A P Stores Fined 175000 in Anti trust Case
The New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and 24 officers and subsidiaries were fined a total of 175000 after convictions on conspiracy to monopolize a major portion of the food business. Judge Lindley credited some acquittals and stayed fines while appeals proceed.
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Danville, Ul
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Walter C. Lindley
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Delaware
Great Atlantic Air Pacific Tea Company of
Vermont
Lindley
John A. Hartford
George L. Hartford
Army Slashes Meat Purchases By Three Million Pounds
The War Department ordered a reduction of 3,000,000 pounds a week in Army meat purchases due to shortages. Maj Gen. T. B. Larkin said the weekly priority demand falls from 15,000,000 to 12,000,000 pounds, a 12 percent cut in meat issued to troops.
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Washington
War Department
T. B. Larkin
Firemen Strike Over $1 Haircuts In Fort Myers
Fort Myers Florida dispatch reports the city fire department protests $1 haircuts with many firemen cutting their own hair. The Fort Myers Firemen's Club votes unanimously to bar all barber shops from members in response to the price hike.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Shep Bass
MacArthur Denies Refusing Formosa Bomb Permission
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen Douglas MacArthur denying Lieut Gen Lewis Brereton's charge that he withheld approval for bombing Formosa. Brereton claimed U S air forces faced defeat at Clark Field on Pearl Harbor day in 1941. MacArthur said Brereton never recommended the Formosa attack.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Lewis Brereton
Brereton
Formosa
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Clark Field
MacArthur
Richard K. Sutherland
Food Poisoning Affects Baldwin School Community
An investigation begins after about 100 Baldwin school students and staff fell ill with symptoms of poisoning. Superintendent J B Baker and three doctors treated patients for six hours with none seriously harmed. Officials suspect cafeteria milk as the likely source and will analyze food and utensils for contamination.
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Baldwin
Baldwin School
J. B. Baker
Baker
W. H. Cleveland
Alabama cousins photograph President Truman on Washington stroll
Miss Jimmie Counts and Mrs. Pat Agee of Decatur Alabama visited Washington and urged engineer A Dee Courts to drive them to the White House at dawn. They spied President Truman near the Lincoln Memorial and, after a nod from him, Counts snapped their photo as Secret Service guards arranged the moment. The two Alabama visitors recalled goose bumps and excitement as they left.
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Washington
Alabama
Truman
Jimmie Counts
Pat Agee
Decatur
Ala
A. Dee
White House
Counts
Lincoln Memorial
Secret Service
Mr. Truman
Woman Arrested In Theft Ring Tied to Interstate Car Ring
Federal complaint filed in Montgomery charges Mrs. Mattie English Hurst of Georgetown Ga Phenix City with receiving and concealing a 1946 Ford used in interstate commerce She waived preliminary hearing and faces possible 1000 bond Investigators say the same ring is tied to the loss and recovery of five stolen cars in Phenix City and other cars in Alabama Georgia and Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie English Hurst
Georgetown
Phenix City
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
Montgomery
Joe T. Burton
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Hurst
Clayton
Dothan
T. T. Hutto
The
Highway Patrol
FBI
Eufaula
Chipley
Fle
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Man Leaps to Death From Empire State Building
Douglas W. Brashear Jr., 27, former Marine and son of a Richmond tobacco executive, fell from the 76th floor of the Empire State Building after telephoning a friend that this was the end. Police recovered his body on 33rd Street near Fifth Avenue. A watch engraved with SKB remained intact. Brashear had phoned Miss Evelyn Bassett at 2:40 a.m. saying he would jump.
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New York
Douglas W. Brashear, Jr
Richmond, Va
Tobacco Company
Empire State Building
33Rd Street
Fifth Avenue
SKB
Evelyn Bassett
Grant Advertising Agency, Inc
Brashear
Miss Bassett
Boswell Amendment Topic At Lions Club
Lion Guy Hardwick spoke on the Boswell Amendment to the Dothan Lions Club. Fifty five members and two guests attended, including Lion Tom Penton of Homewood Birmingham and Paul S Kelcher of Des Moines Iowa. Tickets for the University of Alabama BY team vs Havana football game are selling fast with bleacher sections being added at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium. The game is set for November 9 and tickets are on sale at Rainer Studio No Two.
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Guy Hardwick
Dothan Lion's Club
Lion Tom Penton
Homewood Club
Birmingham
Paul S. Kelcher
Des Moines
Iowa
Lion Ray
University of Alabama
University ‘of
Havana
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Rainer Studio No. Two
Democrats Unite Fronts In Party Unity Push Ahead Of Elections
The Democratic leadership announced renewed faith in the administration's foreign policy and pledged party unity on all fronts. A 1,000 word platform restatement criticized isolationism and appeasement while backing Truman's leadership and Roosevelt era principles. Domestic policy defended price controls against Republican critique and promised tax relief only with a balanced budget.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Democratic National Organization
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Boswell Amendment Threat To Franchise Of All
Montgomery attorney Richard T. Rives warned that ratification of the Boswell amendment would endanger the franchise of every Alabama voter registered since 1903. He argued the measure retroactively tightens voter qualification and would disqualify many unless they meet new standards.
