Younger 4-Fs Face Early Call to Armed Service
Washington reports draft boards begin combing registration lists for younger 4-Fs to meet Army needs for occupation troops. The Army aims for 250,000 draftees in the first five months, accepting some with mild disabilities and other relaxed standards, while concurrently cutting point scores across Navy Marine Corps and Air Forces, with large projected discharges and a reduced force by July 1.
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Ial
Army
Selective Service
Army Air Forces
Navy
Marine Corps
Second Annual Camellia Show Set Here February 19
Mathan announces the second Camellia Show at Houston Memorial Library on February 19. Open to the public 2 to 9 pm, entries accepted 8:30 to 11:30 am. judging closed to public during that time. Exhibitors must register with classification committee and limit to one bloom per variety.
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Mathan
Houston Memorial Library
Wallace Malone
Turner
Horace Ha
J. Soloman
G. Latolais
Wm. Espy
A. G. Barnes
John Campbell
S. H. Wright
Jim Bottoms
G. W. Blakey
C. H. Hildreth
Ickes Heads Group Aiding GM Strikers
Retiring Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes becomes honorary chair of the National Citizens' Committee to aid General Motors strikers. Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas announced the move at a mass rally of 20,000 supporters and strikers and sympathizers for GM aide efforts.
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Detroit
Harold Ickes
National Citizens’ Committee
General Motors
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D-Calif
Ickes
Grain Shortage Blamed on Price Patterns
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson told the National Farm Institute that government price structures, set during wartime, make farmers profit from sending grain to livestock feed rather than direct grain sales. He pledged action under Truman’s food conservation program to curb overfeeding grain for animal feed and proposed a $1 premium for marketing hogs at 225 pounds with adjusted ceilings for other weights.
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Des Moines
Iowa
IUP
Clinton P. Anderson
National Farm Institute
Anderson
Truman
Army Paper Staff Members Ask Probe In Disloyalty Case
Eighteen Pacific Stars and Stripes staff members in Tokyo radioed the House and Senate Military Committees and the Senate Judiciary Committee seeking an investigation of Army policy that brands men as disloyal without a chance to defend themselves. They cited the removal of managing editor Ken Peitus and columnist Barnard Rubin after a hostile loyalty report and argued the system indicts, convicts, and transfers personnel without due process.
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Tokyo
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Army
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
T.3
Ken Peitus
T-3
Barnard Rubin
Stars and Stripes
Okinawa
Officials Gather For Traffic Talks in Alabama Courts
Law officers, jurists, and county officials from seven Southeast Alabama counties attend a 1 P.M. traffic court conference in Houston County Courthouse. Speakers include Alabama Supreme Court Justice Ed Livingston, Van Buren Gilbert, Clyde Sellers, James Brawner, and officials from the Department of Public Safety. The session aims to improve administration of justice in traffic violations and aid traffic-law enforcement, sponsored by the National Safety Council and the National Bar Association.
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Alabama
Houstor
Houston
Geneva
Covington
Coffee
Dale
Henry
Barbour
Alabama Supreme Court
Ed Livingston
van Buren Gilbert
Clyde Sellers
State Highway Patrol
James Brawner
Department of Public Safety
National Safety Council
National Bar Association
How Pay and Price Plan Works
Washington explains the wage and price order. Wages must follow government approved patterns or justify increases to offset living costs and inequities. In mass production sectors typical gains around 16 1 2 percent, plus adjustments for living costs and substandard living. Exceptions may be granted by the Stabilization Administrator.
