House To Study Truman Request For More Control
Budget Director Harold D. Smith travels to Capitol Hill to defend President Truman’s push for greater control over federal agencies. House Republicans resist, proposing to shield 22 agencies from revamping, while Senate moves toward limited White House authority to coordinate or abolish executive agencies except the GAO.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Capitol Hill
Truman
Smith
House
Manasco
D-Ala
Congress
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
General
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary
White House
General Accounting Office
Famed BDT Insect Killer Big Success At Meat Plant Here
DBT the Army’s famed insecticide was used at a Dothan meat packing plant for the first time. A Camp Rucker detail applied the spray on August 23 and the Kingan Packing Co. will use it henceforth. The plant reported being nearly fly free and the product was applied at the loading dock, killing door, hide house, and stock yard.
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DBT
Dothan
Armmy
M. R. Morrett
Kingan Packing Co
Piant
Morrett
British Warships Return to Singapore After 1942
RANDY CEYLON AP British warships rode at anchor in Singapore harbor for the first time since 1942 as occupation forces were expected to land to take the base from surrendering Japanese. The Southeast Asia command said landing could begin after orders, noting Percival's release and Yamashita's surrender in the Philippines.
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Randy
Ceylon
Singapore
Southeast Asia Command
Sir Arthur Percival
Tokoyuki Yamashita
Percival
Yamashita
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Baguio
Luzon
Pearl Harbor inquiry urged by Senator Ferguson
Washington AP Senator Arguson demands a congressional probe into Pearl Harbor saying the American people deserve a trial if blamed. Ferguson plans one or two resolutions for a full legislative inquiry into the December 7 1941 Japanese attack and the official findings.
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Sofon
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Arguson
R-Mich
Army
Navy
Truman
Ferguson
Governors Urge Return To States Of Job Controls
Governors Martin of Pennsylvania and Man of Utah urge returning employment services to state control with intact federal staff and a year of federal wage rates. Truman’s action is uncertain amid concerns over reconversion and a proposed 26 week, 260 dollar maximum payment, prompting debate over federalization.
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Washington
Truman
Martin
Pennsylvania
Man
Utah
United States
Governors’ Conference
Lucas D-Hui
Illinois
Japs Acknowledge Defeat and Begin Rebuilding Plan
In San Francisco, the Japanese House of Press and Parliament signaled acceptance of defeat. Emperor Hirohito opened the session urging resilience, reconstruction, and world peace. A peer resolution aims to safeguard tradition while rebuilding the nation and pursuing end to hostilities.
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San Francisco
House of Press
Hirohito
Japan
House of Peers
Domei
Attlee links WWII blame to early failure with Japan
London AP report quotes Prime Minister Attlee blaming six years of war on not confronting Japanese aggression early. He urges world order to banish war and stresses heavy collective responsibility, noting 1931 Manchuria as the start and the League of Nations authority's collapse.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Draft Law Idle Workers Pose Big Job For Congress
The 61st peacetime session opens as Congress faces five major proposals. The full employment bill aims to create jobs through government labor and industry cooperation. Unemployment compensation proposals would pay up to 25 weekly for 26 weeks. A surplus property disposal bill would appoint a single administrator to replace a three member board. Executive agency reorganization seeks broad authority for Truman to abolish or merge agencies with hearings set by the House expenditures committee.
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SY William Farbogast
Washington
AP — Conress
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
General Accounting
Revenue Board Endorses Napier Field Study
A motion led by W. Perry Calhoun urges negotiations with government authorities to designate Napier Field as a permanent Army Air Forces installation. A five member committee, with appointees from the Revenue Board, City Commission, and Chamber of Commerce, will pursue permanent status and report to city and county officials.
