World Today: Moscow conference boosts postwar hope
The Moscow Foreign Ministers meeting yields renewed hope for peace with a U N commission to eliminate atomic weapons and develop peaceful atomic energy. Big Three unity improves outlook for UN next month though issues with Persia Turkey and regional alignments remain unresolved.
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London
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Heart Attack Fatal To Georgia U.S. Judge
Savannah GA AP report notes Judge Fred Lovett of the Southern District of Georgia died after a heart attack. Born June 22, 1884 in Spivey Ga he trained at Mercer and began practice at 23. He served as judge in the Ogeechee circuit before joining Savannah firm Hitch and Denmark and was appointed to the federal bench by President Roosevelt on October 38.
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Georg Federad Coat
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Joong - Jong
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Lis
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Morre
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Ogeechee Circus
Savannah
Hitch and Denmark
Southern District of Georgia
Roosevelt
Enlistees Boost Navy Quota At Dothan Station
Dothan Naval Recruiting Station reports rapid quota fulfillment as applicants surge since holidays. Recruiter Edward Radi Mak notes steady stream of volunteers for Navy service. Yeoman Jack Doyle, in charge since October, leaves tomorrow for Mobile en route to New Orleans to be discharged. Doyle plans to reside in Mobile after leaving the service.
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CPO
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Navy
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New Orleans
Yeoman Doyl
Carmichael to Seek Alabama Attorney General Post
Col Albers AW Carmichael, long listed as a probable candidate, announces he will seek the office of Attorney General. Del Carmichael, discharged from the Army after five years, says he could not organize in time for a gubernatorial bid. He served as Lieutenant Governor on entering service in 1940 and was Attorney General for 1945-39 term. He was the first military Governor of Aachen and later military governor of the south half of Nuernberg.
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Birmingham
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Albers AW Carmichael
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Getreml
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Aachen
Nuernberg
Wage board mulls books records in wage talks
The wage board discussed possible demands for exact and delayed information to assess reduced take home pay and cost of living increases. Garrison urged both sides to use a recess to reach a strike settlement while Detroit talks focused on local issues unless an equitable wage rate could be established.
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Truman
Walter Gordon Merritt
Garoson
Detroit
Orleans Cotton Market Snapshot Amid Global Peace Hopes
The report shows open high low close figures for March May October and December contracts with mixed moves. Amid discussions with the United States and England the outlook hints at broader regimes and a growing chance for a sustained peace, supporting cautious market optimism.
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Orleans
Negro Nurse School Planned For South
MOBILE AL A draining school for Negro nurses in the South is planned. Bishop Thomas J Toolen announced the Blessed Martin De Porres maternity hospital for Negroes will become a general hospital to train nurses at an estimated cost of 159000 dollars. Sister Hildegard notes progress in breaking down prejudices after four years at the facility.
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Martin de Porres
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Riles
Travelers Field to Add 500 Box Seats Soon
Little Rock club business manager Ray Winder announced Travelers Field will gain 500 box seats, enlarging the sandstand lobby and adding a 25 foot canopy at the entrance. Contracts for new construction were disclosed by the Southern Association home club. A stray note mentions cassava beer in Guyana and a U.S. farmers figure, but the focus remains on stadium expansion and facilities.
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Travelers’ Field
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Little Rock Basehdall Club
Winder
Autos Damaged In Collision At City Intersection
Two cars were slightly damaged in a morning collision at North St Andrews and Powell. Westbound driver H. L. Barnes and southbound motorist A. Z. Quilan of Dathan were involved. Police accident records noted minor damage and no injuries.
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Weather Data Report Continues Across Cities
New England saw the mercury drop to eight while other cities logged readings at 1:30 a.m. Boston and New York reported 25 and 31, with values reaching 58 in Jacksonville and 54 in New Orleans. The weatherman forecast rain in the Southeast ending this afternoon or tonight followed by cooler, cloudy conditions.
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Shamoon Hit By Car While Walking in Los Angeles
Charles Shamoon, 3B, was struck by a car that swerved to avoid a collision in Los Angeles last night. He was treated for a broken leg at a hospital, and the driver remained unheld as authorities investigated the incident.
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Los Angeles
Charles Shamoon
Shamoon
Fas
Dothan Lab to Close Tuesday for New Year’s Day
The Dothan Branch Laboratory will be closed Tuesday in observance of New Year’s Day. Laboratory director Mrs Anne Cooper announced the closure today.
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Dothan
Anne Cooper
Women Busy Making Big News During Past Year
A year in review highlights women’s roles across events from 1945. Notable items include Glorias Vanderbilt and Bergman Oscar moments, war and postwar shifts, marriages, legal actions, and recognitions. Notable names appear: Evans, Scott, Luce, Meitner, Astor, and Hastings with various civic and societal milestones.
