Heavier Bond Sales Urged As Campaign Nears Climax
The Second War Loan Drive in Houston County nears its end with a $291,000 plus ten percent target. Cochairmen Ax Flowers and Clyde Lovern rallied volunteers to boost canvassing, seeking to finish by week’s end. Despite reaching $810,000 through schools, banks, clubs, and rallies, officials urged one last push. Twenty-five Jeeps funded by schools have mobilized, with more expected as the drive closes.
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Driva
Hewston County
Eochairmen
Ax Flowers
Vietory Fund Committee
Clyde Lowern
War Savings
Dothan
Cochairmen
Tty
Dothan Civie Clube
Cottonwood
Ashford
Ne 0
Eltixen
Tod
Houston County
Anny Jeeps Visit Dothan Schools Tomorrow
Two Army jeeps manned by Navy Field personnel will tour Dothan schools to spur interest among Maddente residents in buying war bonds and the Monty ttle vehicles. Accompanied by Qyde Lovern the group will answer questions. rides will not be offered.
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Neer
Dothan
Madente
Toney
Tampa
Qyde Lovern
Vielty
Nazi withdrawal signals shift in northern front
Fragmentary World Today report notes Nazi troops starting to withdraw from fortified northern positions as Allied forces tighten pressure. Exiled leaders anticipate harsher diplomacy and possible redrawing of front lines as Russia and Mediterranean campaigns loom.
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Tantala
Armiga
Finland
Benes
Crocella Hyakis
Thole
Allied Benders
New Ration Book Three Planned For June Distribution
War Ration Book Three will replace rations in issue three, providing unit stamps for sugar coffee and shoes and paint stamps for meats fats and processed foods. Mailing forms will reach homes May 2 to June 5 with households sending cards to CFA centers for family use.
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Maf
A. D. Wickereon
County War Price and Tioning Board
Nio
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Frank C. Walker
Wilkerson
CFA
Planas
Uger
Delayed Debate on Draft Bill for Fathers
Washington AP Secretary Stimson opposes blanket draft exemptions for fathers prompting Senate delay. Senator Johnson plans to wait until next Monday to consider Wheeler amendment barring calls of pre Pearl Harbor fathers for 1943. Bumson letter cites 8 million deferments and 6 million eligible for training as risk to war effort. War aims urged to speed victory with careful mobilization and not hinder manpower.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate
Johnson
D.colo
Wheeler
D.mont
Simaon
War Department
Nations
Ealective Service
Bumson
Stimsgon
Finland Faces Possible Break With United States
Stockholm AP report says a rupture in U S Finland ties looms as Finland resists pressure to join an axis aligned attack on Russia. Finnish officials stress they will not jeopardize national interests while Washington considers severing relations over wartime policies.
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Stockholm
United States
Finland
Fielainki
Russia
Germany
Naz
Leningrad
Washington
Helsinki
U. & Conarge d'Affairea
Robert Milla McClintock
Foreign Office
McClintock
U. B. Legation
American Fliers Battle Weather In Kiska Raids
American air crews resumed bombing raids on Kiska in the Aleutians after two days of fog and storms. Bombers and fighters took off to strike the island and strafed enemy positions, though pilots could not observe results due to the severe weather.
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Kiska
Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Kiske
Tara
Lull In Pacific Seen As Forerunner Of Allied Action
Washington reports four American fighters engaged ten Japanese bombers and twenty Zeroes near Guadalcanal, with five U S fighters shot down. Two planes failed to return as the battle stretched 95 miles northwest of Lunga Point. Allied air forces continued day by day bombing from the Ellice Islands toward the Pacific, with raids on Kiska and Munda and support on Wonsan and Medan. RAF struck Rangoon and Buhra’s port, causing bridge damage and casualties.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Lunga Point
Guadalcane
Solomons
Associated Press
South Pacific
Ellice Islands
Almed
Pacific Arena
North Pacific
Rocky Kiska
Aleutianas
Munda
Bolumon
Wonsk
Rangoon
Burania
Ture
Paris raids swap 1080 injured Italians for British prisoners
The Paris radio said 1080 wounded Italians were loaded at Bari on two Italian hospital ships in exchange for British prisoners. The report was broadcast by the Associated Press. In Dublin, Dorothy Paget's Golden Jack won the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse with Fairyhouse as second choice. Prince Regent finished seventh as the favorite. In Washington, President Roosevelt urged passage of a motion to extend overseas shipments, praising Merchant Marine efforts.
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London
Paris
Adriatic
Bari
Paria
Dublin
Dorothy Pagt
At & Te
Prince Regent
Russians Smash Small Nazi Push On Donets River
London AP reports Soviet information bureau says Russian troops repelled a German attack on the Donets front south of Balakliya, about 100 Germans killed. Soviet communique cited by radio monitor notes no fighting reported in the northwestern Caucasus near Novorossiysk. Berlin broadcast acknowledged limited action.
