Army general staff to visit Fort Benning for inspection tour
Army general staff will arrive about 6 p.m. today at Fort Benning to receive a 17 gun salute. Lt Gen J Lawton Collins will represent Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as Chief of Staff. Montgomery will stay two days then fly to New York. Governor and Mrs Arnall of Georgia will attend tonight’s reception with Lt Gen Grie.
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Army General Staff
Ft. Benning
Ae Montgomery
J. Lawton Collins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S S. Army
Montgomery
New York
Gov
Mra. Elis Arnall
Georgia
O. W. Grie
Circuit Court Docket Readied For Monday Opening
A docket meeting was held with Judge D C Halstead to arrange the order of cases for hearing as court sessions prepare to begin Monday. Attorneys for involved parties participated in the pretrial conference to organize proceedings.
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Circuit Court
D.C. Halstead
Wage Stabilization Push Amid Coast To Coast Seamen Strikes
Stabilization Director John R. Steelman proposed a wage increase of 22.50 monthly on the West Coast and 77.50 in the East to resolve the dispute and grant workers full justice. CIO seamen struck as talks stalled, while AFL mariners secured higher rates on the West Coast under a new contract. Maritime Commission consideration could extend the raises to CIO. until then idle merchant ships reflect the labor division between AFL and CIO unions.
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John R. Steelman
CIO
AFL
Butler
Commission
Harry Mundeberg
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Atlantic
Gulf
West
White House
Price administration liquidation eyed for next year
An influential Democratic Senator warned that abolishing the price control law is the biggest mistake of his career and predicted a drive to end OPA when Congress meets next January. Taft doubted a rapid cutoff without Truman’s consent but foresaw a push by April if anti-OPA sentiment grows. Truman has not indicated willingness to abandon OPA before the June 30, 1947 deadline and supports a full year extension.
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Congress
Taft
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek Pursues Quick Victory for November Assembly
A high level report claims Chiang Kai-shek aims to end fighting by securing a decisive military edge before the national assembly convenes in November. He allegedly rejects prolonging the war and seeks political progress to end hostilities.
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Chiang Kai-shek
National Assembly
Hill and Hill Advertising Leader Voted Trustworthy
At the 1940 stockholders meeting Hill's management won over 86 percent in a confidence vote. An advertising icon, Hill reportedly spent about 200 million dollars on a single produce and 20 million dollars in one year. He claimed advertising is salesmanship in print and has grown with radio.
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Hill
Dothan Woman Freed On Bond After Liquor Law Arrest
Johnnie P. Schumacher a Dothan resident was released on bond after being arrested yesterday afternoon by city police on a change of violating the liquor law. The arrest followed an official police action.
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Johnnie P. Schumacher
Dothan
Columbus Military Council Members Named
Maj. Gen. E. M. Brooks heads the Columbus Ft Benning Military Council with council members named from local defense and veterans groups.
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Wold
E. M. Brooks
Columbus-Ft. Benning
Nine Men Enlisted By Navy In Dothan
Nine men from Dothan and the Wiregrass area including eight discharged servicemen were accepted by the Dothan Navy Recruiting Station for U S Navy enlistment. Veterans from Dothan and nearby communities were assigned to inactive or active duty with destinations including Charleston and Bainbridge Maryland.
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Dothen
Wiregrass
Dothan
U. S. Navy
John Junior Edwards
Burdeshaw Sr
Primes Walker
E. Bradeshaw
Edwards
Walker
Henry Carlos Johnson
Johnson
Campbellton
Fla
Serry Lundy
Geneva
Ben Shehane
Ariton
M. C. Kirkland
Slocomb
Douglas W. Donaldson
Jackson St
Opp
James Ray Head
Elba
Fred Thomas Ryan
Ozark
Charleston
D. C
Bainbridge, Md
You Rascal, You May Become Tommy Hit
Hamburg dispatch reports British soldiers can request AFN to dedicate a song or record to officers or sergeants who have nettled them. Soldier sources say AFN requests are rising among troops and officers in the British Zone.
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Hamburg
Germany
Apj
American Forces Network
AFN
Tallassee Narrows Gap In Playoff With 6-5 Win
Tallassee tied the Georgia Alabama playoff series by edging Newnan 6-5 after overcoming a strong lead. Series now 2-2 in a best-of-five. Winner faces Geneva Red Birds, Alabama State League champion.
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Tallassee
Alabama
Newnan
Geneva Redbirds
Truman to Visit Pershing at Walter Reed Hospital
President Truman planned a brief birthday chat with aging General Pershing at his Walter Reed apartment. Pershing’s physician said the general’s health was satisfactory for a man of advanced years.
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Pershing
Army and Navy Journal
Truman
Walter Reed General Hospital
S. A. Marietta
Governor Lausche’s hitchhike delays in Warren
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche thumbed for nearly an hour when his car broke down near Warren and was late for a scheduled speech. In Wyoming fishermen claim lures at Meadowlark Lake bite only at 9 am and 4 pm, blaming childhood habits after being fed at Tensleep hatchery.
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Warren
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Tensleep, Wyo
Meadowlark Lake
Bliss Bayne
Three Building Permits Issued In City
Three building and repair permits were granted by the City fire department. Total estimated cost for the three projects was $3,200. J. R. Wright received permission to build a residence at 905 W North Street for $1,200. J. T. Helme was allowed to construct at 214 Carl Street for $1,500. Huey G. Stevens was issued a permit to repair a residence at 1024 Headland Avenue for $500.
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J. R. Wright
W. North Street
J. T. Helme
Carl Street
Huey G. Stevens
Headland Avenue
Widespread shortages hit housing and labor in three cities
In Birmingham, 11 000 homes started and 19 000 priorities issued amid material shortages halting work on 8 500 units. Meat becomes the scarcest food. strikes involve 150 workers and 19 000 are unemployed. Housing remains acutely short with 12 000 more units needed. In Jacksonville meat is also scarce with ongoing strikes and acute unemployment and housing shortage. In Atlanta meat is most scarce with 1 500 workers on strike across three firms and 15 000 unemployed, housing also acutely short.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Citizens debate voting rights and literacy tests in Alabama
Boswell defends Amendment on literacy tests and property clauses while criticizing opponents. He frames citizenship duties against foreign propagandists and racial equality aims, argues against ‘taxation without representation’ in the context of voting. He notes opposition from CIO PAC, Republican State Convention, and Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce and offers reasons for each stance.
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Boswell
Commonwealth
Political Action Committee
CIO
Republican State Convention
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Boswell amendment urged to uphold white supremacy in Alabama
The speaker urges adoption of a Boswell amendment to block interracial marriage, appealing to voters to follow state leaders and party executives. He asserts Alabama will not permit Negro men to marry white women and seeks to maintain white supremacy under U S law.
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North
East
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Wallace speech defends policy tie to Byrnes stance
Wallace argues his speech aligns with Secretary of State Byrnes in Stuttgart on Russia and Eastern Europe. He warns Russian social economic ideas will dominate much of the world, contrasts free enterprise democracy, calls for mutual restraint, and rejects Britain as the sole key to U.S. policy amid backing Mead and Lehman against Dewey.
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Wallace
Byrnes
Stuttgart
Russia
Europe
United States
New York City
Gallup
White House
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Great Britain
Britain
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