Truman seeks church aid for law and social programs
President Truman appealed to church leaders to back civil rights measures and social welfare reforms, urging a strong moral code to guide atomic age power and to support national health, housing, and social security efforts. He pressed against economic interests he said push for wage and policy rollbacks, as he returned from Fulton and prepared to fly to Washington.
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B. Vaccaro Columbus
Chio Lap
Prespec
Truman
Percy
Mr. Truman
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In
Winston Churchill
Westminister College
Washington
Church Council Urges Shared Housing Across Denominations
The Federal Council of Churches urged Protestants to open homes to veterans and the homeless amid a housing shortage. It asked every local church to sponsor a share the housing program by March 7 seven, citing President Truman’s remarks on the need to mobilize church and synagogue resources. The council condemned ongoing racial segregation and pressed for nonsegregated participation in church and society while facing housing challenges.
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Columbus
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Truman
United States
Belaian French Brides Sail For U S Amid Delay
About five hundred French and German brides and children of American soldiers sailed from Le Havre after their transport George W. Goethals was delayed. Mme Lulu Politzer of Utica joined her husband former artillery officer Jack Adderson Ta Pa as the ship bumped the General Anderson briefly with no damage. The Goethals was to reach New York in under two days.
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LE Havre
France
George Wethals
Mme
Lulu Politzer
Ute
Jack Adderson
Anderson
J &S
Re W. Goethale
New York
Fresh Drive for Congress Action On Atomic Policy
A new push opens in Washington for quick House action on the May bill limiting atomic policy. The move, led by the military committee, seeks floor votes as scientists warn that military domination could hinder progress. Dr. Edward C. Sonden blasts military control while urging civilian oversight.
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Fer House Fecaders
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Edward C. Sonden
National Bureau of Standards
House Military Committee
May Tosk
Rules Committee
Deaths At Tourist Camp Prompt Awaited Lab Findings
Dale County coroner waits on State Toxicologist report to determine cause after four people were found dead in a Dothan Montgomery highway tourist cabin. Names include Eugene Terry Clayton Ezell Elma Mills and Mrs Frank Sheppard. Deaths suspected from asphyxiation with possible life insurance motive noted. Funeral services conducted for Ezell Mills and Sheppard with survivors listed as kin.
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Dale County
Tom Goff
Dothan-Montgomery
Goff
C. G. Rehling
Auburn
Rehling
Eugene Terry
Cottonwood
Ala
Clayton F. Exell
Ozark
Elma Mills
Grimes
Frank Sheppard
Ludell Brackin
Gott
White Way
Bzell
Ozark Baptist Church
J.B. Johnson
Westview Cemetery
Holman of
Clayton Ezell, Jr
Oscar Ezell
P. P. Ezell
Carston Ezell
Walker Ezell
Lula Clark
Slocomb
Miss Mills
Mt. Arat Church
Kinsey
Sneppard
Kinsey Baptist Church
Chartered Savings and Loan opens with officers named
The Chartered Savings and Loan Association completed yesterday afternoon after initial shareholders accepted charter from the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration. Officers named include Harry Hall as president Clyde L. Coe as vice president Pat Trammel as secretary treasurer and directors Hall Coe Dupree Davis W C Faulkner and John D Ayres. Office is at 107 South Foster Street with deposits insured up to 5 000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Over 120 000 has been subscribed by 78 initial shareholders. President Hall said lending and savings are regulated by the Federal Home Loan Bank Association and it will make loans within 50 miles of Dethan on homes business property and other improved realms.
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Dothan Federal Savings and Loan Association
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
Harry Hall
Clyde L. Coe
Pat Trammel
Hall
Coe
Dupree Davis
W. C. Faulkner
John D. Ayres
S. Foster Street
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Association
Jap Constitution Bans War and Makes Mikado A Figurehead
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Japan drafted a new constitution abolishing war as a sovereign right and making Emperor Hirohito a symbolic figurehead. It vests sovereignty in the people, bans armed forces, and sets the Diet to appoint the prime minister while outlining limited imperial powers.
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Ralph
Diet
MacArthur
Japan
International Fund Bank Delegates To Meet In Georgia
Savannah gears up for about 250 delegates from 35 nations for the joint IMF and IBRD conference in the city. The event will feature Georgia grown food with plans for caviar upon request at conference headquarters.
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International Fund Bank
Georgia
Savannah
IUP
International Monetary Fund
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Franklin Antezana Paz
Central Bank of
Bolivia
Savannah Morning News
Lady Astor
Peter Roe Nugent
Charles G. Day
General Ogiethorpe
British Newspapers Favor Churchill Speech Worldwide
London reports show the British government approving most of Winston Churchill's speech on Big Three relations though not officially. The press mostly praised the urgency of settlement with Russia, while the Communist Daily Worker condemned it as an Anglo American bid against Russia.
