Committee Big Slash at Outlay for Cancellation
A committee reports canceling about 53.45 billion dollars in wartime appropriations for the year ending next July. The plan seeks large cuts across military and executive agencies, aiming to reduce the original 270 billion first-period spend by some 90 billion as tax relief prospects appear limited. The panel notes prior cancellations bring the total to around 56.8 billion and highlights major reductions in Army corps and Air Corps plans.
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Almington
House
Anoa
Annon
Naval Establishment
Congress
I Corps
My Air Corps
Coroner Probes Death of Lea Stewart in Bath Room
Acting Coroner Smith Hall said the investigation into Lea Stewart's death continues. A muffled pistol shot was heard after Stewart had visited friends for steak supper at 512 11th Alice Street. The 38 caliber pistol found at 512 North 10th Street had been linked to Ralph Fulford, but how Stewart obtained it remains unclear. Hall withheld verdict pending further details.
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Smith Hall
Gay
Lea Dewart
Sfx
Stewart
11Th Alice Street
Louise
Stew
Hall
J . G. Farmer
Ralph Fulford
Tce Street
Stewat
Braden Nomination Advances From Foreign Relations Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to advance Prairie Braden's nomination as Assistant Secretary of State. The approval followed about an hour of closed discussions after weeks of controversy over U S policy in Argentina. Braden, a former ambassador to Buenos Aires, faced questions about preference in Argentine domestic affairs, which he denied.
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Washington
Trumann
Prairie Braden
Traden
Acton
Braden
Buenos Aires
Navy cuts discharge scores to speed up releases
The Navy will discharge more than 1.1 million by New Year by lowering point totals for most personnel. Enlisted men drop from 44 to 41 on November 1, to 39 on December 1, and to 38 on January 1. Officers and specialists face staged reductions, with nurses and aviators also affected. Mids and Ensigns maintain current totals.
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Washington
Navy
Truman to Talk Peacetime Draft Plan Before Congress
President Truman will address a joint session of Congress next Tuesday at 12 20 p.m. EST to outline a peacetime universal training program. He backs General Marshall on military training and prompts by Secretary Patterson for a merger of the War and Navy Departments to aid world peace efforts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Hayburn
White House
George C. Marshall
Army
Patterson
War and Navy Departments
Atom Bomb Experts Warn of Future National Threat
Washington AP reports that Oppenheimer and Curtis warned at Senate hearings that the new atomic weapon could cause overnight slaughter of 40,000,000 Americans in congested centers and near-total destruction if war resumes among nations. Oppenheimer confirmed the grim figure when asked by Senator Fulbright.
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Washington
J. R. Oppenheimer
New Mexico
H. J. Curtis
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Senate
Oppenheimer
Senator Fulbright
D-Ark
Oppenhrimer
New Fighter Plane XP-89 Displayed at Wright Field
Bell Aircraft disclosed the XP-89 long range jet fighter built for the Army Air Forces is on display at Wright Field Dayton Ohio during the Open House exhibition. The aircraft lacks propellers enabling carriage of a wide gun array and is described as capable of high speed long range nonstop high altitude operations.
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Buffalo
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Army Air Forces
AAF
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Java Seethes With Political Unrest Peace Plan Studied
Java seethes as the Indonesian National Council seeks a reply from the Allied command in the Netherlands East Indies to four demands. The plan calls for removal of Japanese forces, deportation of Dutch troops, no new Dutch soldiers, a civil administration role, and UN recognition of the council as de facto government. Soekarno tours western Java to curb violence while the council promises a national election within six months.
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Ralph Morton Batavia
Javacap
Java
Indonesian National Council
Aled
Netherlands East Indies
Mohammed Hatton
Tin Amsterdam
H. A. Logetaan
Soekarno
Hatton
Council
A. F. Christison
Netherlands Indice Civile
United Nations Committee
Indies Civil Administration
Japanese Cabinet Moves to Repeal Wartime Religious Decrees
The Japanese Cabinet plans to repeal wartime religious organizations law and curb state propaganda. It also reduces government employment from about 300000 to half that number and shifts labor duties from the Labor Service Bureau to the Welfare Ministry.
