Dothan Firms Face CPA Count
Restraining orders issued against two Dothan firms and a complaint filed against an Ozark company show actions over price controls. Sullivan Supply Store and Tri-State Wholesale Dry Goods Co. faced injunctions for selling building materials and garments above ceiling prices set by the OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ozark
CPA
William V. Sullivan
Sullivan Supply Store
C. B. Kennemer
Montgomery
OPA
Paul A. Porter
Sullivan
Porter
Barney Blumenfield
Tri-State Wholesale Dry Goods Co
Dothen
Kennamer
Blumenfield
Sally Rand Arrested For Waving Fans Too Freely
Hollywood police arrest Sally Rand after a downtown theater show for staging an indecent display while performing her ostrich dance. Rand, 42, is released on $500 bail after booking by vice squad officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Sally Rand
Vice Squad
W. H. Madden
Dothan Bus Driver Fights Rabid Fox on Highway
Frank Newton a Dothan bus driver fought a rabid red fox on the Donaldsonville highway near the Georgia line. He and 35 passengers watched as Newton subdued the animal and a soldier delivered a fatal stab. Lab tests in Dothan confirmed rabies. Newton sustained a small bite and sought medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Newton
Dothan
Anne Irwin Cooper
Donaldsonville
Newton
Reynard
Eagle
Annie Irwin Cooper
Georgia Line
Tdoshan
National Flower Week Proclaimed in Alabama
Governor Chauncey Sparks announced November 3 to 10 as National Flower Week in Alabama. The proclamation honors flowers and encourages celebrations across the state.
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Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Alabama Ministers Oppose Amendment No 4 in Montgomery
Eighty Alabama clergymen from Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups call for defeat of Boswell Amendment No 4. Leaders argue it is undemocratic and would grant registrars arbitrary powers open to unjust use. Church officials urge clear citizenship standards applied fairly to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Wiregrass
A. B. Carlton
Geneva
A. M. Carlton
Curtis Memorial Methodist Church
Dothan
Charles Northcutt
Hugh
Thomas J. Toolen
Mobile
C. C. Daniel
The
Methodist Church
Crowning Of Queen To Climax Homecoming Day
Homecoming at Dothan High School features the crowning of Miss Fannie Alice Nall as queen at 7 15 p m in the stadium with Johnny Ree presiding. Pensacola Band and Dothan Band provide halftime music as students and visiting bands attend the celebration and dance at the Recreation Center following the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Dathan High School
DIS
Dathan's
Tripers
Pensaraia
Tigers
Serial
Recrecation
Johnny Ree
DHS
Fimmie Alice Nall
Pensacola
Dothan
Recreation Center
Laires
Duban
T. G. Vaughn
Privilege License Sales Higher At Probate Office
County clerks report that sales through Oct 31 reached 1 818 new licenses, nearing the 2 164 total for 1945 46. Delinquent fees at 15 percent apply after midnight Oct 31 for licenses, with auto bags expiring after Nov 15. City licenses faced a Friday closing hour, delaying delinquency to tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iclerks
OPA Lifts More Price Lids and Closes Local Offices
OPA lifts controls on nearly 100 items including dairy machinery lighting lumber and metal products. About 10 000 field workers will lose jobs in 30 days as local price boards 1642 of them are locked up permanently. The action cites balanced supply and demand or low cost impact.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
OPA
Crete
Alabama Cotton Growers Urge Immediate OPA Price Ceilings Removal
At the PILOX Alabama Farm Bureau convention delegates pressed for immediate removal of price ceilings on cotton products to spur trade. Senator-designate John Sparkman and Senator Hill heard proposals to end the 12N day limit on cotton purchases and to repeal ceilings on textiles as well.
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Pilox
Miss.ap
Alabama Cotton Growers
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
John Sparkman
Sparkman
OPA
John Steeman
Lister Hil
Robin Swift
V. V. Mitchel
Farm Bureau
Resolutions Committee
Hill
Alabama
Bruce Henderson
Whl
Cat Faces Down Rattlesnake Spotting Death With Calm Demeanor
Spot the cat calmly washing his face three feet from a rattlesnake that hissed and coiled to strike. Ellis and W K Dupree located the diamondback on Ashford route two, then Frank Dupree fired and killed the four foot eight inch snake with eight rattles.
