Anny Recruiters Sian 42 Enlistees During Past Week
Forty two men were enlisted by the Dothan Army Recruiting Station this week the most since the recall drive in November. Reenlistments included 14 Negroes with 3 new recruits and 4 veterans returning to service. Only two enlistments were from Dothan. The drive's success credited to an expanded field staff conducting weekly canvasses toward a 1,500,000 War Department quota. Recruits came from Opp Andalusia Enterprise Troy and other towns with several from Georgiana Eufaula Geneva Midland City and Dozier among others and including both white and colored applicants.
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Dothan
Negroca
Dothin
Joseph P. Picket
War Department
Army
Opp
Jamason
Hurtis K. Harrison
Cole Street
James T. Pharr
Perdue
Guss Johns, Jr
Benton G. Hammett
Douglas Street
Jimmie E McCall
Henry J. Stokes
Wille Lee Blooker
Prt
Jack Weekly
Railroad Avenue
Andalusia
Guy Cobb
Grover Cleveland Taylor
Joel D. Stephens
Route One
Isaac D. Jackson, Jr
Napolean
Steel strike drains Alabama payrolls and stalls orders
One fabricator, speaking anonymously, warned of imminent business collapse within a week as steel shortages linger. He estimated Alabama payroll losses at 1,500,000 this week due to the strike, based on idle workers and reduced overtime. The report notes many rivals face similar cutbacks while production slows. Hal Blackstock, ex-Gadsden and Savannah shortstop, signs with the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association.
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Alabama
Blackstock
Crackers Atlanta
Hal Blackstock
Gadsden
Ala
Savannah
Army
The
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Bible Salesman Sought In Theft
City police last night searched for a Bible salesman identified as C. B. Hulmobn in Blountstown. The theft of $1.00 from a local bank is alleged. Patterson said the offender did not reveal how the money was stolen and was last seen in a taxi around 1 o’clock.
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C. B. Hulmobn
Blountsawn
Fig
Patraiing Barney
Patterson
Petterson
Fior
da Tvs
Politician swarm grows as candidates file in Alabama race
Continue? From Page One notes the large turnout of politicians in Montgomery since the State Democratic Carrier meeting. Campaign chatter focuses on Veterans ballot and pre-war poll tax rules. About 140 candidates filed for State and local offices as the week ends. Rep. Carter Manasco files to seek another term in Congress. Other filings include Howard Schott for the State Senate and several House seats in various districts.
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Montgomery
Calhoun County
Elvin McCary
Gadsden
J. C. Inter
Secretary of State
Carter Manasco
Jasper
Congress
Alabama
Birmingham
Hugh Dubose
Luther Patrick
Agriculture
Haywood Patterson
Dixon
State Senate
Howard Schott
Chatom
Clarke
Washington
Choctaw
Graham Wright
Talladega
Talladega County
C. J. Owens
Gunnersville
Jackson and
Marshall
House of Representatives
Hunter Golson
Wetumpka
Elymore Place
Frank P. Howston
Garland
Butter Place
Soviet misquote alleged in Iranian note crisis
The Security Council plans to discuss Iranian Greek and Indonesian questions Monday. Iran accuses the Soviet Union of misquoting its note on Soviet passage through Iranian territory, claiming the translation reverses the meaning. Iran cites American and British representations to Russia over Azerbaijan. Washington’s Pentagon building would stretch from Chicago to Indianapolis about 200 miles.
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Security Council
Dee
Russia
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Washington
Pentagon
Chicago
Indianapolis
Miss Dessie Weeks Funeral Set Monday
Miss Dessie Weeks twenty two died at Jackson hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at Mount Zion Church Crystal River with Blackburn Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include her mother three sisters six brothers and five infants.
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Chipley
Dessiie Weeks
Jackson
Mount Zon
Crystal River
Busckburn Funeral Home
Continued project list for Alabama road work contracts
Summary of multiple county road projects with contractors and costs. Includes Wright Contracting Co Columbus and other firms in Dekalb, Clay, Montgomery, Cherokee, Covington, Morgan, Randolph, Walker, Coosa and more. Details cover grading drainage surface treatment bridges and distances across Collinsville Leesville, Talladega Stemley bridge, Dawson Crossville, old Selma road, and Whitesburg Arab routes.
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Fage
Wright Construction Co
Columbia
Rhodes & Tidwell
Decawar
Douglasville
Tba
Dekalb
Cherokee Counties
Collinsville - Leesville
Omsa Constuction Co
Nashvile Tonn
Taladega
Talladega
Stemley Bridge
Carlton Conacting Co
Albany
Dawson-Crossville
Mons. Thornton Company
Birmingham
Anniston Road
Pitts Douglas & Co
Anniston
Montgomery
Old Selma Road
Ww. C. Howton
Thomas Store
Alexander City
Vandigriff Construction Co
Henry
Houston
Brading
Headland
Columbia Road
Vanderiff
Goggin
Deermont
Chipley
Fig
Cedar Bluff
Georgia State Line
W. A. Mel Waters
Covington
Pigeon Creek
River Falls
Wright Contracting Co
Columbus
Goodwyn and Murphree
Morgan and Marshall
Whitesburg- Arab Road
Dallas
Selma Sprott Road
Wright Contracting
Randolph
Alexander City-Wadley
Pitts Douglas
Walker
Berryakman
Clyde C. Mitchell
Coosa
Sixth race names lone Houston County representative candidate
Number 6 continues from page one noting G. H. Jordan as the only candidate qualified for Houston County's Representative seat. Other major county races remain as before with J. Albert Logue unopposed for probate judge Roy Hill unopposed for circuit court clerk B. G. Farmer and Walt Cameron contesting sheriff and board of revenue races gain interest Circuit Judge D. C. Halstead also unopposed as campaigns roll toward a May culmination with March 1 deadline for qualification. A fragment about importing seed oil appears late in the text.
