Rationing End Dates Floated for Shoes and Butter
Washington AP reports tentative dates for ending shoe rationing by late October or November with MDF officials weighing two options. Butter ration values drop from 12 to eight points, to be announced, while passenger tire rationing may end by December and track tires exit by late November. Bowles told a Senate panel that rationing is nearing an end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
CFA
War Production Board
Chester Bowles
Senate
Byrnes Sees Lend-Lease Misuse by Allies in Asia
Secretary Byrnes warned against lending U S arms for political aims, citing British and Dutch use in the Far East against nationalists in Indo China and Java. He said Washington asked removal of the U S emblem from equipment and argued the objection should apply globally including South America. Venezuela’s recent upheaval noted.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Far East
Indo - China
Java
South America
Inquirers
Venezuela
South Americas
Venezuelan Revolutionar
Congress Sees End Of Peanut Quotas
Washington AP reports senators and congressmen expect the peanut quotas to end next season. Southern lawmakers met with Secretary of Agriculture Anderson to resolve parity debates and the plan for blended parity. They argue a blended price base would drop growers to 86 percent parity, undermining purchasing power tied to 1909 14 levels.
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Washington
Congress
Magesby
Pace
D-Ga
Dr. Davis Heads State Dentists
Dr. Du pre Davis of Dathan will serve as president of the Alabama Dental Association for the coming year. Elected at a convention last night he succeeds Dr. Charles D. Bray of Birmingham. Others named include Dr. M. L. Llewellyn of Gadsden as president elect, Dr Pryor Williams of Birmingham as vice president, and Dr. Angus M. Sellers of Birmingham as secretary treasurer.
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Birmingham
Dupre, Davis
Dathan
Alabama Dental Association
Charles D. Bray
M. L. Llewellyn
Gadsden
Pryor Williams
Angus M. Sellers
Nip Editors Told To Have Free Press
TOKYO AP reports Japanese editors were ordered by supreme headquarters to establish a free and independent press or make way for papers that will. Col Kenneth R Dyke, chief of civil information and education, charged editors with stifling full and frank discussion of the war crimes issue and the role of the imperial household in a demoralized Japan.
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Tokyo
Supreme Headquarters
Kenneth R. Dyke
Civil Information and Education
Imperial Household
Japan
Senators Approve Individual Tax Cut Plan
Washington reports the Senate approved individual income tax cuts totaling trillions and outlined proposed changes. The Finance Committee warned next year’s reductions could exceed current estimates by about 3 billion dollars. Debates covered corporate exemptions, dependent exemptions, and revenue impacts including a repeal of the use tax on cars.
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Senate Finance Committee
Arller
House
Vandenberg
R -Mich
George
Hollywood Strike Ends Reported by Johnston in Cincinnati
AP report from Cincinnati notes Eric Johnston head of the Motion Picture Producers Association says the Hollywood movie strike is over after a four hour AFL leaders' meeting. A formal AFL Green announcement was anticipated. The statement followed a Chicago elevated line halt and multiple industry walkouts across airlines and glass plants.
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Cincinnati
Holywood
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Producers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Johnston
William Green
AFL
Greer
Oane
Circuit Court Hears Fight Trial Cases
Houston Circuit Court for criminal cases entered third day after yesterday's dispositions. One guilty plea was recorded and five defendants convicted. Oscar Montgomery, NegyYo, found guilty of a statutory offense involving his young stepdaughter and sentenced to 20 years. Do A Bullock and Vincent Sweeting convicted of attempted burglary with $250 fines.
