County Board Adopts Mass Meeting Plan on City Hospital
Houston County Board today adopted a resolution to hold a mass meeting in the inhouse auditorium on November 25 in the evening. The gathering would discuss the nation organization or creation of a hospital association for Houston County and adjoining areas under possible State Board guidance. The resolution was offered by City Commissioner W. P. Cal and the meeting was framed as a discussion with invited attendees.
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Houston County Board of Today
Inhouse
Crean Hospital Association
Houston County
State Board of
W. P. Cal
Sage Call
Tun
Inty
Boy, 16, Held in Mother's Death at Breakfast Table
AP report states Wickline, 16, at the breakfast table shot by his brother Charles during a dispute over butter. Charles, 18, claimed the gun discharged as he drew it from his holster. Sheriff and coroner investigate the case. The involved youths previously misrepresented age for Army service and one had been absent without leave.
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Seurgh
Louis Hamel
Wickline
Charles
Mmer
Sher
Hamel
Army Air Forces
Industries Promise To Hold Price Line
Industry spokesmen said price increases would follow decontrol but would not run wild. Meat prices had begun to level off as ceilings were lifted, with some goods remaining plentiful. Clothing prices may rise yet level off, rayon up about 15 percent, wool fabrics more plentiful, and some garments see varied shifts.
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Col
Department of Agriculture
Lew Hahn
National Retail Dry Goods Association
300 Year Old Abacus Beats Electric Calculating Machine
In Tokyo a 300-year-old abacus outperformed a 20th century electric calculator in addition, subtraction and division while failing only at multiplication. Kiyoshi Matsuzaki of the Japanese Ministry of Communications used a deluxe abacus costing 17 yen to beat Pvt. Thomas Wood from Deering, Missouri, who manned the electric device. The calculator’s prewar price was about $800.
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Tokyo
Ernie
Matsuzaki
Rescue Efforts For Snowbound Colorado Ranchers And Cattle
Rescue crews and vehicles moved through deep snows in Colorado to aid 40 000 cattle and marooned ranchers as a blizzard continues. Dozens of trucks and planes from Pueblo Army Depot assist amid extreme cold and new snowstorms. A sheep herder is reported missing after taking his flock into the hills. one birth prompts aid to a hospital.
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Senburg
Colo
Southlorado
Pueblo
Harry Willis
Willis
Two World Wars Honored On Armistice Day Across Nations
Armistice Day observances across the United States France and Germany honored the dead of two world wars. President Truman laid a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb in Arlington and urged peace while leaders in Paris and Berlin emphasized renewed resolve and preparedness for lasting peace.
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United States
Truman
Arlington Cemetery
France
Paris Post
Arch of Triumph
Georges Bidault
Cambridge
England
Germany
Joseph J. McNarney
Mark W. Clark
Austria
William F. Halsey
Kansas City
Headland School Denounces Grid Letter
Headland High officials and students condemned a letter from a local football fan calling Dothan high’s B team the dirtiest ever. Principal F A Harvey disowned the writer and stated the letter does not reflect school opinions.
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Headland
Dothan High School
Reuben Herring
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Eagle
F. A. Harvey
Dothan
Negro Killed Crossing Ensley Street
John Nickerson aged 30, a Black man, was struck and killed by a car while crossing an Ensley street on Saturday night. Police investigated the fatal accident as it occurred in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
John Nickerson
Ensley Street
Communists Lead in France Election as coalition blocs form
The Communist party leads metropolitan France with 168 seats, edging Popular Republicans at 160 as the three major parties fight for a governing coalition. The Socialists decline, totaling 93 seats, while total voter support favors no clear majority and negotiations begin for a new government with Bidault’s position uncertain.
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Herbert G. King
Paris
France
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Chamber of Deputies
Corsica
Algeria
Truman Offers Armistice With Republicans For Welfare
President Truman pledged cooperation with the new Republican Congress and urged mutual effort for the nation's welfare. He spoke at an Armistice Day news conference before laying a wreath at Arlington Cemetery, signaling a spirit of bipartisan cooperation amid looming government challenges.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Republican Congress
Arlington Cemetery
Exerficgine Avonativa Authorite
Congress
Republican Party
Sparks Sees Hopeful Race Relations With Boswell Plan
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks says prospects for peaceful race relations in the South are good if Negroes and whites accept segregation as essential. He notes the Boswell Amendment’s voting restrictions aim to curb a potential surge of Negro registration, contrasting with previous literacy and property tests. Dr. F D Patterson at Tuskegee calls the amendment a mistake but sees the result as hopeful amid narrow ratification.