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W. Perry Calhoun
County Board of Revenue
Napier Field
Board of Revenue
J. C. Bates
Dothan
Maxwell Field
Ft. Benning
Calhoun
Chivy Cammission
Chamber of Commerce
Death toll from wartime holidays falls after two observances
AP reports 352 deaths nationally over dual holidays. Accidental deaths rose during Labor Day weekend in 1944 but were lower than 1941 before Pearl Harbor. Tolls included 204 prison deaths in traffic, 53 drownings, and 90 fatal miscellaneous incidents.
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Associand Press
America
Will
Labor Day
Pearl Harbor
Houston County to Begin School Term September 10 1945
Houston County schools start Monday September 10 at 9 am Central War Time for the 1945 term with about 2600 enrolled white and Negro students. Superintendent Sotomat Baxter announces forty buses, some double routes, new and contracted. White teachers’ institute Friday September 7 at Young Junior High with Dr E A Childs and others. Negro teachers’ institute Saturday September 8 at Highland High School. Total payroll 27,000 monthly. budget about 480,000. Birth certificates required for six-year-olds by October 1. Navy workers may wear civilian clothes after hours, Army not yet.
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Houston County
Sotomat Baxter
Fire Routs
Teachers’ Institute For
Young Junior High School
E A. Childs
Harry Nelson
Parent - Teachers Asociation
AL R. Meadows
Department of Education
Urvice
Health Department Aid Red Cross
Baxey
Columbia High School
Faalls
Hus- Story
Vicksburg
Charles Recurr
Webb
All Highland High School
Perry
Board of Education
Dothan
Eisenhower Poised for U S Staff Chief Post Amid Admin Changes
Washington dispatch reports possible reshuffles in the Truman era. Gen George C Marshall eyed to retire, Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower could become Army Chief of Staff, and War Secretary Henry L. Stimson may step down. Other names and vacancies include court seats and top naval posts as the administration contemplates fresh leadership.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
AP --Sapu
Adinestrahons
Ciude
Tntum
George C Maresall
Witco
Daight DD Essensehower
Henry Lo Smnegan
Truman Koon
Congress
Fadene Lory
Supreme Court
Justice Owen
Roberts Emil Schram
Preaden
New York
Ck Exchange
Sprevlalios
Ioan Post
John W. So
Stimson
Ernest T. King
Chester W. F. Halsey
Hearstaph Arnold
Amy Aul Farers
Ener
Carl Spants
Irn
C. Tinker
County Board Approves Hodgesville Road Extension
Hodgesville road extension five miles to market road approved by the county Board of Revenue after Mixon urged extra paving to ease school transport. Plan calls for paving beyond a crest near Filligan store, adding 890 feet, to serve a growing residential area and make bus service feasible.
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County Board of Revenue
Mixon
Facinitele
Filligan
Monterey
Cesty Board of Revenue
Underground in Santo Tomas by Earl Carroll chapter one
The first chapter recounts how Earl Carroll, leader of Santo Tomas internees in Manila, describes a secret underground within the camp. He details self governance, covert networks, and schemes to outwit captors to stay alive during 37 months of captivity, highlighting clandestine operations and personal risks.
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U.S
Santo Tomas
Manila
Earl Carroll
United States
MacArthur
Carroll
Slocomb
Ala
Philippines
Lazilo Tamax
International New
Special Service
San Francisco
Bataan
Three Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Return To U S
Three Doolittle Tokyo Raid fliers escape captivity and arrive in the United States for the first time in 41 months. Veterans Chase, Kyrum, Hite, and Sharer depart from Karachi, Windia, after surviving capture in Japanese camps and flying from the Hornet’s April 18, 1942 mission.
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Taree
Tokyo
United States
Chase
Niclae
Kyrum
Utah
National Airport
Lf Lngka
Nobert L. Hite
Earth
Tex
Jacob
Ora Sharer
Nalem
Ore
Pelplog
Karachi
Windia
Hornet
Japanese War Crimes Hearings Reach New Eye Opener
AP reports in Yokohama that Allied prisoners recount brutal torture and starvation in Japanese camps as war crimes trials begin. Navy evacuates hundreds of POWs from Tokyo area, with 11,500 planned to be freed as ships move toward Himatage and Nagete ports amid grim testimonies from survivors and medical staff aboard hospital ships.
