Commerce Dept Reports South Faces Strong Postwar Prospects
The U S Commerce Department reported that the South holds major postwar opportunities in factory production and markets. It notes the region contains 15 states with 20 percent of the population and 53 percent of farms, 42 percent of minerals, but only 22 percent of sales and 3 percent of foreign trade. Five thousand copies of the first report are being mailed to leading firms in Georgia, Alabama, and other states as local meetings discuss reconversion and postwar issues.
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Washington
Cartymerce Department
Screen
Om Semberp
Biwe Busners
Sears
Eetion
Lesdny
Usiris
Georgia
Alabame
Commerce Department
Cval
Fro
Patroleura
Foreste
Stotes
South
Columbia Sailor Aids CBS Show Contest
A Houston County man, radioman second lists, F. $. Fields of Columbia, US Navy, was runner up last night on the Knute Smith CBS show. Fields won ten dollars for submitting the second best tale to the weekly radio program that honors servicemen who have been hospitalized.
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Houston County
F. $. Fields
Columbia
Radioman
U. S. Navy
Fort Eustis
Knute Smith
Fields
Teil ‘Alex
Vacumatic Carburetor Boosts Gas Mileage and Power
Thousands of motorists including taxi, truck, and tractor owners gain up to 0 percent more gas mileage with the Vacumatic on their cars. The improved Vacumatic operates on the Supercharge principle breathing automatically and installs in minutes with no adjustments. Fits all cars and is offered by Vacumatic Carburetor Co of State St, Wauwatose, Wis, who will send free details if you write or send your address on a penny post card.
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State St
Wauwatose
Wis
Shirley Temple Engaged To Wed Hollywood Shock
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple’s engagement defying rumors as she prepares a society wedding. Staney Tempe Gasted and others attend a public party in West Los Angeles while suitor Jack Grorge Agur visits Beverly Hills. The couple confirms plans and discusses lasting appeal amid press scrutiny and box office concerns.
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Hollywood
Staney
Beverly Wedi
Los Angeles
Deck
Os Sturley
Maren Field
Guses
Jack
Uist
Sturley
Zusu Pitts
Shirley
Lilly
Nut
Teyde Wiree
Aire Temple
Marines and Allies Push Across German Heartsland in War Story
Major General Isaac D White’s command signs over 136 German hospitals. A mobile broadcast tank under Lt Arthur Hadley helped force surrender of at least 4,000 prisoners. German officers reportWerewolf orders opposed by civilian leaders who fear for safety as fighting continues.
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Isaac D White
Arthur Hadley
New York
At Leuat
Hadley
Lemgo
Wie
Fils
Iun
Two Negroes Bonded On Liquor Charges
Two Negroes charged with violating prohibition law, Mack Thompson and Willie Lee, were bonded at the city police headquarters after a weekend arrest batch. Thompson posted a $1,000 appearance bond. Lee posted $102 cash. Police reported 11 public drunks, four gamblers, and single counts of disorderly conduct, assault and battery, and drunkenness in the 48-hour period. The sheriff’s office recorded six arrests, five for public drunkenness and one for assault and battery. Corporal J C Tew, son of Mrs Maude Tew of Enterprise, has joined the base squadron at the First Troop Carrier Command installation, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Thompson
Willie Lee
Thompson
Lee
Cite
Sheriff's Office
J. C Tew
Maude Tew
Enterprise
Troop Carrier Command
Pope Fietch
Fort Bragg
N. C
Board Endorses Witness Fee Bill Amid County Debate
The Board of Revenue endorsed a measure to increase witness fees with funds diverted from general food welfare. Officials stated the changes would support court attendance while ensuring funds come from the state legislature. Supporters argued the measure would improve access to paid witnesses for legal proceedings.
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Ty Board of Revenue
Houten
Perry
Herricuan
Leon Fraser, Noted Banker, Is Death by Own Action
North Granville New York reports the death of 56 year old international banker and lawyer Leon Fraser by suicide at his home. He died en route to hospital after a bullet wound to the head. His note to neighbors expressed long standing mental depression and lack of money trouble. Fraser had served as Major and Judge Advocate in WWI and held key advisory roles with the Dawes plan and London conferences.