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Montgomery
South
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Associated Press
Sparks
U. S
F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
Plane Crash Near Cleveland Kills Pilot and Co Pilot
A United Airlines flight 404 from Chicago to Boston crashed during a rainstorm near Cleveland airport. The pilot FL. Brown aged 44 and co pilot Robert L. Arnold 25 were killed. 18 people including stewardess Betty Dobon 25 and 17 passengers were injured and treated at Cleveland hospitals.
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United Airlines
Chicago
Boston
FL. Brown
Robert L. Arnold
Hammond
Ind
Fred Paska
Betty Dobon
21 Persons Perish In Indian Outbreak
HARSON India AP Twenty seven persons men women and children perished last night in a new outbreak of communal fury when a mob burned the Moslem quarter of this hamlet near Delhi. Villagers said the mob attacked after nightfall storming the quarter striking down inhabitants and torching houses and sheds. One man estimated the attackers numbered about 100. Police found only three living Moslem men among those rounded up for investigation. Thirteen houses were burned. This marked the sixth Hindu Moslem outbreak in the area since last Thursday east of Delhi.
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Harson
India
Delhi
Shearby
Naghtrail
Louisiana Tornado Leaves One Dead and Seven Hurt
Severe tornado hit New Roads area 25 miles northwest of Baton Rouge Sunday night. Casualty figures were uncertain as debris and downed communications hampered reports. Weather officials counted demolished structures and uprooted trees along the northern New Roads Morganza corridor.
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New Roads
Here
Weather Bureau
Haraing Field
Morganza
Macon Registration Suit Set For Trial Dec 5 In U S Court
U S District Judge C B Kennamer set December 5 for the hearing of a suit by Turkepee Alabama resident Mitchell alleging the Macon County Board of Registrars denied him registration solely because of race. The case seeks $5,000 damages and a declaration against registration policy, with appeals history from state courts to the U S Circuit Court and back to the district court.
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C. Bo Kennamer
Turkepee
Ala
Negia
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Macon County Board of Registrars
William Y. Mitchell
Kenhnarer
Nepgeg
Otate
Miufehed
Yurtee
Fenigner
Alabama
Mitchel
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
District Cour
Virgie McGuthrie
George C. Verignt
Wing
Sui
Windsors May Seek House In California
Beverly Hills reports indicate the Windsor family exploring property options in Southern California. Agents and local buyers monitor potential listings as speculation grows about an early move.
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California
Pacific Bases Rusting Away
AP report finds Pacific wartime island bases largely rusting and useless with no new fortifications planned. Navy leaders say Guam and Saipan may see development, but most former Japanese strongholds like Truk and Peleliu are ignored as bases. Tow ers warns planned Guam Saipan development will be cut back and overall fixed defenses are largely dead.
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United States
Japan
United Nations
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Saipan
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Gowa
Okinawa
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Truk
Tsingtao
Chie Pad
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Navy
Peles
Prolit
Marchal
Poland
Actio
John V. Towers
Pacific Fleet
Guan
Pearl Harbor
Petaine
Onerthand
Amer
Six Hurt In Wiregrass Road Crash Series
Six persons including three men and three women were injured in multiple traffic accidents in the Wiregrass area over the weekend with at least one serious injury. Names include Mrs. C. O. Peacock and Mrs. Juanita Powell, both taken to hospital after an ambulance skid on wet pavement. Pilcher, Murphy, Mrs. Eubanks, and Judson listed with injuries from separate incidents.
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Wiregrass
Highway Patrol
C. O. Peacock
Paneme City
Fla
Juanita Powell
Columbus
Peacock
F. P. Pilcher
Mahianng
Robert L. Murphy
Tondon
Lois Eubanks
Blountstown
J. P. Hudson
Gordon
Powell
Panama City
Florida
Dothan
Pilcher
Gordon and Greenwood
Wilbur Harris Byrd
Enterprise
Murphy
Willie C. Carter
Headland
Eubanks
Judson
Cottonwood
Grangerburg
Soviet Delegate Calls UN Trusteeship for Palestine
At Lake Success Nikolai Novikov Soviet ambassador urged Britain grant Palestine independence or place it under United Nations trusteeship. He accused Britain of failing to comply with the UN charter and pressed for the UN Trusteeship Council to operate this year while denying any veto plan in the Assembly.
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Lake Success
Russia
Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
Nikolai Novikov
United States
UN Trusteeship
Novikov
Councl
Assembly
United Nations
Pepper Urges UN Intervention in Palestine Affair
Senator Claude Pepper calls for United Nations to assume protection of Palestine and deploy a force to end British abuses. He demands immediate admission of 100 000 Jewish immigrants and says the world problem requires global action, not just British policy. Pepper blasts Republicans as reactionary and warns of reduced democracy at home and abroad.
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United Nations
Palestine
Pinladelmica
Senate
Claude Pepper Od-Flas
Poland
United States
Florida
Wanton
Pales
Holy Land
American Jewish Congress
America
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