Board Tightens Rules On Supplemental Gas
A Houston County rationing board chair announces that applicants for supplemental gas for carpooling driving who show sufficient means in the area will receive ration cards for one probationary period. If no satisfactory car-sharing arrangement exists at the end, the board decides if efforts were made and may deny further aid. Car operators are urged to form car pools and alternate vehicles to conserve fuel.
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A D Wilkerson
Houston County
Tha Board
Pe &Us
Willan Marquard
Charles Higgins
Higgins
John Rappaport
Philadelphia Transporation Company
Ihe
Corn Jam Sectors Updated By War Pace Board
Houston County War Pace and Rationing Board announces ten day action on processed foods and meat stamps remain unchanged through Sunday August 33. Jams on corn are added while jams on grape and tomato marmalades and preserves are removed.
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Houston County War Pace and Rationing Board
Baltic battle rages as German flee toward Memel
Soviet and Polish forces push Germans on triple fronts around Riga and Vistula. Red Army advances threaten East Prussia while front reports say up to 15,000 Germans are cut off near Memel and defenses along the Vistula hold as Warsaw streets see heavy fighting with Polish underground joining the assault under Rokossovsky.
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Ivan Bagramian
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Leipaja
Ventepils
Mazirbe
Memel
Vistula
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Berlin
Prage
Juart
Cepital
Wawer
Zab
Brudno
Narak
Kobutka
Zerzen
Charmakhovsky
East
Proms
Suwalki Triangle
East Prussia
Poland
Kaunas
Brogichin
Bug River
Siedice
Esat Prussia
Inmerburg
Tilsit
Lyck
Konigasberg
Hitler
Tegione
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic
Germany
London
Bor
Praga
Kercelak
Belvedere Square
Pulawska
German raiders spotted. air war notes over Europe
The German radio claimed a single enemy raid over East Frusela at noon. Fewer than 100 German planes were seen over the battle zone in the last two hours yesterday. Several sorties damaged by antiaircraft and enemy planes downed. Bridge repairs deemed necessary after bombings.
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East Frusela
Harbor Repair Crew Fixes Flooded USO Harbor
Faye Grittin recalls a flood at the USO club in Dothan yesterday. A leaking pipe flooded the building and a repair crew of GI volunteers from a nearby camp helped remove water and rejoin the pipe. Sixteen more soldiers joined to restore the club to working order.
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Faye Grittin
Dothan
Faye
Tallahassee
USO Club
Dothan Club
Fage
Herder
Velvet bean caterpillar threatens Alabama crop bumper
The report notes that the velvet bean caterpillar endangers Alabama’s $35,000,000 crop. Ruffin says leaf worms pose a serious problem, while cutworms are manageable, and efforts aim to prevent damage to the bumper crop.
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Alabama
Ruffin
Farmore
Funeral arrangements for late resident of Headland
Number 6- (Continued From Page One) brother Irvin Kirkland Headland and two sisters Mrs Mattie Smith and Mrs Wesley Hickman Headland route three funeral was set at Bethewhem church at 4 p m today with Rev Jeff Simson officiating burial followed in the church cemetery Headland Mortuary in charge
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Irvin Kirkland
Headland
Mattie Smith
Wesley Hickman
Beth-ewhem Church
Jeff Simson
Offensive drives Germans back in Normandy push
British and American forces advance across northwest France as prisoners flood in. Allied divisions contend with German resistance near Caen and Tilly-La Campagne while air attacks target Seine and Loire bridges. German retreat risks encirclement as Allies pour into Normandy.
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Percy
Tasry-Sur- Vire
Villedieu-Lea-Peeles
Vire
Caen
Canadiana
Tilly-La Campegne
Seine
Loire
France
Normandy
Missionary Misa Lovegran to Speak at Grandview Church
Misa Mildred Lovegran will speak at Grandview Baptist Church at 8 tonight about her missionary work in China. The event highlights her experiences among the Chinese and is announced from Chicago commodities notes.
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Misa Mildred Lovegran
Ching
Grandview Baptist Church
Philadelphia transit strike sparks race clashes and production losses
In Philadelphia a transit workers walkout and racial violence disrupt bus trolley and subway service. Police report white drivers attacked. shops looted. crews fled as crowds gathered in Ridge Avenue and Southeast. Navy and Army production fell as transportation halted. Mayor called for federal action.
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Navy
Army
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Fort Dix
N. J
Bernard Samuel
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
War Labor Board
Fair Employment Practice Committee
War Menpower Commission
NLRB
White House
Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia
Marty S McDe- Wit
Philadelphia Civilian Defense Council
Turkey breaks with Germany shifts war position
The Turkish assembly breaks diplomatic and economic ties with Germany with Britain and United States support. Officials say Turkey would join the war only if Germany acts hostily, while Italy's role remains uncertain amid rising pressure on the Balkans and shifts in Finnish leadership. The move closes German embassies in Ankara and may expel German nationals, as Turkey reevaluates trade and strategic relations.
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Stracoglus
Turkey
Germany
Saracoglu
Britain
United States
Aspgrance
Lance
Bulgaria
Bern
Ankara
Black Sea
Mediterranean
NBC
Ororse
Middle East
Algo
Berlin
Pepranage Sill
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Finland
Manderheim
Washington
State Department
United Nations
Turkih Assembly
New York Cotton Prices Mixed Across Futures Stages
Market report shows mixed activity for New York cotton futures with October at 2112 and December at 2093 amid fluctuating highs and lows. Shorthand quotes indicate varying bids and middling grades, reflecting cautious trading as May contracts hover near 20.50 to 20.69 per unit amid off notes and market adjustments.
