Wage and Hour Law Declared Unneeded Amid War Effort
Congressman Henry F. Seagall told Headland citizens that wage and hour laws have no place during wartime as men at the front sacrifice for freedom. He urged support for war crops efforts in Henry County and defended government strategy while praising Allied leadership and vowing the conflict will shape postwar life.
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Henry F. Seagall
Headland
Henry County
Brengall
Churchill
Foosavelt
United States
Congress
Tan Breagall
Walch
World War II Update from Sicily Front
The Associated Press reports fresh American troops push into Sicily as German resistance stiffens. Allied forces surge to prevent Axis troops from turning a retreat into a rout amid bombardments by American warships.
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Sicily
Germany
Fathers Face Less Chance Of Winning Army Commissions
Washington AP reports fathers facing conscription face far tougher odds at earning an Army commission. Quotas for officer candidate schools shrink, basic training lengthens to 17 weeks, and overseas service favored. Retirement rules may create vacancies, but exact counts are unknown. Many chances now lean toward Navy as Army ranks fill.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Navy
Boards Reclassify Houston Fathers
Houston County officials announced that three Selective Service Boards will begin reclassifying all fathers immediately. An order directing the immediate reclassification was received today.
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Houston County
Three Selective Service Board
Georgia lowers voting age to eighteen in historic move
ATLANTA AP Georgia becomes the first state to drop the voting age from 21 to 18. Gov Arnall backs a national plank while urging a constitutional commission to draft a revised charter. Early returns show about 16810 in favor and 5260 against with potential 160000 new voters added to a 425000 roll.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
General Assembly
Anld
Arpall
Eugene Talmadge
University
Board of Regents
New Commander Named At Rucker
Brigadier General F. W. Menley will be replaced as commanding general of Camp Rucker Alabama by Lt Col Lloyd B. Spooner of Fort Bragg Reception Center. The Public Relations office said no exact departure date was set and details of his next assignment were not released. General Manley began his forty third year of Army service after promotion to his current rank in October 1943.
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Camp Rucker
F. W. Menley
Camp Rucker, Ale
Lloyd B. Spooner
Fort Bragg
N. C
Manley
Rucker
Calomel
New Tax Bill Hints Higher Levy On Income
Washington reports indicate Treasury and congressional experts favor income tax increases for war financing, with possible excess profits levy on wartime earners. A retail sales tax momentum appears weaker as discussions center on elevating individual and corporate taxes to fund the effort.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Italy Still Facing Unconditional Surrender Terms
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the Allies continue to demand unconditional surrender from Italy. He cited Eisenhower's remarks and German broadcasts as context while noting no peace terms are offered. The piece notes rising Italian resistance to unconditional demands amid possible invasion plans.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eden
Geneva
Rocegvett
Italy
One Killed Five Hurt In Collision
A collision in Pascagoula, Mississippi left one person dead and five injured as reports indicate a work stoppage at Togalls Shipbuilding. The article notes an August 5 deadline for about 1698 workers to return to work or be replaced, amid ongoing tension at the yard.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Monro B. Lanter
Togalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Lanier
Napier Soldier Killed in Alabama Highway Crash
A Napier Field soldier, Private H. K. Chestnut from Decatur Georgia route two, died in a crash on Montgomery Highway near Dale County. Five others were injured including Privates Joseph T. Keough and Richard R. Seals both from Napier Field and Private Francia Moora from Camp Rucker, plus Mrs Ruby Deese of Dothan and Lois Horne of Midland City. The collision occurred at 1 am when a turning car at an intersection was rear ended by Chestnut’s vehicle, which then overturned and slid about 180 feet.
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Napier
Montgomery
Dale County
Moe
Alabama
Earl Handly
H. K. Chestnut
Decatur
Joseph T. Keough
Richard R. Seals
Napier Field
Francia
Moora
Camp Rucker
Ruby J. Deese
North Oates Straet
Dothan
Lois Horne
Midland City
Jack Glover
Haendly
Deess
Horne
Glover
Chestnut
Dease
Keough
Seale and
Weore
Headiy
Parrolman Headly
Dees
Hitler’s Health Troubling German Leaders Reported
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm cites an unconfirmed NYA Born correspondent claiming Adolf Hitler’s health is causing anxiety in Germany. The Beedish newspaper allegedly notes Heinrich Himmler asked Hitler’s doctors for an accurate report on his condition.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
NYA Dagigt al- Iehanda
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Po Lea
Hitler
End Of Coffee Rationing Sparks No Stampede Here
The Dothan area saw no rush as coffee rationing ended. Retailers note calm buying and ample supplies despite public expectations of scarcity. Grocers report some households with multiple coupons built up reserves while allowances shifted from four to three weeks.
