron and Railroad Co. reduces output due to by product gas cuts amid a cold spell. Coke ovens cut 20 to 35 percent, idling 43,000 steel workers, with 14,000 pipe plants and foundries also idle. Tennessee company U S Steel Corp. ends production at multiple facilities, leaving eight of 20 blast furnaces and 18 of 26 open hearth furnaces operating in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irminghal
Leennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Inghar Gas Co
ICU
United Mine Worker
Allied Industries
Tennessee Company
U. & Steel Corp
South
Bessemer
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Roger Slaughter
Secretary of Interior
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Slaughter
Houston County Schoal Bus Sons
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Mor S
St Andrews St. Dothan
Darraiteen
Stod
Os. Wiebery
A.B. Mason
Dethan Station
U. S
Britain
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United
James F. Byrnes
Mystic Brotherhood of Man
Brook- Ion
Yonkers
Nelson
Santa
Tierplow
Mine Workers Union
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