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Labor Department
Nixon? No. US warships to seed Chinese navy, says Vinson
AP Washington Chine postwar navy may begin with 271 surplus American ships. Six destroyer escorts are the largest vessels listed. Vinson chair of the House Naval Committee disclosed details while urging swift action on a bill to permit transfer of ships to China with conditions and congressional approval required for battleships carriers cruisers destroyers or submarines.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Naval
China
Vinson
Congress
Coast Guard Cuts Discharge Points for Rapid Re mobilization
The Coast Guard announced an immediate cut in discharge points, estimating about 4,326 personnel would become eligible for demobilization. The reduction came two weeks early due to strong enlistment response, with new point requirements set for officers and enlisted members.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Washington Steel Strike Ends in Historic Walkout End
Washington officials expected a swift settlement to the CIO United Steelworkers strike, the largest in U.S. history, aided by a new reconversion formula and an anticipated steel price cost around four dollars a ton. President Truman hoped to announce both policy changes and an end to the walkout as talks neared a final gap.
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Sterling F. Green
Wasiington
Washington
Truman
Chester Bowles
White House
Cio-United
L. S. Steel
CIO
Reds Reported Looting Industry In Manchuria
The United States requested China provide a full explanation of reports that Russia is stripping Manchurian industry as war booty. Washington seeks a detailed account of Russian activities in the liberated territories including alleged looting of industrial equipment. Unconfirmed reports say a similar request was sent to the Soviet government.
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Chungring
United States
China
Russia
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Strike settlement would not bring early steel output
Birmingham reports say a steel strike settlement will not end production delays immediately. Restoring TC I and U S Steel southern units at Ensley and Fairfield will take about two weeks, with blast furnaces first to return and open hearth furnaces reaching higher capacity within two weeks. About 230,000 tons monthly ingots capacity and 27,000 workers are involved, with miners also awaiting work at the start of production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Ensley and Fairfield Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
U. S. Steel
Southern
Milix
TCI
AFL leader calls Truman wage policy a body blow
President William Green of the AFL labels the new wage price policy unacceptable predicting widespread social and economic discontent. Bowles becomes director of the revived Office of Economic Stabilization with broader power while Collet returns to a Missouri judgeship. Truman urges production as key to high wages and living standards despite mixed congressional reaction.
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OPA
Bowles
Office of Economic Stabilization
Paul A Porter
Federal Communications Commission
OES
Stebiliertidt
John C. Collet
Collet
John W. Snyder
Missouri
Jober
Truman
Congress
Civic Clubs Mark Brotherhood Week In Dothan
Four Dothan civic groups plan Brotherhood Week talks February 17 to 23. Speakers include Rev T Carroll at Rotary Monday, Rev Laurence Banter at Exchange Wednesday, and Rev Charles Hildreth at Lions Thursday. Kiwanis speaker to be announced. Citywide Brotherhood Rally set for the high school auditorium.
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Dothan
Brotherhood
Truman
Dothan City
Comininion
Wham Reck
Brotherhood Week Committee
Hev EF
T Carroll
First Christian Church
Rotary Clan
Morndiy
Laurence Banter
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Exchange Club
Charles Hildreth
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Otiunt
Thursdey Bebroney
Pacific Northwest quakes rattled region for 20 minutes
A strong 20 minute quake rocked the Pacific Northwest, centered near Olympia, toppling a 30 000 Zeon tank in the finder plant and causing cracks in multiple buildings from Bremerton to Vancouver. One fireman was knocked from his engine cab and minor injuries occurred. seismograph readings indicated the event as the worst yet recorded in the area with widespread fear and displacement.
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Seatile
Apl
Pacific Northwest
Harry B Grettileve
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
G. E. Gondatreet
University of Washington
Olympia
Sale
Cory
Bremerton
Paget Sound
Ipany
Frye & Co
Ktoriey Lab
Salem
Vancouver
B. C
Axtoria
Ore
Haquiam
Wash
Frank Top Jew Killer Reds Say Butcher of Poland
Soviet Prosecutor Ivan Smurpov told the Allied tribunal about Frank Top Jew Killer, Nazi Governor-General of Poland, allegedly ordering mass executions and condemning millions of Poles. He stated that thousands of Polish intellectuals were among those killed and cited diaries urging action against Jews.
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Mernberg
Hane Frank
Poland
Ivan Smurpov
Frank
Bim
Black Market Operators Face 1.5, Crackdown
Washington upi reports the House approved funds to hire 5,000 treasury agents for a wartime tax evaders crackdown. The bill allocates 1.604 billion dollars to Treasury-Post Office appropriations for the coming fiscal year, with the IRS set to step up enforcement and bring cases of tax evasion to court.
