Decrease In Lower Court Cases Noted
Court records show fewer cases in the county and city courts as enforcement officers report a light term with several defendants pleading guilty or entering pleas of not guilty. Six defendants were found guilty and fined five dollars plus court costs. two pled not guilty and were fined or bonded as required.
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Church of Recorders Court
Court of Comision Y
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City End
Srierss
Srederay Court
Alabama Finance Bills and Education Proposals Highlight Senate Session
The Finance Committee reported favorably a health officer salary rise to 16 009 annually from state funds while current duties include 3600 from state and 2400 from federal. A postwar Emergency Finance Corporation was approved to back public improvements and unemployment relief. A Governor’s division of records and reports with a 10000 annual appropriation would replace the current state news bureau. Senator Vincent Kilborn proposed about 445000 yearly for a Mt Vernon school for mentally deficient Negro children and a Tuscaloosa mental hygiene clinic.
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Dilla 49 Mat
Alabame Emergency Finance Corporation
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Mt. Vernon
Tuscaloosa
U S Air Forces Pummel Japanese in Pacific Attacks
A communique from LieutGen Stilwell HQ reports the U S Air Force delivered 10 heavy blows May 30-31 striking Japanese troops trains river boats and destroying aircraft both in the air and on the ground In the southwest Pacific Gen MacArthur says U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped 156 tons of bombs on Tae and Wewak bases in New Guinea during a week of assaults with no Japanese fighters rising to meet them.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Lath U. S. Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Tae and Wewak
New Guinea
Number 8 Continued From Page One
The report notes 493000 pounds of pork and 54 600 000 pounds of lamb and mutton. Four canned fish categories crabmeat sea herring sea mussel were removed from rationing, previously listed as all other.
Royal Greek Leys War Pieces Sweep Southern Sardinia
Royal Navy reports describe fighter actions in the Aegean and Mediterranean theaters. RAF Vance fighters bombed and sank two small vessels at anchor in a southern Sardinia harbor off San Antioco, damaging a third. crews abandoned the ship while all other local operations returned to base.
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RAF 1’Vance
Aegean Sea
Cannon Se
Middle East
France in turmoil as De Gaulle and Giraud clash over purge
In Algiers both generals face a tense standoff after a failed permit for a meeting where De Gaulle planned to speak. Giraud forces guard key points and a tank enters the palace garden while negotiations hint at a purge of pro-Vichy officials. British and American envoys hope the reconciliation yields “rebirth of a nation” amid cautious optimism from De Gaulle and Murphy.
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Algiers
de Gaulle
Giraud
Henri Giraud
de Gaule
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Robert Murphy
Murphy
Marc Milton
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minter Dies At Jakin Home After Illness
Berrien C. Minter, eighty, longtime Jakin resident and Justice of the Peace for forty years, died yesterday after a two day illness. Funeral services were held today at 2:00 PM at the Ja kin church with burial in Jakin City Cemetery. Burial to be conducted by Blakely Lodge and related orders.
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Berrien C. Minter
Jake
Jasin
Jakin City
Felows
Forrester
Minter
Jain
Justice of the Peace
Jainpurt Church
Ample Canned Milk Supply Listed Here
Houston County rationing officials stated canned milk remains ample in the Dothan trade area. They noted low point value, retailers reporting enough supply, and forecast adequate red stamps for meat consumers as beef shortages continue. The milk carries a ration value of one point per pound.
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Dothan
Houston County
Food Conference Closes Parleys
Hot Springs Va AP The United Nations Food Conference ended after 16 days of debate by approving resolutions urging the 44 participating countries to join postwar planning to end want. It backed creating an international agricultural authority to coordinate programs to raise food production and distribution.
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Ovid
A. Martin Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Sto
Empire Room
Homestead
Parieya
A. D. Krutikov
Husain
Richard K. Law
United Nations
Cis
Jones
Ine
War notes and bombings near Bougainville and Kiska
Fragmentary wartime dispatchs describe Ventura bombers in mud battles at Kiska and a first raid by Base Tinputa bombers on Bougainville's northeastern coast. Reports note small Japanese vessels damaged and beached, with strategic locations and distances from Henderson airfield.
Police Action Runs Through City Court 13 Charged
Police yesterday brought 13 people before the county court at the day hall. Ten faces charges of drunkenness, five with disorderly conduct, two with assault and battery, and ten of those involved are described as Negro. Remaining cases allege disorderly conduct. One office did not report any arrests.
