Okinawa Battle Report Shows Japanese Pressure Ensuing
Allied dispatches from Okinawa describe scattered Japanese activity along the southern Ginens coast and the Kaichin peninsula. Maj. Gen. Arnold's Seventh Army advances to Broot Ku and a Marine line secures the Okliswe isthmus as Amami air raids threaten invasion shipping. A carrier task force under Rear Adm Sherman attacks Ryukyu targets, destroying fifty six enemy planes and sinking two small ships.
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Preas
Okina
Archibald V. Arnold
Ridge
Perth
Naha
Geiger
Ok“liswe
Kaichin
Nakaguruku Harbor
Frederick
Sherman Wiguck
Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa
Amami
Lang’s Gas Tr ic Tablets ad notice
An advertisement urges readers to try Lang's Gas Tric Tablets to aid digestion and relieve acid stomach symptoms. It invites clipping the ad and presenting it at Dothan Drug with Iva Worthte offering a discount on the first purchase.
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Lang
Edgar Hall Dies On Dothan Route
Edgar Hall died on the Dothan route and funeral services followed in Bay Springs Cemetery. Burial was at Bay Springs cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Mrs T Hughes and Mrs Juss Hesiyy of Dotre n Foule ont, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren with pallbearers Claude Hughes Early Ho Hughes Cle jten Folsom Welle Folwim and Ezra Emfinger.
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Bey Springs
We Bay Springe
Ward-Wilson
Baptist Courct
T Hughes
Juss Hesiyy
Jesse Hall
Brandchidren
Acuse
Claude Hughes
Ho Hughes
Cle
Jten Folsom
Welle Folwim
1.O ' Bord
Ezra Emfinger
Eisenhower Warns of Guerrilla War After Invasion
In a letter dated March 35 1345 President Eisenhower predicts that ongoing German resistance will likely prevent a clean surrender. He envisions areas with German fragment remnants, especially paratroopers and SS units, being cleared by force, potentially prompting widespread guerrilla warfare requiring many troops. He warns of brigand-like postwar bands if Germany or successors retain power. He notes propaganda to urge Germans to plant crops for next winter and mentions possible operations to hinder guerrilla control in mountain bastions.
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Western Front
White House
Eisenhower
Korcea
Germany
al Gny
Bivler
France
Denmark
Norway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Navy Announces Enlistees Here in Tur Datesn
Navy enlistment list names multiple individuals across routes and streets including Kaley Sueet, Lafayete street, and 405 North Poster, with mentions of officers and several towns. Notable names include KH EB Macdonald and Galen Tuo went Elon S33 Swat Foster, and James Lloyd Thomas. several others are listed by route and location amid a general recruitment notice.
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Eid
Waudton
EB Macdonald
Ue US
Nuts
Stern
Snee
Riley
Galen Tuowent Elon
Mo Seush
Res
Arence Elias K. Calhoun
James Lloyd Thomas
Dothan
Francia Sylvester
Netne Dothan
James
Eo Transact
Morrie Jean Clowtere Atford
James Walren
Wood Gordon
Burton Clemet Metcalf
Sto Fund
Johnple
Eddie Yearane
Slocome
Ard Rudolphn
Hardy
Cattondale
Pravda Editorial Berates Hoover
A Pravda editorial writer accuses Herbert Hoover of fearing but not desiring a long peace. Viktorov calls Hoover an enemy of the Soviet Union and critical of Dumbarton Oaks and the San Francisco world security plan, saying Hoover seeks no haste in forming a security body and favors delaying justice for war criminals. Hoover did not comment in New York.
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Moscow
Pravda
Herbert Hoover
Jacob Viktaray
Hoover
Soviet Union
Asid
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Hoove
Alliance
Viktorov
New York
Japanese cabinet resigns as Koiso leads shift in crisis
San Francisco dispatch reports Premier Koiso and the entire cabinet submitted their collective resignations to Emperor Hirohito after an emergency meeting. The move follows the war situation as U S and Allied offensives push toward Okinawa and closer to Japan.
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Japan
Iwo Jima
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Domei
Koiso
Kitta
San Francisco
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo Home Radio
Kotso
Hirohito
Board of Information Announcement
U. S
Kuiso
Mideki Tojo
Natons
Towshi Mao
Tojo
Kwantung Army
Koso
Manchuria
League of Nations
South Seas
United States
Tokyo
Meeting outlines plan for loan drive in Birmingham area
The loan office chief led the meeting and outlined a plan to launch a drive. A district meeting is expected to be held, probably in May, to lay plans for the drive in other counties.
