Pacific Fleet Reports Last Guam Battle and Final Japanese Push
Allied messages describe a brutal Guam engagement where Japanese defenders faced annihilation as U S forces closed in from the northeast. General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz report heavy enemy losses from air and sea raids while plotting a final push toward the Philippines and New Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Garrif
Decem- Mi
Emily Island
Wlippines
Douglas Macs
Pacific
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Wewak
MacArthur
World War II Front Updates From Europe and Asia
Disjointed war bulletin reports Soviet and German movements near Paris and Silesia, with Red defenses tightening. British and Allied forces push near Crete and the Baltic coast as American bombardment targets Germany while Japan presses in the Pacific toward Guam and strategic islands.
Maquis Disrupt Nazis As They Evacuate In France
French patriots of the Maquis disrupt German efforts to evacuate men and equipment in Southwestern France by sabotaging rail lines and communications. Reports say fewer than 1,000 German troops remain in Hendaye and Bay of Biscay points, while Maquis groups widen recruitment to include any willing French, Bri gian, Dutch, and Italian volunteers under loose oversight.
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Charles 8. Foltz Tran
France
Hendaye
St. Jean de Luz
Bordeaux
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Brittany
Pyrenees
Maquis
Frontier
Maquis Groupe
Frank D Merrill Named Liaison Head in Asia Command
Brig Gen Frank D Merrill, recently relieved of the Marauder detachment in Burma, was appointed head of the liaison group for the China Burma India theater at Allied Headquarters in Southeast Asia. Gen Joseph W Stilwell disclosed the assignment, praising Merrill's services and stating the transfer was health related, not due to morale issues aboard the Marauders during the Myitkyina operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Ceylon
Frank D. Merrill
Burma
China-Burma-India
Merrill
Joseph W. Stilwell
India
Stilwail
Kaney
My.Uryina
Public Road Bureau plans to relieve traffic around Dothan
The Bureau of Public Roads announced postwar highway plans to divert heavy traffic away from Dothan business district. Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner said a special Revenue Board session will consider five miles of Hodgesville to Dothan road paving and possible county paving to connect with the new route. The plan includes paving a Dothan to Madrid road parallel to the Panama City Highway No. 231 and a eastward link to the Ashford highway near Porter's Fairyland.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Dothan
Saxon P. Poyner
County Board of Revenue
Dethan- Hedgesville
Fred L. Mulling
Hodgesville
Montgomery Highway
Theirport Road
Cottonwood
Porter's
Fairyland
Mullins
Board of Revenue
Uoice Poyner
Three Draft Boards Consolidated Here
Houston County consolidates its three Selective Service Boards into a single main office on the Porter-Farmer building second floor. Board Two moves from the Penney building while Boards One and Three shift within the same building. One chief clerk will supervise the merged clerks with assistant clerks for each board, maintaining separate identities for each board.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Porter - Farmer
Penney
Porter- Farmer
Selective ‘Service
Waterfowl season extended for hunters this year
The Fish and Wildlife Service announced liberalized regulations for waterfowl hunting this fall and winter. Open season lasts 80 days, 10 days longer than last year, with a general daily duck bag of ten plus an extra five mallards, wigeons, and pintails allowed singly or in aggregate. Decoys or bait may not be used to shoot waterfowl. Open dates vary by species and state, including November 2 to January 2 for several Southern states.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reese
Brant
Coot
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Caroline
German Detroit Bombed by Thousand Planes
London AP dispatch reports over 2,000 American heavy bombers and fighters striking Germany, Hungary, and Yugoslavia while attacks on France continue. Missions targeted Stuttgart area dubbed the Detroit of Germany, oil facilities near Budapest, and Yugoslav rail yards. Fighter-bombers supported ground actions destroying tanks and damaging vehicles. across 1000 sorties, 9th Air Force claimed notable vehicle and gun emplacement hits.
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Austin Belmere London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
England
Stuttgart
Detroit
Oise
Paris
Argentan-Alencon
Brod
U.S
9Th Air Force
Mortain
Wire
le Mans
Almas Fuzito Oil
Danube
Budapest
Messersch- Mitt
Gyor
Veches
Tokol
U. S
Reich
Lake Turn
Typhus on the Rise in Houston County Says Health Officer
County health official Dr. W. T. Burkett reports two new typhus cases this month and total cases this year reaching 82. He warns the disease is rising in city and county and urges a coordinated rat extermination and typhus control program, not a haphazard effort. The public is urged to support a county-city cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Cauley
Houston County
W. T. Burett
Burkett
Polio scare wanes as ban lift faces Sunday
County health official Dr W T Burkett announced the polio threat is easing and children may resume public activity after Sunday if no new cases appear The last case was reported July 24 with several suspected cases watched A polio false alarm on North Cherry was cleared and three actual cases were recorded this summer
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W. T. Burkett
North Cherry
Soviets Tighten Noose Around Trapped Nazis
Soviet forces punch deeper into Poland toward German Silesia as three columns press Riga from multiple directions. Red Army reports say German reservations are being bled white and rapid advances threaten Warsaw, with a six mile push on the Vistula and a drive toward Czechoslovakian border.
