AMVETS Post to Organize in Dothan32
Plans are under way to form Post Number Three of the American Veterans of World War II in Dothan. The first meeting will be held the last of next week, announced James D. Gentle of Post One, Montgomery. The group emphasizes constitutional duties, liberty, peace, democracy, mutual aid, and wartime camaraderie.
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James D. Gentle
Montgomery
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Eagle
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Boswell Amendment Read as Racially Charged Editorial
The Eagle editorial opposes the Boswell Amendment while questioning its aim to bar voters. It cites reports by Maj. Guy Hardwick and others, notes endorsements and oppositions from Folsom and Sparkman, and warns of retroactive disenfranchisement and biased registrar appointments in Houston County.
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No Fires In Week But Calm Is Broken By Two Alarms
The City Fire Department reported two fires breaking a week of no fires. A pole on West Main at 1400 blazed with negligible damage, and at 516 Headland Avenue J C Register’s home a flooded oil stove smoked with only smoke damage.
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J. C. Register
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Government to hand price control duties back to citizens
Agency officials say twin moves save 10 million in salaries rents and other expenses as OPA winds down before its June 30 deadline. Porter states local boards can curb inflation while production rises. Wholesale food prices drop 3.2 percent week to week though still high versus last year. OPA staff reduced to about 24 000 with many set for dismissal. Decontrol expands to textiles hats millinery and various household and industrial items.
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Paul Porter
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Disarmament Talks Pivot to International Inspection Concepts
The United States and Soviet Union narrowed to leadership roles as both sides explored a system of international inspections to safeguard arms control. Washington described such safeguards as revolutionary, potentially monitoring atomic resources and ending secret weapons, while Moscow pressed for limits tied to broader arms controls.
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Russia
Soviet Union
America
Yost Blackwell Lumber Co Faces OPA Complaint in Montgomery
The Yost Blackwell Lumber Co of Ozark with president W J Yost is named in an OPA case filed by Administrator Porter Jasting for treble damages. The suit claims sales of pie and other hardwood lumber to furniture firms exceeded price ceilings, seeking 4134.32 in treble damages. Filed Oct 31 in the Middle District of Alabama, the case is undecided.
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Yost Blackwell Lumber Co
Ozark
W. J. Yost
Porter
Mrs. E. S. Cook 79 Dies at Home in Kinsey Community
Funeral services for Mrs. E S Cook seventy nine who died Thursday at her daughter s home on Dothan route four were held at Beulah Church with Rev A D Zbinden officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Surviving are her daughter Mrs Parker two sons G G Cook and C L Cook a sister Mrs Dora Kennedy two brothers J D and Clarence Trimble ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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C. T. Martin
John Jarvis
D. E. Skinner
Chester Hollis
Ed Jarvis
Mack Clemmons
Huey Ritch
P. L. Steele
W. H. Hardy
J. D. Jarvis
Charlie Owens
W. G. Chaney
O. M. Hughes
R. N. Gentry
B. D. Sellers
Dothan Lions Hear Navy Peace Time Plans
Parnell Lewis spoke at the Dothan Lions Club on the Navy sea force plans for peace time. He described ship care methods and anchorage deployments. New member Joe McKinney and visitor Earl McGowan attended. A few tickets remain for the Alabama B University of Havana football game at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium on November 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are sold at Rainer Studio No. Two.
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Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Dudley 69
Funeral rites were conducted at Sims cemetery for Mrs. Clementine Dudley age 66 who died at her home south of Marianna. Rev. C. H. Fort officiated and Neal Funeral Home directed interment. Survivors include son John Dudley and daughter Mrs. Percy Melvin of Marianna, brothers Dock Brock of Marianna and Buck Brock of Millville, and sisters Mrs. Lula Tharpe of Chipley and Mrs. Nina Cappadonica of Pensacola.
Miners Push for Reopening of Agreement Amid Wage Highs
The owners warn against reopening as miners earn more than any other workers and enjoy favorable conditions. Lewis sends five UMW officials led by John O Leary to the conference with Collisson. Collisson and Kruz want talks with the mine owners, but Lewis seeks government first. No commitment from Krug or Collisson on reopening.
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John O'Leary
Collisson
Collis
Alabama Farm Bureau Meet Lets Plan Tax Break Act
Henderson said at the Alabama Farm Bureau convention he would push an enabling act in the 1947 Legislature to cut the state's ad valorem tax by one half mill for every $500000 from income tax. Income tax dollars are pledged by the constitution for this use, but the measure has never been enacted.
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Alabama Farm Bureau Convention
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All-Day Sing at Suutville Negro Baptist Church
An all day sing will be held at Suutville Negro Baptist Church nine miles south of Dothan on November 16 and 17. Luncheon will be served on the grounds and the public is invited to attend.
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Suutville Negro Baptist Church
Dothan
Sub-Station Opened At Columbia For Army Recruiting
The local Army Recruiting Station opened a new sub-station in Columbia with Wednesday hours 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Master Sergeant William E Crosby outlined next weeks itineraries for Geneva Hartford Slocomb Ozark Headland Abbeville and Enterprise. Horace OD Averett and Crosby will cover Mondays and Thursdays in several towns. Re-enlistment urged. Dothan office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday led by Lt John J Krause.
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William E. Crosby
Crosby
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Slocomb
Ozark
Chamber of Commerce
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Abbeville
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Horace OD. Averett
Dothan
John J. Krause
Absentee Ballots Returned Here from Houston County
Of 48 absentee ballots sent to voters outside Houston County, 34 have been returned. Probate Judge Saxon Poyner said returns postmarked before midnight October 31 will be counted. ballots mailed after will not be accepted.
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Houston County
Saxon Poyner
Poyner
Automobile Damaged Slightly In Foster Street Crash
A car driven by Mrs Clyde Lovern was damaged slightly in a crash on Foster Street between Main and Troy yesterday noon. Her car struck Mildred Sells vehicle as it pulled from the curb, with the incident reported to police headquarters today.
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Navy Recruiting Staff Here Is Implemented
The local Navy Recruiting Station reports Chief Boatswain's Mate Richard D. Epley 26 has joined its personnel staff. He previously served at Gadsden and Birmingham recruiting stations and is from Towanda Pennsylvania, with plans to settle here.
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USN
Richard D. Epley
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Gadsden
Birmingham
Towanda
State of Alabama sworn document record
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day October, 1946 in Houston County Alabama, noting official acknowledgment of a legal or civil filing recorded by the local registrar.
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State OF Alabama
Houston County
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