Donald M. McGriff of Headland Dies
Donald Murry McGriff, 43, of Headland died this morning at a Dothan hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at Headland Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by wife Lila Mae. children Donald Jr, Martha Kate, Jeannine. mother Dora McGriff. two brothers Bill and Tom. two sisters Mrs. Dick Holmes and Mrs. Amna Camp. Headland Mortuary in charge.
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Donald Murry McGriff
Headland
Dothan
Headland Baptist Church
Roby J. Lee
Rev. West
McGriff
Lila Mae McGriff
Donald McGriff, Jr
Martha Kate
Jeannine McGriff
Dora McGriff
Bill McGriff
U. S. Army
Tom McGriff
Dick Holmes
Pensacola
Fla
Amna Camp
U S Opposes Coercive Action On Franco Spain
AP dispatch from Lake Success reports the United States backing a UN Security Council move to reconsider five rejected members and opposing coercive action against Franco Spain. Washington signals support for blanket admission of the five, while condemning Madrid but resisting a worldwide break in relations.
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Albania
Outer Mongolia
United States
Madrid
Poland
Russia
Assembly
Security Council
Social Security Act Has 2 Main Features
Dothan office manager Harry N. Scott clarifies two core elements of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Act. One, reaching the 65 year retirement age if one lives long enough. two, if death occurs before 65, most often dependents are left, prompting emphasis on complete employer and employee Social Security data for proper returns.
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Harry N. Scott
Dothan
Scott
MacArthur Directs Political Purge
Tokyo AP reports a government directed by General MacArthur orders a purge of 250000 to 400000 ultranationalist officials from prefectural rural and ward posts. The screening aims to remove those who spread Tokyo’s war message to countryside voters.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Peary’s Grandson Reported Lost in Portland
A nine year old boy walked into police headquarters in Portland and told the desk sergeant he was lost. He identified himself as Robert E. Peary III grandson and namesake of the Arctic explorer.
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Portland
Robert, E. Peary, III
Three Automobiles Damaged In Crashes In Dothan
Two accidents near Dothan yesterday left three cars slightly damaged. At N Foster and Adams streets around 7 p m Mrs Lois Willoughby Baker and Marlon Franklin Jones collided causing damage to Jones taxi. No injuries or charges.
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Dothan
Lois Willoughby Baker
Marlon Franklin Jones
N. Foster
Adams
Jones
Woodland Drive
Catalpa St
Tedus Eugene Burkhart
Charles Alford Lewis
Higgins Denied RFC Loan Declares He'll Build His Own Homes
New Orleans reports Andrew J. Higgins, famed wartime builder, vows to construct 10 000 veterans' houses in 1947 without RFC funding after his 12 million loan plea was rejected. He blames bureaucracy, vows progress despite government delay and criticizes officials.
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Higgins
RFC
New Orleans
Andrew J. Higgins
Assembly
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Hannegan blamed for party defeat seeks resignation talk
Kansas City sources say Hannegan should resign as national chairman and Missouri national committeeman after Tuesday's loss. Friends doubt his Cabinet post will be given up. Truman is expected to keep him. Republicans push a team play approach with Taft and Martin outlining a joint legislative plan.
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Kansas City
Hannegan
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Senate
House
North Carolina
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Brewster
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Labor tensions and strikes ripple through unions and media
In Washington speculation grows that restrictive labor laws could push Lewis toward settlements for four issues to avoid a strike by 400,000 miners. Trans World Airline pilots study a government arbitration plan to end their day old walkout over wages. Pickets pick Camden newspapers as executives replace striking workers at the CN J Courier-Post. Hollywood leaders in a seven week old movie strike meet with Joseph D Keenan of the Chicago Federation of Labor to discuss future jurisdictional disputes.
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Palicy
Washington
Congress
Lewis
Trans World
Camden
CN. J. Courier-Post
Local 10
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Hollywood
Joseph D. Keenan
Chicago Federation of Labor
Police Headquarters Interior Getting Fresh Coat This Week
City police headquarters offices and the garage are receiving a new white and grey paint job this week as part of a routine maintenance project. The work aims to refresh the building’s interior while operations continue.
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City Police Headquarters
Appearance Docket Call Sets Civil Pleadings Session
Circuit Judge D C Halstead issued a call for the appearance docket to take up civil pleadings today. The session is attended by lawyers only.
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D. C. Halstead
Sumter Cogswell Dies Father of Pell City 85
Sumter Cogswell 85 longtime Pell City mayor for 14 years and landowner who helped found the city died at his home. Born in Cuarteston D C he bought a 400 acre tract in 1890 that became Pell City Later he sold and repurchased much of it in 1901 and built a textile plant before selling to Avondale Mills in 1919 He is survived by his wife a son in Chattanooga an adopted son three daughters and a brother.