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North Granville
N.Y
Leon Fraser
Coroter
Inglee
Fraser
Neigghbors
Hiram A
Olin
A E. F
London
Dawes Plan
Commission of Exoderte
Bank For International Settlements
Negro With 60 Diamonds Held At Albany
Albany AP Chief Deputy Gordon Stokes says a Negro identified as Leon Teaberry is held on suspicion of possession of diamond rings valued at about 10 000. He was picked up after an overnight search during a recent arrest attempt in which an officer shot him in the hip. Two others detained. Teaberry described as Kilby prison fugitive and fingerprint check shows a Pittsburgh, Pa. robbery link from 1940.
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Albany
Gordon Stokes Gaid Leduy
Leon Teaberry
Stokes
Teaberry
Augusta
Atlanta
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Pittsburgh
Fire Damage Slight at Thompson Apartments Storehouse
Fire of undetermined origin caused minor damage to a rear storehouse behind Thompson Apartments in the southwest city near Denton Street. The blaze began on the outside and was extinguished before it could do further damage.
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Thompson Apartments
Denton Street
Soldier Austin Recovered From Wounds In England
Staff Sergeant Luther T. Austin Jr son of L T Austin Sr of Madirid recovered at the General Hospital England from wounds received in Germany on December 20 1944. He entered the Army in 1939. Sergeant Moore and Sergeant Yance of the 5th Field Artillery Observation Battalion are among those serving on the Fifth Army front in Italy with Moore as mess sergeant and Yance as a radio operator.
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Luther T. Austin, Jr
L. T. Austin, Sr
Madirid
Auth General Hospital
England
Germany
Ray
NN Sth Army
Shelley G. Moore
Mra
Cassie Mae Moore
South Main Street
Ardennes Forest
Noel H. Peters
Stocomib
7Th General Hospital
Pfc. Peters
Daniel's Men's Shop
Dathan
M. L. Peters
Dorothy Buck Peters
Slocomb
Noel, Jr
Donald J. Peters
U.S. Navy
Grey Ladies Rally Planned in Wiregrass Area
An all day rally of Grey Ladies who serve Studion Hospital at Camp Rucker will be held in Dothan on Thursday. Mr. Dewey Entrekin is chairman of the group in Houston County.
This Sailor Had Sood Air Line
A Chicago bound sailor in a city air line romance scene sees a woman tied to safety? belt and asks to meet later after landing while a Chicago drug store line at Northwestern Railroad terminal shows long queues and a chocolate bar sale.
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Aweet Finish
Chicago
North’ Western Railroad
Streuch
Alabama Miners Still On Walkout
Alabama miners remain off the job as a strike continues after the UMW contraction expired. About 60 to 65 percent of the state's 20,600 miners stayed away, with many pits idle and production minimal. Union leaders planned a policy committee meeting in Washington to push for a full turnout and continuation of the walkout.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Board Steel Industry
Comimercial Lims
Lite Manes
Jobn J. Henratty
Internauer Fe
UMW
UMW Afticuls
Econtact
John L Lewis
UM YG ‘Poliy Committee
Washington
William Mitch
Union
Advances and casualties as Allied forces close on German positions
Allied units push deeper into northern Germany with the First and Ninth Armies crossing the Leine near Hanover and expanding桥heads near Bremen and Hamburg. The Ruhr pocket tightens as 160,000 Nazis are trapped, while Patton’s 12th Army Group and Bradley’s forces push toward Gotha and the Elbe. British Seventh Armored and other divisions take Rhine bridges and capture towns such as Essen and Hamelin, with gains and encirclements reshaping the front.
