Fight Still Waged To Prevent Children From Accepting Jobs
Washington AP report outlines efforts to keep children in school amid postwar job demand. States push for 16 year minimum, with Women's clubs and labor groups pressing lawmakers. Child Labor Amendment proposals linger since 1924, facing opposition over government control, as data show rising underage work and violations of federal standards.
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Janes Marlom Washington
Labor Department
Children's Bureau
Congress
Flames follow triple blast at Republic Steel works
A fire broke out at the Corrigan-McKinney benzol division of Republic Steel in Cleveland after a triple explosion. Firefighters battled flames through the night as authorities investigated the cause and assessed damage to the plant and nearby areas.
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Cleveland
Corrigan-McKinney Works
Republic Steel Corp
354 Deaths Reported For 44 In Houston
Houston records 354 deaths among 44 cases as health authorities review leading causes. The report lists age related mortality and notes potential links to chronic conditions. Officials caution data may reflect reporting delays and regional health factors.
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Houston
WCTU Lecturer Sarah Palmer to Speak in Dothan
Miss Sarah Palmer national WCTU secretary and evangelist will speak tomorrow night at 7 30 at Foster Street Methodist Church. The meeting is sponsored by several local ministers and Palmer is noted for her inspiring lectures on WCTU topics. She trained in the Bible under Rev John Pyper of Mercantile College in Belfast Ireland. The public is invited to attend.
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Sarah Palmer
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Foster Street Methodist Church
Dothan
WCTU
Mize Palmer
John Pyper
Mercantile College
Belfast
Ireland
McGregor To Address City Teachers Here
Dr. W H McGregor secretary treasurer of the Teacher Retirement System of Alabama will address Dothan City teachers at four o clock tomorrow afternoon at the high school auditorium on the retirement system school officials announced today.
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W. H. McGregor
Teacher Retirment System of
Alabama
Dothan City
O’clark
Britain to join U S in Pacific war after Europe runs out
Reports say Britain will send forces to the Pacific as World War II broadens. Law and Lady Astor debate pacific strategy, while 400 families evacuated near a major fire begin returning home. Damage is estimated in the hundreds of thousands with no injuries reported.
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Europe
Britain
United States
Law
Sir Wavell
Nancy Astor
Great Britain
Captain G. W. Beck Returns To States After Long Service
Captain G. W. Beck returns to the United States after a storied career with the Troop Carrier Wing under Brigadier General Paul H. Prentiss. He logged 1,084 flight hours including 532 combat hours and 220 combat missions, earning the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster. He later flew missions over New Guinea and in the Southwest Pacific, supporting major campaigns from New Guinea to the Philippines with the unit’s airlift role.
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Captan Beek
Arrval
New Genea
Geneva
Unita
Caane
Paul H Prendsas
Pacwie
Birmingham Police Learn Veteran Mental Health Handling
Birmingham police officers began a course with Lt. Col. Michael and Brig. Gen. Dear from Northington General Hospital teaching proper methods for dealing with service men and veterans affected by war. The program aims to reduce stigma, emphasize humane treatment, and extend similar schools nationwide upon public safety commission request.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Police Department
Nicholas Michael
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Ala
W. R. Dear
Dear
Michael
Col. Michael
Gen. Dear
Col
Public Safety
Eugene Connor
Berry Hospitalized After Wounds In World War II Action
Harold Berry of Graceville arrives at Oliver General Hospital Augusta Georgia for treatment of wounds received in action in 1944 His parents Mr and Mrs F Berry are notified He has been awarded the Purple Heart entering the Army November 18 1942 and trained in California North Carolina and Mississippi before serving overseas nine months
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Berry
Pie
Harold Berry
Graceville
New Orleans Cotton Futures Update and Commodity Quotes
Open high low close and mid trading data for New Orleans and New York cotton notes, with May and Dec contracts showing values around 20.60 to 21.84 per unit. Chicago commodities include Wheat and Oats figures for May and July positions and percentage changes, plus miscellaneous futures readings.
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Orttans
New York
Chicago Commodities
Police Supplement On Duty At Trial
In Tuscumbia a state police complement was assigned inside and outside Circuit Court chambers as Roy Mapes faces trial for the October 1914 slaying of Dr H E Whitlock a prominent local physician. Judge Charles T Almon stated Gov Sparke dispatched patrolmen as a precautionary measure. Whitlock a Vanderbilt graduate was known in Nashville. Defense attorney Roderick Beddow of Birmingham represents Mapes.
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Tuscumbia
Roy Mapes
H. E. Whitlock
Charles T Almon
Chauncey Sparke
Whitlock
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Ninth and First Armies push operations near Monschau
In a continuing report from the Roer front, the Ninth Division seized Rohren near the Roer and Monschau, while the Second Division took Wartzfeld, Kiméelt, and Rocherath. The First Division captured Murrange and Hunnange, advancing toward Honsfeld as Holzheim fell. Patton’s Third Army extended its Our River bridgehead, snowstorms hampered air activity, and bulldozer tanks opened paths for infantry.
