Man Fatally Injured After Poker Game Brawl in Meridian
Meridian Mississippi police report a stabbing style assault at the Pine Jims night club following a poker game. An unknown assailant grabbed Harris by the neck with both hands and applied pressure, breaking his neck and leaving him in critical condition. Authorities say the attack occurred after the game and unidentified suspect fled the scene.
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Meridian
Hoeriig
Colom Alo
Harris
Pine Jims
Dothan Man Injured In Auto-Truck Crash
Jack Wise of Dothan a former US deputy marshal was slightly injured Saturday night in a gate mobile truck collision south of Cottonwood near the Florida line. Sergeant HB Moody of the Alabama State Highway Patrol said Wing was traveling south at the time. Three passengers in the truck driven by J B Royelt of Madrid escaped injury. No cases were made, Moody added.
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Jack Wise
Dothan
Cottomwood
Florida
HB Moody
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Moody
Wing
J B Royelt
Madrid
Moody Anid
Two Kudzu Cuttings For Feed Possible
Established stands of kudzu can provide two cuttings of bay to help their feed requirements, if the first cuttings are made before the end of July. Aubrey Loyd of the Houston County Wiregrass Golf Conservation District explains timing to store reserve food in roots. He warns that cutting in August or September reduces root reserves and weakens plants for winter, while a November first cut is safer for late fall harvest.
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Aubrey Loyd
Houston County
Wiregrass Golf Conservation District
Loyd
Tire and Tube Quotas for August Named by County Board
The county War Price and Rationing Board announced August quotas for tires and tubes. Houston County receives 328 Grade One passenger tires, 396 Grade Three tires, 233 truck and bus tires, 178 tubes, and a passenger car tube allotment of 289.
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County War Price and Rationing Board
Houston County
Bomb War Fallout Deepens In German Cities
A Sardish correspondent reports Germans face mass mobilization as civilians abandon cities. Berlin warns it can be bombed tonight or tomorrow while Hamburg lies nearly deserted after repeated air assaults. Authorities urge courage and preparedness as wounded and homeless stream toward shelter.
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Lemtusuré
Bertin
Storkbvlin
Altenbindel
Germany
War Ag
Feud
Leiba
Dagens Nyheter
Leasats
Jegurd
Mir
Speriin Prem
Berlin
Hamburg
Ruhr Wold
President reports budget shifts in first five year plan
The president disclosed a revised five year budget showing Navy spending up 400 million to 28 billion while Army outlays drop by 5 billion to 77 billion. Total government outlay reaches 106 billion with 38 billion from current revenues leaving a 68 billion deficit. Fiscal year ends June 30 with debt rising to 206 billion. last year spent 80 billion with 58 billion deficit. No July quota set amid war production notes.
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Pacific
Navy
Congress
Woodevelt
Jaycees Map Plans For Year In Dothan
Jaycees announce plans for a new year led by president Jantun Warren. The group aims to boost membership and unveil a seven point program to benefit Dothan. Warren urged current and prospective members to attend the luncheon and hear distributions.
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Jaycees
Warren
Richmond McClintock
Anzous
Dothan
Jaycee
Maddox Rites Held For John Samuel Maddox
John Samuel Maddox eighty one died at home on Dothan route three after a week illness. Funeral services were to be held at four pm today at Union Hill Baptist church with Rev Albert Davis officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survivors include three sons Sam Maddox Fred Maddox and Johnnie Maddox and several daughters and twenty four grandchildren with seven great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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John Samuel Maddox
Dothan
Union Hi) Baptist
Albert Davis
Fellows
Forrester
Houston County
Randolph County
Sam Maddox
Fred Maddox
Cottonwood
Johnnie Maddox
Ashford
Mre
Oter Parker
Cleo Spiller
Magdeline Bury
Columbus
Minnie Harper
Nora Dickerson
Edna Adame
Nth
Edna Maddox
Charlie Smith
A. Fowler
Rastua Cameron
Grady Kirkland
R O Wells
Fred Snell
D C Marshall
Leonard Gilmore
Bombers Hit Romanian Oil Refineries In Major Raid
General Brereton praised 2,000 airmen who attacked Priests fields targeting refineries storage tanks and cracking plants. About 150 to 200 Liberators dropped high explosives and wrecked installations as the raid claimed heavy damage. It was the second American strike on Priests fields with the first in January 1942 involving 15 bombers.