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London
Donets River
Balakieya
Soviet Information Bureau
Monitor
Caucasva
Novoroasiak
Black Bea
Transocean
Berlin
Second Army Rounds Up For Realistic Mock Warfare Maneuvers
Field headquarters in Lebanon Tennessee reports the 1948 Second Army maneuvers will be the most realistic in U S history with Red and Blue forces moving into position under strict secrecy. Commanders of opposing forces will not know their opponents identities and must rely on reconnaissance to locate the enemy in a controlled theater of operations. The exercise aims to create a fog of war and will involve censored troop movements and no public opponent lists.
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Second Army
Lebanon
Tenn
Oiddin Tennesse
No U. S. Carriers Lost Or Damaged Says Navy Spokesman
The Navy denied Berlin claims that the aircraft carrier Ranger was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic. A spokesman said no U S carrier has been sunk or damaged and noted Ranger, launched in 1983 at Newport News, was the first American ship built as an aircraft carrier.
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U. S
Washington
Navy
Ranger
North Atlantic
United States
Berlin
von Buelow
Atlantic
Newport News
von Beulow
Middle North Atlantic
Associated Press
300 Left As Gallant Army Of Lee Holds Reunion
In Atlanta and across the former Confederacy, Memorial Day observances honor veterans of the Civil War. Only about 300 surviving Grey-clad soldiers remain from the eleven Confederate states, with many widows among the veteran community as they mark their heritage.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Confederate States of America
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Carolinas
Arkansas
Virginia
Louisiana
Ten Peasee
Jefferson Davis
Government plans regulate raw cotton prices
Washington announced a stabilization plan to keep raw cotton prices near the 21.38 cent per pound base for middling. The War Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration said the Commodity Credit Corporation would sell government stocks at base price with grades and location differentials. If needed, grower loans on stored cotton could be called, expanding supplies or government stock. A temporary ceiling could be issued if prices rise above the base. The CCC may sell up to 860,000 bales monthly. if not stabilizing, loans could be called.
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Washington
War Food
Office of Price Administraion
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ioana
Teoosevelt
OPA
CCC
Logna
Salesmen Get Higher Gasoline Rations Across Nation
The OPA raises monthly gasoline allowances to 720 miles for salesmen and others who drive in the course of work outside the East. The change, enabled by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers, excludes commuting to work. Rations stay the same in the Eastern area and are limited to avoiding tire wear elsewhere.
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Washington
OPA
East
Wiliam M. Jeffers
Eaaterm
French Score Gains In Hills Heavily Defended By Axis
Allied headquarters reported German withdrawal from the northern Tantrian front with heavy losses from January to April. French 18th Army Corps advanced on key heights including Djebel Manpour and Djebel Tanngoudis, while British First Army secured hills near Medjez el Bab and Pont Du Fahs. Axis armor faced persistent Allied air and ground pressure as German counterattacks were repelled in multiple sectors.
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William
North Africa
Firat
U. S. Army
18Th Army
Eighth Armina
Jurgen von Arnim
Goubellat
Djebel
Artogu el Hanech
Boo Krin Moenassir
Edjebel
Medjes- Pi-Beb
First Army
Medjez-E-Bab
Britten
Pont du Mahe
Bou Areda
Sebkret el Krouzia
Axia
Algiers
Associated Press
Berlin
Ioana
Pont du Fahs
Tenis
Lewis Refuses Role in Wage Arbiter Panel
Washington AP report says War Labor Board moves to form a three man fact finding panel on the soft coal wage dispute despite John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers refusing to nominate a labor member. Appalachi a strikes spread with 6000 miners idle in Union Town Pennsylvania as captive mines collapse. The board plans to name members representing public, industry and labor with hearings set to begin Wednesday following a New York UMW policy committee meeting. Roosevelt signs 10 day extension to the Bituminous Coal Act defining minimum prices and fair trade rules.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Salea
Panal
Sporadia
Appalachian
Uniontown
Bomeatedl Company
Par Gona
UMW
New York
Roosevelt
Dort
War Labor Board
Russians Break Ties With Polish Regime Over Smolensk Killings
MOSCOW AP reports Soviet Russia severed relations with the Polish government in exile accusing it of collaborating with Germany in a hostile campaign against the Soviet Union tied to deaths of thousands of Polish officers near Smolensk. Molotov delivered the note to the Polish ambassador denouncing the Polish government and Germany’s role. The Soviet note claims Poland plotted to pressure for concessions at Ukraine’s expense and accuses Poland of a treacherous blow to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Pol' Lsh
Soviet Union
Smolensk
Gnn
Molotov
Tass
Germany
Hitler
Pollak
Ukraine
New Coffee and Blue Stamps Now Valid for Limited Time
Consumers rush to stock up as new coffee stamp No Twenty and blue stamps G H J become valid today through May 29. Old stamps expire yesterday, but a five day overlap allows use of stamps D EB and more to cover shortages while new issues replace value differences.
Summer Half Holidays Begin Thursday
Dothan merchants will observe the first half holiday of the summer closing Thursday when most stores will close at noon under an agreement reached by the Retail Merchants Association. Previously, holidays were held on Wednesdays. starting Thursday the stores will close for a half day each week through August 24.
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Dothan
Retaii Merchants Association
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