Group Reforming Congress For Committee Reduction
Washington the joint committee on congressional reforms plans to cut Senate and House committees by over 30 percent and consolidate to 16 Senate groups or 18 House groups. They propose salaries rise to 15,000 and bigger staffs, while keeping broadcasts off radio networks. The panel aims to end old powers and set terms, but may face floor opposition. the report also hints at reform debates on civil service intercession and committee control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Donovan
Washington
Senate
Abo
House
Bern
Hull
Senistves
Packeipateau
Senice
Petiement
Ceonmuiter van
Congress
Tug Queaton
Legion Will Hear Member Drive Report
Members of Chester R. Vickery Post No 13 of the American Legion will meet in the club rooms on South Foster Avenue tomorrow night at o clock to hear membership reports from the First and Second Armies. Bar ney Adama and Pete Childs report they have been seeking new members in a two week drive and will declare a winner. Plans for a barbecue are set to include swearing in new members by a State Headquarters official. 100 percent attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
South Foster Arragat
Barney Adama
Chaptain
First Army
Pete Childs
Second Army
Wil Ba
Maston O'Neal
O'Neal
Income Tax Office To Be Open All Day On Two Saturdays
Dothan offices of the Department of Internal Revenue will be open all day on March 2 and March 9 ahead of the March 15 income tax return deadline. Collector Robert Beck said the local office will extend hours from 9 AM to 4:45 PM daily except Sundays, offering free assistance to taxpayers filing revised forms. He urged taxpayers, including discharged servicemen with back returns, to file early to avoid lines.
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Dothan
Department
Robert Beck
Internal Revenue
Beck
Pen
Collector of Internal Revenue
Post Office
Unvl
War Chaplain Recalls Crucial Frontline Moments
Chaplain Priest reflects on WWII service, comforting soldiers and sharing photos with families before big actions. He cherishes the experience and says he would not trade it, planning to remain on terminal leave and not rejoin the army for at least three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prigat
Ife
Improved George Baker Faces Recovery After Chemical Burn
George Baker city fireman suffered acid burns when a vat spilled solution at the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. He improved after treatment and is expected to leave Dothan hospital soon, where he has been treated since November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baker
Dothan
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Public Will Pay Cost Of Wage Hike To Meat Packers
AP dispatch explains wage increases for five major meat packers and up to 18 cent raises for others under government wage price policy. Agriculture Department and OPA estimate higher wages will raise retail meat prices by about 1.3 percent for the average family, with annual per person costs rising from 34.25 dollars to around 34.87 dollars.
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Washington
Alwelcan
Swi
Armour
Cudahy
Wilzon
Jobo
Cheer Bowles
OPA
Agriculture Department
United States
Kiwanis Club To Sponsor Magic Show April 23
The Dothan Kiwanis Club will sponsor Birch America's master magician and Mabel Sperry the world's greatest xylophonist on April 23 at the city auditorium. Albert Smith announced plans with J. P. Culver and Jease Frank Stallings handling duties. Proceeds fund underprivileged children with matinee and night performances planned. show touted as the largest illusion event in America with acts including the mysterious pony and other feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Birch
America
Mabel Sperry
City Auditorium
Albert Smith
J. P. Culver
Jease Frank Stallings
Cripes
Assiatam
World War II notes on airmail and entertainment
Letters to the editor praise and criticize wartime logistics and entertainment value. Corroborating items discuss airmail delays, plane shortages, and the desire for faster mail between U S posts and Allied commands. Tokyo sources note slow communications but no complaints about foot travel, while entertainment facilities are deemed lacking for morale.
Canadian Attorneys Protest Charge Delay In Spy Case
Ottawa lawyers push for charges against 13 suspects held incommunicado in a 12 day espionage probe. They protest government secrecy and denial of legal counsel for suspects and their families as Royal Commission details surface about leaked data affecting public safety and allied powers.