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Victor H. Strahim
Brereton
Strahm
A & Ent
Fu¢Re
Priests Fielda
Turkey
Red Army
Southern farm wages rise 33 percent nationwide index lower in South
The BAE report notes stronger labor stringency in the South may be less severe than elsewhere. Farm wages in the South Atlantic States rose sharply, currently about 33 percent above last year's average. The July 1 index stands at 222 percent of the 1910-14 base, below the national 27a level.
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BAE
Army Demobilization Sparks Training and Aid Proposals
The article notes plans to retire older workers to make room for younger ones and calls for federal help to extend educational services for workers displaced by demobilization. It cites the NPA on unemployment benefits averaging only $1 per week and requests a Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate on demobilization duration, suggesting up to two years. It mentions a ground-school course on causes of error and notes Navy patrol blimps with unique capabilities.
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Nations Manning Association
NPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alvitan
Inspectors Called To Meeting In Houston County
A D Wilkerson, chair of the War Price and Rationing Hoard, announced a meeting of all inspectors and fire dealers in Houston County tomorrow at the county courthouse to discuss recent changes in tire regulations and the tire rationing program. The meeting will be presided by the rationing board chairman. Inspectors absent from the meeting will have their tire inspection permits canceled. All inspectors must attend to learn the new regulations and study required forms for inspection stations.
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D Wilkerson
Houston County
Nazis Mass Troops in Northern Italy Invasion Threat
German army, estimated at 18 divisions, garrisoned in northern Italy with confidence that Badoglio’s surrender could only extend to the Po river line. Reports say strong units occupy upper Adige valley near Trento, with Milan and Zara/Fiume areas moving toward German control as Italian forces withdrawal and Balkan links shift.
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Charless Foi
Madrid
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Adige
Trento
Brenner Pass
Milan
Tura
Gulf of Venice
Zara
Fiume
Greece
Montenegro
Serbia
Albania
Neutind
Hitler
Balkans
Bologna
Venice
Gon Dwight VD Eisenhowean
la Spezia
Rome
Tesara
Thegh
Restaurants Warned To Use Minimum Help
Washington AP The War Manpower Commission warns restaurants in labor shortage areas to cut staff by reducing services. They should eliminate finger bowls cloths tablecloths and napkins, simplify menus, and limit table service while guests handle more tasks such as pouring water and serving themselves. Luxury venues and those with doormen or cigarette service are told to manage on their own.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Alexandria nurse investigates Red Cross chapter role
Mrs Bertha B Jones, nursing representative for the American Red Cross, stationed at Alexandria, Virginia, surveys the local chapter to assess possibilities for introducing nurse aides at the hostels at Camp Rucker and related facilities.
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Bertha B Jones
Len
American Red Frass
Alexandria
Virginia
Camp Rucker
State stamped whiskey seized at hotel in Montgomery
An investigator and another ABC agent arrested James Allen at a hotel after buying a pint of state stamped whiskey for four dollars. The same brand sells in state stores for 130. Whiskey was found in the hotel basement and condemned for shipment to ARC Road at Montgomery for resale at reduced prices.
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Para One
James Allen
ABC
Thomas
Easterwood
Montgomery
Mitte
Sam
Anid
Cemetery Working At Piney Grove Cemetery
There will be a cemetery work at Piney Grove Thursday morning. It was announced today. All interested persons are urged to bring tools.
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Piney Grove
War broadcasts demand unconditional surrender of Italian forces
Dispatches from Madrid and Rome describe Allied calls for unconditional surrender as Mussolini is ousted. Vatican peace talks suspected but no direct armistice request. Allies warn of aerial punishment if German troops remain in Italy, while Italian press seeks “a place of honor” or neutrality.
