Eisenhower warns on demobilization pace and mine blast rescue
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told Congress the demobilization slowed to avoid Army collapse, aiming 1.5 million by July 1 and 2.2 million out by April 30, plus 500,000 by July 1. An West Virginia mine explosion near Welch injured 15 and killed five, with 267 workers in the shaft. officials described a chaotic rescue and safety concerns.
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Eisenhower
William F. Arbogast
Waseington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington (Ap
Bureau of Mines
Welch
W. Va
David Harrington
Harrington
Bureau
New River
Pocahontas
Berg Wand
Southern Solons See End Of OPA In Cotton Ceiling
Southern cotton senators warned that OPA price ceilings on raw fiber could end the Office of Price Administration. They argued the agency may expire June 30 unless Congress acts, while OPA said only advance notice is issued to keep options open. Local cotton leaders called ceilings unworkable and punitive toward the South amid rising clothing prices.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Johnston
D-Sc
Scott, Miss
Oscar Johnston
National Cottons Council
Operaton
Eastland
D - Miss
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Hopes ANO Will End Javanese Trouble
Batavia AP reports Indonesian Republic Prime Minister Sutan A Sjakrir hopes that Java’s violence and unrest will be resolved by the United Nations. Concurrently the Netherlands says troops landed at Koemai to probe Javanese nationalist arrivals. A British notice mentions a small force of 300 Indonesians, 300 Dutch, and 20 Chinese in American Army style outfits to arrive in Batavia this week.
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Batavia
Sutan A. Sjakrir
Java
United Nations Organization
Koemai
Borneo
Greek Dock Workers Strike Halts UNRRA Ship Unloads
In Athens over 3000 Piraeus dock workers walked off the job to press for higher wages, suspending unloading of ships carrying UNRRA relief. Minister Theodore Havinis called the strike unjustified, noting dockers are among Greece's best paid amid inflation. wages equate to about one and a half gold sovereigns.
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Athens
Piraeus
Theodore Havinis
Greece
Pan American Constellation Sets NY Bermuda Round Trip Record
Pan American Airways officials announced a new commercial record for a Lockheed Constellation flight from New York to Bermuda and back totaling 1,340 miles in 4 hours 43 minutes. The flight beat the prior record by 1 hour 7 minutes.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Bermuda
Wildcat Division Returning Soon to Japan Assignment
The fist Infantry Division the Wildcats head home, inactivated January 20, with its two point performer reassigned within Japan. Based at Amori in northern Honshu, commanded by Maj. Gen. Paul J. Mueller, the unit traces to Camp Rucker and fought on Anguar Peleliu and Leyte. The division first appeared in June 1942 and was a World War I outfit with the first shoulder patch insignia.
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Yokohama
Bloody Nose Ridge
Peteliu Island
Eighth Army
Japan
Amori
Honshu
Paul J. Mueller
Bist
Camp Rucker
Ala
Arizona
Camp Beale
Marysville
Calif
Anguar Island
Peleliu
Leyte
Philippines
Gist
Wildcat
British To Retain Palestine Mandate
LONDON AP The British Cabinet outlined Foreign Secretary Bevin’s planned UN speech announcing Britain will place Tanganyika Cameroons and Togoland under UN trusteeship while keeping mandates over Palestine and Trans Jordan The move argues Trans Jordan is ready for independence and Palestine awaits reports from a British American commission studying the region.
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London
Ernest Bevin
United Nations General Assembly
Bevin
Tangayika
Cameroons
Togoland
UNO
Trusteeship Council
Palestine
Trans Jordan
Trans-Jordan
British-American Commission
Efforts To Acquire Recreation Center Face Early Deadline
The City Commission set an afternoon deadline to finalize talks with the Federal Works Administration on buying the Dothan Recreation Center. FWA officials outlined city land cost at 10,000 dollars and building and equipment investments totaling 39,362 dollars. The agency hopes to offer the facility to communities at half its original value as wartime cooperation winds down.