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Ottawa
Raymond Quale
Ollawe
Cywmeton County
Ber Association
Hemper
Aliameras
Ministry of Justice
Harliest
Royal Commission
Russle
Canada
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Nuernberg
Supreme Court
Robert Taschereau
R. L. Kellock
United States
Britain
France closes frontier at midnight March first
The French government ordered the frontier closed at one minute past midnight on March 1. Spain fears tighter patrols by Spanish police and military as General Franco's regime steps up precautions to block Franco-era movement from France. Officials warn of disrupted imports, notably phosphates from French North Africa, as Madrid reports clashes and several arrests amid the border crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Francisco Franc0
France
Spain
Britain
United States
Granda
Madrid
Zeragoza
Keag's Resignation and Krug's Possible Senate Confirmation
The article notes the regretful resignation of Keag as WPB closes and highlights Krug's long career in state and government service. It mentions Truman meeting Krug during the Tennessee Valley Authority power manager era and suggests a speedy Senate confirmation despite Western grumblings about regional representation.
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Keag
WPB
New York
Truman
Krug
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Krog
Senate
Miss Espy Reviews Mary Webb Novel at Kiwanis Meeting
Miss Espy offered a review of Precious Bane by Mary Webb at a Dothan Kiwanis Club gathering. First Vice President J P Culver chaired in the absence of the president. new member W V Hone was introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miay
Elizabeth Espy
Mary Webb
Dothan Kiwanis Club
J. P. Culver
P. B. McLauchlm
W. V. Hone
C. H. Carroll
Atlanta
James F. Martin
Rewben Herring
Leroy Priest
Iarden Johnson
J. P. Culver, Jr
Seaman
Tennessee Town Quiet After Riot in Columbia Tennessee
After a race riot, Columbia Tennessee curfew kept streets clear until 6 a.m. Today businesses reopened as whites and Negroes resumed normal activity. Seven people shot previously, 12 Negroes charged with attempted murder, 10 injured including seven officers, one officer hospitalized. Police and Tennessee State Guardsmen remained on alert. arrests reached 77, with weapons and vagrancy charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tenn uPr
Nore Marcy
Tennessee
Rhetoric on wage policy and wartime earnings
A discussion outlines a wage-price policy aimed at easing postwar earnings losses. It argues the plan supports industry minimum peacetime earnings and helps labor soften pay shocks after wartime reductions. The debate includes objections to artificial scarcity and the balance between price lines and wages.
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Bowles
Agriowlinie
Antinok
Pradecsas
Home Management Specialist Visits Dothan FSA Office
Miss Sue Taylor a home management specialist from the Farm Security Administration in Washington DC spent Tuesday in the Houston County FSA office. County supervisor W Cook announced the visit and noted Taylor praised the progress of the Farm Ownership program and local farm conditions. The group also included Miss Virginis Coker Miss Juliet Miller Miss Helen Nimmo Frate Bull and Milan W Donaldson. They discussed county work plans and seasonal calendars and toured Farm Ownership farms in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Taylor
Farm Security Administration
Washington, D. C
Houston County
FSA
W. ¥. Cook
Taylor
Iny
Cook
Virginis Coker
Auburn
Juliet Miller
North Alabama
Helen Nimmo
Florida Fsa
Frate Bull
Montgomery
Milan W. Donaldson
State F. C
Mary B. Arant
Japan Bars Warmakers From Public Office in Cabinet Order
Japan's cabinet issued a purge aligned with MacArthur's list barring top officials of 32 industrial and banking firms and tens of thousands of wartime leaders from public office. The ordinance disqualifies leaders of industrial control groups and government bodies, war criminals, police, and militarist supporters, including those in patriotic societies and wartime political orgs. Governors and officials of formerly occupied areas are also affected.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Merarchy
Army
Navy
Four More Paving Petitions Are Filed
Four additional paving petitions were filed in the City Clerk's office today. The documents request paving and construction of curbs and gutters on four streets: Linden Street from Adam to Burdeshaw, Arlington Avenue from Edgewood Avenue to Moates Street, Jett Street, and South College Street South Ward from Crawford to Washington Street.
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Linden Street
Adam
Burdeshaw
Arlington Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Moates Street
Jett Street
South College Street
Crawford
Washington Street
Stolen Guinea Pigs With TB Danger in Macon
In Macon Georgia a lab theft from City Hospital left about 25 guinea pigs missing. The animals were infected with tubercle germs for routine tests and kept behind the hospital. Officials warned the public of a potential spread and indicated burglary rather than accidental loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
City Hospital
House Group Okeys Billion-Dollar Outlay For Agriculture Work
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 1.107 billion dollar Agriculture Department outlay for the year ending June 30 1947. It slashed the Bureau of Agricultural Economics budget over a survey of racial conditions in Mississippi and suggested elimination of cotton support price studies. The panel kept funds for soil conservation forest development disease control and agricultural research while restoring a 43 million dollar cut in soil conservation payments. The bill adds 300 million for soil conservation and maps other department appropriations.
