Byrnes Resigns as War Mobilization Chief in 1945
The article details Byrnes resigning from the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, with mentions of his plans, the appointment suggestions by Supreme Court Justice and Senator, and Roosevelt's praise. It notes his June departure, prior efforts on reconversion, and Roosevelt’s reflection on their working relationship and Byrnes’ past service.
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Peartien
Byrner
Supreme Court
Iran South Caroline
Winson
Tyrnes
Hig
Spartanburg
Byrnes
Lam
Congress
Europe
Roosevelt
Two Negroes Held In Theft Of Sixty One Dollars
Two Black men identified as Cray and E Rance were taken into custody by city police on grand larceny charges for the theft of $61 from a man named Myrex. Officers at police headquarters said Captain Eddie Keiley supervised the release of the pair after posting bonds. Both were released after posting bond in the eastern section of the city.
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Cray
Ullice
Dnly
Myrex
Poligw
Taid
Odey
Eddie Keiley
Mires
Ctr
Lang Bond
Osetioned Frees Pare Ont Weight and Feed Costs
Records show weight and cost of animals at start, feed consumed, and weight at end. Each entry must be halter broken. Eligibility depends on weight and breed. crossbred animals enter by sire class. No more than three entries per owner per class. Owners supply feed and care. all animals may be sold next day with bids subject to a 1 percent sale fee.
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Alabama Ffa Association
D Day landings described as near unopposed and swift
The report notes American forces landing on D Day faced minimal Japanese resistance. Marines secured beachheads quickly with few aircraft losses, while artillery and naval gunfire silenced enemy guns. An Associated Press dispatch cites light casualties and cautious optimism from Maj Gen Roy Selge about potential hidden Japanese threats.
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Associated Press
James Lindsley
Haug
Radio Tokyo
Roy
Selger
Marine Third Amphibious Corps
Lindsley
Robbin Coons
D Day
Weeknd Arrests Total 43 Cases Week End Summary
City and county officers made 45 arrests over the week end with 3 in the City and 12 in the county. Offenses included public drunkenness nine or disorderly conduct four for assault and battery, and one each for driving while intoxicated idling prostitution violating the liquor law drunkenness and dis orderly conduct and vagrancy. The county booked nine for public drunkenness one for assault and battery and two for grand larceny.
Allied Drive Halts German Forces Trapped in Ruhr
Allied forces report a broad advance into central Germany with Field Marshal Model's Army Group B encircled in the Ruhr. Berlin says 100,000 Germans from three armies are trapped while American and British columns push toward Leipzig and Berlin, with Rhine plain gains near Heidelberg and Stuttgart.
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Bielefeld
Rheine
Osnabruck
Hannover
Ruhr
Paderborn
Siegen
Montgomery
Fiet
Westphalian
Enschede
Gronau
Zutphen-Enschede
German Army Group B
Walther von Model
16Th
First Parachute Army
Ruhrbag
Volkanturm
Volk
Martel
Garmane
Seventh
Nuernberg
Poaitlang
Swayng
Stuttgart
Leipzig
Kassel
Fulda
Berlin
Germany
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenach
George S. Patton
Reich
Bavarian Alps
Hitler
Teutoburg Forest
Lower Rhine
Ennchede
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Muenster
Ninth
Recklinghaugen
Rhine Plain
Heidelberg
Bruchsal
Karlsruhe
Supreme Headquarters
Field Marshal
Eisenhower
Rhine
5- Continued From Pare One) Rescue of Jewish Women in Europe
Fragmentary wartime report recounts Allied forces rescuing about 900 Jewish women aged 16 to 35 from forced labor in Hufgary areas. Accounts describe sickness, corpses burned in trucks, and harsh transport conditions. Witnesses include a New York prisoner and soldiers from New Orleans cotton trading posts.
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Jarored
Hufgary
Inez
Bastogne
Clervaux
New York City
Forum on Medical Bill Set for City Hall Forum
An open forum will discuss the proposed medical service bill for Alabama, to be presented to the State Legislature in May. Dr. W T Burkett announces the meeting at City Hall auditorium Friday at 8 09 p m for Houston County physicians nurses dentists pharmacists and the public. Dr M S Davie will outline the bill, detailing medical service factors for physicians hospitals and the public. The bill was drafted by the Post War Medical Service Planning Commission and approved by the State Board of Health. Sponsored by the Houston County Medical Society with Dr J A Campbell president.
