Airliner Missing With 44 Ahead
A large trans Atlantic airliner with 44 aboard is missing near Gander Newfoundland while approaching to land from Shannon Ireland. Wreckage sighted from the air near Gander prompted fears it was the Sabena flight overdue about 12 hours. The plane carried 37 passengers including a listed woman passenger, with reports continuing from Argentia and Coast Guard authorities.
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New York
Coast Guard
Gander
Nfid
Shannon
Eire
Europe
Argentia
Ned
Sabena
H. Ruth Henderson
States Award $2.9 Million Boost for City and State Schools
The State Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to unf reassess the teacher unit basis, increasing state funding for next year by 2,931,521 dollars. Gov Sparks urged better buildings and lighter teacher loads, while Col Ayers supported higher salaries with funds. Five counties would receive less than the prior year. Jefferson County tops with 427,553 dollars in gains.
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Montgomery
State Board of Education
A. R. Meadows
Harry M. Ayers
The
Anniston Star
Chauncey Sparks
Meadows
Blount
Clay
Cleburne
Lamar
Randolph
Jefferson
Jackson County
Ripple Of Activity Stirs Waterfronts Across Ports
The nation sees renewed port activity as AFL manned ships and some foreign vessels exit CIO picket lines while most of the maritime fleet remains idle amid the 14 day seamen strike. In New York 432 ships were in port with 82 at work including 22 American flagged. Nearly 1,000 French seamen refused to work until wage demands are met. NMU President Curran appealed to President Truman for intervention while talks stall at multiple coasts.
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Associated Press
CIO
America
Scamen
New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
United States
France
National Maritime Union
World Federation of ‘Trade Unions
Washington
NMU
Joseph Curran
Truman
West Coast
White House
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf
Curran
New York Harbor
Joseph P. Ryan
Nation's Restaurants Challenge OPA Meat Rollback Policy
Hotel and restaurant groups plan court action to test the OPA authority on meat meal price rollbacks. They report restaurant closures and possible shutdowns nationwide, warning the move jeopardizes public feeding. Key leaders in New York and Ohio announce injunctions and lawsuits, with broad industry support.
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Associated Press
OPA
New York
George’ R. ‘le Sauvage
National Restaurant Association
John L. Hennessy
American Heid ‘Association
U. S
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Price Control Agency
Wiliam W. Bradford
Southern California Restaurant Association
Los Angeles
Self-Help Veterans In Alabama Outpaced Unemployed Aid
In August Alabama veteran aid shifted with 3.78 million dollars paid to self-employed veterans, while unemployment allowances totaled 3.37 million. Total department expenditures reached 8.145 million, up 887 thousand from July due largely to a 856 thousand rise in self-employed payments as backlogs cleared.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Frank R. Broadway
Department of Industrial Relations
Rain Delays Peanuts Harvest in Houston County
Intermittent rain slows peanut digging as farmers windrow crops instead of stacking, raising decay risk. County Agent C. M. Ling says several dry days needed to dry plants before picking resumes and warns hay and nut rot already visible. USDA pegs this year’s peanut yield at 50 million pounds, well below last year’s 340 million due to a severe peanut worm infestation.
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Houston County
Houston
C. M. Ling
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Peace Parley Sets Limits on Italian Arms
The Peace Conference Military Commission approved Italy's treaty arms limits, allowing two battleships four cruisers four destroyers and minor units while capping the army at 250000. The agreement preserves several prewar vessels and tanks, amid broader talks on banning atomic weapons for Bulgaria and stalled Hungarian terms. British efforts to ban atomic bombs faced Slav opposition as delegates argued over imperialism and postwar peace order.
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Peace Conference Military Commission
Italy
Andrea Doria
Caio Duilio
Luigi di Savoia
Bulgaria
Tornedoes
Sviv
Military Commission
Britain
Grand Jury Recalled in Houston County Court
Circuit Court Judge D C Halstead recalled the Houston County Grand Jury after a recess to resume duties on October 8. He indicated the jurors would return new indictments, following previous action that set aside five indictments for election frauds due to technical validity issues. The five defendants remained free on $500 bonds each pending new indictments.
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Circuit Court
D. C. Halstead
Houston County Grand Jury
Actress Constance Bennett Fares With Pets in Montgomery Hotels
Movie star Constance Bennett wife of Col Jack Coulter and a student at the Air University was unaware of a city ordinance prohibiting dogs in hotel rooms. After being notified at one hotel she moved to another where the dog again faced removal and the couple finally stayed with friends at Maxwell Field.
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Montgomery
Montgomery Hotel Menlieve
Constance Bennett
Jack Coulter
the Air University
Coffee County Votes Dry by Wide Margin in Referendum
Coffee County voted dry with 2,399 against liquor sales and 777 in favor with 27 of 31 boxes reported. Dry support dominated including Chestnut Grove and Enterprise, while wet efforts stalled at a 35-35 tie in Bert Three. Turnout was strong for a special referendum, with 1,200 petitioners but only about half voting. Coffee is the 11th Alabama county to vote dry this year.
