Exploding Heater Sparks Bedroom Fire at Adams Street
Fire damaged wallpaper and bedroom ceiling in a residence at 401 West Adams Street after a heater exploded. Fire Chief J E Zigiar said the device ignited the room as occupants fled. Family present but uninjured as flames were contained to that area. A stray, garbled note mentions island beliefs and candy rations.
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J. No
Weat
Adams Street
J. EB. Zigiar
Gald
Hester
Sue
Jared
Budget Cuts and Surplus Dangers Highlight War Report
The committee detailed large reductions in 1940s federal programs, citing $6.7 million from War Manpower, $150 million from war housing, and $1.06 million from the Treasury, amid fears of unsupervised surplus disposal and uneven agency coordination. It also noted support for emergency medical care and wartime propaganda impacts on enemy forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul McNan
War Manpower Commission
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
Interior Department
Treasury Department
Sir William Black Atane
Budget Bureau
House of Representatives
House
Heariage
Office of War Informaon
McNutt
Black Person Held As ABC Law Violator Here
Public safety note reports the arrest of a Black individual for violating ABC law. Law officers Celestin Easterwood and W S Allsup visited Clover area after a failed court appearance in a prior Cosnts Court session. The case involves Inventi vuias 1. C Easterwood.
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ABC
Tevesignem
Livverage Vaturl Busrd
Meadow Glover
ABC Ac
Ane Serif
Inventivuias 1. C
Easterwood Snd
W. Ss. Allsup
Clover
Eheriita Olhre
Unclear fragment summarizes wartime dispatches
A damaged OCR fragment notes winter struggles on the Eastern Front with German forces poorly equipped and Soviet tactics strengthening, mentioning the Red Army and German supply issues amid harsh winter conditions.
Delegates Debate Centralization and Farm Policy At Meeting
Number 16 continues from page one as delegates from states including Roanoke Florence Athens Scottsboro Cullman Tallassee Montgomery and Abbeville elect an executive committee and address fears of centralized power in Washington. They urge support for Commodity Credit Corporation AAA and farm security administration functions while criticizing price control and praising state extension service administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S Kirk
Roanoke
Washington
Sali
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
Farm Security Administration
Extension Service
D. Kilburn
Florence
M. C. Grisham
Athens
J. B. Benson
Scottsboro
C.H Wimke
Cullman
A. I. Stone
Tuscaloosa
B. H H. Hond
Jacksonville
WV. V. Mitchell
Tallassee
W. C. Givhan
Safford
CW. Rittenour
Montgomery
Allied push toward Rome seals gains in Italy
British and American forces under Gen Clark drive Germans from Massico, Tudge and San Croce positions, reach the coastal road beyond Sessa Aurunca. Montgomery’s Richth Army crosses the Trigno, repels Nazi counterattacks at San Salvo, with tanks and artillery pressed against the line and prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Rothwel
Clark
Massico Tudge
San Croce
Cenes
Rome
Sessa Aurunca
Roccamontina
Tenno At
Font of San Croce
Presenznano
Mignano
Richth
Montgomery
Trigno
Orginal
San Salvo
Nazia
War Years Policy Notes and Budget Figures
Continued from page one reports Stimson on two great victories in Russia and lists requests for funding to fight disease control, farm adaptation projects, and turpentine yield increases. Laurence Ay Knapp accuses Nazis of blackmail in Latin America for ransom tied to relatives from Germany. Brig. Gen. Hines estimates wartime hospital bed needs at 801,000, triple postwar requirements.
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Ae Pets
Laurence Ay Knapp
Knion
Emergency Advisory Committee For Politcal Defense
Narix
Franke Hines
Federal
Two Negro Women Wounded By Knives Reported
Two African American women were wounded by knives in an afternoon attack near Baptist Bottom. Georg Paupey suffered facial and back cuts, while the second victim received arm injuries. Both were hospitalized as police investigated with City detectives Taylor Hicks and Wes Herring and officers Jonathan Hilson and Barney Patterson leading the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Botton
Aunce
Georg Paupey
Boli Anid
Liewied
Taylor Hicks
Wes Herring
Jona Hilson
Barney Patterson
Graduate Of Napier Killed At Courtland
A Night Instructor was killed and another instructor injured yesterday in a plane crash at Courtland Army Air Field. Lt. Charles Edwin Hutchinson 28 of Mobile was killed and survived by his parents and sister. The injured instructor was 2nd Lt Melvin T. Beecroft of Los Angeles. Hutchinson was commissioned at Napier Field Dothan in July and reported to Courtland field soon after.