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Fage One
Kessernien
Monschau
Roer River
Lale
Rohren
Roer Maver
Monschau Forest
Wartzfeild
Kiméelt
Rocherath
Murrange
Manila Battles Through Time Against Invaders
Manila has long faced waves of invaders from pre historic canoes to modern powers. Historic clashes include Magellan, Legaspi, Limahong, Dutch battles, British capture in 1702, and Dewey’s 1898 attack. Training School at Cottonwood Baptist opens with 23 attendees led by local teachers. public invited.
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Manila
Fernando Magellan
Ruy Lopez Legaspi
Limahong
Boxinga
Spain
A. S. Adm
Dewey
Oscar Lewis Chancy Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Oscar Lewis Chancy were conducted Monday afternoon at the Hertford Baptist Church, with Rev A D Zundean officiating. Surviving are his wife and four children, plus grandchildren, as funeral home arrangements were handled by Houlman Funeral Home.
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Bartford Speeal
Fanerel
Oscar Lewis Chancy
Mondsy Coternoon
Nead
Aies
Hertird Bapruch
Wiley
Zundean
Lowha
Ana Toe
Chanryp
Tae Sterns
Myre ScBride
Dothan
Mre
K P
Blackmon Hartford
AL. Chaney
Chaney
D. M Chaney
Hartford
J. A Chaney
Montgomery
Lewis Sowns
Crency
Joan Chancy
Houlmyn
Miss Elizabeth Espy Hosts Kiwanis Meeting Highlights
Miss Elizabeth Espy reviewed Herbert Best's "Youngun" at the aynooti meeting of the Do Ir Kwenls Club. She was introduced by T. G. Hagler, chair man of the program committee. Theodore Jackson, Wewtenant tigi. U.S Navy, stationed at Jacksonville Naval Air Base, attended as a club member.
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Elizabeth Espy
Herbert Best
T. G. Hagler
Trecdore Jackson
U.S Navy
Jacksonville Naval Air Base
Baltic Front Dispatches Describe Scorched Earth and Refugees
A wartime report describes Insterburg razed and smoke rising from Konigsberg as refugees crowd highways. Russians observe Germans renamed streets elsewhere while civilians, old and young, pull sleds in fear. Russian troops are cited with stern looks as survivors recall past oppression.
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Baltic
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Pravda
Zoya Kozmodemyanskaya
Soviet Union
County Medical Society to Hold Friday Meeting at Camp Hucker
The monthly meeting of the County Medical Society will be held Friday night at nine o'clock at Camp Hucker. Dr W T Burkett secretary treasurer announced the agenda. Dr J A’s presidency was noted and the session will feature P S Pelour from the U S Public Health Service speaking on gonorrhea diagnosis and treatment at 8 30 p m.
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Iit
County Medical
Camp Hucker
WT. Burkett
Ben
Camp Roccer
Burket
Te. P. S Pelour
U.S
The
University of Penneviverca
Sit
Homer C Bruner Dies Near Ozark
Homer C Bruner 73 of Ozark route three died early this morning in a Dothan hospital after a short illness. Survived by wife Molly Bruner and two sons Hall and Leo Bruner, all of Ozark route three. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at Long Street Church Ozark with Rev Hamp Gunter officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Headland Mortuary in charge.
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Homer
Broner
Ozark
Dothan
Mollie Bruner
Hall
Leo Bruner
Oxerk
Long Street
Hamp Gunter
Headland Mortuary
Hitler Defies Allies in Speech Amid War Tensions
The article reports Hitler's defiant broadcast against Allied leaders as Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin possibly meet. He condemns Wilsonian phrases and asserts Germany as a bulwark against Bolshevism, urging everyone fit to fight or work to do so.
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Europe
Pitler
Roosevelt
Churchhill
Marshal Stain
Hitler
Germany
Strife at Worksite Ignites Safety Warnings
A disruption at a local worksite sparks safety warnings as officials urge caution after repeated strikes. Investigators say the incident highlights overlooked hazards and prompts added training for crews from the involved companies.
New York Proclaims State Emergency
Albany declares a state of emergency as fuel and food shortages threaten transport, housing, and milk supply amid severe weather and manpower gaps. Gov Thomas E Dewey appoints Charles H Selle as Emergency Director of Transportation and orders state and local officials to cooperate.
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Albany
New York
Ste
Comorms
Unclear archival note on protection and winnings terms
Fragmentary OCR note mentions apd eb Wilan protection and widerorted winnings with references to theaters and ostensible terms. Details are unreadable, leaving only disconnected fragments about protections and winnings in a cryptic ledger style.
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Eb & Wilan
Bubuc
Act Eae
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