Conference Called To Adjust Tax Bill
The Senate and House tax relief bills differ sharply and go to a conference committee to reconcile revisions. The Senate adds 155 million in relief, targets individual and corporate cuts, and repeals use tax and certain excises. The House seeks smaller personal cuts and repeals wartime levies with refunds on liquor and light bulbs. The conference will likely meet Friday to finalize the measure.
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Peance J. Selly Washington
Senate
House
Senate Conference Committee
Indonesian Leader Appeals for Help in Independence Struggle
Soekarno addressed the Malabar radio station at Bandong urging support from the United States and other mediators in negotiations with the Netherlands East Indies. He indicated a neutral meeting location, possibly the American consulate, and proposed Walter Foote as mediator. Dutch-Van Mook officials hoped for a compromise to avoid more bloodshed. Soekarno warned that no earthly power can stop the independence movement, while suggesting a treaty could settle financial holdings.
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Batavia
Reic
United |Ez
Janie
Soekaroo
Bandoeng
Soekarno
HL J. Vaal Mook
Netherlands East Indies
van Mook
Walter A. Foote
U. S. Counsul General
Va Mook
Dut
War Chest Drive Nears Goal Shortfall In Dothan
Dothan United Charities Chest drive reports show only a sprinkling of solicitors. With five days left and $11 150 needed to reach the $30 150 quota, contributions trail by about $9 000. Special Gifts Committee led by Roy O Hill accounts for roughly $19 000 and may have reached its capacity.
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Dothan United Charities Chest War Chest Combined Appeal
Charities Chest Office
Roy O. Hill
Special Gifts Committee
Hill
Special Gifts’Committee
Marine Corps Cuts Discharge Points
The Marine Corps reduced discharge point scores to 50 for Marines and officers and 20 for women Marines effective November 1. Current scores are 60 for Marines and officers and 25 for women Marines. Headquarters said the Women’s Reserve could demobilize by September 1 with about 62,000 more enlisted men eligible for release under the new cut.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Marine Headquarters
Marine Corps Womens Reserve
Jury Discharged In Lynch Probe Investigation Ends
A grand jury that investigated a Black inmate's death after removal from the county jail was discharged. Governor Caldwell had urged a new grand jury to continue probing the death, while the same panel had previously indicted a man for attempted rape of a five year old white girl.
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Mavipyn
FR. H. Rowe
Tallahassee
Millard Caldwell
Nagano says war declaration delayed before Pearl Harbor
Tokyo AP Nagano, wartime Navy chief, says a formal declaration was planned to precede the Pearl Harbor attack by 30 minutes but was delayed in Tokyo for unknown reasons. He accepts responsibility for orders to attack, noting the fleet sailed awaiting further orders and Hull’s peace message.
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Tokyo
Osami Nagano
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Nagano
United States
Java
Malaya
Isoroku Yamada
U. S
States
Hull
Hawaii
Aerial A-Drive-It Planes Crash in Boca Raton
In Boca Raton two rentedy planes collided during takeoff today. One plane struck the ground and burned but the pilot escaped with cuts and bruises. The other clipped wires and crashed into a stockade building, both crews renting planes from Miami. The Army hospital reported the second pilot’s condition as uncertain.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Army Hospital
Miami
New Allied Rule Puts Diplomatic Isolation On Japs
Tokyo orders Japan to sever relations with all foreign governments and hand over diplomatic archives and papers to Allied powers. Japan must recall representatives from all countries and cease relations with foreign governments as Four Allied Powers receive archives. France’s Fumi- ma to Konoye rumored to renounce titles to enter politics.
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Tokyo
Washington
United Kingdom
Russia
China
United States
France
Netherlands
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
Domei
Fumima- To
Konoye
Koichi Kido
Demei
War Secretary views Japanese war criminals at Omori camp
Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, with Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, toured Omori prison camp near Yokohama. They met Hideki Tojo and Gen. Masaharu Homma, observing conditions for POWs and discussing security to prevent suicides as they noted lice and vermin and living standards compared to pre surrender.
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Tokyo
John J. McCloy
Japan
Omori
Yokohama
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
McCloy
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Bataan
Yokohamama_ prison
Tojo
Homma
Eichelberger
Spectacular Navy Day In Prospect In New York
Naval craft from fleet units to patrol vessels entered New York harbor and steamed into fog bound Hudson River for Navy Day reviews by President Truman. Fifty ships already acclaimed and inspected by crowds will anchor along the Hudson for Saturday’s ceremony before civilian visits to piers.
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New York
Uncle Sam
New York Harbor
Hudson
Truman
Coroner Finds Stewart Death Not Self-Inflicted Action
Ten day inquiry into Stewart shooting at 512 North Alice Street yields no solid murder evidence. Acting Coroner Smith and undercover investigators cite unclear circumstances at a drinking party and dinner, with verdict referred to the grand jury for further inquiry. hallmarks of a pistol wound near the heart.
