Russians Holding Berlin No Allied Takeover Yet
Berlin reports show Soviet authorities maintaining full military governance as Big Three talks loom at Potsdam. US and British forces have not seized districts, with flags raised and German municipal administration under Soviet oversight. Food reserves in the Soviet zone remain unavailable to other sectors amid a possible barter deal for in kind payments. Diplomatic cordiality masks confusion over Anglo American sharing.
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Daniel DE Luce
Berlin
Alles
Potsdam
United States
Russia
Britain
U. S
Soviet Union
Courthouse Officials Split Over New Half-Holiday
Courthouse officials argue whether to close on Thursday or Saturday afternoons as a weekly half day. Rural residents favor Saturday for shopping and leisure, while Friday federal agencies close earlier on Saturday. The Board of Revenue may settle the issue at July meeting, amid questions of authority and law clarity.
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Board of Revenue
Fay
12 Negroes Among 111 New Registrants
The Houston County Board of Registrars completed a five day session at the courthouse listing 111 new electors, including 12 Negroes in Beat Three Dothan. Beat Three led with 81 registrations. other beats had smaller tallies. Twenty four registrants were veterans or service men, many reaching eligible age while in service. Another registration session is planned for October.
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New Houston County
Board of Registrars
Dothan
Plans Set for Wiregrass Business Men and Farmers Meet
County agent C. M. Ling and Dothan Chamber secretary Arthur Johnson announced a July 17 gathering of farmers and business men at the USC Club on Foster Street. The 11 a.m. luncheon will feature a Dutch meal and speakers include P. O. Davis Walter Randolph Frank Broadway D. Trotter Jones George A. Mattison Jr Tom Reid and other leaders discussing agriculture and industry. The event was first planned by the AIA during a recent planning visit by Vice President Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Ling
Arthur Johnson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
USC Club
S .Foster Street
P. 0. Davis
Alabama Extension Service
Walter Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
Frank Broadway
Alabama
D. Trotter Jones
Associated Industries of Alabama
George A. Mattison, Jr
AIA
Tom Reid
State Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Ling and
Johnson
Circuit Court Session Opens Here Monday
A four day Houston Circuit court criminal division session opens tomorrow with 48 trials. Circuit Judge D C Halstead presiding. Monday docket lists sixteen cases from liquor violations to grand larceny. Tuesday covers fourteen cases including assault and battery to manslaughter. Wednesday brings fifteen cases from malicious injury to property to breach of peace. Thursday concentrates on three capital offenses including robbery and two first degree murders.
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Houston Circuit Court
D. C. Halstead
Glenn
Hosea Koonce
Collie DuBose
Ealey
Churchill on first holiday since 1943 in France
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Bordeaux aboard a four engine American plane en route to Hendaye for his first real vacation since his illness in 1943. He traveled with his wife and daughter Mary who wore an ATS officers uniform.
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Bordeaux
Churchill
Hendaye
Mary
ATS
Three Big Legislative Tools For Truman At Big Three
Congressional leaders outlined three major international bills to back President Truman at the forthcoming Big Three talks with Churchill and Stalin. The package includes the reciprocal trade agreements act already handed to Truman, the Bretton Woods monetary bill, and the United Nations Charter. The Bretton Woods measure has passed the House and awaits Senate action, with plans to keep the House in session into July to address Senate amendments before a possible fall adjournment.
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Washington
Iap
Howe
Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Bretton Woods
United Nations
House
Senate
United States
Houston War Loan Drive Exceeds Quotas
Houston County completed the Seventh War Loan Drive well over the target with a final tally showing total bonds sold of 3 400 158 dollars. The overall quota exceeded by 51 583 158 dollars and the E quota by 36 058 dollars. Officials expect higher figures as late credits are applied.
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Houston County
Treasury Department
Two Officers Die In Dothan Highway Crash
First Lieutenant Lawrence J. Muller driver and Lieutenant W. D. Webster Jr. suffer critical injuries when their car sideswipes a truck and then crashes into a second truck two miles north of Pinchard on the Dothan Montgomery highway. The Sanitary Dairy of Dothan owned both trucks. Patrolman Earl Smith and Patrolman Earl Hendley investigated.
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Camp Rucker
Pinchard
Dothan-Montgomery
Lawrence J. Muller
W. D. Webster
Webster
Earl Smith
Earl Hendley
Sanitary Dairy of
Dothan
J. B. Rovers
Negro
Smith
John D. Pearson
Meat Appeal Plea Asked of Governor
Alabama lawmakers urged Governor Sparks to send a three member team to Washington to press for higher white meat and lard allotments and a floor price for cattle. The committee proposed Rep Hunt Frasier of Talladega, Circuit Judge Emmett Hildreth of Bulaw, and A B Hote of Notarialga represent the state before national officials and the Alabama delegation in Congress.
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Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Washinton
Alabama
Congress
Washington
Hunt Franser
Tallax County
Emmett Hildreth
Bulaw
State Chamber of Commerce
A. B. Hote
Notarulga
Alabama Bankers Association
Eufaula Bloodshed After Girl Slain Sparks Racial Clash
In Eufaula Alabama whites and Negroes clashed after the slaying of an 18 year old white girl. Police chief H L McCulloh said three Negroes were attacked, one badly cut, with curfew set for 10 30 p m. Negro districts to be patrolled. No arrests yet. Police and Army MPs aided by State Patrol and additional officers. Local context notes a recent arrest for rape and drawing at Kilby prison.