Southern manufacturing growth in early 20th century noted
Southern manufacturers valued at 1,564,000,000 in 1900. By 1939 the figure rose to 1,190,000,000, a gain exceeding 700 percent, far above the national gain near 400 percent. War contracts favored some older areas, yet a War Production Board report places over a third of rapidly growing manufacturing regions in the West South Central. The South Atlantic region shows the highest expansion of existing facilities.
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West South Central Region
South Atlantic
Arrow Lodge Chief James Capell Elected Southeast Alabama
James Capell of Louisville Troop 27 was named Lodge Chief of the Order of the Arrow for the Southeast Alabama Council J W Cooks Scout Executive announced. He won the post at the annual meeting Thursday night at the Houston Hotel, succeeding Charles Pugh Pelham of Dothan. Charles Tumlin was elected secretary treasurer, M W Espy named honorary member, and Gene Ramage noted as a guest now in the Army in Texas.
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Louisville
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Alabama
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Young Capell
Houston Hotel
Charles Pugh Pelham
Dothan
Charles Tumlin
Eufaula
Treasuer
M. W. Espy
Headland
Gene Ramage
Doshan
Texas
R. E. McKelvey
Enterprise
Glenn Wells
Jimmy Gamble
Palmer Brooks
Lone Scouts
Billy Norris
Billy Gregory
Joe Cutehn
Davis Urges Continued Parity Price Policy
Auburn Alabama Davis extension director at Alabama Polytechnic Institute tells 300 extension workers to support the present parity price policy until a better option appears. He argues parity stabilizes farm prices and benefits all, with goals of greater stability real income growth and rising living standards, noting agriculture has improved under parity and should progress further.
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Ala
P. C. Davis
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Davis
U. S
Elba Woman Hurt After Car Hit On Troy Elba Road
Mrs Susie Johnson of Elba was in Enterprise hospital in serious condition after a daylight collision on the Troy Elba highway yesterday afternoon. State Patrolman A G Mitchell said the injured woman was struck by a car driven by Jesse Harrison Jr of Thomasville Alabama while she walked along the roadway inside the Ells eaty Limits. Harrison is held on reckless driving charges at the Coffee County jail in Elba.
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Elba
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Troy-Elba
A. G. Mitchell
Mitchell
Jesse Harrison, Jr
Thomasville
Ala
Ells. Eaty
Harrison
Coffee County
Captain Jack Parsons Promoted to Major at Fort McPherson
Announcement from Fort McPherson Georgia confirms Captain Jack Parsons of Dothan is promoted to Major in the Infield artillery. Parsons is on terminal leave after returning from overseas service in the European Theater and will revert to inactive status with the Reserve Corps next month.
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Do Tnan
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Four Elite Guards To Be Tried Jan. 7
In Livorno, AP reports four SS Elite Guard members charged with killing seven Allied officers at Bolzano, Italy will face trial Jan. 7 in Naples. Col Herbert Scanlan will head the military commission with Cols Senay, Dillingham, Hoover, Davis, and Sanford serving as members. The defense is led by Maj Thomas B. Jackson and Capt David Spiegel.
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Lawrence M. Hoover
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St. Louis
Henry Sanford
Bath
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Allied Powers propose UN atomic control commission
Announcement of a 4000 word communique shows the United States, Russia, Britain, and Canada backing a UN based control commission to oversee peaceful use of atomic energy. The plan includes a four power council for Japan and a new Far East policy body in Washington, with limited impact on General MacArthur’s authority.
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Crosby Tops as Nation's No 1 Public Entertainer
A Movers Picture Herald poll ranks Crosby as the country's leading public entertainer for a second straight year. The survey lists Crosby among top 10 on six of 14 road shows and notes his gross of 8,000 plus for Going My Way. Runners up include Van Johnson, Greer Garson, Betty Grable, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, and others. historical star rankings span actresses and western actors with Roy Rogers and George Gabby Hayes noted among top westerns.
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Ingrid Bergman
Bette Davis
Adan Ladd
Dane Clark
Joseph Cones
Claudette Colbert
Walter Pidgeon
Gregory Peck
Ginger Roger
John Weyne
Woman Suspect In Check Cash Fraud Case
Houston County Sheriff BG Farmer departed Dothan for Tallahassee Florida to return 19 year old Kitty Wiggins Diak sought in a check theft case. Florida officers were asked to arrest her after learning she left Dothan on a bus for Tallahassee. The stolen Federal issued check valued at $216.91 belonged to D Hardy of Cottonwood.
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Dothan
Man Hospitalized After Hit By Car In Dothan
Foy L Helms of Malone Florida was struck while crossing East Main Street at South St Andrews Wednesday afternoon. Helms, believed uninjured at the scene, was later hospitalized with back injuries after a car driven by Charlein Simms of Dothan struck him. Officer Barney Patterson said the full extent of injuries was not yet known. Oil from porpoises and blackfish is valued as a lubricant in aviation and watchmaking.
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Malone
Fla
Dothan
St Andrews
Barney Patterson
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Helms
Charlein Simms
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