Reds Adamant in Keeping Berlin in Their Control
Berlin amid Allied deadlock as Big Three prep for Potsdam. Harriman arrives at Tempelhof to join Truman aides. American lines tighten around Berlin with guard increases. Food and fuel supply contention risks German capital governance, while Col Howley cites plans for an overall Berlin government with practical relief still unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Deluce
Berlin
Averell Harriman
U.S
Moscow
Tempelhof
White House
Truman
Potsdam
Taman
Washington
Col
Frank Howley
United States Ocupation Zone
Col. Howley
George K. Zhukov
Lucius D. Clay
Ronald Weeks
Great Britain
County designates second farm to market road project
Houston County named River Road from Columbia to Cedar Creek about seven miles as the second farm to market paving project. Bids for the first project from Hodgesville toward Dothan open July 13 in Montgomery. The program runs alongside county funded paving efforts, with costs shared by the county and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Board of Revenue
Columbia
Cedar Creek
Hodgesville
Dothan
Montgomery
Ashford Delegation Seeks Spur Track Aid
A delegation from the Ashford farm market project asked the county Board of Revenue for road and bridge department help in preparing land for a spur track. Led by John ne Ingram of the Houston County Producers' Association, the group said spur work paused while adjacent land near the market area was scraped for lay bys. Accompanying Ingram were Wells of Ashford and County Agent C M Ling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford
County Board of Revenue
Road and Bridge Department
Johnne Ingram
Houston County Producers’ Association
Annessise
Ingram
Ohd Wells
C. M. Ling
FieMs Registrants Off For Induction
Registrants from Houston proceed to induction with several men leaving today for Selective Service boards. Board Two notes two have departed including William Lexter Morris and Eugene Trawick among others.
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Cnt
Houston
Frye
Jeaving
Board
William Lexter Morris
Curfee Kingly
William _Joseph
Eugene Trawick
Earnest Branton
Charles Kite
Jessie Car
Hughes
Fegistrant
Joe William
MacArthur Sees Independence For Philippines Soon
In a joint session address in Manila, General Douglas MacArthur declared that no nation can rely solely on defense power and must join in international defense. He praised Filipino loyalty to the United States and noted that wartime changes remove the obstacle to Philippine independence. The 20 minute speech drew heavy applause from lawmakers and spectators in a plain school auditorium serving as the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines Congress
Douglas MacArthur
United States
MacArthur
Philippines
Plain School
Salary Boost Okayed for Two County Jailers
The county Board of Revenue approved salary increases for two jailers at the county jail after Sheriff B G Farmer requested an adjustment. Salaries would rise from 3190 to 8150 per month, aligning with a recent pay increase for other county employees. The sheriff cited dangerous duties and fairness as reasons for the hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Revenue
B. G. Farmer
Farmer
Board of Revenue
Lightning Strikes Downtown Building First Then Power Plant
A lightning storm hit Do city twice, damaging the five story Young Building on Fast Main street and severing power lines near the light plant. Police blocked the sidewalk to prevent falling brick as service was restored around 6 30 p m after outages lasting over three hours.
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Dothan
Young
Fast Main Street
Truman Enroute To Big Three Meet
President Truman sails from Newport News aboard a ship en route to Europe for the Big Three meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. He travels with a staff of advisers including Secretary of State James Byrnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
Truman
Europe
Churchill
Stalin
Newport News
James ¥. Bymes
Charter Started On Way Through Senate Group
Edward B Stettinius Jr told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United Nations offers a truly effective instrument for lasting peace. He testified as the San Francisco charter began moving through the State Department amid indications it may be ratified without amendment. He cited US leadership and unity among the five major nations in the Security Council voting procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Edward B Stettiius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Wendell L. Willkie
Stefanius
United Nations
United States
Truman
World Security Council
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
Migst
Council
Eufaula police probe racial disturbance after Saturday clash
In Eufaula Alabama police investigate a racial disturbance that left a Negro man injured Saturday night. Police say crowds of whites gathered and attacked three Negroes after dark. Curfew was imposed. no arrests reported. Officer Peter Paul Hall, 22, was arrested last Thursday on rape and assault charges and had confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eufaula
Ala
H. L. McCullohs
McCullohs
Peter Paul Hall
Hall
Accident Fatal To M P Jackson
M P Jackson, eighty, of Columbia route two, died Sunday from injuries in a fall from a wagon. He fell partway out and his neck caught on a wheel. Native of Houston County, funeral at Ebeneezer Church with Rev. Nail officiating. Burial in Ebeneezer cemetery. Survived by six daughters and six sons.
