Wage panel opens wartime living costs debate
The labor board begins a wartime living costs inquiry as miners seek higher pay from 250 to 15 a day, unions plan actions, and rail workers vote on increased wages while steel workers push for more. The Petroleum and Chamber of Commerce criticize pay increases.
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Wamington
John L. Lewis Sted
Wiliam H. Davis
WLE
Coning
Unitedites Chamber of Commerce
Ickes
UMW
War Manpower Commissarate
County Board Revokes Vice Officer Post Until Nominations Rise
Houston County Board of Revenue adopts a formal motion to revoke the county vice officer position until a sufficient number of nominations are received. The action, proposed by Perry Hhroun and sealed by L. W. Boswell, follows a failed nomination count, with two names submitted and a third expected to be considered later. The move reflects wartime veteran service pressures and the need for adequate nominations to appoint an officer.
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Houston County Board of Venue
Perry Hhroun
L. W. “Doc” Boswell
The
American Legion
Ashford Post
Allie Otter
Dothan
Joe Kan
Marstood
Soviet drive disrupts Axis lines in southwest push
Soviet forces advance in a southwest breakthrough threatening Rumani and Garms towns as Allied troops break enemy positions near Brivioh and Sinelia. New air support and reinforcements aim to blunt Axis invasions across the region while operations focus on Gar minor strongholds.
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Rumala
Tif
Rumaner
Garmans
U. B
Britieh
Garm
Brivioh
Sinelia Riv
Apture Scerni
Casal Pacific
New Air
Europe
Garlel
Lindon
Mary
Allies Gird For New Drive Toward Rome
Allied reports say Gaeta likely abandoned by Germans as Fifth Army pushes inland. British Eighth Army advances five miles along the Adriatic, seizing the Sinello river line and venturing toward the Sangro. American forces under Clark gain about a mile, capturing Calabritto as they move through rugged terrain.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Gaeta
Rome
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Sinello
Sangro
Scernil
Cuasabordino
Carunchio
Salcito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mark W Clark
A Americana
Calabritto
1 100 000 Railway Employees Granted Hourly Pay Increase
Washington AP A presidential board with Wingon approval recommends wage boosts from 4 to 10 cents hourly for 1.1 million railroad workers. Union leaders call the plan unsatisfactory while 15 unions vote on a strike and pressure Congress to enforce the earlier 9 cent raise basis.
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Washington
Fred M. Wingon
B M Jewell
Pall Employes
Jewell
Gorge M Harrison Presdent
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Vinson
Carriera
Presidential Board
Judge Sollie Dies At Ozark Home In 1920s Era
Judge Mike Sollie, longtime Alabama attorney and Wiregrass political figure, died at his Ozark home after a long illness. He served in the 1901 Constitutional Convention and as judge of the Dale Barbour Bullock and Russell counties circuit. He represented Dale County in the 1923 legislature and attended the Democratic National Convention in Houston. Survived by his wife, three sons, and several grandchildren, funeral arrangements were announced for today at 3 p.m.
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Ozark
Mike Bolle
Alabama
Wighty
Sollie
Dale
Barvour
Bullock
Russell
Dale County
Houston
Tex
U. S. Army
Joy Frank
James Gels
Clark
Mies Marie Aes Goltie
Ourk
Cotton crop set at 11,442,000 bales for 1943
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1943 cotton crop at 11,442,000 bales of 600 pounds each based on November 1 conditions. A month earlier the forecast was 11,478,000 bales. Last year produced 12,824,000 bales, with the ten year average at 12,474,000. States show minor reductions due to October killing frost in NC, TN, MO, slight gains in GA, MS, LA, OK, while other states show no change. Indicated lint yield per acre averages 25.34 pounds, vs 25.12 last month and 27.25 last year. Census reports 9,061,252 running bales ginned by Nov 1, down from last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Texan
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Graceville Fire Devours Peanut Plant Loss Estimated
Graceville Florida fire at Greenwood Products Company plant caused damage estimated around one million dollars in a ten million pound pile of peanuts. Plant manager G W Morrow said shelving and warehouse were destroyed with some salvage possible but unlikely to exceed 50 percent. Fire departments from Marianna and nearby areas aided in extinguishing the blaze.
