Japs Tighten Banking Rules and Halt Hoarded Goods
Tokyo reports Japan imposes strict banking curbs and seizes hoarded foods to curb inflation and stabilize prices. Implemented measures bar rapid currency changes, cap withdrawals after March 2, and set new issuer rules. Government aims to deter speculation, stabilize wages, and ease distribution of essential goods while boosting industrial operation.
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Co. K
Cunningham Tokyo
Japan
Cro Louglas
Arthur
Bank of Joput
Maren
LTDA
Crea Astur
Nel
Wataru Narashi
Bouonesedt
Fajure
Shidihara
American Vessels Transport Chinese Troops To Manchuria
American ships yesterday carried more Chinese government troops to Manchuria amid reports of fresh clashes by Chinese Communists and growing anxiety over Russian forces. Four hundred Manchurian Guild members protested in Canton demanding Russian withdrawal as officials avoided comment to avoid offense. Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer said the Chinese government requested and General Marshall approved American aid.
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U. S
China Theater
Marshall
Amer
Court Session Set for Week in Houston County Circuit Court
A Houston County circuit court session opens tomorrow with civil jury cases on the docket. Fourteen cases are scheduled for trial during the week at the courthouse.
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Tomorroxy
Houston County Circuit Court
US to move additional armies into Manchuria
Wedemeyer stated that most of the new Chinese Sixth Army already had been moved there by the US Navy and that a division was at sea aboard American manned tank landing ships. He did not specify how many more armies would be transported, but used the term armies to describe the new movement after coming from Shanghai to confer with Marshall, the special American envoy to China.
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Ican
Manchuria
Wedemeyer
US. Navy
Shanghai
Marshall
China
Boykin Emerges as Likely Ickes Replacement Hopeful
In Montgomery Alabama strong support grows for Rep Frank Boykin as the probable successor to Harold Ickes as U.S. Secretary of the Interior. A telegram from Alabama Farm Bureau Federation leader Walter Randolph calls Boykin an ideal choice, praising his long farming ties, impressive House record, loyalty, energy and suitability to the Truman administration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Boykin
Harald Ickes
Interir
Alwheny
Mobur Congressoisa
Walter Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Truman
Boykin
Ickes
Randolph
South
Congress
Alabama
Conagreas
Boykin A
Tim E
Gil
Baykin
Birmingham
Luther Patrick
Jefferson County
Hugh DuBose
J. C. Battle
Patrick
Mobile
George Grant
George Andrews
Sam Hobbs
Albert Raine
Pete Jarman
Carter Manaseo
John Sparkmaan
Public Service
W. C
Clint) Harrison
Capitol
Public Service Commission
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
M. B. Grace
Charles Bricken
Woman Injured in Fall At Home Not Serious
An ambulance driver reported Edna Cummings of 303 First Avenue was injured in a head laceration fall at her home around 9:30. She received first aid at a local hospital and was later returned home, the driver stated the injuries were not serious.
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Ward-Wison Funeral Home
Edna Cummings
First Avene
Blue Lupine Growth Worth While for South Alabama Farmers
County agents across 22 South Alabama counties report blue lupines can raise farmer income and reduce fertilizer needs by fixing nitrogen. Planting with standard equipment shows lupines from knee to waist high improving peanut, cotton, and corn yields after legumes. Results vary by planting date with early March yielding highest, and implications include 35 000 acres needed for seed and expanded seed production on Alabama farms.
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Alabama
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Egents
Kaee
P. Wairoa
South Alabama
Wilson
P. O. Davis
M. J. Funchess
Emmett Sizemore
J. D. Samford
Houston
Hecrry
Geneva
Coffee
Dale
Barbour
Pike
Bullock
Russell
Maron
Lee
Crenshaw
Baldwin Counties
Ickes assails Truman on Pauley and perjury claim
In a sharp critique, Harold Ickes accuses President Truman of inviting perjury by rejecting a Justice Department probe into Dwight Pauley’s alleged misstatements. He cites historical oil scandal parallels and questions Roosevelt’s potential Navy appoinment, asserting the president’s truthfulness and motives are at stake.