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Mpp Jackson
Columbia Route Two
Houston County
Ebeneezer Church
Nail
Columbia
Buria
Ebeneezer Cemetery
Ward- Wilson
T. W. Penual Ocala
Previous Pact Preventing Argentine Meat For U S
Meat shortages push Americans toward Canada and Argentina as questions rise about imports. Officials say Allied controls block purchases from both nations. Canada’s exports go to the United Kingdom and liberated Europe, while Argentina’s are largely set for Britain and Allied armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Europe
Argentina
GI Eating Wonder Stops Atlanta Diner With Appetite
In Atlanta an army eating figure Salvatori astonished diners by consuming large meals at Adiesta cafe. He ordered fried chicken, trench fried items, multiple salads, juice and beverages, and declared he ate to demonstrate holism. Post surgeon Burnet attributed his voracious eating to the phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Adiesta Cafcieria
Cheefer J. Salvateri
Hae
Joan
Salvetert
Salvatori
Col. Surgh & Burnet
Fort McPherson
Anteckers
Soldier Kills Eight German POWs at Utah Camp
At Salina Utah a U S Army guard, PFC Clarence Bertucci, opened fire from a guard tower killing eight German prisoners of war and wounding twenty others in a tent area. Bertucci, 23, was arrested after firing 250 rounds in about 15 seconds. A board of inquiry will review the incident and he remains in custody pending its report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Utah
Clarence Bertucci
New Orleans
Cap
Arthur Ericsson
Ogden
Bertucel
Bertucei
Brlossoff
Albert L Cornel
Mary Bertucci
Bertucci
Bertucers
Ericsson
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
England
Bertuccio
Negro Laborer Held In Ambush Shooting At Selma
In Selma Alabama AP report indicates Lavada King a 48 year old farm laborer is jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge related to an ambush that wounded five including Chief Deputy Sheriff W C McCain. Charles Gilmer a farmer sustained gunshot wounds to shoulder arm and side and is hospitalized. The incident happened Friday night as McCain delivered an assault warrant and King was alleged to have first attacked Gilmer with a plow blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Lavada King
W. C. McCain
McCain
King
Charles Gilmer
Gilmer
Gilmer Js
Dauntless Dottie Crashes in Pacific Ocean
The Superfortress Dauntless Dottie, known for supporting the first B-20 strike on Tokyo and 53 mission flights, was lost in the Pacific after departing Kwajalein for Hawaii. Ten of the 13 crew were lost. the date of the accident was not disclosed.
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Saipan
Dauntless Dottie
Tokyo
Pacific
United States
Kwajalein
Hawaii
Navy supporting general drive in South Borneo
American warships and air forces aided by Australians pressed the Southeast Borneo invasion coast around Balikpapan. Australian Seventh Division infantry advanced inland from captured Balikpapan, isolating the Pandsasari refinery area as Aussie and American air forces pounded Japanese positions along the coast and at oil fields near Sambodja and Samarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Hamilton W. Faron
Manila
Borneo
Balkpapan
Seventh Division
Balikpapan
Pandsasari
Balikpapan Bay
Oir
Sepinggang
Mangger
Sambodja
Samarinda
Belikpapan
Japan
Jack
Mustang
Iwedima
Ad Navy
Fifth Air Force
Kyushu
Doulas MacArthur
Far East
Formosa
China
Navy
Canton
Helte
Taren
Ryutan
Takao
Toko
Seventh Fleet Mariner
Indo Ching
3Th Air Force
Sembodja Oftfeld
Greeks Accused of Terror Reign Near Yugoslav Border
London AP report cites Tito broadcasting that Greek forces fired across the border to provoke Yugoslavia, with thousands of Macedonians fleeing northern Greece into Yugoslavia to escape alleged terror. Refugees described robbery, rape, and village sacking by armed bands and Greek militiamen. Greek officials deny terrorism claims. Tass dispatches accuse the National Front of Federal Macedonia of leading a Greek-backed reign of terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tito
Greece
Yugoslavia
Associated Press
Biteli
Tass
Mnaron
National Front of
Macedonia
Faselat
Unite
Greek Macedonia
Smallest Cotton Crop Since 1885 Seen For Nation
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department estimates U S cotton in cultivation on July 1 at 18 355 000 acres, down 2 0 million from the prior year and 3 percent below the ten year average. If abandoned at the last decade’s pace, harvest would be 18 034 000 acres, the smallest since 1885, with declines across states mainly from Texas drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Texas
War in the Pacific Update From Iwo Jima And Japan
AP reports a large task force conducted fiery incendiary raids on five Japanese targets including Honshu inland areas as LeMay forces prepare more strikes. In Guam, Mustang fighters and Corsairs defended against Jap air activity while strafing and bombing airfields, ships, and coastal facilities across Kyushu and Formosa as Fifth Air Force pursues aggressive operations.
