State Employes After Oct 1 Must Join Pension Plan
The article reports that state employees after October 1 must join a new pension plan with compulsory participation for most workers. Contributions are 3 1/2 percent of salary up to 230 dollars monthly, matched by the State, with retirement age 60, retroactive service rules, and board of control overseeing the system. It notes exceptions for elected officials and department heads and details eligibility and reimbursement rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Farticeps- Son
Fergenre Durer
J. Browder
Board of Tenure
Browder
Board of Control
Big Three to Decide Italy Status
Diplomatic quarters said the future status of Italy would be placed before the Big Three for determination. The U S House Foreign Affairs Committee urged President Truman to push Italy's admission to the United Nations. A British Foreign Office commentator avoided conference questions about releasing Mali armistice terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
U. S
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Trumoan
United Nations
Legion Square Dance Event Tomorrow Night
The American Legion sponsors a square dance at the Legion club rooms on South Foster street at 8 49 oclock tomorrow night. Napier Field Hillbilly Band will provide the music and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
South Foster Street
Warrow
Napier Field Hillbilly Band
Tax stamp compliance effort intensifies in towns
Dozens of towns will be rechecked as agents continue automobile stamp enforcement. Robert Beck of the Revenue Bureau notes immediate results and warns tardy taxpayers that ample stamp supplies will be available soon. Citations must be read and posted promptly. nonpayment penalties apply regardless of stamp possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Beck
Dothan
Powt
Beck
Revenue Bureau
Bureal
Rail Transportation: Race Nags Banned
An order from the Trier state Commerce Commission bans rail transport of race horses or other animals unless specific permits are issued. The regulation, requested by the ODT Director and effective at a stated time, covers livestock shipped in freight cars and restricts use of private cars for prohibited purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carrere
Defense Transportaten
Trier
ODT
J Moores Jomson
BCC
JCC
Judy
Buckner Receives Battle Promotion to Second Lieutenant
James K Buckner, son of Mr and Mrs J W Buckner of Headland, has been promoted from Staff Sergeant to Second Lieutenant after serving since March 12 1943 and overseas since September 1943 with Africa and Italy. Lt Mike Bashita commends Buckner for saving Bashita’s life during an April 1944 attack, noting Buckner killed a German machine gunner at 30 yards and aided their unit’s fighting, with a field commission recommended later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K Buckner
J. W. Buckner
Headland
Africa
Italy
Mike Bashita
Bse
Buckner
Bashita
Buck
Europe
Barefeld
Former Power Firm Official Succumbs in Selma
RB H, 70, a former Alabama Power advertising manager and assistant vice president, died yesterday in Selma where he had lived since retirement a year ago. He lived in Birmingham 20 years and was associated with the power company there. He belonged to the Birmingham Rotary Club and was active in Alabama civil affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
RB H, Mangum
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham
Power Company
Birmingham Rotary Club
Alabama
Civil Attaira
Multiple power plant and mine strikes disrupt work
Steel Corporation and 3316 United Mine Workers kept closed over disputes including a veteran rehiring policy and shift rotation. In Bellaire 478 UMW employees halted at Cambria Mining after a $25 daily fine for three days’ work stoppage over overtime pay. New Camden plant idled 2,000 workers as CIO and Industrial Union blame WOB delays. Three strikes ended. National Cast Iron Pipe plant in Birmingham resumed 600 workers for 158 rpm shell production after a supervisory change debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, N. J
Real Cio Industrial Union of Maize and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Joan Green
Union
WOB
National Cast Iron Pipe Company
Birmingham
Ala
Flying Boxcar carries largest air shipment of durable goods
American Airlines cargo plane, a Consolidated Vultee CIB car, departed from Municipal Airport bound for Los Angeles. The nine ton load, mostly durable goods, tests air shipping costs and performance under varying weather, with officials noting a major savings potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thos Angeles
American Airlines
Vultee Cib
California
Kimmel to Tell Pearl Harbor Story When Time Comes
