Byrnes Aims for Russian Help On Atomic Control Talks
Washington sources say Secretary Byrnes and Foreign Minister Bevin seek Soviet support for a plan giving little nations a voice in atomic energy at Moscow talks with Molotov. The goal is to form a formal U N role next month and ease big power tensions as the trio prepares. The State Department released Russia's note rejecting the U S plan to pull troops from Iran by January 1. Russia cites uprisings in Iran as the cause of instability.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Byrnes
Bevin
Little Fellows
Comlat
Molotov
Moscow
Nations Assembly
United Nations
Security Council
Byrnex
State Department
Russia
Iran
Dothan Branch Lab Kept Open With Reopened State Labs
Dr M S Davie told the Houston County Medical Society the Dothan branch laboratory will remain operating and all Alabama branch labs closed for staffing shortages will reopen at the earliest date. He said Dr Samuel R Damon resigned, temporarily replaced by Dr Wells, and noted the board’s decision followed input from Birmingham meetings on November 28.
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Dothan
Alabama
M.S Davie
State Board of Censors
Houston County Medical Society
Davie
Samuel R. Damon
Wells
Damon
Montgomery
Board of Censors
Houston Medical Society
Birmingham
J. A. Campbell
WH. Turner
Australia backs US site for UN headquarters in San Francisco
Col W R Hodgson of Australia urged on Saturday that the United Nations headquarters be established in the United States with San Francisco as the specific city. The UNO preparatory commission adjourned without action, leaving four nations supporting a US site while others favor Europe.
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London
Committee Seeks Napier Field Title For Free City County
Perry Calhoun and Clyde Coe sent a telegram to Washington requesting title to Napier Field be given to the City of Dothan and Houston County for all improvements and facilities. They ask the Army Air Force to cancel the lease and transfer ownership, including operational equipment, as the field is surplus.
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Napier Field
Perry Calhoun
Houston County
Board of Revenue
Ember
Clyde Coe
City Commission
Washington
Dothan
Ale
Army Air Force
Napier Army Air Field
City of
County of Houston
Plane crash in Montana kills 19 veterans
A twin engined transport plane attempting a second landing in a snowstorm crashed near Billings airport killing 19 of 23 aboard. Most victims were Army overseas veterans en route from Newark New Jersey to Seattle. Five survivors are reported in critical condition.
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Billings
Mont
Newark
WN. J
Seattle
Veterans Granted Poll Tax Exemptions In County
Since the start of the year the Houston County probate office has issued poll tax exemption certificates to 643 returning veterans. Other servicemen may register on the first and third Mondays of each month to qualify under Alabama law exemption from poll tax payments, officials said.
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Houston County
Prostate Office
Alabama
County Loan Drive Lags Yet Prospects Bright for Quota
Houston County Victory Loan Drive lags in E bond sales with $1,106.25 reported Friday and total series sales at $195,000 while overall progress sits $132,180.10 shy of the $377,000 quota. Chairman Robert Ramsey notes end of drive extended two weeks to boost E bond funding aiding soldiers overseas and hospital needs.
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Houston County
Robert Ramsey
Chaimman
Ramsey
1945 Cotton Crop Seen At 7.195 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1945 cotton crop at 7,195,000 bales of 500 pounds net weight per bale based on December 1 reports, down 173,000 bales from the November forecast. Last year produced 12,236,000 bales. average yield per acre this year was 249 pounds, 439 pounds below the record but 186 pounds above the 30 year average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tapped Phone Wires Made War Warning Unsafe
Army reports show trans Atlantic calls between Roosevelt and Churchill were at risk of interception. George C. Marshall testified that warnings to Hawaii were delayed due to telephone taps and transmission gaps. The Pearl Harbor inquiry noted German interception risk and that Hawaii’s warning reached seven hours after the attack.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
APO
Roosevily
Prine Minster
Churchill
Otome Tate
Hawaii
George C
Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Hawai Com
Japan
S. High Command
Hawai
Seatie
Wash
San Diego
Cali
Panama Canal
Army
Commerce al
Walter
Short
Peatl Harbor
Ferguson ¢. Michy
City Auditor Explains School Fund Profit Appearing on Paper
City Auditor Treacy says a bookkeeping technicality makes the school system show a paper profit of 24 6064 while actual cash gains differ. Bruce Fluriy, superintendent, notes separate City books and timing differences, with audits reflecting City figures not Board of Education state. The divergence stems from different accounting methods and periods, not from real funds.
