Military Medicine And Training Save Soldiers At War
London report quotes Brig. Gen. Hawley praising medical service in wartime. He cites front near hospitals, rapid care, and blood transfusions as key to cut mortality from 90% guts injuries in the last war to 80% survival today. He notes influenza, shell shock, and venereal disease contexts, and mentions his two children serving.
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London
Paul R. Hawiey
Zurone
Hawley
Eclancz
Infantry
Air Force
1S Army
University of
Wld
Registrants to Leave Monday For Fort Mr. Pheraon
Houston County selective service board lists men scheduled for active duty Monday at Fort Mr. Pheraon Georgia. Names include William Obie Bush J R Brown Jr Walter Stanley Fuller Marten Andrew Creal William Jamar Paulk and George Thomes Dennis after pre induction exams and short leaves at home.
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Houston County
Selective Service Board
Pheraon
William Obie Bush
J. R Brown, Jr
Walter Stanley Fuller
Marten Andrew Creal
William Jamar Paulk
George Thomes Dennis
Teen-Age Club to Open Here on April 10
A local teen age club is tentatively planned to open April 10 at 3 PM with hours until 10 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. Membership cards cost fifty cents. visitors may enter with a member. Student representatives from two schools will set rules and regulations to be enforced after opening. A spokesman noted the plan and mentioned aircraft observations by “Orufthopters.”
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Wea
Charles Patterson
Howard Sowden
Work On Omassee Creek Bridge Progress Placed
Piling for the Widpe project on Omassee Creek Bridge near Kevslen Henry Cone is under way this week. Fred Melliss reports the expense split between Henry County and Beuston County, with Beuston providing equipment. The Gi ley MIM project bridge began about three years ago and has slowed in recent weeks due to heavy rain.
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Willes Oeusses
Henry Cone
Fred
Melliss
Malina
St Parviee
Roach and Bridge Department
Escaped Prisoners Await Reindictment
Buddy Gibson and George Root who escaped from Atmore prison and were captured in Dothan in January remained in Houston County jail awaiting reindictment. They faced a delayed trial due to a flaw in the robbery indictment. If convicted in Houston County, their sentences would run concurrently once returned to state prison.
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Buddy Gibson
George Root
Atmore Prson
Dothan
Houston County
Brand
Root
Alabama
Gibson
Communists Back Badoglio Regime in War Government Plan
The Italian Communist Party signaled support for a new war government led by Marshal Badoglio after returning from Moscow Palmira Togliatti stated that King Vittorio Emanuele II is an institution not a person and cannot be removed until after the war. The party urged other parties to join this policy aiming to form a strong wartime authority. Rumors floated that the King might abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Umberto though unconfirmed.
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Waples. (Ap
Communists
Italy
Pietro Sadoglio
Fisnt
Moscow
Palmira Togliatti
Vittorio Emanuele
Badogiw
Ant
King
Badoglio National Liberation Committee
Bilatti
Umberto
Nine arrested in theft of 91 slot machines
Mobile and Flomaton, Ala. authorities announced the arrest of nine men in the theft of 91 slot machines from Brewton County Court House last November. FBI agent in charge WJ Ab batto Jr and U S Commissioner Alex T. Howard said the suspects, arraigned on National Stolen Property Act violations, were released on bonds from $500 to $2,000 as investigations continue. Police recovered several machines on a truck and are checking serial numbers against missing devices.
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Mobile
Fsenmbis County
Brewton
Vine
Flomaten
Abbatiecho, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hirmingham
Alex T. Howard
Brewton Court House
Mizaing de Views
Folice Cuiet
Dudley McFad- Feaald
Truck Replaces Pony Express Gomerero Butte Article
An old mail route between Gomerero Butte and Copper Creek has shifted from a pony express to a motor vehicle. The new service travels over a rough mountain road, replacing the slower horse-based delivery and addressing prior difficulties in reliability.
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Gomerero Butte
Arie
Altman
There
Copper Cresk
Making the matting in Toledo
AP dispatch from Toledo quotes Eversti Laggett discussing matting plans and related civic project details. The fragment notes location and official remarks but lacks full context or outcome.
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Toledo
Eversti Laggett
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