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Daniel Delcce
Moscow
Red Army
Balus
Poland
Silesia
Vistula
NBC
New York
Riga
Eas
Iven C. Bagramian
Warsaw
Republicans Protest Murray Kilgore Bill Vote Planned
Washington AP report says Republicans charge the Murray Kilgore Reconversion Plan aims to create a political machine in Congress. Debate centers on federal unemployment aid with six months training and subsistence. senators Ferguson Wagner Wallgren George weigh federal versus state control and a Senate vote is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Pon Aindman
Ferguson
Wagner
Senate
Congress
Murray-Kilgore
Wallgren
D.-Wash
Thousands To Lose Old Age Insurance When War Is Over
Journal summary notes that millions of workers gained social security credits during wartime coverage but will lose protection when war ends. It cites farm and domestic workers and self employed groups as uncovered workers likely to return to non covered jobs, reducing benefits built up during the war. Paul W. McNutt notes about 20 million affected, including 12 million farm workers. The piece warns of decresing protection as many shift back to uncovered occupations.
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James Marlow Washington
Millone
Paul W. McNutt
War Powers Act May Be Invoked In Strike Case
Federal Grand Jury in Philadelphia investigates a recent transit strike. Negro trainees resume driver training alongside white operator trainees as officials weigh conspiracy to sabotage the war effort under the Second War Powers Act. Training program for all operators resumes as operations return to normal.
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Philadelphia
APD
Biddle
Balings
Mont
U.S
Edward A. Kelly
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers Union
Government War Agency
Army
Roosevelt
PIC
Philip Hayes
War Department
Monastery Falls as Allies Hold Italy Front
Allied forces report a lull on most of the Italian front with British and Indian troops recapturing Monte Gailo and repelling five counterattacks. Florence remains unsettled with conflicting accounts of looting and water shortages, while Monte Lupo and other Arno-pocket areas stay contested. American artillery engages Nazi tanks near Pisa as air forces hit Southern France rail links and Romanian airfields.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Monte Gailo
Arez‘ze
Florence
Great Art Center
Associated Press
Lynn Reinzerling
Eighth Army
Lmite
Arno
Union Jack
Pontassieve
Empoli
Monte Lupo
No-Man's Land
Fifth Army
Pisa
Pigs
France
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Russia
If You Need Gas, Buy An Airplane
Washington AP reports a loophole in the gasoline rationing program allows private airplane owners to obtain fuel on demand for trips, as long as the fuel is used on the plane. Officials admit they cannot act under current rules, with talks on possible revision. AANL local boards have protested the rule. Thomas F. Henry of the AAA calls for immediate repeal.
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Washington
Yellowstone
Florida
Office of Price Administration
Thomas F. Henry
American Automobile Association
Giant Clipper Falls in Cuba Toll Rising
AP reports a Pan American flying boat broke apart and sank off Nipe Bay in Cuba during takeoff. Seventeen dead or missing include passengers and crew. survivors say those unaccounted for were likely drowned. Plane was en route San Juan to Miami via Antilla. two corpses identified, many others unnamed. Authorities listed 15 unaccounted, including San Juan residents and Cassie Henry of Richmond Virginia.
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Havana
Pan American
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Asfe
Antille
Miami
William PD. Alfwnod
Juan Automobile
Ching
San Juan
Antilla
Jane R. Torres
Seberling Tire Company
Evangelina Lazpero
Antilis
San Juen
Cassie Henry
Richmond
Owens Faces Murder Trial Here Friday
George Owens, a Houston County farmer, is charged with the March death of O. Wade after an altercation at Webb. Wade was slashed with a knife and died at Dothan hospital. Owens surrendered on April 1 and is held on capital-case docket as the Circuit Court meets for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Owens
Houston County
Wade
Hadstead
Owens
Webb
S Dothan
Ewans
Sheriff's Office
Allied Push Near Paris and Brest In Warfront Report
U S and Canadian forces advance toward Paris from Le Mana to within seven miles, with Brest under assault as German defenses crack. Allied wings encircle much of the German army while U S troops push toward Angers and the Loire as heavy fighting continues across northern France.
Road to Berlin Fronts Push Through Western Europe in May
Allied forces reported tightening the noose around German lines west of Mortain as Americans closed on Cherence and St Malo ports. Canadians breached defenses toward Caen cutting 10 miles of advance while seizing Bretteville Sur Laize. British and Canadian forces pressed the Orne river wedge near Thury Harcourt, advancing into central German defenses and moving toward Falaise. Submarine activity in Brittany persisted as Bradley’s troops fought near St Malo with advances toward Brest and Lorient.
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Caen
Paris
U. S
le Mana
Falsise
la Mans
Angers
Laire River
Nenter
le Main
Tale
France
le Mans
Mortain
Charence Roussel
Wese Juvigny
U. S S
St. Malo
Breton
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Loia
Berlin
Bretteville-Sur-Lalze
Orme River
Orne
Laize
Supreme Headquarters
Brittany
Omar N. Bradley
Atege
Brest
Lorient
Vire
Thury — Harcourt
le Plessis
Girmoult
Thury-Harcourt
Grimbosq
Orne River
First Army
Roisng
Falaise
Wiliam the Conqueror
Pertz
Potigny
St Meraire
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Rosario Talliento
Brooklyn
Andrew Lopez Nea
Signal Corps Radistelephoto
Nkees
Grillo
Florente
Gguam
Faland
Hengyane
Mimeoe
Falla
Japa
Spain
Public Road Bureau
My Tha Associated Press
Milena Menagrad
Rem
Plarence
Cinthesx
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