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TOKYQ
MacArthur
Japan
Domei
Information Board
Labor Service Bureau
Labor Department
Welfare Ministry
Dead Author’s Wife Says He Talks Through Her
Mrs Albert Payson Terhune claims her deceased husband speaks to her frequently and has authored a book about life after death through her. Terhune, famed for animal stories, began dictating the work titled Across The Line shortly after his death, using a pencil held by his wife. The publication is set for October 27.
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New York
Albert Payson Terhune
Terhune
Common Pleas Court Brief Session Totals
In a short Common Pleas Court session Judge J Norton Mullins Sr heard pleas of guilty from several defendants charged with highway violations and continued most criminal docket cases. Of 37 cases, 26 were continued, two not pressed, one dismissed. Four defendants pleaded guilty to traffic offenses and were fined. two pleaded guilty to highway drunkenness and were fined $5 plus costs. Among highway charges one defendant paid $25 for reckless driving, one $5 for no license, one $5 for speeding, and one $100 fine for driving while intoxicated.
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Court of Common Pleas
J. ‘Norton Mullins, Sr
Napier Field To Undergo Temporary Inactivation
The War Department ordered Napier Field to a temporary inactivation on or about October 31. Col. Charles B. Stewart, the field’s commanding officer, announced the action after noon and said a fuller explanation on what "temporary inactivation" means would follow. The field was activated on November 1, four years earlier.
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Napier Field
War Department
Charles B. Stewart
Stewart
Damaskinos Becomes Greece's Provisional Premier
Arthibidou Damaskinos, the Regent, anchors a provisional government in Athens after a cabinet crisis. He becomes the first clergyman to head Greece, taking over from Petros Volgaris as the Volgaris administration resigns.
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Athens
Arthibidou Damaskinos
Greece
Damaskinos
Petros Volgaris
Wvolgaris
Lambrinopoulos
Volgaris
Damacskinos
Dothan Kiwanis Hear Rev J N Dendy Speaker
The Rev J Norton Dendy pastor of First Presbyterian Dothan spoke to the Dothan Kiwanis Club about success concepts aim be prepared and courage Introduced by Fred Moseley he led the program The business session saw reports from President T A Shealy Whit King L J Thomas Jr John Hubbard on the district convention in Birmingham last week Guests included Sam Blumberg Billy Mullen William Johnson Albert Smith Aaron Kraselaky Returning servicemen were welcomed Forty eight members attended Mrs Otis Tuttle played the guest piano.
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J. Norton Dendy
First Presbyterian Church
Dothan
Argentina Labor Union Calls Nationwide 24-Hour Strike
Buenos Aires reports a major labor federation calling a 24 hour general strike starting at midnight in protest against oligarch rule and court delivery. Former vice president Juan Peron remains ill and seeks public support for a possible return to presidency.
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Buenos Aires
Juga D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Martin Garcia Island
General Confederation of Workers
Ministry of Marine
Martin, Garcia Island
Unies
Supreme Court
General Workers Confederation
Railroad and Tramways
Telephone Workers Syndicate
Commerce Employes and Construction
Watters Union
Meat Industry
Altnough
Eduardo Avalos
Juan Peron
Giva Peron
Juan Alvarez
Truman Seeks AFO Path for United Nations Food Goals
President Truman, meeting with the International Food Organization conference in Quebec, outlined goals for a postwar UN agency to promote global food abundance and fair distribution. The message, delivered to Secretary Clinton Anderson for reading, urged collaboration across nations to ensure plenty of food and other farm products for all and a fair share of earth’s wealth.
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Quebec
Aps
Truman
United Nation
The
Food Organization
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anerson
Extinguish Grass Fire On West Lafayette Street
Firemen were called to West Lafayette Street this morning to extinguish a grass fire at a house. No damage was reported. The department previously responded to a second alarm at 1K4 Burdeshaw Street, where a closet and clothes were burned but damage remained minor.
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West Lafayette Street
Burdeshaw
Floyd Hariig
Emperor Grants Amnesty to Million Japanese Citizens
Tokyo dispatch reports Emperor Hirohito issued a broad amnesty affecting about 1,008,000 Japanese as a unity move. The edict pardoned 5,690, reduced sentences for 31,000 and restored civil rights to 666,006, with rights reinstated five years after Sept. 2, 1945. The move, aimed at national unity, came as Japanese Communists pressed for imperialism’s end amid wartime postwar shifts. MacArthur’s HQ later cited discoveries of caches of valuables in liberated areas by Japanese officials.