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Houston
Oscar Montgomery
NegyYo
Do. A. Bullock
Vincent Sweeting
Sen
Reconversion Board Studies Wage Policy Amid Auto Strike Vote
The Reconversion Advisory Board meets to discuss wage price policy as 500000 auto workers begin a strike vote in 96 GM plants. CIO United Automobile Workers seek 30 percent higher wages while U S Steel cites ceilings and stabilization policy. Assistant Secretary Menser to meet oil workers. Truman delays statement until advisory panel意见.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
John W. Snyder
CIO
United Automobile
General Motors Corporation
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Navy
N. Struve Menser
United Steel Workers of America
U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
Labor Management Agriculture
Injuries Fatal To John W. Bell
Funeral services for Johnnie W. Bell of Echo will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Wessey Chapel church. Bell died in a Dothan hospital from injuries suffered when his drug sled was struck from behind on the Ozark Abbeville highway near Bell’s Store Saturday night. Holman Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge. Surviving are three sons Luciana, Gaston, and Douglas. one daughter Ruthie. father George Bell. three sisters Ada Johnson Evie Barefield Georgie Hagler. one grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
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Johnnie W. Bell
Echo
Dothan
Wessey Chapel Church
Church
Holman Funeral Home
Ozark
Bell
Ozark-Abbeville
Luciana and
Gaston Bell
Newville
Douglas Bell
U. S. Army
France
Ruthie Bell
George Bell
Ada Johnson
Evie Barefield
Georgie Hagler
Midland City
Ashes Of Former Prisoners Of Japs Are On Way Home
On a World War II flight from Tokyo to Manila 14 wooden boxes hold ashes of 1,081 former POWs. Most victims were Americans captured early in the war in the Philippines, East Indies, and Malaya. The crates, bearing air shipment notices, weighed 115 to 65 pounds each.
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Ween Hacgland
Tokyo
Manila
States
Roy Carter
Port Huron
Mich
Carter
Philippines
East Indies
Malaya
Baptism of Yugoslav Crown Prince in Westminster Abbey
Infan t Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was baptized before royal guests in Westminster Abbey with Princess Elizabeth as godmother and King George V as godfather. The three month old son of King Peter and Queen Alexandra, exiled from the Balkans, was submerged three times in warm water and resisted the rite. He was named Alexander after his grandfather Alexander I, assassinated in Marseille in the prelude to the last war.
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London
Yugoslavia
Westminister Abbey
Elizabeth
George ¥ E
Peter
Alexandra
Balkan
Marshal Tita
Alexanders
Alexander I
Marseille
One Killed in Crash on Enterprise Highway
A single vehicle left the Enterprise Highway around 12 25 p m today near Geneva, killing D S Carrell and injuring Orel Smart James C Johnston and W L Paschal. Carrell’s funeral is planned at Ebeneezer Church with Masonic rites.
Victory Loan Drive Starts Next Monday
State and district bond leaders met at the Houston Hotel to outline the Victory Loan drive launching next Monday. Frank P. Sam ford of Birmingham gave the keynote address as about 75 bond leaders from Tenth War Bond District heard plans. The proposal called for lighting a Victory Torch in every county at opening and keeping it burning through the drive.
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Houston
Frank P. Samford
Birmingham
Kent
Congress Divided On Truman Peacetime Draft Proposal
Washington AP dispatch reports a split Congress weighing President Truman's universal peacetime training plan. Viewpoints range from full conscription to education-preserving modification and strict volunteerism, with leaders uncertain on congressional action and White House expectations for 1946 campaign impact.
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Harry S. Truman
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Washington
Mal Mary
Senate
Barkley Kyss
House
White House
Rep
Martin (Mass
Smith Tr-Nj1
George D-Ga
Latallette Prag
Wiss
Mr. Truman
Bair Concessions Challenge City Gambling Ban
Police Chief J E Craughon said a test of the city ban on gambling would occur as concession operators plan to run games at the fair next week. He warned no form of gambling would be allowed and that enforcement would be strict, with potential injunctions if concessions attempt to operate.
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J. E. Craughon
Draughon Baid
Panama City
Fla
Draughon
Wage Talk Resumed As Car Workers Strike Ballot
Tokyo dispatch reports wage talks in Japan resume as car workers cast ballots on a strike issue amid government plans to seek outside aid for a food crisis. Mitsui directors face reorganization pressures under General MacArthur while discussions touch on possible liquidation and occupation troop participation.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
Bewe
Mite
MacArthur
Haroshi Ashida
War Department
Washington
John J. McCloy
McCloy
United States
Mitsui
Mitsui Holding Company
No. 12
Napier Field Faces Uncertain Status Amid Inactive Orders
A group of 175 military personnel arrived at Napier Field from Buckingham Field, Fla., with about 409 more expected. Buckingham was placed on inactive status in September and Napier on a temporary inactive status in October. no final decision on Napier’s fate has been announced, though the October 31 inactivation deadline stands and future instructions will determine the field’s status.