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Rives
Montgomery
Richard T. Rives
Alabama
U. S
Montgomery Exchange Club
Boards of Registrars
Boswell
San Antonio Flood Leaves City in Desperate Need
San Antonio suffered a devastating flood with at least ten dead and thousands homeless. More than six inches of rain fell in 12 hours as waters overwhelmed the Olmos Dam and Alazan Creek. Police and Army authorities deployed amphibious vehicles and boats to rescue marooned residents across the city.
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San Antonio
Tex
Tofal
Olmos Dam
Alazan
Woodlawn Lake
Army
San Jose
Roosevelt Road
C. L. Scott
Red Cross
South Presa Street
Charles Barrera
Fate of Nazis Sealed as Sentence Nears
The War Crimes Tribunal appears to have agreed on the fate of 22 Nazi leaders and six organizations. Finishing verdict translations likely mimeographed. secretaries and interpreters are guarded. Court sessions next Monday and Tuesday will reveal the outcome.
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Clinton B. Conger Mernberg
War Crimes Tribunal
Old Frog Story Gets Razberry At Smithsonian
Smithsonian scientists dismissed the Artesia frog tale as a staged or ordinary recurring phenomenon. Dr. R. S. Bassler and Doris Cochran said similar specimens crop up yearly, with frogs sometimes sealed for study and dying after two years due to vitamin deficiency.
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Washington
Artesia
N. M
Smithsonian Institution
Quarternary
R. S. Bassler
Smithsonian
Doris Cochran
King George I Returns to Greece Amid Guarded Welcome
King George I arrived in Greece from England landing at Eleusis and departing for a warship in Satamis Bay. He planned a dawn entry into Athens as a 101 gun salute was prepared for his triumphal return. AP correspondent L S Chakales was detained briefly at the airfield before release after the king departed.
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Athens
George I
Greece
England
Eleusis
Mies
Satamis Bay
L. S. Chakales
City School Brigades Formed Looking To Fire Prevention Week
Fire brigades have been organized in all city schools ahead of National Fire Prevention Week. Chief R. H. Ryan and State Inspector W. M. Walton announced plans after visiting Senior High and Young Junior High. At Senior High Whitfield King was named fire marshal and Charles Beck assistant marshal.
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Walton
University of Alabama
Birmingham Fire Department
Young Junior High School
Minnie T. Heard
Ryan
John McCrea
R. H. Ryan
W. M. Walton
Youn
Senior High
T. G. Vaughan
Whitfield King
Charles Beck
Scarlet Fever Case Reported In Dothan
A scarlet fever case in Dothan was reported to the Houston County health department. The child, described as of grammar actuol age, was isolated and the school visited for exams. This is the third case this year, with parents urged to keep sick children at home and teachers to separate ill students.
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Dothan
Houston County Health Department
W. T. Burkett
Burkett
County Health Department
Thas
Meat shortage blamed on both parties as campaign heats up
Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of causing the meat shortage amid a Justice Department inquiry into possible price control manipulation. President Truman predicts ample beef soon as fall slaughter begins. Delegates press for actions to ease supplies while divisions over price ceilings surface within the parties.
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Helene Monberg
Washington
Justice Department
Truman
Congress
Robert E. Hannegan
Roy L. Thompson
Hannegan
Thompson
Hanpegan
OPA
American Hospital Association
U. S. Army
Blind Farm Girl Regains Sight After Eye Operation
Bette Goudy, 14, who had been blind since birth, saw for the first time after a cornea transplant from a stillborn baby performed by Dr. Richard Perritt at Wesley Memorial Hospital. She could distinguish hand movements and colors, with her father noting brain eye coordination must develop. Hospital spokesman said sight likely to improve and the operation was successful.
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Chicago
Bette Goudy
Bette
Richard Perrittt
Edmund Goudy
Peace Conference Eyes Trieste Failure and Court Debate
Paris press reports a Peace Conference subcommittee near total failure in drafting a statute for a free Trieste Territory after 16 meetings. The deadlock shifts to the Big Four, while Australia’s proposal for a European Court of Human Rights fails 15 to 4 amid Vishinsky’s push for a world court.
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Paris
Trieste
Xetion Carme
Australia
Halian Political Commission
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Vishinsky
India
Asia
United States
Policeman Posts Bond In Assault Charge
Policeman Buster Cutts posted a $200 bond on an assault and battery charge. The complaint says he beat A. Z. Outlaw of the White Top Cab Co. Outlaw, a cab driver, was arrested by Cutts early Thursday for fighting and disorderly conduct.
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Buster Cutts
Cutts
A. Z. Outlaw
White Top Cab Co
Outlaw
Tampa Students Strike Over School Segregation Tensions
In Tampa Florida about 200 students from three junior high schools walked out amid protests over mixed Latin and English speaking attendance. Juvenile officers reported arrests of two 15 year olds after a boy drew a knife at a school yard altercation. Parents said language groups faced harassment and demanded return to their prior schools.
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Tampa
Fla
Manny Decastro
Albert Buchholz
Cuasta School
George Washington Junior High School
Wilson Junior High
George Washington
McFarland’ Junior High School
West Tampa
Cuesta ‘School
McFarland
Arthur ‘Coxbo
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George” Mieller
Duquense Li Light.Company Workers Union
Pittsburgh
NEA Telephoto
A and P Stores
Lions Club
Wallace Cyster
Old Frog
King George
Bennay J. F. Benison
Borough Mall
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Dodgers
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Bond
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