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Ickes
Justice Department
Pauley
Tekes
Albert B. Fall
Tenpat Dome
Truman
Roosevelt
Navy
Yelees
Navy Department
Democratic National Committee
Tidelands
Legion induction ceremony profiles two Army membership teams
Number 17 marks an impressive Legion induction ceremony with two Army membership teams announced. First Army under Adams lists officers and new inductees including Myer Blumberg and James Herring, while Second Army led by Childs names members such as Paul McKinnon, Roy O. Hill, and Wallace D. Malone.
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First Army
Adams
Myer Blumberg
John Massey
Charlie Jennette
Alvin Mount
Clyde Jewel
Joseph Lumpkin
Leon Harvard
James F .Bubba Buntin
James Carl Pruvis
Bog Farmer, Jr
Norman KF
Pat
Murphy
James L. Acree
Jack Parsons
Arthur Johnson
Noses Saunders
Julian L. Tyler
Brook Cherry
Charlie Adams
Earnest J. Green
Howard E. Lane
Eddie Kelly Alford Brown
Will Harvard
James Herring
Second Army
Childs
Paul McKinnon
H. 8. Coater
Roy O. Hill
Albert Logue
Patrick B. Jones
Benton Foy
Howell Bennett
Bruce Flurry
Arnold
C. C. Chapman
Wallace D. Malone
Edwin Worthy
Barney Blumenfield
James Thornton
Lehman
Ben
Veterans Administration to Build 80 Hospitals with Army Engineers
General Omar N. Bradley, Veterans Administrator, announced a plan to enlist Army engineers to accelerate the construction of 80 new hospitals. The project, valued at about 446 million dollars, aims to complete within 16 months to two years. Bradley spoke ahead of the American Legion meeting in Indianapolis and defended his leadership to reporters.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Army Cooperaon
Bradley
Steel labor peace spreads through major producers
The article details wage pattern settlements across U S Steel unions and major producers Bethlehem Republic Aluminum Company of America Pittsburgh Steel Wickwire Spencer Inland Steel Cripple Steel and others. It notes 90 percent of basic steel workers expected back by midweek and signals further actions in ongoing CIO and AMI labor disputes.
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Bethlehem
Republic
U. S. Steel-union
Alminum Company of America
Pittsburgh Steel
Wickwire-Spencer
Blaw Knox Company
Inland Steel
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Chicago Heights
Crucible Steel
Union and Company
U. S
Philip Murray
CIO
Basic Steel
Washington
General Electric
Westinghouse
John C. Collet
U. S. Steel
Corporation
Labor Harmony
CIO International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter
American Smelting and Refining Company
Rabbinic and Catholic Church Educations Aligned in Wartime Service
The text details a figure who studied at St Bernard's College in Cullman and St Mary's College in Baltimore after war interruptions from Rome. He led St Martin's church in Troy for two years and received rabbinic ordination in 1945 at Hebrew Union College Cincinnati. He previously led Congregation Shaaiai Shorayim in Mobile, now replacing Dr Sidney Berkowitz serving as Army chaplain.
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St. Bernard's College
Cullman
Rome
St. Mary's College
Baltimore
St. Martin's Church
Troy
Haberman
University of Cincinnati
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Congregation Shaaiai Shorayim Im Mobile
Sidney Berkowitz
R W A Davis rites set today
Funeral services for the Rev W A Davis aged sixty six of Sloromb Alabama will be held at 2 o clock today at New Hope church with Rev C C Balcom and Rev H M Givans officiating Burial will be in New Hope cemetery Ward Wilson directing He had lived near Slocomb most of his life and for 30 years was a Free Will Baptist minister He was a member of the Mescauee lodge Surviving are his wife and four daughters Mrs Lord Perkam of Chapley Mrs Wilmer Bedsole of Dothan route one Mrs Charlie Casey and Mrs Coy Dean both of Parama City two sons Hughey Davis of Dothan route one Doyce Davis of Slocomb two sisters Mrs Nene Hicks of Slocomb Mrs Laura Kirkised of Columbus Ga four brothers Keyton Davis and Dock Davis both of Slocomb Sibe Davis of Akron Ohio and Sead Davis of Grantville Members of the Masonic Lodge will be active pallbearers.
