City approves lease of Napier Officers Club to veterans
The City Commission unanimously backed a long term low cost lease for Houston County veterans to use the Napier Field Officers Club building. The plan covers the building tennis court and swimming pool with care obligations and steps to finalize county board approval.
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City
Napier Officers Club
Officer's Club
Napier Field
Veterans of
Houston County
City Commission
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Commission
John Ayres
County Board of Revenue
Army Post
J. H. Brennan
All Cab Drivers Here Qualify For License
City police report 87 Dothan cab drivers have been fingerprinted and issued operator permits. All currently operating cabbies are qualified. Since October two drivers were suspended for two weeks each for reckless driving and speeding.
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Dothan
City completes sale of Napier Buildings announced
Commissioner J O Brennan announced all Napier Field buildings offered for sale have sold. About 70 buildings and 38 parcels of land were bought, many for housing. The city realized roughly 50000 and retains warehouses for potential industrial development. Veterans housing barracks at the field will be completed early next year and ready for occupancy soon after.
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Napier Field
J. 0. Brennan
Brennan
The
Chamber of Commerce
Nine Negroes Held On Vagrancy Charges
Nine men were arrested by county officers on vagrancy charges after a gambling game in a Cherry Street pool room was busted. All nine posted $50 bond each.
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Cherry St
Turkey Prices Seen Reasonable for Holiday Trade Ahead
Government forecast shows ample turkey supply matching last year with prices generally reasonable. Young toms as low as 29 cents per pound in some areas, and total per person around 4 1/2 pounds for the year, with most marketed by Thanksgiving. Eggs expected cheap through mid 1947, with possible price bumps later due to production shifts and income changes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Soft Coal Strike Costs Nation 1,885,865 Tons Daily
The government reports the coal strike costs about 1,885,865 tons of coal daily. Officials consider direct talks between Lewis and coal operators while pressing for workers to return. Lewis faces contempt of court as his trial set for tomorrow advancing a broader legal battle.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
Johnny Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Daenita
Nucleus Forms For Wirgrass Public Hospital System
A Dothan city and Houston County group formed a nucleus for a regional hospital system serving Wiregrass counties. A Jan 24 meeting at 7 30 p m aims to broaden participation from Coffee Dale Covington Barbour Geneva and Henry counties.
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William J. Davis
Wirgrass
Dothan
Horton
City Commissioners
Coffee
Dale
Covington
Barbour
Geneva
Henry
Houston County Board of Revenues
Boards of Revenue
County Medical
Alabama Teri
R. D. Crawford, Sr
W. TF. Burkett
M.S. Davie
Wrreesrase
Rouphis
Alabama
Wress
Turr
Striking Teachers Fail To Agree On Settlement Terms
In St Paul Minnesota an eight hour bargaining session failed to yield a full settlement as teachers continued picketing closing 77 schools and leaving about 6578 pupils without classes. Officials called the talks profitable with plans for more discussion this afternoon.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Gmb
Tee
George Stoselius
Minnesota
Spoksman
Dean M. Schweickard
American Federation of Teachers
AFL
FBI closes in on Ashford bank robbery suspects
Federal and local officers disclosed a partial solution to the August 4 Ashford bank robbery. Willie C. Thomas and Jimmy Lee Thomas, both of Ashford, were jailed on entering with intent to commit larceny after confessing to participation. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ashford
R. J. Abbatcchio
FBI
Birmingham
Willie C. Thomas
Jimmy Lee Thomas
Willie Co
Abbatcchio
Bill Pate
Washington
First National Bank of
F. L. Fellows
Fellows
Fast U N Action On Arms Sought By U S At U N
The United States aims for immediate U N action on world armament limits and total disarmament. It plans to push troop inventory and energy control issues while opposing a British on the spot troop census proposal backed by Soviet Russia.
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John A. Parres, JR
Lake Success
N.Y
United States
Russia
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Philip Noel Baier
Troane
Madean
Chinese Communists Shift Focus Across Fronts
North China and Manchuria fronts see Communist forces moving into multiple sectors while government troops adhere to Chiang Kai-shek's ceasefire. Key activity targets rail hub Talung in Shansi province and Kalgan, with renewed efforts to clear routes toward Kaorta Kingtu, as reports note renewed duve to Clear.
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Nanmeing
North China
Manchuria
Chiang Fkareshek
Chiang
Couraniunist
Talung
Shans
Barriton
Tyingtao
Truman To Attend Army Navy Football Game Saturday
President Truman will travel to Philadelphia on Saturday to attend the Army Navy football game accompanied by Mrs. Truman. He will sit on the Navy side first and move to the Army side at halftime. No formal White House plans have been made for Thanksgiving. The President and Mrs. Truman will host a diplomatic dinner at the White House tonight.
