W R Collins Dies On Ashford Route
W R Collins died on the Ashford route early yesterday morning after a shore injury. The funeral was at a local church with Rev Ha. He was a longtime member of the Methodist Church and resident of the area for forty years. Survived by his wife two daughters two sons two sisters five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Fupere
W. KR Collins
apraply-Luret
Woo
Iocue
Ashford
Iupeae
Utuoe
Rev. I
Ha Was & Massber
Methodde
Tyael
Collien
Col Titus Assumes Jackson Command
Col Donald W Titus a West Point graduate assumes command of Jackson Army Air Base replacing Maj John A Mahoney. Titus previously served three years with the air forces to Alaska and returned post January in Napier Wield, Dorben, Ala.
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Col. Titus
Jackson
Col
Titus
Napier Wield
Dorben
Ala
Alaska
FBI Conference Demonstrates Criminal Apprehension Techniques
About 36 law enforcement agencies from Wiregrans and nearby towns attended the FBI law enforcement conference in the OU B Middle district courtroom. Special agent in charge Ray J. Abtati Jr and aides presented searching and disarming techniques, showed two films on hand to hand combat, and explained methods to detect federal impersonators. Demonstrations on disarming a criminal without injury were conducted by a trained member of the FBI Washington bureau.
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Wiregrans and & Myber
Citimems
FBI
OU B& Middle
Ray J. Abtatiehls
Freak Davis
FBI Bureau
Washington
Tender Vegetables Hit By Frost in Alabama Weather
Alabama weather report notes unusually cold week with temperatures down to 32 degrees near Robertsdale Baldwin County. Tomato plants and other tender vegetables were killed in low-lying areas while higher ground fared better. spring work continues with cover crops and pastures showing good growth.
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Montgomery Ale
ED Singh
Alabama
Emily
Coats Trucking
Robertedale
Bald
Win County
Italian King to cede power as Allied advance nears
An official spokesman said King Victor Emmanuel III will transfer real power to his son Prince Umberto as Allied forces move into Rome. The king’s move aims to unify parties and broaden a future government while Italy fights alongside the Allies in World War II.
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Pietro Badognie
Tlerajenty
Italy
United Nations
Talian
Prince of
Piedmont
Umberto
Mussolini
Hin Leutenant
Rome
Tong
Matahal
Tornado and windstorm tolls across the South and Midwest
A severe storm system killed several, with six states reporting fatalities and extensive damage. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan saw high winds and lightning deaths. Snowplow crews battled blizzards across Colorado and New Mexico, opening routes through Berthoud and Raton Passes. In Alabama, a confirmed two deaths and numerous injuries followed a freakish windstorm near Childersburg, with hundreds of homes damaged and power lines down. Georgia towns Cumming and Walhalla also suffered deaths, destroyed buildings, and widespread outages as the storm moved inland and along the Blue Ridge corridor, triggering evacuations and plant shutdowns. A cloudburst drenched Atlanta, flooding streets and zoo enclosures.
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Veresdoma
Wesse
Bufferes
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Ina
Cem Roe
Alabama
Vilebomes
Colorado Rock
Berthoud Pass
Asow
Avelapchee
Colorado-New Mexico
Raton Pass
Michigan
South Carolina
Lake Michigan
Walhalla
Rockies
Atlanta
Cumming
Toccoa
Jos Brooks
Misa Dollis Mae Ellenburg
Oconee County
Seneca
Blue Ridge Railroad
Belton
Arthur Smith
Piedmont Church
Grant Park Zoo
State Capitol
World War II Pacific actions reported including Ra beaut raid
The report notes enemy dead totals for April, a Toroking side bridgehead on Augusta Bay, a large raid by 200 South Pacific aircraft on Ra beaut, and a new Caroline Islands assault. Attacks at Wo Veal Island damaged a 9,000 ton cargo vessel and a 1,000 pound bomb hit a small freighter Aloe.
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Continand
Augusta Bay
Toroking
Caroline Talanda
Wo. Veal Island
Aloe
Nelson urges more cotton goods production in war effort
Atlanta AP report shows War Production Board chief Nelson urging textile industry leaders to reverse the downtrend and expand wartime cotton goods output. He cites manpower shortages and urges extended hours, better morale, and improved personnel management to meet 1944 military and civilian needs.
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Atlanta
Chrairmac
Dowald M. Nelson
Nataan
Amersican Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Nelson
War Manpower Commission
WPH
Mort
Bombing raid reports from Baltic and Europe
Continued from Faze 11 reports heavy Eighth Air Force losses with 48 missing in the first daylight Bariln assault. Nine aircraft forced down in Sweden. crews all safe except one dead airman. Three more heavies landed in Denmark. A fighter squadron docked at Bornholm with 10 exhausted Americans rescued after parachuting from a crippled Fortress. Germans field many planes, using a new tank busting cannon. bombs dropped on eastern England with slight damage and some casualties.
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Eighth Air Force
Bariln
Sweden
Ous
Denmark
Bas
Bornholm Island
Sne
England
Politician pledges in district race on agriculture and military bases
A candidate vows to back strong agricultural legislation benefiting a welfare dependent district and to work to keep Camp Rucker and Napier Field for at least a decade after the war. He stresses a greater postwar armed forces and notes Navy-approved candidacy plans are underway as he plans to visit the district.
