November 1 Set As OPA Deadline On Price Control
The administration set November 1 as the deadline to lift most wartime price controls, promising an orderly retreat from controls on foods services and many commodities while leaving rents autos building materials refrigerators furniture basic clothing and farm implements under some caps. The article notes major decontrol steps including bakery products coffee and certain items and mentions impacts on meat prices and livestock markets.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Farina
Jean Young Mexticas
United States
OPA
Age Stabilization Board
White House
Seek New Indictment On Treason Charges
The Justice Department said it will seek a second treason indictment against Robert Best of Sumter South Carolina and Douglas Chandler of Baltimore with new evidence from three witnesses brought from Germany to testify before a grand jury. Witnesses Karl Linnard Schotte Edward Sittler and Margaret Eggers travel to the U S and are expected to arrive around October 26 with Best and Chandler arriving about a week later.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Robert Best
Sumter
S. C
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Karl Linnard Schotte
Berlin
United States Broadcast System
Germany
Edward Vieth Sittler
America
Margaret Eggers
Hamburg
Best
Chandler
One Soldier Killed One Hurt In Crash
Sergeant Ragan H Spooner aged twenty eight of New Orleans Louisiana was killed and Sergeant Frank B Akerman aged twenty six of Miami Florida seriously injured in an automobile wreck on the Camp Rucker Ozark highway about five and a half miles from Ozark. The 1937 coupe driver lost control and rolled several times. Spooner died almost instantly. Akerman was unconscious at a Dothan hospital. Both men were assigned to Camp Rucker to detonate unexploded artillery ducts. The Ozark highway patrol investigated.
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Ragan H. Spooner
New Orleans
Frank B. Akerman
Miami
Fla
Camp Rucker-Ozark
Ozark
Spooner
Akerman
Dothan
Hokman
Camp Rucker
September Fire Loss In Dothan Report Acknowledges $410
Fire Chief R. H. Ryan reports September totals for Dothan city fire department. Twenty alarms answered. 370 city blocks traversed. ladders raised 12 feet. 900 feet of hose used. Insured loss totals $410 with multiple causes listed and 332 inspections in business districts.
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Dothan
Clyde Coe
R. H. Ryan
Hosiery Plant Rejects Union Agent in Dothan Vote
Employees at the Dothan Silk Hosiery plant voted 178 to 68 against representation by the American Federation of Labor as their collective bargaining agent. The election, conducted by NLRB representative Fred J. Cassidry, saw only six of the eligible workers abstain.
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Dothan Silk Hosiery Company
American Federation of Labor
Fred J. Cassidry
National Labor Relations Board
Dragnet Spreads Across Europe For Windsor Jewels Theft
London reports an intensive hunt for the Duchess of Windsor jewelry theft expanding to Europe and the Atlantic as investigators pursue international gem thieves. The Duke values the loot at 900 000 and calls reports of higher sums exaggerated while police probe possible cat burglar entry at Ednam Lodge Surrey.
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London
CAP
Duchess of Windsor
Europe
Atlantic
Cormne
England
Sunningdale
Yard
Britain
Theves
Ednam Lodge
Earl of Dudley
Surrey
Windsors
Cannes
France
Ednam
Crippled Children's Clinic At Dothan Draws Registrants
The fall crippled children rehabilitation clinic at the Dothan Recreation Center registered 115 patients by 10:30 a.m. with more waiting. Visitors came from Houston and portions of Henry, Dale, Pike, and Barbour counties. Doctors and nurses from Mobile and district offices attended, with the Alabama Society of Crippled Children and State Rehabilitation Service aiding in the program.
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Crippled Children-Rehabilitation Service
Dothan Recreation Center
Houston
Henry
Dale, Pike and Barbour
Dothan Service League
Alabama Society of Crippled Children
State Rehabilitation Service
W. C. Hannon
Irene Daggett
Elin H. Silsby
Mobile
Courty Health
W. T. Porter
Andalusia
Mary Ruth Crawford
Alabama Society of Chippled Children
National Society of Crippled Children
Alabama
Sorosis Club
Young Women's Study Club
Jesse Forrester
Crippled Children's Committee
Dothan United Charities Chest
Goering Denied Holy Communion Before Death
Nuernberg prison psychologist Dr. G M O Gilbert said Hermann Goering was refused Holy Communion the day before his suicide for insincerity. He had never shown belief in God, but on the eve of his death he asked for communion, the only time he showed real interest in the ritual.
