Army plans suspend Chattahoochee water route project
Washington AP government retrenchment will halt planning on the Chattahoochee Apalachicola Waterway by Dec 1 and slow Allatoona Dam work in Northwest Georgia, with curtailments aimed at reducing expenditures. Brig Gen Crawford says current Allatoona contract won’t be terminated but will be slowed. planning on the waterway to end by month’s end.
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Chattahoochee - Apalachicola Waterway
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Allatoona
Crawford
Pace
Allatoona Dam
Chattahancoee-Apalachicola
Corps of Engineers
Apalachicola, Chattahoochee
Flint Rivers
GOP Senator Urges Cooperation With Truman on Labor Reform
Senator Ball of Minnesota urged Republicans to seek President Truman’s input on proposed labor law changes. He outlined drafting revisions to the Case Strike Control Bill to allow suits against unions for contract violations, curb secondary boycotts, and equalize employer and employee status under the Wagner Act. Senate Republicans are expected to back such changes with Democratic support from figures like Senator Elbert Thomas, who called for constructive alterations.
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Washington
Ball R-Minn
Truman
White House
Minnesota
Ball
Senate
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Labor Committee
Queen of Dothan Contest Set For Tomorrow Night
The Southern Life Recorder announces a short program tomorrow at six at the colored community center. Contestants Carrie Thompson, Maude Miller, Susie Millis, Ethel Dustam, Wassie Tyson and Mintrie Martin enter the Queen of Dothan pageant per editor H. L. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Life Recorder
Megro
County bus drivers seek cost of living raises
Bus drivers numbered 12 and 30 demand living-cost raises of 20 and 25 dollars. The County Court calls a special Saturday session to review the demands. Teachers and drivers, after a board meeting, vote to stay out for the rest of the week though schools are to reopen next Monday.
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County Board of Education
W. M. Taylor
Road Contract Let Montgomery Troy Shady Grove Road
AP reports Joe F. Waiters of Troy won the contract for surface treatment and seal on 5 248 miles of the Troy Shady Grove road in Pike County with a bid of 60 622. The State Highway Department announced the award.
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Montgomery
Aps
Joe F. Waiters
Troy
Shady Grove
Pike County
State
Mrs Anna Brannon Dies At Hartford
Mrs Anna Brannon 84 died Friday at her son J C Brannon's Hartford home. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hartford Methodist church with Rev A G Thoring and Rev J W W Dykes officiating. Burial in church cemetery directed by Holman Hartford. Survived by three sons Malcolm Brannon Caryville Fla J B Brannon Millville Fla Eston Brannon Black Ala and six daughters Roy Martin Enterprise M R Brooks Dothan J C Lewis W B Driver Bonifay Fla Fletcher Peacock and E B Moseley Hartford.
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Hartford
Axga Brannor
J. C. Brannon
Malcolm &. Brannon
Careyville
Fla
J. B. Brannon
Millville
Eston Brannon
Black
Ala
Roy Martin
Enterprise
M. R. Brooks
Dothan
J. C. Lewis
W. B. Driver
Bonifay
Fletcher Peacock
EB. F. Moseley
Hartford Methodist Church
A. G. Thoring
J. W W. Dykes
Church
Holman
Boy 14 Confesses West Coast Fire Rampage
Fresno AP report states Billy Williams, a 14 year old self described homeless orphan, confessed to a string of fires across the West Coast including a $5,000,000 brandy warehouse blaze in Fresno. District Attorney Janes M. Thueses said three arson charges would be filed and sought confinement in Mendocino State Mental Hospital. Williams claimed memory confusion and described his head buzzing while acknowledging a $20,000 park fire near Kingsburg and additional blazes connected to a waterman’s death.
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Fresno
Calif
West Coast
Crandy
Janes M. Thueses
Truesen
Mendocino State Mental Hospital
Billy Williams
Kuoren
Senate
Kingsburg
Oakened Park
Kinisburg
Miners Walkout Idle in 11-County UMW Survey
A survey of United Mine Workers leaders across 11 counties showed the shutdown complete with 18 000 UNM members affected while the Progressive Mine Workers with the same membership count remained on the job. Large Pennsylvania and West Virginia mines, together hosting about half of UMW coal miners, closed earlier this week. Kentucky with 50 000 UMW workers also involved. In the Far West, about 6409 miners in Colorado ended shifts at midnight though often ending earlier. Forty three hundred miners in Wyoming also left shifts early to avoid being on company property after the Lewis deadline. The walkout began with grim mood as miners departed the pits in Pennsylvania amid expectations of a protracted stoppage.
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Thimeis
United Mine Workers
UNM
Progressive
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
UMW
Inue
Kentucky
Far West
Colorado
Wyeming
Pennylvania
Center of livestock production west of the Mississippi
The text states that the center of livestock production lies west of the Mississippi River while the center of consumption lies east of it, indicating a geographic shift in supply and demand regions.
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Mississippi River
Brewton Parker College Fires Football Coach After Rebellion
Brewton Parker State College expelled ten football players who tried to spark a student rebellion after being promised scholarships without approval. President Dr Charles T Ricks also dismissed coach Franklin Ross Jones who was en route home. The school with 300 students had just resumed football after a decade long lapse and had two wins four losses one tie.
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Mount Vernon
Brewlon-Parker State College
Charles T. Ricks
Baptist Denominational Junior College
Ricks
Franklin Ross Jones
Jones
Hickory
N. C
Br. Ricks
Brewton- Parker
Brewton- Parker Is Unfair.” State Troopers Were Called, But Dr. Ricks
Bréwson-Parker
Troy
Ala
State Teachers College
Bernard Collerce
Fort McClellan
Brewton-Parker
Monroe, N. C
Labor crisis deepens as miners walk out across states
President Truman moves to press contempt charges against UMW chief Lewis as a nationwide coal dispute escalates. Government plans to freeze the union funds while troops standby and embargoes threaten rail freight. CIO and AFL pledge support. steel mills, utilities brace for possible December cutoff.
