Tragic Cottage Fire Kills Nelson Family Nine
In East Hampton Connecticut a fire fueled by an overheated oil heater destroyed a five room cottage. Florence Clark Nelson 46 and eight of her children plus a six month old grandchild died. Edward Clark, 20, escaped after breaking a window. The husband was unable to enter. Fire officials cite overheated burner as cause.
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East Hampton
Conn
Florence Clark Nelson
Nelson
Betty Yelterna
Jacqueline
Mary Hall
Rita Clark
Edith Nelson
Christine
Chapin
Charles
John
Edward Clark
Clark
Paul P. O'Connell
Edward Nelson
Food Price Lids Virtually All Off
Washington AP OPA ended wartime price controls on most foods and beverages effective at midnight lifting ceilings on restaurants and sellers. Principal items freed include bread canned fish candy bananas oranges tomatoes pineapple juice cereals macaroni and spaghetti. Sugar rice and certain syrups remain controlled to prevent shortages and high bidding. about 3 percent of foods still under control.
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Washington
OPA
Pigeons To Carry Proclamations Of Airmail Week
In Miami National Air Mail Week will be proclaimed Friday with city pigeons delivering proclamations. Mayors from eight suburbs will send proclamations to Miami Postmaster Hugh P Emerson, timed to reach the loft together.
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Miami, Fla
Miami
Post Ofice
Hugh Pp. Emerson
Masons To Confer Top Degree Here
More than 200 out of town Masons will converge on Dothan tonight for conferring the Master Mason degree on two candidates at the Masonic Temple. Grand Master James M. Jones Sr will confer on his son James M. Jones Jr. Dinner at Houston Hotel 7 to 8 pm, then reconvening at the Temple for the degrees. District lecturers from across the state will attend along with many officers and guests.
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Dothan
James M. Jones
James M. Jones, Jr
Masonic Temple
Houston
Montgomery
Illness Keeps Folsom From Docks Meeting
Montgomery AP reports stomach ailment kept Governor design ate James E. Folsom from attending a State Docks Board session. Folsom, who will be ex officio chairman next January, was invited to sit in Gov. Chauncey Sparks' office but remained in Cullman under doctor’s orders. His secretary O H Finney attended in his place.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
State Docks Board
Folsom
Chauncey Sparks
O. H. Finney
Cullman
Finney
Coronation Of Queen To Climax Dothan High School
Homecoming at Dothan High on November 1 features a coronation ceremony for queen Miss Emmie Alice Noll at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium before the 7 30 p.m. kickoff with Pensacola. The royal party includes maid of honor Evelyn Vann and a court of seven. Master Reardon serves as crown bearer as Johnny Rice crowns the queen. A downtown parade precedes the game and a dance at the Recreation Center concludes the celebration.
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Dothan High School
Dothan High
Pensacola
Dothan
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Emmie Alice Noll
Michael Reardon
Albert
Bubber) McGowan
Dothan Tigers
Evelyn Vann
Betty Jean Edwards
Martha Jear Nordan
Yvonne Keel
Misay Wright
Martha Watford
Betty Rae Love
Johnny Rice
Tiger Back
Dotsan High
Master Reardon
Dotsan
Trains Collision In Fog Injures 100s In Chicago
More than 200 injured, about 15 seriously, when a northbound elevated L train rear ended another at a fog shrouded South Side station. About 240 treated across eight hospitals, with 700 aboard. Motorman George Petraites among the seriously hurt.
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Chicago
South Side
Provident
Michael Reese
Englewood
Mercy
St. Bernard's
St. Luke's
Chicago Memorial
George Petraites
Howard Street
John Haberkorn
Petraites
Ravenswood
47Th Street
Sparkman urges farmers hold cotton till price rises
Rep Sparkman D Alabama calls for farmers to keep 1946 cotton off market until prices reach about 40 cents a pound. He blames dumping for the slide and says CMEA and cotton exchanges should draft safeguards to prevent future dumps. He notes no export subsidy changes and supports current price ceilings under OPA controls.
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Rep
Sparkman
Washington (Ap
Commodity Exchange Authority
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Paul Porter
South
Schoolboy 9 Injured As Bus Collides In Dale County
William Wilkerson nine of Midland City suffered minor head injuries when the school bus on route two collided head on with a car driven by Raymond Anderson of Dothan. The crash occurred about 20 yesterday two miles north of Grimes in Date County. Bus driver Jessie Kelly was described as driving on the wrong side of the road. No other injuries were reported. Patrolman M S Vickery investigated.
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William Wilkerson
Midland City
Raymond S. Anderson
N. Oates St
Dothan
Grimes
Date County
Jessie J. Kelly
M.S. Vickery
Warns Of Disaster If Assembly Is Split
President Truman warns the United Nations could face disaster if differing political beliefs split the body into hostile camps. He urges unity in the 51 nation General Assembly, calls for continued pursuit of lasting peace, and notes concerns over USSR veto power and slow progress.
