Russian complaints threaten unity of the Big Five at the UN
London AP report notes Russian and Ukrainian complaints to the Security Council against Britain over Greece and Java risk a split among the five permanent members. Observers say the move tests UN unity and may prompt on the spot probes, while London offers cautious, noncommittal responses.
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London
United Nations
United States
UNO
Council
Russia
Security Council
Greece
Java
Eisenhower vows orderly demobilization for servicemen
President Eisenhower told war mothers outside Capitol Hill that if all fathers were discharged there would be no score of wives and children. He said replacements are being trained rapidly and pledged personal handling of any formal program with May of Kentucky.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
D. Eisenhower
Capitol
Dorothy Alounb
Wilkinsburg, Pa
Eisenhower
Re Einhower
China and Allied Leaders Discuss Truce Violations
General Marshall met with Chiang Kai-shek to review truce violations in China and terms for regions like Efangsu and Henan. The armistice commission ordered forces to withdraw 30 miles from conflict zones and return to Jan 13 positions. A Communist party official jailed four years was freed under Chiang’s pledge. another was captured attempting to return to Communist territory. Police reported a car theft in the city limits, with no driver identified.
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Chungking
Generalrshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Ina
Peiping
Shanghai
Efangsu
Henan
T li
Chiang
Chinese Corprounist Party
Liao Shen-Chi
Hong Kong
Pearl Harbor
Newarmistice Commission
Pei- Wing
Spencer Davis
Minnie T Heard School Donates to March of Dimes Drive
Minnie T Heard Elementary School under Miss Dore Cook donated 123.35 to the Houston County March of Dimes drive chaired by Lee Herlong. The drive, with 350 pupils enrolled, saw voluntary contributions and visits to schools to distribute dime cards.
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Minnie T. Heard
March of Dimes
Dore Cook
Houston County
Lee Herjong
Miss Cook
Mr. Herlong
Dothan High School
Herlong
Webb
Columbia
Gordon
Harmon
Dupree
Ashford
M. W. Merritt
Drive
Forgery suspect Gary faces multiple charges in region
C M Gary is wanted on forgery counts in Houston County and is also under federal review for transporting a stolen vehicle. He allegedly cashed two bad checks in Dothan and attempted another forged check in Slocomb, while a pursuit near Chipley tied to a stolen car ends with a pond incident. Officials say he may be linked to Bay County Florida crimes and has a prior Malvern area residence.
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Houston County
C. M. Gary
Slocomb
Lake Burdick
State Department of Public Safety
Burdick
Gary
Chipley
Dothan
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
John W. Lil
FBI
Panama City
Fla
Bay County
Lincomb
Malvern
Meanest Man Montgomery Stole Infantile Paralysis Funds
Bias Louise Pickens, a blind candy counter operator in Montgomery, reported the theft of a bank of dimes collected for the infantile paralysis fund. She said the amount was not significant but condemned the thief as very low for stealing from a charity collection.
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Montgomery F
Bias Louise Pickens
Zoning Plan Considered By Dothan Officials And Engineers
Planning Board City Commission and State Planning Board engineers discussed a tentative zoning ordinance for Dothan limiting building heights density and land use within police jurisdiction. Eleven districts were proposed including various residential business and industrial zones with maps and administration methods. A sub committee will study the plan while a street planning group prepares recommendations for orderly traffic flow on major thoroughfares.
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Jack Parsons
Dothan
Planning Board
City Commission
State Planning Board
Alabama State Planning Board
Foral Planning Board
G. Spivey
G. W. Anderson
Ight
City Planning Board
A.D. Carmichael
Jamey Spann
Albert Logue
Arthur Ussery
Jesse Forrester
City Revises Electric Rates Cuts City Profit Per $100 Sold
City commissioners reviewed December 1945 finance showing $2 less profit per $100 in the revised electricity schedule. December sales totaled $37,859.34 with current costs rising to $11,960.60, while total receipts including water and other charges reached $49,319.49. The panel ordered further talks with Alabama Power rate expert H C Gause and made several appointments and a land sale adjustment.
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Alabama Power Co
Clyde L. Coe
John D. Ayres
J. L. Vaughn
H. C. Gause
E. M. Wells
Dothan Housing Authority
Jesse Forrester
Dothan Planning Commission
G. Ralph Madson
Alabam
Edgewood Drive
Harry Hall
Bishop Laundry
British hold girl who claims Hitler was her father
An attractive 11 year old girl, Cooteand Tortensen, says Hitler was her father. In Magdeburg area interrogations she claimed her Swedish actress mother was Bilner's mistress in the 1920s. She asserts daily contact with Hitler at the Berlin Heidi chancellery and attended an Adolf Hitler school. She claims officials discussed her birth under Hitler and presents as a Nazi with anti Allied views.