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Washington
Lars
Camp Rucker
Napier Field
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Andy Tewa
Andrews
Simpson Attacks Hill In Alabama Campaign Tour
Senator Simpson denounces Hill as fearfully avoiding voters and accuses him of radio driven campaigns and name calling. He cites Georgia agriculture critique and Cox as a Democratic figure, urging rotation in office and stressing rights, centralization, and race relations amid Clarke Wilcox county rallies and upcoming stops in Camden and Covington.
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Seaator
Bimpeon
Clarke County
Hill
Grove Hill
Camdes
Ping HU
Ieee
Thoes
Wiloes County
Simpeon
Smpeoa
Emi
Simpson
Hills
Saay
Simteon
Bill
Alabama
Atlanta Journal
James M. Cox
Thes Agriculture
Attac
Georgie
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
Tom Linder
Georgia Democrata
Democratic Party
Cox
Mr. Cox
Hil
Potomac
Wilcox
Siipson
Pine Hhi
Senaor
Gerald Bradford
South
B. T. Hartleen
Wilcox County
Smpach
J. R. Wallace
Clarks County
Bruce Henderson
Miller Bonner
Dan Cook
Camden
Covington County
Andalusia
Cerenvale
Dothan Firm Plans Postwar Project
A Dothan firm outlines a postwar construction plan with several projects in development. The initiative includes building materials for a new school site near the high school and a related plant facility, with an estimated cost of about $90,000.
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Dothan
Dothas
Bowles Appeals For OPA Extension
Washington reports that Price Administrator Bowles urged Congress to extend the Office of Price Administration beyond July 30, warning that proposed pricing rules could spur wartime profiteering, black markets, and inflation. He opposed amendments to let challenges to OPA rules in courts and to split price control among agencies, including War Production Board and War Food Administration.
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Washington
Caster Bowles
Congress
OPA
Hey
Banktas
Bowles
War Food Administration
War Production Board
Guerrilla Actions Hit Railways in Bosnia and Croatia
A Yugoslav radio communique reports guerrilla flying columns attacking German railways across eastern Bosnia and Serbia. They target rail lines between Knin and Patrija, disrupt sections of the Bihać to Bosanska Krupa line, and kill Nazi troops as Tito’s forces clash with Chetnik units in central Bosnia and Mihailović’s troops.
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Free Yugoslav Radio
Bosnia
Serbia
Arca
Knin
Paetrinja
Biiachbosanke Krupa
Imphal Kohima fronts see gains and heavy Japanese losses
Allied forces report clearing last enemy road blocks on the Imphal Kohima route and penetrating toward Imphal for supplies while engaging a northern hill feature. In Burma, drives toward Myitkyina push toward Porogtea and Tingting falls to the Chinese 38th division amid continued Arakan front clashes and Japanese casualties as Allied air units pound targets.
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Kohima
Imphal-Kohima
Imphal
Tamu-Palel
Tiddim
Imphel
Burma
Myitkyina
Porogteaé
Mogaung
Tingting
Wakaung
Arakan
Lord Louis Mountbatten
De Gaulle’s Chief Coordinator Named In Invasion Plans
Maria Emile Bathousrt is described as De Gaulle's chief coordinator for military and naval operations due to limited support within task committees. Separate committees include Joseph Koenig, hailed as a Tunisian campaign hero, serving as a military delegate for invasion areas.
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Maria Emile Bathousrt
de Gaulle
Tas
Joeph Koenig
Price Office Intercepts Wartime Censorship Practice Revealed
The article explains how wartime censorship intercepts letters to determine if content should be sent to a relevant government agency. It notes a special intercept staff relays items to aid the war effort, not for peacetime law enforcement, and discusses a leak controversy involving Mia Ketlems and accusations of breached trust within Price's office.
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Mika
Cad Ton
Army
Navy
Eet & Plan
Suspl
Price
Mia Ketlems
Etter
Raed
Ronmeone
Haellexn
Rail junction fight in Romania amid Black Sea crisis
Army reports show Axis and Romanian forces clashing near Prascani and Pascan in Transylvania as 3,000 German and Romanian troops failed to seize control. Soviet reinforcements push toward Iasi and Moldova. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army advances along the Czech border, while Crimea lit by new amphibian actions under Yaeremenko. Ukraine’s army also engages along the northern shore.
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Axia
C Centra
Romania
Prascanl
Riles
Cristesti
Pascan
Ploest
Bucharest
New York
Federal Communicatrong Commission
Moldavia
Podulluoalel
Targu-Frimoys
Iast
Redton Y. Malinovaky
Tirazpol
Tiraspol
Red
Crimea
Andrei L Yaeremenko
Stalingrad
Fragmented OCR Politico Fragments Signal Tax and War Work Debate
Disjointed lines discuss Senate behavior on poll taxes and tax bills, with mention of appropriations, government speed before year end, and Tennessee Valley knotwork. References to selective barriers and induction into Army labor hint at labor and wartime policy debates.
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Senate
Boms Knotty
Tennesse Valley
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