American Aids to Hitler Revealed in 1930 Papers
Washington reports from the State Department release 1000 pages of American foreign relations documents. They indicate substantial financial support from American industrial interests for Adolf Hitler to counter Socialism in Germany and discuss differing views on a large German loan to repay debts.
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Washington
Germany
Hitler
Department
Wall Street
Joan
Joseph P. Cotton
Pariz
Parker Gilbert
Gilbert
Cotton
3. P. Morgan
Lee, Higginson Co
France
Britain
U. S
Resurvey Of Dothan Housing Starts This Week
The National Housing Authority will order a re survey of Dothan housing to seek approval for more facilities. A new survey is likely this week with FHA regional office representatives to request 25 additional permits.
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National Housing Authority
Washington
Dothan
FHA
Atlanta
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
George Andrews
Third
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Andrews to Open Temporary Office in Dothan
Congressman George Andrews of Alabama's third district will open a temporary office in the Federal building in Dothan within days. He plans to spend about a week to ten days meeting constituents and handling their concerns, with the office housed in the Federal courtroom at the post office.
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George Andrews
Alabama
Dothan
Arthur Johnson
Tcretary
Dethan
Big Three Parley Progress Reported
Potsdam AP report says the Big Three victory conference neared the end of its first week with progress on Europe rehabilitation and Japanese resistance. Truman Churchill Stalin held their fifth three hour meeting with officials noting serious work done and daily meetings since Tuesday. Foreign secretaries Byrnes Eden Molotov began daily talks Monday as leaders dined and discussed peace and war strategy.
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Daniel Deluke Potsdam
Europe
Truman
Churchil
Stalin
James F. Byrnes
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotiv
Churchill Eden
Clement Attlee
Britain
Southern Governors See Freight Parity Easing Trade Barriers
Nine Southern Governors wrapped a three day conference in Mobile after praising ICC freight rate parity as promoting decentralization of industry. They foresee postwar expansion in Southern and Western states and plan a permanent staff and budget for future work in New Orleans, with a committee to hire an executive secretary and possibly a publicity director. They thanked railroads for cooperating to implement rate reductions promptly.
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Mobile
Ala
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Sparks
South
ICC
New Orleans
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Southern Railroads
AAA Office To Close Each Thursday Noon
Jesse A. Culbreth county administrative officer said the AAA office will close each Thursday afternoon for a half holiday. He urged patrons to plan ahead and noted many farmers visit Thursday afternoons and should not be inconvenienced by the half-day closing.
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AAA
Jesse A. Culbreth
Culbreth
U S Fund Expands Aid for Russia as Truman Bargaining Power Grows
In Washington AP report, Congress backs a possible 5.3 billion dollar aid plan for Russia amid Potsdam talks with Churchill and Stalin. The package adds roughly 4 billion via Bretton Woods measures and 2.8 billion in export import bank lending, with 2.9 billion immediately available. Shipments focus on food and clothing to Siberia, routed around Japan under Lend Lease.
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Washington
Russia
Congress
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Bretton Woods
Siberian
Manchuria
Growers and Extension Staff Watch for Peanut Worm Spread
Alabama counties report mixed sightings of peanut worm with Houston County confirming an identification only in one field. Extension entomologist W A Ruffin to survey. results will guide grower action to avert damage while agents in several counties note uncertain or preliminary findings.
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Alabama
Ernett Sizemore
Extension Service
Troy
Houston County
Sizemore
W. A. Ruffin
Peanut Belt
Houston-C
Petain details arrest of Laval to curb treachery
Paris AP marshal Petain testified he ordered Laval's arrest on December 13, 1940 to stop Laval from using French troops to seize African colonies backing De Gaulle's Free French. Laval remains detained in Spain after German pressure led to his brief release. Petain backed Peyroton's statements as trial preparations began for his own case against him.