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Leo Lo Suan
Dothan
Smith Fis
del At
Court of Ligiuls
Keener Bailey
Hinsston Cavent
Hall
Stewart
North Alice Street
Scientist Urges Free Science Exchange Worldwide
Dr Karl T Compton president of MIT urged unfettered scientific exchange as essential to open a new field of science and support a National Science Foundation. He cited nuclear physics and electronics as areas where secrecy and security hinder discovery and called for scholarships and fellowships. He noted OpPenheimer Lawrence and Arthur Compton as NR Council funded figures who advanced atomic research.
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Washington
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation
Senate
National Research Council
Rockefeller Foundation
J.R. Oppenheimer
Ernest Lawrence
Arthur Compton
General Committee Suggested To Direct United Nations Work
The UN executive committee urged forming a 14 member general committee to run General Assembly work after a five hour session. Russia pressed for a smaller panel. nine to three vote opposed by Russia Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia with France and China abstaining. Ann Dvorak Files Divorce Suit Against Leslie Fenton After Desertion in 1944.
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United Nations
London
Los Angeles
Ann Dvorak
Leslie Fenton
Yuma
Ariz
House Committee Rejects Proposal For Congress Curbs
The House Military Committee rejected an amendment to curb foreign involvement in atomic energy research. The panel, after closed-door drafting with War Department input, voted down a proposal by Rep Elston to require presidential and congressional approval before sharing any atomic secrets abroad. The committee plans to finish work soon, easing some research restrictions to avoid hindering scientists while preserving national safety.
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Washington
House
War Department
Elston
Congress
Commission
Ohioan
Department
Twenty Five Youths Take Service Exams For Induction
Twenty five registrants from Houston County’s three Selective Service Boards left for Ft McClellan for pre induction physicals. Board One lists James Hugh Brannon Jr Fred McLain Grover Hawkins Jr Clyde Franklin Patterson Wesley Byrd Oliver John Hinson Bean Charles Ray Jackson Doss Kelly and Thomas Edward Roland Jr. Board Two includes Max Townsend Bryant Merlin Dee Casey Edsel Paul Enfinger and Howard Lee Webb. Board Three covers Hugh Lawson Fellows Rayford Laster Hughes John Wesley Roberts Leo Clifton Mercer Wyatt Glenn Peeples Laroyd Lawrence William Hubert Chumney Edward Durell Lewis Willie Richard Cosby William Edmond Hilson FE Whitehurst and Simmion Rudolph McArdie.
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Houston County
Ft. McClellan
James Hugh Brannon
Fred McLain
Grover Hawkins
Clyde
Franklin Patterson
Wesley Byrd Oliver
John Hinson Bean
Charles Ray Jackson
Doss Kelly
Dry
Thomas Edward Roland, Jr
Max Townsend
Bryant
Merlin Dee Casey
Edsel Paul Enfinger
Howard Lee Webb
Hugh Lawson Fellows
Rayford Laster Hughes
John Wesley Roberts
Leo Clifton Mercer
Wyatt Glenn Peeples
Laroyd Lawrence
William Hubert Chumney
Edward Durell Lewis
Willie Richard Cosby
William Edmond Hilson
Whitehurst
Simmion Rudolph McArdie
Last Minute License Rush Expected in Houston County
Houston County probate office reports a surge as merchants rush to obtain privilege licenses for 1945 48 before delinquency. With an estimated 1 700 licenses, the office must issue roughly 150 daily to meet the goal of 844 records. by yesterday 90 percent had been sold and the deadline nears next Wednesday.
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Houston County
Republicans Attack OPA For Franking Control Arguments
In Washington the Office of Price Administration faced sharp GOP criticism over printed arguments on price controls enclosed with Army allotment checks. Senator Taft accused OPA of propaganda. Bowles defended the material as addressing inflation. A separate Saigon report notes a French soldier killed and another wounded by a grenade attack near Cholon.
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Washington
OFA
Chester Bowlea
Senate Banking Committee
Taft R-Ohrer
United States
Bowles
Maerely
Mushkin ¢R-Coled
Office of Price Administration
Wangner
D-Ny
OPA
Taft
Saigon
Denyrd
2Nd Armored Division
Cutumn
Cholon
Returning Veterans Report Dothan Changes After War
World War I veterans returning to Dothan describe a town transformed by money and growth. They note new stores and car lots, older-looking residents, and looser morals among younger women, while one veteran recalls no change. Most agree Dothan feels lazier after big-city exposure and that many faces are unfamiliar.
