Tax Committee Recommends Beer Tax Cut in Florida
Tallahassee Florida Levy tax committee urges reducing beer tax from three to two and a quarter cents per bottle with a $2.4 million revenue loss and calls for a state hospital for alcoholics. They favor keeping gasoline liquor cigarette taxes high, but propose reforms to licenses and stamps and a shift of certain revenues to general funds.
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ULP
Governor's Tax Inquiry Committee
Florida
Four Power Talks Open On German Disarmament Treaty
In Moscow Molotov and Secretary Marshall meeting with Bevin and Bidault opened the talks amid heavy snow and guarded streets. Officials expect a formal German Austria treaty but warn that pivotal issues may delay a final draft and cautious optimism persists.
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Molotov
Marshall
Germany
Marshell
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Georges Bidault
France
Aviation
Kremlin
Leningrad Chaussee
Soviet Flyers Club
Moscow
Russia
Bewin
Bidault
Austria
United States
Germain
Fremier
Josef Stalin
Flyers Club
Czarist Dava
Yar
Bidank
Potsdam
Musco
Beaiwurn
Funes Awa
Petseak
Greece seeks American aid amid British Greece crisis
United States debate over Greece's needs in light of Britain's decision to withdraw from commitments to King George's government. Senators Connally and Taft lead a harmonized stance, urging U.S. aid decisions be made without assuming British obligations. Discussions focus on a two-sphere European influence and selective aid totaling about 450 million dollars for Greece and Turkey, with emphasis on safeguarding Western Allies.
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Congress
Sem Taft «Rohir
King Georges
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Europe
Russia
White House
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Uenberg
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Gieeou
Ato
Bruinet
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Aso
Ameria
Turkeys
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Korea
Walhanue Sooo Plastern
Ber
Bijaue
Hossever
Aegien Fundy
Comores
Mio ‘Trina Ates
Wetdduefeld Vno
Cha Deen
Bark Yley
Grave 18 burying spree ends with plan to kill wife
Grant a 39 year old paper mill bus driver confessed to sheriff he planned to kill five or six men involved with his wife then commit death by self. He said he had no grudge against his stepson but needed to remove him to carry out the rest of his plan. The boy is alive and in police custody. The wife, 35, and Grant had been married two years. The body of a woman found buried in the yard with her hands crossed was thrown into a creek near the Baldwin Escambia county line.
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Atmore Police
Baldwin-Escambia County
Hne
Plant Field Borders For Game Birds In March
A.M. KMourson suggests an API extension wildlife specialist and Bicolar lespedera with large partridge peas. Plant 10 to 15 pounds of seed per acre on a well-prepared seedbed and cover very lightly or not at all.
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A.M. Kmourson
Postwar Boundaries and German Rebuilding Issues
Fragmentary notes outline topics on Germany afterwar boundaries with Poland and France including Ruhr and Saar, reparations and future German industry levels, and progress with demilitarization, denazification, and democratization. The text references eastern and western borders and ongoing reforms.
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Ture
Germany
Poland
France
Ruhr
Saar
State Payroll Adds $40,000 Per Month In Folsom Tenure
Alabama's state payroll rose about $30,000 monthly since the Folson administration began January 20. Records show salaries for 15 days to Jan 15 totaled 368,457, vs 588,747 for the latter half of February, a gain of 20. The rise reflects 50 more employees and raises for many long-time staff, excluding higher courts and certain county officials.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Folson
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Veterans’ Affairs Departtment Fund
Debates on compulsory arbitration and labor reform
Congress grapples with a compulsory arbitration bill amid labor unrest and emergency powers. Advocates court stronger wage protections for striking workers while opponents warn of regulatory overreach and social disruption. The session also considers budget cuts and a constitutional limit on presidential terms.
Opposition Accuses TVA Chief of Private Monopoly Plans
Critics say the former TVA chairman aimed to create private monopolies in atomic energy, labeling the move as greedy and detrimental to public interests.
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TVA
Autos Suffer Minor Damage in Two Saturday Crashes
Police report two Saturday accidents caused only slight damage with no injuries. Kendall and Johnnie Smith collided on Main Street as Smith tried to pass Kendall. both fenders were smashed. Earlier, Spud Dog man backed a truck from an alley on College Street and struck E. F. Sickman’s car, denting its door.
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Johnnie Smith
Negro
Main St
Smith
Kendall
Spud Dogman
N. College St
E. F. Sickman
Sickman
Negroes Get Hearing On Habeas Corpus
Habeas corpus hearings for Willie B Finn and Carrie Collins, indicted by the grand jury on first degree murder charges in the Ruby Lee Collins shooting, are set for March 13 before Circuit Judge D C Halstead. Bond for Buford Collinge, also indicted in the case, is set at 2500 dollars.
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Willie B. Finn
Carrie Collins
Ruby Lee Collins
D. C. Halstead
Buford Collinge
Cruider
Lawmakers Seek Tax Plans to Fund Education Welfare
The legislature opens amid tax reform talk as Senator Hornsby urges moving divisive items like reapportionment and poll tax repeal to later. He argues a clear, well-planned education and welfare program will win public support, while committee discussions consider boosting teacher salaries and school facilities with revenue from shifts totaling about $12.5 million.
