Atomic Energy Commission reports record pace in atomic fuel production
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a major speedup in atomic fuel production and reactor work, with long range plant expansion planned to raise output further. A mid March report will outline a $1200 million program for reactors and peacetime developments aimed at powering homes and industry. The commission also outlined wartime mobilization and a new intelligence office monitoring Russia and other powers, while advancing research in physics, biology, and cancer diagnosis. Stop for school buses.
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Joseph L. Myler Ashington
Omic Energy Commission
Wwe
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Yan
Congress
Commis
Convision
Ar Adm
John E. Gingrich
Russia
Rhh
Powtu
Kenthal
Tan
Elma Restaurant Robbed Of $500 In Selma Burglary
AP dispatch notes Selma Alabama a restaurant safe burglary yielding 500 dollars within a month. Nitroglycerin explosive used in the break in. Police identify possible link to other Alabama thefts and a gang suspect.
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ELMA
Alaa
Selma
Lhe
Ed Mullen
Winter Weather Sweeps Across Alabama Coldest Blast Yet
A cold snap grips Alabama after record January warmth with ice covering budding trees and flowers. Forecasters predict subfreezing lows 15 to 30 degrees, with two inches of snow in Huntsville and freezing temps in Muscle Shoals Anniston and Selma. Roads in central Alabama are passable but icy bridges and slushy surfaces caution drivers. Snow remains in areas around Birmingham as rains clear some areas. Authorities warn to drive slowly as conditions persist.
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Montgomery
Aice
Weather Bureau
Alabama
F. C. Pate
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Anniston
Selma
Meridian
Mississippi
Warner
Wetumpkaha
State Highway Patrol
Birmingham
Folsom Foes In Legislature Clash Over Session Policies
In PMAN Alabama lawmakers debated long range state policy and spending as anti Folsom sentiment surfaced. They discussed limits on governor’s spending, delaying payroll hires from the state, and a proposed raise for the governor’s salary while noting constitutional constraints through the 1951 transition.
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Folsom
PMAN
Ala
Legis
Folsom Administration
Osorn
Earl Tucker
Clarke Uaty
Wallace D. Malone
P&b
Temperature Drops To 36 Here Sunday
Dothan residents shivered as the thermometer plunged to 36 degrees Sunday with a misty, cloudy weekend. A 23 hour period yielded 1.33 inches of local rain per weather station. Tonight and tomorrow remain cold and cloudy with occasional rain. lows expected around 28.
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Dothan
CAA
Moss
Weather Bureau
Masbate Sinks After Collision Off Shanghai
24 men feared lost after Masbate, a 742 ton coastal ship, sank 370 miles off Shanghai following a collision with the steamer Hsianghsing. The Masbate’s crew included 47 Chinese and 2 Portuguese, aboard for the Jes Shun Shipping Company of Hong Kong.
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Shanghai
Hsianghsing
Jes Shun Shipping Company
Hong Kong
Stalin open to talks with Truman on peace pact
Moscow AP reports Premier Stalin said he would discuss a mutual peace pact with President Truman at a mutually agreeable place. He also favored a joint declaration on peaceful intent and gradual disarmament. Stalin said Berlin blockade could be lifted if two conditions are met: postponement of Western German state and lifting Allied counter blockade. He noted no official approach for a meeting, and references to a North Atlantic pact aimed at American British dominance via force.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalin
Truman
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Foreign Ministers Council
U. N. Security Council
Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
North Atlantic Pact Nations To Invite Norway
The seven nation group negotiating the North Atlantic security pact plans to invite several more nations, including Norway, to full partner status. The move hews to Western response to Soviet pressure and follows Stalin statements on peace and a potential meeting with President Truman. Norway is pivotal due to its border with the USSR, and Soviet officials signaled Oslo’s importance with formal criticism of the treaty. The question of Norway’s role dominates ongoing Western alliance talks as officials weigh the next steps.
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John Hightower
Washington
Norway
West
Russia
Stalin
Truman
White House
State Department
Western Alliance
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Oslo
Miami Beach Bank Robbery by Armed Bandits
The Mercantile of Miami Beach National Bank was held up early today with an estimated cash haul of 60 000 to 76 000. Two night clerks and J W Cameronks E L Jeter were tied up as they began depositing money in the night depository.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Mercantile of Miami Beach National Bank
J. W. Cameron
E. L. Jeter
Atlanta Ice Storm Powers Outage Shuts City
An ice coated Atlanta suffered a nearly three hour power outage as freezing rain felled lines and chilled streets. Elevator failures trapped riders while commuters hitchhiked and shoppers faced locked stores. Heat and traffic signals failed as hospitals and offices lost power. Georgia Power reported limited overnight trouble, but outages spread through the city until restoration began.