ATLANTA AP two officials report that Admiral Kimmel plans to speak about Pearl Harbor events but may defer details. He and Major General Weber face court martial proceedings on suspected wartime decisions, with trials set for public safety concerns and subject to readiness. Kimmel is linked to Frederick Hevris Inc of New York conducting a Chattahoochee River navigation survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Pacihie
Dee
Pearl Harbor
Marco
Childless Wife Accused Of Taking Baby From Hospital
MARION AP Mrs Phillis Lanman a 29 year old childless wife from Mansfield confessed to taking an eight day old girl Jean Eileen Creviston from a hospital crib Sunday night. Medical tests showed she had not given birth recently and baby’s footprints contradicted her claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Phillis Lan
Jean Eileen Creviston
John L. Creviston
Marlon
Lanman
Mansfield
Carron Rowley
News. Paper
Ashe
1945 Tobacco Crop To Top 10-Year Mark
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1945 tobacco crop at 1,890,326,000 pounds, down 3 percent from last year’s record but above the 10-year average. Flue cured at 1,091,000,000 pounds, burley at 552,000,000 pounds. State yields include North Carolina 774,875,000 and South Carolina 192,000,000. Georgia 96,720,000. Kentucky 434,383,000. Tennessee 127,340,000. Virginia 124,756,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Air force reorganization widens Pacific strike network
Far Eastern air forces under Gen George C Kenney merge Okinawa and Iwo Jima operations with Seventh Air Force and Fifth Air Force assets. New Strategic Air Force under Gen Carl A Spaatz will oversee B 29s from the present 20th and future Eighth Air Forces in the Pacific. Admiral Nimitz notes Fleet Air Wing 18 has sunk 50,000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged 7,000 tons in enemy waters since April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far Eastern Air Forces
Macarinurs
George C. Kenney
Seventh
Adar Forge
Fleet Sub Marine Wircrah
Okinawa
Iwo Jina
Uder Admiral
Eighth Air
Pacific
Seventh Fighter Command
Ivy
Empire
Daupan
Nimitz
Fleet Air Wing 18
Slone
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Newspaper Strike Deadline Passes In New York
The eight oclock deadline set by the War Labor Board for striking newspaper and mail deliverers expired with no word from the union and no report of workers returning. Union leaders indicated they would continue the 11 day walkout, while the WLB warned against a closed shop and potential non union hires for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
War Labor Buard
Stiikinge
NY Niet
Dull Pee Porters
WLB
Mail de Veerers
Union Wins Action In WLB Decision Over Rubber Firm
The War Labor Board ruled against a rubber company in Atlanta area contract disputes involving production workers. It upheld union security concerns and cited past strikes during May as justification, with about 34,000 workers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
WLB
Atlanta
API
Hegians
War Labor Board
Goodyear Time
Gadaden
Ais
Loree Bref
Lee
Cebon
Seven Million Dollar Liquor Suit Underway
In Peoria Illinois AP report the Office of Price Administration sues the American Distilling Company Pekin seeking seven million dollars in treble damages over whisky price violations. Five depositions read. large sales cited include 10 000 barrels to Alabama board and 32 993 barrels to Brown Forman Distillers Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Pekin
Office of Price Administration
Oscar Meredith
First National Bank of Chicago
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of Alabama
Brown Forman Distillers Corporation
Louisville
William G. Mulligan
New York City
Pekin Distilers
American Distilling Company
Xeoup
Associated Banks
Ben- Burk Company
Boston
Mulligan
Government Drops Linters Control Program Proposal
Government officials including War Production Board representatives told a House Agriculture Subcommittee they would reconsider a planned order to take over the cotton linters crop. The Army decided it could operate with a smaller linters supply, affecting rayon and other goods makers. Edgar Pearson of WPE Chemicals said the plan was dropped amid industry protests claiming bias against cotton goods in favor of rayon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waonungiun
War Production Board
House Agriculture
Edgar Pearson
WPE Chemicals Division
Willi
Potsdam Talks and Allied Plans Survive Wartime Echoes
The passage notes President Truman traveling by luxury plane to address a United Nations conference in San Francisco while coordinating with Byrnes and other officials aboard ship. It highlights tentative Potsdam meeting plans, groundwork for a German peace treaty, and mentions the Atlantic Charter linked to a 1941 Roosevelt Churchill rendezvous. It recalls the 14 year old Augusta as the site of that historic meeting and flags the flagship shifts involving Admiral King and Rear Admiral Hewitt with WWII invasions in Africa, Normandy, and Southern France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Truman