Badoglio Regime Dims Prospects Of Early Peace
In Madrid a report from Italians who left Rome last Sunday says Premier Badoglio’s regime has tightened military discipline, dimming hopes for an early Italian surrender. Peace movements lack strong leadership while Badoglio shows resolve to maintain control amid recent upheavals and high morale shifts in Italy’s armed forces.
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Badoglio
Charles
Foltz Madrid
Pistro Badoglio
Regima
Italy
Baoms
Spain
Badogilo
Invasion Of Sicily Directed From Malta By Gen Eisenhower
Allied headquarters in North Africa disclosed that Malta served as Eisenhower s operational headquar ters for the Sicily invasion. He stayed in a 1840s Knights of St. John palace with Lord Gort, with tunnels used for offices. Malta air command and anti aircraft defenses claimed many Axis aircraft as the invasion approached.
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Belmaw Morin
North Africa
Yeland
Malte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Knights of St. John
Lord Gort
Malta
Durring
Eisenhower
Thare
Aicily
Boy Injured in Fall From Moving Auto
Allen McLaney four and one half year old son of Mr and Mrs J E McLaney Newton was seriously injured yesterday when he fell from an automobile driven by his mother on the Montgomery highway. Relatives said he was attempting to shoot at a deer when the door latch gave way. He was brought to Deathan hospital with a fractured skull.
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Allen MecLaney
J. E McLaney
Newton
Montgomery
Bair
German Retreat From Vital Base Besieged Orel City
Soviet forces drive toward Orel as German defenses collapse under a two pronged advance from the southeast and east. Russians report reaching Pilatovia Suis and Domnine within five to seven miles, with heavy fighting north and northwest as the German retreat appears imminent. An official bulletin claims German casualties near two thousand and losses of tanks and artillery, with a large-scale envelope of the besieged city forming.
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SY Bewry
Camsing
Moscow
Orel
Pilatovia
Suis
Domnine
Domoing
Red Army
U. S. Infantry Reach Edge of Munda Airfield
Allied dispatch reports U S infantrymen hacking through jungle toward the edge of the Munda airstrips on New Georgia in the central Solomons. MacArthur spokesman notes Japanese resistance stiffening, with heavy fighting near Bibolo Hill and Balroko Warrior as air and sea bombardment continues.
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William F. Bont
Southwest Pacific
United States
Nesta of Merce
Munda
Streen
Gan
Douglass MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Kaejele
Bibolo Hill
Bibolo Hil
Balroko Warrior
Civilian Worker Injured At Napier Field
Doris Gamble twenty four a civilian employee at Napier Field depot was injured yesterday when a portable Evans Taememer left foot became tangled in depot ware. She was admitted to Napier Field hospital in serious condition with a badly bruised foot.
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Mies Doris Gamble
Aub
Napier Field
Mapier Field
Evans Ten Eeemer
Miss Gambis
Aunts Gamble
W. Crawford Etzect
Air Sea and Land Forces Sweep Sicily As Allied Offense Rages
Allied bombers and ships shell Axis defenses across Sicily as American Seventh Army and British Eighth Army press the drive toward Messina and Adrano. Heavy air raids, naval activity, and ground pushes mark a major offensive with Patton and Montgomery leading operations.
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Fallen Combestoe
Catania
Agira
Messing
Siclly
Adreno
Medina
Naples
Mi Ming
Seventh Army
George A Patton, Jr
Gun
Montgomery
Rome
Associated Press
Sicily
Ragalbuto
Cenduripe
Mt Etna
Eirforce
Tyrrhenian
Milasse
Messina
Troina
Taormina Raad
Randegso
Wau
Appsaraneo
Fresh
America
Erith Dria
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