Byrnes Says U S Will Stay In Germany As Long As Needed
Secretary Byrnes told 1 400 in Stuttgart that Germany must not be a pawn in East West struggles and urged a provisional central German government. He outlined plans for a federalized United States of Germany with a German National Council to govern the Reich and draft a new constitution. The audience included American officials, three German minister presidents, and Russian observers as Byrnes defended permanent U S presence and warned against German dictatorship.
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Stuttgart
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Im Hee
Byrnes
Wuerttemburg State Theater
U.S
Byenes
Reich
United ‘States
United States
William Strong
Foreign Office
Byrnex
Berlin
Adolf Littler
Dia
Paris
Murder Youth Heirens Sentenced to Three Life Terms
Williams Heirens, 17, a Chicago college student described as maladjusted, confessed to murdering a girl and two women. He was sentenced by Chief Justice Harold G. Ward to three consecutive life terms plus penalties on 28 burglary and assault charges. State prosecutors planned further convictions as Heirens faces Joliet Prison for life. he expressed relief that the ordeal is over and offered explanations of his mental state.
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Robert T. Loughran
CAGO
Williams
Heirens
Joliet
Harold G. Ward
Farmers Harvesting Peanuts Right Out From Under Worms
In Houston County farmers toil to harvest an estimated 65,000 acres of peanuts amid labor shortages and worm infestations. County Agent M. Ling reports farmers are windrowing, applying multiple poison treatments, and expect peak activity to continue two more weeks before picking begins.
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Houston County
Co. M. Ling
Ling
Negra Charged in Murder Case of Wife in Houston County
An 81 year old man named Jackson W. Calloway is charged with first degree murder in the death of his 65 year old wife in Savannah. He is hospitalized in serious condition after reportedly slashing his own throat following the attack. Services for the deceased were scheduled for Friday.
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Jackson W. Calloway
Houston County Sheriff's Department
Savannah
Elloway
Dothan
Punteay
Mday
Woman 74 Attacked by Pack of Five Dogs
In Memphis, a 74 year old woman was attacked by five dogs yesterday and died, according to a passerby who found her in a ditch. She was hospitalized in critical condition with bites to arms legs face and neck. Authorities said the death was likely due to the attack and the sheriff's office reported the dogs had been seized.
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Memphis Tenn
Yomar
Ora
OPA Announces New Meat Ceilings Effective Tuesday
The OPA set retail meat ceilings about 33 4 cents a pound higher than June 30. New ceilings take effect Tuesday to allow distribution of price posters. Beef average up about 8 cents for some cuts while overall beef up 3 cents. Lamb up 10 cents, mutton up 4 cents, pork up about 4 cents. Lard ceilings rise 1 1/2 cents, veal cuts and sausages return to June 30 levels. Shortening and canned meat ceilings to rise Monday as planned.
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Washington
The
OPA
Unconscious Since June 12 Birmingham Girl Regains Senses
Miss Mitzi McDavid an 18 member of a prominent Birmingham family has regained her faculties after nearly three months of unconsciousness from an automobile crash on the Childersburg highway. She returned home from a hospital two days ago. Also injured was Mike Virginia Persons daughter of Gen John C Persons.
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Birmingham
Mitzi McDavid
Thas
Childersburg
Mike Virginia Persons
John C. Persons
Birmingham Wanker
Challenged Voters Found Qualified in Primary
Circuit Solicitor Keener Baxley announced that about a dozen voters listed as challenged in the June 7 Democratic primary were found to be qualified legal voters. Investigators reported that these individuals were voters, but their names were missing from lists due to record errors and typographical mistakes.
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Circuit
Keener Baxley
Baxiey
Shipping Strike Paralyses Nation Ports Across Coast
The War Department says supply lines to American troops overseas are halted as a historic maritime strike immobilizes ports from New York to Savannah. The AFL Seafarers International Union and Sailors Union of the Pacific lead picket lines with 344 New York vessels tied up, while other estimates place stranded ships across three coasts at more than 2,500. About 90,000 sailors walked off, protesting wage decisions, as the Maritime Commission pleads to keep refrigeration on ships to prevent spoilage of perishable food.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
Commission
AFL Seafarers International Union
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Portland
Savannah
APL
CIO
W. W. Smith
U. S S
J. P B. Bryan
An Anonymous Dothanian Sends Cartoon to Police Chief
An anonymous resident sent a clipped magazine cartoon to Police Chief J E Draughon at the City Police station. The drawing shows a four armed traffic signal with a punch line about color blind drivers and a second jab urging budget cuts.
