Group urges Truman shift in State Dept over China policy
A letter from 17 prominent figures led by John Baker and Sidney Hook urged President Truman to overhaul the State Department's Far Eastern division. The signers pressed for officials aligned with tougher Western stance on China and a hard line against Soviet influence in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle
Association
Truman
Johnai’ ‘Baker
American Red Cross
Chiia
Sidney Hook
New York University
Walter H. Judd
t-Minn
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Frank L. Melony
New York
Donali D. van Slyke
Rockefeller Foundation
Robert J. Watt
American Federation of Labor
State Department
Far Eastern
Florida businessman missing after private plane flight
Alton L. Moore 40, Bartow automobile dealer and civic leader, has been missing since Saturday night after flying from Tallahassee toward Ocala and Tampa. Private and army search planes from Bartow MacDill Field and Tallahassee scoured Perry area with no trace. a forest ranger reported a plane seen with engine trouble. Moore is survived by a wife and one son.
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Bartow, Fla
Bartow
MacDill Field
Tallahassee
Alton L. Moore
Moore
Ocala
MacDill Army Air Field
Perry
Tampa
Folsom Forms Meeting to Boost Democratic Fund Raising
Governor designate James E. Folsom convened about 100 South Alabama Democrats in Montgomery to plan fund raising for the November elections. Asa Carraway was expected to speak as assistant party treasurer. Clark said the goal was not stated but would be “big money.”
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Washington
Democratic Party
J. R. Clark
Asa Carraway
Clark
1946 cotton crop forecast shows 9 171 000 bales
The Agriculture Department estimates 1946 cotton production at 9 171 000 bales based on 17 776 000 acres and 2476 pounds per acre. American Egyptian cotton may total 2 000 bales or less. Forecast reflects July abandonment near 2.9 percent and regional declines due to dry conditions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Negro Escape and Surrender From City Jail in Dothan
James Buntin, a Dothan Negro, escaped last night by forcing a rusted jail wall but surrendered at dawn today. He had been jailed on an assault and battery charge and was released on bond after turning himself in. No jailbreak charges were filed. The break followed a prior escape six months earlier through the same wall. Police planned to reinforce the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buntin
Dothan
Buntin
Houston County
Eddie D. Kelley
Science Finds Secret Of Girls Curls The Sulphur Does It
A report from the American Chemical Society describes a new chemical process that creates permanent curls by manipulating sulphur links in keratin. Dorothy Sanford and Fred L Hamelier explain how two cold solutions break and restore sulphur connections to set durable curls in a matter of minutes.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Dorothy Sanford
Fred L. Hamélier
Raymond Laboratories
St. Paul
Draftees Scarce in Dothan Area
Houston County Selective Service Boards report few men eligible for induction after the draft holiday ended. Clerk Charles Jackson says less than a half dozen locals have been sent for examination, with many in the 19 year old group and little 18 year olds left to induct. He notes a policy change requires reexaminations for some, and local boards must revisit previously rejected men. Only single men aged 19 to 29 are subject to the draft unless veterans with overseas or six months active duty are present.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Charles Jackson
Jackson
Continental
United States
Chiang Kai-shek Completes New Chinese Bible Translation
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek finished editing a new Chinese translation of the New Testament after nearly two years of work amid wartime secrecy. Dr. John C. H. Wu, appointed to be China's minister to the Vatican, disclosed the commission. The Psalms arrived in 1943 and the New Testament in 1944, totaling over 200000 Chinese characters. Chiang reviewed the manuscript three times with 31 corrections to improve readability and beauty.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
John C. H. Wu
China
Vatican
Chiang
Roosevelt Planes Spell Out FDR Over Greek Waters
In Athens on a sunny morning, 75 planes from the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt formed large FDR initials in the sky just as the ship sailed toward Malta Algiers Tangier and Cassablanca. The display drew thousands and featured other intricate formations before the carrier departed mine fields off Greece.
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Roosevelt
Greek
Athens
Greece
FDR
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Malta
Algiers
Tangier
Cassblancs
Blood Flows In Holy Land On Conference Eve
Bloodshed and sabotage hit the Holy Land on the eve of the London Palestine conference. Jewish extremists mined rail lines, raided trains, and killed a British sergeant in Haifa as British troops and police hunted suspects across Judean hills. Rail traffic halted. curfews and searches planned.
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Eliav Simon
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Palestine
Haifa
Red Devils
Tel Aviv
Jersalem
Hagana
Irgun
Irgun Zvei Leumi
Maine Voters Pick Their Men In First Election This Year
Maine voters cast ballots in the first election of the year with Republicans favored for Senator Governor and three U S House seats. In Maine Owen Brewster seeks a six year Senate term, Horace Hildreth runs for a second term, while incumbents Hale Smith and Fellows face Democratic challengers. Connecticut opens a two day convention nominating a slate including Gov Raymond Baldwin for the Senate seat.
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Preas
Maine
Connecticut
Colorado
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Owen Brewster
House
Brewster
Senate
Peter M. MacDonald
Horace A. Hildreth
F. Davis Clark
Mile
Robert Hale
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Showhegan
Frank Fellows
Bangor
John C. Fitzgerald
Edward J. Beauchamp
Lewiston
John M. Cogghill
Old Town
Raymond Baldwin
Thomas C. Hart
Jaynes L. W McConaughy
Joseph E. Talbot
William L. Hadden
Mead Alcorn
Hartford County
Superior
Speed Trap Reported Near Altha Florida
Dothan motorists returning from Dead Lakes Florida reported a speed trap just outside Altha where more than twenty motorists were stopped Saturday and Sunday. They were fined 16 dollars plus court costs after patrol officers, parked out of sight, halted speeding drivers. Only a small sign near the town warned of a 25 mile per hour limit.
