Truman Proposes FEPC and Anti-Discrimination Push
President Truman issued two executive orders creating a seven member fair employment board in the Civil Service Commission and a committee on equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services. The actions aim to prohibit discrimination based on race color religion or national origin in federal employment and military service. Senator Russell led Southern opposition calling the move surrender to civil rights forces as Dixie Democrats circle for a political fight ahead of Congress.
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Oliver W. de Wolf Washington
Truman
FEPC
Senator Russell
Georgia
Dixie
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Dothan
Civil Service Commission
Armed Services
Dixie Organization
Russell
France approves Marie cabinet in tight 357 to 197 vote
The French national assembly backed Premier Andre Marie's new cabinet 357 to 197, allowing it to tackle grave national problems. Debates shifted as Communists demanded policy discussion while De Gaulle supporters abstained. Marie faces a stern test when seeking decree powers next week for economic matters.
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Robert Eunson
PARIS
National Assembly
Andre Marie
France
Marie
Assembly
de Gaullists
Vincent Auriol
Charles de Gaulle
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Truman's Campaign to Get Negro Aid
Harlem Democratic leader Herbert L. Bruce announced a nationwide drive to raise 1,000,000 dollars in individual Negro contributions to aid the Democratic presidential campaign. He said no contributor would give more than five dollars and the effort aims to mobilize 5,000,000 potential Negro voters through press radio and magazines. Bruce expected to turn over about 500,000 dollars to the Democratic national committee though he had not consulted party officials.
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New York
Herbert L. Bruce
Harlem
Bruce
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
June highway toll tops 40 dead and 331 hurt
Forty four persons were killed and 331 injured in 42 traffic accidents investigated by the State Highway Patrol in June. Public Safety Director J. D. Mitchell said these figures exclude municipal incidents. Patrol investigated 2,622 accidents in the first six months, causing 240 deaths and injuries to 1,858.
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Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
J. D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wiregrass gets new peacetime draft boards announced
Alabama selects Local Boards 16 in Coffee Elba Enterprise 23 in Dale Midland City 31 in Geneva 34 in Henry and 35 in Houston. Panels added in Jefferson Mobile Montgomery counties to assist larger counties with the draft. General Hershey directs that the panels be full boards and aligns 67 county boards with three Jefferson County panels and one each in Mobile and Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Selective Service
Washington
James E. Folsom
Wiregrass
Coffee
William H. Mullins
Elba
Robert A. Ellis
Enterprise
Johnnie B. Maddox
New Brockton
Dale
Dan L. Henderson
Midland City
C. C. Baker
Skipperville
Robert L. Dowling
Ozark
Geneva
M. T. Bowden
Samson
Houston Blount
Hartford
G. C. Hughes
Henry
Jack N. Herring
Headland
John S. Roney
Newville
Joseph Cy Espy, Jr
Abbeville
Houston
Houston — the Rev. E. Tipton Carroll, Dothan; Lonnie H. Skipper
Cottonwood
Henry C. Williams
Columbia
Lewis B. Hershey
Folsom
Jefferson
Mobile
Gen
First Cotton Bale Ginned At Hodgesville
Otis Mixon of Hodgesville reports the first bale of the season ginned on J. M. Cooper’s farm in Dothan. The bale weighed a price of about 200 dollars at 40 cents per pound.
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Hodgesville
Otis Mixon
J. M. Cooper
Dothan
Purely political Wherry says Truman speech aims at fools
Senator Ned Wherry accused President Truman of delivering a speech that would not gain major cooperation from Congress. Republicans vowed to press cost of living concerns and warned against adjourning the session. Wolcott indicated the House Banking Committee would convene to consider Truman’s recommendations.
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Civil Rights Tau
Wolcott JR Mich
Reputican High Command
Trusman
GOP
Congress
Wolcott Sa
City Auditorium Repairs Studied by Local Officials
City Commission approves a resolution and a notice to contractors for sealed bids on sanitary sewer improvements and bonds for the auditorium project. Concert association representatives present costed repairs including 200 new seats, curtain cleaning, painting, carpeting, and fixtures with an estimated minimum of 10 000 dollars, likely 12 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby Ellard
City Commission
Dothan Community Concert Association
Max Jones
Frank Covington, Jr
Werman Blumberg
Concert Association
Jones
Commission
John Ayres
Jim Brennan
Maston O'Neal
Brennan
O'Neal
No. 12
Carolinian Urges Ouster of Truman
South Carolina State Sen. R. M. Kennedy urged President Truman’s impeachment in letters to the state’s congressional delegation. Kennedy called for impeachment as the first action at the special session, arguing the President summoned Congress to play petty politics during a precarious international situation.
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Camden
D. C
Truman
South Carolina
R. M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Army drops UMT peacetime experiment at Fort Knox
The Army reports the universal military training experiment is being discontinued temporarily at Fort Knox. Officials say many training methods developed there will be spread through the expanding army as more draftees enter service. Meantime the program may resume in May.
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Fort Knox
Deere
Mev. i
Dothan Seeks Bids for New Sewage Plant
The city of Dothan invites bids to build a sanitary sewage disposal plant with estimated cost between 250 000 and 300 000. Plans include 500 000 gallon per day biofiltration, two pumping stations, and extensive pipelines. Bids due August 17 at 9 a.m. CST with bond. plans open at city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Peanut Festival Committees Named for 1948 Work Starts Soon
National Peanut Festival plans advance as chairmen of committees meet with the executive committee tomorrow to receive duties. Chairman Ako Lee says appointments were made yesterday and remaining committees are expected to be named. Listing includes Program Lee Herlong Parade Owens Alexander and subcommittee heads such as High School Bands Jack Robinson Floats J H Saxon Jr. and more with notices of meeting at City Hall third floor council room at 3 p.m.
