New Fight Flares Up In Indonesia
Batavia Java AP reports renewed fighting between Indonesian republicans and Dutch forces ending a short truce in the 15 month East Indies revolution. Indonesia rejects Dutch army limits near allied perimeters sparking clashes on multiple fronts while Hague moves toward parliamentary approval of an independence agreement creating United States of Indonesia by 1949 and a Dutch Indonesian union for foreign relations defense and finance.
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Batavia
Java
East Indies
Indonesia
Netherlands
Indonesian Information Ministry
Indone
Hague
Sumatra
Nadoera
United States of Indonesia
Aragon Woman Suffered Injuries After Car Collision
DENVER AP Mrs Therese Aragon 26 sought hospital care for cuts and bruises after a fight in which she rode with her husband Conrad. Her brother in law Fares Aragon attempted to take her home in his car, which collided with another vehicle. She returned to the hospital with more serious injuries.
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Denver
Therese Aragon
Conrad
Fares Aragon
Youth Arrested For Larceny In Airport Burglary
James Powell a sixteen year old from Dothan route three is in the county jail on grand larceny charges connected to a burglary at the Southern Air motive Airport Merc. State Investigator Lake Burdick arrested Powell in Prattville and brought him to Cataan for questioning. Powell admitted stealing a bicycle in Tuscaloosa from his brother and later confessed to taking sun shades bracelets insignia and fountain pens from the airport sale and claimed he sold the goods in Florida before returning to Tuscaloosa to visit his brother. The youth is being held for further questioning as the case remains under investigation.
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James Powell
Dothan
Powell
Lake Burdick
Prattville
Cataan
Burdick
Prattsville
Mike Powell
Tuscaloosa
Air Corps
Houston County
Florida
Communists Attack Peiping Kupechkow Line in China
AP reports large Communist guerrilla bands attacked two key points along the Peiping Kupechkow line. Nationalist defenses at Antze 35 miles south of Peiping repulsed a six hour assault by about 4000 fighters. Attacks on the Yangtsan bridge and other Peiping Kupehkow points were unsuccessful. The Red forces widened their Shansi Province push toward Taiyuan as they pressed westward in Lanshien.
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Peiping
Antze
Yangtsan
Tientsin
Hsiaoyin
Peing
Red
Shansi
Taiyuan
Lanshien
Notice of New Subscription Rates Effective December 1 1946
The Dothan Eagle announces a new subscription rate schedule effective December 1 1946. Carrier delivery in towns and motor routes will be 1 week 30c and 1 month $1.30. Newsprint costs rose from $53.00 to $88.00 per ton and salaries and wages also increased. Even with the new rates, revenue will not cover higher costs. A weekly 5 cent increase will give carriers two extra cents.
Big Four Negotiates Satellites Reparations Bill at Paris
The Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers nearly agrees on a 1.35 billion dollar reparations bill for the five former Axis satellites and discusses Danube navigation. Molotov offers a surprise Thanksgiving compromise while Byrnes urges delaying the issue to share Thanksgiving turkey. The talks edge toward Dardanelles mentions after weeks of contention.
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New York
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Danube
Viacheslav M. Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Turkey
Big
Byrnes
Molotov
Dardanches
Soviet Union
Thanksgiving traffic toll tops sixty three deaths
Traffic accidents killed at least 63 people during Thanksgiving Day, higher than the National Safety Council's early estimate. The council reported 3,120 fatalities in October and forecast about 34,900 fatalities for the year, with states listing multiple deaths across California, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and others. Hartford and New Haven led October city counts. New Britain, Passaic, and Hamtramck topped ten month city records.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
California
Windys
Michigan
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Connecticut
Missouri
North Carolina
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Hartford
Conn
New Haven
Des Moines, Jr
New Britain
Passaic
N. J
Hamtramck, Mich
Pepper Well Pleases Federal Funds Freed For Waterway Plans
Senator Claude Pepper announced federal funding to restart the tri state waterways project for Florida Alabama and Georgia. A $70 million presidential order funds planning for a inland waterway from Apalachicola to Atlanta and a marine highway linking Atlanta to Columbus with hydroelectric dams to produce low cost power.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Claude Pepper
Tri- State
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
tri-State
Apalachicola
Atlanta
Flint, Chattahoochee
Flint
Columbus
Higgins Faces Logan Act Inquiry Over Peron Letter
Washington officials weigh whether Andrew Higgins violated the Logan Act by handling a communication from Argentina's President Juan Peron. Higgins, a New Orleans wartime boat maker, forwarded Peron’s letter to five Congress members amid Peron’s bid to press removal of Assistant Secretary Braden.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Andrew Jackson
United States
Juan Peron
Argentina
Higgins
New Orleans
Peron
Sprairie Braden
Hrsins
New Hydrants Installed in Dothan Business Section
Dothan replaces aging water mains with new traffic type hydrants in the business district. Each hydrant has an individual cutoff valve to isolate leaks and avoid shutting water to entire blocks. City crews planned 20 to 30 installations, with traffic disruption on East Main Street during work.
