Voters reject City Manager system in Dothan
In Dothan, voters again rejected the City Manager form in a low turnout. About one third of qualified voters cast ballots with 902 total. Courthouse box: 151 for, 241 against. City Hall: 91 for, 414 against. Absentee ballots both favored against. State action had established a transfer plan and election to decide, while last night’s results led to the formal election of a three-year term for a new council figure.
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Dothan
Governmont
A. Teo
City Commission
John D. Ayres
Legistare
Fieth
Wil
Tet Rawlins Mainney
Ayres
Clyde EL. Coe
J. Parkman
Miles A. Miller
Dan Iwkns
de Bates
Truman Warns Rationing May Return If Needed
President Truman cautions that food shortages and rationing could resume for some items after Japan’s surrender. He outlined plans to feed Europe and pledged renewed UNRRA funding, while noting domestic supplies depend on financing and future arrangements. Civilian meat allotments may rise in October, but rationing may continue until controls are no longer needed.
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Truman
White House
Japan
Mr. Truman
Europe
Great Britain
European
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Congress
UNRRA
Agriculure Anderson
Anderson
Building restrictions lifted for private homes Oct. 15
Washington AP recon: version Director John W Snyder announced the lifting of all restrictions on construction of private homes and other buildings effective October 15. A six point program to speed the building industry was unveiled, but no price controls on new homes. WPB will read L-41 to end lattice on stores offices hotels apartments and dwellings. Chester Bowles urged price limits on new housing. Federal agencies to boost materials supply, curb inflation, and discourage risky lending. Industry representatives to join in voluntary production program.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Bowles
Senate Mall
Fie
Ders
Il Interagency
Igh Wpb
Office of
Real Estite
Ashington
National Housing Agency
Tay
William H. Tan
Hepnomie Stabilizer
Love Triangle Enters Accused Wife Slayer Trial
The State plans to call Mary Lee Williams Epes’s parents to testify against her husband in a murder case. Dr. Samuel C. Epes of Richmond testified as prosecutors sought a love triangle motive after Mary Lee’s death from suffocation and poisoning. Evidence included a letter to Nelson Kingsland and testimony about a missing persons report and a foxhole burial at Fort Jackson.
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T. G. Williams
Mary L. Epes
Sam C. Epes
Columbia, D. C
Columbia
S. C
Mary Lee Williams Epes
Samuel C. Epes
Richmond
Mary Lee
Fort Jackson
Fort
Larry Gaines
Epes
Nelson Kingsland
Lake Charles
Nelson
L. J. Campbell
Miss Kingsland
St. Valentines Day
L. C. McDaniel Dies After Brief Illness
Funeral services for L. B. McDaniel sixty five of 352 East Main Street were held at Ward Wilson Chapel. The Rev L C Brannon officiated with burial in Ashford cemetery. Surviving are a son Corporal Gilbert McDaniel in the A S Army overseas a daughter Mrs Ouida Tubbergen Dothan five brothers C Victor McDaniel Ashford W Grady McDaniel and C D McDaniel both of Jacksonville Fla A B E McDaniel Ashford and Herty McDaniel Gordon. Active pallbearers include Dr W W T Burkett Whit Harris Houston Barksdale Max Jones Grady Watford Johnnie Barksdale Honoraries listed.
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L. BE. McDaniel
East Main Street
Ward- Wilson Chapel
L.C. Brannon
Ashford Cemetery
Ward-Wilson
Corporal Gilbert McDaniel
A. S. Army
Ouida Tubbergen
Dothan
C. Victor McDaniel
Ashford
Luther Outlaw
Lance Johnson
Marvin Holman
Ralph Holman
A. D. Fellows
Curtis Owens
Reuben Wright
Beef Canning Demonstration Held at Adams Farm
County FSA supervisors held a beef cutting and canning demonstration yesterday at H. A. Adams farm on Webb route one. W. Cook demonstrated proper beef cutting for canning and Miss Mary B. Arant showed correct beef canning methods including packing and processing the meat.
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FSA
H. A. Adams
Webb Route
W. ¥. Cook
Mary B. Arant
FSA Home Management
Tropical Storm Continues Losing Destructive Force
A week-old tropical storm drifting along the mid Atlantic coast loses strength as warnings span Virginia Capes to Block Island. Heavy rains and gales lash coasts, with one death in South Carolina and crop damage in North Carolina. Flights disrupted, vessels delayed, and New England braces for a southern storm plus a new northeaster from Canada. Florida sustains $50 million in property loss but citrus damage is slight.
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N. C
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia Capes
Block Island
Rih
Atlantic
South Carolina
North Carolina
New York
Europe
New England
Canada
Carolinas
Florida
Drivers Escaped Injury In North St Andrews Collision
Two vehicles collided at the North St. Andrews and Powell streets intersection this morning. Drivers Harold Murphy and Dollie McLain escaped injury as both cars were damaged in the impact.
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North St. Andrews
Powell Streets
Harold Murphy
Dollie McLain
GI's Slated For More Duty Get 45 Day Rest
Washington AP soldiers returning from overseas but not discharged will receive 45 days of temporary duty rest instead of 30 days officials said. War Department instructions direct commanders to grant the longer furlough to those not exiting service.