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Courtland Ale
Courtland Army Air Field
Zod
Charles Edwin Hutchinson
Mobile
Edwin J. Hutchinson
Gertrude Hutchinson
Natedma
Melvin T. Beecroft
Los Angeles
Hutchinson
Napier Field
Dothan
Courtland Field
Negro Held Here On Assault Charge
Sergeant George Garrett said James Barnes was arrested early today and turned over to the sheriff on a charge of rape. Bertha Mae Crowley swore out the warrant alleging the offense. Crowley said Barnes escorted her from the bus station to find a room and forced her into his room where he attacked her. Barnes denied the charge, claiming Crowley willingly submitted to his attentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Garrett
James Barnes
Sheriff's Office
Barnes
Bertha Mae Crowley
Garrett
Crowley
Kyser brothers guide police to bus stop in capture
Police said George appeared at the Kyser garage in Prichard early today. Young Kyser and his brother Dewey directed him to a bus stop and gave confusing directions before summoning Patrolman Sanders. Jack Kyser accompanied the officer to identify George. Details of the encounter are unavailable.
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Young Kyser
Dewey
Kyser
Prichard
George
Sanders
Jack Kyser
International Authority and Sovereign Equality Referenced
The text notes a section of the Moscow declaration revised to include as essential the creation of a general international organization. It emphasizes the Senate's recognition of the need for a timely establishment open to all peace-loving states for maintaining international peace and security, based on sovereign equality.
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vThat
Senate
Supreme Court Grants New Trial in Parra Case
Supreme Court reversed a lower court and ordered a new trial for Parra. He was acquitted in July at the Houston Circuit court, and a confession he signed shortly after arrest was later repudiated as coerced. Warren was also tried for murder in a case involving Emmett Lovelace, a plantation owner killed near Gordon.
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Supreme Court
Houston
Parramore
Warren
Durese
Emmett Lovelace
Gordan
Farmers May Get Milk Cans Now
Farmers may purchase milk cans from county farm rationing committees or state boards for milk handling. Each farmer may buy up to two cans per quarter, with extensions possible if user needs exceed the limit. Certification as a farmer is required to obtain cans.
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Houston County
Une County Farm Rae
Cutbrett
Coshman
Aoung War Board
County Farm Rationing Committee
Curemillen
State War Board
Calbreth
King Vittorio Emanuele Arrives in Naples Amid Abdication Talks
Reports say King Vittorio Emanuele landed at Brindisi and traveled to Naples to confer with Count Carlo Sforza and other abdication supporters. Sforza reportedly declined a meeting with the King while in Brindisi after returning from the United States.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Tecogniso
Brindisi
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Sforza
United States
Major Allied Bombing Campaign Expands Across Europe
Vast air strikes by American heavy bombers and RAF forces target Austrian and German industrial centers including Wiener Neustadt and Wilhelmshaven. The offensives, aided by a weather window, hit Duesseldorf and Cologne, with prior raids on Essen, Basel, and other targets. Losses include five heavy bombers and two fighters amid a claimed drop of over 1,000 tons of explosives.
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Social Demokraten
Sa3
Ig Moore
United States
Mediterranen Theater
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Duesseldorf
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Air Ministry
Germany
Krupps
Essen
Verenigte Stahlwerke
Cologne
Basel
USAAF
Endorsement urged for $2,000,000 Birmingham Southern endowment
Stricken with a heart attack Monday night, Bishop Decell's condition was reported as satisfactory by attendants at a Mobile hospital. Dr. George Stewart, president of Birmingham Southern College, urged an endowment of $2,000,000 for the college. The education committee reported that Birmingham Southern had retired all bonded indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Decell
George Stewart
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham, Southern
Farm Bureau Plans Membership Drive in Houston County
Houston County Farm Bureau plans a drive to add 1,000 members this month, aiming to boost total to 1,000. Delegates from Houston County attended the state convention and reported growth of Alabama Farm Bureau across the state as committees finalize for the campaign.
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Houston County
Alabama Formo Federation Bureau
Co Sumasiiic
Ump
Hoon Ti Keowha
Cavin Harrison
Dothan
E G. Jones
Ashford
J. A. Holladay
Cottonwood
Eugesa Dinsey
Dthan
Knowles
C M Ling
Farm Bureau
Alabims Farm Bureau
Houston
Coal miners' wage dispute eases as production resumes
Ickes and UMW President Lewis reached a government settlement allowing wage gains for bituminous miners and outlining contract talks with private operators. Production slowly-restores after a three-day government seizure and a history of four strikes this year. Byrd condemns the walkout as violation of anti-strike provisions. War Labor Board weighs the pact as anthracite miners gain 70 cents daily under existing formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
United Mine Workers
Nolces
Lewis
Byrd
D.-Va
John Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
UMW
Miners to Extend Day Under New Labor Pact
Birmingham district miners face longer shifts as new wage and time rules replace the old contract. Workers earn less per day while producing longer hours and added travel time to and from underground work. United Mine Workers officials hope to resume production today as local unions act on back-to-work orders amid widespread industry disruption.
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Birmingham
Hshaed
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Washington
John J. Hanratty
UMW International
UMW
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Congress
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Chen
Napier
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