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Dothan
H. M. Holloway
Main
Foster Streets
Morris
Halloway
Water Department
East Main Street
Midland City Man Hospitalized After Traffic Accident
Midland City resident Joe Frank King was hospitalized in Dothan with an injured left leg and cuts after a car overturned yesterday afternoon near Midland City while attempting to pass another vehicle. Foy Peters, also from Midland City, escaped injury. Patrolmen Vickery and Mason estimated damage at $150 and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frank King
Midland City
Dothan
King
Foy Peters
M. S. Vickery
A. F. Mason
Soft Coal Strike Costs Millions of Man-Hours Daily
The John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers strike drags on costing the nation millions of man-hours daily as production falls. In industry, 46,000+ steel workers laid off or reduced, railroads idle 38,500+, and trucking and river transport hit with 2,000 Pittsburgh district workers idle. U.S. Steel's Irving S. Olds warns of a near standstill. Turn to Page 2.
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J. Robert Shubert
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel
Irving S. Olds
Pennsylvania Railroad
Centrid
Stesl
Election Managers Named for PMA Balloting Dec 3
Community election managers for the Houston County Production and Market Administration election were named by Director Jeb Cabret. Managers will supervise the election, assign delegates, and ensure funds are distributed evenly. Delegates to the county convention will elect ten county committeemen to direct activities. The convention will be held at the PMA office.
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PMA
Houston County Production and Marketone Administration
Deel Bo
Jeeee Cabbret
Conomisio
Hove Ehiatye
CuMeeth
P and MA
Aonox
Cilbreth
Houston County
Thief Steals Kitchen Sink Baffles Florida Police
Charles Cooper reports a cottage break in a nocturnal thief who performed reverse plumbing and robbed the coalitions of a place to wash dinner dishes. Police in Fort Lauderdale pursue the culprit suspected of stealing a kitchen sink and leaving property short.
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Fort Lauderdale
Flas
Charles Cooper
Cooper
Motion For Dismissal Denied In Coal Strike Case
Federal Judge Goldsborough denied the defense motion to dismiss and ordered John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to face contempt charges. The court heard extensive arguments over whether the strike could be halted and whether government actions were binding. The trial adjourned as testimony began with Federal Mine Administrator No HH. Coussoy as the first witness.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
LLP
Budge
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Welly Ky Hopkins
Hopkins
No HH. Coussoy
Governaent
Gouddsborough
Rover Prnedit
Chas
Truitius
Prominent Chicago Physician Dies in Apparent Suicide
A well known Chicago physician ended his life in his office after telephoned pleas from his wife. Police found the body on the office floor and attempted resuscitation but he died fifteen minutes later.
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Chicago
Yar
Peres
Cites Tago
Musgrave
Ugoodbee
Monet
Eye Tates
Russia Sets Disarmament Frame At UN Talk
Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky told the United Nations Security Committee that the Soviet Union seeks an international inspection system to enforce disarmament while retaining veto rights. He compared the atomic bomb to the sword of Damocles and demanded broad arms inventories and a troop census as a prerequisite to any disarmament accord.
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Robert 7
Manning Lake Success
N.Y
Russia
U.S
Andrei A. Vishinsky
United Nations Political and Security Committee
Veshinsky
Tom Connally
Hartley Shawcross
Delet Vatey
Vishinsky
Damocles
Security Council
Agswerno Connally
United States
Vichinsky
Connally
CION
Omergters Connally
Truman urged to focus on broad policy issues in era of GOP control
Washington sources report President Truman faces pressure from Capitol Hill allies to present a unified set of proposals covering labor, housing, taxes, and defense reform to a Republican-led Congress. Democrats argue a comprehensive program, not piecemeal bills, will better frame bipartisan governance and public protection as Republicans outline their legislative agenda.
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Washington Cade
Truman
Capito Hill
Congress
Trumith
Liser Congress
Tucas
White House
Lacas
Owent
O'Mahoney
Weo
VFEW Plans Christmas Baskets Distribution in Houston County
The Wiregrass Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will distribute Christmas baskets to Houston County's needy this year. Nick Ladd, publicity chairman, urged Fiost members to bring food clothing and toys to the next post meeting on December 11. Baskets distributed through Salvation Army chapter cooperation.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Houston County
Nick Ladd
Fiost
Salvation Army
Champagne And Chitlins Delayed Thanksgiving Tale On The Front
Hal Boyle recalls a delayed Thanksgiving aboard the Western Front. Lt Roy Wilder promoted a Champagne and Chitlins party with aid from Lindsey Nelson and Don Whitehead. They vowed to eat the pig intestines in Germany, packing the jar across Normandy, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg as the Army advanced.
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Hal Boyle
NEW York Aps
Roy Wilder
New York Herald Tribune
Normandy
Spring Hope
N. C
Wilder
Mason-Dixon Line
Roy
Lindsey Nelson
Knoxville
Ninth Infantry Division
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Stonewall Jackson
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
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