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London
Ernest Bevin
UNO
Bevin
Churchill
Russia
Labor Party
The
Daily Herald
Stranded Newermen To Be Picked Up By Marine Airplane
In Shanghai a Marine plane departed Tientsin to pick up five unidentified stranded American correspondents at Chinhsien the farthest Manchurian landing point without Soviet authorization. Shenghai offices reported nine correspondents eight Americans and an Australian reached Changchun from Mukden ten days ago.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
Chinhsien
Manchuria
United States
Shenghai
Changchun
Menchurian
Mukden
Fire at Napier Salvage Yard Destroys Property
An undetermined origin blaze at Napier Field damaged a large amount of salvage material a small building and a shed in the salvage yard. Firemen fought the fire about two hours after it was discovered around 4 p m. A board of officers was appointed to investigate and early estimates of damage were withheld though officials said the loss is sizable. Some salvage items had been offered for sale in recent days and were said to be included in the blaze.
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Napier Field
Eld
Congress Cool To Anglo U S Pact Proposal
Washington AP Congress leaders agreed with Winston Churchill that Russian expansion should be stopped but not through the proposed Anglo American military alliance. They favored pursuing differences through the United Nations with Russian participation, and Churchill urged retaining secret atomic bomb details until peaceful aims are demonstrated. Dems criticized Churchill as imperialistic while praising the UN path to world security.
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Washington
Winslon Churchill
United Nations
Churchill
Russia
Capital Hill
Westminister College
Fulton, Mo
Britain
Glen Taylor
D-1da
Claude Pepper
D.fia
United Nations Organization
No. T
Three More Schools Reach Quota in Red Cross Drive
Three county schools Dupree Ardila and Vicksburg reached their Red Cross quotas in Houston County. Kinsey reported 25.00 of 20.00 quota, Dupree 2563 of 25.00, Ardila 6274 of 6000, and Wicksburg 150 of 150.00. Several local firms completed 100 percent prior to this report.
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Red Cross
Houston County
Dothan
Lee Herlong
General Drive
Dupree
Ardila
Vicksburg
Kinsey
Wicksburg
Burtleshaw Dry Cleaners
Tri- State News
Behrman's Standard Radio
Foremost Alto Store
Deal's Juvenile Shop
Houston Finance
Seaborn Style Shop
van Riteh
Burk Jewelry
Fleanor Shop
Pete Soteres
Minnie Gay McCraney
Dave
Man Nobbed After 21000 Robbery At Night Club
Jacksonville police arrested Richard Petty after a night club robbery in which he posed as a deputy sheriff from Indianapolis. He allegedly forced an owner to open the office safe, then fled with about 21 600. He was nabbed two hours later at a railroad station. the case links to a woman wanted for similar Florida incidents.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gove
Richard Petty
Sherif
Indianapolis
Offeers
Wo Man
Totberg
Argentina May Pose New Problem By Demanding Aviation Rights In U S
U S and Argentina may face friction if Buenos Aires seeks commercial aviation rights. Argentina pursues European landings and reciprocity, with Albert Dodero signaling plans for a Buenos Aires service. State Department weighs political constraints tied to Peron and Latin American policy.
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Argentina
U.S
Washington
United States
Tina
Pan American
Pan American- Grace Airways
State Department
Buenos Airea
Railway Labor Act May Delay Strike Affects Southeast Exchanges
F A Lucas chairman of United Local 300 of the Southern Federation of Telephone Workers says the nationwide telephone workers strike slated for tomorrow should not affect 13 Southeast Alabama exchanges including Andalusia Stenson Geneva Stratford Storcaml Dethan Enterprise Columbia Abbeville Headland Brundidge Ozark Camp Rucker. He notes union action may not extend here unless later instructions come and that only AT&T long lines could be affected. An official of the company hopes the strike won’t interfere with exchanges and has not received a strike notice.
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Alabama
F. A. Lucas
United Local 300.1
Southern Federation of Telephone Workers
Lucas
Uinn Chierman
Uung
Laicus
Telephone
Ozark
Lucag
Andalusia
Stenson
Geneva
Startford
Storcaml
Dethan
Enterprise
Columbia
Abbeville
Headland
Brundidge
Camp Rucker
Natwoat Federation of Telephone Workers
United Telephone and Telegraph Co
Silding
Labor unions set 130 day walkout deadline amid rail strike threat
Heads of major railroad brotherhoods announced a 130 day wait period under measure. The announcement confirmed reports of a nationwide strike plan and noted the Railway Labor Act could force a 30 to 60 day pause. President Truman may appoint an emergency board to study the dispute and issue recommendations. Special mediator James L Dewey was summoned to report on a GM fine and facilitate wage talks in Detroit.