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Alabama
City Hall
Houston County
W. T. Burkett
Houston County Medical Society
M. 5. Davie
Alabama Post-Ware Medical Service Planning Commission
Alabama State Board of Health
Mmirset
Medical Serving Planning Commission
Medical Association of Alabama
J. A. Campbell
Major Mississippi river flood damage and spillway actions
District engineers report the Jackson levee and nearby private levees on the St Francis in Missouri may fail as lower White River backwater hollows widen. Wynne Arkansas sees 20 hours of flooding while rail and road travel halt. A 40 mile wind hits New Orleans with uprooted trees and damaged homes as Mississippi waves lift houses. Bonne Carre spillway opens bays to keep river under 20 feet.
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Memphis
Jackson Teyou
White River
Arkansas
St. Francis
Missouri
Wynne
Ark
New Orleans
Ragins Mississippi
Biloxi
Miss
Bonne, Carre
Tiaw
One Arrested After Argument Over Dog
A Houston County man, C. Allison Moore of Cottonwood, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with a weapon. Chief Deputy J. T. Casey said Moore slashed Henry Dees, also of Cottonwood, with a knife during an argument over a dog. Dees was cut above the head. Moore was released on a $300 bond. The affray occurred Saturday night.
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Houston County
C. Allison Moore
Cottonwood
J. T. Casey
Moore
Alashed Henry Dees
Dees
B. G. Farmer
Atrocities Reported From Manila Fort Santiago Dungeon
Investigators describe Japanese orders to execute Filipinos and burn villages in Manila. Diaries and captured messages detail killings of guerrillas, executions by stabbing, and mass death at Fort Santiago with 240 bodies found in a sealed dungeon.
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U. S. Army
14Th Corps
Intramuros
Akatsuki
Manila
Fort Santiago
J. D. Frederick
329Th
Frederick
Eastern Front advances near Vienna and Breslau
Soviet and Romanian forces push west of Danube and near Vienna as Tolbukhin siege gains shorten. Glogau falls after a seven week siege with heavy German casualties while Rust and Traversdorf are captured nearby. German radio claims 450,000 Russians assault Stettin and White Russian divisions position opposite Berlin.
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Tulukhin
Malinowsky
Danube
Tulbukhin
Vienna
Wienler Neustadt
Tolbukhin
Stalin
Oder River
Glogau
Breslau
Neufeldler See
Braticlava Gep
Rust
Wiener Neustadt
Traversdorf
Stettin
Baltic
Berlin
East Prussia
City Manager bill eyed for May Legislature term
Les forecasts a general bill to create a City manager form in towns under 14 000 population. The 1940 Alabama code already permits city management in towns 2500 to 15000 with appointed managers. Local measures may follow if the general bill stalls or fails, potentially altering salary from 4000 dollars to new figures.
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Les
Dothan
Alabama
Labor board edges toward takeover in coal contract talks
The dispute over anthracite and bituminous contracts nears a critical juncture as the WLB may assume control to settle the case by May 1 if talks fail. Lewis resists full compliance while strike notices loom for April 26. In another report, Frederick recounts mass killings inside a five foot thick wall where 300 civilians died amid siege.
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WLB
George W. Taylor
Lewis
New York
Frederick
Intramuros
Change In Four Clinics Listed
A change is announced for four clinics scheduled for Wednesday at Cool Springs Church Dupree Scout Rocky Creek Church and Harmon Srna read Thursday Apr 1 as West? how as previously announced. The 113th Infantry led by Lt Col Ambur Callis of Bostos advances in the Bengurt mountains toward Burgos. Doughboy division approaches Talisay and the Talisay airstrip. In Cebu the American Division advances five miles along the coast.
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Cool Springs Church
Dupree Scoot
Rocky Creek Church
Harmon Srna
Courty Eatin
Owe Phippice
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Rameey's Stockyard
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Foster St
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Roney
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Leslew
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Peppee Bottling Company
Slabama
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