Appropriations Panel Advances Terminal Leave for GIs
The Appropriations Committee advanced legislation to provide 2.431 billion dollars for GI terminal pay, with 26.25 million for the OPA and 75 million approved for enlisted leave pay. The measure includes unused furlough retroactive pay to 1939 at 30 days per year, plus quarters, and contains cuts from Budget Bureau requests.
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Appropriations Committee
Keady
Senate
House
Budget Bureau
Philippine Republic
Commerce Department
Alaska Communications System
Baseball Standings and Tonight's Schedule
Yesterday's scores show varied results across the leagues with New York, Boston and Detroit posting rough slates. Tonight's games include New York at Chicago and Washington at Cleveland with Philadelphia at Detroit and Cincinnati at Brooklyn in action.
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Cincinnati
Bostons
York
Teeees
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Yeaterday
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Ozark
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Weekend arrest report shows 36 taken into custody
City and county law enforcement logged 36 arrests over the weekend. Drunkenness led the charges. Of those arrested, 27 were men, 49 offenders, seven women, 32 minor infractions by city officers and 24 by county, with 27 white and 2 Negro individuals.
Fire at Mrs J A Holland home no damage found
Firefighters answered a call to 923 South Appletree Street where a flooded oil stove started a small blaze. The fire was extinguished on arrival, and Chief R L Ryan reported no damage.
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Mra. J. A. Holland
S. Appletree Street
R. L. Ryan
Atomic Energy Commission Funds Proposal Sought
The bureau requested 750000 dollars for the newly created atomic energy commission and advised transferring funds from the Manhattan atomic bomb project to cover commission expenses.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Manhattan Atomic Bomb Project
Commission
Lt Gamble Buried With Military Honors
Abbeville mourns Lt Glen Gamble A S Army Air Corps killed in a June 5 Puerto Rico crash. He trained in San Antonio and earned wings in Columbus Mississippi in May 1945 before serving in Puerto Rico from March 1946. Funeral services were held by Rev Mark A Lower Jr and Rev L W Tubb with full military honors in Abbeville Cemetery. He is survived by his parents four sisters a brother a sister in Clayton and grandparents.
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Glen Gamble
A. S. Army Air Corps
Puerto Rico
Mra. R
Gamble
Air Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Columbus
Mis
Camp Stewart
West Point
Mark A. Lower, Jr
L. W. Tubb and
Buris
Robert Gamble
Ina Claire
Robbie
Martha Louise Gamble
Marcus Turner
Clayton
V. J. Berry
OPA revival law sets August 20 to decide price ceilings
The board must rule by August 20 on restoring price ceilings for meats dairy grains cotton seed soybeans and products. If no decision is made ceilings return. Public hearings will gather consumer and industry views. Eggs poultry tobacco and petroleum are protected from restoration before August 20.
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Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
GPA
Georgia Mob Lynching Sparks National Protests and Rewards
First Methodist Church urged local and Wallon County authorities to aid state investigators. Sheriff E S Gordon said cooperation had always been ready. Gov Arnall offered 10000 reward for mobster convictions in the Malcom and Dorsey killings near here. George Dorsey Dorothy Malcom Mae Dorsey buried, while Wallon county mourns. National Negro Congress plans a Washington protest in response to the first postwar lynching in the South.
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E. S. Gordon
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Cagsacre
State of Georgia
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Here
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Roger
Dorothy Malcom
George
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Roger Malcom
George Dorsey
Mt. Perry Church
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Dorsey
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White House
Washington
Max Yergan
National Negro Congress
New York
Harlem
Congress
Race Haute
Bilbo
Miss Phillips Returns From Public Health Course
Miss Virginia C Phillips of Nous ton County public health nurse returns from six weeks of training in public health administration at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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Phillips
Virginia C. Phillips
Nouston County
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Independents Win 10 1 In Tri County League Debut
The Independents crushed Abbeville 10 to 1 as Johnson pitched six scoreless innings before Abbeville scored in the final frame. Dothan collected 14 hits, with Jenkins and McCarty handling the mound duties for the losers, while Dothan batters struck out twice as Abbeville muffed four times.
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Dothan
Abbeville
Johnson
Dothan Dill
Jenkins
McCarty
Johnson and Weeks
Murdock
Weather Slows Typhus Control Efforts in County
Inclement weather slows typhus follow-up work in Beat Two’s last division as crews spray with DDT dust and place poison balls. Health officer Dr. W. T. Burkett said finishing the sec ond heat depends on favorable weather this week. Since January 1, 1946, only 16 typhus cases have been reported, compared with 182 in 1944 when the program began.
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W. T. Burkett
Houston County Health Department
Breakfast gathering links Dothan and Panama City clubs
Invited guests at the breakfast included Captain George Hil of Tyndall Field and Lt. Comdr. Elliot of the Panama City Naval Station. About 300 attendees represented Marianna, Panama City, DeFuniak Springs, Pensacola, Headland, Geneva, Auburn, Abbeville, Enterprise, Albany and Conway.
