French Pilgrimage of 100,000 to Lourdes for POW Dead
About 100,000 Frenchmen will travel to Lourdes to pray at the Grotto for comrades who died in German prison camps. By last night over 50,000 had gathered, with prayers before tombs representing war prisoners and deportees. Cardinal Suhard notes men’s pilgrimage origins in 1942 and expects up to 100,000 more to join.
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Lourdes
France
Indies
Aren
Germany
Earine
Isbor
United Press
Cardinal Suhard
Paris
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Jean Redin
Phage
Gerrany
Rodin
Byrnes Opposes Detaching Ruhr From Germany Policy Splitlooming
Byrnes rejected French calls to detach the Ruhr and Rhineland from Germany and favored a economically weak Germany instead. He indicated opposition to a full U S Britain Russia split, with advisers noting a possible shift away from dismemberment policy Roosevelt once favored.
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Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Byrnes
United States
Reich
Saar
Russia
Britain
Roosevelt
Fourth Reich
Halsey Calls Hiroshima A Bomb Unnecessary Experiment
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr arrived in Buffalo to attend a Bisons Dodgers game and at a news conference denounced the Hiroshima atomic bomb as an unnecessary experiment and a mistake to drop it. He urged no further use of such weaponry.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William F
Bull) Halsey, Jr
Hiroshima
Halsey
Bisons
Brooklyn Dodgers
County Hospital Plan Discussed by Officials
County Board of Revenue may call a citizens meeting to gauge support for a new hospital. Proposals cite 190 beds for Dothan, 20 beds each for Ashford and Columbia, and an 8 to 20 bed center at Cottonwood to meet a county target of 230 beds. Prices cited hover around 315000 per 45 bed unit.
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County Board of Revenue
Saxon .P. Poyner
City Commission
Clyde L. Coe
Coe
Austin
Dothan
Houston
Planning Board
Houston County Medical Society
Paul Flowers
Physicians of
Wartime Attitude Echoes in Pacific Strategy Debate
In a wartime reflection, Halsey argues scientists halted an experimental plan to avoid casualties. He asserts Japan had signaled peace through Russia earlier, and credits combined Fifth and Third Fleet air raids with Navy and B 29 operations for inflicting damage before American ships arrived.
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Russia
Japan
Bolita Game Firing Spurs Political Strife in Dothan
West Herring and E. J. Strickland recount their dismissal from the Dothan police force after opposing local political interests. They claim Chief Draughon and city officials fired them for not voting with the commissioners, denying bolita breaks and forcing them out amid governor and senator races. They allege official manipulation and insist their removal was not for enforcing crime but for politics.
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Folsom
Cameron
Craughon
Jim Folsom
United States
Coe
Ayres
John Sparkman
Herring
Sparkman
Draughon
Purity League
Mr. Ayres
Bolita
Dothan
West Herring
E. J. Strickland
McMinn County unrest sparked by ex service men and riots
The 7 000 population town faced budget woes as a 3rd school budget stalled. Sheriff Henry blamed ex service men who took over county affairs yet urged changes only through ballots. Former Mayor Walker quit saying the situation is too deep. Veterans claimed loyalty to Cantrell and threats were reported. Walker denied associations with any political group during 12 years in office and protested the 1939 deployment of armed deputies to the county.
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Henry
Walker
Riggs
Paul Cantrell
McMinn County
Cantrell
Claimant Burden of Proof for Unemployment Benefits
The text outlines that claimants must diligently seek work and verify efforts with employers, via interviews or affidavits, with weekly proof of eligibility. It notes availability changes with each week of unemployment and that the policy applies to veterans and non veterans, with about 30,000 veterans and 42,000 others affected.
Greek police gains broadened powers under emergency decree
Sub-Lieutenant Georgios Tan vanakis, noted for once ferrying Marshal Tito during the war, is linked to a government crackdown that reimposed the extraordinary law in Epirus and Macedonia. The measure expands police arrest powers and military-court trials with potential exile, amid reports of increased communist activity and alleged attacks, while a UNRRA plane spraying DDT was shot at by two hunters in Pyragos, injuring the pilot George Joleli.
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Georgios Tanvanakis
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Greece
Epirus
Macedonia
Salonika
Ministry of Public Order
Leontarion
Varissa
UNRRA
Pyragos
Pelopoonesus
George Joleli
Nikolau Papagiannis
Marcos Antonopoulos
Firemen Called Twice To Damageless Blazes
Two fires reported Friday caused no damage. Cherry's Grocery on N Foster St had a cigarette dropped into a fruit hamper after closing, contained by the hamper. Earlier, a grass fire on KE Burdeshaw St got out of control but was not allowed to spread.
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Floyd Harris
Cherry’s
N. Foster Street
Harris
KE. Burdeshaw Street
State Weekly Unemployment Benefits Update
The state reports current weekly unemployment checks and related renewal procedures. Beneficiaries should verify eligibility, claim status, and payment timing with the state labor department.
Former Dothan officers allege political firing over bolita case
Three ex deputies claim they were dismissed from the Dothan Police force for voting against city officials and for following orders to ignore a bolita operation. They say Chief Draughon set the political tone and that their actions on burglaries and arrests were sidelined. The men assert the dismissal was retaliatory to influence elections and that the city would suffer from ongoing corruption. They note their dates of joining the force and their prior service as deputies sheriff.
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Draughon
Clyde Coe
John Ayres
J. E. Craughon
Mr. Ayres
Dothan
Sioner Ayres
Reap Sa
Ity
Coe
Ayres
Herring
Strickland
Purity League
Hilson
Dispute Over Wage Increases Shrinks AFL Seamen's Gain
Disaster Control Board moves to keep vital services running amid deadlock. Washington wage stabilization board to meet next week to rehear AFL seamen case. Board trimmed 40 monthly increases from $17.50 to $0.00, cutting AFL seamen gains from shipping owners. West Coast $22.50, East $27.50. WSB previously awarded CTO National Maritime Union workers $17.50.
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Disaster Control Board
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
WSB
CTO National Maritime Union
Mississippi and South Carolina Voting Rights Tangle
Mississippi and South Carolina officials weigh steps to keep Negro voters out of Democratic primaries and general elections. South Carolina officials warned of a likely federal suit to open party doors. James M. Hinton of the SC NAACP has signaled plans to challenge the party's enrollment and voting rules.
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Jackson
Miss
South Carolina
Mississippi
South
Democratic Party
Palmetto
U. S
Olin D. Johnston
General Assembly
Wade Hampton
Hampton
James M. Hinton
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hinton
Nuclear era fleet work advances at Norfolk shipyard
The 70 per cent complete Kentucky, an Iowa-class hull begun in 1944, shows main deck and propulsion installed with future design changes undemanding. Hawaii, laid down in 194? as sister to Alaska and Guam, is 85 per cent complete with stacks and lighter superstructure in place, removable or modifiable. Hawaii being built by New York Shipbuilding Corp at Camden, New Jersey.
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Bikini
Kentucky
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
N. J
Albania seeks U N seat amid Greece charge debate
Albanian minister Jakova leads a push at the Security Council for a seat while presenting Thessaloniki era charges against Greece and Britain. The planned briefing covers Greek-Albanian border incidents in Chamaria and Northern Epirus with a broad rebuttal of Greek claims, as Andrei Gromyko urges hearing. Britain questions legality under the charter and the Netherlands may oppose the bid.
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Barry Mauce Lake
Success
Albania
Greges
Ukraine
Greece
Epirus
Tynas
United States
Jakova
U. N
Andrei A . Gromyko
Great Britain
Netherlands
U. K
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