Withdrawn Candidate Reenters Campaign For State Assembly
Arg. J. W. Gaines of Anus in Calhoun County has rejoined the race for Alabama's State House of Representatives after withdrawing May 7. Secretary of State Sibyl Pool confirmed Gaines requested reinstatement on the qualifying list and noted friends urged him back. Ten more candidates qualified for various offices in the quadrennial primary, with several late entries announced yesterday and this morning.
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J. W. Giines
Anus
State Hall of Representative
Calhoun County
Alabems
Sibyl Pool
Gaines
Ceckman Gessner
Truman Backs Pauley Amid Navy Secret Funds Talk
President Truman defended Edwin Pauley and said he can withdraw support, while noting Harold Iekes did not authorize public advance concerns about Pauley. He praised Pauley as honest and capable. The Interior Secretary told the Senate Naval Committee Pauley claimed he could raise 800000 from California oilmen if guaranteed the government would not sue over oil reserves.
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Edwin W. Pau Jere
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Westmeany
Tekes
Ba Weil
Trae
Senate Naval Committee
Pauley
California
Hess Used Terror Try To Frighten Britain Out Of War
At Nuremberg trials Hess testified arrival in Scotland in May 1940 aimed to force Britain to surrender by claiming the United States planned to annex Canada. He told officials that Britain should seek peace as she could not win the war, asserting knowledge of a secret American plot. The Rosenberg charge followed, with prosecutors detailing their aims and affiliations in a case tying Nazi ideology to wartime plans.
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United Nations War Crimes Tribunal
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Britain
United States
Canada
Hess
England
Ivone
Kirkpatrick
British Foreign Office
Germany
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Alfred Rosenberg
France Opposes UNO Site Near New York
London report says France protests the Stamford Greenwich UNO site choice citing nationalist resentments and a crowded New York locale. France proposes interim headquarters while permanent site studies continue as Russia and China back the Stamford Greenwich recommendation.
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Greenwich
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Palestine
Brouska
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China
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Army Navy tugs busy as seafarers strike ties Mobile port
Army and Navy toge plied the strike bound port of Mobile today as indications failed to offer hope of early settlement of a work stoppage which has tied up shipping since last Sunday. A spokesman for the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. said progress was made in a first conference with AFL Seafarers' International Union representatives but settlement was not in sight. He termed union wage demands exorbitant and said the 35 unlicensed crewmen had made other demands which could not be met. An Army tug towed the troop transport USS Willard Holbrook to New Orleans yesterday and at least one Navy tug was helping decommission Navy tankers and attack transports in port.
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Alt
Army
Navy
Toge
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co
AFL Seafarers’ International Union
Willard Holbrook
New Orleans
Reds Plan To Keep Strong Army After Threats Declared
London AP report quotes Soviet spokesmen stating Russia will maintain a very strong army to guard its interests while denying a Third World War. Foreign Commissar Molotov warns of aggressor hounds to be chained, as Moscow describes its foreign policy aims before Soviet elections.
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London
Russia
Viacheslav M. Molotov
County weighs tax inventory to uncover untaxed property
Commissioner Dowling explains state law allows matching funds if the county inventories taxable property. Houston County officials E. G. Collins Otis Mixon C. L. Cox Sr. and W. B. Bond attend the meeting as plans hinge on a conference of county and city officials to decide whether to proceed with an inventory.
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Houston County
E. G. Collins
Otis Mixon
C. L. Cox
W. 8
Bond
Houston County Tax Equalization Board
Collins
Health Demonstration Scheduled By Club
A Negro elyb club in Dothan known as the Social Alert Club scheduled a health demonstration to safeguard against contagious diseases at Bast Highland Negro school on Monday night February 11. Participants include Bertha Gibson Rosa J Johnson Rev W P Wright Mary Bell Finch J J Humphrey Gusse McMillan MH L King Guss Huntington and Eloise Humphrey. All Negro citizens urged to attend.