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Merriman Smith
United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
Truman
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
James F. Tirnes
Russia
UN Secretary Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
UN Security Council
Jones Nominated For Sparkman Post In Alabama
Jones secured the Democratic nomination for the Eighth District seat being vacated by Sparkman after beating runoff rival Jim Smith. Unofficial tallies show Jones winning five of seven counties with 14,455 votes to Smith’s 9,422 from 175 of 254 boxes. Smith endorsed by labor conceded defeat and congratulated Jones.
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Huntsville
Ala
Jackson
R. E.boris Jones
Scottsboro
Toduy
Alabama
John J. Sparkman
Jones
Jim Smith
Smith
Organized Labor
Bob Jones
Laudedale
Culbert
Taxi Drivers Warned Of Oct 31 Permit Deadline
City police warn taxi drivers must file for permits by midnight October 31 in Dethan. Only 22 have applied so far, far fewer than the 209 issued last year. Applicants must be fingerprinted at police headquarters Thursday afternoons and obtain a certificate to bring to city hall clerk for the operator permit.
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Dethan
Soviet Loan Request Appears Doomed By Byrnes Statement
Soviet leaders may fail to win a $1,006,000,000 aid request as Byrnes signals tighter conditions. Czechoslovakia and Poland face hard odds for $450,000,000 after the World Bank leverage. Byrnes states future aid will favor allies who reject dollar credits as economic enslavement, a reply to recent cuts to Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Tussia
United States
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Losis
World Bank
Byrnes
Itn
Catchorlovakia
Pary
Foren
Malotev
Wishinsky
Russia
United Nations Opens New York Session With Truman Speech
In New York the United Nations Assembly was formally welcomed with a subdued parade along Manhattan streets and to City Hall. The 25,000 crowd heard Warren Austin pledge that small differences won’t block peace, as Truman prepared to arrive for the 3 pm opening.
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United Nations
Truman
New York
John M. Hightower
United Nations Assembly
Manhattan
City Hall
Molotov
Waldorf-Astoria
State Byrnes
Washington
Warren R. Austin
United States
Thomas Corcoran
Broad
Lewis Warns Strike If Krug Fails To Meet Nov 1
AFL leader John L. Lewis demands renewed wage talks with Interior Secretary Krug over soft coal contracts. He threatens a walkout by 400,000 miners on November 1 if Washington does not reopen the wage and hours agreement tied to the government seizure last May. Krug suggests Tule Lake meeting if needed. Lewis demands immediate Washington talks. Rogue reveals Nazi plots to defeat Roosevelt in 1940 elections. Goering discussed influence via William Davis and oil promoter connections.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
J. A. Krug
Lewis
Krug
AFL
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis-Krug
Navy
N. H. Collison
Lewis Quarterday
Southwest
Tule Lake
Cal
UMW
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Rogue
Davys
Davis
Germany
United Mine Workers
Willkie
Rugge
Rope
Anid Lewis
Rogpe
Marquis Childs
Davia
Five Mississionians Freed Of Lynching
A Holmes County jury found five men innocent in a death case tied to a lynching accusation involving a beaten farm hand, Seon McAfee. Defendants include Jeff Dodd Sr and Jr, Divie Roberts, James Roberts, and Spencer Ellis, all released after a two day trial.
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Lexington
Miss.Aly
Holmes County
Jastomigiet
Seon McAfee
Vies Fond
Jeff Dodd
Toodd
Dodd
Jeff Dod Joof Jackson
Divie Reberts
Greenwood
Misa
Methodist Pastor Presented New Auto By Church Members
The Rev. Charles H. Hildreth drove a new four door special deluxe auto, a gift from Lafayette Street Methodist Church members. A. D. Ussery spoke for the group at the quarterly conference meeting, confirming immediate delivery after F. F. Williams swapped positions on the list with his pastor.
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Charles H. Hildreth
Lafayette Street Methodist
Hildreth
A. D. Ussery
F. F .Williams
LaFayette Street
Charities Chest Special Gifts Deadline Nears in Dothan
Clyde Lovern and Harry P Hall urge immediate donations for the Charities Chest campaign. With a $21,500 goal and less than half the letters returned, canvassing continues city wide as leaders stress personal responsibility and the need for swift action before the Friday October 25 deadline.
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Lmne
NOVE
Clyde Lovern
Cochairman
Harry P. Hall
Lancade
Bobs Wart
Chaccman
Levern
Dothan Charities Chest
Ward
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Ar Farmer of America
Fae Farmers of America
Kans City
Rdan
Thomas L. Brdan
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ADP
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Mobile
Sis
C. E. Michaels
Birmingham
James M. Jones, Sr
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Guy T. Smith
al Gillette
Charley Stubinger
R. M. Carswell
John Hall
Cape FE
Bullard
John S. Talley
Ollie F. Clower
Andalusia
Joe &. Southall
Dale County
Sparkman Post
John Scam
Roosevelt
Dothan Eagle
Drew Pearson
Afur McAters
United Charities Chest
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