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Bremen
Formeir
Rhine
Sixth Airborne
Leine River
Hth Armored
Rehdburg
Niedernstoecken
Ormes
Hannover
Brunswick
Hamburg
Luebeck
Zutphen
Twistringen
Stuitgert
Ruhr
Gorllingen
Kassel
Muenden
Upper Weser
Canturine Neiderrandern
Berlin
First Army
Ninth Army
83Rd
Leine
Hamelin
Waser
Second Armored
Hell On
Essen
Rhine Herne Canal
Seventh -Armored Division
Riede
Bassum
U. S. Third Army
Eleventh Armored
Roth
Gotha
Soith
Almenshausen
Muehlausen
Extort
Patton
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Cnnial
Seventh Army
Peporis
Schweinsfort
Balibearine Ecanital
Germany
Crailsheim
Nuembere
Stuttgart
Meroen
North Sea
Emden
Lower Fins River
Waterway groups oppose regional U S authorities
Washington AP reports major waterway organizations plan a letter to Congress opposing regional authorities like a federal waterway master body. They warn such an authority could diminish Army Engineers and Reclamation Bureau roles, creating a corporate superstate over national resources.
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Washington
Congress
7Igale
Prie Wale
Orgaemzsuane
Banks
Tennessee Valley Authority
Army Engineers
Reclamption Bureau
Inc
National Rivers and Harbors
American Association of Port Authorities
National Reclamation Association
Mississippi Valley Association
Missouri Valley Development Association
Arkansas Basin Flood Control Association
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Eastern States Conservation Conference
Interstate Commission
Delaware River
Inter-state Commission
Intracoastal Canal Association of
Louisiana
Texas
Florida Waterway Congress
Texas Water Conservation, Association
Arkansas State Flood Control Commission
Trinity Improvement Association
Missouri River States ‘Committee
Califrnia Water Council
Americas Waterways On
Celars
Tristate Authori Fe
Part Time Work Granted "2 C's" for Farmers Idle
Montgomery AP report: liberalized policy by State Selective Service and Alabama War Manpower Commission allows deferred agricultural workers labeled 2 C s to take casual part time industrial jobs when weather prevents farming or no farm work exists. Pulpwood and sawmill work cited as acceptable for idle workers.
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Montgomery
Selective Service
Alabama War Manpower Commission
Ernest T. Marbury
Scout Training Course Scheduled in Dothan Tonight
Dr. A. D. Dickerson pastor of First Baptist will teach the scout leader training course in Dothan at 7 30 tonight. Lion's Club Scout Cabin is hosting as J W Cooke Scout Executive announced. Each church is asked to send at least four men, with sessions Monday through Thursday this week.
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A. D. Dickerson
First Baptist Church
Dothan
Lion's Club
J. W. Cooke
Convict At Kilby Prison Stabbed To Death
Arthur Phurrough 23 of Talladega County was stabbed by Ted Abbott 30 of Shelby County during an argument at Kilby Prison. Sheriff Mosley said the case goes to a grand jury. Abbott is detained pending inquiry. Phurrough was serving a 15 to 20 year term for robbery. Abbott a 20 year term.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Arthur Phurrough
Talladega County
Pitt Wil- Wwama
E. P Russell
Willams
Ted Absbot
Shelby County
Montgomery County
G A. Mosley
Abbott
Phurrough
Good Conduct Award For Private Windsor In Italy
Private Jack G. Windsor, son of Mr. and Mrs. A C Windsor of 807 Fast Lafayette Street, has been awarded the good conduct medal. He is stationed in Italy and has served nine months overseas.
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Jack G. Windsor
A. C. Windsor
Fast Lafayette Street
Italy
Navy Reveals 229 Die in Birmingham Blast
Navy accounts detail 229 deaths in the Birmingham explosion off Leyte while aiding General MacArthur's invasion. The Princeton also suffered damage from a Japanese air attack, and the Birmingham, badly damaged, was towed to Mare Island for repairs after the attack left a scene of horror.
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Washington
Nery
Birmingham
Primceton
Olers
MacArthur
Leyte
Philppines
Navy
Princeton
Birttingham
Mare Island
Calif
Navy Herd
Soviet push encircles Vienna as forces cross Danube
Russian troops drive toward Vienna from both sides across the Danube and Morava rivers. East of the city Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army crosses the Morava and Danube to seize bridges and rail terminals, cutting escape routes. Separate columns reach near Aspern Airport and Neulengbach while advancing toward St. Poelten and Brno, with German reports of a Russian offensive toward Berlin adding to the capital’s peril.
