Eagle's Sportsmanship Award Hailed By Football Coaches
At the Dothan Recreation Center the Wiregrass gridiron banquet saluted The Eagle Good Sportsmanship Award. Ed Danforth urged schools to value sportsmanship over blocking or scoring as coaches, principals, and players from Houston, Dale, and surrounding areas attended.
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Eagle
Ed Danforth
The
Atlanta Journal
Wiregrass
Dothan Eagle
Journal
Houston
Dale
Florida
Dothan Recreation Center
Danforth
Ed ‘Danforth
Harry Hall
Dothan Man Named Consul at Manila
Washington AP reports Robert Y. Brown of 502 5 Oates St Dothan Alabama has been named second secretary and consul at Manila The State Department announced the appointment Brown a Auburn graduate previously held posts at Montevideo since joining the Foreign Service in 1928 He has served in Baghdad Cairo Bogota Panama San Jose and Montevideo
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Washington
Robert Y. Brown
Oates St
Dothan
Ala
Manila
State Department
Brown
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Montevideo
Baghdad
Cairo
Bogota
Panama
Dothan Tailor Guy Morris Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Guy Morris forty of 204 South College Street died in a Dothan hospital from injuries suffered in a Saturday night automobile accident. He owned the Guy Morris Tailor Shop, lived in Dothan all his life, and was a member of the Dothan Exchange Club. Funeral at his residence 4 p.m. Saturday with two ministers officiating. burial in City cemetery. Survived by wife three children mother and sister. Pallbearers named. club members to serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Guy Morris
South College St
Dothan
Houston County
Dothan Exchange Club
Charles H. Hildreth
J. Norton Dendy
The
Byrnes and Paris allies relieved by Truman action
Secretary of State James Byrnes and his Paris associates felt greatly relieved as President Truman reaffirmed Byrnes power to pursue a hard line with Russia. They welcomed the clear support for Byrnes Russian policy after criticism by Henry Wallace.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Unions For Policemen Taboo In State Says McQueen
Alabama Attorney General William N McQueen says cities may bar policemen from joining unions and may not enter contracts with or recognize unions as bargaining agents. He cites Mississippi court precedent and notes no union activity in Gadsden but discusses county workers potential union contracts.
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McQueen
Montgomery
William N. McQueen
Alabama
Herbert Meighan
Gadsden
Cmes
County Board of Revenue
CIO
Yov
Mississippi Supreme Court
Jackson
Mississippi
U. S. Supreme Court
Drop Murder Charge Against Woman Held Here Seven Months
Louise Stewart, held seven months in Houston County jail since February for the alleged murder of her husband Leo Stewart, had the first degree murder charge not pressed due to lack of evidence. Circuit Judge D C Halstead ordered the charge dropped on the recommendation of Circuit Solicitor Keener Baxley. Stewart was found shot to death in a Dothan residence bathroom in October last year. Also, Jim D Lynn of Columbia Negro was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a separate murder case, with other assault larceny embezzlement and burglary cases on the docket.
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Houston County
Leo Stewart
Louise Stewart
Keener Baxley
D. C. Halstead
Stewart
Dothan
Jim D. Lynn
Lynn
Columbia
Manufacturers Seek Plant Sites In Napier Field Area
Applications for plant sites at Napier Field continue as Dothan interests plan moves to the cantonment zone. Dothan Craftsmen and C. W. King Manufacturers already operate there producing mahogany furniture. Government-owned portions limit site negotiations, while barracks remodeling for apartments moves quickly toward completion in weeks.
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Napier Field
Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. King
Houston
Chamber
Pictures Of Dothan In Legion Magazine
Photographs of Dothan and a comment on the city's industrial and agricultural progress will appear in the Alabama issue of the American Legion magazine. The Capital of the Wiregrass photos will also be included in a Mobile Chamber of Commerce bulletin distributed in the United States and in Central and South America.
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Dothan
Alabama
American Legion
Legion
San Francisco
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
United States
Central
South America
Paris Peace Conference backs Big Four on Trieste borders
At the Paris Peace Conference the Big Four agreements on the Italian Yugoslav boundary and the future Free State of Trieste were upheld. Russia opposed the boundary revisions while Yugoslavia and White Russia backed a sub commission plan that failed.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
Free State of
Trieste
Russia
Edvard Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Dunio
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Belgium
Ethiopia
South Africa
Pola
Isirian
Australia
Brazil
Canada
New Zealand
Netherlands
Am Caina
Britain
France
United States
China
India
Farm Ownership Plan Explained At Meeting Here
A Farm Security Administration explanation of the Farm Ownership program was given at a Houston County meeting for 44 approved applicants. Speakers included M. H. Pearson, Milan W. Donaldson, Lawrence H. McIntosh, H. C. Sexton and William Y. Cook among others, with demonstrations on records and the FO Building Program.
