Meat Shortage Tightens Nation as Butchers Fail
The article describes a severe meat famine with butchers in many cities selling out and scarce steaks and chops. The Association of Retail Meat Dealers warns many shops may close next week while consumers shift to fish and poultry. The Army and major stockyards face supply cuts, with packing houses laying off workers and Chicago workers already idle.
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Roeat
Nui
Gald
Army
CIO United Pack Workers
Chicago
Huge Loan Granted For REA Expansion
Washington AP reports the Rural Electrification Administration approved a 3.35 million dollar loan to the Alabama Electric Cooperative of Andalusia for generating and transmission construction. The package raises its building fund to 5.5631 million dollars with 2.5131 million already approved. Eleven Southern Alabama and Northwest Florida cooperatives will share the new power from plants in Gantt Covington and Troy, with upgrades to five existing plants and 359 miles of transmission lines plus 44 substations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Alabama Electro Cooperative
Andalusia
Ala
REA
Alabama
Florida
Gantt
Covington
Conecuh
Troy
Alabama Water Service Company
UN asks for troop tallies in non Allied nations
The draft resolution would compel Great Britain to reveal troop numbers in Greece, Iraq and other Allied states and require the United States to disclose forces in China. Delegates noted the Soviet proposal would lack the necessary votes to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Council
Great Britain
Greece
Iraq
United States
China
Meat Industry Hit by Widespread Layoffs and Slump
AFL Meat Cutters' Union reports about 12,000 members laid off at plants nationwide with expectations of double that idle next week. Department of Agriculture notes federally inspected meat production for the week ending Sept 7 fell to 74 million pounds, down 73 percent from the prior week when no price ceilings on livestock existed. Retail price ceilings take effect as butcher shop supply reaches its lowest point in the current shortage.
Piano Program At Dothan Kiwanis Luncheon
Miss Jean Claire Brunson of Elba presented a piano program at the Dothan Kiwanis Club luncheon featuring Debussy Chopin and an original composition by Leopold Mittman. She returned to New York to resume studies under Mittman. Attending were her parents Mr and Mrs John F Brunson and accompanist Jack Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Claire Brunson
Elba
J. A. Harris
Amarillo
Tex
Jack Stone
Panama City
O. V. Brewster
Birmingham
Creel Resigns as Ling's Assistant in Houston County
Hubert H. Creel resigns after four years as Houston County agent assistant to C. M. Ling. Effective Saturday September 14 Creel leaves to enter private business in Fort Myers Florida. Creel will be replaced by an unnamed successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert H. Creel
Houston
C. M. Ling
Creel
Fort Myers
Fla
Ling
Dothan Laboratory Sets Another Record
The August report from the Dothan Branch Laboratory shows a new monthly record for specimens examined. Director Anne Cooper reports 663 specimens tested with 259 positives including rabies, tuberculosis, diphtheria, brucellosis, typhus, typhoid, venereal diseases, and malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Anne Cooper
ATU Arrests Seven Destroys Six Stills
Dothan office of the Alcoholic Tax Unit seized six unregistered distilleries and arrested seven people during August. Investigators reported heavy activity as sugar and syrup became more plentiful locally. Across Alabama, eighty arrests were made, seventy two stills seized, and twelve vehicles confiscated in the same period. Nine ATU offices operate in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Alabama
ATU
Round-Up Planned for Enterprise Scouts Meeting
Charlie Akins from Region Five Memphis will meet Scouberg in Enterprise to plan Coffee County round-up. Scout Executive J. W. Cooke announced a 7:30 p.m. meeting in Scouter Alex Huey’s office. Regional officials also schedule meetings in Headland and Dothan with a Montgomery conference planned Sept 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Akins
Memphis
Dothan
Barbour
Eufaula
Cooke
Akins
Montgomery
Playoff Game Between Newnan and Tallassee Rained Out
In Newman Georgia the third Georgia Alabama League playoff game between Newnan and Tallassee was postponed by rain at Pickett Field after a prior rainout. Each club held one win in the best of five finals with three decisive games remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Newnan
Tallassee
Pickett Field
14 Americans Die in Two Plane Crashes Near Japan
AP from Tokyo reports three lieutenants killed and a private missing in a B 29 crash off Nagasaki Friday. Nine parachuted to safety. Names listed: Lt Moody J. Han Nashville Tenn pilot Lt William L Hutson Glendale California engineer Lt Ralph H Schoenstein San Francisco copilot Pic T H Simpson Shipman Virginia missing. Also Lt Claude A Nix Rome Georgia killed and T 4 Ross Whistler Garrison Maryland injured in RAF liaison plane crash at Yokohama. Whistler reported recovering.
