Asia and Pacific theater in early World War II
A condensed survey outlines Japanese advances across Thailand Malaya Singapore Hong Kong Philippines Guam Wake and the Dutch East Indies through early 1942. It notes British resistance, key dates, and Allied retreat to Australia as U S and Allied forces mass for counteroffensives beginning later in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nugpen
Thailand
Malaya
Dee
Atross Rom
Gin Fev
Brush Bereships
Singapore
Hong Kong
Philippines
Aparri
Lingayen Bay
Manine
Douglas Macarthur
Manile
Tan
Arthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
Jo Wainwright
U.S
Guam
Tali
Aireri
Tun
Eltherlands East Indies
Bern
Ball
Tuner
Java
Batavia
Ashe
Indies
New Guinea
Cape
Efhey
Buna Sid Gona
For
Moresby
Haven Starley Mountains
A. Aping Board
Fluvation of
Solomon IS
Solomons
Tulagi
Florida Island
Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Kiska
Attu
Agattu
Alaska
America
United States
U. S
Guadalcanal
MacArthur
Monthly Repayment Plan Claims to Clear Debts Quickly
A monthly repayment plan promises to eliminate debts and emergencies by consolidating into a single affordable payment deducted from income, claiming easy qualification and relief from financial strain.
Three Dothan Men Back From Europe
Three Dothan soldiers were scheduled to arrive in New York today. Private Hayward Stanley Dothan route two Moses Kimp Henry L McAllister listed with full addresses. Additional returning servicemen landed at Hampton Roads Virginia Wednesday per AP report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hayward Stanley Dothan
Moses Kimp
Hersey Grev
Dothan
Henry L. McAllister
East
Troy Street
Hampton Roads
Europe
Associated Press Today
Firs
Clarence A Brogden
Lloyd HL. Davis
George Ky
R Ussell
Enterprise
Ant M. Set
Daniel T. Brannan
Tle
Two Ball Games Scheduled Here Tonight
Two games are on tap tonight at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium Dothan Ice Cream hosts Dr Tepper city league game and Camp Rucker Buffaloes visit Marianna tomorrow night The Marianna team will feature ace pitcher Johnson who struck out 22 Camp Rucker batters in a previous meeting The earlier game was postponed due to wet ground.
Two Waves Receive Navy Training Assignments
Two Wiregrass recruits completed basic training and are assigned to further duty. Sarah Kelly Moss of Cattswood is ordered to Great Lakes Naval Hospital Corps School as a hospital apprentice. Mary Lounell Parker of Hartford Route Two is ordered to report as a typist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Bronx
New York
Sarah Kelly Moss
Cottomwood
Seeuldeliss
Great Lakes Naval Hospital Corps School
Mary Lounell Parker
Hartford
Wave Moss
W. B. Bally
Cat
Tmswood
Wave Parker
L. J. Parker
Hartford Roue
War Department Reports No Serious Disorder In Reich
War Department dispatches from Washington report no serious disorder in the German Reich amid occupation, noting Germans show respect for military government. The note covers electricity, coal, food supply strain, displaced persons, and health, including typhus and tuberculosis in camps like Dachau and Buchenwald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Reich
Washington
Germany
Simeon
Dew
Dachau
Buchenwald
War labor agencies pace reconversion plan
The text outlines a proposal by OWMR and WPE to empower the War Production Board to employ sweeping priority powers during wartime and to extend its authority into peacetime reconversion. It notes Snyder's directives guiding WPB to supply tools and personnel while OWMR gains legal authority, reshaping civilian field operations after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Mediation Board
National War Labor Board
WPB
Snyder
Congress
Contempt hearing continues in Bush M. Jackson suit
The Browning hearing concluded with no defense witnesses. Three respondents waived immunity to testify as prosecution called them. Defense attorney Eckhardt planned to seek a writ of habeas corpus. The case stems from a forcible entry and detainer suit heard May 25 27 before Judge Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Marcellus Eckhardt
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bush M. Jackson
Joe L. Mayes
Laval testimony on wartime agreements and Allied knowledge
The testimony questions the Hosre Laval pact with Britain and France claiming Mussolini would gain Etholpia. Laval says the English government knew, England's Templewood declines to comment, and notes a break with Petain over the Republic. He recalls October 1840 when England faced invasion alone and doubts Germany’s defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taval
France
Britain
Mussolini
Etholpia
Stanley Baldwin
England
Lord Templewood
Laval
Petain
Airliner sinks at Fort de France in Martinique
An Pan American amphibian plane carrying 10 passengers and crew of four sank at about 10 00 am on landing at Fort de France Martinique. Airline officials here announced the fate of those aboard was unknown. The plane was a repilar north band theft from Trinidad through the Windward stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Fort de Frange
Martinique
Trinidad
Corporal Roy Homey Visits Dothan During Furlough
Corporal Anthony J. Roy, a veteran of the European Theater of Operations, arrived in the United States this week and is spending his furlough in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl, Roy Homey
Anthony J. Roy
United States
Dothan
Reception at Napier Honors Brigadier General Vincent
Napier Field officers host a reception and tea dance Saturday afternoon to honor Brigadier General and Mrs. Clinton D. Vincent. General Vincent recently assumed command of the 2th Flying Training Wing, now overseeing four former wings of the Eastern Flying Training Command. Also attending will be Colonel Charles B. Stewart, Lt. Stephen J. Gurd, and Mrs. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton D. Vincent
Napier
Vincent
2Th
Eastern Flying Training Command
Vincert
Charles B. Stewart
Stewart
Stephen J. Gurd
Spm
Man freed after being trapped in city banyan tree