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Washington (Ap
War Department
City Officials To Scan Proposal For New Gas Line
City officials reviewed a proposal to establish a butane gas pipeline in Dothan with favorable initial reception. A private investor-financed project would require a 21-year franchise, as noted by J Earl Courtney of Cotton Valley Louisiana, with further franchise details to be discussed.
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Dothan
J. Earl Courtney
Cotton Valley
Displaced Poles Are Being Returned Home
BERLIN RP American occupation forces have begun repatriation of displaced Polish nationals in their zone. Most are expected home before winter. In the US zone there are 325,000 Poles, half of the displaced. Departures relieve an acute food shortage, leaving about 200,000 in the US group as winter nears.
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Berlin
United States
Allied Control Council
Displaced Persons
MacArthur Puts Nippon Paper On Hold For Two Days
General MacArthur estimates 200000 troops could occupy Japan, prompting mixed reactions in Washington. State Department officials voice surprise fearing misreadings of early withdrawal plans, while Capitol Hill presses for draft relief and re-enlistment incentives amid a heated debate on Army and Navy leadership.
Draft Boards Urge Merchants To Aid Vets By Giving Jobs
Houston County Selective Service officials urge merchants and others to cooperate in employing discharged servicemen returning home in increasing numbers. Veterans with long service and difficulty finding work are seeking re enlistment. The act charges the director with creating adequate reemployment facilities and securing reemployment for veterans. Some discharged vets are re enrolling in the Reserve and may apply for active duty within 15 days after discharge.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Dothan
Selective Service Boards
Selective Service Act
Beasts of Belsen Trial Opens With Horror Testimony
British Army Brig. Glyn Hughes testified on Belsen’s horror as the trial of Joseph Kramer and 44 aides opened. Prosecutors alleged mass murder at Auschwitz and cruelty at Belsen, detailing starvation, cannibalism, and 13,000 corpses found after capture with 78,000 women and 12,000 men alive.
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Germany
Belsen
Joseph Kramer
Glyn Hughes
Second Army
Brig. Hughes
Hughes
Kramer
Auschwitz
Irma Grose
Birkenau
J. R
Backhouse
Russians Express Interest In Italy's Colonial Holdings
Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov said Russia eyed Malian colonies and a possible sole trustee role over Tripolitania. He signaled interest in a Mediterranean foothold, discussed Italian Yugoslav boundaries, and backed Allied-backed governments in Romania Bulgaria and Hungary. He urged a democratic Greece and hinted at Greece regime change, while proposing boundary shifts affecting Trieste and Pola.
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Euit
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James F. Byrnes
Molotoy
Tita
Edward Karel
Monfalcone
Triesix
Fiurme
Zara
Pola
Carmichael Plans Governor Race in Alabama
Talladega Daily Home reports Col Albert Carmichael former Alabama lieutenant governor will likely run for governor in the Democratic primaries next year. He says the statement is his only comment at present and expects Army discharge soon. He plans to visit Talladega to renew acquaintances and meet friends.
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Talladega
Ala
Albert Carmichael
Alabama
Carmichael
Georgia Senator Demands Arrest of Jap Emperor
Senator Russell of Georgia called for the arrest of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal arguing that current peace terms are too lenient. He urged Congress to back trials and for steps by American forces and international bodies to address Japan’s future, warning the occupation policy risks a renewed war and a myth of Japan’s defeat.
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Congress
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Wiroisito
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Hirohito
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FDR Letter Read as Roosevelt Financing Probe
Washington reports a congressional inquiry into Elibenez Roosevelt's business affairs resumes as a late President Roosevelt letter to Huth Goolina is read in a closed committee session. The letter notes radio stock recovered in debt settlements, with ties to a $200,000 loan from John Hartford and collateral tied to a Texas radio chain.
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Elbenez Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
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Huth Googina Roosevelt
Elliott
Jesse Jones
Commerce
John Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Eliott
Flintt
Hartford
Texas Radio Chain Ag
MacArthur clamps down on Asahi and presses reform
In Tokyo General MacArthur suspends publication of the Asahi for inflamatory articles as Allied forces shape postwar policy. He backs limited air service and signals 200,000 troops may occupy Japan within six months while demobilization of draftees is planned. Washington reaction is mixed as pages turn to further updates.
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Tokyo
Japan
Washington
State Department
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Pacifics
War Chest Campaign Special Gifts Drive Kicks Off Oct 1
The Dothan United Charities War Chest drive begins October 1 with Walter Morris announcing the special gifts phase nine days before the main campaign starts October 9 at a Houston Motel breakfast. A quota of 20,110 is set, with 17,605 earmarked for the Alabama War Chest serving nine focal agencies including Boy Scouts Salvation Army Girl Scouts Tubercular Association Crippled Children Underprivileged Children Hospital Fund and Christmas Basket Fund.
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Walter Morris
Morris
Houston
Alabama War Chest
Focal
Charities Chest
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Gi #1 Scouts
County Tuberculosie Association
Crippled Children
Department Children
Hospital Fund
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Special Gifts Committee
Morrie
Plana
Dothan
Martin
Dasan
Houston County
Horn Charities
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