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Washington
UPI
House
T-men
Senate
Internal Revenue Brean
Treasury
Treasury Affiekids
Unilermivesti- Belo
Gcratchea
Cheslers
Malone Is Speaker At Lions Luncheon
Wallace Malone a Dothan banker spoke at the Lions Club luncheon yesterday. He was introduced by Ray Rarer, the club president, and chaired by F W Woolyworth de Cor. The event featured the Montane group and Weaver teamage details were noted as part of the meeting.
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Wallace Malone
Dothan Liary Chu
Ray Rarer
L¢sKion C.F Minghes
Montane
Che
Woolyworth de Cor
Aya Gy
Special Gifts Work Of Red Cross Begins
The 1946 American Red Cross Fund campaign starts in March across the United States. The drive aims to raise funds to aid millions of service members, wounded soldiers, and veterans, with volunteers led by a West branch committee including Gifty, McKinney, Flowery, and Hall.
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Red Cross
Ted
Ana
Othe Val
Meebo McKinney
Fla Flowery
Harry Hall
Tne
United States
Ile
Heriong
Lebanon Demands Immediate Recall of Foreign Troops
Lebanon denounced Britain and France for meddling in Levantine affairs and demanded the immediate and total withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanese soil. Foreign Minister Hamid Bey Frangie led the debate on Syria Lebanon issues as the Security Council met in London.
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John A. Parrig
London
API
Lebanon
Great
Bittein
France
Soveregory O
Hamid Bey Frangie
Britain
Counci
General Assembly
Hone
M-nation Peace Agency
UNO
Economic and Lotal Council
Gree
Seendiv
Pune
Meet
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Seth Richseedson
Frank B. Keefe
Keefe
Col
Rufus 5. Bratton
Army
Keete
Realton
Peron Brands Pro Nazi Charge As Falsehood
Buenos Aires sources report presidential candidate Juan Peron rejecting a U S State Department blue book alleging pro Nazi links and funding schemes. Foreign Minister Cooke and Farrell call the accusations weaponized diplomacy while denying formal copies exist. The dispute centers on alleged espionage and Axis ties used to intervene in Argentina’s February elections.
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John Wallace
Buenos Aires
Juan D Pero
Ccuse
Spraie Bisdaly Astan
U.S
Mipie
Argentina
Peron
Juan Cooke
US 5 State Department
Cooke
United States
Presileci Enelmiro
Lang
Tokyo government workers push for pay raises rally
Thousands of Tokyo government workers marched demanding a fivefold wage boost and extra food allowances. The rally, first by government employees, was supported by railway union factions and Tokyo Express groups. Organizers urged a reply by Wednesday.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Aca
Tokyo Express
Natural Resources
Allird
Parke Hambe
Japan
Wall
Kyoto
Yukitu Ti Takizawa
Ichira Hatoyama
Japan Liberal Party
Yakigawa
Pearl Harbor Probe Extended to June 12
Washington AP reports the Senate adopted a resolution to extend the Pearl Harbor investigation deadline to June 12 without dissent, ensuring continued congressional examination of the 1941 attack and related wartime actions. The move maintains active inquiry into key figures and decisions.
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Pearl Harbor
Mercury Drops Twenty Nine Degrees In One Day
Local weather notes show a 29 degree fall in 24 hours with a low around 34 degrees recorded by the weather station at 4:30 am. Yesterday’s high reached 42 degrees as forecast called for clear skies and warm conditions ahead.
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Teeeeung
CAA
Warner Binding
Bank of England Now Nationalized
London AP reports a major Labor government step in secularization as King George signs the bill placing the 250 year old Bank of England under public ownership. The bank, once paying 12 percent dividends since 1823, will be administered by a government deputy governor and a court of directors and compensated with government interest.
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London
George
England
Gover
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Massouri
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