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Elba
Coffee County
Enterprise
New Brockton
Altain
Bert
Brat
Chestnut Grove
Alba
Colls
Alabama
Dothan Man Receives Five Years For Larceny and Burglary
Odell Lee also known as Odell Rumph pleaded guilty to illegal entry at a Dothan restaurant and received five years in prison. A. C. Gantt drew one year and one day for manufacturing liquor and possessing a still. Other cases were continued or not pressed, and several defendants faced charges in Houston County Circuit Court.
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Houston County
Odell Lee
Lee
Odell Rumph
Dothan
A. C. Gantt
Floridian Preacher to Speak at Goodwater Bureau Event
The Rev. D. F. Pelt of Altha Florida will preach at Goodwater bureau on the fifth Sunday in September. The public is invited.
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D. F. Pelt
Altha, Fla
Goodwater Burea
Truman to ask Wallace to resign over foreign policy push
Washington AP report says President Truman will tell Secretary Henry Wallace to quit discussing U.S. foreign policy or leave the cabinet. Wallace had released a July letter urging Russian guarantees and possible appeasement, prompting a cabinet showdown and a stake in this afternoon’s White House meeting.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
White House
Wallace Caida
Nall
Yugoslavia Arrests Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac
Belgrade reports Premier Tito's government arrests Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac in Zagreb on crimes against the people. He faces trial with 18 prisoners, including 12 priests, for war crimes and collaboration as prosecutors seek to indict him alongside them.
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Marshal Tito
Alojzije Stepinac
Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Vjernik
Ustachi
Tito
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Yugo- Slavia
Whanever
Ustadt
Modesto Nartinchiche
Ivan Schahic
Nartinchiche
Schalk
Croatia
Eating Houses Close in Fort Dodge to Protest OPA Order
Fort Dodge eating houses shut down in protest against the OPA meal price rollback to June 30. Proprieties plan to stay closed until 9:00 a.m. Thursday with pickets outside open restaurants. Hotels may serve meals only to registered guests.
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Fort Dodge
OPA
Senator Andrews Dies of Heart Attack at 89 in Maryland
Florida Democrat Senator Cates O. Andrews died at the U S Naval Hospital in Belagida Maryland from a heart attack suffered about 4 am He was 89 and had been treated for heart disease in recent days Andrews served in the Senate from Florida and chaired the public lands and surveys committee He held prior roles as attorney general and a state supreme court judge Funeral services were set for 2 pm Sunday at the Fire Presbyterian Church Orlando with body to be taken there by train after services He was a World War I veteran and longtime resident of Tolmes County Florida
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Truman
Byrnes
Wallace
America
White House
Charles G. Rouss
Te Commerce Department
Drew Pearson
Ross
Mr. Truman
Suencee
Farmer Gay
Spessard J. Hound
Florida
Tle
Senate Publin Heildine and Erounds
Senate
Naval Affairs
Public Lands
Raler
Andrews
University of Florida
Supreme Court
Toe Fai
Chas. Skipper Fatally Shot at Panama City Night Club
Charles Skipper 38 of Dothan was shot and killed early this morning at Club Kokomo on the Panama City highway near Campbellton Florida. J D Alford of Columbus Georgia an employee at the roadhouse admitted shooting Skipper and is held in Marianna pending a coroner s inquest. Skipper died from two gunshot wounds to the chest and shoulder. He had been a switch engine foreman for the Atlantic Coast Line since 1925 and lived at 403 North Oales Street Dothan. Survivors include his wife Lois and son Charles Roland Skipper. His mother Mrs J J Skipper of Valdosta Ga sister Mrs Mia H A Powell of Valdosta and niece Mrs Bill Thompson of Dayton Ohio.
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Charles Skipper
Dothan
Panama City
Campbellton
Fla
W. B. Gause
Marianna
Gause
J. D. Alford
Columbus
Skipper
Alford
Gaise
Lois Skipper
Charles Roland Skipper
J. J. Skipper
Valdosta
Mia. H. A. Powell
Bill Thompson
Dayton
Chia
County Cotton Crop Drops In Houston And Henry Counties
U S Department of Agriculture reports show Houston County's 1946 cotton yield at about 8 000 bales, down from 12 000 last year, due to boll weevil pressure and bad weather. In Henry County, 1 718 bales had been ginned by September 1, down from 2 715 in 1945, with similar acreage planted.
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Houston County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. M. Ling
Ling
Commerce Department
Henry County
For Sale Nazi Jap Property Auctions Under US Custodian
United States alien property auctions extended to seized German and Japanese holdings. Assets include a $2 Jap camera, a million-dollar chemical factory, a bronze nude torso, an old master painting, diamonds, silverware, and two Shinto Temples in Hawaii. Proceeds go to taxpayers.
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Frederick C
Washington
Samuel
James F. Markham
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