San Francisco
Byrnes
London
Augusta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Pearl Harbor
Admiral King
Adm. H. &. Vwewitt
North African
Normandy
France
Mrs Stephenson Rites Held Today Graceville
Funeral services for Mrs Fibta Wilkes Stephenson nineteen twenty nine died recently were held this afternoon at Graceville Methodist Church with Rev Trawick and Rev Hollis officiating. Burial followed at Maryan Chapel cemetery. Surviving husband Ross Stephenson mother Mrs Willie Walliatos and numerous siblings. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. Funeral arranged by Breckbourne Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceville
Fibta Wilkes Stephenyn
Gracevile Metnocuss
Hot
Trawick
Hollis Offerzting
Bunal
Maryan Chapel
Breckourn Fuurral
Greceville
Poe
Pete Wiljimma
Parker
Grateville
Ross Stephenson
Dothan
Willie Walliatos
Hoy Willams
Clyde Williams
S Navy
Joe Williams
Gracevile
J. K. Howell
Charies Cree
George Martin
Dot
Bessemer Officer Slain. Suspect Sought in Police Murder
Bessemer Alabama police mourn R B Kendrick 44 a 11 year veteran shot in a downtown alley while serving an assault and battery warrant on a Negro suspect. Witnesses say Kendrick told the man he was going to arrest him as shots echoed. Kendrick died at a local hospital. Survived by widow and two sons including Army sergeant Louis Kendrick serving in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
Kendrick
Jimmy Kendrick
Lacey Alexander
Alexander
Idrick
Jimmy
Louis
France
Grant Family Ties Reveal Georgia Prince Connection
The article details Mrs. Grant and Haugwitz-Reventlow sharing custody of their son, noting Mrs. Grant’s first marriage to Alexis Mdivani, the Georgian prince who died in a 1935 Spain car crash. It also mentions Grant’s birthplace Bristol and birth name Alexander Archibald Leach, once married to actress Virginia Cherrill.
New Destroyer Honors Marine Named N S Bausell
Marine Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell died sacrificing himself to smother a Japanese grenade to save others. A new destroyer, the N S Bausell, will be named in his honor with his mother Mrs Lawrence L Baussell of Washington DC christening the ship. Private Woodrow Hartley, son of Mr and Mrs Woodie Hartley, serves on Luzon Island with the 790th Railroad Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis Kenneth Bausell
N.S
Luzon
Woodrow Hartley
Woodie Hartley
Ashford
Luzon Island
790Th
Japanese Admiral Blames Roosevelt for Pearl Harbor
A translated 1941 letter from Rear Admiral Ichimura, released by Navy censors, attacks U.S. policy and Roosevelt while defending Nippon and the East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. It claims Allied and Western powers conspire to oppress nonwhite nations and condemns Wilson, urging unity against Western imperialism. The writer asserts Japan seeks lasting peace under imperial authority and disparages Allied ties with Stalin and Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mersid Tribune
Lefier
Roosevelt
Pearl Harter
Herald Tribune
Emmet Cronier
Navy
Adm
Toshioczuke Ichimura
Crozier
East Asia
Hitler
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Wilson
Geneva County Farms Count Shown in 1945 Census
Geneva County reports 3,798 farms in preliminary 1945 census totals, up from 3,738 in 1940 and 3,732 in 1935, with total farm land at 254,14 acres and an average farm size of 66.8 acres. Supervisor L. Smith Deal cautioned figures are preliminary and subject to correction. final tabulations will come from the Bureau of the Census and be announced from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva County
L. Smith Deal
Alabama
Dothan
Geneva Conty
Deal
Bureau of the Census
Deat Gard
Training Meeting Planned For Home Clubs In County
A leader training meeting for Houston County Home Demonstration Club clothing leaders will be held at Young Junior High School Friday at 10:30 a.m. Miss Fran Mailette announced today. Miss Levice Ellis from Auburn will demonstrate "Construction Details" at the meeting, with several county clothing chairwomen listed as expected attendees. A separate district court notice details a condemnation action involving vehicles and property, with deadlines for claims and objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Home Demonstration Club
Young Junior High
Fran Mailette
Levice Ellis
Auburn
Houston County Clothing Dhoire
J. \. Howard
Barber Club
A. D. Barbrey
Big Creek
Barry Gamble
Center
J. S. Spooner
Cowaris
W. F. Moore
Crosby
Allen Waleler
Durpee
E.G. Roberson
Enon
C. A. Kirkland
Fansey
Blt. Riley
Pilgrim Rest
Sam Knowles
Pleasant Plains
Albert Martin
Rehobeth
H. C. Adams
Selma
R. C. Elliot
Skipper’s Cross Roads
Ida D. Whiddon
Smyrna
CL. Kisery
H. G. Dykes
Union Hill
J. L. Lee
Webb
G. B. Bonner
Wicksburg
Soviet Run German Girls Class Shows Berlin Reopening