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Ako Lee
Lee
Lee Herlong
Owens Alexander
Feneral
Jack Robinson
J. H. Saxon, Jr
Harry Anderson
Fred Garner
Bert Davis
Rufus Davis
Jeff B. Hudson
Walter Morris
Escoll Johnson
Crawford Mosley
Ray Allen
Victor Smith
Pat Poyner
Horace Hall
Predicts Dixiecrats to Take Solid South
Washington AP reports Rep. Williams of Mississippi predicts the States Rights ticket led by Thurmond and Wright will win the Solid South in November and carry about 24 states and more electoral votes than President Truman. He sees Truman possibly failing to win any state and assures Southern Democrats keep committee posts after the election.
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Washington
Rep
Williams
D-Miss
States Rights
Thurmond
South Carolina
Wright
Mississippi
Truman
No Perking Meters At Pest Office
Parking meters will be installed on the Troy street side of the pest office. Commissioner Jem Bee Bahn announced today that the meters have been installed and will be enforced to keep the streets clear.
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Pest
Troy Street
Bahn
Pieters
Sheriff Credits Flying Deputy in Escapee Capture
Virgil Jones, 25, who escaped the Houston County jail Sunday night, was recaptured noon today near Cottonwood. Deputy Snook Jones in a plane assisted by deputies and highway patrolmen cornered him at a farm home, locating him hiding in the attic after monitor from the air spotted the escapee on the porch.
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Virgil Jones
Houston County
Cottonwood
Walt Cameron
Jones
Cottonsead
Snook Jones
Cameron
Atte
Gerald Wickerson
Green Light Granted Napier Trade School
Approval was given for immediate construction of the first state trade school at Napier Field. The decision was made today by state officials including members of the WA A and several representatives.
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Napier Trade School
Napier Field
Semsten Linter
Sen Hoerhman
Repsiorge
Vuerri
Truman Asks Congress for Inflation Controls to curb high costs
President Truman urged limited price controls and an excess profits tax to stave off rising living costs and avoid another depression. He pressed for wage restraints, credit restrictions, standby rationing, and housing relief, signaling administration bills to come and warning of Communist hopes for economic collapse. He spoke to a joint Senate House session during the early days of a special session.
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Sca
Europe
Truman
Senate
House
GOP
First Draft Calls Target 25-Year-Olds Under New Law
Selective Service Director Hershey told Congress that 25-year-olds will be drafted first, then the age will descend to 19. About 30,000 men are expected in the initial call on Oct. 1, with many in the 23 year old group deferred. Gurney called the plan fair and in line with the act, and noted wide deferments for prior service dependents and physical unfitness. All 18 to 25 year olds must register, including veterans and reserves under the law.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Chan Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
Hershey
Senate House
Selective Service Board
Gen. Hershey
Berlin policing crisis pits communists against city authority
In blockaded Berlin Paul Markgraf the communist trained police president defies the socialist city government saying he cannot be suspended. The city appointed his successor, Johannes Stumm, prompting Western powers to consider central police HQ in their sectors with Stumm presiding. Western allies discuss proposals with Molotov in London to end the month old blockade.
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Paul Markgraf
Markgraf
Johannes Stumm
Central
Stumm
Berlin
London
V. M. Molotov
Local Guard Units Headed to Camp at Fort Benning
About 125 members of two Dothan National Guard companies depart Sunday afternoon for an eight week training camp at Fort Benning Georgia. This marks the first summer camp since the war began, with officials indicating a resumed regular schedule. Capt Oral Davis leads Company CF and Headquarters Company with J J Cheatham overseeing the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry. The Dothan units join the Division at the Georgia reserve for basic training rifle practice and field exercises.
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National Guard
Dothan
Ft. Benning
Oral Davis
Cfs
2 Kith Infantry
J. Cnt
Jesse Cheatham
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Mississippi Will Back Thurmond, Gov. Wright Says
Gov. Fielding Wright predicts the Mississippi Democratic convention will declare Strom Thurmond its presidential candidate when it reconvenes in two weeks. The States Rights setup in Birmingham recommended Thurmond as president and Wright as vice president. The convention will decide if pledged or unpledged electors appear on the November ballot and how electors who back Truman are included.
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Jackson
Miss
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Democratc Convention
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
States’ Right
Birmingham
Thurmond
Wright
Wall
Taurmond
President Truman
Truman
Pukdelpais
Bamingham
Edmund Wor O
Greenville
Cenmery
Israel celebrates anniversary parade in Tel Aviv
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to mark the 44th anniversary of Zionist founder Theodore Herzl. A 200000 strong crowd cheered a march by 2000 military and civilian performers along Allenby Road while crowds sang victory songs. Prime Minister David Ben Gurion was to address the parade at Maccabi Stadium beside the Yarkon River.
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TEI
Aviv
Zion
Tel Aviv
Israel
Ziontam
Theodore Hersi
Allenby Road
Palmach
David Ben Gurion
Mace Cabi
Yarkon River
Newsprint Price Hiked By Four Dollars Per Ton
Montreal based Ine ranatenal Paper Company and Consolidated Paper Corp announce a newsprint price increase of 4.0 a ton effective August 1. The new rate reaches 100 per ton in the United States, marking a sharp rise from prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ineranatenal Paper Company
Consolidated Paper Corporation
United States
Vacation Bound Boy Vanishes From Fast Southbound Train
A missing boy from New York vanished after boarding a southbound train near Jacksonville Florida. Authorities searched the train and found his sport jacket but no trace of the youth. The parents had left $1 with Peter Walton to watch their son, a payment reportedly confirmed by Seaboard Lines officials. A letter from Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac confirmed an exchange linked to the case as investigators pursue leads.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mham
Tne
Peter GS Walton
New York
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