Freak hurricane weakens after hitting Florida to Georgia coast
A rare hurricane with center winds up to 125 mph in the Gulf of Mexico weakened to a minor blow as it crossed Florida and moved into Georgia and the Carolinas. Forecasters said the storm’s center disappeared over the bay area while its periphery remained strong. Winds of 40 mph were forecast for the Carolinas and Georgia with heavy rain. Florida’s warnings were lowered.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
R. H. Simpson
Federal Storm Warning Service
Bay Area
Cuba
Guatemala City
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Jacksonville
Savannah
Carolines
Atlantic City
N. J
Florida State Line
Block Island
Fort Myers
Sarasota
Tampa
Absentee Ballots Open Oct 16 for November Election
Probate Judge Saxon Poyner announced the first absentee ballots will be issued October 16 and may be issued until October 31 if executed that day. Ballots must be in the judge’s hands or postmarked by October 31 with a list of ballots received by midnight November 1. Nine amendments will appear on machines with printed copies available at the polls.
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Saxon Poyner
Poyner
Houston
Two Die In United Air Lines Jet Crash Near Cheyenne
A United Airlines four engine liner carrying 46 aboard crashed on Fort Warren near Cheyenne early today. Two passengers perished, including a 35 year old man from San Francisco identified as William Wang. a woman about 50 remained unnamed. Coroner reports two or three others hospitalized. The plane broke in two on impact. cause under investigation. Nearby passengers including two infants escaped unharmed. In Singapore a RAF York transport crash near Penang is believed to have killed 21 people including 15 passengers and six crew.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
San Francisco
Chicago
United Air Lines
Fort Warren
Wesley Schrader
William Wang
United Airlines
Norbert E. Tuck
Post
Singapore
British Air Command
Penang
Malay States
Brief Earth Tremor in Missouri and Illinois
A brief tremor, nearly an earthquake, shook Southeastern Missouri and a small part of Southern Illinois last night. Seismologist Ross Heinrich of St Louis University placed the event about 72 miles south of St Louis, between Fredericktown and the Mississippi River, at 7 12 p m lasting five to ten seconds. No damage or injuries were reported by Red Cross disaster chair Robert E Edson.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Ross Heinrich
St. Louis University
Fredericktown
Mississippi River
Robert E. Edson
Red Cross Disaster Service
Midwest
Public Eating Too Much House Members Build Cozy Rotisserie
Washington dispatch humorously notes Congress members seek private dining to ease nerves amid public scrutiny. The piece imagines a softly padded rotisserie grill above a private stair to a deluxe grill room, keeping constituents out of sight while lawmakers snack on costly center-cut items.
Grand Jury Probes Vote Fraud Again In Houston County
A special session of the Houston County grand jury opened at the courthouse with orders to issue new indictments against five defendants previously indicted for pre election irregularities. The prior charges were quashed Sept 10 after demurrers argued lack of specific election details.
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Houston County Grand Jury
Circuit
D. C. Halstead
Halstead
Anton Merritt
Swinton Croons
Ed Cameron
Ralph Cameron
Car B. Burkett
McEwen Head Of Dothan Hosiery Co Dies
J H McEwen president of the Dothan Silk Hosiery Company died at home early today of a heart attack. Officials were advised the exact arrangements were pending with funeral likely tomorrow or Thursday. His last visit to the local plant was about two years ago.
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J. H. McEwen
Dothan Silk Hosiery Company
N.C
Tomorow
Dothan
McEwen
Garage Fire Destroys Private Shed on Jeff Street
City firefighters battled two blazes yesterday. A private garage owned by H and Pather at 20 Jeff Street burned to the ground, with about $3500 estimated loss. A residence of M McLeod also damaged, smoke and flames spreading over nearby property.
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H &. Pather
Jeff Street
M. McLeod
Bevin Urges Unity As Basis Of Peace At Conference
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin urged the Peace Conference to base peace on unity as victory was, denying Soviet claims Britain seeks Trieste access. He defended Britain against alleged strategic aims and backed including smaller nations in talks, while noting UN Security Council control of troop withdrawals.
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Angelina Rose de Fabrizo
New York City
John Mastantuono
Rose
New York Daily News
Bevin
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Trieste
Great Britain
Pauli Henri Spaak
Belgium
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Governor Sparks Observes Birthday
Governor Chauncey Sparks marked his birthday with a quiet family dinner. A flood of congratulations arrived at his office and gifts included a framed record of fishing triumphs for posterity.