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Federal Works Administration
Dothan Recreation Center
FWA
Napier Field
Camp Rucker
J. M. Wilhelm
Atlanta
Commission
Dothan
Illness Fatal To Mrs W L Andress In Dothan
Mrs W L Andress president of Alaga Coach Line and long-time Dothan resident died at 718 W Main Street after a brief illness. She was 61, moved from Brookhaven Miss seven years ago, active in women’s clubs and social circles, and affiliated with First Baptist. Survived by a son and three daughters all of Dothan, seven grandchildren, her mother and five sisters, three brothers. Funeral 3 p m today at the residence with local ministers officiating. burial in City Cemetery. Johnson and Wilkerson funeral directors. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include Alaga Coach Line employees and numerous named ladies.
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W. J. Andress
Alaga Coach Line
Dothan
Main Street
Andress
Brookhaven
Miss
First Baptist Church
W. D. Andresz
R. A. Dawkins
J. L. Wilson
K. A. Bennett
Greenville
Ala
R. D. McCarty
W. M. McGowin
Wallace Glover
Montgomery
Renkin Tippins
Hartford
T. W. Nisbit
Paradena
Calif
J. R
D. OD. Bennett
Pineapple
J. W. Bennett
West Palm Beach
Fla
J. Norton Denby
First Presbyterian Church
Henry A. Parker
T. Wyatt Harris
Ike Rimson
Josh Clark
J. G. Owens
J. FE. Stembridge
5. A. Jeter
Jesse Burke
Hervey Yarbrough
Julian Hall
Howard Patterson
Kimmel Says Navy Warned Not Imminent Attack
Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel testified before a Senate House committee that he was misled by a prewar warning into believing the Navy Department did not expect an imminent attack on Pearl Harbor. He recounted his account as witnesses gathered to hear his first public story of the December 7 1941 strike.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Lhe Cray
Pacific Fleet
Senate House Committee
Kimmel
Seth Hichardson
Ietter
Qwen J. Roberts
Roberts
Roosevelt
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Grace Tully
White House
Forrestal
American Delegates Split On Jap Islands Under UNO
London dispatch reports American civilian and military leaders at the United Nations General Assembly arguing over whether conquered Japanese islands should enter UNO sovereignty. Delegates favored a trusteeship plan for the Pacific islands, while Gen. George C. Kenney urged retention of islands with military value. The Security Council prepares for its first meeting to address organization and atomic energy control, with Byrnes Bevin Vishinsky expected to speak.
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Jack Smith
London
United Nations General Assembly
UNO
Security Council
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Vishinsky
Americn
Pacific Islands
George C. Kenney
United States
Kenney
Electrical Union Strike Hits 16 States and Big Firms
A sweeping strike by 200000 electrical workers in General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants across six states began early today amid wage disputes. The CIO United Electrical Workers demand a $2 daily raise, with 100000 GE 75000 Westinghouse and 24000 GM employees affected.
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Detroit
Presidential
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
New York
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motor
United Electrical Workers Union
Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric Co
Labor Department
Washington
Rssen
Pearl Harbor
General Electric Company
Motors
General Electic
United Auion Workers
Legal Technicality May Create Vacancy In Coroner's Post
The Houston County coroner appointment may be void if the current coroner Lake Burdick holds state employment. Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner notes a county official cannot also be a state employee. Vacancies are filled by gubernatorial appointment.
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Houston County
Lake Burdick
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Opelika
Saxon P. Poyner
Burdick
Poyner
Nazi affidavit debunks myth over Athenia sinking
Doenitz affidavit presented at the Nuremberg tribunal states the German submarine U-30 sank the British liner Athenia on Britain’s entry into war. It says 113 people died, including 30 Americans, and frames the action as a secret order by the German High Command to provoke U S involvement.