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J. E. Draughon
Simp iv
Sparks Calls Ban on Infiltration of Red Ideology
MOBILE Ala AP Governor Chauncey Sparks warned the state against Communist influence, calling America a dumping ground for Russian ideologies. He urged cleansing traitorous philosophies and argued free speech and press could aid infiltration by Soviet-aligned Americans.
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Sparks
Red
Mobile
Ala
America
Ruszis
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama State Bar Association
Communist Party xx
Soviet Republic
Soviet Russia
United States
Russia
Spevca
Press and Free Assembly
Dothan Businesses Urged To Lock Doors At Close Of Day
Dothan business owners are urged by the City Police Department to lock doors at night to prevent burglaries. Night patrols report ten to twelve unlocked doors found in a week. Police say even one open door invites intruders and note prior curfew actions reduced crime with more than 25 arrests between 1 am and 3 am.
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Dothan
Kefley
Kellevy
Security Council Meets Secretly in New York
The United Nations Security Council held a secret session after two days of debate over Ukraine charges against Greece and Britain. Delegates planned to report to the General Assembly on September 22 and discuss the handling of Russian Greek and Ukrainian cases with Britain signaling possible action on the Ukrainian charges.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
United Nations Security Council
Iare Togay
Ukraine
Greece
Great Britain
Albania
Unii & Pain
US N
Lake Succear
General Assembly
Council
London
Lake
Succets
Bicycle speeds delivery when Dothan Eagle arrives at Enterprise carrier
J W Smith, a Dothan Eagle carrier and justice of the peace, has delivered mail on time for 12 1 2 years. He reached 500 subscribers last week, the largest single order by a dealer, and received a $100 check from J T Lane for his work as a top carrier. The piece notes his dual role and the newspaper’s claim that when The Eagle arrives, court is adjourned until delivery.
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Dothan Eagle
Enterprise
J. P
Reuben Herring
United States
J. W. Smith
the Eagle
Smith
J. T. Lane
Eagle
Britain Demands Free Status for Trieste at Peace Conference
Britain warned the peace conference it would withdraw from the Big Four agreement on Venezia Giulia if Trieste does not gain genuine international status as a free territory. British delegate Hector McNeil urged a UN administered solution, opposing Yugoslav dominance and calling for universal approach to Trieste’s future.
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Paris
Great Britain
Venezia Giulia
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Tse
Adriatic
Héoctor McNeil
France
Britain
Maurice Couve de Murville
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Luxembourg Palace
McNeil
Nafian Politieal and Territorial Commission
United Nations
May Faces Full Hearing On War Contract Links
The Senate War Investigating Committee rejected a bedside hearing for Rep. Andrew J. May and pressed to hear him in full about alleged war contract influence connected to the Cumberland Tecud Co. and a carpeted arms firm. A War Department report said defective fuses caused premature 4.2 inch chemical mortar explosions, not the Garason firms. Army notes indicated wartime ammo safety was generally better than other weapons.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
D-Kyp
Crastdan Mead
Kennedy Cougresaman
Cumberland Tecud Co
Garseon
Preston Ibucgz
Max
Waanington
Comasitee
Guy Athe
Kentucky
Cumberland
Tne
Atlpoinaed May
House
Miliary Committee
Alroy
Henry Garan
War Department
Garason
Army
Garasons Firma
Byrnes invokes federal Germany model in speech
Secretary Byrnes argues for a federal constitution to insure democracy and freedoms in a united Germany as part of postwar reconstruction. He contrasts this American type federalism with Molotov's opposition and flags implications for Poland France and Rhineland plans. The remarks aim at German consumption and signal cautious Allied positions.
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Portance Byrnes
United State of
Germany
Rittera
France
Poland
Byrnes
United States
Campaign On Scooter Drivers Continues In Alabama
Alabama Highway Patrol will run a continuous enforcement campaign against unlawful operation of motor scooters and bikes. Patrol Chief Clyde Sellers said the effort is ongoing, requires vehicle tags and state licenses, and that youths under 15 cannot operate them. Parents are cooperating with authorities to prevent accidents through supervision.
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Montgomery
Alabama Highway Patrol
Clyde C. Sellers
Ous
Atlanta Beauty's Operatic Voice Leads to Miss America Hope
Janey Miller of Atlanta Georgia impressed 16 000 spectators with an operatic aria at the 948 Miss America preliminaries earning a lead in the talent division. She stands five feet seven and wore a blue marquisette gown as she performed Tosca's Vissi d Arte. Miller previously shared bathing suit honors with Fileen Henry of Brooklyn New York and Renecca Dene McCall of Blytheville Arkansas won bathing suit top honors. The 48 contestants from 37 states and 11 cities compete in talent bathing suit and evening gown rounds with finals Saturday night.
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Atlantic Copy
APS
Janey Milter
Atlanta
Miller
Fileen Henry
Brooklyn
New York City
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