Quota Set In Houston County Second War Loan
Houston County’s quota for the Second War Loan campaign is set at 881000. Clyde Levern, chairman of the War Savings Star for Houston County, announced the drive will be led by the county War Savings staff and the Victory Fund Committee with Flowers appointed tourman. Alabama’s statewide quota stands at 35097000. A meeting at the Houston Hotel tomorrow afternoon will plan support from Henry, Dale, Harteer, Geneva and Coffee counties as part of the southeast Alabama drive starting April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Clyde Levern
War Savings Star
Houston
County War Savings Staff
Victory Fund Committee
Annovnce
Flowers
Alabame
Henry, Dale, Harteer
Geneva
Coffee
Alabama
Mhem
Ela
Frank P. Samford
Ed Ligh Mean
Rewion
War Savings
Walter B. Gaines
Alabama Victory Fund
Marc Ray Clement
War Saving State
War Saving Division
Levern
Bhaimaan
Jay Barnes
Ozark
Osle
Lester I. Thompson
Geneva County
World War II updates from multiple theaters
Fragmented World War II briefing reports air raids in Europe with damages to merchant ships and ports, Allied bombing near Antwerp, and naval movements. South America notes Bolivia declaring war after Wallace visit. Details are garbled and uncertain, but mention of German countermeasures and allied advances appear amid a chaotic reprint of dispatches.
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Associated Frese
Lawere
Navy
Campalen
Ube Neura
Europe
RAF
Witer
Pieplany
Antwerp
South America
Bolivia
Preaton Walace
Geizure
Aseri
City Officials Weigh Police Salary Increase Plea
City police officers and detectives sought higher pay due to rising living costs. A signed petition from patrolmen and detectives was not formally presented. several officials spoke for the request at the commission meeting. The board noted existing benefits include a weekly day off a paid 10 day vacation and monthly illness credit, and said the officers had not previously asked for raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I C Bates
City Commission
Dothan
of City
Chiet
M. Tatum
W Perry Ceshoun
J. N. Mullins
Hubert Farmer
G. W. Blakey
Myer Blumberg
P. C Burdleshaw
Odell Hobby
Ely Tindell
Sam Rice
Tom Holland
Mike Palmer
T W. Butler
W. R. Collins
G R B. Cherry
John Hilton
D. L Kelly
J. E. Capps
G C. Garrett
J. W. Cammeron
J E Draughon
W. W. Herring
E J Strickland
H. D. Atkins
W. T. Hicks
Bates
Cty
Houston Bond Sales Exceed March Quota
March bond sales in Houston County totaled 166 349 75 with Series E F G bonds totaling 91 780. The Abraham Mordecai lodge of Brith planned to apply proceeds to the quota. Banks across Dothan Ashford and Columbia contributed amounts ranging from 471 to 2 700, supporting the Second War effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Thio Muanth
Bala
Bends
Bank
First National Beok
Dothan
Deinen Weak and Trust Company
Fasmers and
Sapwbeate Bask
Ashford
First Yatewe Bank of
Bank of Columbia
Iuak of
Catisnwood
Gales
Uals Gapegh
DeGaullists irked Over Eisenhower's Plea To Stay Home
London AP report says De Gaulle's National Committee planned a special meeting to assess Eisenhower's request for De Gaulle to delay a North Africa trip. Observers say the move aims to keep political status quo until military aims are secured while diplomatic sources note surprise at the request and discuss potential channels for clarification.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles DeGaulle
North Africa
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Eisenhower
North Afrika
Foreign Office
DeGsaulle
North
Africa
Wational
Washington
de Gaulie
State Department
Ebenhower
War Department
Meat Black Market Indictments Voted
NEWARK NJ AP New Jersey headquarters of the Office of Price Administration announced indictments against seven mid West and New Jersey corporations and eleven individuals for conspiracy to violate Federal meat price and quota regulations. The charges allege trafficking into New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and Connecticut of more than 10,000,000 pounds of black market beef and veal between December 14 and January. Defendants include The Enkay Packing Company Inc Nathan Krupnick and George Moran Patterson NJ Superb Packing Company Inc State Packing Company Inc Patar Golas and Morris Freund Sam and Albert Simon Jacob Schmidt U S Packing Company Inc and the Nasses City Tremed Beef Company Inc of Kansas City Res Lao Waxenberg Samui E. Jertobe Jaend R. Coho and the Ne te Beef Company of Omaha and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark, NJ
New Jersey
Office of Price Administration
mid-West
Nathan L. Jacobs
Attorme
OPA
Gaid
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Enkay Packing Company, Inc
Nathan Krupnick
George Moran
Patterson
Superb Packing Company, Inc
State Packing Company, Inc
Patar Golas
Morris Freund
Sam and
Albert Simon
Jacob Schmidt
U. & Packing Company, Inc
Nasses City Tremed Beef Company, Inc
Kansas City
Lao Waxenberg
Samui E. Jertobe
Jaend R. Coho
Ne Te Beef Company
Omaha
Herbert C Liebman
Idebenan Parking Company
Toc
Tam Te Meteri
Respite Amid Allied Bombing Pause Follows Coast Raids
London AP reports RAF fighter and Royal Navy ships damaged three merchant vessels and two escort vessels off the French coast last night. One Navy plane hit a medium and two small ships near Piempe, setting a leading craft afire. R boats near Le Touquet were engaged by cannon fire with flames reported. A A S Army says photographs show Fortresses and Liberators striking the Eria engine works in the Antwerp raid yesterday.
