FBI Reports Arrest of Man Wanted in Ala Bank Robbery
The FBI announced the arrest of Ross Leroy Hayes 25 of Altoona Ala for the Parker Bank & Trust Co Cullman Ala robbery. Hayes surrendered in Birmingham and will be arraigned on a robbery charge. Gordon Bracken of Gadsden was bound over on a 25000 bond for involvement. The Cullman bank robbery netted nearly 7000. An agent was wounded in the leg during the manhunt.
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FBI
Ala
Birmingham
Ross Leroy Hayes
Parker Bank & Trust Co
Cullman
R. J. Abbaticchio Jr
Federal Bureaus of Investigation
Hayes
Route 2
Altoona
U. S
Louise Q. Chariton
Gordon B. Bracken
Gadsden
Cullman Bank
Grand
Abbaticchio
Charles V. Shipley
Blount County
Demand Discharge of Soldiers with Large Families
Washington reports a $38.5 billion 1946 war department fund prompts Rep. Engel to push an amendment for instant discharge of army fathers with four or more children. If passed before August 1, the measure would deny funding to keep such men in service.
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Washington
War Department
Rep. Engel
R-Mich
Appropriations Committee
WARDEN'S REMOVAL IN CHAINING OF TWO BOYS IS DEMANDED
Gov. Hllis Arnall and Fulton County officials demand the ouster of B. J. Waits after two 15 year old boys were found in iron shackles at the Fulton County Industrial Farm for negroes. Commissioner Clarence Duncan said he will seek Waits's removal at the July 5 meeting unless he resigns. The county commissioners ordered the chains removed and stated the case requires thorough investigation.
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Atlanta
Hllis Arnall
Clarence Duncan
B. J. Waits
Waits
Fulton
Georgia
Fulton County
Duncan
Observations on Drugged Soldiers and American Regimentation
Dispatches from Okinawa report Japanese troops drugged to enhance fearlessness and zeal. The piece contrasts this with American propaganda and postwar government relief, arguing regimentation has bred dependency, passivity, and a sense of helplessness among citizens amid World War II fiscal expansion and centralized control.
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Okinawa
Washington
Zivic Stops Green Now Invalidates Victory
Fritzie Zivic stopped Harold Green in the sixth at Madison Square Garden but the bell rang at five. Green, a 7 to 5 favorite, survived and went on to a unanimous decision after rallying in rounds seven to ten.
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New York
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Harold Green
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Green
congressional vote on OPA powers and Hoover amendment
The House debated extending OPA authority for a year while Republicans proposed curbs. About 85 Democrats and 60 Republicans were absent in a tense session. The Hoover amendment would shift control of meat and animal product pricing from OPA to the Agriculture Department as shortages sparked heavy floor fighting.
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House
OPA
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Agriculture Department
Weather Forecast for Thomasville Georgia June 23 1945
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity cloudy with showers and little temperature change through Sunday. Increasing east to southeast winds 25 to 30 mph at times. Observation at 8 0 m local time shows yesterday high 70 low 54, rainfall 1.25 inches in 24 hours and 1.67 inches since the 1st of the month. Normal for this month 2.45 inches.
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U. S. Department OF Agricul
Thomasville
Telephone calls to London restored after six years
Philadelphia June 23. You can place that telephone call to London today for the first time in nearly six years as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announces the resumption of radio telephone service.
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Will Harridge
American League
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis
Harridge
Art Passarella
Sox
Karl Scheel
Im Dykes
Philadelphia
London
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ser
Social Notes From Local Visits And Arrivals
Mrs. C E Wildman returns from a two week trip to Charlotte and Asheville North Carolina Commodore A L Key of New York City plans a two week visit with his siblings Mr and Mrs H L Key Mrs James Leigh Brower and her sons Lee and Jimmy of Bay Head New Jersey visit Mr and Mrs L C Varnedoe Mrs Brower is the former Miss Virginia Varnedoe of Thomasville Dr and Mrs C H Watt Jr arrived to spend a few days with the Watt family after a honeymoon at their Highlands North Carolina home Mrs Watt hosts a buffet luncheon at 2 o clock today Mrs Glen Segars of Augusta and Mrs Louis Ludlow with daughters Sallie Anne and Evelyn of Washington D C visit Dr and Mrs W W Jarrell Kenneth Holloway and Mrs Ric leave after a month with Hall Road parents. He spent 18 months in Australia and four months in the Admiralty Islands reporting to Worfolk Virginia for a new assignment Emory J Barrow and daughter Frances from Delray Beach Florida and niece Mabel Chandler from Miami visit Mrs K E Holloway for a month.
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Lee and
Jimmy
Bay Head
N. J
L. C. Varnedoe
Brower
Virginia Varnedoe
Thomasville
C. H. Watt, Jr
C. H. Watt
Watt
Highlands
N.C
Glen Segars
Augusta
Louis Ludlow
Sallie Anne
Evelyn
Washington, D. C
W. W. Jarrell
Kenneth E. Hollowaod
Ric
Hall Rd
Australia
Admirality Islands
Worfolk
Telephone Charges Drop To Prewar Levels In Britain Link
A brief note states international calls to Great Britain now cost less, with a three minute Philadelphia to London call dropping from 21 to 12 dollars, reflecting lower rates compared with pre war levels.
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Great Britain
Philadelphia
London
Visits of Miss Martha Peacock and friends
Miss Martha Peacock arrived from Washington to visit her mother Mrs. W. Peacock. Miss Martha Jane Mack returned home after a St Simons Island house party and visits in Charleston and Summerville. Miss Margaret Watt, a Sophie Newcomb student, leaves for Ann Arbor Michigan for special work at the University of Michigan.
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Washington, D. C
W. Peacock
Martha Jane Mack
St. Simons Island
Charleston
Summerville
S. C
Margaret Watt
Sophie Newcomb
New Orleans
Ann Arbor
Michigan
University of Michigan
Belgium may vote to resolve government deadlock
Brussels reports indicate Belgian Socialists opposed to the king and Catholic royalists favor a national parliamentary election to decide Leopold's return to the throne. Premier Van Acker’s office and U S Ambassador Sawyer held talks as Leopold’s crisis looms.
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Brussels
Leopold
Belgium
King i
Salzburg
Achille
van Acker
U. S
Charles
Sawyer
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