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Farm Security Administration
Houston County
William Y. Cook
FSA
M. H. Pearson
Milan W. Donaldson
Lawrence H. McIntosh
Cook
Mary B. Arant
H. C. Sexton
Horne
Claybrook
The
Soil Conservation Service
FO Farms
Survive Crash Of Belgian Airliner Near Gander
Eighteen survivors found after a Belgian four engine airliner crashed on rugged hillside near Gander Newfoundland. Most injured. 26 or 27 aboard perished as the plane plowed through trees and burned. Rescue teams use helicopters and land vehicles to reach survivors while crews search through woods, bogs, and valleys.
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Gander
Nfld
Dot
Coast Guard
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Dothan
Newfoundland
T. M. McGrath
Europe
U S Moves To Speed Japanese Repatriation From Asia
An Anglo American plan to return more than 300 000 Japanese from Southeast Asia is being prepared. Officials say a formal announcement could come in a week to ten days, tied to shipping conditions, with completion expected by year’s end.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Southeast Asia
Far Pacific
Potsdam
OPA to Review Meal Price Policy Amid Industry Debate
The OPA moves to review its meal price policy as restaurant groups pledge aid to cafe owners facing court actions over new meat dish price ceilings. Officials cite differences on justification for higher menu prices while industry figures question overall profits data and cost increases. George R. Le Sauvage of the National Restaurant Association argues OPA has not provided conclusive profit figures, noting 525 000 operators would make comprehensive earnings reporting impractical.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
George R. le Sauvage
National Restaurant Association
le Sauvage
New York
Shipping Strike Nears End as Arbitrator Rules
Leaders of the CIO Mariners union hailed a possible quick end to the East and Gulf port walkout after operators accepted a federal arbitrator’s award. NMU President Joseph Curran said a union meeting could back a return to work, as the arbitration raised wages by 5 to 30 dollars monthly to reach parity with other crews.
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Associated Pres
CIO
National Maritime Union
Gulf
Joseph Curran
NMU
CIO Committee For Maritime Unity
J. Godfrey Butler
U. S. Maritime Commission
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
Gulf Coast
James L. Fly
Pepper Hopes 'Gay' Is Not For Congress
Sen. Claude Pepper declined to comment on Henry A. Wallace's forced resignation as Secretary of Commerce. He warned of far reaching consequences and said the President’s action against speaking on foreign policy aims to curb free speech of Congress and the public. Pepper praised Wallace as a great American statesman in Miami.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Henry A. Wallace
Pepper
Wallace
Congress
United States
Miami
New York
Florida University Opens Tallahassee Campus For 600 More Men
Florida University in Tallahassee reopened registration for its new campus and said space remains for about 600 more male students. Regular enrollment had been closed August 15 because of housing uncertainty in Gainesville and Tallahassee.
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Tallahassee
Fila
University of Florida
Gainesville
Soviet Witness Kusaba Dies as He Takes Own Life
Tokyo AP reports Lt Gen Tatsumi Kusaba, a key Russian witness in the war crimes trial against Tojo and others, died early after reportedly swallowing poison while under guard. American intelligence confirmed his arrival with two Japanese prisoners, citing notebook notes on failures in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Tatsumi Kusaba
Russia
Kusaba
Peison
Tojo
Manchuria
Kusahba
Folsom Sees Wallace Byrnes Rift as Party Fight
Alabama governor nominee James E. Folsom calls the Wallace Byrnes dispute a party fight and says differing views within the Democratic party should be settled there. He outlines plans for federal funds to enable higher old age pensions, higher teacher salaries, and expanded road building. He criticizes Secretary Byrnes and the State Department.
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Florence
Ala
James E. Folsom
Wallace- Byrnes
Democratic Party
Wallace
Alabama
Folsom
Washington
Byrnes
State Department
President Truman Forces Wallace Out Of Cabinet
President Truman demanded the resignation of Henry A. Wallace the Commerce Secretary setting a policy to unite the administration on foreign affairs. Wallace announced his resignation in a brief letter saying he would continue to fight for peace. Byrnes pressed for leadership unity after a teletype exchange with Truman and the Paris Peace Conference.
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Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Executive Department
Administration
White House
Wallace
Harry
James F. Byrnes
New York City
Mr. Truman
Russia
Byrnes
Donald Russell
Russell
William L. Clayton
United States
Bay Terior
Harold L. Ickes
Independent Citizens Committee For the Arts, Sciences and Professions
New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Back From War, Finds Rainbow's End, Now He's Collecting Gold
Wellman Smith and his wife returned to Oregon to mine at Old Sunshine claiming ore values up to 1481 per ton. He blasts out a half to a ton daily with dynamite, roughly the equivalent of a new Chevrolet in ore value. The couple camp nine miles east toward Fandango Pass as heavy snows approach.
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Rainbow
New Pine Creek
Wellman Smith
R Mountains
Faris
Chevrolet
Smiths
Fandango Pass
Goost Lake District
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Shorty” Propst
Legion Magazine
Helen Ruth Henderson
Girl Scouts
Newfoundley
Gander Airport
U. S
East
Florida University
Ley
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