British leaders push postwar aid talks in Washington
In a joint Congress meeting with Prime Minister Attlee, lawmakers discussed a multibillion dollar aid and trade package for Britain. Attlee defended Labour aims as welfare focused, while Taft and Wherry split on the plan’s tone and suitability. Hoey warned Labour's planned economy challenges free government.
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Capitol
England
Congress
Aresmen
Jan
Enmor Taft
Ohio
Republican
Britain
Attle
Bewlish
Tattiad
Wherry
Attlee
Churchill
Labor Party
Hoey
Mabawa Charmer Is Urged To Seek New Industries
President J B Converses urged the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce to intensify efforts to attract and reconvert industries for peacetime production, creating jobs for returning veterans. He cited 24 new Alabama industries last year with the chamber’s aid, urged retaining the raw to finished goods spread, and emphasized manufacturing furniture and wood products in Alabama for regional markets.
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Mabawa
Montgomery Y
J.B. Converses
Ste Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Converse
Alabama
State Chamber
Connecticut
Conterse
Michigan
South
Congress to Work Until Task Cane or to Washington
Senate Majority Leader Barkley said after a White House call today the Senate will not adjourn until it completes action on major legislation. He spoke of a conference with President Truman and noted McKellar pro tempore Rayburn and House leader McCormack joined discussions.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Afta
White House
Jess
Truman
Senator McKellar
Baker Rayburn
House
McCormack
Christ
Famed Mobile Hotel Sold For $500000
The Bat House, Mobile historic hotel, was sold for 500000 by Bailie Corp president J L Bedsole. The buyer is William Culver White of Westoon Tennessee, with several holdings. Transfer by board approval to become effective as if mid November.
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Mobile
J. L. Bedsole
Bailie Corp
Ww. Culver White
Wekoon
Tenn
Rty
Houston County Girl Heads to National 4-H Congress
Mary Frances Hudspeth of Houston County will represent Alabama at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago after winning the 185 Food Preparation Contest. The 17 year old has been a 4-H member six years, started at Kinsey elementary, and attends Houston County High School. Her record includes 344 meals and 4,028 dishes in two years, plus 730 meals and 5,775 dishes this year. She canned foods, exhibited produce, and sold at the Houston County curb market, earning prize money and sale income.
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Mary Frances Hudspeth
Columbia +H Club
Alabama
Chicago
Houston County
Fran Mallett
John Hudspeth
Dothan
Kin ‘Sey
Webb
Columbia
Houston, County
Mary Frances
Home Demonstration Council
De Gaulle Forms Provisional Cabinet in France
Paris AP reports President De Gaulle invited leaders of major parties to craft a provisional cabinet for seven months while a new Constitution is drafted. He was unanimously elected provisional President by the Constituent Assembly and will allocate cabinet posts equally among the Communists, Socialists, MRP, and minor groups.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Constituent Assembly
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Victory Loan drive reports Gordon bond sales at 3432
Houston County Victory Loan officials announced Gordon reported 3432 in Series E bonds since the drive began. Dothan added 3431 in E bonds and other series totaled 40000 yesterday. Overall E bonds reach 81358.74 with Gordon plus ongoing school drives aim to lift totals further by week end.
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Houston County
Robert Rameey
Gordon
Ramsey
Gordons
Dothan
Dothan First Stop On Air Freight Trip
Waterman Airlines inaugurates intrastate service with a Lockheed Lodestar. The Mobile to Muscle Shoals flight will stop at Dothan Montgomery Birmingham Huntsville and return via the same route, leaving Mobile at 11 a.m. and taking about two hours and four minutes each way.
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Dothan
Waterman Airlines Inc
Mobile
Muscle Showe
Montgomery
Birmingham
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Birmingham Doctor Elected President of Southern Medical
Dr. M Y Dabney of Birmingham Alabama was installed last night as the new president of the Southern Medical Association at the 38th annual meeting. He succeeds Dr. El Vernon Mastin of St. Louis.
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M.Y. Dabney
Birmingham
Als
The
Southern Medical Association
EL Vernon Mastin
St. Louis
Officials Seek To Prevent Honolulu Rioting
Honolulu police and military police joined to avert a repeat of Monday’s riot when about 1,500 naval personnel clashed with civilians. Police blamed Navy noncooperation for the violence, and shore patrol helped disperse the crowd at the Naval Air Station gates. Detec tive Captain Eugene Kennedy and others urged protection if sailors attempted to leave, with no indication of when restrictions would end.
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Honolulu
William A. Gabrielson
Navy
Naval Air Station
Eugene Kennedy
Kennedy
R. M. Singer
Nas
US Transfers Land Chinese National Troops At Tsingtao
American transports unload Chinese Nationalist troops at Tsingtao unopposed amid a tense posting of Communist forces nearby. Marines hold a limited foothold on Shantung peninsula after surrendering over 10,000 Japanese, with factories and industries under guard by Japanese civilians.