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Bruce Fluriy
J.L Vaurice
Treasure
City Board of Education
Board of Education
Hess Flight to England Aimed to End Anglo Nazi War
Rudolf Hess told reporters through his attorney that his May 1941 flight to England sought to halt the war between England and Germany, not to aid Britain against the USSR. He claimed he had attempted similar attempts since 1940, was delayed by weather, and held loyalty to Hitler while noting limited plans and a letter of introduction from Karl Haushofer.
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Hess
England
Louis P. Lochner
Wes Gallagher
Rudolf Hess
Gunther von Rohrscheidt
Associated Press
Mernberg
Rudolf Fess
Germany
Russia
Nif
Nuernberg Yatk
Hitler
Duke of Hamilton
Karl Haushofer
Hern
Haushofer
Willy Messerschmitt
Bilder
Campa
France
Fuehrer
Fuehrer Dt
Prisoner Paper Protests Lodging Teen-Agers In Stir
A protest letter by a Draper Lomate editor claims two Lime County juveniles aged 14 and 16 were placed in a state penitentiary for petty larceny a misdemeanor. Warden Burr Reeves says both boys are incorrigible but kept apart from the main prison population.
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Stir
Speigner
Draper Lomate
Mephi Polication
Limesent
Stais
Burr R. Reeves
Dense Fog Slows Search For 27 Missing Airmen
Dense fog hampered a three day search for 27 airmen missing after six torpedo Avenger bombers taking off from an Atlantic base were lost near Orlando and Melbourne. Army Navy and Coast Guard planes and a Navy blimp scoured the swamps while land teams patrolled shoreline and inland zones seeking wreckage and survivors.
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Roger Greene
Miami
FLA
Florida
Evetern Air Lines
Syaye
Valderness
Orlands
Helbourne
Leday
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Lakehurst
N. J
Aesakt
Garmen
Atlantig
Zpan
Pusher-Type Plane Sets New Record Spanning Continent
An experimental barrier plane the Douglas B42 crossed the continent in five hours 37 minutes 44 seconds, beating the East West record by 48 minutes. The pushers propelled by propellers averaged 442 miles per hour on a 2284 mile flight from Long Beach to Bolling Field, Washington. It carried two Army pilots Col Hor Walden and Capt Gein Woodwards, with a test crew from Wright Field, weighed over 24000 pounds, and timed from takeoff to field crossing to avoid airport traffic delays.
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Washington
Long Reach
Calif
Bolling Field
Waspinghea
Tressarg
Dor Techiical
Camma i
Wright Field
Ohin
Gein Woodwerds
Hamber Tel
Wright Parid
Allies Order Arrest of Bataan Death March Perpetrator Masa Hamina
Tokyo reports that U S authorities formally charge Japanese Lt Gen Masa Hamina with complicity in massacre and crimes during the Bataan Death March and early Philippine campaigns. The indictment, announced by General MacArthur, accuses Hamina of allowing troops to commit murder, pillage and war law violations. Other officers named include Lt Col Lach Gnie Major Zanzu Baeto Takashi Tohei and Col Akna Nagahama, with Hamina exiled in Omara Prison Camp awaiting transfer.