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William Frye
Paris
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Free French Movement
Britain
France
Spain
Vichy
Petain
Peyrouton
Marshal
Andre Mornet
Mealy
Perain
Mata Hari
Senate Approves U S Part In World Food Organization
The Senate approved U S membership in the United Nations Food Organization with no roll call and no nays after a lengthy debate. The measure commits 82565,000 for the first year and up to 1,250,000 annually thereafter, with 23 other nations already on board including the United Kingdom and China. Claude Wickard testified the aim is to boost global nutrition and share agricultural benefits between producers and consumers.
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Washington
Senate
United States
United Nations Food Organization
United Nations
Hot Springs
United Kingdom
China
Claude R. Wickard
Foreign Relations Committee
Dothan State Guard Unit Heads to Camp Sibert
The Alabama State Guard Headquarters and Supply Company leaves Dothan by special bus for Camp Sibert to begin a week of intensive training. About 2,000 guardsmen are expected. Lt. John Adkins commands the company with Lt. Roy O. Hill and Lt. Alvin Mount meeting at the camp. Brig. Gen. George L. Cleere says more ammunition will be fired this year than in the past six encampments, as this marks the first full brigade training since units trained separately in prior years.
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Dothan
Alabama State Guard
Camp Sibert
John Adkins
Roy O. Hill
Alvin Mount
Alio V. Lee
George L. Cleere
Peanut promotion program to involve sixteen Alabama counties
Alabama counties join National Peanut Council delegates in Troy for a three year campaign to boost peanut consumption. The plan aims to prevent price collapse after the war, with a $1,000,000 advertising and research fund financed by voluntary contributions from farmers, handlers, processors, and allied businesses. A 25 cent per ton farmer levy and 25 cent per ton from cleaners and shelters fund the drive, plus additional small levies on brokers, jobbers, peanut butter makers, and others based on involvement. On Page 2, 700 pounds.
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Nat C. Faulk
Troy
Alabama
National Peanut Council
NPC
Extension Service
Farm Bureau Federation
Idle Total Tops 50,000 In U S Strikes Across Nation
Detroit and two Ohio cities lead a wave of labor walkouts idling more than half of the nation’s striking workers. Reports show 24,600 in Detroit amid metal and tigber-yard work stoppages, 5,000 in Ohio telephone and transit, and 4,500 at Wright aeronautical plants in Cincinnati. Additional actions hit distilleries in Louisville, Baltimore, and Lawrenceburg, plus 1,750 at International Harvester in Wayne Indiana, with other plants including Graham Paige and American Metals Products among those continuing.
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Associated Peer
Detroit
Warren Land Aeronautical
Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons
Loulhville
Baltimore
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Bayonne
Jersey City
Birraingham
Ala
Wayne
Ind
Bilectro-Metallurgical Company
Alloy
W. Va
Two Slightly Injured In Auto Collision At Intersection
Two people suffered minor injuries yesterday morning in a crash at the intersection of Oater and Newton Breets. Mrs Reynolds May of Dathan drove one car with a passenger who was cut on the leg. The other driver was E. O Robinsen of Gordon, who escaped injury. Both cars traveling north were damaged.
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Oater
Newton Breets
Patrotren Ewell Jones
Ea Cherry
Mike Palmer
Reynolds May
Dathan
E. 0
Robinsen
Gordon
Japans secret weapon pledge to crush foe on homeland
San Francisco dispatch says Japan acknowledges loss of air power beyond the homeland and mobilizes 400 000 communications workers into a fighting corps for the forthcoming mainland battle. Premier Suzuki and Lt. Gen Reikichi Tada tout a new weapon “in every sense” to deter invasion and exploit Japan’s narrow geography.
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San Francisco
Japan
Nippon
Reikichi Tada
Japanese Board of Technology
Bate
Suzuki
Tada
U. S. Third Fleet
Unconditional Surrender Terms Made Official
Washington announced unconditional surrender as the only path for Japan to salvation. Capt E C Zacharias stated leaders face destruction with a dictated peace or surrender with benefits under the Atlantic Charter, highlighting OWI release as press-distributed.