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Ralph M. Daughtry
Dothan
Selective Service Boards
Horace McArdle
Bothan
Draft Board
Earl Register
Jack Parson
Thala
Almer Thorman Tidwell
Walter L. Lansister
Jt Wae
Army
New York
Hoston
San Francisco
Airla Mon
Washington tops nation in hard liquor per capita
A Washington report cited by Dr. Clinton N. Howard of the International Reform Federation claims residents drink four times as much hard liquor as the national average. Internal Revenue records show Washington in 1342 leading per capita spirits consumption at 4.42 gallons versus 1.68 gallons nationally.
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Washington
OPA to Cut Point Values on Margarine and Butter
The OPA announced ration values for butter margarine lard and shortenings will drop to eight points per pound next Sunday through December 1. Beef veal and lamb prime cuts keep current points. lower grades stay ration-free. Six fatty pork cuts and barbecued pork lose 2 to 4 points per pound. Butter supplies rise about 12 percent in November due to Army releases. lard up about 39 percent. Overall meat stocks near end of month hover near half percent below October, insufficient to end rationing. Domestic beef veal and lamb supply falls due to foreign needs.
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Washington
OPA
Bowles
Ortaher
Agriculture Department
Public Invited To Napier Officer Graduation Rites
Col Charles B Stewart Napier Field issuing an invitation to attend a Friday 4 pm graduation ceremony for Mexican students. The event marks the last graduation before temporary inactive status. distinguished guest Gen Gustavo A Salinas of the Mexican Air Force will pin medals on his son Luis, with his wife and two children present.
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Dethun
Charles B. Stewart
Napier Field
Stewart
Willie
Gustavo A. Salinas
Air Force
Luis
Salinas
Pina
Youth Pleads Guilty In Extortion Case
Huis McCollough a 20 year old from Samson pled guilty before U S Judge C B Kenna in Montgomery to federal extortion and sending a threatening letter. He is sentenced to two years after changing from not guilty to guilty and admitted trying to extort money from Wilmer Watson Jr cashier of Samson Banking Company near the Samson school with threats to him and his family. Federal agents arrested him on April 14 as he sought payment at the designated spot.
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Huis McCollough
Samson
United States
C. B. Kennamer
Montgomery
J. W. , Daughtry
An Dothan
McCollough
Wilmer Watson, Jr
Samson Banking Company
Hier
Chrysler Plant Employes Taking Strike Vote Now
Workers across General Motors and Chrysler plants voted overwhelmingly in favor of a 30 percent wage increase, with totals from 70 653 to 12 457 at GM and broader CIO UAW support across 22 plants. Balloting was held off company property, with union halls and schools used as polling sites, while Ford’s ballot was set for November 7. The labor scene also noted the Hollywood motion picture strike ending, and ongoing negotiations between GM and UAW CIO amid hopes no further strikes occur.
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Detroitap
General Mewors Corp
Improvesz
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Detroit
Michigan
Chrysler
NLRB
Ford
Corporation
UAW - Cio
Hollywood
General Motors Corporation
Crowaw
Nol
AFL Executive Council
Cincinnati
Warner Brothers
Warners
Cotton ginning totals compare with prior years in U S
The Census Bureau reports 3 690 011 bales ginned so far this year, down from 3 988 140 in 1943 and 5 749 145 in 1942. State figures include Alabama 605 245, Georgia 387 288, Texas 1 431 129, Louisiana 280 514, Mississippi 776 075, North Carolina 12 148, Oklahoma 34 178, South Carolina 208 125, Tennessee 81 458, California 28 088, Arkansas 231 223, Florida 5 754, New Mexico 20 159, Missouri 18 287, Virginia 2 186, Arizona 21 033, and others.
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Washington
API
U. S
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisians
Miselaspni
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Ternnessee
Texas
Virginia
Women Draw Life Term In Slaying
A life prison term was imposed on Mrs. Rosa Jenkins near Greenville after a Butler County circuit court found her guilty of first degree murder in the death of 32 year old Alvin Stinson a Greenville railroad employee. Stinson was killed March 31 on Louisville Nashville tracks near Greenville after Jenkins and two companions stabbed him and left him unconscious as trains passed.
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Greenville
Ala
Rosa Jenkins
Alvin Stinson
Mploye
Butler County
Jenkins
Stinson
Here
Paul D. Hartley
Liberated Slocomb Sergeant Due In U S
Hughy K. Cox, son of Mr and Mrs C A F Cox of Slocomb, who had been a Japanese prisoner since spring 1942, was reported to arrive in Seattle today. Cox, a Slocomb High School graduate, was first listed missing after the fall of the Philippines but later confirmed to be in Japanese hands.
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Hughy K. Cox
C. A. F. Cox
Slocomb
Seattle
Washington
Cox
Silocomb High School
Philippines
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