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Tokyo
United States
Masahari Hamina
Philippiiers
Batsan
Mama
Tormazuk Yarrashita
Han
Homina
Lach Gnie
Durg Pohkeer
Phillippaines
Zanzu Baeito
Takashi Tohei
Manila
Akna Nagahama
Phiippines Kempei Tai
O'Donnell Says U S Has No Air Force Yet
In New York Donnell a BIA leader within the Army Air Forces states after a Tokyo to Washington wartime effort that three and a half months after hostilities ceased the U S has no air force worthy of the name. He says he can speak only for the air forces.
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New York
APS
Emmett Rose
Donnell
BIA
Army Air Forces
Speehong
New York Daily Mirror
Tokyo
Washington
CIO United Auto Workers oppose Truman strike end proposal
Detroit AP report: UAW high council rejects President Truman's plan to end the GM strike and seeks mobilization against labor legislation. CIO claims the back-to-work request is ill advised and anti labor, urging locals and members to oppose the move as 213,000 GM workers remain idle.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Worker's High Council
General Motors
Truman
Auto Union
iGenera Motera Factores
Haa
Coune
Secommenda
GM Connect
Congress
GM Counsell
Marines Fire Mortar Shells Near Anshan After Fatal Clash
In Tientsin area Chinese gunmen killed a Marine and wounded another, prompting American Marines to fire 24 mortar shells into a village near Anshan on December 4. A Marine statement said a half hour surrender window was offered before the attack. Names of the dead and wounded were withheld.
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Tientsin
Amercan
Here
Keller
Rauchey
Marine Third Amphibious Corp
Anshan
Chinwangley
Rockey
Mia Tiné
Clase
Four avowed candidates in Alabama gubernatorial race
Montgomery AP states Poole announced candidacy while four others including Randy Ellis Gordon and Elbert Boover have issued at the proper time statements. James E. Folsom Albert Carmichael and Willem McQueen are also potential contenders as liquor policy and surplus funds loom in the campaign.
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RY W.T Maynor Montgomery
Ala
Poole
Butler Countian
Randy Ellis
Public Service Commission
Gordon
Elbert Boover
Anniston
Cullman
James E. Folsom
All Insurance
Albert A Carmichael
Carmichael
Caydol
Fikely
I sUgh
Nla
Guardennis Duce
Aturney
Willem SM McQueen
Gate
Asestant Atty
Solas Carma Garret
Ty ‘Ca
Garrett
Democratic Committee
U Chief Law Officer On South Side In Rate Fight
U S Attorney General Thomas C. Clark told the Alabama State Bar Association that the South faces unfair railroad rate structures and that a Georgia victory could unlock free play in rates. He described a nationwide DOJ drive against usury monopolies and the anti-market effects of the black market, citing Alabama as lacking strong financial laws. He urged competition between the Tinters Hill aluminum plant and an Aluminum Company of America facility to boost industry.
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Thomas C. Clark
U. S
Clark
Alabama State Bar Association
Department of Justice
Alabama
Tisterhill
Ala
Ie Tottering
Tinterhih
Amer+tex
Mohne
Indus Tripe
Condemned Nazis Appeal Rejected by Montgomery
In Herford Germany Field Marshal Montgomery rejected appeals of Jaret Kramer known as the Beast of Belsen Irma Grese and nine others sentenced to death by a British military court for Nazi camp crimes A gallows is being prepared in a secret British zone town for the executions expected before Christmas An English executioner Pierrepont would be brought in for the first hanging at about $40 and a remount for each subsequent execution
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Herford
Germany
Jaret Kramer
Irma Grese
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Hile
Pierrepont
England
Hirst
Kramer
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Iowa
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Santa Anna
California
Napier
Marsheoll
Bataan
O'Donnell
U.S
Sama Claus
Delta Air Lines
Dallas
Texas
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Athinuts
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Brunswick
Ann Wagbet
Water Valley
Katherine Elizabeth Henderson
Pensacela
Flas
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Atlanta
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Austell
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Jackson
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