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Atribe Cane
Japan
Robert & Evehelberter
Himamateg
Tokyo
Apta Ita Tye
Tokyo Res
Ayhsers Heey
Yokohame
Ashio Prisit Rampane Plingere
Nigete
Nethern
Hang
Gard
Cyrner Pienes
I & Third Fleet
Mhess
Thkone
Nayoye
Toster
France
Admir Bruce Pravier
Thas Pratist Pavatic
Rrehelberger
Tun
General Headquarters
War Comes
Salt Lake City
Pri
Judge Threatened With Impeachment Resigns Position
Impeachment threats prompt the resignation of Probate Judge Noy Santerson of Marion County. State Supreme Court hearing scheduled for November 16 after a petition cites intemperance, willful neglect of duty, corruption, and offenses against decorum. Governor’s office cited an explanation letter dated August 20 for the resignation effective November 14.
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MTN
ALA
Apygis Chauncey Sparks
Formal Surrender Nip Nanking Force Scheduled Thursday
Allied air and ground surrender events in China proceed toward Nanking with Gen Yan and Gen Fu commanding troops to accept Japan’s capitulation. Chiang Kai-shek urges unity and democratic reforms as regional commanders coordinate surrenders and staged ceremonies amid celebratory mood and Western allied oversight.
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Chungking
Sith
Burma
Chinaa Theater
Thoradiy
High Command
Yan. Harahan
Shansi
Fu Tro Yt
Subyian
Tatung
Shans
Ehinat Andunun
Qaie
Chive Kai-shek
Japun
China
Chiang
Man Ten Tung
State Holiday Death Toll Mounts To Seven
The Labor Day holiday wreck toll rose to seven with the discovery yesterday of a body near Foley. Patrolmen identified the victim as Hall Ritter, a failor stationed at Barin Field. One other person was injured in a weekend traffic accident, and five died in a passenger train collision at Bessemer, Alabama.
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Mobile
Ata
Alabama
Foley
G. 2
Phillips
D. W. Lane
Ania
Hall Ritter
Barin Field
Bensemer
Ala
Election Officer School Approved For City Election Career
The city election is set for Sept 17 to elect a City Commission for a three year term and to decide on a manager form of government. An Election Officer School was approved to conform with machine regulations. J Vaughn called the school and two additional officials were appointed to the absentee ballot team, OS Johnson as returning officer and Mrs. WoC Strackland as clerk.
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Nacacada
Fon Offrealn
J. of. Vaughn
Wee
Cy Commission
OS Johnson
Woc Strackland
Tokyo Occupation Readies as U S Forces Advance
American troops widen control around Tokyo in a planned Friday entry. General MacArthur orders requisition of needed food and medical supplies for camps and directs POW camps to be handed to senior internees. An initial Tokyo force of 3,550 will supervise law and order as Japanese institutions continue to function under occupation.
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Associated Press
Yorowyama
TAP
Landmiss Yadav
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
First Army Command
Robert L. Eychelberger
Yokohama
U.S
Vialian Offfumn
Hiroshima Desolate After Atomic Bombing Visit
AP correspondent describes Hiroshima as a city in ruins with scattered survivors and ruined government buildings. He notes a few standing structures, banks reopened with crowds, and Japanese residents resettling amid debris as postwar traffic returns and rumors of hatred fade from the surface.
Floridan Wounded in Gun Battle
Brown Carlisle of Panama City was hospitalized in Jackson with a chest wound from a Sunday night incident at a firing station in Cottondale. Sheriff Gause said Pete Expen dine of Marianna was released on 750 bond pending court hearing. Carlisle's condition was listed as satisfactory by hospital staff.
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Brown Carlisle
Panama City
Jackson Hospital
Cottondale
Gause
Pete Expendine
Carlisle
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