China Nears Clima as Peiping Peace Talks Resume
The Chinese government and Communist negotiators moved toward resuming peace discussions amid a fresh military push on Paoting. In Peiping a high level council of war suggested deadline urgency, while Chou En-lai agreed to return to Nanking to rejoin talks, though no direct link between events was stated.
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Shanghait
Peiping
Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chou En-lai
Democratic League
Chou
Cotton Market Break Sparks Senate Investigation
Senator Elmer Thomas announced hearings by a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee next Thursday on the cotton market drop. The probe follows charges that the break cost farmers hundreds of millions, with exchanges pledging cooperation and possible disciplinary action for rule violations.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Oklat
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Thomas
Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Oklahoman
Jesi le
Fal sum extends Alabama Democratic fund drive to November
Governor-designate James E. Fal sum announced the Alabama Democratic fundraising campaign will run through November 1. He will use the conference chamber at the State Capitol starting after the election and plans to work there three to four days weekly with a full-time secretary. A $200,000 target remained, though Fal sum warned it may not be reached.
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Montgomery
James E
Big Jim) Falsum
Capito
Capitol
Howard Thames
Sparis
Mobile
Gessner T. McCorvey
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama
Folsom
Small Medium electricity users to get ten percent bill cut
About 800 small and medium electricity customers in Dothan will receive a 10 percent reduction in base bills for October power, payable in November to the City light and water department. Large users are not affected, and the plan follows earlier promises and revenue adjustments.
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Dothan
City Light and Water Department
Google
Charity drive canvass plan and committee roles outlined
The article details team captains listing volunteers and merchants for a city charity drive. It covers contribution flow from employees to team representatives, note on canvassing discretion, and duties of JP Culver Frei C Moser ey Foy Mizelle and Bruce Flurry. It later references political debate on Clayton Amendment and legislative sessions.
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Jean Levinon Ecanicin
Lioyd Worden
Deage Cheisaste
Cans Fheroe
Tueee Nou
Camrie Ours
Tear
Capidtins
Tradiatte
Toint
JP Culver
Frei C Mosorey
Neg
Cos Dations
Foy Mizelle
Bruce Flurry
Eherse
Sab City
Clyde Tavern
Harry Hall
Cowie Pete
Gutatiee
War talk in Washington frames postwar diplomacy
The article reports U S policy toward Russia as peace driven through friendly firmness. Vandenberg and Byrnes urge frank talks with Moscow as Truman prepares the United Nations General Assembly address. Protests over alleged slave labor in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia are noted, with Moscow accusing U S policy of domination.
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Paris
U.S
Russia
Vandenberg
Byrnes
Soviet Union
Truman
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Moscow
New Times
U. S
Marianna Mayor's Son Injured in Motorcycle Crash
Dick Hinson 20 son of Mayor and Mrs K L Hinson of Marianna is in a Dothan hospital in serious condition after head injuries and bruises from a late Friday motorcycle crash on the Maljone Dothan road. He recently discharged from Navy duty in the Pacific and is a University of Florida student.
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Dick Hinson
Marianna
K. L. Hinson
Dothan
Young Hinson
Pacific
University of Florida
Distribution of 95 000 post offices and large federal building plan
A listing of post office building costs in Alabama towns with recommended 95,000 dollars and 80 to 90 thousand dollar ranges. The government, facing changes, increases federal public works spending from 900 million to 1.2 billion dollars for the year ending June 20, under a Reconversion directive.
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Uncle Sam
John Q
Department
Abbeville
Ashland
Alabama City
Centre
Columbiana
Dadeville
Geneva
Grove Hill
Hamilton
Hanceville
Heflin
Lafayette
Linden
Mouiton
Pell City
Tallassee
Vernon
Washington
Tristan
Reconversioun
John R. Steelman
Rumans
Congress
Steelman
Budget Bureau
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Commerce Department
Civil Works of the
Army Engineers
Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Justice, Treasury and
State Departments
Veterans Administration
Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maritime Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Panama Canal
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
War Department
Fire at Birmingham air center ruins shed. damage about 300000
A two alarm fire gutted a large Bechtel-McCone-Parsons aircraft modification center shed in Birmingham. About 25 light planes eight new autos and trucks and other vehicles were destroyed. Firemen blamed a failed plant water system and contained the blaze in about 30 minutes. The shed leased by the War Assets Administration to Aircraft Sales & Service, Inc. carried a war era cost of 100000 with equipment damages estimated at 200000.
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Birmingham
Bechtel-McCone-Parsons
War Assets Administration
Aircraft Sales &Service, Inc
WAA
Tom Skinner
Aircraft Sales & Service
Fort Worth woman left sizable estate after cremation
The estate of Mrs. Weigle appears large beyond $89,500 in securities found by police, with cancelled checks up to $100,000. Her 1947 will left half to her sister Georgia Erd wurm and quarter shares to nephews Clyde and Walter Rosser. Her husband Louis J. Weigle died in 1935. Cremation was performed per a note, but ashes are kept at a funeral parlor.