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Birmingham
Rewville Soldier Freed By Soviets
Washington AP report states War Department confirms release of a Rewville soldier by Soviet armies. Names appear as James Whitebread and H Whitebread, with a mother listed as residing in Newville, Alabama, in a terse postwar update.
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Rewville
Washington
War Department
Ry Whitepead
James
H. Whitebesd
Route Tone
Newville
Ale
Officers Continue Probe Of Shooting In Dothan
Police and the sheriff’s office press ongoing inquiry into the Tuesday night shooting of City Patrolman Rufus Cherry in the eastern Negro restaurant district of Dothan. Chief J E Craughon said they have tangible evidence pointing to the assailant who fired from across the street with a McRage shotgun hitting Cherry three times. A Negro, Elliott Stephens, is jailed on disorderly conduct after refusing to pay a 80 cents taxicab fare. he denies knowledge of the shooting.
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Cyuy
Sherifff
Rufus Cherry
Rastern Negro Restoual
Dothen
J E. Craughon
Cheriry
Ae Elliott Stephens
Permits Required For Fish Ponds In County
Dr W T Burkett county health officer announced that residents intending to impound water for fish pond culture must obtain a permit before construction. State rules apply for ponds over one tenth of an acre. ponds follow Auburn fish culture dept guidelines to prevent mosquito breeding. Applications available at the county health office.
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W. T. Burkett
Fish Culture Department
Auburn
Court Clerk Seeks Abolition of Fine and Forfeiture Fund
Houston County court clerk Roy O Hill announced plans to ask the county Board of Revenue next week to back a bill abolishing the fine and forfeiture fund and move fees to the general fund. He said state witnesses would be paid promptly for court appearances if the fund is eliminated and that Rep Also V Sec III would present the measure in May after discussions with the Board of Revenue members who favored the proposal.
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Roy
Hill
County Board of Revenue
Houston County
Rep. Also
Wil
Board of Revenue
Transfer Notes and Col Daly Assignment Details
Number 14 through this month and who has been transferred to an undisclosed assignment. Col Daly's new duty will be part time at wing headquarters, with most time expected at Napier where he and Mrs Daly would maintain residence. The 26th wing oversees all Eastern Flying Command schools focused on the advanced single engine phase of training.
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Col. Daly
Wing
Napier
Daly Wouldaintain
26Th Wing
Eastern Flying Command
U S Casualties Rise To 892 909 In War Totals
Secretary of War Stimson reported Army casualties at 708 983 and Navy 94 526, bringing total U S military losses since the war’s start to 892 909, up 20 047 from last week. He cited March figures for Army deaths and wounded and noted Japanese Philippines losses near 411 000 with 197 799 counted dead.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of War
Stimson
Philippines
Partial Quarantine Causes Draft Exams for Local Negro Registrants
Health officials at Fort McClellan and Columbus County called a partial quarantine to halt a minor outbreak as a group of Negro registrants from Howison County were ordered to undergo pre induction examinations. The list includes 23 men led by Job Thames Card, Willie Lee Suer, Suelby Crawford Jerves King, and others bound for Fort Benning for draft processing.
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McClellan
Howiion County Belective Service Board
Fr. Benning
Jobo Thames
Wilie Lee Suer
Suelby Crawford Jerves King
Beachuma
Mack Smoke
Mark
Tolbert
Ler Young
Albert Grace
Wile Paul Reynolds
Willie C. Boeck
Meri
Allied Forces Break Through in Final German Front Drives
Allied armies push toward Berlin across multiple fronts. Ninth Army nears Hamm and Dortmund while expanding toward Berlin from the east. Third Army advances toward Plauen and Na poleonic plains, with Leipzig within sight. Western forces reach Minden and Osnabrück, as British and Canadian units seize Lingen and Arnhem vicinity amid massive Nazi surrender totals.
Tryouts Scheduled for Dothan Little Theatre Play
The Dothan Little Theatre invites all interested in drama to attend tryouts for its production The Whole Open With Law Clone Towns Talking. Tryouts occur at City Halls at 8 o clock with dates announced by the theater officials.