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Associated Press
Imo
van Cleveland
A. F P. Whitney
Trammen's Brotherhood
Alvaniey Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Jamel Dewey Wa
Defran
Washington
Swellenbach
General Motors
Labor Department
Dewep
Detroit
Bowles Foresees 90 Days Pressure on Wage-Price Policy
Bowles warned delegates that the next 180 days will determine success or failure of the administration's wage price policy. He urged Congress to extend price and rent controls, maintain subsidies, fund the wage stabilization program, and pass veterans housing legislation. He warned that failure could raise milk, meat, butter, and bread prices and harm the economy.
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Bowles
Opeka
Kans Osp
Chester A. Bowles
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Production Administration
Wage Stabilization Board
Roosevelt Home To Become Shrine
The Roosevelts’ Warm Spring home near Washington will be dedicated as a national historic site on April 12, marking the former president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death anniversary. Acting Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman said President Truman will attend and deliver the principal address. Eleanor Roosevelt will also speak. The 33.23 acre site includes the rose garden and burial area. The government will receive the estate with the Roosevelts waiving certain rights for immediate public use.
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Washington
Wiyde Park
Roosevelt
Chapman Waid
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sagata
French Warships Shell Chinese at Haiphong
Five French warships bombarded Chinese troops at Haiphong in Indo China yesterday. Both sides suffered casualties in a brief but hot exchange as French forces attempted to land at the northern port. The dispatch says the fighting ended at noon with ships withdrawing amid fires from a damaged ammunition dump. The clash stems from the port transfer agreed on February 28 and blamed on technical difficulties.
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Chungking
Clinese
Haiphong
Indo
Eogiro
Ickes Testimony Claims Pauley Oil Saving Break
Harold L. Ickes told the Senate Naval Committee that if a 1939 California conservation measure backed by Edwin W. Pauley had become law the Navy might have saved 150 million barrels of oil at the Fik Milly reserve. He tied Roosevelt’s support to Pauley’s nomination for Undersecretary of the Navy and noted witnesses opposing Pauley’s confirmation. He cited oil controls as crucial and criticized Standard Oil of California’s actions.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
California
Edwin W. Pauler
Navy
Fik Milly
Inter
Jor
Pauley
Senate Naval Committee
Fie
Roosevelt
Bassey
Rammillee
Sentor
Califorta
Merthyr
Californa
Machines Blamed For Erratic Vote In City Election
City officials blamed defective voting machines for irregular totals in yesterday’s Democratic primary at two polling sites in Derur rele ctive Carmindee. Reported counts showed Clyde Coe leading with 60 votes, others with small tallies, while a lever issue allegedly caused adjacent committee candidates to receive identical votes, creating a mix-up that observers said did not affect the incumbent’s advantage.
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Carmindee
Srath Mall
Clyde Coe
Commission
Smith Deal
Committee
John
Talley
Smith Tall
Vance Ward
M Bentley
Hall
Commissioner Coe
Hall Ward
Administration Seeks Over Two Billion for Food Subsidy
Washington AP reports the administration asked Congress for 2.051 billion dollars to fund government subsidies on food and other materials for the coming fiscal year. Deputy Joe Brownlee and Chester Bowles warned that stopping the program could raise food costs and living expenses, while maintaining subsidies aims to curb price spikes and support production in items like rubber and petroleum amid calls to revise price controls. A bipartisan group met in the House caucus room to form a committee to revise OPA price laws.
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Washington
Congres
Rennie
Joe FL Brownles
Tecnomics
Chester Bowles
Howse Banking
Itv
Brownlee
Vause
Two Deaths Mark Mardi Gras Festival
Police records show two deaths during Mardi Gras with one fatal shooting and a traffic accident. A taxi driver was wounded in an argument and one person sustained miscellaneous injuries. Police called it one of the quietest carnivals in history as about 110 arrests for drunkenness and minor misdemeanors.
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New Orleans
Warnin
Beast Of East Admits War Crimes in Trial
In Shanghai Ishihara Utte Isamu Ishihara a bespectacled Japanese interpreter at Shanghai prison camps testified in his war crimes trial admitting responsibility for acts described by prisoners as the water treatment and other methods. A verdict by a five man military commission was expected the morrow.
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Shanghai
Utte
Isamu Ishihara
Ishihara
Beast of
Ha East
Wake Island
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