Open Stands Face Health Rule Order
Dothan city health officer Dr W T Burkett asked the City Commission to interpret an ordinance covering stand operations for produce and fruit. The commission approved the health department guidance for easier commissions and records in safeguarding public health. Future licenses to sell wood used for human consumption must first receive health clearance, and measures will be taken at existing stands to protect customers.
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Coegdt A
Dothan
Hirth
Tegels
WT Burkett Cousty
Health Department
Sn Culline
Healus Department
Church Attendance Figures Announced Go To Church Month
Civic clubs in Dothan including Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Exchange designate April as Go To Church Month The Ministerial Association will report weekly Sunday School and morning and evening worship attendance The latest reports show 1448 at Sunday School 1472 at morning worship and 1024 at evening worship across First Baptist Lafayette Street Methodist Foster Street Methodist First Presbyterian and Grand Baptist churches
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Dothan
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions
Exchange Clubs
Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
Lafayette Short Methodist
Foster Street Methodist
First Presbyterien
Grand
Commission To Pick Attorney Tomorrow
City Commission schedules a special session tomorrow to select a new City Attorney to replace T. E. Buntin who resigned. Commissioner Miles A. Miller was absent when the matter was discussed, so the vote will wait for his presence. The salary is expected to be less than the previous City Attorney’s pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Buntin
Miles A. Miller
Miller
Women rally at Blackshear Church on New World Order theme
Annie R. Campbell reports a women’s rally at Blackshear Congregational Church on Saturday from 4:03 PM to 3:30 PM. Speakers Miss Marguerite Davison and Mrs. Peter Doherty will address attendees on the New World Order and the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackshear Congregational Church
Annie R. Campbell
Marguerite Davison
Peter Doherty
New World Order
Dumbarton Oaks
Bar Claims Against U.S. Government Proposed in Senate
A bill introduced by Senator Lister Hill of Alabama seeks to bar the prosecution of claims against the United States by current or former government employees. The measure, introduced in the Senate yesterday, aims to shield workers from lawsuits connected to official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Lister Hill
Col Rawlinson Returns to Duty After Sick Leave
Col Rawlinson is reported to have recovered from illness and returned to the United States. He had been on sick leave and later reassigned, with details noting his promotion path and service before and during the war era.
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Col. Rawlinson
British Casualties Fixed At 502 396
London reported fixed British casualties totaling 502 396 with 216 287 dead up to February 3. Churchill told the Commons the figure also includes 183 242 UK servicemen as POWs or internees in neutral countries. Canadian and Australian losses were also detailed.
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London
Brush
Minster
Churchill
Commons
United Kingdom
Canada
Rotary meeting hears columnist Rose Logue guest speaker
Rose Logue spoke at yesterday's Bothan Rotary Club meeting about her experiences as an amateur newspaper columnist. Introduced by Horace Callan Scarborough, guest accordionist, Joe Kelly of Burlington, NC attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Albert Logue
Wea
Bothan Rotary Club
Horace Full
Callan Scarborough
Joe Kelly
Burlington
N.C
Fipy
Japanese bombardment and island actions near Okinawa
Fourth page update notes heavy artillery action against Japanese positions with two counterattacks repelled and a third ongoing. The 184th Regiment recaptured Red Hill after night artillery bombardment, a close, grim fight with small arms and grenades. Domei claims an enemy landing near Tsukuta Island and sinking or damaging ships. reports of self-inflicted losses and an enemy armada attack are also noted.
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184Th
Red Hill
Domsi
Today
Tsukata Island
Nakarusuku Bay
Okinawa Island
Nakagusuru Bay
Domei
Tsukuta Island
7-Continued From Page One in Nation’s Business
An item notes opposition by Number 7 to the postwar Tabor-management Peace Charter signed last month by presidents of the CIO AFL and the U S Chamber of Commerce, reflecting ongoing tensions among major business and labor groups.
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Association of Manufacturers
C10
AFL
U. S Chamber of Commerce
World War II front lines push toward German ports
Allied forces report rapid advances across western Germany with Newark Bremen Hannover and Essen threatened as Ninth Army seizes Essen Krupp works and Gelsen kirchen. Canadian Fourth Armored Division nears Emden as Berlin bound objectives loom and Ruhr pocket tightens.