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U. S
Tsingtao
Richard Bergholz Tsingtao
U.S
China City
Shantung Peninsula
Chefoo
Weihaiwei
Adm
Daniel E. Barbey
Ashland
Chiang Kei-shek
Chinwangtao
Thal
Indictment Names 45 Firms in Artificial Limb Conspiracy
The U S Attorney General announced that 45 corporations three individuals and a trade association face charges of conspiring to fix prices for artificial limbs used by veterans and others. The District of Columbia grand jury returns the indictment alleging anti trust violations in manufacturing assembly distribution sale and fitting nationwide
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
United States
United States Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration
Mito
J.E. Hanger Co, Inc
Alabama
Birmingham
J. E. Hanger, Inc
Georgia
Atlanta
J. E. Hanger, Incorporated
Virginia
Richmang
Auto Tag Deadline Quiet at Houston County Office
The Houston County probate office saw brisk business despite a calmer rush for 1946 automobile license plates. Clerks report activity above normal but not the previous deadline days, attributing part of the steadiness to many motorists buying licenses along with Griver's License and other tags.
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Houston County
Naval
Griver
Lcenser
Japs Accused Of Aiding Revolt By Indonesians
In Soerabaja and Batavia British Maj Gen Hawthorn accuses Jap general and chief of staff of arming Indonesian rebels. Indons clash with British Indian troops near Kota railway station. Jakarta reports say Nagano and Yamamoto will be sent to Singapore for inquiry after surrender. Refugees flee to British areas as Java battles intensify.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
D. C. Hawthorn
16Th Army
Cief
Kota
Marashalling
Tse
Singapore
Hawthorn
Yinchirn Nagano
Tie
Moichiro Yamamoto
Sqerabaja
Sutan Sjahrir
Suersbaja
Walter
Nassung
Ag Hawthorn
Java
Lord Lane Mountbatten
Southeast
Yamashita Trial Bares Burning Of 2 U S Fliers
Manila AP report details atrocity cases linked to Japanese troops in the Philippines. An American officer showed charred bodies of two US airmen burned alive after bayonetting. Witnesses described beheadings and executions by Japanese military police and a Manila cemetery massacre witnessed by locals.
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Manila
Cebu
Wan
Commiscion Yng
Tomoyuk
Yamashita
South Manila
Discharged Veteran Ends Life With Shotgun Blast
A coroner ruled death of Charles Warren Odell, 27, a recently discharged overseas veteran and former military policeman, a suicide by shotgun at his North Oates Street home. Odell, a Missouri native, was described as nervous and despondent since discharge. his wife Myrtle Hicks Odell provided details of the moments leading to the fatal shot. The body will be prepared for burial by Mr and Mrs Odell Fisk.
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Charles Warren Odell
Nveras
Hall
Odell
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Mer
Joe Allen Teks
Mya
Oriel
Ode
Sind
Quinton Hicks
Oded
Missouri
Dothan
W Ot Burkett
Odea Aagents
Jatthre
Odell Fisk
Mao Rouse
Jewish youths stone Palestine buses during general strike
Several hundred Jewish youths pelted buses in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv amid a 12 hour strike called by Jews to protest policies on Palestine. Officials posted guards at government buildings as the incident was the only immediately reported clash.
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Jerusalem
Sinke
Mer
Palestine
Jeruxidem
Tel Aviv
Colder Weather Foreseen Across Southeast After Rain
The Associated Press reports a shift to colder temperatures for the Southeast after rain. A mass front will push cooler air from Mississippi to Virginia and New England, with Florida seeing rain and chill. Mississippi to edge down about 20 degrees, other states expect 2 to 10 degree drops, skies clearing but brisk winds.
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United States
Japan Pleads For Food and Fuel From Allies
Tokyo reports Japan officially appeals for Allied food and funds promising to pay with gold diamonds silk and other resources if shipments arrive. Government officials say details of reparations and repayment terms are not yet fixed as U S occupation forces and a Japanese reparations commission plan are discussed.
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Japan
Allied Food and Fund
MacArthur
Sankuro Ogasawara
America
Geo Robert L. Fichelberger
Korea
U. S
MacArthour
Amercan
Kyodo
Finance, Foreign Commerce and Industry
Agriculture and Forestry
Napier Field to be Not Retained by Army Forces
The Army notified Dothan and Houston County joint owners that Napier Field will not be retained as a permanent military installation. General H H Arnold cited reduced air force activities and unit dispersal as reasons, thanking local officials for their efforts to deed the site, but stating no further consideration will be justified.
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Army
Dothan
Nousten
Napier
J. F. Spann
J. C. Bates
J. H. Brennan
Napier Field
Army Air Forces
Houston County
Mogara
Bates
J. Ht Brennan
Armold
New Auto Buyers Sign To Pay Future Markup
Dothan car dealers report new 1946 model buyers must sign to cover any OPA approved markup. Purchasers with orders dating back years may face added costs if price adjustments occur. Only a few 1948 models arrived. dealers expect shortages into mid next year amid labor and reconversion issues.
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Atticium
Dothan
Anto ‘of Care
OPA
Houston County Welfare Office
Rand
Mojor
New Discoveries May Speed Soviet Atomic Research
From Mt Alages near Lake Karagel in Armenia the Izvestia reports a cosmic ray expedition has found heavy protons, described as kernels of atomic hydrogen, via cosmic ray effects on thin lead film. This discovery could impact Russian atomic energy research.
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Mt. Alages
Lake
Karagel
Reouplic
Izvestia
National Press Club Gifts Truman a Piano in Toast
President Truman received a Steinway piano from the National Press Club after a lighthearted show with clubs members. Eddie Cantor teased the President about his piano skills while the gift was formally presented, with postevent chatter about the ceremony and jokes.
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National Press Club
Truman
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