City Brotherhood Week Ceremony To Start Today
Out of town speakers for the city wide meeting at the Dothan high school auditorium have accepted invitations to address the gathering. They are Dr. Carl Adkins Pastor of Mobile's Daughn Way Meihadist church Father James Wathen of St. Martin's church in Troy and Rabbi Joshua Haberman of Mobile's Congregation Shaarai Shomayum. The event opens Brotherhood Week in Dothan with a City Commission proclamation and a Thursday 8 p.m. program. Clyde Levern Chamber of Commerce president will chair with Boy and Girl Scouts attending. The Glee Club will perform and the event will be broadcast by WAGF with a radio roundtable tomorrow morning featuring Dr A E Childs Rev John Stack and Rabbi Alfred Wolt. Assembly programs in junior and senior high schools will follow the theme and civic clubs will invite local clergy. The nationwide slogan In Peace as in War Teamwork is endorsed by President Truman. Stassen is general chairman with Alabama officials backing the observance. The speakers are prominent in Alabama religious and civic circles.
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Dothan High School
Dothan
Carl Adkins
Mobile
Daughn Way
Clyde Levern
Chamber of Commerce
Glee Club
Radio Staf
WAGF
A. E. Childs
John Stack
Alfred Wolt
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Truman
Harald E. Stassen
Minnesota
Alabama
Chauncy Sparks
Donald Comer
Philip C. Jackson
Birmingham
Exchange Clubs
W. C. Warren
Tuscaloosa
Civitan International
Albert Stapp
American Legion
Frank Tripp
First Baptist Church
Montgomery
Costen P. Harrell
Milton Gratman
John Toomey
Holy Name Society
BE. B. Norton
J. B. Converse
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Adkins
Alabama Methodist Conference
Opp Methodist
Father Wathen
Traffic problem called toughest facing state by judge
Supreme Court Justice J Ed Livingston told about 100 officials in Dothan that traffic problems surpass all others facing Alabama. The conference included Clyde L Coe Lester Farmer Clyde Sellers and other traffic leaders. A film followed showing traffic court procedures and a round table discussion concluded the event.
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Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
J. Ed Livingston
Clyde L. Coe
Dothan
Lester Farmer
Livingston
Clyde L. Sellers
State Highway Patrol
U. S
Clara Luce to Quit Public Life After Term Ends
Bridgeport Conn. Rep Clare Boothe Luce announced she would retire from public life at the end of her current term in Congress. The decision followed reports she had entered the Catholic Church and embraced the Catholic faith.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Clare Boothe Luce
Congress
Farm Surpluses Prospect Seen
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said postwar America faces possible price depressions from surpluses as World War II ends. He urged full employment, export growth, and industrial uses for farm products, noting demand may exceed supply in 1946 and warning against assuming markets will remain steady. He called for marketing reforms to narrow price spreads and for farm goods to compete as cheap raw materials in industry.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Anderson
Hungarian Primate Overdue At Vatican
Cardinal designate Joseph Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, is five days overdue at Vatican City where he was to be created a cardinal at the upcoming consistory. Pope Pius XII and the Catholic hierarchy are concerned. Mindszenty, Archbishop of Esztergom, won due last Monday. no word has been received from him.
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Vatican City
Joseph Mindszenty
Hungary
Pius XII
Catholic Hierarchy
Mindszenty
Esztergom
Wartime Romance Begun In England Ends In Marriage
A wartime romance that began July 4, 1944 in England between Edna Zada of Birmingham and Captain Jesse Eugene Brooks of the Army Air Forces culminated in their marriage in the United States. Brooks, a B 24 pilot, had returned to the US after a 13 month tour of duty. The couple faced travel restrictions but the bride boarded the Constellation, arrived February 7, and despite weather the Atlantic crossing time was 19 hours 35 minutes actual flying time.
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Jesse Eugene Brooks
England
United Siataes
Capt. Brooks
Woodland Drive
Randolph Field
Tex
Brooks
WAAF
Reuben Herring
NATO
Faulk
Edna Zada
Birmingham
Army Air Forces
United States
Acoteea le Line
New York
Argentina Offers To Argue Position
Argentina offers to present its case to other American nations or to the United Nations in response to the US blue book accusing prominent Argentines of Nazi links. The government communique says the document harms regional relations and disrupts Bona Fide good neighbor policy by intruding into Argentina’s internal affairs and violating international law.
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Buenos Aires
United Nations
United States
Argentina
Ickes Accepts Truman's Dare
Harold J. Ickes challenged President Truman's statements over Edwin W Pauley’s nomination and the integrity of the President. He claimed Truman contradicted himself in recent news conferences and warned that his country’s welfare demanded it. He cited his own remarks before the Senate Naval Committee and questioned the timing of Pauley’s disclosures. The clash underscores a volatile political dispute and potential calls for investigation.