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Dothan
Social Alert Club
Bast Highland Negro School
Bertha Gibson
Rosa J. Johnson
Rev. W. P. Wright
Mary Bell Finch
J. J. Humphrey
Gusse McMillan
MH. L. King
Guss Huntington
Eloise Humphrey
Mass production urged to end wage price clash
Production urgency noted as a path to reducing pending wage price controls. Officials say all out production since the war should ease shortages and stabilize prices. A 3,500 tugmen strike in New York sparked fuel and power strains with schools to close for days. Federal seizure of tug operations followed bargaining talks. Violent labor clashes in Gridley and at the Toledo Peoria and Western line left several wounded and four railroad agents jailed.
Rufus Robinson Taken By Death
Rufus Robinson of Headland route two died at home after a long illness at seventy two. Funeral services were held at Evergreen Church at three o'clock with Rev Lumpkin presiding. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Prudie Robinson and one brother John Robinson of Clio route two. Surviving sisters include Aileen Bell of Eufaula, Ann Adams of Ariton route three, and Laura Williams of Donalsonville, Ga. Headland Mortuary arranged the service.
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Rufus Robinson
Evergreen Church
Lumpkin
Evergreen Cemetery
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Prudie Robinson
John Robinson
Clio
Aileen Bellflower
Eufaula
Ann Adams
Ariton
British Seeks Jewish Rioters Near Jaffa
British airborne troops sealed Holon south of Jaffa and hunted for Jewish extremists who raided a British army camp triggering a revenge uprising by Black soldiers. Five people died in late fights as search parties used bloodhounds and detectors to track two armed trucks seized by the Irgun Zvai Leumi band.
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Holon
Jaffa
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Navy officer disputes Dec 5 1941 winds message as false alarm
In testimony, he cites six to eight false alarms of a winds code message. He asserts Navy File JD-1:7001 contained only a single sheet saying file cancelled and denies destroying any messages unless two identical copies existed in his custody.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Kramer
Henry County Grand Jury Returns 17 Indictments
A three day Henry County grand jury session at Abbeville ended yesterday afternoon. Seven teen indictments, 16 of which involved felonies, were returned by the jurors. Circuit Solicitor Keener Baxley announced two indictments for first degree murder and one for manslaughter.
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Henry County Grand Jury
Abbeville
Keener Baxley
Rites Held for Mrs J M Messer in Georgia Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. J M Messer sixty seven were held at Newville Baptist Church with Rev Roby J Lee officiating. Burial followed in Newville cemetery. She lived in Newville most of her life and moved to Toomeston a year ago. Survived by husband four daughters five sons a brother two sisters and several grandchildren.
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Tormesian
Newville Baptist Church
Roby J. Lee
Headiand
Newville
Ward-Wilson
Toomeston
Piney
Mary Murray
Preston Sanders
Headland
FEPC Fight Prompts Possible Saturday Senate Session
Senator Russell advocates using cloture to end debate on FEPC as supporters hint at pausing FEPC if debate limits fail. A Saturday vote could occur at 1 p.m. amid pressure to clear FEPC before a wave of appropriations and labor bills. Southern senators threaten to stall other measures to block FEPC.
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FEPC
Senate
Capitol
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Army vehicles run on rice alcohol in China war
Many U S Army vehicles were converted to alcohol power in China during the war. Alcohol was produced from rice and sugar cane to fuel the transports and equipment used in frontline operations.
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U.S
China
TVA Heads Warn Against Proposed Kentucky Law Change
TVA directors warn that Sen Ray Mosss bill in Kentucky Senate would curb low electric rates for Kentucky farms homes and industries by prohibiting municipal electric systems and forcing costly acquisition by arbitration and condemnation warning of disastrous consequences for Kentucky customers and economy.
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Kentucky
Ynorville
Ube Sinte Seuste
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentuckiana
Ray B. Moss
Pineville
Senate
Sleening Car Inventor George Fullman in 1887
In 1887 American cabinet maker George Fullman unveiled a sleening car intended for fast trains. The slim design aimed to reduce friction and improve passenger comfort during long corridor journeys.
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Amerie
Yep
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