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G. H. Jordan
Houston County
J. Albert Logue
Roy ©. Hill
B. G. Farmer
Walt Cameron
Sheriff's Post
Board of Revenue
Houston
Henry
D. C. Halstead
Police End Rushing Fortune Talling Trade Of Negro
A Friday operation described as a new scheme involved a man named Howard selling a "perfected" bottle system to gather money through a talking device. Captain John Hirsom and Bilsse testified the apparatus appeared as a large bottle containing two smaller bottles, moving in response to spoken commands. Bonds were set at 162 dollars each with a warning against further activity.
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Jems
Howard
Dethan Noete
John Hirsom
Bilsse
Bettie
Hilson
Riolates
Bouward
Labor Seizures and Wage Settlements Dominate Nation News
Government seizure of strike-bond plants prompts unions CIO United Packinghouse Workers and AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters to delay full strike end while pressing for wage increases. Secretary Anderson backs fact-finding outcomes. UPWA holds strike. Separate settlements with UAW CIO and Ford, Chrysler set 18 cent raises, unions target 15 to 16 percent gains. Rail and locomotive unions push arbitration for 1.25 million workers, with several groups seeking rule changes and broader pay hikes amid ongoing disputes.
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Cio-United Packinghouse Workers of America
Frst
Anderson
UPWA
CIO
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
Gayle Armstrong
Truman
United Auto
Ford Motor Company
Uawcio
Chrysler
Ford
Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
BRT
Tabor
Soviet Occupation of Kuriles Okayed
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said at a news conference that the Yalta talks among the Big Three included agreement on Soviet occupation of the Kurile islands. Officials noted Russians moving troops and families to the Kuriles but no clear indication of permanent possession by Russia.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Ais
Yalta
Kurile Islands
Associated Press
Okhotsk Sea
Russia
Kuriles
Aleutians
Man William Herring Injured in Headland Crash
William Calvin Herring was hospitalized with a fractured skull after a late night crash on the Headland Columbia highway near the Headland Experiment Farm. He was listed in very serious condition. Earlier, W. C. Gamble from Tumbleton received cuts and bruises and was treated and sent home.
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William Calvin Herring
Dothan
Headland-Columbia
Holman Funeral Home
Headland
Herring
Headland Experiment Farm
Funeral Home
W. C. Gamble
Tumbleton
Bandit Pulls About $1000 From Savings Office
MOBILE Alabama AP A lone bandit escaped with about $1000 after holding two employees and a customer in a rear restroom of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Police Lieut George Lundy described the suspect as five ten, wearing a fuzzy blue coat and horn rimmed glasses. A steel strike has idled 750,000 CIO United Steelworkers and 35,000 related workers. In Pittsburgh, Philip Murray of the steelworkers said he did not think the next move was up to him.
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Mobile, al
Federal Savings and Loan Association
George Lundy
Association
CIO United
Wesley M. Sytrett Taken By Death
Funeral services for Wesley M. Sytrett sixty four were held at Alford Methodist Church with Blackburn directing Surviving are his wife Rome four men three daughters and other relatives in Chipley Florida obituary details continued as needed
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Chipley
Wesley M. Sytrett
Alford Methodist Church
Blackburn
Rome
Candlestick Maker Has His Day At Night
Warsaw endures power shortages as coal rail shortages curb fuel supply and households rely on electric heaters. The city’s night electricity demand outstrips supply, prompting factory and plant managers to switch off power to conserve. The report notes wartime disruptions and a reborn power plant struggling to meet civilian needs.
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Warsaw
Hevene Lagat
Civil Aeronautics
Suy T Garsaw, Poand
Busi l
Miss Bluriel Cain Rites Set Today
Miss Bluriel Cain rites set today with Spring Miackburn of Chipley surviving family members and Mrs. Robert P. Cain among those noted in the obituary notice.
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Bluriel
Spring
Miackburn
Chipley
Pera
Robert P. Cain
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Anny
Sian
Dessie Weeks
American Industrial Bankers Association
Dothan Savings & Loan Co
Barry Hall
Foster St
Navy
James Kimble Werdgmen, Jr
Chesterfield
Reeserve System
Goveernors
Commodore Vardaman
Missouri
Naval Reserve
Bandit
Loan Association
Frenchie
Sears
Dixie
Danley-Johnson’s
Upholmes
Danley-Johnson
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