Army claims fourth of vanishing meat supply
Washington AP reports the Army asserts a fourth of meat from federally inspected slaughterers must be reserved for the armed services, hospitals, and veterans facilities, amid a pre election surge over scarce meat. Democratic and Republican leaders clash over price controls and wartime supply measures as authorities warn punitive action for noncompliance.
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Washington
Congressional Elect
Army
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Veterans Hospitals
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Paul
Porter Thit Opa
Two Freed On Bond In Phenix City Killing
In Phenix City Alabama two men Jimmy Mathews and Hoyt Step were released on seven thousand five hundred dollar bonds after a preliminary hearing in the shooting death of Leebern at the Southern Manor Night Club. A third suspect Grady Shepherd remains jailed awaiting grand jury action. Police say Shepherd shot Leebern in self defense with Mathews and Hoyt Shepherd as witnesses.
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Phenix City
Ala
F. D. Seegern
Columbus
Eptember
Jimmy Mathews
Hoyt Step
Russell
Henry E. Randall
Shepherd
Grady
P. M. Daniel
Southern Manor
Mathews
Hoyt Shepherd
Truth Lies Amid Jumble Of Wordy Arguments
James Marlow discusses meat scarcity in Washington, noting no single cause. The debate covers cattle supply, Price control gaps, and timing with OPA ceilings, while markets show a record summer influx of cattle when ceilings were removed.
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Washington
OPA
Argu
Congress
ATU Agent and Deputy Charged in Farmer’s Fatal Shooting
Luther M. Lackey, 40, a Talladega County farmer, was fatally shot near a whiskey still. Federal Alcohol Tax Unit agent E. C Snarr and Deputy George Billingley face second degree murder charges. both are free on $2,500 bonds. Sheriff John W. Robinson noted two 45 caliber shells found at the scene.
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Talladega, Ala
Calhoun County
Luther M. Lackey
Talladega County
E. C Snarr
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
George Billingley
Liberty
Here
Lackey
John W. Robinson
OPA Moves to Free More Meat for Hospitals
Santa Fe New Mexico AP dispatch reports Paul Porter national director of OPA said an order is being prepared in Washington to direct packers to reserve the same quantity of meat for hospitals as delivered during the 1944 base period. Porter spoke at a regional OPA conference.
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Carroll Reece
McCormack
Massachusetts
Reece
New England
Maurice J. Tobin
Santa FE
N. M
Paul Porter
OPA
Washington
Live two million year frog found in mineral bed
Geologist Charles Ashton says a green frog unearthed in a Caliche mineral bed near Atsia New Mexico survived 2,000,000 years in suspended animation. The creature, found seven feet underground during cellar work, died two days later after being preserved in alcohol for study.
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Frog
Atesia
N. M
Charles Ashton
John A. Matthis, Jr
Ashton
Caliche
Collusion Blamed for Meat Shortage By Packagers
Representative Sabath accuses packers of an apparent conspiracy to violate anti trust laws and seeks a congressional inquiry. He charges big packers linked to the American Meat Institute are withholding livestock to push prices higher amid wartime gains and political motives. President Truman attends a scheduled news conference as debates over meat price controls surface.
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Washington
Sabath
D-Ii
Houcs Rules Committee
Chicago
Clark
Administration
Rep
Rogers
R-Mass
White House
Truman
Congress
American Meat Institute
Net Estate of FDR Worth Over Million
The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt left a net estate before taxes of 1,085,496 dollars, according to a tax appraisal filed with Dutchess County Surrogate Frederick Quinterre. The gross estate totaled 1,821,887 dollars with deductions of 736,400 dollars for funeral expenses debts and other costs.
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Poughkeepsidp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Frederick Quinterre
Henry Hackett
Roosevelt
City Plea Destroys Injunction Against Duquesne Workers
Pittsburgh judge dissolves the injunction against Duquesne Light Co power workers after city request. The move ends a year jail sentence for union president George Mueller and follows a mass strike action that shut down transport and halted regional industry. Over 2,000 strikers gathered outside the court amid mounting protests from CIO and AFL unions.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Common Pleas Court
Walter P. Smart
Anne X. Alpern
Independent Union of Power Workers
George L. Mueller
AFL
Pittsburgh Motor Conch Company
Ray Lappe
Duquesne Ligat
CIO Steel
CIO
AFL Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
AFL Central Labor Union
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CIO Steel City Industrial Council
Red Tape Slows Napier Field Acquisition Efforts
Dothan and Houston County officials report government red tape hampers acquiring Napier Field facilities. Although environmental agreements with the War Assets Administration exist, no commitments on air strip buildings have been made. Industries inquire yet delays persist. Cantonment area renovations proceed as firms plan operations before year end.