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Napier Field
Buckingham Field
Fla
Florida
Napier
Buckingham
Persarine
Indonesians Seek Allied Mediation in Dutch Conflict
London dispatch reports President Soekarno urging Allied mediation by the United States, Russia, and China to resolve the dispute between the Indonesian government and the Dutch. Soekarno says the U S will act impartially but firmly to handle the Indonesian problem for world peace.
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London
Inderxian
Soekarno
United States
Russia
China
Sockarno
Associated Press
Officials Certain Result Will Be Call For Walkout For Salary Boost
DETROIT AP Automakers GM workers cast a strike vote over a 30 percent wage rise. Walter Reuther, CIO leader, said GM officials showed indifference during talks and urged listening, while union officials predicted a light but legal strike vote. Balloting occurred off company property with three votes planned across Chrysler and Ford.
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Detroit
Automobile Workers
General Mitars
TIG United Airmobile Workers
aPst
General Motors
Walter PL Reuther
LAW - Cio
Qute
National Labor Relations Board
Farhint
Chrysler Corp
Amon Ford Motor Co
Venezuela De Facto Government Seeks World Recognition
In Caracas the revolutionary regime appeals for international recognition as Venezuela stabilizes after the October 18 revolution that ousted President Medina y Angarita. Medina and Lopez Contreras are reportedly in custody, with swift graft trials promised. Scattered fighting subsided, assets of public employees frozen, and property probes launched. casualties tallied at 246 dead and over 600 wounded.
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Caracas
Romulo Betancourt
Troopships Bring 27 000 Vets From Europe and Pacific
About 15 000 servicemen from Europe and over 12 000 Pacific veterans are to arrive today at East and West Coast ports aboard 17 troopcarriers and smaller vessels. New York reports 2 742 troops from Calcutta with nurse and naval staff. Noordam from Marseilles carries 2 214 troops. Fayetteville Victory from Marseilles adds 1 878 troops with elements of the 10th Armored Division and other units. Newport News lists 38 miscellaneous personnel and 387 troops including 587th Quartermaster Laun. (To Page 2)
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Associated Prez
Europe
New York
General Blatk
Calcutta
Noordam
Marseilles
Tactica
Air Command
42Nd
Fayetteville
Martweillesy
10Th Armored Division
Newport News
William Rayburn
Thomas Cresap
Laun
Tare
Quisling Executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress
Vidkun Quisling Norway’s arch traitor was executed by a ten-man firing squad before dawn at Akershus fortress. Witnesses were a state prosecutor member a clergyman and the officer who ordered the shot. Quisling staggered to his death in rain insisting he was a patriot as secrecy shrouded the act.
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NED Nordnes& Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Hia
Foreign Affairs Office
Quisling
Quisting
Akershus
Rev Lawrence Baxter Accepts Episcopal Pastorate in Dothan
Rev Lawrence Baxter of Monticello Florida accepts the call to be rector of the Church of the Nativity in Dothan Alabama. He plans to begin duties in December and will succeed Rev G Ralph Madson who moves to Albany Georgia.
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Lawrence Baxter
Dothan
Monticello
Fla
Dothan Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Betts Slingluff
Church of the Nativity
Baxter
G. Ralph Madson
Episcopal Church
Albany Ga
Slingluff
W. Teey
Dupree Davis
Denton Street
Rye Baxter
Canada
South
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Florida
Frankfort
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Alabama
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D. S. Carrell
Columbia
Orel Smart
James C Johnston
W. L. Paschal
Smart
Carroll
Morris
Tater Carroll
Ebeneezer Church
H. M. Givans
Balcom
Ward-Wisma Funeral Home
Baptist Church
Manston County
Jif Insurance
Betty Jean
Della Mae
David Carroll
Rossie Carroll
Cecil Carroll
Clyde Smart
Jones
Cassidy
Lyons
N. J
W. D. Story
H.C. Williams
Columbus. Ga
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Bair
Pacific
University of the South At
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