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Gion
Klosterneuberg
Danube
Vienna
Marchfeld
Pframa
Aspern
Bruenn
North Bank
Prague
Neulengbach
St. Poelten
Vienna-Linz
Linz
Munich
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Junkers
Alexander Vasilevsky
Berlin
Frankfort-on-Oder
Kuestrin
Reich
Nazi Transocean
Morava
Danube River
Feordorf
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine Army
Vienne
Old City
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Eckartsau
Pirama
Malinovsky
Angern
Morava-Danube
Markhat
Brno
Brodske
Malinovaky
Veterans Service Group To Meet
Members of the Veterans Service Group were to meet today at the American Red Cross office at p.m. Laurence Oakley, executive secretary, announced. W. Thornton of the newly established Veveracs Administration in Dothan will be the principal speaker.
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Re Tereer Veverent’ Service
American Post Cross Office
Laurence Oakley
Acretary
W. Tsorston
Veveracs Administration
Dothan
Okinawa forces advance as U S and Japanese claims diverge
News from the Okinawa front reports bulk withdrawal of troops to the south ahead of the 3rd Corps and Marine units. Marines push 3,000 to 4,000 yards on Motobu coast while air bases are established and ground support continues. Casualties described as light, with both sides reporting differing counts and no decisive blows yet.
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Okinawa
Pon
3Rd Corps
Marine Third Amphibious Corps
Motobu Peninsula
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marine Second Aircraft Wing
U. S
Japan
Four Area Men Wounded In World War II War Dept List
Four local men appear in a War Department list of wounded service members. In Europe Technical Sergeant James T. Harper, Alley D. Tew, and James H. Walden are named, while in the Pacific Pte. William Iria Hopkins is listed. All are spouses of local residents.
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War Department
James T. Harper
Christine Harper
Newton Street
Ozark
D. Tew
Doris O. Tew
Eutawia
James H. Walden
Guida L. Walden
Pansey
Pacific
William Iria Hopkins
Viola H. Hopkins
Ashford
A C Hooten Dies In Winter Rites At Roe Church
A C Hooten fifty eight year old rural coal carrier residing in Houston County died in winter. He moved from Florida four decades ago and was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 4 30 PM at Roe Church with Rev Brenson of Ashford officiating. Burial will follow in Roe Branch cemetery. Surviving are his wife two sons a city resident and two more. Active pallbearers are named.
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A. C. Booten
Tive
Houston County
Serenady Winter Bives
Saindsy Seging
Florida
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
Roes, Braods Church
C. Brenson
Ashford
Roe, Brench
Ward - Wilaus
Buby
All Day Sing at Local Church Next Sunday
An all day singing event is planned at the local church next Sunday. The gathering features seven shape notes and invites community participation in the program spanning the day. Music will include a mix of hymns and traditional songs.
Reports Highlight Struggle in Southern Mindanao Front
AP correspondent Russell Brines details bitter fighting near Balete Pass in northern Mindanao as U S and Philippine forces seek to sever Japanese supply lines. In the Bi peninsula major pushes cut the last land route, with towns Tayabas and Lue captured. Eleventh Corps advances through Santa Maria and the Santa Maria valley in Luzon.
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Mindanao
I Balete
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Balete
America Infantry
Lugon
Bi Peninsula
Tayabas
Santa Maria
Santa Maris
Luzon
Censorship Rules Continue Amid Bridge Combat Tales
A nameless sergeant leads a rushed跨 bridge assault guiding combat units to force a German retreat southward. The narrative describes rapid regrouping and the capture of several enemy positions as dawn nears Sunday.
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U.S. Commerce Department
Columbia Sailor
Sonuey Bos
Speigner Concrete Block CO
Piastoo Old Fairgrounds
Kameey's
Brockyard
Shirley Temple
Brink
Pefpee Bo Bottling Company
Dothan, Alabama
Nueva Ame
Aleavs
Romo
Voard
Grey Ladies
Orleans
United States
U.S
Veterans Service Group
Costinnad Tran
San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
UU. S
Comei
Domei
A. C. Hooten
Foster
G.F.A
Allmes
J.M. Beall
Cottonwood, Alabama
J. B. Davis Sinclair Refining Co. Agt
Trey St. C
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