Forces at Bonin Islands Shell Japanese Fleet in Double Battle
American forces, in a two day raid near the Bonins, claim destruction of several Japanese vessels including five escorts and a large freighter. Carrier planes hit Taha Muke and Ane islands as part of a broader Pacific campaign. Guam base expansion and airfield development are noted, with Sixth Army troops advancing toward Sansapor and Philippine coastlines.
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Amerincan
Omura
Chi- Taha
Muke
Ane
Bomas
Cagrep
Paciic
U. S
Uimont
Marianas
Seperfeci
San Bny
Robert W. Cougar
Sey Army Air Force
Tokyo
Guam
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Control Plan To Be Presented To Commissioners
A control plan for rat and disease management in Dothan is to be presented to the City Commission tomorrow. Officials aim to fund the program jointly with county and city support and to release complete cost figures later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Hans
Labves
World Today: British push toward Paris with Brittany breakthrough
British forces advance toward Paris as Brittany operations gain momentum. Allied units push through coastal areas, closing on strategic points while German defenses resist delays. Reports confirm movement on multiple fronts with mounting pressure on occupied zones.
Strike Breaker Militants Return to Work in Philadelphia
Army restored normal transportation in Philadelphia after a week of disruption caused by an unauthorized walkout. Four leaders faced discharge and bond terms, while 13 of 6,000 transport workers reported on time. Production surged as tension between races eased and rail service resumed.
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Philadelphia
Tet Army
Army
James H. MccMenarmn
Frank P. Carey
William C
Sears
WLB Head Sees Labor and Industry Unite Postwar
War Labor Board chairman William H. Davis foresees industrial peace after World War II. He envisions labor and management agreeing on basic goals to achieve full employment, fair wages, and fair profits, reducing the chance of renewed conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy Washington
Wiliam H. Davis
War Labor Board
Davis
Farm Machinery Now Under Price Control
AP reports price control extended to farm machinery to curb overcharges. District official Merman Olsen notes postwar speculators claimed machinery not retail dodgers, easing access to quotas. Regulation aims to prevent excessive pricing while controls adjust for tires and other items.
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Birmingham
District Office of Price Administration
Tecold
Merman Olsen
OPA
Russians Strike Across Eastern Front At Yet Another Push
Eleven Soviet army groups attacked from Krakow to East Prussia as Drohobycz fell to Russian forces. Red aircraft followed the retreating Germans while Rokossovsky pressed for Vistula crossings and Memel access. Warsaw remained fiercely contested with street fighting and German demolitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Deluce
Moscow
Germany
East Wall
Krakow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Drohobycz
Carpathian
Reich
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Vistula
German Silesia
Red Army
San Virtule Nver
Joseph Stalin
Drohobycr
Galicia
Russia
Poland
Ivan D. Chermakhovsky
Tilsit
Baltic
Memel
Violence Averted By Military Police In Abbeville
Henry County Sheriff G H Gamble said mob violence threatened to flare in Abbeville when an unidentified Negro soldier slapped an aged white man on an Abbeville street. Military police intervened and kept the situation from a lynching. The sheriff noted an argument between soldiers preceded the incident and a bystander, about eight years old, helped calm tensions.
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Henry County
G.H Gamble
Abbeville
Shertt Gamble
Henry Court
Hub Tice
Hub Tice About 8 Years Old, Intervened and Asked the Two To Coupe Brguns
Negre
Rerra
Reconversion Fight Comes Before House
Washington AP Congress weighs reconversion laws as Senate debates Murray Truman Kilgore unemployment bill vs George plan. The former would pay up to 35 dollars weekly for veterans and jobless, funded by federal excess over state averages. the George proposal keeps administration to states with smaller benefits. Leaders aim to resolve urgent reconversion measures by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
House Republicans
Senaor George
D-Ga
George
House
Captured Nips Found To Be In shocking State
British forces pursuing Japanese beyond Tamu report no organized resistance and describe prisoners as in a shocking state. In Myitkyina and nearby villages, many Japanese lay dead or dying while bodies are buried amid ongoing monsoon battles. Farther south, Japanese delay actions near Imphal and across the Kabul Valley roads as Allied advances push remnants into North Burma.
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Southeast Asia Command
Rand
Ceylon
Tamu
Myithyina
Tong
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Imphal
Bashas
Kabaw
Tama Wath
Borns
GOP House Control Would Hit Southern Chairmen Hard
Washington AP reports Republican control of the next House could strip 24 committee chairmen of power, including Texas Speaker Sam Rayburn and 28 of 47 southern chairmanships. The shift would leave the South with only a handful of top posts while Eastern and Western chairmen dominate.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Texas
Sam Rayburn
House Committee
New England
Smith
House
American shoppers set new all time purchase record
James Marlow reports that US retail sales for the first half of 1944 rose sharply above 1943 levels, with food, clothing, repairs, furniture and durable goods driving growth. Government figures show an eight percent rise year over year, hinting at a possible record $68 to $70 billion in total 1944 sales.
