Former Boys' Club Worker Speaks at Workers' Council
Stanleigh Jenkins of Buffalo, ex Boys Club worker and Ara Cross Held director, spoke at the Regent monthly meeting of the Houston County Professional Workers Council about Organized Recreation for Young People. He was introduced by Rev G Ralph Madnor, chair. Twenty four members present. guests from County health and welfare department, Main Ministers Association, USC, Social Security, Red Cross, and the Department of Security Administration.
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Stanleigh Jenkins
Buffalo
Boys Club
Ara Cross
Regwar
Houston Coury Professional Workers Council
Mig Pathe Buchanen
USO Traveler’s Aid
Misa Ann Jeffords
Allanta
USO Traveler's Aid
Nineteen Airplanes Destroyed By Fire at Munierosi Airport
Atlanta AP reports a destructive blaze destroyed nineteen airplanes in a hangar leased to Southeastern Air Service at Munierosi Airport. Three planes survived as firefighters fought the flames. cause under investigation with static electricity or short circuit among theories. Millard Davis and Ben T. Smith operate the service. hangar leased from H W Clay.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Air Service
Munierosi
J. W. Weaver
Fiahes
Te Southeastern Air Service
Millard Davis
Ben T. Smith
H.W. Clay
Week's Camp For Scouts To Start July 28
Scout Executive J. W. Cocke announces a July 2 to August 5 open pond camp for troops at Camp Open Pond in the national forest near Andalusia. Seven or eight troops from Andalanta Florala Opp and Samson expected to attend. Troops will camp under Scoutmasters leadership. Earlier five weeks at Camp Rotary drew 259 participants. total for the period 350 boys.
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Camp Open Pond
National Forest
Andalusia
J. W. Cocke
Southeast Alabama
Rotary
Alabama education funding debate accelerates
The debate centers on a $4,000,000 school program and a claimed $65,000,900 in Alabama school building needs. Poole challenges Dr. Norton while the governor's plan seeks to place funds in the state treasury for legislative appropriation, with $3,500,000 already allocated to schools and welfare for the next two years pending a special Oct 2 election ratification.
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Poole
Norton
Alabama
Scout Earns Eagle Badge in Eufaula Troop 11
Scout Joe H Brown son of Mr H Brown of 320 Sanford Street Eufaula was awarded the Eagle badge today by Scout Executive J V Cooke. He joined via Cubing in 1942 and advanced through ranks to Eagle. A member of the Order of the Arrow Nations Brotherhood of Honor Compass he attended Camp Rosary Uns helping Camp Director George Little in aviation. Only 150 of over 3000 herb varieties in Britain grow pharmacopeia.
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Joe H. Brown
H. Brown
Sanford Street
Eufaula
J.V. Cooke
Scout Brown
Kiwanis Club
H. H. Pearson
Boy Scouts
Eagle
Order of the Arrow, Nations Brotherhood of Honor
George Little
Jury Tours Crime Scene In Rape Trial Visit
In Montgomery a jury hearing Willie Bledsoe on a rape charge left the courtroom for a court-ordered bus ride to the crime scene. En route they paused at Coca Cola Bottling Co and City Bus Lines for soft drinks, then resumed deliberations without reaching a verdict.
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Montgomery
Sen
J. H. Bagley
Stanhope Elmore
Coca-Cola Botling Co
Willie Bledsoe
jJdrorcs
Ansaul
Bagley
C Company
Elmore
Army and Navy Combat Losses Reach 1 053 101
Army and Navy combat casualties since the war began total 1 053 101 with 244 810 killed and 839 048 wounded. The week showed 3 987 more casualties than last week, one of the smallest increases in months. Army losses stand at 917 442 and Navy at 135 659.
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Washington
Navy
Allied air strikes hammer Kiangwan and Kagoshima bases
From Okinawa, medium heavy and attack bombers with escorts crossed the East China Sea and dropped over 290 tons on Kiangwan airdrome near Shanghai. Thunderbolts hit Ting Hai on low level. Far East air forces also damaged Kagoshima docks and oil facilities while naval aircraft sank 11 ships off Korea and Honshu. The Second Marines Air Wing reached 300 sorties since April 7. Superfortresses carried out the heaviest raid against Honshu, with Going Jessica logging 40,000 pounds of bombs and the crew reporting mass flames at the target.
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Okinawa
East China Sea
Kiangwan
Shanghai
China
Thunderbolts
Tinghai
Chu Shan Island
MacArthur
Far East Air Forces
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Kagasuova
Summarine
Japan
Kadashima
Navy
Aw Wings
Honshu
Marine
Ue Chingwu
Building of Additional Industrial Capacity Across Regions
Continued from page one, discussion on expanding industrial capacity to serve Eastern territory and integrate into a broader national system. The plan aims to give the South and West a larger share and prevent further limiting percentages. Sparks notes growing local capital interest in building RMA plants using local materials and expanding Northern and Eastern facilities.