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Graceville
Fla
Greenwood Products Company
G. W. Morrow
Dabria Morrow
Morrow
Marianna
Board Increases Funds To Operate Extension Offices
The county Board of Revenue approved a small budget increase for farm work and home demonstration activities after a delegation from the county agent’s office and home demonstration agents outlined staffing and funding problems. The total agriculture appropriation is 6880, with 6300 for the Auburn Extension Service, and the boost covers secretarial help, supplies, incidentals, and Negro county agent rent. The increase takes effect November 1 and includes 300 for secretarial work, 300 for supplies, 4180 for office rent, with officials Co M Ling, Miss Fran Mallette, and Miss Olivia Barnes present.
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County Board of Revenue
Home Demonstration
Emmett Sizemore
Alabama Extension Service
Auburn
Sizemore
Co. M Ling
Misr
Fran Mallette
Miss Oilvia Barnes
Rain Deluge Knocks Out 200 Phones At City Airport
Heavy rain, the heaviest in three months, dumped about 2.70 inches from 2 pm yesterday to 5 am today at the municipal airport. The Civil Aeronautics Authority reports about 200 telephone lines out of service while other areas reported no damage or interference. Information from G BR McKelvey, telephone executive.
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Doohan
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Muniscipal
G. BR. McKelvey
United Nations to Sign Rehabilitation Plan UNRRA
At noon tomorrow the White House hosts 44 international delegates to sign the United Nations Rehabilitation and Rehabilita tion Agreement UNRRA the first UN venture to aid war victims. Delegates including foreign ministers from some nations will sign on behalf of their governments and President Roosevelt will speak at the ceremony broadcast across networks.
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James D. White
Washington
White House
United Nations
Roosevelt
Wartime Leaders Called to White House Conference
AP reports General George Marvelall Army chief of staff General H H Arnold and Admiral Ernest J King chief of naval operations were summoned to the White House for an afternoon conference with the President. The subject was not disclosed. Also, the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote on a bill barring poll tax collection for federal officer elections. In Munich, Hitler met with Nazi veterans in a beer cellar, urged loyalty, praised Germans for not backing any traitor, and forecast continuation of the war to victory or annihilation.
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Washington
George ©. Marvelall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Airforce
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
APT
Senate Judiciary Committee
London
Adolf Hitler
Nasi
Munich
Betting on Armistice Date in Britain After Front News
In Britain a growing crowd bets on an early end to the war possibly by year’s end. Churchill dismisses fixed dates while Attlee cautions against assuming imminent victory. Public optimism rises, buoyed by fronts reports and Moscow talks, though officials offer cautious forecasts.
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London
Allied Council
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Clement Attlee
Lloyd's
Aeelon
Moscow
Critics of Army Expansion Irked By Draft Issue
Washington AP report on stalled conference talks over delaying pre Pearl Harbor draft for fathers. Deadlock centered on a provision removing War Manpower Commission chief Paul V. McNulty from draft authority and directing delegation of Selective Service power to Major General L. B. Hershey. Johnson notes failure to adopt the provision.
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Washington
Benate
House
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNult
Johnson
D.-Cole
Senate
L. B Hershey
Convicts Break From Georgia Camp Seize Guns
Eleven long term inmates blasted from Douglas prison camp using shotguns wounding one guard and forcing others to surrender their care. Clarence Cox, 57, died later from buckshot wounds. Two escapees were caught nearby. four others fled into woods as mass breakouts occur amid prison reform plans.
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Douglas
Clarence Cox
Camila
Dougjag
Cox
Alte
Woodlands
Georgia
Cartersville
Ellis Arenell
Aystem
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Alma
Pulla Chin
L. W. Wildes
Byrd
J. W. Razel
Wildes
Draft Call For Draft Induction In Houston County
Officials said delinquents who failed to inform the draft board of current addresses would be reported to the U S District Attorney. All who do not notify of change of address will be classified I A and ordered for induction. Calls for November are completed and Negroes scheduled for physicals have been notified. white registrants will be notified later this week.
