Radio Bond Sale Today Features Closing Drive
Albert Logue leads a one to three pm radio bond drive on WAGF to raise funds for a county quota of about 77,000 dollars. The Dothan Pilot Club assists with pledge telephones and nylon prizes as pledges are wired in and announced on air.
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Albert Logue
WAGF
Logue
Bouston County
Clyde Lover
Toya
Pat
3 N
Mefflins, Sr
Ern
Dothan Pilot Club
Dothan Teleexchange
Pilot Club
Radio Progam Nl
Truman Plans to Admit 39000 Refugees Annually
President Truman announced permission for about 38,000 European war refugees to enter the United States each year within existing quotas. Most arrivals would be from Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, where about 2,000,000 are homeless. He urged shared global effort to ease human misery and directed six federal agencies to implement the policy.
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Walmington
Truman
United States
Europe
Balkans
Armerica
White House
Britain
Palestine
Young Junior High Wins Naval Plane Bond Contest Prize
Young Junior High School was announced winner of the Navy Hellcat fighter plane awarded for selling the most Victory bonds in Hattston County's Victory Loan Drive. The plane, bought by Dothan from RFC, will be used educationally. Sales totaled $71,662.50 with an average per student of $144.06. Rehobeth Senior High ranked second with $7,955.75 and $90.55 per student.
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Young Junior High
Hattston County
City of
Dothan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bond
Levern
Harry Hall
Young
RFC
Norfolk
Howell School
North Appletree Street
Lovern
J. Albert Logue
WAGF
No Cloak and Dagger Setup U S Intelligence Service
Washington AP reports Alfred McCormack, head of the State Department’s research and intelligence unit, argues there will be no cloak and dagger peacetime intelligence outfit. He defines foreign intelligence as all information relevant to government policy, from political intentions to coastal depths for potential operations. The plan calls for a national intelligence authority overseen by the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy.
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Washington
Ameri 2
State Department
Alfred McCormack
Secretary of State
NBC
United States
McCormack
Sailors Save Six From Burning Auto Near Pinchard
Three unidentified sailors were praised for rescuing six Dothan residents trapped in a burning car on the Dothan Montgomery highway near Pinchard Friday night. They forced a door open after the vehicle overturned and caught fire, freeing Mrs. W. O. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Starling, Miss Evelyn Gibson, and two Starling children. Clyde Douglas, driver of the other car, allegedly left the scene. he was jailed in Dale County on three charges including leaving the scene, DUI, and collision.
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Dothan
Dothan - Montgomery
Pinchard
State
V O. Dunaway
Florida
Dunaway
Dunnaway
Douglas
Dale County
Sparks Says Rail Rate Injunction Not Unexpected
Gov. Chauncey Sparks called a temporary injunction against freight rate equalization naturally disappointing but not a complete surprise. He said the case could go to the U S Supreme Court, noting courts of equity tend to preserve the status quo until merits are decided after a Utica Federal Court order 10 percent north and east rates raised and south and west rates lowered 10 percent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
U. S&s. Supreme Court
Utica
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sparks
Courts of Equity
Maner Named Sparks Representative for Rose Bowl
Pitt Tyson Maner, former president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, will be Gov. Chauncey Sparks official representative at Pasadena for the University of Alabama versus Southern California Rose Bowl game on January 1.
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Sparks Montgomery
Pitt Tyson Maner
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Chauncey Sparks
Pasadena
University of Alabama
Southern California
President Truman Banks Before Closing Time
AP reports President Truman arrived at a Washington bank just after closing. The doorman recognized him and tellers readily assisted with his pre Christmas business.
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Washington
Truman
General Patton to be buried in Luxembourg
General George Smith Patton Sr will lie in state at Villa Rover in Heidelberg and funeral services will be held today. He will be buried Christmas Eve in a U.S. military cemetery at Hamm Luxembourg, in soil hallowed by the blood of U.S. Third Army combat veterans.
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Heidelberg
George Smith Patton
Villa Rover
Patton
U.S
Hamm
Luxembourg
U. S. Third Army
Regrets Patton Death Shown By South Bend Man
Charles Kohl, a 20 year old South Bend carpet maker, wrote in November 1963 that General Patton was shipped to a hospital in Sicily. He said on Saturday he felt deeply saddened by Patton's passing and praised him as a good leader for his country.