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Oral
Sparks
RMA
Premier Stalin and Churchill dine with Eden in Potsdam
A report outlines a long private dinner among Stalin Churchill and Eden in Potsdam. Eden, ill but returning to work, met Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov and U S Secretary Byrnes as Big Three talks continued. Truman attended a flag raising ceremony with divisions and officials in attendance.
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Stalin
Sue Kreman
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Morotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Eden
Truman
White House
Une
Lord Warden
Cinque Ports
Dover
Sandwich
Hythe
Romney
Rye
Winchelsea
Hastings
Stars and Simpes
United States Group Council
Germany
Washington
United States
Algiers
Ger. Eisenhower
Tokyo
Mr. Truman
Bobby Soxer Admits Murder In Willow Patch Death
In Winona Minnesota police report 16 year old Rith admitted in a signed statement to stabbing 15 year old Donald Cada to death with an Army knife after a party and bike rendezvous. Her bloody blouse and bobby socks were recovered and linked to the case. The girl had given differing statements about a short man with glasses before confessing to the wound by wound attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
A. J. Ringold
Bobby Sox
Rith
Donald Cada
Cada
Mississippi River
Dingold
Ringold
Bingold
Sailor Dies Prompted Attendant Detentions At St Elizabeths
Three attendants at St Elizabeths hospital for mental cases were held after sailor patient Clark J. Leeper died following confinement in a windowless room. Autopsy shows liver rupture from a heavy blow. Attendants say they acted to prevent self harm under orders from James Carter. Superintendent Dr Winfred Oberholzer calls for full investigation and condemns mistreatment.
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Washington
API
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Caruner
Clark J. Leeper
Roy Headlee
Navy
George W. Cook
Government
Leeper
James Carter
Curter
Winfred Oberholzer
Army to supply coal miners for Europe’s shortage
The speaker urged the Army to release at least 90 000 miners to boost coal production amid a looming European shortfall. He warned Europe faces a 25 00,000 ton deficit from now until next April, risking utilities and heating supplies.
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Europe
TP Committee Meets in Houston County Session
The Houston County TP committee met with County FSA supervisor W. Cooke to inspect several farms in Houston County that might be suitable for purchase by the Farm Security Administration for their clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
FSA
W. ¥. Cooke
Farm Securty Administration
JL Bute Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for J Lo Bute, Grtysx, who died in a Bothan dos pata yesterday of injuries suffered when crushed beneath a motor at Webb Monday, were held thusaf eros ai pr at Webb Bapur Church with the Rev Charles E. Brewer and the Rev M. Medema etheimting. Burial followed at the Webb cemetery. Active pallbearers were G M Hesty, L B Whaley, Will Siu, John Bush, Shelby Thomas, HE, Neely, W E Efsy and Den Wade.
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J Lo Bute
Grtysx
Webb
Webb Bapur
Charles E. Brewer
M. Medemaetheimting
Webb Cemetery
Johnson and Wikersemis Cherget
G. M. Hesty
L. B. Whaley
Will Siu
John Bush
Shelby Thomas
He, Neely
W. E. Efsy
den Wade
Adth Infantry Will Reach Home Today
New York AP reports the 44th Infantry Division, which fought through France, returns to the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The arrival marks the first time an entire Army division debarks from one ship, with 14 168 soldiers ending their European campaign. Other ships carry 34 40 troops, including the 2nd and 38th Regiments of the Second Infantry Division and the 11th Regiment of the Fifth Infantry Division, plus 1 561 casualties and 12 liberated POWs.
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New York
44Th Infantry Division
France
Hitler
Europe
United States
44Th
Monticello
le Jeune
Bret Harte
Nishmaha
Frances Y. Slanger
Second Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Air Corps
P-38 Sets Newest Altitude Mark
P-38 Lightning reaches an unofficial altitude of 44 940 feet with Lockheed pilot Joe Towle and Col Randolph Lovelace aboard. The 43 105 foot official record set in 1930 by an Army plane remains the official benchmark.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed
Joe Towle
Randolph Lovelace
Army Aero-Medical Laboratory
Wright Field
Ohio
Army
Inductee Found Hanged From Pipe at Fort McClellan
Jim William Crumpton a 22 year old Haleyville Alabama man was found hanged in a squad room at Fort McClellan during pre induction examinations. Army public relations said he fashioned the noose from a bed sheet and passed up breakfast calling for a little more sleep. He worked as a freight brakeman for the Illinois Central railroad.