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Officiele
Houston County
Betective Bervice Board
U. S District Attorney
Allied bombers hit Rabaul and Bougainville in new raids
Allied forces report heavy aerial strikes in the southwest Pacific. Beauforts scored a probable torpedo hit on a Japanese cruiser at Simpson Harbor, with earlier actions sinking or damaging multiple ships near Rabaul, Bougainville, and New Guinea. MacArthur's units conducted a night sweep, igniting large fires as fighters pressed the campaign.
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Bimpson Harbor
Rabaul
New Ireland
Adm
William F. Halsey
Bougainville
New Guinea
Vanalanau
MacArthur
Unite
Lull In Southwest Pacific Foreshadows Trouble For Japs
Allied headquarters report a Pacific lull that may hit Japan harder than the Allies. After a week of American advances toward Rabaul and Bougainville, Japan appears mauled and low on supplies. Allied air and sea actions inflicted heavy losses on enemy cruisers and destroyers while sustaining minimal Allied aircraft losses.
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Southwest Pacific
Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters
Japan
South Pacific
Salamans
Hougainvilla Ysland
Rabaul
Douging MacArthur
Marfare
Alr Ac
Report Says Negro Drunk When Killed At Gor don Station
Sheriff B G Farmer said a State toxicologist report from Auburn found Wash Puerramore, a Negro, at the Atlantic Coast Line station in Gordon last Thursday morning was under the influence of intoxicants at the time of death. The report cited National Safety Council records and a blood specimen showing a stage of intoxication with disturbed sensations, staggering gait, and slurred speech.
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B. G. Farmer
Auburn
Puerramore Negro
Gordon
National Safety Council
Parramore
Mile An Hour Advance Rolls Toward Rumania
A Moscow report via Reuters says the Red Army pushed swiftly toward the Romanian border after capturing Fagior, advancing along the Dnieper bend at about 14 miles per day. Russians claimed gains beyond Purtof and Purtov, sweeping up 70 towns as they press Nazi lines and threaten to trap German forces in the Ukraine. The Berlin side noted Soviet pressure south of Kiev, with heavy fighting and reinforcements moving to the Perekop Isthmus, while the 26th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution found Russians within 43 miles of the Latvian border as Germans suffer losses.
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London
Red Army
Fagior
Hiav
Ukraine
Krivol Rog
Reuters
Moacow
Purtov
Dnieper
Fostov
Moscow
Bamiete
Rumania
Teahnsula
North Central
Alabama War Chest Donations Lagging in State Drive
Alabama War Chest Inc officials reported 836210 pledged toward a 1176316 goal. Twenty one of 87 counties exceeded their quotas, including Limestone, DeKalb, Lamar, Hale, Marengo, Wilcox, Chambers, Lanett, Tallapoosa, Baldwin, Monroe, Barbour and Dale. Names of other counties were not released.
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Birmingham
Alabama War Chest, Inc
Tadey
Limestone
DaKalb
Lamar
Hala
Marengo
Wilcox
Chambers
Lanett Tallapoosa
Baldwin
Monroe Barbour
Dale Namey
Nazis Claim Attacks On Allied Transports Off North Africa
London AP reports the German high command says German planes struck an Allied convoy of 22 fully-laden troop transports off North Africa yesterday, claiming bomb and torpedo hits on 13 vessels and two destroyer escorts. No Allied confirmation of recent convoy attacks exists.
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London
Germanigh Command
North Africa
Thousands Battle Woodland Blazes in Southern California
In Santa Monica and surrounding counties thousands of firefighters battled brush and woodland fires likely incendiary in origin. Flames swept the Santa Monica mountains and spread over hundreds of square miles, with acreage burned across San Diego Riverside and Orange Counties as crews persisted through the day.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
B. S
San Diego
Riverside
Orenge
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Polishes County Vvice
Mike Sollie
Lewisburg
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Ala
Board
Rehabilitation Plan of
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Southweast Pacific Allied Headquarters
Krivoi Rog
Alabama War Chest
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