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Senate
Hornsby
Horneba
Infemin
Educatin Committee
Raymiund D. Fowler
State
Ies
Legends of the Chickcharneys and a wartime lore tale
An OCR fragment blends native myth with colonial history, recounting the Chickcharneys and a cautionary tale about progress symbolized by a railroad. It links their superstition to a World War II era outcome, noting rail scrap sent to Britain and later Allied victory, with stray food ad copy appended.
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Chadoberton
Ucyuas
Plantahen
Chamberlain
Freeland
Mose
Andros
Old Moe
Old Mose
Winston Churchill
Chick Miakneys
Britain
Formosans Demand Self Government
In Nanking Formosan representatives urged self government after Chiang Kai-shek linked Formosans with communism and those who fought with Japanese forces to the island’s unrest. They claimed 3,000 to 4,000 Formosans were killed in the Feb 28 riot and denounced a Chinese troop massacre.
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Nanking
Chiang
Livestock prices across major Georgia plants
In eight large packing plants across Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Ga Dothan Ala Jacksonville and Tallahassee Fla buyers moved 300 cattle 100 calves and 3300 hogs Hog buying was fairly active with prices generally down about 50 cents Most medium to choice hogs over 180 pounds ranged 25.00 to 25.25 with some at 25.50 Averages for different weight classes ranged from 19 to 24.75 per hundredweight depending on size Roads and medium sows sold from 20 to 23.25.
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Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton Ga
Dothan
Aire
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Jong
Market trends at Montgomery cattle and hog sale report
Receipts steady, buyers active as cattle and hogs meet steady undertone. Steer and heifer prices range 11.00 to 22.00 for common to good quality, calves 16.50 to 22.00, hogs mostly 24.50 to 25.25 for 160 to 380 pounds, lighter pigs around 9.00 to 12.00, prices varied by weight and grade across the sale.
Chicago hog and cattle market summary with mixed bids
AP market report shows salable hogs 9 500, slow and uneven demand. Top hogs near 29.00, bulk 24.00 to 28.75 for 180 to 240 pounds. Calves 17 600 salable, slaughter steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower, cows steady to 25 cents lower, veal weak to 100 lower, bulls steady. Several lots heavy steers and long yearlings 26.50 to 28.00. good fed heifers 22.50 to 20.00. cows 24.79 to 25.25 for select sorts. Overall, market mixed with lighter buying and occasional higher bids for select weights.
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Chicago
Aps
USDA
Ivicey
TRCO
Cunmere
Lilienthal Backed by Key Senators Amid Meeting Absences
Number 1 Denberg voted for Lilienthal and was joined by Hickenlooper and Senators Milliken Williams Knowlaid McMa hon Rueseil Joanson Connally Vandenberg. Connally and Connally proxies voted only for Lilienthal citing unreadiness to vote on other appointments. Pepper and Murray linked the push to Truman alignment against militarism and isolationism.
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Denberg
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Eugene Milliken
Colus Williams & Knowlaid
Caly Brien McMahon
Dante Richard B. Rueseil
Edwin C. Joanson
Dcolus
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Vandenberg
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
James E. Murray
Dmont
Pepper
Weekend arrests dip to twenty two by city and county police
Records show arrests over the weekend fell to 22 from the usual 30 to 40. Police made 16 arrests and county officers charged six. Most arrests were for public drunkenness.
Grenade hurled at Philippine president during speech
In Manila, a hand grenade exploded 230 feet from President Manuel A. Roxas as he wrapped up a rally for the American parity amendment. Roxas was unharmed. a photographer sustained injuries. Police cordoned Plaza Grande as Jose Avelino was praised for saving the president.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Plaza Miranda
Quiapo
Jose Avelino
Senate
Roxas
Avelino
United States
Philippines
Wicksburg Airfield Disposal Completed
The lands of the Vicksburg auxiliary air field No. One, used as Napier Field adjunct, have been disposed of by the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans for War Assets Corporation. Three tracts were repurchased by Porter Thomley and son and Mrs. Katherine King, while remaining acreage went to R. F. Sheppard. No offers came from veterans.
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Vicksburg
Napier Field
Federal Land Bank of
Germany and postwar repair and reorganization issues
The text outlines four major postwar problems for the Big Four: forming a German government capable of signing a peace treaty. unifying Germany economically across four zones. the Ruhr’s control and international management. and how to prevent Germany from rearming, plus deciding reparations Germany must pay for the war. It notes Russian claims to German property in Austria and the Moscow talks as key settings.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
Moscow
Frenich
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Ruhr
Mrs W O Howell Former Resident Dies in Louisiana
Mrs W O Howell a former Dothan resident died March 8 in Monroe Louisiana after a short illness She is survived by two daughters Mrs Earl Bossier City Louisiana and Howell of Shreveport Louisiana and John Wright Martin three sisters Mrs A E Mrs J L Gwaltney and Mrs J Hardy of Dothan and one brother D B Peacock of Birmingham She was born in Dothan moving to Monroe eight years ago and will be buried in Monroe.
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W. ©. Howell
Monroe
Earl
County plans protective coating plant for posts and lumber
The County Road Department proposes applying creosote to fence posts, bridge materials, and lumber. Estimated plant cost ranges from 1500 to 2000 dollars. The board will seek advice from nearby counties with similar plants. Mrs. E J Whiddon of the American Cancer Society asked for a 500 dollar county allocation, arguing most patients are rural. action postponed until the State Health Department officially requests funds. Welfare Department budget to add another clerical worker due to growing demand.
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Guillang
Logue
E. J. Whiddon
American Cancer Society
Society
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