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Hestover
Golan
J. Bere
Tigisizdt
Hanover
Diva ‘Snk
Aimerican Nanth
Briish
Huns Lover
Steinhuder
Hannover
Celle
Guilee
Lehrte
Hansover
Tfhey
Theety
Thuringia
Bavaria
Rodach
Coburg
Czechoslovakia
Nuernberg
Bradley
Germany
Hitler
Gelsenkirchen
Essen
Bremen
Armes
Elbe
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Berlin
Jfo Beri
Brunswick
Erfurt
Schweidurf
Dortraund
Eisenhower
Reich
Wall
Huhy
Holland
Hahting
Ruhr
Eygnth
Olpe
Siegen
Gernans
Fourth Armored
Emden
Nows
Fualy
Oldenburg
Cahill
Cowry
Mambure
Luebeck
Brosh
Hoya
Sethalten
Boktay Bay
Novi Sos
Bren
Weluo
Sacay
Ae Aerons
Weser
Lon Tau
Wildenhausens
Verden
Uth Armored
Sixth Airborne
Third Of McClellan Units Quarantined
Quarantine measures affect about one third of McClellan Army units as a public relations notice outlines restricted movements and duties. Detachments remain on base with limited visits to post exchanges and theaters, while transfers and outside services are barred except emergencies.
Expert Assists Birth Registration Campaign in Alabama
Mrs Evelyn Halpin social science analyst with the Bureau of Census will aid state birth registration efforts in Alabama counties. The May 15 Child Health Day observance anchors the drive to reach births from 1944 to February 28 of the current year.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Evelyn Halpin
Bureau of Census
Halpin
Alabama
Nazi asylum horrors revealed by witnesses at trial
Witnesses described a Nazi euthanasia program with a chief surgeon and a cruel head keeper who selected victims for killing. Details covered gas chambers, crematoria run by SS, and graves where 481 bodies were buried with three extra graves kept ready. Reports noted mass killings of Russians, Poles, Jews, and other victims as Allied forces advanced across German territory.
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Johnson
Hamilton
London
Bow Street
Hamiltan
Asistant
Hamlton
Berlin
Tan
Beboans
Russian, Allied Forces Drive to Vienna Amid Key Breakthroughs
In violent fighting across Austria and Czechoslovakia, Soviet Second Ukrainian Army and Third Ukrainian Army units push toward Vienna from the east and west. Koenigsberg falls after a rapid advance. over 42,000 Nazis taken. Malinovsky’s forces push toward Morava and Danube fronts, while German defenses fray along the northern corridor and near Aspern.
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Euller
Uae
Folts
Nevler Crete
Tee Soret
hogGwerets
D.borgans
Ucrid
Prater
Mustow
Rodos Y. Melinovsky
Russia
Samland Perimsula
Koeningsberg
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Lessec
Danube
Morava
Feodor I. Telbukhin
Vienna
Bruenn
Czechoslovakia
Malinovsky
White Carpathian Mountains
Czechoslovvaka
Moravian
Italy War Front Advances Near Massa And Lugo
Allied forces press the Fifth Army line as U S and British units push toward Massa and Lugo in northern Italy. Air power concentrates over the Senio and coastal plains while German defenses face heavy bombardment and continual ground assaults.
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Cassino
Howe Jay
Bri
Italy
U.S
473Rd
Massa
Prigito River
Gina Teron
Atosryenon Tea End
Overseas assignment for Taibehator bomber gunner
Corporal 16 Wills, son of Mrs Pauline Willis of 41 Poyner Street, has completed all required combat training phases at Mountain Home Army Air Field Idaho. He served as a ball turret gunner on a Taibehator bomber and is now ready for overseas assignment as reported today.
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Wills
Pauline Willis
Poyner Street
Mountain Home Army Air Field
Idaho
Donehoo Continues As AEA President
The Alabama Education Association votes to set dues levels and elects officers as Donehoo remains president. The body, meeting in Trussville, weighs dues from 1.50 to 60 for life memberships and plans to appoint a new vice president to succeed Leasey Trussville.