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Tokyo
Aps
Hirohito
Americas
Antir Nippes
Domei
Dreamed
MacArthur
Prober Challenges Eisenhower On Jewish Housing
In Philadelphia AP dispatch U S representative Barl G Harrison of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees disputes General Eisenhower s report on transferring Jews from camps to German housing calling it generally misleading He says Nazis still occupy houses while Jews remain in camps and urges more action beyond rhetoric to move refugees out of camps amid claims of preferential housing for Jews over Germans.
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Tiladelphia
Barl G. Harrison
U. S
Inter-Governmental Committee On Refugees
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Eisenhower
Harrison
Truman
American Occupation Army
Sant Fortig
Eitenhower
Revenue Board In Special Meet
A special session of the Revenue Board convened to consider bids on paving a road from Paberaar to the Duthan Gentvis area via Rodhund and Central Geer. The board planned to adopt a budget from the county general fund and pave 1,778 yards at Sealy Wells for 444 dollars under contract. They also moved to buy a 350 dollar pump from Alabama Machinery and Supply. Only bid came from Joe F Walters of Troy for the Tabernacle Church project.
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Board of Sevenue
Tsying
Paberaar
Geer
Rodhund
Sealy Wells
Tabernacle Church
Alabama Machinery and Supply Company
Joe F. Walters
Troy
Danish Underground Leader Shot in Aarhus Main Street
Col. Rils Laasen a Danish underground leader during the Nazi occupation was shot to death on Aarhus main street. The assassin escaped. Authorities believe the Hip men, a Danish German terrorist organization, instigated the killing.
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Copenhagen
Col
Rils Laasen
Denmark
Aarhus
Hipmen
Action Said Taken In Public Interest
Washington AP John K Lewis called off soft coal strikes effective Monday summary says the UMW spokesman called action in public interest and plans to resume talks later. Negotiations on recognition of foremen's union were suspended as government conciliation talks failed after eight days. About 28,000 to 50,000 such workers idle among 400,000 soft coal miners.
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Washington
John K. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
K.C. Adams
Afl
Schwellenbach
Nazi Party Master File On Personnel Discovered By Allies
Allied forces recovered a nearly five million name Nazi party personnel file with membership cards and two million applicant names. The set, found intact, also shows later rejections and details on emigrant and foreign members. A May 1945 operation led to uncovering the records despite burn orders.
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Berlin
Nie
Thage Btonguna
Ais« Fang Deutkehe
Uneder
Tandon
United States
Germany
Argentina
Uteler May
William Trowne
Bartland
Ore
Wineh
Breane
Onion
Aioaid
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Kuhn
New York
Jackson County Wets Fail Again In Vote Test
Jackson County faced its third bid in 42 years to end dry status, losing 2 085 to 1 748 in unofficial tallies. Marian na voted wet while Graceville stayed dry. official results due Friday. County has been dry since 1903.
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Jackson County
Marianna
Graceville
Secretary of War backs army navy merger plan
Secretary of War Robert P Patterson urged the Senate Military Committee to unify the War and Navy Departments into a single agency with ground sea and air components. He argued unified control is essential for future security and world peace, citing wartime joint commands and lessons from World War II. Navy officials are expected to oppose merger proposals.
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Washington
Geretary of
Robert P. Patarson
War and Navy Departments
Senate Military Committee
Navy Department
Patterson
Generala MacArthur
Eisenhower
Nimitaq
U Gap
Congress
Carrier Monterey Leads Third Fleet Units To New York
The 10,000 ton warship Monterey led a nine-ship Third Fleet home from Japan into New York harbor at dawn. The Enterprise followed as the famed carrier of many battles. Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman commanded as Navy Day celebrations began with PT boats circling the formation near the harbor. Other vessels in the vanguard included Bataan Portland Foote Young Zellars Aulick Douglas H. Fox and Sterett.
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New York
Monterey
New York Harbor
Japan
Enterprise
Pacific
Frederick C. Sherman
Bataan
Portland
Foote, Young, Zellars
Aulick
Douglas H. Fox
Sterett
War Chest Drive Chiefs Renew Effort
Dothan Charities Chest officials moved to boost donations as the drive stalled near a $17,000 result with an Oct 31 deadline approaching. All potential contributors are in solicitors’ hands and cards issued, but progress reports remain limited. Officials emphasize renewed effort to hit the $30,150 goal.
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Cher
Charities Chest Office
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