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Eudfaula
Ala
H. L. McCullebs
McCulloh Savid
Amy M
Ft. Benning
Eufalua
Alabama
McCullohs
Peter Paul Hall
Ethel Luck
McCulohs
Kilby
Reds Pacific Role May Have Top Spot On Big 3 Agenda
London AP report says Chinese Premier T. V. Soong's Mos cow mission fuels speculation Russia's role in the Pacific war would top the Big Three talks. Sources say Far East decisions depend on Japanese war outcomes and broader world stability, with Moscow aiming to secure influence and surrounding friendly governments.
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Reds Pacific
London
T. V. Soong
Moscow
Russia
Matly
Far East
Japan
Russaia
Tangier
Ration Board Closes Each Saturday Noon
Howeton County War Price and Rationing Board announced a new closing hour of 12 noon each Saturday. Officials urge all persons with business at the board to be at the office before noon.
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Howeton County War Frice and Rationing Board
Butter ration relief eyed as civilian supply rises
The Agriculture Department and Office of Price Administration announce a civilian butter supply increase of about 12 percent next month. The August allotment is projected at 99 million pounds, with 30 percent reserved for war use, down from 50 percent this month.
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Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
Wce
B 29s Add 30th Japanese City to Bomb Score
In Saturday s raid the 20th Air Force said none of 600 B 29s were lost. The attack hit five aluminum oil rai and industrial centers with 4000 tons of bombs. It marked the 30th homeland city struck in B 29 fire raids with minimal AA fire and no Japanese fighter opposition.
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Guam
Japan
20Th Air Force
Soviets End Nazi Imperialism in War Talk
Geneva resident Mrs M H Andrews was seriously injured yesterday when a pickup collided with a taxi at E Woodland Drive and Boulevard Street. Mr Andrews, Bud Givens and Johnny McMakin were not hurt. An unidentified Negro passenger reportedly left the truck. his status was unknown. The crash was investigated by Day Detective Wes Herring.
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M. H. Andrews
Geneva
E. Woodland Drive
Boulevard Street
Wes Herring
Herring
Andrews
Bud Givens
Johnny McMakin
Think Allies Err In Way Germans Are Being Handled
Soviet leaders oppose Allied approach to Germany insisting on governance that fosters true democracy. They demand legalized anti fascist parties and open political gatherings guarded against covert Nazism. They seek guarantees against German rearmament via loans and tighter U S Soviet coordination.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Hitler
Germany
Red Army
Isle
Ussr
United States
Labor Front Brightens as Workers Return to Jobs
Return to work of 13,000 steel workers at Carnegie Clines South Chicago and nearly all 17,600 Goodyear Tire & Rubber employees in Akron, Ohio, paint the brightest labor outlook in over a week. About 40,000 remain idle due to disputes, with a new contract dispute at Fort Wayne Journal Gazette affecting publication.
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Associated Press
Carnegie-Clines Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Goodyear Tire Rubber Co
Akron
Fort Wayne
Ind
Journal Gazette
The
Gazette and
News-Sentinel
Australians Push Six Miles Beyond Balikpapan Port
Australians Seventh Division troops advance six miles northeast of Balikpapan oil port and push inland from Pendyam Point across Balikpapan Bay as Allied forces press toward Sambodjaian Samarinda oil fields. MacArthur address to Philippine legislature expected to be broadcast in the United States.
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Balikpapan
Manila
Seventh Division
Barteo
Penadyam Point
Ballipapan Bay
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Artwerks
United States
WAGP
Sambodja Ian Samarinda
Balikpepen
Will
Barnes
Douglas MacTure
Japanese landings off China coast test defenses near Amoy
Chinese Central News Agency reports Japanese Moronea landed 140 miles west of Formosa on Fukien coast near Changpu 45 miles southwest of Amoy. Local Chinese militia beat back some units as heavy fighting continued. Observers say the strike may probe Chinese strength and deter Allied invasion plans while safeguarding Amoy garrison.
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Spencee Moosa
Chungking
Moronea
China
Formosa
Asi
Abe
Fukien
Changpu
Amoy
Dapenene - Held
Ti Wlao
Afoy
World War II briefing blanks out in Asia front
The World Today reports aerial fires hitting Mt Fuji region and bombing campaigns across Japan. MacArthur’s Fifth Air Force raids Kyushu from Okinawa for the third straight day while Formosa and Chinese coastal areas face air strikes. Allied forces press into Southeast Asia with attacks on Borneo oil fields and large moves by Australian forces toward Sambodja and Samarinda. Chinese forces recapture Pingsiang and push toward French Indochina as Chiang Kai-shek outlines plans for a general counteroffensive.
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Japan
Mt. Fuji
MacArthur
Fifth Air Force
Kyushu
Okinawa
Formosa
China
Nimitz
Senna
Borneo
Aussies
Batlik- Papon
Sambodja
Samarinda
Japanese Mariner
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chine
Pingsiang
Indo-Chine
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Sgt
Lon Wilson
Yank the Army Weekly
Legislative Bargaining Club
Houston
Eufaula
Pennsylvania
Ade
Niger
Map of the
Mongolia
Chisaat
Reking
Chinawa
Ames
Amchatka
Sakmat
Arakan
Sepepan
Ier City
Airfields
Pacific
Karefuto
Philippines
U. S. Navy
Barneo
NEA Telephoto
Soviets
Nafion
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