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Dothan
Dead Lakes
Fila
The
Eagle
Altha
Fla
Trieste Riot Wounds Seven Americans In Explosion
In Trieste an early Sunday dynamite blast injured seven Americans and 15 others as Yugoslav soldiers were arrested after a second explosion. Pro Slovene demonstrators clashed with Allied police, leaving many hurt, while authorities blamed violence on anti Allied agitation.
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Trieste
88Th Division
Cartalunga Street
San Giacomo
Italy
Bridges Protests Rail Diversion to Yugoslavia
Senator Bridges accused UNRRA and the State Department of diverting 8 251 tons of rails from China to Yugoslavia. He cited orders from War Assets Administration and Marshall plans, noting 2 538 tons remained earmarked for China but were reallocated.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
State Department
UNRRA
Yugoslavia
China
New Hampshire
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Two Alabama Farmers Face Murder Charge
In Springville Alabama two farmers brothers were charged with murder for the weekend killing of Rafael Simmons at his father in law Carrie Findley home. George Lebbetter 30 held in Ashville jail and Horace Lebbetter sought on a murder warrant. Police say George held Simmons while Horace fired a .44 pistol. Simmons died after being shot and left Birmingham hospital.
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Springville
Ala
Rafoas Simmons
J. B. Martin
George Lebbetter
Ashville
Horace Lebbetter
Martin
Simmons
Horace
Trussville
Birmingham
Carrie Findley
George Ledbetter
Ledbetter
High Voltage Wire Unanchored By Wind
Unanchored high voltage wire at Dothan Oil Mill No. 2 plant on Newton Street sparked before dawn. Firefighters cut the current after a night watchman alerted the alarm, and no damage resulted. Assistant Fire Chief Floyd Harrin reported the incident.
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Dothan Oil Mill
Newton Street
Floyd Harrin
Harrie
Britain Drops $11 Billion Italy Reparations Claim
Britain withdrew its enormous 11 billion dollar reparations demand against Italy and limited its position to seizure of Italian property on British soil. The move aims to aid the Malan Commission in sizing other claims and comes as the Assembly postponement of the UN meeting is sought. The big four pursue private talks on the Italo Yugoslav frontier and Trieste borders.
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Paris
Great Britain
Italy
Ialy
Balkan States
Yugoslavia
Greece
Malan Economic Commission
Commission
Merita
Paul Henri Spask
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Trieste
Soldier's Wife Seeks Passport To Germany
Mrs. Hilda V. Cumrine of Enter prise filed with U.S. Commissioner J W Daughtry for a passport to Germany to join her husband Ray E Cumrine with United States occupation troops. She plans a two year stay in Germany, traveling overseas when transport is available. About 10 overseas service wives have been granted passports locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda V. Cumrine
Enterprise
U.S
J. W. Daugotry
Germany
Strike Truce Fails as Shipping Grinds to a Halt
The largest shipping strike in U S history continues with 1500 to 1600 deep water ships idle and 400 New York tugboats tied up as AFL CIO seamen and allied workers press wage demands. Labor officials report failed talks led by Harry Lundeberg. Washington stabilization board reviews wage rulings as violence risk and supply disruption grow.
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Associated Prean
Labor Department
San Francisco
Harry Lundeberg
AFL
CIO
Cre
Sagi Mgathat
War Stabilization Board
Lundeberg
Strik- Jog Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Washington
SIU
SUP
Philip Hannah
Wir Stabilization Board
New York Harbor
New York
Association of Americas Railroads
AEL United Mine Workers
Stabilization Board
John Hawk
Brady V. Summerlin Dies at 46 in Alabama
Brady V. Summerlin 46, a Democratic nominee for the State Senate from the 25th district, died unexpectedly near Fort Walton Beach Florida. Funeral services were held in Luverne. Surviving are a sister and eight brothers. The 25th district covers Crenshaw Coffee and Pike Counties.
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Luverne
Ala
Brady VV
Summerlin
State Senate
Fort Waiton Fla
South Alabama
Senate
Crenshaw
Coffee
Pike
J. R. Segrest
Vernon
Leslie
Robert Summerlin
Laverne
Conrad
Carl Summerlin
Auburn
Leo Summerlin
Mobile
Iverson
Jake Summerlin
Port Arthur
Texas
J.E. Sorrelly
Slocomb
Geneva
Hunter Golson
Wetumpka
Elmore County
New Meat Ceiling Prices Set for Houston and Geneva Stores
Retail grocers in Houston and Geneva counties receive new meat price posters under the price control program. The Alabama Price Control Board in Dothan announced the posters must be displayed near meat counters and become effective tomorrow. Some items drop in price while others stay the same as prior to controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Geneva
Dothan
Atlanta
Tennessee Farmer Rides Horse Toward California Adventure
Franklin Tennessee reports a 2 year old U S Coast Guard veteran Jimmy Bennett starts a cross country ride on his seven year old bay gelding Ramblin Boy seeking lodging along the way toward Worth Texas and California. He aims to see the west where the "west begins" and everything else between.
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Franklin
Tenn
Jimmy D. Bennett, Jr
California
U.S. Coast Guard
Bennett
Jimmy Son
Worth
Texas
Wes
Here
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Los Angeles
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