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New York
Orleans Contingent Oct View Two Million Two Seconds
Fragmentary OCR notes show a list of abbreviations and numbers with place names like Orleans and Mas OH and references to months and sums. The readable parts hint at a schedule or inventory note mentioning 210, 20m, 2K, and 2071, plus marks such as WS and DS without clear context. The fragment lacks a coherent event or action.
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Orleans
CoTrTron
Nazi Radio Confirms Rommel Wounded in Action
A Bern sourced German broadcast reported Field Marshal Rommel wounded in action and not in life danger, noting initial confusion about his condition. The radio claimed Rommel was injured during operations in France and later stated he had survived with a brain concussion, though some reports suggested death in a hospital.
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London
Iap
Dnb
Bern
Agy
Marc Eres Bocum
France
Reeomell
Day
Normandy
Rommel
Churchill outlines Teheran plans and allied gains in Europe
In a detailed Commons speech Churchill portrays Teheran agreements delaying risk and advancing Allied strength. He asserts German U boats beaten, Pacific successes expanding, and Normandy and Russian offensives on schedule. Eisenhower and Montgomery lead an unprecedentedly equipped army as losses are shared between British Canadian and American forces.
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Teheran
Jiume
Churchill
Britain
Hitler
Japan
United States
France
Dwight DB
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
House
Germany
Commons
Pacile
Burma
Pacific
Normandy
Montgomery
Probation Denied To Negro Bigamist
Circuit Judge D C Halstead denied the probation petition of Joe Slaughter. Slaughter, a Houston bigamy convict, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and had been free on bond pending the petition. Judge Halstead ordered re-arrest for execution of the sentence.
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D. C. Halstead
Joe Slaughter
Houston
Slaughter
Hal- Stead
County Plan To Fight Rat Typhus At Forum
Number 12 continued from page one states a meeting Friday at 3 p.m. in city hall auditorium to discuss a practical rat and typhus control program with Dr C R Eskey of the U S Public Health Service and Dr B F Austin of the State health officer and associates. The piece notes peak typhus season June through October and projects rising cases through August and September with prior month tallies: June nine July 18 August 14 September 15 October 11.
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City Hall Auditorum
C. R. Eskey
U. S. Public Health Service
B. F. Austin
Granddaughter in Custody After Fatal Grandmother Attack
Number 8 cobbler's sho e last. Mrs. Sim died hours later in hospital unable to regain consciousness. Police say no motive found. The Fancher woman was arrested at a taxicab stand while trying to hire a tan to Ozark where her husband works as a house painter. She reportedly confessed the attack but gave no reason for striking her grandmother.
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Sim
Fancher
Ozark
Churchill Praises Tanks and Normandy Sherman Use
The prime minister praised British Cromwell and Sherman tanks, noting many Shermans with 17 pounder guns flowing into Normandy. He cited Gen Montgomery on Tiger and Panther weaknesses and 17 pdr effectiveness. Churchill described the Churchill as thick skinned and adaptable, aiding offensive and defensive needs. He urged continued vigorous operations in Italy under Gen Alexander and his army, while acknowledging the substantial German losses.
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Prine Minster
Europe
Churchill
Italy
Alexander
Fisher brothers retire from General Motors Fisher Body division
AP reports the Fisher brothers Willem A. Lawrence Edward and Alfred J. Fisher retire from General Motors. Alfred P. Sloan Jr announces the move while Edward V. Fisher and Edward F. Fisher remain on the board and with the Fisher Body division as long as needed for the war effort. C E Wilson announces Thomas P. Archer as general manager of the Fisher body division, succeeding Edward F. Fisher.
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Detroit
Fisher Brothers
Willem A. Lawrence
Edward
Alfred J Fisher
General Moors Corporsuer
Alfred P. Sloan
Reying
Fisher Body
Sloan
C .E. Wilson
General Motors
Thomas P. Archer
Corporation
Edward F. Fisher
Saipan and Pacific War Progress Report
Number 7 continues on Saipan and surrounding campaigns with Allied advances from Agana toward Faclan Point. Ground losses for Japan on Saipan Tinian Guam exceed 30,000. Sixth Army expands landings in New Guinea and engages 45,000 bypassed Japanese. Allied forces land near Sansepot and probe British New Guinea positions. Japanese ships sunk and enemy positions identified, with 409 Japanese dead reported near Wewak.
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Agana
Faclan Point
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Pacific
Sixth Army
Vogéelkoppeninguit
Dutch New Guinea
Wewak
Armboina
Halmahera
Government war costs revised after renegotiation
The document shows revised postwar spending estimates with a net federal old age and insurance trust figure at about $45.863 billion and an approximate $1 billion rise in mixed receipts. It notes total yearly outlays near $8 billion, with last fiscal year at $38.0 billion and major wars departments listed: War Department about $47.6 billion, Navy around $24.5 billion, War Administration near $1.9 billion, plus several other categories.
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Sone
War Department
Navy
War Administration
Springs at St Bath Ex Center of Rove City Development
The springs at St Bath, Ex emerged as the focal point of a rove city project developed over several centuries AD, shaping early settlement patterns and urban growth in the region.
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St Bath
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