Negro Jailed Here As Liquor Seller
Ola C Koight, a Negro man, was arrested by city detectives and agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on liquor law violations. Police say he sold whiskey to soldiers in the Pleasantview area, with military police aiding in the arrest and securing a quantity of whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola C Koight
Wee
Aicobslic Beverage Control Board
Taylor Hicka
Haight
Pleasantview
Yquor
Ap Koeight
Labor regulation bill faces mixed support in Senate
The Senate debated a labor regulation bill restricting union and employer political contributions and banning wildcat strikes. Proponents cited farm and labor support while opponents cited objections by several senators. The measure, seen as Gov Sparks’ labor policy, was sent to the House for action amid ongoing negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlan B. Hill
Lauderdale
Bradford
Hoineswcen
Vincent Kissorn
Mobile
Toras
Gordon Madison
Tuscaloosa
Elvin McCary
Calhoun
Reuben L. Newton
Walker
James Smith
Colbert
House
Sparks
Secendar
Senate and House Busy With Bills On Tax, Roads And Licensing
The Senate and House advanced multiple measures including a state hospital per capita aid plan, tax exemptions on farm equipment, road construction funding with state aid, and new regulation of optometrists. House actions included sales tax exemptions for agricultural publications and a license hike for automatic music machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slmpson
Jefferson
Simpson, Garrett, Henderson and
Expy
Henderson, Carlton and High
Smith
Colbert
Senate
Rules Committee
House
C. G. Duffee
Kilborn
Mobile
Hunter Golson
E Tore
State Conservation Department
Fred Wond
Bibb
War budget aims for full mobilization to defeat Axis
The hearings outline a vast funding plan to mobilize air and ground forces. It calls for 278 air groups, 3,000,000 troops, 36,000 bombers, 38,000 fighters, 12,000 transports, and 9,000 training planes. It envisions 900 airfields, 44 Army posts, 700,000 hospital beds, and internment camps for 825,000 prisoners as the nation dials up for a prolonged three to four year war effort. General McNarney and Somervell frame the goal as delivering a knockout blow by fighting on land, air, and sea against Japan, Germany, and Italy. The WAAC is praised, and chemical warfare budgeting is approved at about 41 million, with emphasis on readiness across theaters.
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Air
George C. Marshall Niel
Brehon B .Bomervell
Services of Supply
McNarney
MecNarney Sald
Africa
Japan
Germany
Italy
WAAC
Somervell
Waacs
Phraise
Pairijone
Eid
Chemical Warfare Service
Frontiers reopen and Axis broadcasts cite defenses for war theater
Dispatches from Ankara report the frontier reopening by the British after 48 hours of restricted traffic. Premiers Nur Pashengs warns troops of an approaching hour of decision and active service in Iraq. Goebbels urges critics to keep quiet as Rome relays Das Reich. Axis talks tout a German method to set boats ablaze and claim invaders plans. Cagliari evacuation details mirror Italian war effort. Berlin presses Balkans defense stance. German Italian troops hold key positions.
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Ankara
Barlin
Associated Press
Premiser
Nur Pashengs
Iraq
Goebbel
Rome Radio
Ministry of Information
Henes
Das Reich
Party
Paris
Germany
Italy
Rome
Cagiiari
Berlin Boersen-Zeitung
Balkan
Night actions in Pacific theater 1942 update
Number 10- Continued from page one describes Allied and Japanese forces in the Pacific. MacArthur’s bombers reportedly sank or damaged Japanese barges near the Hue on Peninsula area. A Japanese air raid of about forty planes hit Allied positions near Lae and Salamana as vanguards hold ground northwest of Tae.
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Ing
Australia
New Guinea
Douglas
UMW Leaders Clash Over Miner Wage Truce Action
Continued discussion on a wage dispute shows Jono L. Lewis and other union figures weighing how to proceed after a truce. Public and former union officials push for clear adherence to rules, while questions linger about wage increases and broader industry impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiden
UMW
Jono L. Lewis
John Brophy
Bittner
WLR
Wayne L Morae
Portal
Errna
George W. Taylor
Indunirion
Physicians Urged to Report Notifiable Diseases Countywide
County health officer Dr. W. T. Burkett urged all physicians to report notifiable diseases by law. Reports must include patient name, address, and disease type to aid control efforts. weekly reminder cards are sent to physicians. Notable cases this month include chicken pox one, gonorrhea twenty-one, malaria three, measles one, syphilis forty-three, tuberculosis two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Burkett
Health Department
Burkett
Petit Larceny Charged To Negro
A Black employee at a Dothan nightclub was jailed on petit larceny charges after police said he planned to split a small amount of money he had collected at work. City detectives said the arrest involved a fellow employee and a petty sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Arthur McCray
Dothan
Wes Herring
Taylor Hicks
McCrary
Codified air victory marks largest Solomons loss
From Solomons air headquarters comes word of a mass raid that downed about 120 planes near Guadalcanal, leaving 146 enemy aircraft lost in June alone and 1,414 in the South Pacific since July 31, 1942. Tojo framed the war as serious, while the raid underscored Japan's defensive thrust amid Allied concentration in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomons
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Airforce
Hideki Tojo
Guadalcana
Price and rationing board reports stock shipments delayed
The War Price and Rationing Board said the shooks had not been shipped though mailing was to begin July 1. Third quarter supply cuts range from 10 to 80 percent based on operator need or essentiality, with the average cut expected well above 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County War Price and Rationing Board
Wooten and
Primitive Baptist Church Services Announced This Week
Church officials declared services at De Than Primitive Baptist Church with 7:30 pm Saturday and 3:30 pm Sunday slots. Pythagoras Lodge 39 AF and JAM will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in a special communication to confer the Master Mason Degree on two candidates. All master masons urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dethan Primitive Baptist Church
Pythagoras Lodge
Navy-Standard Oil Deal Terminated as Illegal
The Navy and Standard Oil of California pact to jointly develop Elk Hills oil fields is declared illegal and void after DOJ opinion. Secretary Knox said the contract, signed last December, exceeded authority under conservation law and was not secret. House panel plans continued inquiry and a subcommittee visit to study conditions for conserving petroleum. President Collier of Standard Oil calls the move fair and in the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Standard Ol of
California
Elk Hills
Knox
House
Senate
Rep
Elliott
D.-Calif
Elk Hilla
Teapot Dome
Norman M. Littell
House Public Lands Committee
Peterson
Dfla
Public Lands Committee
Department of Justice
H D. Collier
Standard Oil of
Price subsidy debate shifts over CCC funding limits
Lawmakers clash over curbing CCC subsidies with a proposed anti subsidy clause. Senator Gillette considers identical provisions to block subsidy payments while labor groups press for broader price rollback funding through 1942. Labor seeks wage controls relief to cover rising costs, backed by farm unions and producer federations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Gillette
D.town
Senate Banking Committee
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
American Farm Bureau
National Grange
Organized Labor
Slabor
Inslsted
Bicycles Reclassified for Package Delivery Use
The Office of Price Administration freed bicycles built for package delivery from rationing restrictions. The bikes feature a small front wheel and a large rear basket, and are unsuitable for other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
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