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James Marlow Washington
Barnes
Commerce Department
Paris Evacuated as Nazis Press in Italy Front
Allied reports describe German shelling of Florence and a widening front as American and British forces advance from Cassino to the Arno. More than 50,000 prisoners were taken by Fifth and Eighth Armies. Allied lines push south and east of Florence with debris of resistance along the Arno.
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U. S
St. Lo
France
Normandy
Signal Corps
SY Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Harold Alexander
Mmimuque
Arno
Fifth
Eighth
Cassino
Montelup
Pontasmere
Alexander
Monte Pisano
Pisa
Livorno
Arezzo
Tiber
Umbertide
San
Gladwin Bill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Avranches
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Battany
Mortain
Dormfront
Morain
al Med
Aaid
Berler
Thetafora
Lourdeval
Efie Dently
Avanches
Brittany
Javigny-Le - Tertre
Cherence-Le-Bourse
Vire
Pariy
Orneon
Caen
Bretm Peninsula
Housing Program Given Priority in Dothan Reconversion
Dothan's reconversion housing program plans remodeling of 25 units with government approval and a priority rating on lumber. Arthur Johnson, secretary manager of the Chamber of Commerce, said after a Birmingham meeting that property owners in Dothan will be allowed to obtain frozen lumber. The Chamber will help owners fill out applications and all requests will go to Birmingham for renewal and approval.
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Dothan
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
Johnson
Yating
General Dewitt Ordered to Europe to Replace McNair
Washington AP reports Lieutenant General John S. Dewitt has been ordered to the European theater to replace Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, killed in France in July. Dewitt, who led the west coast defense against a possible Japanese invasion, takes on a pivotal, secret assignment as the war moves to Europe.
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Washington
John I. Dewitt
Europe
War Department
John S. Bewatt
Lesley J McNaire McNair
France
Dewitt
Princeton University
Arimry
Pearl Harbor
Bomb Fleets Hit Europe In Wide Area Strikes
More than 300 U S heavy bombers blasted two synthetic oil plants deep in the Reich and attacked targets across France. Liberators and Fortresses struck from Mediterranean bases to Breslau, while other groups hit Balkans airfields and Danube oil facilities. Lightnings Thunderbolts and Mustangs guarded the main formations as US bombers also hit transport hubs around Paris Bordeaux and Amiens. Moscow reported US air raids from England on Rahmel near Gdynia before continuing to Russia.
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London
U. S
Reich
Convert
France
Fifteenth Air Force
Mediterranean
Blechhamer
Breslau
Balkans
Alibanar
Belgrade
Danube
Novi Sad
Paris
Bordeaux
Amiens
Moscow
England
Rahmel
Gdynia
Haze
Dewey To Take Hand in Senator Choice
Gov Thomas E Dewey returns to Albany to help choose the Republican candidate for U S Senate from New York ahead of the State Committee nomination. Leaders seek a candidate who can help win New York's 47 electoral votes in November. Rumors point to upstate or city picks, with Curran or Coudert among names discussed.
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Pawling
Thomas E Dewey
Berkshire
Albany
U. S
New York
Republican State Committee
Repubcan
Senate
New York State
Hkelihood
Roberr
F. Wagner
Wagner
Democratic State Committee
Upstate
New York City
Manhattan
Thomas J. Curran
New Yorker
Frederic R. Coudert
Civilians and Soldiers Clash in Headland Poolroom Brawl
A mixed group of civilians and soldiers clashed in Headland on Saturday in a poolroom brawl. Police chief Eapy said investigators were unsure of the full details as reports described a man struck on the head and another cut with a knife. Names of those involved were not released.
Houston Countian Drowns At Beach
Lucilla Lee Rollins a 35 year old Mousten County resident drowned at a Panama City Florida beach when a high wave pulled her under water. Bud York of near Dothan recovered the body after swimming with Rollins and others. Attempts at resuscitation lasted about four hours. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at New Pilgrim Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs L L Rollins brother Curtis Rollins two sisters Mrs J Gerstnes and Miss Martha Rollins. Pallbearers are Rufus Breck vna Foy Cook Emmett White Willard Glare Ruzeell White and Roy Wind.
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Lucilla Lee Rollins
Mousten Countian
Panama City
Fla
Ude
Bud York
Dothan
Rollins
Rufus Brackins
Bracine
Johnson and Wilkerson Funeral Home
New Pilgrim Church
Carricheel
Columbia
Church
Bla
L L. Rollins
Curtis Rolls
J Gerstnes
Misa Martha Rollins
Rufus Breck Vna Foy Cook
Emmett White
Willard Glare
Ruzeell White
Rov Wind
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Yank
State
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Fe World Today
WLB
Truman
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Thern
Comfront
ST. Malo
Amelest Seaght
Bt. Bricuc
Dinan
Nantes
Loire
Vilaine Rivera
John Dewitt
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Dewey
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