Change In Army Enlistment Date Noted Here
War Department circular pause changes enlistment deadlines for former officers seeking peace time Army entry. Dothan army office reports eligibility now limited to officers discharged between May 12 and November 3 of 05, with January 31 deadline for master sergeant rating or equivalent. Major Pickett notes revised rules may alter terms once officially notified.
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R. Packert
Bo Pouhtauor
Dothan Statan Contern
Uges
Washington
Piccett
Pickett
War Department
Regular Army
Dothan
Man Habitually Felt Brick in Stomach for Ten Years
A man endured ten years with a sensation of a brick in his stomach due to undigested food. After starting INNER-AID, the discomfort vanished by the second day, with regular bowels, no gas or headaches, and renewed energy. The advertisement touts 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
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Gaz
Dothan
Funeral Rites set for Leslie Baker
The body of Leslie Baker, of Dean, New York, will be held for funeral at Ward-Wilson Chapel Wednesday with Rev A 2 Zbincen officiating. Burial follows in Use Cy Ceneters. He was a former resident of Do than who moved to New York years ago. Survived by wife Mrs Arua Baker, New York. brothers W. W. Baker Upp and J. Wait Baker, Montgomery. sisters Mrs Jesse L. Domingus, Dotan, and Mrs E. J. Bedard, Parisun. sister-in-law Mrs W le H. Baker, Dean. Azure pallbearers include cousins GO L. Baker, Wesley Pearce, Howard Domingus, Harold Baker, W. L. Prevatt and Anon Gardier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LesLe KE Baker
Fosterly
Dean
New York
Ward-Wilson
Zbincen
Buiawi Foluw
Ward
Wisuy
Dothan
Haverg
Arua Baker
Imu Brothers
W. W. Baker
Upp
J. Wait Baker
Montgomery
Ino S.iters
Jesse L. Domingus
E. J. Bedard
An-Lan
W le H. Baker
Tus Mephews
GO. L. Baker
Wesley (Pee
Howard Domingus
Harold Baker
W. L. Prevatt
Anon Gardier
Dr Reid to Speak at Baptist Meeting
The Columbia Association baptisms hold their annual meeting tomorrow night at Ashford Baptist Church at 7 3 p m. The gathering serves as the 1948 Sunday School planning session for 032 Southern Baptist churches with Dr A Hamilton Reid State Executive Secretary as principal speaker.
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Columbia Association
Ashford Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
A. Hamilton Reid
E L Sellers Rites Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for E L Sellers thirty eight who died after a long illness were held at Union Hill Church with Rev F A Collins officiating. Burial followed in Union Hill cemetery. He lived in Houston County all his life and was a Primitive Baptist. Surviving are wife two children Lynwood and Joyce his mother Mrs Rebecca Sellers and many relatives. Pallbearers were his brothers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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E. L. Sellers
Dothan
Union Hill Church
F. A. Collins
Union Hill
Ward- Wilson
Houston County
Primitive Baptist Church
Lynwood
Joyce
Rebecca Sellers
M. E. Sellers
W. W. Sellers
HK. H. Sellers
B. D. Sellers
Headland
J. W. Sellers
Kynesville
Fla
W. T. Sellers
Columbus
C. B. Grice
J. F. Copayne
Greenville
Army officer enlistment rules after 1945 discharge
A recruiting officer stated that officers not discharged between May 12 and November 1, 1945, must apply within 20 days after terminal leave ends to qualify for entrance into the Regular Army at the highest enlisted grade. The policy aims to determine eligibility for master or first sergeant ranks.
Truman urges peaceful labor reform to curb strikes
President Truman calls for a nationwide push to resolve labor disputes through peaceful means aided by public opinion. He urges wage and price policy, resource development, and joint agency action to stimulate new industries, especially in the West and South, while warning against prolonged strikes and proposing a taxon of a task force to study labor management relations. He also discusses military manpower, UN atomic energy control, and a potential Britain loan, stressing collective bargaining with government support.
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Truman
Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Rresiem Calleng
Jin
United Nations Commission
Britain
FEPC
Wwe
Federal Officers Raid Still At Haleburg Absent Operators
Investigators R B Phillips of the Dothan Alcohol Tax Unit and J A Fralish seized two barrels of still mush and a still furnace from an illicit distillery in Haleburg on Friday. The still had been operating recently but no operators were present. No arrests reported yet.
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R. B. Phillips
Dothan
Alcoholic Tax Unit
J. A. Fralish
Dothan Atu
Eufaula
Haleburg
Phillips
Army Scrap Return Rules Outline Ballast Use
The Army announced that ferrous scrap, excluding material in American occupation zones in Germany and Japan, will return to the U S only in quantities needed for ship ballast. Scrap one eighth inch thick or greater from Germany will be shipped back where manpower allows, while Japan policy remains under study.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
War Department
Police Book Score Of Weekend Cases
Twenty three cases appeared today on the City police docket involving persons arrested for offenses during the weekend. Most cases involve public drunkenness with two liquor law violations, one for driving while intoxicated and one for carrying a concealed weapon.
Independence for Philippines and self government of Virgin Islands
The passage argues for Philippine independence on July 4, 1946 and urges Congress to pass swift aid for economic rehabilitation. It stresses the United States duty to support liberated territories and notes the Virgin Islands should gain greater self government as public desire. The speaker links independence to postwar stability and colonial history.
