Fight In Senate May Await Bill To Lower Tariffs
The Senate debated a tariff reduction bill as President Truman urged caution. George O-Gas of the Senate Finance Committee argued for rapid action, citing a need to finish committee work within the week. Speaker Rayburn read the House bill before the vote, which ended 197 to 174 against proceeding.
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Senate
George Su
Nu Selver
Trumat
House
Hayburn
Truman
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Cordell Hall
Acton
Syrian unrest grows as French moves prompt rumors
Reports describe Damascus quiet with sporadic shell fire and gendarme patrols after Senegalese troops’ arrival tied to failed talks. British Ninth Army in Syria could intervene if fighting erupts. communications cut at Bama halt updates while Beyrouth remains quiet and fears of uprisings spread toward Syria and Lebanon.
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Tions
Orient
Damascus
Ninth Army
Syria
Bama
Aleppo
Beyrowith
Mama
Syre
Lebanon
Unclear effort tied to European relief bid
Fragmentary text cites Senator Willis and Mr Hoover in a debate over a European relief program. Observers saw a bid to unify support, framing it as prudent during wartime strain. The passage references New Orleans cotton and a VE Day timeframe with uncertain dates.
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Truman
Hoover
Wilelis
R-Ind
Euhrent Tollnaur
New Orleans
Europe
New York
Program To Assist Railroads Adjust Rates Shaping Up
Clair Johnmgo reports on a proposed program to help railroads adjust rates. The measure, backed by the Literstale Commerce Commission, aims to legalize rate fixing by rate bureaus and apply a civil process for approving coordinated rates, seen as similar to airline rate agreements under federal oversight. Georgia Governor Else Amal criticizes the plan, with Southern leaders weighing a similar stance. Arnall argues the bill would legalize rate fixing and exempt railroads from antitrust laws. Bulwinkle defends it as parity with air carriers.
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Clair Johmgo
Sauirveds Ag
Literstale
Cummerte Comoro
Trost Duwa
Petis
ACC
Bumunie
DNC
IOC Devainn
Georgias
Else Amal Han
Arnall
Hitler may be tried in absentia by war crimes body
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS reports Hitler possibly dead or alive and may be tried in absentia. War Crimes Commission will decide if a trial is held, possibly assuming he is alive and must receive notice. Also revealed is Army list noting Robert Lynn, son of Allison Lynn, among wounded in the Pacific region.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Adolf Hitler
War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Pacific
Robert Lynn
Allison L. Lynnn
Ashford
War Department
Protests Grow Over Time Tax Deductions Rule Change
Strong protests mounted against a new proposal to allow a member to deduct from his time tax while away on Congressional business. Senator Johnson announced he would attempt to strike out this legislation in an appropriation, arguing it violates Senate rules.
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Johnson
Senate
Mining strikes and air battles near Kyushu and Honshu
Compiled from page notes, report on explosives recovered from southern Kyushu waters and movement to Honshu. Four mine laying fortresses were said to be shot down as Tokyo airscreams echo through the campaign.
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Kyushu
Honshu
Tokyo
Pvt McGee Seeks Continued Army Career After France Return
Pvt McGee, released from custody in France for assault and batteries aboard a prisoner transport, returns to Worcester with his family awaiting his wife’s arrival from England. He served in Le Mant, France, and was greeted at the railway station by his father Joe Sr, sister Eileen, brother John, and friends. His fate, though, remains tied to a likely reappointment in the Army.
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Eny
Robert
Treered McGee
Rede
Girsal
McGee
le Mant
France
Joe
John
Natiously
England
Brigah Wachham
Whie Statoned
Danbury
Hearse Wagon Crash Fatal to Two in Alabama
In Mobile Alabama two teen brothers McMillan Brown fourteen and William D Brown ten died in a highway collision between a wagon and a hearse. Their mother Mrs RE Brown and sister Mildred Brown seven were injured. All from Wilmer Alabama. The hearse was en route to Hainesburg Mississippi with a body to be buried there.
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Mobile
Ala
McMillan Brown
William D. Brown
Re, Brown
Mildred Brown
Wilmer
Brown
Hainesburg
Miss
Mississippi Hero Marries Local Girl in Quiet ceremony
Sgt Jake Lindsey and his bride wed in Luce dale after his Medal of Honor nuptials in Washington. The couple, joined by Lindsey's parents and a friend, married at the courthouse and then left for a brief home visit before heading to Mobile, Alabama.