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Dothan Little New Orleans
Cotton Theatre
New York
Cotton
Little Theatre
Dramatica
Dothan
War Labor Board to Decide Coal Strike Demands
The article describes Lewis directing labor talks on hard coal and anthracite contracts with demands for severance pay and seniority in layoffs, plus a postwar clause removal of the six day week. A strike vote among 62,000 miners is set for April 28 under the Smuth Connally War Labor Disputes Act, while soft coal workers previously voted to strike if needed.
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War Labor Board
Lewis Demend
Smuth Connally War Labor Disputes Act
Lewis
Osger
Controled From Page One As Doughboys Seize Masbate
After seizing Masbate City, Doughboys and guerrilla forces moved rapidly to secure the island with negligible opposition. Masbate guards the western approach to San Bernardino Strait between Luzon and Samar, the second island invaded. Heavy bombers escorted by fighters struck Hongkong docks Kow Toon Taikoo, leaving fires after 126 tons of bombs. MacArthur stated the aerial blockade of China Sea will choke Japan of essential military goods.
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Masbate
San Bernardino Strait
Luzon
Samar
China Sea
Hongkong
Kow- Toon
Taikoo
China Sea Lines
Philippines
MacArthur
Japan
Southwest Pacific
American Sergeant recounts liberation from Japanese camp
The sergeant described brutal captivity at Bilibid compound where guards beat prisoners and fed them cat meat before American tanks broke the siege. He recalled the first sight of liberation, royal reception after rescue, weight loss from 180 to 82 pounds, and a pending $9000 back pay with a 60 day hospital furlough after a Hot Springs examination.
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Adcock
Set
Set Adcock
United States
San Francisco
Shreveport
Bilibid
Hot Springs
Ark
Russians Close on Vienna as Axis Defenses Falter
Soviet forces report major advances across the Vienna basin with the Second Ukrainian Army and Third Ukrainian Army pushing toward Bratislava and the Liesing River. German positions near Vienna face encirclement as 9,000 Germans are claimed captured and 10 towns seized in a southern push toward Graz and Maribor. Further to the north Zhukov’s army is alleged to prepare an assault toward Berlin from Oder and Neisse fronts while American forces strike Berlin from the west.
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Ruhr
Albert Kesserking
Soest
Hamm
Dortmund
Wuerzburg
Heilbronn
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Ithan
N14ernberg
aKrlz Uhe
Stuttgart
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Czechoslovakia
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Mulhausen
Supreme Headquarters
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Ems River
Lingen
North Sea
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Buscema
Boscow
Wierbesch River
Custheist
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Rodon Malipovaky
Holbukhian
Ehowlser
Latis
Wslascow
Vienne
Ust Fali
Bratislave
Rodico
Makslovety
Feodor L. Toalbukhin
Bratislava
Kratinovsky
Moscow
Rusaian
Graz
Maribor
Yugo- Slavia
Berlin
Marehal Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Neisse
Soviet repudiates pact with Japan amid neutrality tensions
Number 8 continues the Kremlin note on Japan and Turkey, noting Stalin will not negotiate with Tokyo while Turkey pact ends. The four year old Molotov Matsuoka treaty would auto extend if neither side denounces a year before expiration. Articles vow peaceful relations and neutrality during third party hostilities. Border disputes over fishing rights framed talks.
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Japan
Turkey
Russia
Tokyo
Stalin
Kremlin
Molotov
Yosuke Matsuoka
Military unit assignments and upcoming operations detailed
A 29th Wing briefing outlines station duties and routine training under Brig. George Jas Willems. Daly plans undisclosed travel to Lapa Ca. The Wing will complete a projected rollout this week, with personnel from Alabama Florida and Georgia involved in coordinated instruction and oversight.
Singing at Napier Field Sunday Service Invite
A singing conversion will be held at Napier Field Sunday at 2 00 p m and all residents in the area are invited to attend the announcement stated today.
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Napier
Napier Field
Bombers Strike Germany as Allied Air Forces Lead
Allied air forces yesterday sent thousands of bombers over Germany in coordinated raids. The RAF and US Eighth Air Force led the offensive with 3,250 aircraft engaging targets, while Allied fighters shot down or damaged a significant number of German planes and struck ground positions.
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Gare
RAF
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Allie
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