Wiregrass drives set for Second War Loan Campaign
Wiregrass counties including Henry, Geneva, Dale, and Royston prepare for the Second War Loan drive running through April 30. Dothan pledges buy 100,000 in bonds, while Howton County targets 260,000 and the region expects to meet an overall county quota of 881,000. Citizens urged to buy War Bonds. loiterers warned as authorities plan strict enforcement and curb idle labor during wartime.
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Peare
Mates County
Bas
Big
Royston County
Henry County
Geneva
Baress
Dale
Toconoty
Howton
Ciimas
Wik
Else Beck
Colton
Scriff
M. Tatum
Dothan and County Vow War Loan Drive Support
Representatives from six Wiregrass counties organized a regional campaign to back the Second War Loan. In Houston County co chairmen Al Flowers and Clyde Levern outlined a two to three day plan for mobilizing volunteers, with Dothan divided into wards and civic clubs assigning volunteers to contact residents. County agents M Ting and Solomon Easter will supervise rural solicitation for bonds and securities.
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Dothan
Houston
Monsey
Tarsi
al Flowers
Clyde Levern
Flowers
Vicetory Fund Committee
Lovern
War Savings
Flow‘era
M. Ting
Solomon Easter
Housing Crunch in Dothan Prompts Chamber Plea
A. D. Carmichael, president of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce, urged local residents to open their homes to Army personnel as housing strains intensify. Families of officers and enlisted men who stayed to finish school are now joined by new arrivals, triggering a severe shortage. Hundreds of families seek lodging while new soldiers arrive daily.
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Comerance
Canon
Dothanay
A. D. Carmichael
Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
Carmichael
Chamber
Dothen
The
Chamber of Turn
Hitch Hiker Charged in Albany Slaying and Robbery
In Albany Georgia 19 year old Clyde Frederick Rose is charged with murder in the slaying of 18 year old salesman Leopold Crine who gave him a ride. Rose confessed to shooting Crine after taking his pocketbook at gunpoint and later admitted auto theft and armed robbery. He appeared after a speeding stop and police traced a stolen license plate and uniforms to the Detroit area. Police say the suspect deserted from a military unit and used a bogus Army uniform. The case details were released by Chief Robert L. Troy.
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Albany
Robert L. Troy
Clyde Frederick Rose
Leopold Crine
Crine
Troy
Rose
Georgia State Patrol
Auto Liense
China
Ross
Rosa
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Gunner Earns Glory in 30 Combat Flights in SW Pacific
Sgt Will J Orr of Dothan shows a life of service in the southwest Pacific where his air crew has logged 30 combat flights against Japan. The Boston crew, with Hayes Brown pilot and James Lemonyne gunner, has flown about 180 missions, attacked 75 vessels, and destroyed 17 grounded planes in one raid. Orr, 22, enlisted in 1941 and sailed to Australia after Pearl Harbor. His brother Floss, training as a cadet, and two uncles in service, Lieut Col Herman Orr and War rant Officer George Orr, are also connected to the Dothan area forces.
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Will J. Orr
Jeff Orr
Dothan
Southwest Pacific
Maia
VU. S Army Air Eres
Boston
Kat
Hayes D. Brown
Jackson
Miss
James H. Lemonyne
New Orleans
Robert Winkeman
Chalfont
Army
New Guinea
Sgt Orr
Australia
iPear Harbor
Floss
Augusta
Herman Orr
George Orr
Dothan National Guard
Set
Orr
Napier Field
Sub Penetrates Coastal Defense
A submarine slipped into coastal lanes in April and sank a merchant ship off the U S eastern coast. Forty men died, including the skipper who went down with his blazing vessel. Eighteen survivors were rescued after burning oil spread over the water. Navy officials warned U boats could return but indicated no new widespread drive.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Vasgel
Land
Knox
Navy
Washington
Allied Conference On Food Scheduled
Omaha faces the Missouri River flood threatening Omaha and Council Bluffs with the worst destruction since 1941. Red Cross Salvation Army and civil defense workers mobilize to evacuate families and protect property as Army engineers move stock and families from stricken areas. Guards patrol danger zones while dikes are strengthened and officials seek broader evacuations as the river nears 23 feet.
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Omaha
Missouri
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Iowa
Army
Sioux City
Former AAA Head To Lead American Delegations
Washington AP reports the first United Nations conference on postwar planning for food and agriculture will convene May 18 in Hot Springs Virginia. Judge Marvin Jones named chairman of the five nation American delegation. he helped push much of the New Deal farm legislation and serves on the TI Court of Claims. Delegates include Paul H. Appleby, Clayton, Surgeon General Marron, Murray Lincoln, and others, with duties on agricultural problems and nutrition.