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Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Madrid
Rome
Vatican
Badofan
Italy
Dwicht D Eisenhower
Badognio
Bern
Dist
Benito Mussolini
Aimers Radio
Italan
Fane- Ign
Radogno
Traly
Mary
Germany
Toney Naire
Rdinal Mactier
ApAl
Giovanni Battista Motoni
Vatte
Mer
Cardinal Mar
Haold Tittiman
Charr A'Attatres
Royal Palace
British Middle East
Cairo
IU S Draft Delinquents Listed in Wiregrass Area
The district attorney announced a list of 2 percent draft delinquents in the Wiregrass region. It names 15 Black and white registrants from Egba, Dothan, Headland, Ozark, Enterprise, and nearby towns. Delinquents face federal penalties up to five years and a 316,000 fine if noncompliant.
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Edward Burns Parker
Middle District
Negresa Abé Alx
Regiatranis
Metedes
James Baker
Jim Caldwell
John Frank Smith
Emmett Carpenter
Egba
Earl Beauford
George Cummings
Joe Johnson
Robert J. Johnson
James Monroe
Charlie C. Owens
Marlon Henry Thompson
Lemon Williams
Jermiah Obrion
Ban Rockwell
Aft of
Dothan
Will Coleman
Willie Davis
Jacob MecKissiah
Ozark
Ralph Colley Helms
Kenneth Rogers
Bacar Lewis Simmons
James Henry Ward
Enterprise
Germans Italians Clashing In Crete
London dispatches report bitter clashes between German soldiers and Italian troops on Crete as Germany seeks to disarm Italians and arrest officers. Some Italian troops surrendered weapons while others were fired upon. Axis garrisons in Greece show rising friction.
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London
Crete
Greece
Cairo
Istanbul
Middle East
Wuld
Maritime Service Accepts 4-F Registrants for Service
Selective Service officials in Houston County announce that the United States Maritime Service will accept registrants with IV-F classifications who meet lowered physical standards. No draft will occur, but those who pass may volunteer. Further details available from local boards or the U S Maritime Service enrolling office in Birmingham.
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Selective Service
Houston County
United States Maritime Service i
Maritime Service
Selective Service Boards
U. S Maritime Service
Birmingham
George speaks on postwar peace and foreign policy
In Barnesville Georgia the President opposed him and backed Lawrence Camp, a New Dealer. George, a Senate Foreign Relations member, supports some foreign policy, disagrees on domestic issues, and urges a practical peace plan with modest promises and swift fulfillment.
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Barnesville
United States
Lawrence Camp
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swift Promios
German Occupation Strain in Balkans and Europe Rumors
Reports from Crete say German forces disarmed Tralahan units amid fear of broader Italian surrender. An exhausted Balkans scene unfolds with thousands of anti Axis leaflets in Sofia. Foreign press notes shifting German prospects, with Spain and Sweden signaling reduced hope and fascist doubts about victory.
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Crete
Balkans
Ankara
Sofia
Italy
Harlem Unrest After Police Clash and Looting Erupts
Reported riots in Harlem fueled by gunfire and looting as police clash with civilians. Mayor La Guardia orders traffic curbs, emergency headquarters, and heavy police deployment with thousands of officers patrolling. 3 civilians wounded, several arrested on riot related charges.
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Wy Petice
Jet Martine
Ares
Vincent Randolph
Toxim
Ravennah
Masley Saker
Gemary Street
Bevannes
Bleaer
Siebach
Udth Street
Neil Laces
Porrow
Decenut
Harlem
Atresta
Thoes
Lewis J. Valentine
Patrick Walsh
West Street
Heriem
Watrdman
Rious
GF. H. la
Atoreka
Ma Guardis
Harler Station
Onaerosatown
Cadet Tom Fellows Completes Flight Training at Malden Field
Cadet Tom T. Fellows, son of A. T. Fellows of King, completed basic flight training at Malden Army Air Field in Malden, Missouri, as announced by the platoon office.
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Tom T
A. T
Kmg
Malden A
Malden
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