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Atlanta
Hugh W. Lester
Associated Press
Dixie
Atlanta Journal
Georgia Power Company
St. Joseph's Hospital
Washington Star Executive 75 Dies
Washington Star Executive Newbold, president of The Evening Star Newspaper Co., died at home of a heart attack at 75. He began as a clerk in 1890 and rose to president on February 18. Survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, and three nephews. born April 1873 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Washington
Man Found Dead In City Boarding House
A social security identified man Aubrey Fountain was found dead in a boarding house at 219 East Troy Street. Coroner A A Parker said death appeared natural after 18 to 20 hours. Fountain, a carpenter and saw sharpener, lived alone, had relatives in Columbus Georgia, and was found after two men from Slocomb arrived to pick up saws. He showed no foul play signs though a scratch on the left hand and nearby kindling suggested he may have been preparing a fire. Burial plans were being arranged by the coroner and Johnson Funeral Home as relatives were sought.
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Social Securiy
Aubrey Fountain
East Troy Street
A. A. Parker
Fountain
Parker
Columbus
Slocomb
Jesse Greer
Arthur Smith
J. B. Robinson
Sale Of Peanuts For Oil Purposes Stopped
The Agriculture Department has temporarily halted sale of peanuts for crushing into oil citing a foreign outlet for current supplies under the producer price support program. Grower outlets remain unaffected as the department will continue to buy at support prices peanuts farmers cannot sell. Authorities hope more peanuts may be sold to crushers later depending on foreign markets, with surplus stocks likely sold abroad or crushed by 1949 harvest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
W. T. Parker
Peanut
Parker
Bozeman Dies From Gas Blast Injuries in Roswell
Julius Roe Bozeman a former Dothan resident died in a Roswell New Mexico hospital from burns after a January 23 gas leak and explosion while investigating the source at his home He was about 39 a newspaperman and radio announcer with ties to Roswell and Shreveport Surviving are his wife the former Richardine Key Young of Montgomery a son Tandy his mother Mrs M D Bozeman three sisters Mrs D P Stough Mrs H B Hinton of Montgomery and Mrs J E Edge of Pensacola Fla and a brother Rex Bozeman of Dothan Funeral services were set for Roswell at 2 pm with cremation in Albuquerque
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Julius Roe Bozeman
Dothan
Roswell
New Mexico
Bozeman
Shreveport
Richardine Key Young
Montgomery
Tandy Bozeman
M. D. Bozeman
D. P. Stough
H. B. Hinton
J. E. Edge
Pensacola
Fla
Rex Bozeman
Dothen
Albuqquerque
Truman Democrats Map Plan To Speed Action In Congress
In Washington, Democratic leaders and President Truman outlined a brisk legislative push including rapid action on reciprocal trade agreements and a raise in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. House Speaker Rayburn cited plans for early action on tariffs repeal and wage legislation, while noting no specific talks on taxes or Social Security. The party presses ahead as Republicans warn against broad government controls and price-ration measures.
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Truman
Congress
Rayburn
House
80Th
White House
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Cormack
Lucas ‘Dmihi
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Senate Banking Committee
Baldwin
Flanders
BrickertOhio
Gunaie
Aiken
R-Vi
Jerusalem Eyed as Israel Capital by Cabinet Plan
Tel Aviv reports say a four member committee has been appointed by Premier David Ben Gurion to move all government departments to Jerusalem. Arab forces hold the walled city amid sacred monuments as plans for Palestine’s partition consider international control.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Israel
David Ben Gurion
Holy City
Transjordan
Palestine
Reserves Called Up On Filibuster
Southern senators summoned seasoned voices in a bid to defend unlimited debate in the Senate. Connally Hoey Hill Holland Long led a group opposed to changing rules, arguing the move would throttle opposition to civil rights. A pro change push seeks limits via a high vote to curb filibusters on national emergencies.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Connally
Texas
Hoey
North Carolina
Hill
Alabama
Holland
Florida
Johnstay
South Carolina
Dixie
Long
Louisiana
Huey
Kingfish" Long
Stennis
D-Miss
Kely
Latiolais Withdraws From Hospital Group
Dr S G Latiolais withdraws from a proposed 32-bed hospital project in Dothan with Dr Paul Flowers and Dr T K McFatter, disrupting plans and a $200,000 contract. Flowers and McFatter express uncertainty but pace to reconsider the initiative. Latiolais will continue his practice at Frazer-E Big hospital.
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S G. Latiolais
Paul Flowers
T. K. McFatter
Dothan
Cnrt
Flowers
MerFattertecay
Latolais
Tal
Frazier-Ebig Hospital
Scientists Probe Soul Survival After Death at Duke
In Durham North Carolina IUP science debunks or supports the possibility of a human soul living after bodily death. Dr Joseph B Rinne at Duke heads experiments exploring ESP and PK as forms of mental influence and perception.
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Durham
N.C. Iup
Joseph B. Rinne
Rhine
Rinne
Duke University
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