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Lee Nicbo
Washington
House
Bureau of
Congress
Clinton P. Anderson
Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Conoma County
Miss
Bureau
Stolen Car Lot Found In Homewood
Homewood police uncovered a secluded wooded area near the city limits containing two automobiles and a truck reported stolen. Patrolman J E Smith stated the vehicles were located during a routine investigation and referred the matter to headquarters.
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Homewood
Ala
Avburbd
J. E. Smith
Conference buoyed by vague VA plan noises
The Degien group speaker outlined noncontract hospital limits for veterans, emergency use only, and more VA decentralization. Bradley released a wire recording after reporters were barred, while a VA spokesman insisted no plan changes, no extra beds, and continued Army and Navy hospital takeover with on the job training oversight limited by law.
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Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
Stelie
Bradley
Thene
Stelle
Bond surety dispute over Jordan detention continues
The case alleges Knight acted as surety on Jordan’s bonds, delivering copies to the sheriff and causing rearrest and jail time. Jordan claims he paid extra to enforce the contract, and that Knight refused to remain as surety, causing two jail periods and a $75 loss. Both suits against Burkett and Knight remain pending trial.
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Jordan
Knight
Therm
Dee
Burkett
Soviets Guard Factories in Mukden After War Damage
Soviet troops guard every important factory in Mukden as most plants lie idle or stripped of heavy machinery. Evidence shows equipment shipped to Russia under Bay Three, workers report forced labor in remaining plants, and widespread vandalism leaving abandoned structures exposed to harsh winter.
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Mukden
Reynolds Packard Mukden
1Dpi
Sovire
Io Bmukden
Ocmnsr Ceutral
Te Corse
Akeletus Mruciuper
Wanlon Fie
Theo Koted
Maj
den Andrei Kovtoun-Sisskeviteh
Burges
Musden
Russa
Amie Idukden
Maochukyo
Osaka
Warn
Chitago
Manchuria
Board and Lodging for Veterans In Dothan Office
J W Thornton says Contracts with a Dothan restaurant and hotel provide board and lodging for non resident veterans applying for VA claims or benefits. The aim is to cover overnight stays when hospitalization or examinations require an extra day. When VA calls a veteran from another town, travel expenses and lodging may be paid directly by the VA with no forms to file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
J.W. Thornton
Thornton
Veteraha Administration
Veterans Administration
France Likely to Raise Spanish Question at UN Security Council
Foreign Office sources say France will push the Spanish issue at the March 21 Security Council session. Paris observers question Spain's invitation to join debates as a non member while a dispute is heard. Bidault drafts notes urging US and UK support to isolate Spain, and border closure prompts no Madrid comment. Rotterdam dockworkers demand Dutch break with Spain and refuse to load ships bound for Spain.
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Foreign Office
France
United Nations Security Council
Paris
Spain
UNO
Council
Georges Bidsalt
United States
Britain
Bidault
Washington
London
Madrid
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Hague
Mrs Inez Clem Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Inay Clem thirty five who died at Tusceloora hospital Sunday night after long illness will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Abbeville Baptist Church with Rev Mark A Lower officiating. Burial will follow in City cemetery. Kennedy Funeral home in charge. Surviving are a son George Clem her parents Mr and Mrs George Doswell Abbeville four sisters Mrs Lilian Harley Bill Jeridene Woodham Mrs Meloy Morrison all of Abbeville and Annie Brett Jacksonville two brothers John Doswell Abbeville and Thomas Ed Doswell Fort Belvoir Virginia. Active pallbearers Fred Donwell David Woodham Joe Hartley Fernie Harrison Locia Beasley and Oscar Doswell.
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Inay Clem
Tusceloora Hospital
Abbevile Baptist Church
Fey
Mark A. Lower
Busia
Kennedy Funeral Home
George Clem
Mrz
George Doswell
Abbeville
Lilian Harley
Bill
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