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Pell City
Ala
Sumter Cogswell
Cuarteston
D. C
Cogswell
Louis D. Brandeis
U. S. Supreme Court
Avondale Mills
Alabama
Lydia E. Cogswell
Righter Cogswell
Chattanooga
Jack Degaris
M. O. Stranes
Dean Davis
Charleston
Charles Bales
Scottsboro
Col
Julius Cogswell
John Alec McKeller Dies At Ozark Home
John Alec McKeller, seventy one, died this morning at his Ozark home after a short illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11:00 in Old Salem Church. Headland Mortuary handles arrangements. Survivors include wife Kate of Ozark four daughters Minous Byrd Enterprise Tommy Carter Covington Ky A B Johnson Louisville Ala and Howard Sanford Ozark. one brother Dan McKeller Jakin Ga.
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John Alec McKeller
Ozark
Old Salem Church
Headland Mortuary
McKeller
Kate McKeller
Minous Byrd
Enterprise
Tommy Carter
Covington
A. B
Committeemen Train For New Farmers Home Admin Roles
A Friday training school led by H. S. Sexton introduced county F C committee members to their duties under the newly formed Farmers Home Administration created by consolidating the Farm Security Administration with the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Administration. In Houston County the FHA office lists W Y Cook Dennis F Gowder Mary B Pittman and Edwar K Johnson with committee members Ben Sellers Clarence Meadows and Eugene Hollis.
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H. €. Sexton
FHA
F. C
Farmers’ Home Administration
Farm Security Administration
Emergency Crop
Feed Loan Administration
Houston County
W. Y. Cook
Dennis F. Gowder
Agricultural Aid
Mary B. Pittman
Edwar K. Johnson
Ben
Sellers
Clarence Meadows
Eugene Hollis
Columbia Lions Club Plans Dial Telephone System
The Columbia Lions Club discussed the United Nations charter presented by Rev. Marvin Warwick and M. W. Merritt. They burned a note representing final payment on the football field and voted to push for a dial telephone system in Columbia with a committee to explain benefits to subscribers.
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Columbia
United Nations
Columbia Lions Club
Marvin Warwick
Metapedist Church
M. W. Merritt
Lions
The
Highway bids asked for Ozark Skipperville projects
Montgomery AP reports the State Highway Department invites bids by November 29 on a $3.3 million block of road contracts under a $20 million program begun in January. The package covers 174 miles across 20 counties with multiple grading drainage and double surface treatment works in Barbour and Dale counties including roads near Comer Spring Hill Rutherford Baker Hill Edwin Ozark and Skipperville.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Barbour County
Comer - Spring Hill - Rutherford
Baker Hill
Edwin
Dale County
Ozark
Skipperville
One Little Word Can Make Big Difference
In Montgomery the road sign on Norman Bridge road was changed from Danger slow men at work to Danger. Men at work, demonstrating how a single word shifts the warning and tone of public notices.
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Montgomery
Norman Bridge Road
Futures Jumped Seven to Ten Dollars Higher Per Bale
Futures closed seven to ten dollars per bale higher than the previous close indicating a strong gain in the market. Strong buying pressure pushed prices up across the bale contracts with traders citing steady demand and limited supply.
Boy Plays Hockey Loses Both Hands in Mine Accidents
In Charles City County Virginia 11 year old Charles Scalf lost both hands while playing hockey at a school. His father Burdine Scalf says the boy slipped from school and rode a slate bucket to the mine where his hands were mangled in pulleys. All ten fingers were permanently damaged.
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St, Charles
Charles Scalf
Burdine Scalf
Charles
Broadcasts To U S From Moscow Cut Off Without Notice
American radio correspondents in Moscow have been cut off from transmitting to the United States after Soviet authorities halted short wave facilities for winter schedules. CBS NBC and ABC reported no comment as they consider protests to restore access. The outage began Oct 7 and affects three correspondents: Richard C. Hottelet, Robert Magidon, and Edmund Stevens.
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New York
Moscow
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
U. S
Russia
Radio
Krug to Resume Soft Coal Talks After Western Trip
Interior Secretary J A Krug returns to take over negotiations with John L Lewis less than two weeks before miners threaten new shut down. He attends a cabinet meeting with unclear discussion on coal while others report no talks. Krug may confer with President Truman before negotiations resume Monday.
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Krug
Washington
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
White House
Patterson
Tom Clark
Forrestal
Kru
Truman
Wartime controls set to unravel under peace plans
Officials say repeal actions will separate emergency laws and end price and wage controls. Sugar rationing, priority controls, and government ownership of strategic materials may be terminated after peace. Margin trading bans and credit controls would expire with the first war powers act, while wage and plant seizure powers face staged repeal.
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Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Truman’s Cold Improves at White House
President Truman, once ailing with a head cold, showed marked improvement today according to the White House briefing. A bizarre aside notes the article mentions skull thickness ranging from under an eighth inch to nearly half an inch.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Alabama Baptists plan 125th Parley in Birmingham
Alabama Baptists near completion of plans for their 125th Annual session in Birmingham in November 1921 with pre convention lay and pastor sessions on Nov. 18 and sessions through Nov. 19 to 22. Key addresses include president Dr. Frank Tripp and Dr. Selwyn Smith with topics on Christian education missions and evangelism relief.
