Health Officials Hold Chest Clinic
Health officials conduct a chest clinic today in Houston County under the Tuberculous Control division. Dr W T Burkint rousty leads the effort with Mrs Lady Roth Sell and Josephine Moore directing. Only patients referred by private physicians are evaluated at this clinic.
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pr'Sale
Houston County Wealth Department of Workers of the
United States Public Health
W. T
Lady Roth Sell
Tuberculous Control
Uou Puthe Health Service
Afra Josephine Moore
Biss
Cetherine Holland
M-ray Rhiie
Peth
Montgomery
Unis Clinic
ODT Seeks Relief For Rail Services
The Montgomery District Office of Defense Transportation asks all organizations to forgo nonessential meetings to relieve rail transport strain. District Manager M A Rast notes the effort targets both small groups and large organizations to support the war effort.
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Safocinema
Montgomery
Proper Cultivation Of Crops Urged
M Ling, Houston County agent, urged farmers to save crops already growing and keep them well cultivated while continuing other planting. He warned neglecting existing crops would reduce food production during the emergency and noted cotton planting season has passed and peanuts should be planted as a war food crop.
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M. Ling
Houston County
Ling
Pittsburgh Welcomes Home War Hero Kelly
Thousands cheered as Charlie Kelly arrived from Washington to a joyous Pittsburg homecoming. Police and civilian defense units managed crowds while relatives, neighbors, and a large parade escorted the infantryman through a flag festooned streetscape. A larger city celebration was planned for Wednesday in his honor.
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Cocery
Washington
Kailly
Carport
Kellys
Kelly Vimael
Pearly
Charlay
Happily
Kelly
Pittsburgs
Shawano
Pittsburgh
Command From Page One: Siege Clamps Stranto-Pol Front
Red Air Force eased blockade of Stranto-Pol while sinking seven transports totaling 16 000 tons and a landing barge. Russian planes bombed Sevastopol area causing heavy losses as German aircraft claimed destruction in the port. Berlin says Russians launched final assault as land fighting rages around Sevastopol with bombers targeting troop trains.
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Red Air Force
Stranto- Pol
Black Sea
Hage
Sevastopol
Romanian Porte
Alec Etruck
Axia
Sevestopol
Berlin
Saaid
Japanese advance threats near Mihura and Chenehslen
Number 11 reports a base force moving south from the Yellow River bridgehead toward Mihura, 22 miles southwest of Chenghsien, with another spearhead moving from the Peiping-Hankow line past Mihgien. The two columns threaten to meet northwest of Mhslen, while a Japanese roadblock west of Chenehslen near Gonghal faces air and ground assaults on Chinese positions west of Hulao Pass, 45 miles further west toward Lovang.
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Pare One
Yellow River
Lunghal
Mihura
Chenghsien
Peiping-Hankow
Mihgien
Colutmria
Mmeet
Mhslen
Gonghal
Chenehslen
Legislative plans and river projects listed for approval
The text outlines several large infrastructure projects with estimated costs from 2200,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 including the St. Lawrence Seaway, a Beaver and Mahoning river canal near Youngstown, and the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway. Other items include Clarks Fill reservoir, Alabama Coosa river project, Winals waterway, Indiana harbor canal, Snake river project, and Umatilla Dem in Oregon. A Sacred Harp Sing memorial for Mrs Frances Cameron is announced at Mt. Carmel Church on the second Sunday in June.
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Beaver and Mahoning River
Youngstown (Ohio
Ohio River
Hoare
Bilia
Clarks
Augusta
Alabama-Coosa
Harbor
Snake River
Oregon
Washington
Itaho
Frances Cameron
Mt. Carmel
Ning Acm
Cameron
ICC Upholds 1935 Rail Rate Order on Mill Goods
The ICC today kept in force its 1935 order setting maximum railroad rates for transporting cotton woolen and knitting factory products across the United States. Railroads cut many rates below the Lop level to spur competition, drawing protests from several Southern mills in Georgia and Alabama. Other mills in Georgia Alabama North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas urged no change.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Beveral Southern
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
New Rules Governing Newsprint Requested
Washington AP. The War Production Board faces a 30 day deadline from the Truman Committee to propose adequate standards for allocating newsprint and pulp among publishers. A May 33 public hearing is planned as the WPB reviews distribution amid paper shortages and manpower issues. The committee remains unsatisfied with progress and cites ongoing distribution complaints.
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Washington
War Production Board
WFB
Senate
Truman
WPB
D-Mo
WPE
Maine
Bombing Raids Hit Munich and Romanian Targets
Allied air forces continued heavy raids against German and Axis targets across Munich Friedrichshafen Bucharest Belgrade and Ploesti. American and RAF bombers claimed numerous enemy losses while Swiss authorities reported several aircraft crash landings after Friedrichshafen operations.
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Italy
Munich
Friedrichshafen
Bucharest
Ploesti
Belgrade
Brit ‘Ain Gent
Jonsen
Meditenanean
Romania
Vugostavia
U.S
Switzerland
Sie
Plocad
Tkara
Yugoslavia
Naples
Lastern
England
Dornier Aircraft
Messerschmitt Wilder
Leiph
Messers
Pair Charged In Non Tax Whisky Case Near Daleville
Burl Gideon and Kenneth Waldrop, both of Dothan, pleaded innocent to possessing non tax paid whisky before U S Commissioner J W Daughtry after arrest by Alcoholic Tax Unit and ABC agents near Daleville while attempting to deliver ten gallons. Gibson, driver’s brother in law and car owner, released on 1000 dollar bond. Waldrop on 500. Officers Easterwood Allsup State and Allender Fraelish Federal handled the case.