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Patton
South Bend
Ind
Charles Kohl
Sicily
Palion
Kohl
Funeral for Patton Held in Village Villa
A steel casket draped with U S Third Seventh and 15th Army banners lay in a villa drawing room surrounded by French roses. Sgt Joseph Crosby played somber music as Lt William Higzen Botham led fifty guards. Pte Henry Kozabel recalled serving under Patton in the 10th Armored Division as Patton’s body left the 430th Station Hospital at dusk.
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U. S
France
Anorgan
Joseph Crosby
Corvallis
Qrez
William Higzenbotham
Fairmont
W. Va
Lack of Evidence Frees Attack Suspect
Mance Reese, held in Houston County jail for a week in an attempted attack on a young Army officer's wife, was released due to insufficient evidence. Clothing evidence sent to Auburn State Toxicologist failed to reveal matching identity. The incident occurred near Young Junior High two weeks ago as she walked home from a downtown shopping trip.
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Mance Reese
Houston
Circuit
Keener Baxley
Berse
State Toxicologist
Auburn
Baxley
Young Junior High
Henry Green Apartments
First Crude Rubber Shipment Due Soon
The Rey Construction Finance Corporation disclosed that the first crude rubber shipment in three years from rehabilitated Far East countries is due soon. The 2,060 tons from Malaya and Java will be aboard the S S Canton Victory, arriving in New York Sunday or Monday.
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Wana
Reyconstriction Finance Corporation
Far East
S. S. Canton
Marshall Arrives In China Aids Peace Talks
General Marshall arrived in Chungking after meetings with Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, hailed as cordial. Chou En-lai greeted him as Communist delegation head. First talks in Nanking described as cordial, with discussions resuming after Jan 1 as peace efforts continue amid tensions in North China.
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Nanking
China
Madame Chiang
Chou En-lai
Chou
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Marshall
Chiang
Spencer Davis
Peiping
Manchuria
First Nip Testifying In Japan War Crimes Trial
Tatsuo Tsuchiya, the first war crimes defendant in Japan, is expected to testify Monday as the U S Military commission debates the beating death of American prisoner Pic Robert Gordon Teas. Four fellow guards testified Tsuchiya handled prisoners partially and fairly, and the panel adjourned for the weekend. The commission planned to dissolve after one or two more cases.
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Yokohama
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Japan
U. S. Military Commission
Tsuchiya
Mitsushima
Pic
Robert Gordon Teas
Dothan Merchants Face Spotty Xmas Eve Hours
Dothan merchants debated closing times as Christmas Eve approached with no uniform plan. Most hoped to close early Monday, many to stay open Tuesday. All stores to close on Christmas Day, with some already announcing Monday partial closings. City and county workers take two days off, offices set to shutter Monday and Tuesday with varied reopenings. Postal services limited. post office delivering today, but closed Christmas Day. Schools on long holiday until December 31. Episcopal Church of the Nativity to hold Holy Communion tomorrow night.
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Ed Crawford
Dothan Retail Merchants Association
Dothan
Crawford
Association
County Health Department
Houston County
W. T. Bur
Kett
Elyani County
Vedars
Martik
Heard Saxon
Saxon
Mal
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Stork Caught In Yule Rush Baby Born In Dept Store
A sergeant husband and his wife Mrs Cecil Peacock welcomed a baby girl born in the shoe department of a downtown store. Hospital attendants said mother and infant are doing nicely. An ambulance transported them to the hospital after a clerk alerted staff and Santa Claus delivered a Christmas cradle gift.