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Lucedale
Miss
Jake Lindsey
Leaington
Mass
Lindsey
Washington
Truman
Duke W. Lindsey
Sunnday
Gene Baker
Memphis, Tenn
Mr. Malone
William Fulgham
Methodist Church
Geghbor
Mobile Jastment
Scout Camp Roll Filling Rapidly
The second week of camping at Camp Rate is full and the last week will likely be filled today. Announced by the Southeast Alabama Council, Rotary will operate with staff from various troops including Scoutmaster James Campbell and Scout Executive Clemmie Peake. The camp will begin training June 4 ahead of the regular camping period, with troops such as Hartford, Troy, and Brundidge registered for the second week.
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TV Cooke Scout
Alabama Counel
Todas
Unig Rotary
Bufaula
Tune
Sifth Perod
Judy Youte George
Enfante High Seliwul
Wall Seah
Enmp
Seoul
Couke Wall
Iy Dicen
Wimp
James Caepell Purte Svaut
Ron Louisiade
Koop
Order of the Arrow At
Wall
Wydanstant
pOrdonal
Cleuiee Peake
Kye Faula
Charles Py
Guthan Toray
Aviow Baler Brooks
Dohin
Hobbs Mall
Outland Line
PE Hayes Towns Jr
Bagtle Seatute Headland
Dae Cariuwus
Haple Sugat Gon Chas
Andalusia
Bulvon
Caroll Raye
Hartford
Figd
Matland
Troy
Sam Murphee
Orvik
Glen Wells
Brundidge
Hee
Bethel Baptist Church Clears Fire Debt As New Edifice Opens
The Bethel Baptist Negro Church, rebuilt after a devastating fire, paid off its $6,000 debt. The fundraising drive ended Saturday with $1,377.13 contributed. Pastor J. W. Warris led the church, with Essie Mae Jackson as secretary and Walter Smart and Jake Price guiding the fundraiser.
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New Bethel Baptist Church
Furmsnings
J. W. Warris
Essie Mae Jackson
Walter Smart
Jake Price
J Cummins
4-H Club Milkweed Floss Substitutes Kapok in 1944
Life suit substitutes replace kapok from the Dutch East Indies cut off supply. In 1944 four H Club members collected 60 carloads of milkweed floss to produce enough material for a million suits.
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Dutch East Indies
Fighter Planes Firepower Compared To German Regiments
Report states that thirteen American Thunderbot fighters surpass an entire German infantry regiment in combined firepower, while thirteen American Aireabras equal the firepower of all anti tank weapons in a German regiment.
Boswell hospitalized after wartime wound in Germany
Sergeant Frank J Boswell, son of Mrs WoW Boswell of Geneval, wounded in action in Germany, has returned to the United States and is at Lawson General Hospital in Abhimla. His cousin Jay Boswell of Wartford notes Boswell served two months in the European theater. a distant remark about red skin and red ochre is included as odd folklore.
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Frank J Boswell
Wow Boswell
Geneval
Germany
Ie States
Lawson General Hospital
Abhimla
Jay Boswell
Wartford
Boswell
Goerdhous
Tank Equals Forty Rifemen In Firepower Coverage Claim
A confused fragment claims a tank crew can match the firepower of 40 riflemen and cover about 10 lines quickly. Another garbled line mentions a gold refinery and a mechanized system using electric buttons controlled by marvels touchy az series, described as the newest mech. The text is incoherent with several misspellings and unclear references.
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Fou Mun
Multen
Maevels Touchy Az
Adiens
Fragmented Text on Global Politics and Power
A garbled report outlines a stalled conference among major powers including the United States Russia Britain and China. It mentions veto threats minority rights and a plan to influence nations while claiming to defend peace and justice amid mounting geopolitical tensions.
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London
Kassim
Trevauin
Girl Power
Gsc
Tor Council
Prohibition Charge Faces Four Negroes
Four black defendants were charged with violating the prohibition law amid a weekend roundup of 37 city arrests. The sheriff reported 14 bookings by deputies, including offenses of public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and assault while intoxicated.
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Sheriffs Office
Lsted
Laura Epps
John Lee
Ocis
Booker T. Long
Sheriffs Force
Henry County Farm Lands Show Increase
Henry County records a rise in farm numbers to 2 912 in the preliminary 1945 Census of Agriculture, up from 2 632 in 1940 and 2 823 in 1935. Total farm land reaches 306 025 acres, vs 293 826 in 1940 and 292 693 in 1935, with an average farm size of about 105 acres. Final figures await Bureau of the Census review.