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OA Davis
Sloromb
Ala
Dothen Hospital
New Hope Church
C C Balcom
H M Givans
Burger
New Hope Cemetery
Ward-Wilson
Davis
Slocormb
Mescauee Lodge
Lord Perkam
Chapley
Wilmer Bedsole
Dothan
Charlie ‘Casey
Coy Dean
Parama Ciy
Hughey Davis
Doyce Davis
Slocomb
Nene Hicks
Laura Kirkised
Columbus Fa
Keyton Davis
Dock Davis
Sibe Davis
Akron
Ohio
Sead Davis
Grantville
Masonic Lodge
Cowart Theatres File Papers Here
Incorporation papers for Cowart Theaters Inc filed in Houston County probate office list principal place of business in Dothan. Incorporators are Allen L. Cowart W H Merri C K Merrill and G M Harrison. Authorized capital stock 100 shares at 100 par total 10000. Object to engage in general theater business and exhibit moving pictures. Officers include W H Merrill president C E Merrill director vice president Allen L Cowart director secretary and G M Harrison director.
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Cowart Theaters, Inc
Houston County
Dothan
Allen L. Cowart
W. H. Merri
C K. Merrill
G. M. Harrison
W. H. Merrill
C. E. Merrill
Trial methods discussed for drunken driving cases at Livingston event
Justices of the peace and officials from multiple towns gathered to review trial procedures and required evidence for DUI cases. The blood alcohol test was discussed but not yet accepted by the State, with potential consideration at the next legislative session. Attendees from Dothan, Hartford, Geneva, Samson, Montgomery, Cottonwood, Columbia, Newton, Andalusia, Enterprise, Elba, Eufaula, Webb, Ozark, and other areas registered or attended but did not sign in.
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Livingston
Justices of the Peace
Assembly
Hartford
George D. Hall
G. D. House
G. H. Childs
E. E. Sammons
Geneva
J. M. Young
W. P. Register
J. A. Driver
Z. T. Morris
Samson
Fox Davis
EB. Stafford
Montgomery
H. E. Black
Clyde C. Sellers
Cottonwood
J. T. White
Columbia
WW. T. Justice
E. E. Wakefeld
Newton
F. W. Wynn
HH. L Mullins
Andalusia
C. V. Hines
EH. A. Whitley
Enterprise- C
L. Goodson
J. Alex Huey
A. G Mitchell
R, PB
H. Godfrey
Elba
W. H. Haire
Eufaula
J. R. Weed
Webb
Shelby Thomas
Ozark
Sam Shehan
J. C. Dunaway
L. E. Curtis
Sugar And Syrup Records Checked By Federal Agent
Federal agent Bob Phillips said inspectors checked wholesale sugar dealers and syrup distributors in six southeast Alabama counties on a routine three month stock disposition. The audit, required by the federal government, aimed to detect illegal liquor manufacturing and ensure records of sales were kept. Unusually large sugar demands by retailers may prompt further investigation.
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Sie
Alabama
Bob Phillips
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Phillips
Omateesd Fram Fage Seeks Wage-Price Policy Details
A report from Barbour Dale describes officials seeking clarity on a wage price policy in Washington. The inquiry aims to determine how wage price agreements would apply to individual cases, with steel firms highlighted as a focus of the investigation.
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Sul Perabos
Washington
Ely
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Tire Service
P. S. Tire
Shorty Propst
S. Foster
Dothan’s Industrial Bank
Dothan Savings
Harry P. Harry, Pres
Foster St
Chas. Bas. Boberts
John C
Unias Hollis
Bououerlkons
Kalmia
Tha Gyms
ALIO
SGML
Fertilizer CO
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Volek
N. St. Andrews
State Farm Bureau
Brantley Bros
Hyadland
National Veterans” Administration
W. A. Davis
Cowart Theatres
W. Perry Calhoun
M. 5. Vickery
Earl Smith
L. A. Farmer
Earl Henley
J. B. Perkins
Ewell Jones
Syd Darnell
M. E. Jones
J. Fred Draughon
John W. Lill
Frank Dunham
J. T. Burton
J. Strickland
Thomas E. Maxwell
A. L. Burdick
Ed Cherry
Surize Iseembes
Hayes Grocery Company
RINSO
LUX Teg
Wsah
LUX
Dale Yea
E Blakey
N. Foster, Dothan
Tepe
Ciote
J. A. Fowler
Hazelhurst
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
E. Main St
Porter Arnold, Sr
Byrd’s Service Center
Mr. Arnold
Arnold Hag
Byrd
Pan-Am
Otis Byrd
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