Revenue Board OKs Road Widening and Madrid Pipe Installations
The Houston County Board of Revenue conditionally approves widening one and a half miles near the Geneva County line toward Vicksburg and aiding Madrid to install 30 feet of 12 inch pipe under three streets. It votes to seek a ruling on joint pay with Dothan for a Dothan Branch lab technician salary and sets a special session if needed. Remodeling the sheriff’s office for a private space, costing 157, and purchasing 13 truck tires for the Road Department are approved.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Geneva County
Vicksburg
Madrid
Perry Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun Sara
Saxon Poyner
Houston
Napier Field
Houston County
City Extends Electric Lines On Two Roads
City Water and Light Superintendent R J Goodwin announced approval to extend electrical service about 1200 yards on Termphis Church Road and a similar distance on Mid Kinsey Road. Six Kinsey Road residents and four on Memphis Road are expected to gain power.
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Dothan
Termphis Church Road
Mid Kinsey Road
City Water and Light
R. J. Goodwin
Goodwin
Kinsey &Xiauaien
Memphis Road
Japs Found To Have Used Poison Gas As War End Neared
Tokyo dispatch reports Brig. Gen Cenries E. Loucks stating Japan used poison gas against American forces in isolated instances late in the war. He cites a Biak New Guinea patrol march 5 1945 deploying vomiting gas and gas grenades against American concentrations and Chinese troops.
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Tokyo
Cenries E. Loucks
New Guinea
MacArthur
Signal Corps
Biak
Laucke
Te Box
Lancks
China
Truman Optimistic On U S Job Status
President Truman writes to the annual U S Conference of Mayors meeting in New York that unemployment has not been as serious as feared but urges readiness with plans should joblessness rise. He notes demobilization but warns of possible increased unemployment.
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New York
Truman
Vich
United States Conference of Mayors
F. LaGuardia
Mayors’ Organization
Paul V. Betters
Bogus Sugar Stamps Being Offered Here
Reports say counterfeit sugar stamps are being circulated to retain merchants in Dothan. The Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announced three more attempts to post bogus stamps at a store Saturday. Vendors are warned this violates OPA rules and will lead to inventory loss. Only valid stamps are No 98 from War Ration Book Four, R330, R342, and related coupons.
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Dothan
Houston County War
OPA
Japs Still Menace Luzon Civilians
Armed Japanese soldiers still menace civilians in Northern Luzon and Mindanao as remnants of General Yamashita's command clash with Filipino guerrillas. Nueva Vizcaya near Balete Pass reports possible aid to fugitives from renegade locals.
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Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Nueva Viscaya
Balete Pass
Mem
E-Bond Sales Lag In Victory Loan Drive Shortfall Grows
Houston County reports E bond sales lag behind its 377000 quota by 177,35270 with chair Robert Ramsey noting Saturday sales only 483750 bringing total purchases to 199,647.30. Schools push to sell E bonds this week hoping to win a Navy fighter plane as prize. Drive extended to December 22 to meet goal, while other series total 113,000 on Saturday, pushing overall purchases above twice the quota of 1,155,000. Ramsey reiterates final nature of this drive to show wartime support.
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Houston County
Robert Ramsey
Ramsey
Whith
Seles
Ile
Cold Wave From Northern Plains Sweeps South
A cold wave moving east and south from the northern plains is expected to reach the Atlantic seaboard by morning. The Weather Bureau forecasts freezing conditions across the South, with 18 to 25 degree lows in northern Georgia and the western Carolinas, and 25 degrees in southern Georgia.
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Plains
Southland
Associated Press
United States
Weather
Florida
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Georgia
Carolinas
North Georgia
Carolina
Atlantic Seaboard
Sibert Inactivated as Army Camp in Alabama
The Army said Camp Sibert in Alabama was put on inactive status effective December 3. An exception was made for a quartermaster laundry at the camp.
Army Forecast Of Jap Attack Plans Sustained
General George C. Marshall testified before a Senate House inquiry that the army intelligence forecast of Japan's major 1941 attack plans was accurate. He said Pearl Harbor was not an invasion tactic, and the main offensive aimed south toward Thailand and the Gulf of Siam, with warnings of war if moves crossed defined lines.
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W. Daves Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Thailand
Gulf of Siam
United States
Great Britain
Ferguson
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Hed
Roosevelt
Michigan
John G Winant
Washington
London
Stark
Kiner
Singapore
Lewis Attacks Government and Unions At Committee Meet
Washington AP John I Lewis assailed the government General Motors and CIO United Automobile Workers during a House Labor Committee session on the auto strike He urged ten day government seizure if manufacturers could price cars fairly and called president Truman proposals an evil mess He accused UAW leaders of stupidity and said GM could settle in ten days with fair pricing while tax laws keep them from producing
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Washington
John I. Lewis
General Motors Company
CIO - United Automobile Workers
United Mine Workers
House Labor Committee
UAW
Lewis
Presdent Truman
Generad Motors
Congress
General Montors
General Motors
Patton in Wreck Sustains Partial Paralysis
General George S Patton suffered partial paralysis from injuries in a car crash near Mannheim. An Army medical bulletin reported he is in satisfactory condition, resting and rational, with British neuro-surgeon Hugh Carnes flown to Heidelberg for examination. Mrs Patton will travel to be at his side as details of the accident unfold.