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Bett
Warlrington
Taormdiaries Om Industris
Honshu
TiHh
Gifs
Sakai
Wakayami
Senda
Yokkaichi
Gre
Cer Iis
LeMay
Scrcen
Guam
Japan
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Marine
Fifth Air Force
Okinawa
Kyushu
George C. Kenney
County Officials Defer Selection of Holiday Date
Houston County officials debate half day closings after a recent county act. The Board of Revenue plans deferment pending clearer understanding of the law. Attaches split on the best closing day as Judge Poyner resists policy pressure. Calhoun notes employees want Saturday half days while others favor Thursday afternoons in June.
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Houston
Calhoun
Dothan
Law Officers Nab 48 Over Weekend
City and county law enforcement combined for 48 weekend arrests. The City booked 32 defendants including 10 disorderly conduct cases, 1 public drunkenness, 4 gambling, 2 jokerng, and single counts of various offenses such as driving while intoxicated and operating without a license. The sheriff's force made 16 arrests: 1 public drunkenness, 2 abusive language, and one each for false pretense breach of the peace and offense.
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Bend
German Prisoners Admit AP Writer Was Executed
German officials in custody say Joseph Morton, AP war correspondent, was executed at Mauthausen concentration camp on Jan 24 by order of Heinrich Himmler’s staff in Berlin. Morton and four other Allied nationals, captured after a Slovakia mission, were shot and cremated. the camp figures were among thousands executed or starved there.
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Lynn Apinzerling
Linz
Austria
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Slovakia
Mauthausen
Heinrich Himmier
Berlin
Morton
Plomka
Bratislava
Enat
Ust
Naz
Chinese Forces Break Jap Retreat Across Frontier
Chinese high command reports capture of South Guard Pass on the China French Indo China border as Japanese retreat toward Dong Dang. Rebels claim renewed Chinese advances along the Hunan Kwangle railway reach Hengyang and Liuchow area, with pursuit toward Luchai and Kweilin. Tanchuk recaptured after being abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moodsa
Chungking
South Guard Pass
Chennakwan
China
Indo-Cana
Dong Dang
Indo-China
Kwangii
Liuzhow
Hengyang
Lojung
Liuchow
Luchai
Luchow
Kweilin
High Command
Tanchuk
U. & 14Th Air Force
Hiver
Armenea Lair Bane
Yunening Nanning
Siech Wanh
Soldier Held For Questioning In Bus Theft
Private Ralph N. Paternoster of Camp Rucker was jailed in Houston County in connection with the theft of a privately owned bus. He was apprehended by Seminole County sheriff at Donalsonville about 1:14 p.m. Saturday after fleeing town with the bus. owner identity could not be established and no warrant had been sworn.
U S Acknowledges Latin American goodwill costs
On a recent return from service in Panama and Santo Domingo, Dr. Hardy of Occidental College says the United States spent billions to win Latin American goodwill but warns Uncle Sam cannot be Santa Claus forever. He adds that aid does not always promote democracy as some Latin nations are not democratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angles
API
Hardy
State Department
Panama
Santo Domingo
United States
Uncle Sam
Santa Clause
Occidental College
Group Will Talk POW Work Pay Here
The Horton County Farm Labor Advisory Committee will meet Thursday for a four hour public hearing on prevailing wage for prisoners of war used in farm tasks. C M Ling, county agent, said hearings are required by law to determine local wage scales. Findings go to Extension Service at Auburn for review and federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton County Farm Labor Advisory Committee
C. M. Ling
Ling
Extension Service
Auburn
World Today wartime updates drift across Pacific fronts
AP briefed world events reports multiple theaters. Japan’s air forces suffered heavy losses as Allied strikes continued. near Balikpapan Australian infant relief efforts progressed. Philippines tally rose with 423 239 enemy casualties and 3824 more Japanese dead and prisoners. Chinese forces reported success at South Guard Pass and Amoy area withdrawals. Burma saw increased Japanese activity near the Sittang River north of Rangoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
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Lands Filipinos
Gen
M’ Arthur
Charter
Senate Group
Stettinius
M. P. Jackson
U. S
Ovid A. Martin
Canada
Wonder
Dottie
South Borneo
Imogene Stevene
The
Pandangarhi
Amoy
Burma
Sittang River
Rangoon
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