Plan to form Southern Company to take over Southern power interests
Commonwealth and Southern Corp proposes a new firm, Southern Company, to acquire stock in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and South Carolina power firms. It would issue 15 million shares of common stock, swap 10 million shares for Commonwealth stock, and raise 13.5 million more for expansion by selling additional shares. The move aims to fund expansion and consolidate holdings, with preliminary figures showing substantial 1946-48 construction plans and 27.29 million in net income for Commonwealth and its subsidiaries.
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Plan New Company
South
Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Secreties and Exchange Commission
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Southern Company
Commonwealth
Southern Operating Company
Alabama Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Gulf Power Company
Mississippi Power Company
South Carolina Power Company
Savannah River Electric Company
Preston Arkwright
Securities Commission
Corminynwealth
Commonwealth and City
Antley 76 Dies Near Ashford After Long Illness
G W Antley aged seventy six died near Ashford on route 612 yesterday afternoon after a long illness. He lived in the community seven years and belonged to Stuff Springs Church. Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Thursday at Bluff Springs Church with burial in the church cemetery Ward Wilson in charge. Surviving are his wife a son Dan Antley Ashford route one two stepsons Bob and Cammie Woodham Headland two daughters Mrs Myra Hill Ashford route one and Mrs Belle Mayhand Auburndale Fla 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Active pallbearers Johnny Brown Jake Mills James Fowler Granger Clayton Phillip Clayton Elbert Clayton.
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G. W. Antley
Ashford
Stuff Springs
Bluff Springs Church
Church
Ward- Wilson
Dan Antley
Bob
Cammie Woodham
Headland
Myra Hill
Belle Mayhand
Auburndale
Fla
Johnny Brown
Jake Mills
James Fowler
Granger Clayton
Phillip Clayton
Elbert Clayton
Kiwanis Club Hears Navy Day Talk by Oakley
Kiwanis in observance of Navy Day heard Lawrence T. Oakley Dothan attorney and former U S Navy lieutenant discuss Navy Day origins and Pacific carrier warfare. He compared prewar and wartime Navy and covered Atlantic theater roles. John Hubbard introduced him as Paul Milner of Birmingham attended.
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Kiwanis Club
Lawrence T. Oakley
Dothan
U. S. Navy
Navy
Pacific
John Hubbard
Paul Milner
Birmingham
Kiwanis
Sam Stephens
E. 2. Griffith
First View
J. P. Culver
Market Price Debate Drives Cotton Holdouts
The text argues for a stable price around 40 cents per pound and urges farmers to resist stampedes to sell at lower prices. It stresses that markets fluctuate violently and that cotton farmers should wait for a recovery, insisting the market will rise.
Nazi schemes to defeat Roosevelt cited by Rogge in wartime talk
Rogge says a special German committee planned to influence the 1930s and 1940s U.S. elections to favor any candidate over Roosevelt. He cites Goering recalling meetings with Davis about using oil to win influence and asserts ties to Mexican oil interests aided by Davis and Lewis with plans to secure contras for Germany.
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Rogge
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Goering
Davis
John 1
Lewis
Rosee
Mexico City
Caid Lewis
Peer
Carde
Prats
Cules
Oal Ghiwo
Mexico
Danis
Germany
Highway Patrol Cracks Down On School Bus Law Breakers
Alabama Highway Patrol in Dothan enforces a rule requiring all vehicles to stop for a school bus unloading or loading passengers. Inspector T Hutto reports no accidents yet, but fines range from 1 to 109 dollars for passing a stopped bus and violators will be charged.