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James F. King Muernberg
Germany
H. J. Phillimore
Doenitz
Athenia
Britain
Winston Churchill
Doenjs
Karl-Heinz Moehle
Congress Shows Signs on Strike Act Amid Labor Turmoil
Congress reopened after a recess as labor strikes surged. Senate Labor Committee members forecast swift action on Truman’s fact finding measure with hearings led by William H. Davis. Eastland and O’Daniel pressed for immediate Senate action, while Bailey proposed Wagner Act revisions to curb strikes and shake up labor relations.
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Edwen B. Harkinson
Washington
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Ellender
Aiken
Teetases
Regal
Corporation
Eastland-Miami
O'Donell D- Tex
Senate
Wait Ling
Labor Committee
Meéeda
Morscow
Eastland
O‘daniel
House
Bailey
National Tabor Relations ‘Board
Communists accuse Chiang forces of truce violation
Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai sought a meeting with General Marshall to protest alleged Kuomintang violations of the civil strife truce. The Communists charged government forces attacked Kwangshan in southeastern Henan. a government spokesman said military operations paused at the midnight deadline except in self defense.
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Spencer Mooba Chungking
Aps
Chen En-lai
Commouniet
Gen Marshall
Chou
Kwangshan
Honan
Communist Party
Jsawrodina
Tung Pewu
Kuomintang
Chian
Kai-shek
Nationale
Diagonal Parking Idea Suggested to City Commission
A local engineer presented a diagonal parking plan to the City Commission to replace parallel spots, citing traffic improvements. Commission President Clyde Coe noted prior experiments with diagonal parking and said the city will continue to explore the idea while appreciating the suggestion. John Wayne to Wed Esperanza Baur in Long Beach home wedding set for Thursday with actor's mother hosting.
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Diagonal Park
Onder
Sucet
Traffic Situation Commission
Clyde Coe
John Wayne
Hollywood
lMeat Ia
Jove
Esperanza Baur
Monte Christa
Sidney Preen
Long Beach
County Licenses Under 100 Sold in Houston County
Officials of the probate office said under 100 county chain store licenses were sold in Houston County. The deadline for license payment without penalty is February 1. The probate office is now handling the trade licenses to help store owners avoid citations by the license police.
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Istore
Houstess County
Pratute
Fifth Fleet Coming Home In Three Months
Vice Adm Frederick C. Sherman announced the Fifth Fleet will return to the United States from Japan within three months. San Diego will be home base for the fleet’s aircraft carriers while Towers will command the Pacific Fleet.
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San Diego
Calif
Japan
Frederick C. Sherman
Burns Files Plea New Orleans Appeal In Murder Case
E J Burns of Birmingham Alabama has an appeal on file with the U S circuit court after the Middle District of Alabama denied a habeas corpus petition. He has been reprieved 13 times from the electric chair while challenging a murder conviction.
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Burns
New Orleans
E. J. Burns
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Frith Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Court For
Middle District of Alabama
Meat Packers Strike Scheduled to Start Wednesday
Chicago AP reports the AFL Meat Cutters union told 500 locals to strike at 12:01 AM Wednesday. Union officials blamed failed nationwide talks on offers from the four large packers, signaling an imminent nationwide work stoppage in the meat packing industry.
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Chicago
AFL Meat Cutters Union
Faulkner Packing Co plans closing amid nationwide strike
The Faulkner Packing Co of Dothan announces a 5 o clock closing as the Kingan Co division winds down. Manager M B Marrett says the plant will stay shut until a strike decision is made. The nationwide packing house strike is set for midnight tonight.
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Faulkner Packing Co
Dlv Aion
Kingan Co
Dothan
M. B. Marrett
Wages in Pack House Strike Threat Looms
Government mediators push last minute talks as CIO and AFL wage demands collide. Nine packing houses offer 15 cent raise, potentially guiding settlement for major plants. Strike could affect Swift Armour John Morrell Cudahy Rath Horme Hygrade and others across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Indiana with 193000 CIO and 135000 AFL workers at risk.
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Atnke
CIO United Packinghouse
CIO
AFL
A. Edgar J. Warren
Concilation Service
Disputanta Tac
Washington
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Warren
AFL Amalgamated Meal Cutters and Butcher Workers of America
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