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Dothan
Houston County
Napier Field
Army Air Field
War Assets Administration
Air Strip
WAA
Cantonment
Seven Autos Stolen In Dothan Case Ties to Taxi Firm
State and federal investigators announce the arrest of three men and the recovery of several thousand dollars in stolen property following a road search with Florida officers. Seven automobiles, including four 1946 models and one 1941, were recovered. William Walls and Leon Lane of Phenix City, tied to the Silver Fleet Taxi Co., face charges of receiving and concealing stolen cars used in interstate commerce. James Hubert Maye of Jefferson County is held in Chipley for burglary and theft of about $1,000 in property from a Florida tourist and a Northeatt Drug Store break-in. Maye is also linked to a Bay of Panama City safe theft.
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Florida
Joe Burton
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Dothan
William David Walls
Leon Lane
Phenix City
Walls
Lane
Silver Fleet Taxi Co
Panama City
Burton
Maye
Chipley
Clear Skies Raise Hopes for Wiregrass Peanut Growers
County Agent C M Ling reported clear weather brings relief to Wiregrass peanut farmers after a period of damaging conditions and shortages. He warned of heavy losses during harvest due to windrowed vines rotting and peanuts dropping as rain follows windrows. Ling noted baling wire shortages persist, though some supplies arrived, sparking eager farmers at Headland to mob the unloading truck.
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C. M. Ling
Ling
Health officials push better sanitation in city and county
Clayton H. Dean of the State Health Department meets with county health officer Dr W. T. Burkett and county sanitation officer R. B. Collier to discuss improving sanitation. Many rural homes lack facilities and septic systems need restoration. city sewage extensions depend on material supply, with 90 percent of needed materials currently frozen and priority given to veterans.
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Clayton H. Dean
State Department of Health
Montgomery
W. T. Burkett
R. B. Collier
Kaiser Interests Get New Airing
A House hearing heard that the New York Walsh-Kaiser firm sought Kaiser help to run Providence Rhode Island shipyard with Kaiser owning 40 percent. The venture included Maritime Commission contacts, 64 ships built, $178 million in contracts, and $3.05 million in fees before renegotiation. Delta Shipbuilding CEO W H Gernauser cited $12.17 million fees for 188 ships with $2.02 million left after renegotiation and tax.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee Today
New York
Henry J. Kaiser
Providence, R. 1
Kaiser
Maritime Commission
Charles H. Mechirod
Walsh-Kaiser City
Walsh-Kaiser
McLeod
Walsh Construction Company
Providence
Rheems Manufacturing Co
Walsh
Morrison - Knudson Construction Co
Walsh-Kaiser Co
W. H. Gernauser
Delta Shipbuilding Company, Inc
New Orleans
The
American Shipyards Co
Ne Louisiana Shipyards, Inc
Oscar the trained seal dies from penny overdose
In San Francisco Oscar the California Academy of Sciences trained seal died after an autopsy found three pounds fourteen ounces of coins in his stomach. Officials warned visitors not to toss pennies to the seals at Golden Gate Park as zinc coins caused a lethal zinc chloride buildup.
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San Francisco
Oscar
California Academy of Science
Academy
Golden Gate Park
Red Cross Official Visits Houston County Chapter
Miss Susan Hughes Red Cross general field representative from Atlanta conferred with Mrs. Lawrence Oakley executive secretary of the Houston County Chapter during a routine visit to the local Red Cross office.
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Susan Hughes
Red Cross
Atlanta, Ga
Lawrence Oakley
Houston County
American Red Cross
Hughes
End Of UNRRA Not Yet Sighted
President Truman told Congress relief work in war ravaged Janda will not end this year and signaled possible new funding for UNRRA. He urged planning for next year’s relief needs while weighing continuation through UN, extension, or independent action.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Janda
UNAIA
Calef
United States
Europe
Asia
Greeks Prepare To Welcome King George Back
Greece plans a royal return for King George amid armed conflict in Thessaly and Macedonia. Premier Tsindaris says civil strife has reached war-like magnitude while British troops withdraw. the king is to land on the Peloponnesus and travel to Piraeus aboard a destroyer.
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Athens
George
Greece
Constantin Tsindaris Saya
Peloponnesus
Piraeus
Athena
London
Thessaly
Macedonia
Kenneth Noel Crawford
Army Search Team Begins Quest For Lost U.S. Airmen In China
U S Army search party moves into China’s far west near Sichang and the Cainkiang valley to find airmen believed captured during the “Hump” flight. Lt Col Herbert Wurtzler leads mission from a remote Catholic mission while awaiting word from Lolo informants and local traders about captives and possible ransom.
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Army
U.S
China
Chengtu
Cainkiang
Tibet
Herbert W. Wurtzler
India
Sichang
Wurtzler
David Crockett Graham
West China University
Lololand
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