Congress Awaiting Presidential Veto On Anti-Subsidy Bill
Congress awaits President Roosevelt's decision on the anti subsidy bill as a clash over wartime price controls unfolds. Supporters expect veto override while opponents warn of higher food costs and farm relief tradeoffs. CCC and dairy subsidy programs face uncertain futures and steps aim to preserve agency authority. J E Green promotion noted with Camp Custer service and Alabama Polytechnic education.
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Chester Bowles
Argu
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
World War II clash near Rome and rail hub
Allied forces repel a major German assault north of Rome with infantry tanks and artillery. Soviet units push within miles of a pivotal rail hub as resistance stiffens on multiple fronts. The Luftwaffe stages a heavy air raid as tensions rise across Europe.
Fair Distribution Of Scarce Civilian Goods Is Planned
The War Production Board will issue a directive to equalize scarce civilian supplies including children's underwear outerwear bedding and other essentials. It allows retailers to file complaints against sellers and if justified the WPB will adjust distribution by population based percentage limits. The plan aims to curb hoarding and reallocate goods to areas with growth or shrinkage to reduce orphaned retailers and broaden supplier options.
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Edith K. Gaylord
Walera
WPE
Hho
Snower
Waves Of Red Planes Storm Over Helsinki
Stockholm AP reports waves of Russian planes attacked Helsinki for nearly nine hours, spreading damage across Finland's capital. Four hundred bombers involved, with alarms triggered along Plaland's southeast coast. Casualties claimed, rumors persist of peace-term disputes between Plang and Moscow.
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Ruslag
Helsinki
Finland
Plang
Moscow
Asbo
Plaland
Connt
Aftonbladet
Heletaki
Bamber
Reduction Demanded By Sen Reynolds On Foreign Relief Funds
Senator Reynolds demanded chopping off part of a pending 1.35 billion dollar authorization for the United States Participation in UNRRA a relief program for civilians in areas freed from Axis occupation. He called the measure a direct invitation to exercise power politics and warned of burdens on the American public and allied nations. The Foreign Relations Committee proposed bill set a June 30 1846 termination and would have the US provide about two thirds of the total relief fund with others contributing portions. the bill carries no money yet and funding would come via later appropriations.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
Reynolds
D-N. C
United States
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Feenv
Reynolls
Taft
R. Onto
McKellar
D.-Tann
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Senate
Soare
United Kingdom
Illness Fatal To Maj. Gen McIntyre
Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre, 74, a WWI chief of staff laureate and insular affairs expert, died after a brief illness in Miami Beach. A West Point classmate of Gen. John J. Pershing, he helped shape Philippines policy and U S military actions with Filipinos during WWII. He commanded a unit in the Puerto Rican Expedition and served on the Mexican border. He held temporary then permanent major general rank and earned the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Legion of Honor, the British Knight Commander, and other honors.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frank McIntyre
Staf
West Point
John J. Perahing
McIntyre
Philippines
United States
Brothers-In-Arma
Legion of Ener
Fraud and Corruption Charges in Alabama Nomination
In Montgomery Alabama the State Democratic subcommittee certified Naval Lt (jg) George W. Andrews as the Democratic nominee for the unexpired Henry B. Steagall term, after a 44 vote win over J Hubert Farmer. Chairman Geamer McCorvey warned the party faces a potential blackout if reforms are not made.
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G State
Democratic Ubcommittes
Naval
George W. Andrews
Union Springs
J. Hubert Farmer
Dothan
Henry B. Steagall
Andrews
Farmer
Houston County
Geamer T. McCorvey
Alabama
McCorvey
American Planes Widen Sweeps On Japan Front
Allied bombers widened operations across Japanese targets as they moved toward the Philippines and the Japanese mainland. A raid on Kevieng New Ireland and further attacks in the Bismarck Archipelago continued the campaign, while an initial assault on Penape marked a broadening of the war effort.
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Moerie Landsberg
Associated Press Way
Japan
Philippines
Kevieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Pacific
Penape
Tare
Republican Bloc Moves Cautiously In International Crisis
The report notes President Gen. Pedro Ramirez of Argentina gaining a breathing spell after cabinet reshuffles aimed at balancing rival factions over relations with Axis powers. In the U.S. section, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania together hold 198 electoral votes and plan to keep undivided delegations as they watch the Republican National Convention, with Dewey-leaning ties strongest in New York.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Axi
Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
New York
New Jersey
New Yorks
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York County
Thomas J. Curran
Curran
Hebert Brownell, Jr
Lew
Petilion
Jeaney
E. Bertram Mott
Sbot Jeoadera
Harrisburg
Edward Martin
Draftees Leave For Navy Duty
A fall group of registrants from Houston County's Selective Service Board left today for Birmingham to be assigned to a Navy branch. The men, Cistus Rolling, Otto Franklin Tolar, and James William Etheridge, passed preinduction physicals and were accepted for service.