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London
RAF
Air Ministry
Germany
Occupied
Europe
Pieppe
le Touquet
A. 8 Army
Eria
Antwerp
Farm Bloc Scents Defeat On Motion To Override FDR
Allied air action in the southwest Pacific reports heavy raids by medium bombers on Buka Island at the northern Solomons. The base strike followed by near misses and a bomb strike on a 4,000-ton Japanese cargo ship at Sekar Bay in Dutch New Guinea.
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Allied
Australia
Buka Island
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Man Arthur
Sekar Bay
Dutch New Turn
World Currency Plan Takes Shape Amid House Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee proposed funding reductions for the next fiscal year, trimming Congress and judiciary totals by 217,274 below current year levels. The plan calls for 3166, B1' overall with major cuts across offices, libraries, printing, and district courts to support the war effort and material shortages.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Congresslo
Legislative Establishment
Judiciary
Senate
House
Architect of
the Capitol
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
Eupreme Court
United States Court Administration
Capitol Dome
Wtema
Morgenthau outlines plan to regulate world currency
Secretary Morgenthau proposes tying world currencies to an international stabilization fund perhaps worth 5 billion dollars and mutual agreements to end competitive currency wars. He briefs three Senate committees and plans fuller House testimony, with international talks to follow in Washington and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cullen Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Senate
House
Foreign Affairs
Morgenthau
Nationa
London
Washington
Morgenthau Gaid
Bean
United Nations
Pris
Italians Resist Vichy Police Removal Of U S Citizens
Italians armed with machine guns confronted French police under Nazi orders to move 100 American and British citizens from unoccupied France. The intervention by Italians in Grenoble and the Sons of France prevented the transfer to Germany. British and American detainees were briefly held in a barracks before being released to return home.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Justians
Germany
Ciazelte
Grenoble
Lyon
Laumane
Tahana
Bankhead delays farm price bill amid doubt over override
Senator Bankhead said the farm price relief bill faces uncertainty as it moves to the Senate Agriculture Committee for reconsideration. He noted supporters suggested delaying action to use the measure as leverage and said more conferences would occur before deciding on a strategy to sustain or override the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bankhead
D -Als
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Hawkhead
Meqsure
Mey
Bolivia hints war as Wallace arrives in La Paz
News from La Paz reports Bolivia hinting a declaration of war on Axia powers as Vice President Wallace arrives during a Latin American tour. Foreign Minister Manuel Ella cited Cabinet plans to move toward a state of war, call for immediate army measures, and seek Congress approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Wallace
LA Paz
Axia
Henry A Wallace
Central
South America
Fonque Fenaranda
Alate
Toman Manuel Ella
Bia
Congress
Nla
Uni
Andes
Coshamatama
Agricural
Ingo
Archeringicn
Page One
Holmal
Florida Puts New Tax Plan On Rationing Measure
Gov Spesserd Holland urged the Florida legislature to approve a three cent tax on something to offset a 2 5 million revenue loss linked to gasoline rationing and the suspension of horse racing. In London Alexandre Millerand, former French president, has died at Verentilles at age 104. In Buenos Aires an earthquake of strong intensity was recorded near the city at 12 05 pm EST, with light aftershocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahasher
Mia
Spesserd Holland
Florida
London
Frese
Alexandre Millerand
French Republic
Verentlles
Buenos Aires
Becnse Aires
Germans Lose Ground as Red Army Presses Kuban Front
Soviet forces renewed the offensive along the Kuban Delta with shelling that destroyed German defense positions. The Germans, defending a widening bridgehead on the Black Sea coast, faced continual Soviet counterattacks. Officials report thousands of German casualties and the loss of well over 100 tanks as the Red Army advances toward Novorossiysk.
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Eddy Gilmorf
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Hati
Black Sea
Cancaaue
Kiban
Novoron— Sfak
Tsyum
Donote River
Onthia
Tn Almont
Knox reports March war conditions worsen at sea
Secretary Knox said Allied ship bases in the Atlantic were more active in March than February due to intensified German submarine operations. He warned of a serious situation, noted changes in U-boat tactics, and described rush to build Destroyer Escort ships while Allied air raids against submarine bases continued along the English Channel and Mediterranean routes. He called North Pacific developments status quo.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic
T Bodie
Middle Atlantic
Ward
United States
Tongland
Mediterranean
Navy
North Pacific
Budget Chief Seeks Higher State Funds in Two-Year Plan
Montgomery Alabama AP reports State Finance Chief Tabaneht requests increased appropriations for the next two years. The article notes submitted requests include general fund needs and emergency reserves, with specifics on larger line items and proposed fees.
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Montgomery
Ala
TGR
Fighters Wreck Air Shipments For Axis Troops
Allied claims a major air engagement in North Africa as American and Allied aircraft attacked Rommel’s forces. Reports say American fighters and bombers destroyed transports and damaged ships, with heavy losses on both sides and several enemy planes shot down during a prolonged air battle over Tunisia and Sicily.
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Foward Kennedy
North Africa
Tremb
Jeihers
Marsha
Rommel
Merement
Dwight D Fasenhower
Junkers Sh
Glelian Straig
Tunimsel
Mediterranean
Ldgatninga
Romadel
Wellington
Tiapani
Waat
Sicily
Bilux
Tunlela
Atro Ptegic
Siciy
Tunlala
Desert Hagen
Fien
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Napier
Trapat
Eneh
Hangyra
Pevara
Desert
Alte Geal
Erwin Romine
Admiralty
London
Thier - Ably
Atullan High Command
Lerdon
el Gueta
Paris
Malta
Porto Emipadocle
Trapani
Mediter- Raftesy
Craigdiagy
Moediterranean
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Tunisia
Jemhla
Paainvule
Keeling
Aypasumitty Affort
Elemt
Garman Sirvay
Cancesus
NEA
Yon Arimo
Novorossisk
Solomons Base
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