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Stork
Dept. Store
Dethan
Cecil Peacock
Shoe Department of
Hospital
Mrs. Peacock
Bis Soldier Husband
Soldier Peacock
Peacock
Dothan
Dalcyiile
Ace
Santa Claus
Senator Ferguson Sees Pearl Harbor Probe Valuable
Washington reports Senator Ferguson of Michigan views the Pearl Harbor inquiry as yielding useful information for Congress on side questions such as unifying the Army and Navy and the potential central intelligence service. He noted the record of hearings will aid lawmakers in decisions, while avoiding conclusions about evidence already received. The committee has heard from Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles and Vice Admiral Theodore S Wilkinson, with work paused for Christmas. Ferguson emphasized the need for prompt intelligence on global developments, citing the atomic bomb as a reason for improved information flows.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Ferguson
Rmich
Congress
Navy
Central Intelligence Service
Army and Navy
Sherman Miles
Theodore S Wilkinson
Army-Navy
Japan
U. S
Hawaii
United States
Forces mass near Tehran amid insurgent threat
Turkish A P report from Tehran states army intelligence senses armed civilians and unusual Soviet tank and troop concentration at Garmaar, a key rail junction 75 miles southeast of Tehran. Seyid Zia predicts a Manzanderan uprising within two weeks as autonomy movements rise near Soviet Azerbaijan.
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Tehran
Garmaar
Garmetur
Shahi
Caspian
Mazanderan
Seyid Zia
Manzanderan
Ront
Averbaijan
British Soldiers Battle Indonesians In Kramat Area
In Batavia Java British troops and tanks clashed with Indonesians in Kramat after RAF men were killed in ambushes there. Four RAF crew died two wounded, a lieutenant fatally wounded and jeep driver hurt. A British officer and a Gurkha died in mopping up near Bondoeng. Indonesian TKP announced plan for moving Japanese troops into British hands as unity and pacification efforts continue. Suhanir said the Indonesian government would ensure Dutch internees are evacuated to British areas as the plan progresses.
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Batavia
Java
Kramat
Anda
Samo Rea
Bondoeng
Sutan Siharif
Indonesian Peace Preservation Corps
TKR
Suhanir
Malang
Yule Shoppers Off Streets Early in Dothan
Christmas shoppers left town late last night with minimal activity on streets at 9 30 p m. Few customers entered stores open after hours and police saw only seven intoxication arrests by 10 p m as law enforcement reported a quiet holiday evening.
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Dothan
Brother Involved Fight Leaves Man Hospitalized In Ashford
VP Gillespie, about 23, hospitalize after an altercation with his brother at their Ashford home. Dathan Wilkerson, funeral home attache, said observers reported the brother struck Gillespie with a stick. Wound needed five or six stitches but injuries not serious.
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Gillespie
Visent Hathan
Ashford
Wilkerson
Dathan
Officials Thwart Revolt Attempt in Panama City
Panama City officials said ex president Arminully Arias was arrested on charges of plotting a short lived rebellion in Colon. Seven killed and seven wounded in the clash as authorities conducted a wide roundup of Arias supporters after a cabinet meeting. Urrinla Valdes said Arias denied responsibility. United States troops declared Colon out of bounds.
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LIL UC
Noli
Panama City
IAP
Tomer
Arminully Arias
Colon
Arlas
Escrique Jamenez
Panama Canal
Lionel Urrinla Valdes
Arias
U. S. Army
United States
Panama
Alo
Taaming
Foreign Ministers Revive Spirit Of Big 3 Cooperation
Reports from Moscow say the Big Three foreign ministers Byrnes, Molotov and Bavin held their seventh conference. They confirmed no details will be released but communications were described as cordial and productive in reviving wartime cooperation. Byrnes reportedly sees revival as a major accomplishment.
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Moscow
James FP
Byrnes
Ernest Bavin
V. M. Molotov
Kevin
Cold Wave, Pacific Storm Hit Across Nation This Week
The Associated Press reports a deepening cold wave with 29 below in North Dakota and 46 below in Canada, drifting east toward the Great Lakes. A Pacific Coast storm brings heavy rain to California and gales, likely to affect northern regions before Christmas. Temperatures vary regionally from 2 above in Chicago to 12 above in Oklahoma, with thawing in Portland and ice in the Columbia River gorge.
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Associated Press
Ite
North Dakota
Canada
Chicago Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
California
Chicago
Oklahoma Panhandee
Oklahoma City
New England
Lebanon
N. J
Caribou
Ohio Valley
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Portland
Ore
Columbia River Gorge
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Dirieland
Naval
Cloak & Dagger
U. S. Intelligence Service
General Patton
Pesident Truman
Pat McCarran
Harold D. Smith
Harry Byrd
Abe Murdock
Carter Manasco
Lindsay Warren
William Whittington
Reds
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