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Virgin Islands
Philippine Islands
United States
Congress
Philippines
The
Commission to propose, not compel, Security Council actions
The commission would only make recommendations to member states through the Security Council and cannot compel action. An early dispute within the American delegation pitted Senator Vandenberg against Secretary Byrnes over safeguards for American Islamic interests, but Vandenberg later accepted Byrnes assurances reflected in Connallys statement.
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Security Council
Connally
Tis
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrnes
Connaily
Service members discharged at Jacksonville center
Joan C. Alford Jr ARM3 c USNR from Columbia and J L Register SIC USNR Slacomb were discharged from the Naval Service at the U S Naval Personnel Separation Center Jacksonville Florida as announced today
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Joan C. Alford, Jr
Arm3-C
USNR
Columbia
J. 11. Register
Sic
Slacomb
Naval Service
U. S. Naval Peresonnel Separation Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Woodmen Of The World Camp No 131 Meeting
Woodmen of the World Camp No 131 will hold a meeting here tomorrow night at 7:90. Newly elected officers to be installed during the session. Weekend quiet with little City Fire Department activity as only one call yesterday due to a defective heater at 006 Headland Avenue causing light smoke damage. New Orleans cotton market figures and Basel reserves noted in financial section.
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Headland Avenue
VEW Post Urges Fair Trial For GI Who Sled Two Japs
Wiregrass Post No 3073 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars passes a resolution to seek a thorough investigation and a new trial for Private Joseph E Hioswa of Wallington New Jersey sentenced by an Army court martial to die for the slaying of two Japanese civilians. A telegram will be sent to Senator Lister Hill Representative George Andrews and the Adjutant General. The case has drawn attention from veterans groups Congressmen and civic organizations nationwide.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ptc
Joseph E. Hiosws
Wallington
N. J
Aheir
J. W. Thornton
Ben May
Thornton
Lister B. Hill
George Andrews
Edward F. Witsell
Hioswa
Japan
United States
Wyatt Infant Rites Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for James Wal iey Wyatt two year old son of Mr and Mrs J W Wyatt 2014 South Lena Street who died in a Dothan hospital yesterday of burns suffered last Monday when he fell into a tub of hot water were held this afternoon at Ward Wilson Chapel with Rev A D Zbinden officiating Burial followed in the City cemetery Ward Wilson directing Surviving besides his parents are brother Glenn Howard his grandparents Mrs Elizabeth Wyatt Columbus Ga and H Williams Chipley Fla Active pallbearers were F F Anderson and W A Brady
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James Waliey Wyatt
J. W. Wyatt
South Lena Street
Dothan
Ward-Wilson Chapel
A. D. Zbinden
Ward-Wilson
Glenn Howard
Elizabeth
Wyatt
Columbus
H. &. Wiliams
Chipley, Fla
F. F. Anderson
W. A. Brady
County Red Cross Chapter Meets Feb. 1
The Houston County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at the Houston Hotel on Friday February 1 at 11 a.m. Executive secretary Mrs Lawrence Oakley announced. Officers for the new year will be elected at a 12 noon executive board meeting. All past contributors are invited to attend.
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Houston County
American Red Cross
Houston Hotel
Lawrence Oakley
Race politics and FEPC debate loom in state coverage
The Mississippi article describes a lengthy session aimed at forcing a vote on a permanent FEPC. It notes Bilbo speaking on themes from 1789 to now and hints at a March book release, while the reading clerk delivers the president’s state of the union and budget message. Opponents plan to return to amendments on Thursday’s official journal.
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Pearl River County
Bilbo
The
Mississippian
FEPC
Kimmel Sees Pearl Harbor Strike as Japan’s Great Mistake
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel told a Senate inquiry that Japan made its greatest mistake by attacking the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and not disabling the base. He noted that sending ships to the West Coast might have deterred further attacks, and he agreed the Axis pact aimed at the United States.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Rep
Gearhart
R-Calif
Kimmel
Adm
J. O. Richardson
Hawaii
U.S
Truman Asks Large Flood Control Budget For Congress
President Truman in his 1947 budget message urges Congress to approve a total flood control and rivers and harbors appropriation of about 1.7 billion dollars. He seeks 212,780,060 for rivers and harbors and 510,008,000 for flood control plus planning funds and prior-year allocations.
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Washington
Appice
Congress
Truman
Army
Mrs Emma Ferguson Funeral Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Florence Ferguson eighty who died Sunday after a short illness will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. E. E. Henry officiating Burial in Mt Olive cemetery with Ward Wilson directing She was a lifelong Bascom resident and Hickory Grove Church member Surviving are three sons M M Ferguson Albany Ga J F Ferguson Gordon and C H Ferguson Bascom Fla two daughters Mrs Mary Hasty Gordon and Mrs Nancy Ann Helms Bascom a brother Joe Conrad Greenwood Fla 25 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren
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Emma Florence Ferguson
E. E. Henry
Mt. Olive
Ward-Wilson
Bascom
Hickory Grove
M. M. Ferguson
Albany
J. F. Ferguson
Gordon
C. H. Ferguson
Lieutenant Oakley Returns to Law Practice in Dothan
Lawrence T. Oakley of 408 North Park Avenue is placed on inactive duty after two years in the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant. He will resume his law practice in Dothan February 2nd after 12 months overseas and participation in Leyte Luzon Iwo Jima Okinawa and Honshu campaigns. He is entitled to Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with five stars and Philippine Liberation ribbon with one star.
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Oakley
Lawrence T. Oakley
North Park Avenue
Naval Reserve
Dothan
Leyte
Luzon
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Honshu
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L. Bree
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J.B. Davis Sinclair Refining Co
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Dotham
Emma Ferguson
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