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Tokyo
Nagasaki
Moody J. Han
Nashville
Tenn
William L. Hutson
Glendale
Calif
Ralph H. Schoenstein
San Francisco
Pic. T. H. Simpson
Shipman
Air Force Headquarters
Claude A.’ Nix
Rome
Ross Whistler
Garrison
RAF lIilaison
Yokohama
Whisler
U S Renounces All Reparations Claims On Italy
Paris AP reports United States repudiates Italy reparations, stating direct wartime cost at 335 billion dollars with 20 billion allocated against Italy. Delegates Willard L. Thorpe and Jefferson Caffery accuse Bulgaria of ruthless occupation in Western Thrace and oppose cession to Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Italy
Willard L. Thorpe
Italian Economic Commission
Jefferson Caffery
Bulgaria
Thrace
Greece
Two Buying Drives Lifts Stock Market Reach
Two buying surges lifted the stock market with several leading issues rising above prior lows. Eastman Kodak gained $10.50 near the close while Norfolk and Western, Santa Fe, Allied Chemical and International Harvester climbed $3 or more, and overall volume neared 3,000,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastman Kodak
Norfolk and Western
Santa, Fe
Allied Chemical and International Harvester
Book Reveals White House at War by Merriman Smith
U P correspondent Merriman Smith writes Thank You Mr President about Roosevelt and wartime White House life including his death at Warm Springs Georgia. The Harper Brothers volume compares Roosevelt and Truman with Smith’s 125000 mile front row experience from Pearl Harbor days to 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Warmorpings
President
United Press
White
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Harper & Brothers
Smith
Embargo and Citywide Tension Hit New York Deliveries
Number 13 imposed a city embargo except medicine and essentials, leaving over a million workers idle. O'Dwyer warned Local 807 had lost control, with members blocking others from returning to work. Striker leaders failed to expand the walkout as a joint council of 26 locals voted to honor contracts, risking violence as pickets and patrols halted trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O'Dwyer
Tobin
Teamstersocal 807
Local 807
Joint Council of Teamsters
Plans for Carthage Texas chemical plant project
Plans are underway for a chemical plant at Carthage Texas to convert natural gas, in an almost untapped supply, into diesel fuel in Dodero, amid broader energy development efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Texas
Mrs J J Mathis 88 Dies At Newville
Mrs. J J Mathis 88 died at her Newville home after a long illness. Funeral held at Talbot Church with Rev Roby J Lee officiating. Burial in Talbot Cemetery. Survived by three sons A B Mathis Dothan A O Mathis Panama City and W L Mathis Oxford Miss four daughters Eaton Mae and Mrs Otis Shelley and Mrs O M Shelley all of Newville a brother Tommy Dossette Newton 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Mathis
Newville
Talbot Church
Roby J. Lee
Talbot Cemetery
Ward-Wilson
A. B. Mathis
Dothan
A. O. Mathis
Panama City
Joe Griffin
Dayton Brannon
A. G. Jones
Loyd Griffin
J. P. Taylor
Ben Taylor
Dr. Whigham
Cleveland Kirkland
Bob Kirkland
Calvin Hartley
Navy Offers Veterans Rank of Seaman First Class
Navy recruiters announce a new rule making discharged area veterans with pay grades equal to or higher than seaman first class eligible for the Seaman First Class rank. Effective October 1, the policy reenlists lower graded former servicemen at their prior grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
State Legion Chief Escapes Auto Injury
Ottis L. Cooper state Legion Commander from Red Level narrowly escaped injury when his car veered off a Centerville highway during a thunderstorm. He and his driver emerged unhurt though the car was badly damaged while en route to address Farley W. Moody post No. 34 in Tuscaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
State Legion
Ottis L. Cooper
Red Level
Centerville
Cooper
Legion
Farley W. Moody
Veterans Organization
Animal stars earn about four hundred weekly on film sets
Animal performers bring in roughly 400 dollars per week while working in motion pictures. The article notes the steady demand for trained animals and outlines typical duties and pay trends in early cinema.
City Commission extends airport hangar lease to two years
In regular session the city commission extended the hangar lease at Municipal Airport for two more years to Hugh Wheeless, operator of an aircraft service establishment. Wheeless will pay 1920 dollars rent over the term. The panel deferred action on a Bar Association proposal for an ordinance regulating professional bondsmen until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Hugh Wheeless
Wheeless
Jim Brennan
Bar Association
Mrs. Cora McKee Dies At Headland Route 1
Mrs. Cora McKee, 50, died at her home on Headland Route 1 after an extended illness. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. at Wiggins church with Rev. Jeff Stinson officiating. Headland Mortuary handled burial. Survived by three sons Rufus C R and Buell McKee of Headland Route 1. three daughters Jewel White of Headland Route 1 May Barefield and Rosa Lee Gorman of Newville Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora McKee
Headland
Wiggins Church
Jeff Stinson
Rosa Lee Gorman
Newville
Infant Lendo Benton Dies at 12 Days
Lendo Gale Benton infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Benton died at home on Slocomb route two. Funeral services were to be held at Clark cemetery with Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are two sisters Carmie Jeane and Annie Marel Benton and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Alto McCalster, Slocomp route two, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Benton Sr., Dothan route four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendo Gale Benton
J. W. Benton
Slocomb
Clark Cemetery
Ward- Wilson Funeral Home
Carmie Jeane
Annie Marel Benton
Alto McCalster
Slocomp
Dothan
Accused Slayer Transferred To Houston County Jail
Jackson Calloway, 65, charged with slashing his wife Savannah Calloway during an attempted passing last week, was moved from a Dothan hospital to Houston County jail. He admits harming her but offers no motive. Married 45 years, the couple had recently separated. Grand Jury action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Calloway
Houston County
Dothan
Alain
Savannah Calloway
Bekth
Calloway
Catalyst Enables Gasoline Formation From Carbon Monoxide
A chemical agent accelerates the reaction between carbon monoxide and hydrogen to yield gasoline and water without itself being consumed. The description defines a catalyst as a substance that promotes chemical change while remaining unchanged after the process.
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Bellans
Berkeley
Harden
N.A.P.A. Service
National Automotive Parts Association
RAMCO
Monmouth Auto Parts
Martin-Senour Paints
Johnston Auto Supply Co
N. St. Andrews
Fraternity In Action
Woodmen
Woodmen Society
M. Molland
Belling
Ashford W. C. Bell
Kiwanis
Hubert Creel
Dothan Laboratory
Enterprise
Georgia
Nature
U. S
J.J. Mathis
Navy
Post
H. C. Mullins
Legionnaire
Aubrey Dominick
New Orleans
Pensacola
Mailik
Firestone de
Excello
X’mas Toys
Irish Mail
X’mas
Firestone Store
Southern Stores, Inc
THE
BAY Line
Panama City, Florida
Cottondale
South Florida
Ar. Dothan
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