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Governor Sparks
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Cotton Crop Prospects Fall Sharply in 1946
The Agriculture Department reports September crop prospects show a drop of 447000 bales, predicting a total cotton yield of 8724000 bales, the smallest since 1921. Drought and rain reduced lint quality, with declines across Mississippi Arkansas Alabama and Texas, and state estimates list principal producing states values.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolinas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Phenix City Man Pleads Innocent to Murder Charge
Phenix City resident J Hoyt Shepherd pleads not guilty before Judge J S Wihame to a Russell County murder charge. The case stemmed from an event in September 1966 involving Fayette County and related individuals. Trial proceedings and defense preparations are noted as ongoing in court records.
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Phenix
Ala
J. ‘Hoyt Shepherd
J. S. Wihame
Russell County
Fayette
Orpeet Bane
Uae
Move Is Announced As Shortage Grows
The War Department said it is negotiating with Britain to borrow 20 million pounds of beef through next Feb 28 to feed U S troops in Europe and the Pacific. Argentina reportedly allocated the meat to Britain as a loan to relieve domestic shortages. Delivery would occur in early November under the terms of the agreement. Argentina recently signed a pact enabling Britain to take most Argentine meat exports for 12 months.
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Army
Great Britain
Grant Dillman
Washington
War Department
Pacific
Britain
Argentina
United States
Agriculture Department
Soviet Ambassador Protests U S Customs Treatment
Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Novikov protested alleged rude and discourteous handling by U S Customs officials on arrival in New York from the Paris Peace Conference. The State Department ordered a full investigation into the charges and noted the ambassador left LaGuardia without incident after questioning.
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Washington
State Department
Nikolai Novikov
U. S
New York
Novikev
U.S
Ociais
LaGuardia
Dean Acheson
Novikov
Arnese
Cailee
Dewey Attacks Taft Over Nuremberg War Trial Stance
Gov. Thomas F. Dewey and Sen. Robert A. Taft clashed over the Nuremberg war crimes verdicts as Democrats seized on the dispute to highlight foreign policy rifts. Dewey defended the trials against Taft’s criticism and faced GOP leadership pushback in New York.
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Associated Press
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Dewey
Washngton
Henry A. Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Lucas OD II
Carroll Reece
Republican Nations Committee
Lucas
Nuernberg
Nazis Isolated In Nuernberg Death Row Await Hangman
Hermann Goering and 10 other Nazis scheduled for execution on Oct 16 are confined to a condemned row in Nuernberg prison. They face isolation with limited contact, while two attempted talks and a muddled fate for Hjalmar Schacht unfold amid de Nazification tensions.
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Dudley Ann Harmon Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Nuernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Stuttgart
Nurenbergt
Frederick Bergold
Stuttwart
Schucht
Bergold
Bavaria
Wuerttemburg
Council To Decide On Nazis Appeals In Nuernberg
The Allied Control Council will review 16 Nazi leaders appeals in Nuernberg where the People's Court issued death sentences in the 1944 bomb plot. Clemency is unlikely for most, with Goering and 30 others set for hanging if rejected. Keitel and Jodl pleas to be shot instead may be discussed.
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Berlin
Nuernberg
Allied Control Council
Nazi People’s Court
Joseph Pierre Koenig
France
Allied Council
International Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
Ailing Gene Talmadge Heads to Georgia State Convention
Georgia governor candidate Gene Talmadge, recovering from a stomach attack in Jacksonville, plans a chartered flight to Macon for the state Democratic convention. Delegates expected to hear keynote remarks from Rep. Eugene Cox, while intra party squabbles swirl around district nominations and convention leadership.
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Gene Talmadge
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Matt Gisregard
Macon
Talmadge
Ald
Thries Geerne
Jacksonville Fia
Jacksonville St Vincers
Acre
Herman
Joe Boone
Eugene Cox
Second District
Cox
Els Ama Tuc
Nefer Douglins Mankin
James C Davis
Fifth District
Chatham County
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D. C
Frederick C. Othman
House of Representatives
Phenix Citian
Green
Theodore Francis Green
D. R
OPA Meat Industry Advisory Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton PL Anderton
OPA Beef Industry Advisory Committee
R. G. Haynie
Heeft
Anderson
Land Administration
OPA
Meat Industry Advisory Committee
Solo
Andrew Lungbotham Cabover
Pasadena
Calif
China
Ane
Declaratios Adiaigh
Mitr
Sapardia
Rsa
Tamecenm
Gustave Gilbert
Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Constantin von Neurath
Hans Frank
Adolf Hitler
Gilbert
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