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Washington
Japan
United States
E. C. Zacharias
U.S.N
Office of War Information
Zacherias
Jordan Gets High OPA Assignment
Montgomery Alabama AP reports Clarence 2 Int. dan longtime OPA associate has been named South Alabama District Rationing Officer by District Director Irby Jones. Jordan, Mobile native, succeeds Jones who took over after the death of Dr. A H Collins.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clarence 2
Int
Dan
OPA
South Alabama
Irby &. Jones
Jordan
Mobile
Jones
A. H Collins
Fleet threat looms as Japan warned of new attacks
Guam dispatch reports the British and American Pacific Fleet alerting Japan to possible strikes at any moment. Tokyo says naval bombardment of Kamaitshi, Muroren, or Hokkeido near Tokyo Bay is highly possible, while no definite target has been identified.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Chinese Forge Pincers Around Kweilin In Major Push
Chinese troops pressed within eight miles north of Kweilin in a pincer against the Great South China air base after repulsing Japanese counterattacks. Paishou and Chanshu were attacked as Chinese forces closed toward the railway west of Kweilin, with fighters supporting the assault and heavy casualties reported on both sides. Meanwhile distant flanking actions by Chiangs forces targeted Amoy area Japanese units attempting to move toward Iwatow.
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Spencer Mooka Chungring
Kweilin
Great South China Air Base
Chineking
Ining
Chanshu
Bengygzng
Paishou
Kwellin
Hengyong
Kwangsi
Liangtong
Kweivn
China
Chiang
Amoy
Iwatow
More Pork and Lard Promised Alabama
Washington reports Hunt Frazier, head of a delegation, says Alabama will receive more pork and lard. The OPA promised a larger meat allocation for Alabama, and the Agriculture Department pledged to act on the flour range price on cattle. Frazer noted a genuine desire among national agencies to cooperate in solving the state's meal problems.
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Washington
APJ
Alabama
Hunt Frazier
OPA
Department of Agriculure
Frazer
Alabamse Group
Agenciies
Rugged Individualist Or Maybe The Lady Was Resigning
A Denver barber shop story recalls a day when a middle aged woman, wearing a heavy beard, asked for a shave instead of a haircut. Barbers and male patrons watched as the unexpected client sat in the chair, refused to remove the mustache, and left after the shave.
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Sideshow
A. L. Hughes
Hughes
Hugh
Tokyo Declares Scrap Iron Abundant For War Effort
Guam Sunday reports state scrap iron for war production has increased in damaged areas and is readily available. American air forces claim severe bombing targets near Tokyo with raids on Nagoya Osaka Okazaki Kamazaki and Kagoshima, noting substantial destruction in factory towns and fuel depots.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Nagoya- Osaka
Honshu
Okazek
Kamazaki
Far East Air Force
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Collective War Crimes Trial Planned in Nuernberg
London based Allied powers tentatively agree to a collective trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuernberg Bavaria. International authorities inspect court facilities for a historic proceeding. Goering Hess and Ribbentrop named as planned defendants. exact court location kept undisclosed.
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London
Nuernberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hest
Joachim Ribbentrop
Europe
Eisenhower Memorial Foundation Starts in Abilene
Proud Kansans launched the Eisenhower Memorial Foundation to erect a major shrine for World War II General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the armed forces. The project centers on the Eisenhower home where General Ike grew up, now occupied by his mother Mrs Ida Eisenhower, 83, under a life arrangement by his five brothers.
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Abilene
Ros
Eisenhower Memories Foundation
Dwight D
Ike Eisenhower
Eisenhower
General Tice
Ida Eisenhower
World War II Updates From The Pacific Front
The World Today reports continued air and sea warfare around Japanese supply lines and Borneo operations. American submarines claim 11 more Japanese vessels sunk or damaged, including four small combat ships, near the Kwajalein area as MacArthur cites casualties and captures in ongoing campaigns.
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Kwestin In
South China
Dorneo
Borneo
Dougles MacArthur
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Pike
B. J. Carter
Barbour F. C
William Walter
Karl Horst Max Wacker
FBI
Wacker
Camp Union
World Food Organization
Dothan State Guard
Nagoya-Osaka
Nejime Caze
Chester W. Nimitz
Fagami Gulf
Nimita
Rede
Eisenhower Memorial Foundation
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