Porkopolis and the 1840s Cincinnati meat trade
In the 1840s Cincinnati earned the nickname Porkopolis as the center of pork meat-packing. The era focused on pork production and the embryonic meat industry shaped the city’s economy and identity.
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Cincinnati
CIO Leaders Clash Over Strikes and Wages at Convention
ATLANTIC CITY N J UP President Walter P Reuther of the United Auto Workers urged the CIO to build a war chest for wage increases while Philip Murray downplayed any strike threat Saying there is no imminent strike and urging bargaining not confrontation The exchange followed calls for large wage rises to offset a 25 percent drop in take home pay since April 1945 Murray warned employers to sit at the bargaining table and reach fair agreements Sloan was accused of stirring an economic war and newspapers were blamed for biased coverage of the CIO wage dispute.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reutoer
United Auto Workers Today
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
America
Mrs. GM. Smith 76 Dies At Slocomb Home
Mrs. GM Smith aged seventy six died at her Slocomb route one home after a short illness. A lifelong county resident she belonged to Burns Assembly of God church. Funeral at Burns church Friday with Rev Elbert Jackson. interment in church cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Survived by daughter Mrs W C Davis three sons and many siblings and seventeen grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be her grandson.
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G. M. Smith
Slocomb
P. Z. Smith
Blakley
T. W. Smith
B. L. Smith
Marianne
Fla
J. D. Smith
W. G. Mills
Nadie Benfield
Burley Whitehead
Freeport
Will Robertson
Malone
T. McDanniels
Fort Mead
Davie McDaniels
Cottonwood
Indiana to add Ernie Pyle pipe to collection
The only known pipe of reporter Ernie Pyle will be placed in the Pyle Collection at Indiana University. Pyle left the pipe at his Albuquerque home when he went to the Pacific.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ernie Pyle
Pyle
Indiana University
Ernie
Albuquerque
N. M
Elba Trailer Works Closed By Strike
Elba Alabama AP says Dorsey Trailer Works shut down after about 300 workers walked out Tuesday in a dispute over a recently signed contract. Union leaders say raises of 5 to 15 cents an hour and job classifications sparked the strike. no settlement meeting is planned.
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Elba Trailer Works
Elba
Ala
Dorsey Trailer Works
C.lo
Automotive Workers
Claude Dorsey
Wade Reynolds
Dorsey
Nazi Doctors Deny Cruel Experiments At Nuernberg Trial
Twenty three Nazi doctors pleaded innocent to charges of murdering hundreds of thousands in cruel medical experiments. led by Karl Brandt they answered not guilty to a 17 page indictment at the second Nuernberg war crimes trial. arraignments were in the same courtroom as Goering’s earlier trial and recessed until December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Karl Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Scout Council Board Sets Meeting At Opp
The Southeast Alabama Council, Boy Scouts of America, executive board will meet at the Covington Hotel in Opp on Monday November 25 at 6 p.m. Scout Executive J. W. Cooke announced. Council president M. W. Espy of Headland will chair the meeting and all board members are urged to attend.
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Southeast Alabama Council
Bo. Scouts of America
Covington Hotel
Opp
J. W. Cooke
M. W. Espy
Headland
Big Four meet as zones eye self sufficiency and talks
Clay reported an Anglo American agreement to run Germany's zones toward economic self sufficiency within three years. The plan could cut the combined deficit from nearly $2 billion to about $1 billion if the zones operate separately. Clay and Murphy stay for German treaty talks while Italians and Yugoslavs discuss Trieste and border issues in a separate hotel suite.
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Germany
Clay
Murphy
Trieste
Lemuel B. Roney 58 Dies At Ashford Home
Lemuel Bryant Roney lifelong Houston County resident dies after brief illness at his Ashford home. Prominent local farmer and Springfield Baptist Church member born near Ashford. Funeral at Ashford Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Norton Dendy with Fellows directing. Survived by two daughters Mrs. D. B. Bell and Mrs. Elmer Kay and son Billie J. Roney all of Ashford route two. Active pallbearers named.
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Lemuel Bryant Roney
Houston County
Ashford
Roney
Springfield Baptist Church
Ashford Baptist Church
Norton Dendy
U.S. Agriculture Reaches Over 20 Billion in 1945 Cash Receipts
In 1945 United States agriculture generated more than 20 billion dollars in cash receipts for farmers, reflecting record market earnings and strong postwar commodity demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Agriculture
Dothan Commercial Travelers Plan Barbecue Event
The Dothan Council No. 6e Commercial Travelers will hold a chicken barbecue Friday at 7 pm at Portay Fairyland 4H Adare pond tary. The council, with a $600 bet, is the largest in the state. Transportation for members without cars will be provided. all members are asked to meet at the Fat Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.
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Dothan Council
Portay Fairyland
Adare
Pond Tary
North Dakota real estate values rise since mid century
The report notes North Dakota real estate values increased about 3 million above the 1935 to 1999 average. Hog production continues to consume a large share of the U S corn crop. Cranberry crops this fall projected to set a record.
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North Dakota
United States
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Waterman Steamship Corp
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Parker
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U.S
CLO
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William Green
Tewis
Justice Department
Mississippi
N. H. Collisson
Collisson
Phillip Murray
GM. Smith
Slocomb Home
New York
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Scout Council Board
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Millers of Kelly's Pride and
Spo-Lady
Consolidated Produce Co
Lemuel B. Roney
City Cafe
Oxford
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