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Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
Army Navy
Navy
Army
Joss
White House
Normandie Luxury Liner Heads For Jersey Scrap Heap
The 83,432 ton Normandie once held the blue ribbon for Atlantic crossing will be towed in twelve tugs from Brooklyn to Port Newark to be scrapped. Seized by the US government after France fell, the liner burned and capsized at her Hudson River pier February 9, 1942, and now awaits conversion to scrap.
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New York
Brooklyn
Port Newark
France
Hudson River
Bus Driver Strike Halts Area Services With No Meeting Set
Striking Modern Coach Company workers did not hold a meeting today as talks failed to materialize. Albany officials and company representatives attended sessions yesterday, but unions warned of continued disruption while negotiations stalled over terms and the date for an agreement.
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Pathan i
Newton
Geion
Seeeton
Ced
Albany
Tve
Wilson
Fae
Diel
Dorytor
Cianpedey
Cheyenne Junior High Plans Coal Heating Shift
Cheyenne Wyoming junior high students learned that schools elsewhere would have coal short vacations while their own plant would be converted immediately to coal heating.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ify
Studers
Choals
Pal
Automobile Burns Up On Dothan Highway
An automobile owned by Lee Hiles burned on the Dothan highway about four miles out of town last night. The car was destroyed before firefighters arrived. cause could not be determined.
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Dothan
Lee Hiles Af Connection
All Schools Close Wednesday At Noon
Students in city and county schools will be dismissed at noon Wednesday for Thanksgiving holidays. Classes resume Monday morning. The Wednesday noon dismissal provides two school days off with Friday likely shifted to recover time.
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Athuul
Scheotor
Big Four Ministers Report Progress In Peace Talks
Diplomatic sources say a private Molotov Barnes conference advanced hopes for rapid settlements of five European peace treaties and a final German settlement. No details were disclosed, but the talks signaled progress at the Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting as Allied troop arrangements and territorial questions loomed.
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Molotov
Barnes
Sho Oy
Fras
Former Dothan Man Drowns in Panama Bay
A Dothan man, Arthie dee Parish, drowned after a boating accident Sunday near Andrews Bay Panama. Barron Parish and Odell Arenson aided stranded boat occupants. Parish body recovered Monday afternoon. Funeral services for Lettie Hartford to be held this afternoon.
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Dothan
Panama
Arthie Dee
Grace
Mille
Dethas
Ain
Sunda
To. Andrrews Bay
Birron
Barron Parath
Odell Arenson
Odell Jackson
Ataus
Dutta
Barson
Arserson
Taceson
Warcou
Patria
Barron
Parish
Lettie Hartford
Parked Truck Runs Away Crashes Into Car
A parked truck rolled down a hill and struck a parked car after leaving a grocery truck stop. J O Ward parked his tractor in the 2000 block on Newtas Street and the vehicle collided with another car down the hill injuring a person. Officers assessed the scene and no further details were provided.
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J. 0. Ward
Joepvao
Dethan
Ward
Newtas St
Jpti OC
McGee
Neo
Charles
Virginia lodges charge on Lewis
John L. Lewis was booked to appear before the Virginia Corporation Commission to answer a complaint that the United Mine Workers sold memberships as unlicensed securities under the blue sky law. The Richmond Better Business Bureau filed the complaint. Gov. William M. Tuck backed action and warned of civil or criminal steps. The commission ordered Lewis to show cause on December 2 why sales of memberships should not be restricted or fined up to five thousand dollars per violation.
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Richmond
John L. Lewis
Virginia Corporation Commission
United Mine Workers Union
Richmond Better Business Bureau
Commission
Lewis
Lewis Jiges
Alexandria
UMW
William M. Tuck
Virginia
Commonwealth
Reramixsiod S
Vic- Kinks
Bureau
C. Victor Werne
Conmepsiseion
Walliants
Denton Wesley Carr In Critical Condition
Denton Wesley Carr of Ariton was severely injured in an automobile truck collision and fire at Ariton early Sunday. He was reported in critical condition after suffering a fractured skull. Hospital staff held little hope for his recovery as two others burned to death in the wreck.
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Denton Wesley Carr
Ariton
Carr
He Still Dreams Of Planes Yet Sees Civilian Hope
Hal Boyle notes veterans adjusting to peacetime life after war flights. A bombardier recalls night fears of crashes while finding steadier pay and shelter, dreaming now of civilian aircraft. The piece hints at lingering wartime mood and cultural shifts in postwar New York.
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Army
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