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Apjn
He Furdera Court
Jeshenit 2
Negroes Protest Over White Foremen At Ordnance Plant
About 2500 Negro employees at a US government owned Cartridge Company plant refused to work under white foremen. Public relations chief Juhian Kirk said Negro workers were to be trained as supervisors to replace white foremen, the unit the only one in the United States with Negro skilled and semi skilled workers. He noted the Negro women have not organized and named no spokesman.
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ST. Louis
US Louis
Insuca
Juhian Kira
States ‘Cartridge Company
Kirk
United States
Cartridge Company
Coal strike extends as government weighs order to halt walkout
The piece notes pressure on miners and possible federal orders to restore production. It describes cabinet figures and War Labor Board actions, with Roosevelt weighing a plan to compel return to work. WLB and Lewis clash over legality as nationwide energy strain looms and rhetoric heightens.
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Lima
Minera
Luther Hart
Lewis
War Labor Board
War
James F. Byrnes
Ickes
Abe Fortas
United Mine Workers
UMW
WLB
United States
Lawia
White House
Roosevelt
Ikea
Morse
War Production Board
Moe
Alabama
Ross C. Smith
Postwar demand for rubber eyed by Goodrich president
John L. Collyer of B F Goodrich warned New York Chamber of Commerce that postwar demand could reach 2,000,000 tons yearly, doubling prewar levels. He spoke on rubber supply, synthetic versus natural rates, and urged keeping plants running at 150,000 to 200,000 tons annually to ensure emergency capacity and price stability. A Montgomery show, Sweet Hot and Khaki, sent 30 Dothan girls and a 200-strong cast to perform tonight for USO and Red Cross efforts.
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New York
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Russia
Chen
Seiior
Collyer
Dothan
Camp Scucker
Speerm
Montgomery
Sidney Lanier Zh
Martin Theatre
Renearanl
City Hall Opera House
USO
Camp Ructher Red Cross
New York cotton prices show varied July futures data
The New York cotton market reports open high low and close figures across several contract months. July futures trade around 20 cents with mixed daily results and prior months showing established prices in the mid to high teens.
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New Orleans
Law Cina
Tartigar
Mrs Strickland Dies Near Dothan
Minnie Lee Strickland of Dothan route three died at home after a brief illness at seventy. Funeral services will be held at Harpers Joy Church tomorrow at 10 a.m. Rev Elbert Jackson officiating. Burial in the church cemetery with Fellows and Forrester directing. Survived by three sons Quitman Strickland David Strickland and Lester Strickland and two daughters Mary Lasseter and Cora Lee Sellers, all of Dothan or nearby areas.
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Minnie Lee Strickland
Dotti
Harpers Joy Church
Elbert Jackson
Fellowa
Forrester
Quitman Strickland
Dothan
David W. Strickland
Donalsonville
Lester F. Strickland
Newton
Mary D. Lasseter
Cora Lee Sellers
Soviet and German air clashes noted in war briefing
The report describes continued Soviet and German battles near the Kuban bridgehead with thrusts collapsed by concentrated fire and German planes aiding defense. It adds Russian gains near Leysk, and claims 25 German planes shot down in raids on Leningrad. A Finnish report notes losses east of Suvaraari. A note on mountain goats follows.
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Kuban
Leysk
Kirsk
Berlin
Associated Press
Suvaraari
Leningrad
Pravda
Japanese pincers failed in Pacific drive at Midway and Aleutians
The campaign describes Japan's large armada push aimed at Midway and the Aleutians, the interception by U S forces, and the resulting strategic shifts. It notes Midway's defeat of the southern arm of the pincers, the loss of Dutch Harbor and Kiska Attu, and the ensuing Allied offensives in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea as 1942 progressed.
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Pamed Ag
Attu Jaimad
Kiska
Midway
Aleutians
Navy
Guten Harbor
Duleh Harbor
Americas
United States
Dutch Harbor
Attu
U.S
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Australia
Solomons
New Guinea
New Guinra
Steagall Decrie Anti Poll Tax Lay
Fragmented text discusses Senator Steagall and criticisms of poll tax policy. Mentions Bank and Currency committee and wartime concerns. Includes references to war, international relations, and Allied support. Details are garbled with unclear names and dates.
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Steagall
Battles in the North Pacific Highlight Ongoing Fight
Reports from North Pacific Midway indicate authorities acknowledge continued battle lines. Despite marked progress, officials stress the fighting persists with no immediate quiet phase in sight.
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San Antioco
FLAG
Jakin
William Jeffers
Colle
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Setermaea
Chicago
North Pacific
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Townsend Brothers
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Central of Georgia Railway
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