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Washington
Harold J. Ickes
Truman
Edwin W Pauley
Mc Truman
Tekes
Ty de
Tekwe
Senate Naval Committee
Pausley
Pauley
Gabinet
Patsley
Parleys Probing Settlement in GM Strike Today
Aimed at ending the GM automotive strike, talks in Detroit made progress as steel companies aligned with U S Steel's CIO steelworkers deal. Mediator Dewey reported progress and plans for new contract language. GM president Wilson and CIO- United Auto Worker leaders were expected to attend the reopening sessions at 2 pm. The steel walkout neared resolution, boosting reconversion efforts as thousands of workers linger on the picket lines.
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Associated Press
General Motors
Detroit
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
James F. Dewey
C. EF. Wilson
Cio-United Auto Worker
Allied Industries
Steel Mills Begin Readying Re-Start Work
Pittsburgh report says the long industrial strike is easing as mills move to restart production. U S Steel leads, detailing a staged return over three to four weeks with wage contracts still pending. Picketing and union disputes linger at non signing plants amid a fragile, nationwide restart.
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Pittsburgh
Wal
WU. S. Steel
Usul
Iislls
AU. 5
Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel
Legion Post Launches 10 Day Membership Drive
Chester R. Wockery American Legion post greenlights a ten day drive from tomorrow through February 28 to recruit over a thousand members in Dothan and surrounding area. Two teams First Army led by Barney Adams and Second Army led by Pete Childs compete. the winning team earns a barbecue and all new members will be inducted at the barbecue.
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Chester R. Wockery
American Legion
Dothan
Basia
Legion
No. 37
Congress Maps Tough Week Of Verbal Battles In Congress
Congress leaders outlined a heavyweight week with hearings on Edwin Pauley to be Undersecretary of the Navy, renewed Pearl Harbor probe, and extending the Office of Price Administration beyond June. Other actions include wage hour reform, a large Veterans Affairs appropriation, school lunch program expansion, and regulatory measures affecting radio and housing.
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Congress
Pauley
Pearl Harbor
William F. Arbogast
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
OPA
Senate
Veterans Administration
House
Banking Committee
Alabama Phase Of Strike Over
Alabama workers directly and indirectly affected by the steel strike numbering over 100000 began returning to work last night. The return is slow and uneven as production normalizes, with two companies in Birmingham still negotiating. The Tennessee Iron & Railroad Co and other giant employers plan phased resumes, while layoffs had impacted thousands of miners and blast furnace operations.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Republic Steel Corporation
Valor of
Vart
Gadsden
CSO
State Connors Steel Company
Bermingham
US Pipe Company
Chestermer
Cso-Usw
Tennessee (A), Iron & Railroad Company
Alabama Qang
Four Applicants Seek County Road Engineer Position
The Houston County Board of Revenue met in a special session to review four applications for county highway engineer. Name candidates are Herbert Espy Gordon R M Brown Steadland Wi J Mulling Newton and Milton Lurie Dothan. State Highway Department approval by LB Rutledge is required before selection and the job offers a starting salary of 3600 per year, variable with experience.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Fderbert Espy
Gordon
R M. Brown
Steadland Wi
J. Mulling
Newton
Milton Lurie
Dothan
LB. Rutledge
State Highway Department
Rutledge
Mnasmuch
Saxon Poyner
Soviets Veto Move Ends Levant Question at UN
London reports that the Soviet Union used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to block the American plan for direct negotiations on the Levant crisis, demanding withdrawal of French and British troops from Syria and Lebanon. Bevin and Bidault supported the veto but agreed to pursue the majority’s plan, pledging cooperation with the withdrawal timetable. The council adjourned to March 21 in New York City.
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Jonn A. Parris
London
Lussia
United Sates Security Council
U.S
Syria
Lebanon
Levant
Security Council
Ernest Bevin
Britain
France
Come la Majoridy
Edward R Stetusus
The
Andrei Visninsky
Bevin
Georges Biduall
Enth
Pavl
Tafa Bevin
Russia
Council
United Nations Organisation
San Jancscn
Vic Council
Italy
Yugoslavia
Canadian Cabinet Member Names Reds In Spy Activities
Ottawa reports a cabinet minister identified Soviet Russia as the espionage target. RCMP detained present and former government workers, held incomunicado at Rockcliffe Barracks. Officials dispute claims of 22 arrests. radar and Arctic defense are cited as ring objectives.
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Jon E. Birp
Ottawa
Sovet
Russia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rockcliffe
Ottens
Reconstruction
C. J. Howe
Royal Canadian Air Force Ferry Command
High Purce
Shimishenko
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Spimlechenko
Ted States
Pailea
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City Brotherhood
Clara Luce
GM Auto
Vatican
Dothan Army Air Force
Ickes
Legion Post
James K Yardaman
Federal Reserve Board
Comex
Senate Banking
George Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board
James C Petrie
Musicians’ Union
Army
Navy
Soviets
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