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Frankfurt
Army
Judes
Ges
George S Patton
Patton
Hugh Carnes
Oxford
Heidelberg
Patton Ard Hin
Hobart R Gay
US 15Th Army
Aad Nauheim
Red Cross
Cand
Foundatton
Tus
Ned Savper
Texas
15Th Army
3Rd Army
Normandy
Czechoslovaka
North Africa
Sicily
Dessana
Counter Plan Offered in Ford Wage Talks
DETROIT AP The Vantaa Auto Workers CIO proposed a plan to Ford that would discharge employees found guilty and require penalties for unauthorized strikes. General Motors Corp terminated its contract with the CIO United Auto Workers as a 70 day strike idled about 215,000 GM workers and halted production. The union offered to avoid walkouts and to impose penalties on provocations, while urging GM to agree no provocations. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach urged early settlement of the walkout affecting about 212,000 GM workers since Nov 21.
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Detroit
Vantaa Auto Workers
CIO
Ford Madar Soter Company
Femenkog Mosupatliag
Atlas Pausades
Frivetcial Penadors
Ais
General Motera Corp
Stelke
Ford Company
Euomnter 5
Vetrat
Auaer Vera
Quinpany
Mwy
Hichard Lennard
Vialaliaig
Labor
Schwellenbach
Tas
General Motors Corp
Seltie Meir
General Motors
Seawellenbach
United Auto Workers
Sirike
Trimat
Jaber
Germans Rate Eisenhower Best Allied Leader, Patton Feared
German Army intelligence officers viewed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a great planner and leader who could push through operations despite political concerns. Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen, a 3-star witness at the International Military Tribunal, said Patton was the best and most feared American commander, though Eisenhower guided overall plans and political context.
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Eisenhower
Patton
Frwin Lahousen
Lahousen
Internations Military Iibens
German Intelligence Service
Walter Canaris
George Tucker
Associated Press
Mernberg
IAP
Dwight D. Eisentoner
Erwin Lahousen
Newpoint
George S Patton, Jr
Son
Farmer Participation Urged In AAA Voting 1946
The article urges Houston County farmers to vote in the AAA election with about 3000 eligible, detailing committee duties and the impact on future programs. It notes the convention will select a county committee of three and that participation signals farmer voices on new or approved programs.
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Houston County
Sarl Chaning
Snell
AAA
Ineal
Dtouster
Fedital
Prograth
Miey Vale
Sueds Sand
Tree Tauern
No Harmful Bacteria Found In City Water
City water supply tests show no harmful bacteria for several months. R J Goodwin, water superintendent, said the supply is certified by the U S Public Health Service and reports indicate clean results from five weekly tests.
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Duthan
State Public Health Department
R. J. Goodwin
City Light End
Goodwin
United States Public Health Department
Rice riots warned as Jap farmers press for policy shift
Tokyo AP dispatch cites influential farmers predicting inevitable rice riots without stronger government agrarian policy. General MacArthur orders purge of feudal land system, abolishes absentee ownership, and allows millions of farmers to buy land long term. Also notes 47 Japanese arrested for World War II crimes, including naval officers and ex-officers, amid Philippine and Hong Kong actions.
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Burkell Brinks
Tokyo
Mac Arthur
Japan
Akita
Tohuka
Arthur
United Nation
Cabanatuan
Philippines
Philppines
Wake Island
Abe Jaypeese
War Jr
Bando Mor
Canal van Preen
Ciennrmsuke Noma
Hongkong
Vt Toshine
Wada
Suguria
J Tuesbure
Madakone
Wuh
Nuyukage Okabe
Wee
Mideki Tojo
Kurchiro Ishigera
MacArthur
Hewest Land Directive
Taan
Batava
Bundoeng
China
Manchuria
Chungking
Muokden
Changchun
Federal Court Lodges Auto Theft Charge
Federal authorities filed a complaint in federal court this morning accusing Billy Gene Jones of stealing an automobile from Charles Presswood near Tennille Alabama and transporting it in interstate commerce. The car was reported stolen in November and later abandoned near Palmetto Georgia.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Billy Gene Jones
Charles Presswood
Tennille
Ala
Meet Palmetta
Gestapo's No 2 Man Pleads War Crime Innocence
Former Gestapo chief No 2, Ern Rallesbrunner, pleads not guilty at war crimes trial opening. Prosecutors recount Nazi plan to crush Russia and seize resources. Key figures include Goering, Rosenberg, and Keitel as the fourth week of the trial begins.
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Gestapo
Wes Gallagher Muernberg
Ern- Rallesbrunner
Ayther
Pepsaders
National
Crune Thaapes Kalleutromer
Woreh
Guering
Officiet Nocumenth
Fey
Alderaan
Keltenbrunn
Roxenberg
Feri
Wilhelm Keitel
Chet i
Tisch
British Defenders Of Java Brace For New Outbreaks
British defenders of Batavia brace for an expected fresh outbreak of fighting in the Javaneae capital as heavy clashes erupt near Aree mountain villages. Reports from the region say thousands of native Tadonecatan oppose Dutch rule. a Dec 14 war is planned.
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Java
Associated Press
Batavia
Puth
Chinese Civilians Wound U S Marine in Tientsin
An unarmed U S Marine sergeant was shot at a narrow bridge in Tientsin while greeting three Chinese civilians. A pistol duel followed, a bullet hit the Marine in the face, and he fell into an icy canal. He was rescued and reported in stable condition.
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Tientsin
U.S
Sergeat
Fae Marine
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Fae
Charles Carrol
San Francisco
High Point
Sibert
Gen. Marshall
dJabor Organization
Gen
Geqage Patton
Gen. Patton
Ford
Yao Aldad Elbedy
Jake Prescott
Jefferson County
Rairondie
Chai
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