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Weigle
Georgia Rosser Erdwurm
Chickasha
Okla
Clyde Rosser
Fort Worth
Tex
Walter Rosser
Maywood
Weible
Healy
Johnson Urges End to Veto Abuse in U N Council Acts
New York AP Herschel V. Johnson, U S delegate, urges end to wild charges and veto misuse at the U N General Assembly opening. He warns great powers must bear responsibility and temper in pursuit of peace, not points in debate.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
Foreign Policy Association
U. N. General Assembly
Johnson
Council
Security Council
John Foster Dulles
U. S
General Assembly
United States
Brothers Newsmen Meet After 19 Years in Miami
Two brothers Herb and Roy Kelly, long separated since 1927, reunite in Miami. Roy, a copy reader for The Miami Herald, calls Herb, editor at The Miami Duly News, discovering their sibling tie. Their meeting reveals Herb’s eight years at the Duly News and Roy’s six months in Miami from the St Paul Dispatch.
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Miami, Fla
Herb
Roy Kelly
St. Paul
Mini
Dispatch
Roy
Miami Herald
Herb Kelly
Lomes
Miami Duly News
Miami
Niine Young Sons
Milton and
Herb, Jr
Veterans march on Capitol demand special session
About 3,000 demonstrators including World War II veterans and upstate teachers rallied at the Capitol. State troopers blocked entry while veterans formed a veterans senate and elected S. Clinton Stearn as chairman to press for a continuous session until Governor Dewey calls a real legislative session.
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American Veterans Committe
New York City
Upstate
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Veterans
Senate
S. Clinton Stearn
Dewey
Maritime Disputes Interrupt Army Supplies Shipments
Separate maritime disputes interrupted Army supply shipments from Baltimore and Seattle as talks to end the nationwide maritime tie-up resumed. CIO and AFL officials met in New York while plans to extend the shutdown to foreign flagships were postponed. The Seattle row centered on military cargo movements to Japan and Korea with guards warned to keep essential military shipments moving.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Seattle
CIO
New York
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Masters, Mates and Pilots
AFL
Washington
Meanwine Gr
Om. Brady
Coarsman
Norfolk
U. S
Japan
Korea
Seattle Cio Committee On Maritime Unity
War Department
Department
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen
Earth’s extra axis rotation explains annual orbit
The Earth completes about 368 rotations on its axis yearly. The surplus rotation balances the Earth’s yearly journey around the sun, keeping time and seasons in balance.
Royal Marines suffer 7,624 killed and wounded in action
During World War III Britain's Royal Marines faced losses totaling 7,624 in kill and wound figures.
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Britain
Royal Marines
Unanimous adoption sparks calls for housing aid in Albany
Groups formed to secure food for those in the chamber and an executive committee was named to contact all state officials, assemblymen, and senators to urge their return to Albany for housing demands. A State police official admitted uncertainty about next steps.
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Chamber
Ao Committee
Albany
State files mobile coin auto assessments schedule shifts
Mobile owners faced higher taxes as auto assessments were adjusted by the State Department of Revenue in a plan to align county and city valuations. Tom Carlton, state official for revenue, sent a suggested schedule to the Mobile County assessments office, aiming for consistency in ad valorem figures across nine counties.
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Mobile
Ala
County
New
State Department of Representatives
Regis Way
Gomery
Tom Carlton
Christmas October Tin Plant Bulb Potting Guide
The text outlines planting bulbs in pots with moist soil, kept in a closet for two weeks. As roots form, move them to light, then a cool sunny area. Water daily and maintain a pleasant supply, following a simple routine for healthy growth.
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Chicago Board of Trade
New Orleans Exchange
Dan Millnger, Jr
New York Exchange
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Dow, Jones & Co, Inc
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Cossinet Federal Supervision
J. B
Macdonald
Department of Agncultuare
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Preston Clayton
Barbour County
Jim Folsom
Dixon
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Phere
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Econehision
Hose
Brewton Eng. CO
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BAY Line
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Panama City
Cottondale, Fla
South Florida
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Arab
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Brundidge
Camden
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Crichton
Dora
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Foley
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Gordo
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Headland
Jackson
Lanett
Langdale
Leeds
Northport
Parrish
Plateau
U. N. Council
Dothan Federa Savings & Loan Ass
Ford Motors
Malone
Malone Motor CO
St. Andrews
Ford Parts Distributors
Blackwood ‘Bros
Houston County
Frank Stamps
Stamps
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Harvey Etheridge
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