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T. Hutto
Dothan
Alabama Highway Patrol
Hutto
Mrs. Jim Hayes Dies in Abbeville at 56
Funeral services held at Shorterville Baptist Church for Mrs. Jim Hayes fifty six who died Saturday in a Dothan hospital after a long illness. Burial in church cemetery. Surviving husband three daughters five sons one step daughter two stepsons two brothers six grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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Abbeville
Jim Hayes
Dothan
Shorterville Baptist Church
Mark A. Lower
Kennedy
Mary Sybil Hayes
Bill Woolf
Shorterville
Annie Frances McCoy
Newville
Earl
Horace
Bob
Tom Hayes
Ed Hayes
Mrs
Bryan
Henry
Clarence
Robert
Bertram Culpepper
Hubert Culpepper
Everett Culpepper
Joseph Culpepper
Frank Fleming
Ray Fleming
Charles Hayes
World Assembly Opens as Truman Arrives Amid Tense Welcome
A massive New York welcome drew about 175000 people for the United Nations opening. Delegates from many nations gathered amid peace hopes and U.S.–Russia tensions. President Truman was due to speak after arriving by plane, with Byrnes likely to deliver a brief luncheon remark.
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America
Russia
Truman
Byrnes
United Nations
United States
Leland
Mi ‘Liu
LaGuaria
Washington
Wathan
General Assembly
New
New York
Mour
Foren
Paul Henri Spura
Belgium
Assembly Presi- Gere
Vincent Impelliterri
Spaak
Impuisiterr
Gaky Hall
Prumian
Midhotel
Waldorf Astoria
Guadoon Ue
Wee Fhening Fair Grounds
Weatchester County
Lotdut
Wes'chester
San Francisco
Churchill Denounces Soviet Balkan Bloc Policy
In London and addressing wartime policy, Winston Churchill denounces the Soviet Union’s moves in the Balkans, terms them a Communized bloc, and accuses Moscow of breaking Yalta and other Big Three agreements. He and Attlee fault vetoes in the UN Security Council and urge reform, with Churchill claiming Poland and Yugoslavia face coercive moves while calling for broader inclusion of freedom supporters.
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Glenn Williams
London
Winston Churchill
Balkan
Soviet Union
Yalta
Attlee
United Nations Security Council
Council
Russia
Churchill
Swift heir's pig jeopardy scandal shocks Chicago society
Mrs Louis F Swift Jr tied to a pig obstacle at Swift estate during hunter trials held last Saturday. The pig, borrowed from a neighbor for local color, was reportedly unharmed and sent home. Animal welfare groups reported hundreds displeased as league cites concern over rider propulsion and potential danger.
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Chicago
Louis F. Swift, Jr
Swift & Co
Chicago Animals Welfare League
Swift Estate
Allen Glisch
Leagu
League
Society
Swift
Isch
Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Joe Sanders
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Sanders a prominent Dothan resident who died after a long illness were held at Foster Street Methodist Church with Dr E A Childs and Dr D P Slaughter officiating Burial was in Abbeville cemetery Johnston Wilkerson in charge She was a native of Abbeville and had lived in Dothan since 1925 Her father the late Dr A S Steagall and uncle Henry B Steagall of Ozark were named relatives The bereaved include her husband three children a sister two brothers and several relatives Active pallbearers were John McCallister Jim Johnson Jr C Adams Hugh Stokes Pat Poyner Quin Flowers Beaty Whiddon and Amos Jones.
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Joe Sanders
Dothan
South Oales Street
Foster Street
Methodist Church
E. A. Childs
D. P. Slaughter
Abbeville
Johnston Wilkerson
A. S. Steagall
Henry B. Steagall
Ozark
Joe Jo
Auburn
Catherine
Mary Anne
B.C. Perkins
Jacksonville
W. C. Steagall
Washington, D. C
Dan Steagall
John McCallister
Jim Johnson
C. Adams
Flugh Stokes
Pat Poyner
Quin Flowers
Beaty Whiddon
Amos Jones
Common Pleas Court Lists 23 Defendants
Twenty three defendants were listed on the docket to appear in the court of common pleas today. Judge J Norton Mullins Jr will preside. Most charges are for vagrancy highway drunkenness affray and passing school buses on the highway.