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Anniston
Ala
Jim William Crumpton
Haleyville
Fort McClellan
Army
Taent
Crumpton
Tlinois Central Railroad
Medical Corps officer denies Communist Front ties in 1940s probe
Capt. Collins of Napier Field says he had no political interests, never joined the Communist Party, and never attended related meetings. He questions mistaken identity after a House subcommittee list flagged him as a member of a civil rights conference linked to a Communist Front. Burton offered no immediate comment pending data verification.
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Napier Field
Wuted States
Collins
National Action Conference For Civil Rights
United States
Montgomery
Communist Party
Capt. Collings
House Panaltee
Capt
Burton
Washington
Associated Press
Capt. Collins
McNutt Arrives in Manila for Economic Health Survey
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt arrived in Manila by plane to conduct an economic and health survey and to announce his intention to stay out of Philippine politics.
Tax debate on surplus funds and state debt relief
Hayse Tucker, Director of Finance, argues for using the surplus to set up a sinking fund to retire the old $8,500,000 carpet bag debt and to fund public welfare. He notes little room for additional income tax surplus and urges funding for insane hospitals, cancer care, and education. The question hinges on whether the income tax should aid big property owners or support state debits and humanitarian services.
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Ship
Hayse Tucker
No on October 2 1933 1945 Alabama tax pledge debate
Walter L. Randolph of the Alabama Farm Bureau argues against a constitutional amendment on October 2 that would divert income tax proceeds from property tax relief to state treasury spending. He cites contracts from 1933 and 1945 era funding for education and welfare, urging voters to vote No to preserve tax relief for homeowners.
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Page Ace
Farm Bureau
Sparks
Alabama
Galeries
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Cotton Flame Weeder Demonstration Draws 600 Arkansas Farmers
At the Delta Substation, about 600 eastern Arkansas farmers watched demonstrations of flame weeders, flame thrinners, and a mechanical hoe for cotton. The propane burners target weeds in row culture as cotton stalks reach pencil thickness, while the two row flame weeder attaches behind a tractor.
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Clarksdale, Ark
Arkansas
Cotton Branch Experiment Station
Delta
More shoes planned for civilians in last quarter
The War Department board and OPA announced a 20 percent increase in civilian shoe production for October November and December. Reduced demand for military footwear enables the hike, though no assurance of ration liberalization was given. A group of ampers known as A owipap was noted in the report.
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Washington
War Department Board
OPA
Textile shortage forces Detroit men to buy ladies panties
Washington AP reports Senator Ferguson quoted a Detroit wholesale druggists letter showing the textile shortage drives men to buy ladies' panties for themselves as an outcome of scarce men's shorts.
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Washington
Detroit
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Huge Tax Relief Bill Passed by Congress
Washington AP Congress passed a 5.7 billion tax relief measure to aid business in peace recovery. The House accepted a Senate amendment and sent the bill to the White House. The final form dropped a provision for special treatment of reorganized railroads and aims to help malt businesses build cash reserves for postwar operations.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Minimum wage order set for Utica Knitting Co
The Fourth Regional War Labor Board ordered Utica Knitting Company of Anniston Alabama to establish an 88 cent minimum wart for common labor and grant a five cent an hour general increase affecting about 326 maintenance and production employees represented by the Textile Workers Union of America CIO.
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Atlanta
Utica Knitting Company
Anniston
Alt
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Textile Workers Unit of America
CIO
Gov Lear Honored as Troop Ship Arrives in Boston
Crowds cheered Governor Lear as the troop ship docked at Boston. Report notes the general saluted, coins tossed, and a scene of excitement as the liner tied up. War-weary but hopeful, citizens welcomed returning units amid strings of music and patriotic display.
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Gov. Lear
Boston
Bostok
Cnesering
Lear
Man Who Killed Son Gets Parole
A 51-year-old man from Elmore Alabama was granted parole after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing his ten year old son Thomas. The parole board noted his claim the death was accidental during a struggle over a pistol and that his wife testified he shot in the leg before the boy died ten hours later. Also released were Floyd Hall and 21 other paroles granted. 36 applications denied.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
Parden and Parole Board
William Lediow
Elmore
lAls
Thomas
Parole Board
Ledlow
Josie
Killa
Floyd Hall
Elory Tenn
Aubrey David
Jackson County
Als
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Tui Biot
NEA
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Dothan Savings and Loan Co
Phopil
Troy St
Potsdam
Stimson
Eisenhower
Patton
Floyd L. Parks
Berlin
Lyena D. Clay
U.S
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Middle
Bobby Soxer
Sailor
New Orleans
Adth Infantry
Mayse Fucker
Walter Randolph
Cincinnati
Walter Sullivan
Cincinnati Enquirer
Vatican
Forrester
Gov. Health Dept
Forrester Vault
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Houston County Farmers
Vian Granger
Mer, Pheu
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