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Nuernberg
Herman Goering
Goering
G M. O Gilbert
Gilbert
Velemierie
Trechaniav
Ae Reali
FBI Probes Missouri Vote Fraud Ties to Indictments
FBI agents opened a probe into alleged irregularities in the August Democratic primary in Missouri's Fifth District where Enos Axtell, backed by President Truman and the Pendergast machine, defeated Rep. Roger Slaughter. The inquiry follows The Kansas City Star's findings and includes visits to the election board and DOJ direction, while a Congressional panel concludes its own review and may continue.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman
Pendergast Democratic Organization
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
FBI
The
Kansas City Star
Enos Axtell
Independence
Department of Justice
Washington
Election Board
Congressional Committee
J. Raymond Hey, Jr
Arthur T. Allen
Livestock shipments speed toward national dinner tables
The Friday arrival of the heaviest cattle and hog shipment of the year signals meat reaching retailers next week. Early hog prices rose after ceilings were lifted but showed volatility. rail car shortages threaten longer hauls, while truck movement increases. Chicago hog trade opened steady to higher at about 22 dollars per hundredweight. other markets also moved, with prices varying by city.
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American Meat Institute
Chicago
New York
Institute
West
East St. Louis
Indianapolis
Omaha
Sioux City
Byrnes to Warn Russia In Speech Tonight
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes will tell Americans on a nationwide NBC Mutual broadcast that the United States will deal with Russia with firmness tempered by patience and will not compromise its fair play principles in peace terms. He arrived from Paris after reporting progress at the Peace Conference and will address Moscow relations in his 30 minute talk.
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Byrnes
Russia
U.S
John L. Steele
Washington
ULP
James F. Byrnes
United States
Moscow
Paris
White House
Truman
VV. M. Motlotov
New York
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Walter Redell Smith
Smith
Ambaskador
Trishsen
Macon Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
UWS
Ruesis
Bud Boswell Defends Amendment No 4 In Enterprise
Boswell frames Amendment No 4 as vital for Alabama voters to decide. touts it as preserving white supremacy by law and cites support from state legislators and Democrats. He notes constitutional revision work and recounts a race registration dispute in Macon County involving a Black claimant.
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Bud Boswell
Enterprise
Boswell
Alabama
B.C
Bud) Boswell
Lions Club of Enterprise
Macon
United States District Court
Montgomery
Repitrathor Board
Veterans In Colleges Doing Superior Work
A Veterans Administration official lauded southern Alabama colleges for strong veteran programs noting most schools meet GI bill needs well. He cited inspections of 10 offices in South Alabama including Dothan and urged continued improvement where missteps occur.
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Montgomery
Moo
Mistrial Declared in Case of Policeman Stokes
Mistrial declared in State versus Leo Stokes Dothan policeman after jury failed to reach a verdict on assault and battery. Case held for retrial. other defendants John Wesley Williams Wesley Phelps W. Boonton Sam Walker faced forgery robbery and transporting stolen property charges with varied sentences and probation requests.
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Romusteial
Dt.cl Halstead
Leo Stokes
Dothan
Diet Stokes Ax
Paul Pangier
Dothan Road
John Wesley Williamis
Williams
Wesley Phelps
W. Boonton
Sam Walker
Oklahoma dwarfism suspect held on burglary charge
William A. Stages of Mussmegee Oklahoma was arrested by county officers on burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a store. Investigators recovered the stolen items and placed Stages in custody pending court action. The report notes the arrest occurred amid ongoing law enforcement activity in the county.
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Oklahoma
Wiliam A. Stages
Mussmegee
Onla
Rahford
George Wo Hevesi
Naeraiff Bog
Registrar Quits At Birmingham
Dr J B Vines resigns as chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Registrars blaming the board’s work for becoming football for those who seek to use colored people for political ends He says the only fix is to make the board a court or judicial body He notes a pending federal suit of 5000 against each member for not registering a person and cites continual harassment from letters and libelous items in the press also mentioning other board members J B Creel and Mrs Eva Whitfield Turn To No 9 On Page 2
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Birmingham
J. B. Vines
Jefferson County Board of Registrars
Vines
Chauncey Sparks
Board of Registrars
Jefferson Board
J. B. Creel
Eva Whitfield
Macon County Board of Registrate
Nans
Goering
Nuernberg
Vatican
Peanut Price Rise Seen From Oil Price Controls Lift
CAMILLA Ga AP Officials from the Aesolution predicted higher grower peanut prices after price controls on vegetable oils were removed. They expected crude peanut oil to climb about 1 to 5 cents per pound and peanut meal to rise 67 to 100 dollars per ton, a key cattle feed and fertilizer ingredient.
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Camilla, Ga
Aorite
Allies veto plan to study Nazi brains for clues
The Allied Control Council rejected a proposal to examined the brains of Nazi leaders condemned to death. The debate touched on cremation of the eleven executed men including five Catholics and concerns over church stance and public knowledge.
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Thomas A. Reedy Mernberg
Allied Control Council
International Military Tribunal
Four-Power Council For
Germany
Gaid
Herman Goering
What It Means If Republicans Win Congress
James Marlow explains potential effects if Republicans gain control of one or both houses. A Republican majority could stall or block Democratic agenda, while a full Senate or House majority might push bills, though intra party splits and cross-party defections could occur.
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Congress
Washington
Republccans
Preop Senate
Democrats
Tey
House
Senate
Truman
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