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Donehoo
AEA
Montgomery
Alabacss
Cegeden
Orpauzenan
Devel Cubdinaa
Frank le Grove
Bee Bf
Sears
Dothan B-29 Crew Chief Earns High War Commendation
Staff Sergeant Robert M. Guillot, son of Mr and Mrs C M Guillot of Dothan Alabama, one of six Alabama crew chiefs at a Marianas B 29 base, has been commended by Major General Curtis E LeMay for his role in a series of eight days of incendiary attacks on Japan in March 1945. He served as a crew chief supporting daily Superfortress operations and helped keep bombers in the air. Prior to service he studied at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Dothan High School.
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Robert M. Guillot
C. M. Guillot
West
Powell Street
Alabama
Marianas
Curtis E. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Japan
2181
Bomber Command
Guam
Guillot
LeMay
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Dothan High School
Produce Growers Face Bright Season in Alabama
Alabama produce growers expect a strong 1945 harvest with high prices as strawberry shipments peak soon and Baldwin County potato harvest begins. State Markets Director Hackett notes a system to bring growers closer to consumers, with Cullman strawberries selling at premium bids and new markets and inspection services expanding for cucumbers, corn, watermelons and various vegetables. Florida shortages push demand to Alabama, while Ashford launches a new state market as tomato crops mature later in May.
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Montgomery
Ala
API
Alabama
North
Baldwin County
W. J. Hackett
Cullman
Tennessee
Hackett
Foley
Ashford
Florida
Logistics dominate air warfare in World War I era analysis
AAF experts dissect how supply, maintenance, and obsolete designs shaped air power. They note that many planes and engines became outdated before use, pilots faced crate and haul challenges, and fuel logistics dominated effort with gasoline comprising the largest share of weight. The report envisions jet propulsion era shifts and the need for new manuals amid rapid tech change.
TEesUMD lion of service assured by officials and Andrews
Officials of EAL and Congressman Andrews say pilots and equipment are available for an early expansion of the service. Current schedules show two daily stops in Dothan with northbound at 1:50 p.m. and southbound at 3:20 p.m.
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Tenebrae
Psge Onesis
Ind
Chicago
EAL
Andrews
Dothan
Overseas A Year for Corporal Frazier in Mediterranean Theater
Corporal Technician Raymond D. Frazier of 715 Hutchins Street completed a year of overseas duty with a Negro aviation engineer battalion. He helped construct and maintain essential heavy bomber bases in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, as reported by the Army Air Force Engineer Command public relations office in Italy.
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Raymond D. Frazier
Hutchins St
Negro Aviation Engineer
Mediterranean
Army Air Force Engineer Command
Italy
Drivers Identified in North Oates Street Crash
Harris was confirmed as the truck driver in last week’s collision on North Oates street. J J Woodham drove the automobile involved. No injuries occurred and no charges were filed after police investigated the incident.
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A. ©. Harris
North Oates Street
Harris
J. J. Woodham
Military leaders debate Western front lines and future actions
Military chiefs of staff discuss potential lines in the western theater and the possibility of concentrating forces to face Germany. The debate centers on whether to advance a defined front and how many armored and infantry units to deploy, with no final decision reported.
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Kaye Dees
Mercely
Certs
Germany
Jmot
Wse Western
Remembering a legendary armored commander in war's frontline
A memory piece recalls General Rose, a fearless armored leader who guided heavy units in Tunisia, Italy, and western Europe. Descriptions portray his calm courage under fire, close teamwork with his crews, and a famous moment protecting Churchill from danger during a demonstration. The account highlights his daring acts and ultimate death in combat.
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France
Germany
Mons
Rose
Harmon
Tunisia
Italy
Europe
England
Churchill
Be ‘Ness
P Mo
Sicily
Service Members Arrive for Orientation at England Air Base
Four U S airmen at a Strategic Air Force Station in England completed a brief orientation to acclimate to a combat zone. Staff Sergeant Joma J Maro Corporal Leo Bush Jr Pfc Elmo Bast and Pfc W R Adams listed as spouses of local residents underwent the program per a public relations note.
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U. S
England
Joma J. Maro
Estleen Maro
South Oates
Leo Bush, Jr
Leo Bush
Oates
Elmo Ba
Elmo Bast
Appletree St
Pfc
W. R. Adams
Ae M. Adams
Dothan
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Dothan B-29
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Army Air Forces Tactical
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