Berlin reports that Soviet authorities started a class for young German girls at Rueckert 28 to aid child reeducation after Berlin fell. Educator Dr Oskar Schaefer and director Fritz Huhne note open schools aim to restore family life and purge Nazi influence while lessons focus on useful skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Pagudl Rj
Rueckert
Reichsehan
Batlewield
Oskar Schaefer
Guatemala
Fritz Huhne
Showdown vote on FEPC finance wrangle unfolds Thursday
Washington AP report says House Appropriations Committee recommends 250000 to liquidate the Fair Employment Practice Committee and aims to bring the issue to the House floor for a Thursday vote. Southern members oppose new funds, while FEPC backers want no liquidation condition and hope to win a Senate-compatible figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Fair Employment Practice Committee
House
Roosevelt
FEPC
Senate
Two Groups Report For Army Examination
Houston County Selective Service Board reports two groups of registrants for pre induction physicals. White registrants to Fr McClellan include Beachum Worrell Fowler Allen Fowler Huff Knowles Yates Hall Tice Mumford Tedder Henderson McEachen Snellgrove. Seven Negro registrants to Ft Benning include Wesley Allen King David Bullard William Tones William Wymes Alfred Duncan Jr Jimca Lewis Booker T. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Selective Service Board
Torce
Fr. McClellan
Beachum Worrell
Shelly Odell Fowler
Raymond Allen Fowler
Terrel E. Huff
Horace Eugene Knowles
Lonnie
Glenn Yates
J. D. Hall
Rudolph Tice
Leyman Tyree Mumford
Billy Tedder
Elbert Jack Henderson
Charles Lindbergh McEachen
Garvicus Snellgrove
Ft. Benning, Ga
Wesley Allen
King David Bullard
William Tones
William Wymes
Alfred Duncan, Jr
Jimca Lewis
Booker T. Miller
Elliott Roosevelt financial deals being explored
Washington AP Rep Doughton says further angles in Elliott Roosevelt and John Hartford financial dealings are being explored in several parts of the country. The Ways and Means Committee chair issued a formal statement after the Internal Revenue Bureau gave a partial report on its investigations, with details withheld. Hartford, president of Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea, reportedly loaned Roosevelt $20,000 and a $196,000 bad debt deduction was claimed in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Brig
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tes Company
Roosevelt
Knutson
H-Minn
Travel restrictions boost Alabama state park use says official
James L. Segrest notes 96,108 permit holders, up 7,375 from last year, with nine from outside the state. Increases driven by more awareness, defense workers, and limited long trips. Gulf State Park Baldwin County and Chewacla Park Autauga County show large gains. 1944 guest total 16,44 and 1945 rise to 35,570.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Jelawe
Segrest
Army and Navy
Fense
Rin
Fle
Mississippi
Pac
Gulf State Park
Baldwin County
Cabing
Chewacla Park
Aut
Court Martial Conviction 43 Negroes Upheld
GUAM AP Court convictions of 43 Negroes at a Naval supply base after Christmas shootings have been confirmed and are final. Maj Henry Larsen announced sentences ranged from 19 months to four years. One more defendant remains to be tried for charges from absence without leave to riot and unlawful assembly. Weapons were found in the trucks and MPs were shot at later that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
To Naval
Henry Larsen
Island Cot
Navel
Agana
Naval East Camp
First Electricity Transmission Early Claim by Stephen Gray
In 1729 Stephen Gray reportedly demonstrated the first transmission of electricity by rubbing a glass ball along a string suspended by silk thread, a primitive static electricity experiment cited in historical accounts. The text also references a legal notice from 1948 involving a libel of information in the District Court of the United States, Southern Division of Alabama, concerning a 1941 Model A automobile and related forfeiture and condemnation proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distret Court
United States
Middle District
Alabama
United States of America
Robertson Brothas Auto
B. Hayne Parker
Rory
Alm
Montgomery 3
Otharwin
Heroaf’ Wajter Bragg Smith
Stephen Gray
District Court of the United
District of Alabama
United Law 9 of America
Ubja
United Lib of America
Coune Automobile
adiMat
Robertson Brothers Ano B Pal
Dathan
Praying & 3
EB. Burns Payher
Teal
Montgomery
Welter Smith
Way to Believe Itchy Pimples Relief Balm Ad
An old style ad touts a skin relief balm promising fast soothing for pimples rashes and itching. It claims witching relief, improved appearance and feel, and recommends a 35 cent box to be obtained at a drug store for prompt comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paternon
Alan
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