Police and fire crews responded to a midnight call about a man stuck among roots and branches of a large banyan tree in the city center. Saws and axes were used to free him, and the event became the strangest incident of the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Petersburg
Fia
iPolice
Rorcelone
700000 American Troops Coming Home
The U S Army announced redeployment of about 200450 American service members from Europe to the United States by July with 245000 men already sent home. Theater Service Force HQ notes this reduces forces as Pacific and European theater ports shift troops, with August discharges expected near July levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Mun
Blizb
Pacific
United States
Joe DiMaggio Returns to Florida Hospital Care
Joe DiMaggio arrives at Don CeSar hospital in St. Petersburg Florida after tours in Italy and the Pacific with the Seventh Air Force. Doctors have not completed his checkup but swelling stomach issues are noted and a discharge would come through Washington per War Department rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joe Dimaggio
New York Yankee
Army Air Forces
Don CeSar
Italy
Atlantic City
N. J
Seventh Air Force
Pacific
Dimaggio
War Department
Washington
Ward Case Referred To OES Director For Action
The War Labor Board referred the case of Montgomery Ward and Co. to Economic Stabilization Director Davis after finding unsuccessful attempts to enforce directives. The referral follows a hearing on non compliance affecting the mail order house in Baltimore and stores in Washington, Pueblo, Barre, Washington Pa, Coro, Kansas City Kans, Kansas City Mo, and Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Davis
Montgomery Ward and Co
Baltmore
Barre
Air offensive rises as forces strike Japan shores
Marine fliers train for mission sky support as over 100 Army Mustangs from Iwo attack Nagoya Kobe and Honshu airfields factories railroads and ships. Spaatz's air arm followed a pre dawn strike hitting four Honshu cities and a Tokyo Bay oil center with heavy damage amid limited enemy resistance. MacArthur reports substantial land target devastation and ongoing operations as war bonds promotion closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Iwo
Nagoya
Kobe
Honshu
Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Tokyo Bay
Far East
Kyushu
Na~ Basaki
Manila
MacArthur
Postwar Plans Outlined by Allied Leaders
The Big Three at Yalta map out a postwar order for Germany Italy and Poland detailing occupation controls reparations and borders. Germany faces dismantling of heavy industry and strict supervision while Poland gains land and security guarantees. War crimes will be pursued and Southeastern Europe remains under Allied oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Sprets
Teport Hall
Eetad
United States
Bonus
Sulgana
Hungary
Feland
Theriment
We Blades
Menis
Europe
Germany
Bertin
Nde Sa
Allians
Moscow
Wattrex
Poland
Mgr. Attlee
Stalin
Pomerania
Stiesis
Bradenburg
Prussia
Koxnlysberg
Russia
Iiidtea
Penssie Paoland
Fur Proterritories
Russe
Yalta
Roma
Bulgaria
Im Hase
British Cabinet reshuffle hints at prewar shifts
The page notes Miss Margaret Bondfield and Sir Ben Smith in cabinet posts. It mentions renewed appointment as Minister of Food to meet domestic diet demands and a surprise designation related to wartime needs. The text reflects early war preparation and shifts in leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bondfield
Lauber
Ben Smith
Washington
Lurape
Ben
London
Return of Pvt Marshall B Faylor and unit to the United States
The report notes Pvt Marshall B. Faylor and his band with Mrs Trene Taylor returning via Ashford road after service in the Muvepan theater. It mentions Pvt Wit and the Bharkhawk Die Vision as the first division to redeploy to the Pacific and then return home after nearly five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall B. "Faylor
Trene Taylor
Ashford Road
Capp Gruber
Gilauther A
Gay Furtwuen
Wit
Muvepan
Bharkhawk
United Staes
Uni
Tient
Pacific
Berlin Black Market Dominates After War Ruin
The Berlin black market thrives despite Allied control, with extensive networks near the Reichstag and Imperial Castle. Prices skyrocket in dollars, as Russians and Americans supply demand for coffee sugar butter watches and fabrics while regular stores run short and barter proliferates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtries
Nea Servier
Berlin
Marnetiihes
Reichstag
Imperial
Alexanderatz
Kurhereiandamm
Belin
Bertin
Bern
Gestapo
Plive
Zelliers
Berg
United States
Iickey
Marianna Field Open House Marks Army Air Forces Anniversary
Thousands attend at Marianna Field as the Army Air Forces anniversary is celebrated with a public open house. Colonel Zipp, Marianna officials, and local leaders speak, demos feature A 28 and other aircraft, airing chemical and flame throwing displays, ditching practice, and a mobile fire unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna Field
Mariknog Army
Wtyco
Army Air Forces
Air Force
Gre Hh
Zipp
Marianna
Ay Hinson
Elosay
Colonel Zipp
Hinson Chay
Ber of Commerce
Charlton Keen
Leyter Bush
Ha Bowles
Marian Field
Japan
Pacific
9 Army
End of the World Berlin Black Market Despair
A wartime Berlin dispatch portrays a collapsing economy where 3000 marks trade, dope, and prostitution barter for goods. Soldiers exchange cheap watches for dollars, Germans hoard scarce items, and military police bust gambling dens as Russians and Americans repurpose marks into rubles and dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Berlin
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Asia
Pease
Priaps
Korg
Theiland
Shane
Imoroline
Dothan Savings and Loan CO
Dothan's Bank
Foster
Headland
Ala
C. E. Blakey
N. Foster
Teete
Spain
Harold J. Larks
Labor Party
Franco
Arline Judge
Las Vegas
Vincent Organ Bean
Chicago
Miss Judge
Ryan
FFC
Spears
Dock Spears
Samson
Miami Army Air Field
New Orleans
States
Ward
OES
Fe Klocgh
Penn
Rcarborought Bros. Western Auto Associate Store
North Foster
Louis L. Goldblatt
Lure Kldu
DK Pepper Sottling Company
Alabama
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