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Tyndall Field
Margaret Calloway
Panama City Club
Comdr. Elliot
Panama City Naval Station
Wallace Malone
Dothan
Dusty Rhodes
Auburn Club
William E. Brannon
Conway
Ark
Brannon
Panama City
Alles
Pensacola Club
Columbus
Aero Club
Marianna
DeFuniak Springs
Pensacola
Fla
Headland
Geneva
Auburn
Abbeville
Sere and Enterprise
Ala
Albany
G Wid Conway
Conference opens with heated debate over peace terms
Bidault named provisional chairman as 21 victor nations gather to craft a peace for Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland. Byrnes pushes for press access and open hearings, but major decisions remain unsettled as ministers argue over treaty texts and scope.
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James I. Byrnes
Haly
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Finland
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Rossia
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Byrnes
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Harlem man faces lynching attempt by angry mob
New York report says Henry McNair, 43, of Harlem, was saved from a mob by two policemen after assaulting a white woman, Mrs. Komlosky. The woman, who had suffered a scalp wound, identified McNair. He admitted the assault and was held on $10,000 bail. He previously served five years in Florida State Prison.
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New Stork
Henry McNair
Harlem
McNair
Helen Komlosky
McNali
Edward Albrecht
Alfred Brumbrach
David P. McKean
Florida
Liquor Charge Races Taxi Man
George Camp, a Dothan cab driver, was arrested yesterday for liquor law violation after being caught selling liquor by City Policeman Leo Stokes. Police meanwhile rounded up seven taxi drivers and nine other people last week for similar offenses.
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George Camp
Dothan
Camp
Leo Stokes
Eddie Kelley
Building Permits Total $8,000 Here
Two permits for construction in Dothan totaling $8,000 were issued by the City fire department. W. L. Barrentine received permission to erect a residence on Stough Street in the GW block, cost $4,000, and Jwwonn Perry was granted a warehouse on Lena Street in the 1000 block, cost $4,000.
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Dothan
W. L. Barrentine
Stough Street
Jwwonn Perry
Lena Street
Oklahoma City reunion tests faith and forgiveness
Mrs. Lambert returns to Oklahoma City after a week apart as her husband flies in from Kansas City. Barbershop chatter and church gossip swirl around the couple's tense reunion. The minister notes the shift from last week as the Lamberts plan a Denver vacation.
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Lambert
Oklahoma City
Denver
Price Board Wells eter Boned We Price Board Wells eter Boned
The price control board awaits Washington instructions before continuing work in Houston and Geneva counties. Clerks said Birmingham notified that instructions would be mailed from Washington. The local price control board, merged with the Geneva Board months ago, serves both counties.
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Teeares Price Control Board
Washington
Houston
Geneva
Birmingham
Price Control Board
Hendley Topics For Night At City Revival
Overflowing crowds filled the Young junior high campus as Rev. Jesse Hendley spoke on The Unpardonable Sin. Tonight at 8 p m he discusses How I Walked the Last Mile with a Condemned Man to the Electric Chair. Daily services run except Saturday with music by the Hotte Trio.
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Young Junior High School
Jesse Hendley
Hotte
Eufaula to host mid-summer Alabama league meeting
City officials from Houston Russell Bullock Barbour Pike Coffee Dale Henry and Geneva counties will attend a district meeting of Alabama municipalities in Eufaula. City Clerk J L Vaughn said attendance is undecided for which officials will be present. Clyde L Coe chairs the league board.
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Alabama League of Municipaliies
Eufaula
J. L. Vaughn
Alabama
Vaughn
Houston
Russell
Bullock
Barbour
Pike, Coffee
Dale, Henry
Geneva Counties
City Commission
Clyde L. Coe
The
League
Dothan VA Offices Retained in Merrill Building Post Layout
The Dothan VA offices in the Merrill Building on N Foster will stay and be used by the Veterans Administration rehabilitation session led by James Radford. Five to ten new staff are expected to arrive this week, with the new offices not opening to aid veterans until Wednesday morning. A dental laboratory with a dentist and assistant will be added under the expansion program, but dental work will likely not start for several weeks after the lab is installed.
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Dothan VA
Merrill
N. Foster
Veterans Administration
James Radford
Thornton
Legislation Criticizes War Procurement Abuse Amid Probe
Warren denounces broadened procurement power as ruinous to the Treasury and questions audits on war contractor payments. He testifies before a committee probing profits at a Midwest munitions combine while urging anti profits legislation and warning of moral decline. Lambert weighs church activity amid a personal note from Mrs. Lambert.
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Warren
General Accounting Office
Treasury
War Department
Midwest Munitions Combine
Mead
D-Ny
Lambert
Hearing Delays on Shell Malfunction Report and Defense Hearings
The House committee postponed releasing a War Department report on malfunctioning 4.2 inch chemical mortar shells citing sensitivity. Unfolding testimony has caused confusion over shell causes and troop losses. Upcoming inquiries include a Tacoma defense contractor payment claim involving Rep Coffee and questions about Rep May and the Midwest Munitions group.
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Com Battteg
War Department
Mead
Congress
Coffee
Paul Olson
Tacoma
Rep
May
Day
House Military Committee
Midwest Munitions Group
Garrson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
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