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Spot
Frank Dupree
Ashford
Ellis
W. K
British Battle on Jewish Refugees in Haifa Harbor
In Haifa Harbor a clash erupted as 1 400 Jewish refugees attempted to board ships bound for Cyprus. British forces used tear gas and batons, beating at least six refugees while detaining others for transfer to Cyprus. Demonstrations and political pressure followed as the Jerusalem court considers deportation legality and future refugee handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Beristisy
Cyprus
Punepland
Tramsfer
Imterbimnent Carops
Baton
Peice
Podentia
Peter Fine
Paormer
Iestine
Bartien
Jevich Refusers
Alan Cunninghham
Biiteh
Piacestee
Mo Prankenstean
David Goitein
Aetron O
Goitein
Southern Bell Seeks 10 Percent Rate Increase in Georgia
ATLANTA AP Southern Bell Telephone asks the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve a rate hike generating about 2 500 000 in extra revenue a little over ten percent. Emery Georgia manager says the increase funds rising costs of material plant and equipment and the need to expand and improve service to support economic development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Souther Bell Telephone Sud Trlegrigah Cortegany
State Pathe Commission
Georgia
Emery
Raanigee
Rernery
Atone
New Radio Station Seeks Dothan Permit
Dowling Jr and Fritz filed with the Federal Communications Commission to operate a new radio station in Dothan Alabama on 700 kilocycles with one kilowatt power and daytime hours. The petition is in the name of Dowlander Broadcasting Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. A. Dowling, Jr
Owens Fritz
Gerald Alexander
Federal Commmunications Commission
Dothan
Ala
Dowlander Broadcasting Co
Absence of Lewis and Krug Cloud Coal Wage Talks
Government and United Mine Workers wage talks opened without UMW President John J. Lewis and Interior Secretary J A Krug present. Krug’s aide Navy Captain Collison attended for Krug’s side as operators condemn the government for entering negotiations and fear a partisan influence on coal policy amid past seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government
United Mine Workers
APL
UMW
John J. Lewis
Secretary of Interior
J. A. Krug
Lewis
Krug
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Tn Penient
John RR. Steelman
Oman
Spirit Of Houdini Fails To Show Up At Detroit Seance
Detroit seance organizer Robert Urgewitter led a night expecting Houdini to appear. The event ended with no apparition despite late arrivals and a 12 49 a m deadline, as Joe Cole warned magicians of possible disturbances. Beatrice Hooda had long sought contact with her late husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Houdini
Houdita
Bex
Clare Fiend
Tate
Beatrice Hooda
Joe Cole
Chinese Civil War Push Encircles Dairen Frontier
Government forces close to Dairen and Chefun as they encircle key Communist positions and threaten the Manchurian border. Air and ground actions erupt near Pulantion and Shashtung Peninsula despite engagements around Peiping and the Gulf of Chibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Masterson
Dairen
Tuo Lbroing
Antung
Nacionals
Qhefoo
Ghantuor Perucuda
Mianchura
Vyebhegen
Ceorgeuniefte
Oto Shastung Peninsula
Massechura
Carer Siniet
Fin de Mares
Polo Bridge
Peiping
Strorgt
Yubsier
Chaha
Shane
Bourder
Chefan
Dairengeporg
Gulf of Chibi
Hed Troupe
Pal Cote
Cotton Ginning in Henry County Falls in 1946
Census report shows 3,201 bales ginned in Henry County for the 1946 crop through October, down from 4,702 bales for 1945. Jack M Bridges, special agent, reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Fraro
Jack MM. Bridges
Senator Vanderberg rejects UN budget share with 25 percent ceiling
U S Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan tells UN delegates he cannot accept a 50 percent share of administrative costs and urges a 25 percent permanent ceiling, with a temporary 34 percent for 1947. He says peace costs require fairness and warns against burdening one or two nations. The debate unfolds as committees study more than 50 budget items.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Arthur H. Vanderberg
Rmich
United Nations
United States
Vandenberg
U. N
General Assembly
Congress
C. L. Heian
China
Chasing Meadows
New York City
San Francisco Bay Area
Warren RM. Austin
U. S
New York
Westchester County
Tidal Wave Fails To Strike Hawaii
A predicted tidal wave aimed at the Hawaiian Islands did not strike at the scheduled hour. Beach residents returned after evacuations as Navy warnings noted only minor sea activity along Oahu.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
T. H
Theavy
Hawaian Islands
Pacificc
Aleutians
Boethane
Tam
Oahu
Navy
Diamond Head
Dead Soldier's Chi Phi Brothers Hold Halloween Party Twins
In Tuscaloosa a Charlie Phi house held a Halloween party for twins Jack and Gene Williams born days after their father's Normandy death on D-Day. Their mother Mary Tyson and about 40 nursery school playmates attended as decorations and a pony ride plus a choo choo train entertained the children. One balloon mishap caused no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Soldier
Chi Phi Brothers
Hallowe’en
Tituuscaloosa
Cip
Jack God
Gene Willams
Jaciw
Gene Herbert Willams
Normandy
Yuli
Mary Tyson
Mobile
University of Alabama Day Nursery School
Jack
Gene
Doug Porch
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Cat Riles
Mickey Harrell Jabovel
Okhihamia
Oklahoma
Haifa
Southern Bell
New Radio Station
Delproit
Warren R. Austin
UN General Assembly
Ussr
NEA Telephotor
Chefoo
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