Three Eagle Scouts To Receive Badges At Court Of Honor
Gen e Adkins Troop 22 earns Gods and Country Award as first in Region Five and Southeast Alabama Scout Council to receive it while on Army duty in Germany. Three more Scouts from Troop 22 and other units to receive Eagle Badges and merit badges at Court of Honor at Fouter Street Methodist Church.
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Fouter Street Methodist
Gene Adkins
Region Five
Alabama
Germany
Billy Gregory
Sam Meeks
Charles P. Pelham
David Peterman
Billy Williams
Homer Meeks
Buford Nichols
Blake Kemmner
Gerald Condon
Spencer Roberts
David Suggs
Lamar Horne
Theo Carroll
Ralph Johnson
John Arnold
Tommy Arnold
William Buntin
Billy Paul Dismuker
Jack Creel
Ronald Wilson
Gene Ramage
Baker Kenlmer
Athens braces for vote amid clashes and alerts
In Greece, voting bars closed, passes required for street movement, and police and army on alert as rumors of Communists planned attacks during polling. Theotokis claimed 200 Communists were annihilated in Macedonia after two days of battle near Mount Paikon, while 4,000 polling places were under gendarme guard.
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Athens
Theotokis
Macedonia
Mounty Paikon
Wave Of Burglaries Subside In Dothan After Watch
Police extend pre dawn patrols in Dothan to curb burglaries and thefts. Since Chief Craughon ordered 1 to 5 am vagrants picked up, only one major theft occurred in two weeks. Over 30 vagrants questioned, eight arrests by the sheriff, seven loiterers picked up by city officers.
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Dothan
J. E. Craughon
Atolen
Sheriff's Office
Riots in Brazilian capital tied to high prices and food crisis
Police tied demonstrations to a national economic emergency. Rioters smashed plate glass as authorities arrested 200 suspected Communists and steel shutters closed shops. President Dutra imposed a 180 day moratorium on livestock payments and banned prime food exports while easing imports to quell hunger fears.
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Rio de Janeiro
Ministry of Justice
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Taibnate
Cocapava
San Bernardo
Plebiscite in Greece Seen Favoring King George
The government faces protests from Buell Ma ben United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrator in Greece against plans to use UNRRA trucks to transport voters. Both sections in Greece acknowledge King George will win the plebiscite with at least 70 percent of the vote, possibly more.
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Buell Maben
United Nations Relief and Rehabiltation
Greece
UNERA
George
Pre School Meetings Announced By Baxter For County Staff
Solomon Baxter county superintendent announces planned pre school meetings and institutes for Houston County principals teachers and bus drivers. The bus drivers and principals meeting is set at Ashford High School Monday at 9 a.m. for bus assignments and year information. Tuesday white principals meet at 2 p.m. for opening instructions and lunchroom program discussion. Friday white and Negro teachers institute at 10 a.m. across two locations. Saturday schools open for enrollment with bus service to enroll and distribute books as parents urged to enroll despite harvesting plans.
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Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Ashford High School
At & A.m
Negro County
North Tlighland Negro High School
War procurement panel cites past faults and fixes
The committee under Harry S. Truman reviews pre Pearl Harbor procurement mistakes. It credits the War Production Board with remedying earlier agency faults and cites interference by military officers and interagency conflicts. It urges a technical study of successful control systems by the wartime program leaders to prevent future errors.
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Harry S. Truman
War Production Board
OPM
SPAB
WPB
Parents Receive Ship Anchor Memorial For Son Sailor
In Elgin Ulster, Mr and Mrs Harry J Schroeder received a 4800 pound anchor from the Navy as a memorial to their son LaBerne H Schroeder 20 who died when a Japanese flown plane crashed on the U S Aaron Ward The couple plan to donate the anchor to a veterans group to honor Elgin Navy dead.
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Elgin, Ul
Harry J. Schroeder
LaBerne H. Schroeder
U. S
Aaron Ward
Schroeder
Navy Department
Navy
Schroeders
Elgin
Pair Live In Truck And See The Country
BOSTON UP The Crandalls of Brighton—Mr and Mrs Charles R Crandall—took a 9000 mile cross country trip in a half ton truck rather than planes or trains. He, a former cattle puncher, bought the truck after Navy release and fitted it with tanks a wardrobe a large tent lashed atop plus bedding and food. The trip to the west coast took exactly two months for the couple.
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Boston
Charles R. Crandall
Brighton
Crandall
Montana
Navy
West Coast
Babs Hutton Divorces Cary Grant in Hollywood
Heiress Barbara Hutton secured a final divorce decree from movie star Cary Grant yesterday. Superior Judge Walter S. Gates entered the decree on the attorney’s application. Dale Fulton of Washington D C won the Ohio Trophy Race at 350 mph+, taking first and $8,000 and setting a new closed-course world record.
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Cleveland
Dale Fulton
Washington, D. C
Dothan Police Expand Force With Veterans and New Recruits
Police chief announced a reorganized 29 member force with three added that night, noting 13 veterans including two World War I veterans. He praised the force as highly competent and representative of veteran values for progressive law enforcement. The statement ties veteran service to ongoing reforms and improvements.
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Armed Service
Dothan
Draughon
Ruby Nell Helms 19 Dies After Truck Crash
Funeral services set for Ruby Nell Helms nineteen of Clayton route two at Corinth Church at 11 this morning. Burial in the church cemetery. She died in Eufaula hospital from a fractured skull suffered in a Clayton area auto accident about two weeks ago. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs C A Helms Clayton route two three brothers Norman A Ralph C and Cody A Helms Jr and two sisters Tommie Love and Betty Rae Helms all of Clayton route two.
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Ruby Nell Helms
Clayton
Corinth
Miss Helms
Eufaula Hospital
Headland Mortuary
C. A. Helms
Clayton Route Two
Norman A
Ralph C
Cody A. Helms, Jr
Clayton Route
Tommie Love
Betty Rae Helms
Russia Plans and Italian Treaty Hints in Postwar Talks
The Greek ambassador exodus signals tension over a plebiscite as Soviet moves spark monarchy concerns. Big Four ministers struggle over 200 amendments, delaying any early session and delaying UN General Assembly timing. Molotov’s return to Moscow and a push to postpone sessions emerge as key issues. Italy agrees to cede four Alpine areas to France including Mont Cenis, while a Soviet backed Belgian amendment allows peaceful atomic research by Italy. The treaty article mirrors broader postwar power dynamics and uranium questions.
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Greece
Athens
Moscow
Rodignov
Molotov
Big Four
UN General Assembly
India
France
Italy
Mont Cenis
Alps
Military Commission
United States
Fragmented Text on Postwar Reparations and Axis Claims
The passage discusses prohibitions on mass destruction weapons and guided missiles, naming Italy and Axis powers. It mentions reparations claims totaling about 10 billion dollars and references a broader treaty framework, with emphasis on damages caused and expected totals.
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The
Italy
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