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Bherford
Germany
Coote
Tortensen
Hitler
Magdeburg
Bilner
Vienna
Fan
Pader
Heidi Chancellery
Adolf Hitler
Templchel
Berlin
Willer
Hermann Goering
Helsrich Almmier
Effect Of Steel Strike Reaching Other Industries
The CIO United Steel workers strike paralyses industry, keeping 750,000 idle for a second day as 1,300 plants, mines, and mills in 20 states slow. Spread to construction, railroads, and public utilities. steel output slumps below five percent capacity. Union leader Murray accuses big business of conspiracy, while management offers no comment. Some small plants pay wage increase. several Tese companies stay open.
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Charles Welsh
Pittsburgh
America
Seel
Sinke
U.S
Philip Murray
Cio-Usw
U. S. Steel
Republic
Steel Corporations
U.S. Steel
Harold E. Stagsen
Minnesota
United States
Truman
Triion
Tesa
Pennsylvania
California
Picketing Lines Operating At Steel Plants in Alabama
Alabama’s steel strike idled 1930 workers including 4,500 coal miners and 21,200 steel plant workers with 5,000 red ore miners also affected. Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad coal mines halted due to transport stop page by CIO United Steelworkers. Republic Steel warned its ability to stockpile canal limited. mines could shut down if the strike lasts. UMW District President Mitch declined comment on unemployment benefits or union actions. Picketing centered at Alabama steel plants with officials calling the stoppage 300 percent effective despite mixed views.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
STCI
CIO United Steelworkers
Transportation Department
Cnal
Alabama Steel Industry
Republic Steel Corporation
Sand
TCI
United Mine Workern Tnd
William Mitch
UMW
Pickelinp O
Alabama Steel
Company
Soicen
Shanghai protest turns deadly as sailors beaten
In Shanghai a parade protesting unemployment drew 1,000 to 20,000 Chinese. A Navy truck carrying supplies tried to enter a side street from the Bund. Witnesses say Chinese crowd surged the truck, wounding several sailors before shore patrols fired shots to restore order.
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Shanghai Tap
Shanghai
Osvid
Truman Faces Mixed Review on State of the Union
President Truman’s State of the Union proposals drew mixed reaction from Congress. Republicans criticized his lengthy message and aims while some Democrats backed his price control extension and tax stance. Analysts noted potential revenue shortfalls even with reconversion and production moving forward amid possible strikes.
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Jack Bel
Washington
Congress
Truman
Bridges
R-Nh
Mr. Truman
Pearl Harbor blame laid on officials says Gen Short
Gen Walter Short told a Senate committee four years of silence followed by shifting blame to higher ups for Pearl Harbor. He claimed War Department knew of possible attack and failed to act before December 7. Marshall and Gerow supported claims of security concerns and readiness issues.
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Gen. Short
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Walter C Short
War Department ii
Short
War Department
George C. Marshall
Tf. Geroy
Marchal
Dee
Roy
Russell Contends FEPC Bill Would Make Truman Lackey
Senator Russell of Georgia argues the permanent FEPC bill, as filibustered, would make a lackey of the president by allowing the agency to compel presidential action. He warns the measure creates a costly bureaucracy and would influence national policy and jobs for aliens, framing it as a danger to democracy and property rights amid the broader civil rights debate.
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Russell
Truman
Washington
Iap
Senator Hussell
D-Ga
FEPC
Benate
Nib
Iean Ingvanion
New York Transit Strike Averted
New York mayor William O'Dwyer agreed to union demands that three subway powerhouses not be sold without an affirmative referendum, averting a city wide transit strike that would have halted most transportation facilities.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Eastland Sees Move To Put Labor Cost In Cotton Parity
Eastland argues labor costs should be included in cotton parity calculations as Congress weighs price controls. He cites farm conditions since 1900 to justify higher parity while Southern leaders seek ways to shield cotton from steep price ceilings through labor-cost amendments and agency shifts.
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Eastland
Wasitingtin
Southerversity Congresa
Sena
Baatland
Mesa
Estland
Fastiland
Federal Housing Administration
Agriculture Department
White House weighs seizure of meatpacking industry
The White House disclosed that seizure of the meatpacking industry is under consideration. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach weighs whether strikers would return if action is taken. CIO union leaders in Washington discuss with Schwellenbach while AFL workers indicate they would return if seized.
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William Needham
Washington
White House
Schwellenbach
CIO
AFL Menipat Gz Wnion
Charles G. Ross
French Socialists Propose Aurial for President
Paris AP reports the Socialist parliamentary group voted unanimously to propose Vincent Aurial, former EMinister of State, as provisional government president. The move follows the Communists dropping Maurice Thorez and backing Felix Gouin, while Popular Republicans show Auriol as acceptable though refuse a Communist-led government.
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Paris
Socialist Party
Maurice Thorez
Rioting Monarchists Withdraw In Greece
In Greece authorities report a strong band of insurrectionist monarchists dispersing after defying orders to surrender. About 500 of the original 3000 remained in barricades near Kalamata as the revolt began when royalists freed 32 suspects from the Kalamata jail.
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Greece
Ministry of Public Order
Peloponnesus
Kalamal
Kalamats
Kalamay
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