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Richard G. Maskock
Washington
Hot Springs
Marvin Jones
Congress
Mosth
Jones
Ti, & Court of Claims
James F. Byrnes
Amarilla
Tex
Houe Agriculure Committee
Paul H. Appleby
Montana
Minnesot Town
Virginia
Henry A. Walke
Wic Clayton
Constant Stereentary
Commerce
Houston
U.S. Bond Campaign Biggest Financing Task In History
The article reports on the Second War Loan Drive, a three week national effort to borrow 13 billion dollars to fund World War II. It notes Treasury aims to finance months of war spending and curb inflation by drawing excess savings into war bonds, with economists warning about inflationary pressures.
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U.S
James PD
White
Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Pricen
Chongking
Ta Fa
America
Food Chief Maps Livestock Policy To Bar Inflation
Food Administrator Davis outlined a plan to stabilize meat dairy and poultry prices by boosting supplies and imports while supporting feed grain stocks. The program includes importing feed grains from Canada and Australia and raising Midwest corn prices to move frozen stocks. He warned hog prices near 16 dollars per hundredweight may trigger hog price ceilings if current measures fail to lower costs. Page 8.
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Ovid
Martin Washington
Cheater C. Davis
Canada
Australia
Midwest
Davis
Chicago
Davie Sald
OPA
RAF Again Hits Duisburg Ruhr With Big Raids
British bombers strike in the Ruhr for the second consecutive night targeting Duisburg and other inland hubs. RAF daylight sorties damaged trains, barges, a trawler, dredger and storage tanks, with losses of five planes. Escorts fought off Luftwaffe opposition as Spitfires, Typhoons and Mustangs attacked Le Havre area targets and waterway routes.
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James M. Long
London
Aps
Ruhr
Germany
Secund
Duisburg
le Havre
Holland
Hayly
Snow Devel
Hotland
Yvilot
RAF
Air Ministry
Japanese Transport Ship Hit By Allied Warplanes
Allied planes bombed Wewak New Guinea destroying a merchant ship and firing on a Japanese transport. Wewak, a key base near Port Moresby, was hit along with targets north of New Guinea including Ogia Alexishafen and Madang as raids sought to disrupt supply lines to Lae and Salamaua.
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Allied
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
High Command
Ecoast
Port Moresby
Levere
Slong
Ogia
Alexishafen
Madang
Huon Peninsula
Lae
Salamaua
Losgea
New Iitan
New Ireland
Ehip- Yang
Wewak-Madang
Hawn
Nang
Shappina
General Degas MacAether
Stab Wites Fatal To Columbus Man In Public Sorrow
Henry Pybus, 33, died after being stabbed downtown. Police say Floyd, Negro, fled the scene as bystanders watched. Sheriff and local officials cite a fray tied to a disturbance. Funeral arrangements by Headland Mortuary to be announced.
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Henry Mem
Terdertust
Robert Bae
Floyd
Negie
Sbatdst
Agg
By 'Ag
Dethan
Farmer
Mgr
Houston
Epange Pytax
Annie Pytua
Calumhu
Henry J. Pybue
Headland Route Three
Loxeph Bryoun
Dothan RF
Sunn
Tae Pytua
Funeril
Itronzementa
Headland Mortuary
OPA cuts point values on sausage and pork cuts
The Office of Price Administration reduced point values for sausage products and certain pork cuts by 14 to 50 percent. Wiener, bologna, pork sausage, scrapple, chitlings and pork neck and back bones saw lower points while hard salami and other items remain unchanged. Reduced values reflect slow sale under rationing and spoilage risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Baturday
OPA
Ratal
De Gaulle Eisenhower Clash Over North Africa Delays
London AP reports a setback in De Gaulle Eisenhower talks over De Gaulle's North Africa visit. Catroux arrives from Algeria with reports on Giraud conferences. De Gaulle sends heartfelt notes urging unity for a stronger united French war effort. Eisenhower had asked for the delay and Giraud welcomed allied support to defeat the enemy.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Charles Yue Gaulle
Dwight D Eisenhower
North Africa
de Gaulle
Georges Catroux
Algiera
Henri Giraud
Eisenhower
de Caulle
le Giraud
North and West Africa
Ant
Catroum
Giraud
Allies Break Axis Defenses in Tunisia Drive North
Allied forces push through Tunisia with the Eighth Army storming toward Sfax and Enfidaville. Rommel's troops retreat under heavy air superiority as Montgomery orders a final push to trap Axis forces and force a Dunkirk-style sea retreat.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Tunis
Dunkerque
Eighth Army
Sfax
Tunias
Marshal Rammel
Swifty
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen von Aroim
Rommel
Enfidaville
Germany
Ludwig Gertorius
Berlin
Associated Presa
Sertorius
Patton
Kairouan
Sousee
Axia
Sfar
Morerro
Sesault
Colummna
Tuniata
Azia
Ara
Algiera
Tunisia
Pichon
Mountainnna
Djebel Zea
Smprosa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Trilate
Gahea
Tunia
Sicilian
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Or Nat C. Faule
Allied Conference On Food
AAA
Columbus
Degaulle-Eisenhower
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