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Court of Common Pleas
J. Norton Mullins, Jr
Contract Deadlock Threatens Krug Lewis Accord
The parties urge a 10 day formal meeting on a pending contract with a November 1 deadline. A telegram to Krug warns that failure to honor the meeting will void the agreement and trigger a strike at the October elections amid tense negotiations and disputes over advance notice and termination terms.
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Krug
Cial
Glenny
Krug Cullisson
Lewis
Krog Ved
Krog Ved Osseun
Dirateun
Cpeértiut
Weather Favorable To State Farmers
State Meteorologist F C Pate reports last week had generally favorable weather for farm work across the state. Cotton opening accelerated by fair dry conditions and picking neared completion in the South and Central areas while corn is being gathered. Sweet potatoes dig, soy beans harvested, hay cut, oats and cover crops planted, tung nuts and satsumas moving to market, gardens plentiful, and pastures unusually good for the season.
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Montgomery
F. C. Pate
Satsumas
UN speech urges steps toward world control and free information
President Truman addressed the UN Assembly urging agreements to curb veto powers and expand world control of atomic energy. He called for actions to remove fear of weapons of mass destruction, rebuild the world economy, aid refugees, and improve health, plus a drive to ease information barriers among nations. He said peace rests with Allies and the UN’s future mission.
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Mr. Truman
UN Assembly
Flushing
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
United Nations
Big
Four Council
New 4
Agree- Tien
From Plow to Platter Horses Feed the War Diet
A Reuben Hearing column notes horses and mules have moved from fields to tables as meat shortages rise. Official figures show federal slaughter of horses hit a 1945 peak of 77,887 head and continued high in 1946. CCC bought millions of pounds of horse meat for UNRRA, ending with a wary jab about civilian access and a final nod to mules fading from history.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
CCC
UNRRA
United States stalls bank loan talks over politics in Eastern Europe
A Soviet refusal to link loan talks with economic conditions delays Russo American negotiations. An American at the International Bank weighs Byrnes remarks amid Poland seeking 500 million dollars and Czechoslovakia 350 million. The bank rules favor economic factors, but the US and Britain hold enough voting power to influence decisions.
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Europe
International Bank
Byrnes
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
Albert Stephenson Funeral to Be Held at 10 A.M.
Funeral services for Albert Stephenson a long time Dothan resident who died Monday night will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Dothan with Dr. Henry A. Parker officiating Burial will follow in the city cemetery Ward Wilson in charge Stephenson operated Stephenson's Drug Store in Dothan for many years Surviving include his wife three sons Albert Stephenson Jr Don Bruner Stephenson Clifford Lamar Stephenson a daughter Patricia Stephenson five brothers and five sisters and his mother Active pallbearers: Max and Bill Bruner H D Oates Harvey and Dock Stephenson
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Albert Stephenson
Dothan
First Baptist Church
Henry A. Parker
Ward-Wilson
Stephenson
Albert Stephenson, Jr
Clifford Lamar Stephenson
U. SS
Navy
Don Bruner Stephenson
Patricia Stephenson
H. D
Harvey
Deck Stephenson
Montgomery
Bell Whitley
Fitzgerald
Allene Ward
Eufaula
C. J. Stephenson
Max and
Bill Bruner
Oates
Dock Stephenson
Fire killed children and mother in suspected oil heater blast
Number 13 awakened him, and together they shouted for help. A neighbor heard them and telephoned the fire department. The oil heater was in the center of the living room. An investigation will determine if it exploded or overflowed. Medical examiner granted removal of the bodies. Arrangements were made for a single burial. James Costello helped move the bodies and said all were burned beyond recognition. Some children were found in bed and appeared to have been overcome in their sleep.
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Bruce White
O’connell
Norman H. Gardner
James Costello
Previous Active Duty To Aid Navy Enlistees
The Navy Recruiting Station announced that all World War II veterans count their previous active duty toward retirement and longevity. Previously reenlistment within 90 days was required. now all men will reenlist in their discharged rating group and pay grade, per Chief Machinist Mate C. W. Walker.
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Navy
C. W. Walker
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