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Houston County
Selective Service Board
Birmingham
Navy
Board Aid
Cistus Rolling
Otto Franklin Tolar
James Willam Etheridge
Details of Nurses and Soldiers Escape from Nazis in Albania
A group of American Army nurses and soldiers escaped Nazi control in Albania after a crash landing in the mountains last November. They traveled for days through hostile territory, avoiding capture and death, before being rescued. The account, summarized from Cairo dispatches and released by Allied headquarters, highlights the perilous journey and the makeshift clothing and equipment used during their flight.
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Odessey
Cairo Dispatch
Allied Headquarters
Hal Boye
Apie
Albania
Nasi
Deferred Farm Workers Facing Reclassification
Washington AP draft boards must re classify 1 700 000 deferred farm workers and cancel deferments for those not contributing to production. The 1946 crop list increases require farm workers to produce by their own personal and direct efforts for deferment. Previously deferments were allowed for producing eight or more war units. No estimate of how many farmers will be drafted under the new policy.
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Max Hall Washington
Selective Service
Regiatranta
Agriculture Department
Alabama Officials Say State Finances Sound but Cautious
Montgomery officials announced Alabama is “soundly financed” yet urged a cautious path ahead. A joint report cites 1953 tax receipts totaling 59.6 million, with most funds disbursed to counties and programs. Education dominates outlays, receiving about 82 percent, with sales and personal income taxes among major sources.
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Jolint
Alabama
Outro
Drive Launched On Jay Walking Warning
City police at major intersections warn citizens of a new regulation prohibiting pedestrians encroaching intersections on red lights. Officers will issue warnings for a short period before active enforcement begins at an early date.
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Chet J
Draughon Ward
Russians Score Advances In Lake Region Despite German Resistance
Soviet forces crossed Lake Peipus and pressed toward Pskov from two directions, threatening the Riga railway corridor. The Red Army moved near Samolovo on the eastern Lake Peipus shore, while Germans counterattacked south and southeast of Gdov. The new threat to Pskov marks the most dangerous moment for the German line in the area.
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Moscow
Red Army
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U S Britain Agree Lend Lease Should Fit With War Effort
United States and Britain plan to narrow lend lease to essential war needs as they zero in on postwar risks. Officials say capital goods shipments to Britain will stop when victory nears, with exports returning to commercial channels where feasible. Textile drug and chemical shipments to the Middle East are already moving away from lend lease to normal trade.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
Europe
Haa
Lee
Roosevelt
Asoon
Middle East
Jenditeuse
Dalivary
Smilar
Flemag
Bryson Elected Permanent Planning Chairman for Dothan
J. H. Bryson was elected permanent chairman of the post war planning committee for Dothan and Houston County this morning at the Chamber of Commerce. The panel authorized him to appoint subcommittees to survey facilities and possibilities for building Dothan into an industrial center after the war. County officials reported on postwar steps underway.
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J. H. Bryson
Dothan
Houston County
Chamber of Commerce
Bryson
Allied Hold Despite Repeated Nazi Armored Attacks Near Rome
Allied forces at the southern Rome beachhead faced renewed German assaults with heavy artillery tanks and infantry. The fight intensified as both sides reinforced positions, while Allied and German aircraft joined the battle in the coastal zone.
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S. Edward Kennedy
Naples
Rome
Justice Department handed evidence on Peace Now group
The Dies Committee handed to the Justice Department evidence alleging the Peace Now movement engaged in sedition and encouraging trespass. Chairman Diet said he would seek prosecution under sedition laws and urged monitoring of all connected with the group. The panel cited letters to religious leaders urging followers to lay down arms and support the war, and suggested possible deportation or detention for John Abert Collett, the group's field secretary.
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Justice Department
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Special House
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Christiane
George W. Hartman
Dorothy Hutchinson
Marporie Ewbank
Bessie Simon
Ties
John Abert Collett
Ono
Norway
Feld
Peace
Peanut growers press for WIA aid in peanut belt
Washington dispatch notes peanut growers and Congress members urging the War Food Administration to set two support plans totaling 197.38 dollars per load for peanuts this year. The report also mentions the front line moving to within 13 miles of a key objective.
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WIA
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