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Henry County
L. Smiths Deal
Alabama
Dothan
Deal
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Dea
Wynn Infant Rites Conducted in Anton Church
Funeral services for the infant child of Mr and Mrs Wilson Wynn of Anton were held Sunday at 10 am at Ariton Church with the Rev Charles Brewer officiating. Burial was in Ariton cemetery Ward-Watson in charge. Surviving are the parents a brother Ronnie Joe and grandparents Mr and Mrs JW Richardson and Mrs W R Wynn all of Ariton. MARTIN WOUNDED Pretbiton Martin wife visiting her parents on Dothan date wounded in action May 7th second time per information. Son of Mr and Mrs N F Martin of Columbus Ga he was wounded Feb 5 in the Philippines. He entered service Time 4 1944 and went overseas December 1944.
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Wilson Wynn
Anton
Dothan
Ariton
Hey Charles
Brewer
Ward-Watson
Ronnie Joe
JW Richardson
W. R. Wynn
Martin
N F. Martin
Columbus Ga
Philippines
President urges federal role in unemployment benefits during emergency
The President proposes extending unemployment insurance to federal workers and others not insured, arguing benefits should be federally funded during the current emergency. He cautions Congress to act quickly as reconversion begins and workforce displacement looms after the war. He calls unemployment insurance indispensable for prosperity and urges immediate congressional action.
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Persod
Congress
Pacific
Lumberjack Prisoners Work In Michigan Woods
During the first two months of 1845 prisoners of war in Michigan produced 439262 pulpwood sticks 939733 railroad ties 172584 cedar posts and 1368 cords of chemical wood as part of wartime labor.
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Michigan
Fiji Islanders Harvest Weedeed Poison For Ocean Fishing
Native Fiji islanders use a local poisonous weed to stun fish. They submerge 11 volunteers beneath the lagoon surface to attract and immobilize prey in shallow waters.
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Fiji
First Capitol Sculptor Horatio Greenough Named
Horatio Greenough, the first American sculptor hired by the Capitol, was commissioned by Congress in 1832 to create a statue of George Washington for display in the Capitol.
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Horatio Greenough
Capitol
Congress
Washington
Medwick to Return for Giants After Spring Ailments
New York Giants outfielder Joe Medwick is reported to be working out after two weeks of eased activity. He previously dislocated a sacroiliac in spring training and recently endured a back cold related ailment, with fitness expected to allow game participation soon.
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NEA
New York
Joe Medwick
Giants
Burkett Funeral To Be Held Here
Funeral services for Preston D Burkett forty eight drowned Friday in the Tennessee river at Four He will be held at the residence of his brother Dr W T S Burkett 04 Burdeshaw Street tomorrow at W e m with Rev A D Zyindan and Dr A J Dickinson officiating Burial will follow at Cair cemetery Ward Wilson on charge A name of Dothan Ne Burkett was long an Knarvilie She Wine of his death Surviving are W bo Preston II US Army on the Panfie daughter Mrs Mary Margaret Speers Montgomery 2s parents Mr and Mrs J W Burkett Bethan brother Dr W T Burk Dothar a sister Mrs RT Dickey Thom et
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Preston D. Burkett
Eoght
Tennessee
Foor
Jhis Brother
W T S Burkett
Burdeshaw Street
Wem
Zyinden
AJ Dickinson
Burtel
Cair
Ward-Wilson
Dothan
Burkett
Local church pallbearers named in service notes
Fragmentary list mentions pallbearers and church figures tied to a head Avenue parish. Names include Dye, Maurell Burkert, Standeksy, Summerford, Harting, and Pirsy Bap Churches. Deacons at the head Avenue ceremony are noted.
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Pote
Maurell Burkert
Summerford
Harting Honarery
Purple Heart Award For Staff Sergeant Hary Odmab
The Purple Heart Medal is awarded posthumously to Staff Sergeant Hary Odmab of Doiban route four wounds after March 4. The announcement says he was wounded while serving with the Lind Infantry and that his parents, Mr and Mrs By, Melnsh of Donen route previously learned of his injuries.
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Hary O Dmab
Doiban
Mra
Melnsh
Donen
Mclrush
Lind Infantry
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Fifth Army Headquarters
Henry G. Gwaltney
Optometrist Merrile Building
N. Fosetr
Louis L. Goldblatt
Lurie
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Pvt. McGee
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al Hoegh
Louis
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Mississippi
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Pottmaster
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Prohibition
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Dothan, Alabama
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Mighty
Houston Paper
Dothan, Ala
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