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Burl Gideon
Dothan
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
Kaneth Waldrop
Alcoholic Tax Unit
ABC
Daleville
Waldrop
Gibson
Daughtry
LC. Easterwood
W. & Allsup
W. P. Allender
J. A. Fraelish
City Commission Adopts Ordinance Prohibiting Public Drinking
The City Commission unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting drinking alcohol in establishments with conspicuous warning signs. The measure came after a cafe owner urged protection for venues that ban public drinking, with Recorder J. T. Vaughn tasked to draft the ordinance. Violation is a misdemeanor.
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Lalcoholia
Dothan
Commission
Rawlins McKinney
Seeveral
J. T. Vaughn
Simpson Seeks TVA Office Move to Alabama Debate
Senatorial remarks attack Hill over federal bureaucracy and the movement of TVA offices toward Muscle Shoals Alabama. Simpson defends local economic justice for African Americans while warning against Washington control, urging adherence to state rights and local authority in education and elections.
Government loans to industry threaten agriculture warns Bankhead
Number 22- Continued From Page One 000,000 bales of 1944 cotton consumption. "The industry, if it continues to grow as it has," he declared, "will denude our timber lands and injure thousands of farmers We've got to consider the human phase of the problem, and the public welfare! Some of the loans were made to companies like DuPont and the rubber companies that don't need government financing." Bankhead added. "They raise the question whether the government should be making loans that threaten the fate of an important segment of agriculture."
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DuPont
Bankhead 1
Bomb hits nearby air service unit shelter struck homes
Number 27 continues from Page One describes a WAC unit attached to the air service command that was evacuated to shelters as sirens sounded. Sgt Beatrice White of Middletown Conn recalls the blast that damaged her building and destroyed most of her clothing and snapshots. Pvt Anne Milner of Berry Ala also tested her home and belongings.
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Airfares Service Command
WACS
Beatrice White
Middletown
Conn
Anne Milner
Berry
Ala
Hungarian Puppet Premier Emerges Under German Backing
Dame Sztojey, former Hungarian ambassador to Berlin, installed as Naz puppet premier with a Hitler dictated cabinet. Hungarian parliament dissolved as Sztofay and cabinet ministers assume dictatorial power.
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Berlin
Naz
Hungary
Sztofay
Tle
Pythag. OTUs Lodge 689 Masons hold special meeting
A special meeting of Pythag. OTUs Lodge 689 Masons is set for tonight at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple to confer Work and degree on candidates. All Masons are urged to attend. Wheat and oats market data provided with commodity quotes after the notice.
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Pythag. Otus Lodge 689
Masonic Temple
Mt Dagrea
Invasion of Hollandia Presses Forward on Pacific Front
Allied forces push toward Hollandia as American troops secure surrounding areas. Reports from AP describe heavy fighting near Tanemmerah Bay and along the 34 mile road toward the airfields. Japanese resistance is dwindling with casualties and prisoners noted, while Allied bombers target Wewak and Hansa Bay areas.
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Tam
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Madang
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Geelvink Bay
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
MacArthur
Wakde Is- Tang
Sawar
Wakde
Sawa
Svera
Lawmakers urged action on manpower and idle labor
A reader argues that Alabama faces serious handicaps in war production due to poor use of manpower. He notes no existing law handles the issue, calls for a new statute, and asks citizens and officials to shape opinion. He also urges justices of the peace to enforce vagrancy laws to reduce idleness.
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Alabama
Justices of the Peace
Induction Plan Court Discusses Labor War Work
Number 12 continues on page one noting that workers may be drafted if they take other jobs and Brewster cites the provision keeping 1 700 000 agricultural workers on farms. He argues labor should not oppose a plan to allow unions to retain members and move men into war work.
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Brewster
Invasion Hints From German Front Broadcasts
Wartime radio reports from Berlin and broadcasting fronts warn of an impending invasion. German commentators discuss defenses, counter measures, and the Luftwaffe’s underground production, while Allied leaders in Canada England and Norway prepare to counter surprising moves and deploy mobile reserves along Atlantic and Mediterranean routes.
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Amy Momasat
Allande
Luftwaffe
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England
TG Crarap
Canada
Dieppa
Ely
Norway
Winland
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Reesis
Italy
Mediterranean
Allantry
France
Germany
Fu- Tope
Specialist Pitt MacArthur Visits Houston County FSA Office
Specialist Pitt MacArthur, collection specialist for this area, visited the Houston County FSA office yesterday. County Supervisor L. G Nichols said today the visit was routine with no important business discussed. They estimated that 200,000 of American's nearly 5,000,000 trucks are out of operation.
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Pitt MacArthur
Houston County
FSA
L. G Nichols
MacArthur
Postwar publishers pledge to protect nation with papers
Fragmentary OCR reveals a statement by postwar publishers asserting their duty to safeguard the country. The text shows a commitment to demonstrate capability and reliability in serving the public with trustworthy journalism.
County Receives Sales Tax Check
Probate Judge and department head report the county received a sales tax check for March similar in amount to the previous month. The payout supports the county’s monthly revenue stream and funding for public services.
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