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Baptists of
Alabama
Birmingham
Frank Tripp
Montgomery
John L. Slaughter
Selwyn Smith
Lagannes
M Thyron Rankin
Richmond
Foreign Mission Board
The
Alabama Baptist
Arthur F. Martin Dies In Hospital
Arthur Florence Martin sixty six of Pittsburgh Pa died in a Dothan hospital early this morning after a long illness He had lived in Pittsburgh for forty years coming to Dothan briefly Funeral services will be held at Ward Wilson chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday with Dr Henry A Parker officiating Burial will follow in City cemetery Ward Wilson in charge Surviving Mr Martin are his father G W Martin Dothan and two sisters Mrs E M Zigler Dothan and Mrs W C Schwalb Birmingham and several nieces and nephews.
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Arthur Florence Martin
Pittsburgh
Dothan
Ward-Wilson Chapel
Henry A. Parker
City
Ward-Wilson
Martin
G. W. Martin
E. M. Zigler
W. C. Schwalb
Birmingham
Power plays and the Truman option for president in 1948
The piece analyzes whether President Truman can stage a political maneuver to appoint Republicans as interim or full Secretaries of State to influence the 1948 race. It weighs risks, Senate approval, and the potential for a president to wield unilateral power if the Senate blocks resignations. It ends by inviting readers to test similar tricks.
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White House
Truman
Senate
Henry Wallace
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Founding Fathers
Congress
Mr. Truman
Taxicab Flips After Tire Blowout Near Dothan
A taxicab overturning on Alabama Highway 52 near the Green Front store east of Dothan caused about 9200 damage estimated by highway patrols. Driver Johnnie Caldwell said a tire blew out and the car skidded, turning over in a ditch. No injuries were reported. Patrolman T. L. Brooks investigated.
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Dothan
Green Front
Johnnie Curtis Cakdwell
A Caldwell
T. L. Brooks
Automobile Owners Urged To Varnish Rusty License Tags
Alabama officials urge car owners to varnish aging license plates to prevent rust. Replacement tags will be issued for the worst cases, though availability is limited. Repainting with the same color scheme is permissible, and emergency certificates are being prepared for tag replacements. Governor Sparks notes lacquer is preferred over enamel for future plates.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Revenue
A. C. Pitts
Fall From Scaffold Injures Houston Man
W. H. Butler of Dothan route three, a worker for a contracting firm, fell from a scaffold while on a building on Cottonwood Road. He was admitted to a Dothan hospital around noon. X ray results were awaited but he was conscious and able to answer questions. Ward-Wilson Funeral Home responded to the ambulance call.
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W. H. Butler
Dothan
Dothan Hospital
Cottonwood Road
Butler
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Greek Town Looted and Burned in Six Hour Battle
The Ministry of Public Order reports Kato Sourmena looted and burned after a six hour clash near the Greek Yugoslav Bulgarian border. One villager and his wife were killed and an attacking band member was killed or wounded. A leftist group about 150 fought nearby at Krateron near Phlorian and crossed into Yugoslavia.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
Kato Sourmena
Krateron
Phlorian
Yugoslavia
Wrong Turn Lands Man in Mental Hospital
A man who had been drinking slept in a hay stack at Colony Farm Mental Hospital after a wrong turn. Workers mistook him for an escaped patient and admitted him. After explanations, staff gave him a hot bath and released him as he muttered that it was too close.
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Essondale
B. C. UP
Colony Farm Mental Hospital
New York Probe Ties Waxey Gordon to Major Embezzlement
In New York Waxey Gordon was brought to the District Attorney's Office for questioning over a $900,000 Mergenthaler embezzlement case. Gordon, linked to Jimmy missing suspect and Hollywood circles, reportedly visited the DA’s office with no protest. McDonald avoided committing to any charges or decisions on Gordon’s role.
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New York
Waxey Gordon
District Attorney's Office
Gordon
Jimmy
Hollywood
Square
Brooklyn
Miles Mg
McDonald
Army Seeks Nurses For Overseas Service Across The Army
The U S Army through the American Red Cross Houston Chapter calls for more nurses to serve overseas and to aid veterans hospitals nationwide. The notice states veterans hospitals and civilian facilities face shortages and need trained personnel, preferring those who served in the war.
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U. S. Army
American Red Cross
Houston
Red Cross
Army
Red Chapter
War pressures limit Guam harbor plans to basic upgrades
Prior to war plans estimated Guam harbor work at $800,000 but Congress allotted only 600. War urgency forces a pared program focusing on bulkheading and filling to complete a functional harbor capable of handling ships in an emergency, with temporary facilities installed and a reduced, direct approach.
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Guam
Towers Guam
United States
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