Hoary Farmers Given Miss Evie Getloway Award
Hoary Farmers honored at a ceremony in Headland. certificates presented for soil and water conservation on farms. Speakers included Oates, BF D, and A S Smith. R F D 1 Abbeville. services for Miss Evie Galloway held in Wicksville with plans for a funeral in Abbeville.
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Evie Getloway
Tucsaloosa
Heersy
Asyd Smith
Abbeville
D. E. Tompains
Rurers
Johan RH Thoratem
Wis Chomen Vier
C. F. Reynolds
Cramer
Farm Bureau
Bank of Abbeville
National Bank
Hee
Four German Officers Escape POW Camp Nighttime Breakout
Late yesterday and the following day four prisoners Alfred L Wielgots Wilhelm Bach Werner Schrulee and Johann Kruetweg escaped from a POW camp at Opelika Alabama. They allegedly donned women's clothing to aid their escape and a play at the camp involved the disguise.
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Alfred L. Wielgots
Wilhelm Bach
Werner Schrulee
Johann Kruetweg
Allied push across Brittany and advance toward Paris gains momentum
Allied forces press through Brittany surrounding Lorient Brest and Laig, with German ships at Brest and Le Havre possibly attempting evacuations. Mortain is recaptured amid heavy fighting while the Le Mans armored column pushes toward Paris as St Malo holds only one strongpoint and Caen nears Allied reach.
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Angers
Laie
Brittany
Brest
Lorient
Laerient
Dunkerque
Cheonel
Jersey
Avrancher
Mortain
Gatheme
le Mans
Paris
U. S
St Malo
Dinard
St. Malo
Orne
le Quesnec
Man Caen Thury
Canadian Troops Clash With Snipers Near Florence
Snipers from the Comtiomed From Pays Gue area trouble the Eighth Army as Canadian troops return to Italy. South Africans had entered Southern Florence earlier. Minor operations occur along Eighth and Fifth Army fronts while German forces withdraw to the north bank of the Arno. Infantry occupy high ground south of the river bend east of Florence.
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Eighth Army
Ine
Florence
Eighth
Fifth Army
Arno
Woman shoots Henderson after brief talk at Florida roots
Sheron Eldridge, of Walden County Florida, reportedly met Henderson years ago and had an arrangement. On Tuesday she fired a 2 calibre pistol three times at Henderson after a short conversation on Crawford Street. Police later recovered the gun from Eldridge and advised her to file through sheriff’s office.
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Sheron
Romans Silex
W. M. Nolan
Eldridge
Kelley
Beéermut
Annaying
Model
Hobby
Hebby
Pittman Gins First Bale At Headland
The first 1944 cotton bale ginned at Headland by Espy and Gnitlin Gin Co. grown by John Lee Pittman on an Espy Mercantile Co. farm weighed 477 pounds. It sold to Espy Mercantile Co. for 2 cents a pound and was graded strict low middling. Five more bales followed that morning.
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Headland
Espy and Gnitlin Gin Co
John ‘Lee Pittman
Expy Mercantile Co
Mercantile Company
Flynn Guest Speaker At Exchange Meeting
Flynn, clerical audit superintendent for the Alabama Selective Service, was the guest speaker at the Dothan Exchange Club noon meeting. Hap Barmes will serve as President next week, Earl Lane was the guest of Sian Jey Engelhart during the gathering.
Miss Leatherwood Named Geneva County Welfare Director
Mira Isabel Leatherwood long associated with Houston County Public Welfare as a child welfare worker has been transferred to Geneva County as a case worker in charge acting as director Mrs L Collins Houston director reported today Miss Leatherwood is Huntington College graduate with advanced social work training at the University of Chicago prior to coming to Dothan
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Mira Isabel Leatherwood
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Geneva County Department
L Collins
Houston
Miss Teatherwood
Huntingon College
University of Chicago
Dothan
Crawford And Davis Stationed At Miami
Staff Sergeant Thomas R Crawford and Techmest Sergeant Bert G Davis of Dothan have returned from service outside the continental United States and are now at the Army Air Forces Redistribution station in Miami Beach awaiting their next assignment. Crawford, son of Robert D Crawford, served 83 months as a technical supply worker in the Caribbean and is an alumnus of the University of Alabama. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs Davis, served 33 months as a technical supply sergeant in the Caribbean area, flying 40 missions, and graduated from Dithan High School. He entered the Army in September 1941.
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Thomas R Crawford
Bert G Davis
Dothan
Continental United States
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
Set Crawford
Robert D Crawford
Noth Oates St
Carbbean
University of Alabama
Army
Set Davis
S Davis
Blackshear St
Caribbean
di Than High School
Sacred Harp Sing To Honor Helms At New Blackshear Church
Sacred Harp Singing set for Sunday August 13 at the new Blackshear street church honoring WA Helms An honored veteran with fifty years in singing and teaching this music will be celebrated All singers invited to attend.
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Blackshear Street
Honor of WA
Alex) Helms
Helms
Byrd Receives Bronze Star Medal For Valor
Private First Class Damon Byrd of Bartford route three has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the War Department for outstanding combat merit. A letter from his commanding officer, Maj Gen Inas P Swett, lauds Byrd as a valuable soldier while noting Japanese forces were driven from the area with many killed or scattered as American troops advanced through bush country.
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Damon Byrd
J F Byrd
Bartford Route Three
War Department
Pte Byrd
My Coromand
Inas P Swett
Hamison M Hoyer
Avenue
Bng
Lemuel C Shepherd
la Jolla
Calf
First Provisional Marine Brigade
Sizemore Brothers Reunited In Italy
Povate James Haywood Siz more, son of W B Sizemore of Dothan route three, was surprised when a tap on the shoulder brought his brother Edward beside him in Italy. The meeting was unexpected as the third brother Ralph had seen combat in the Marshall Islands and is now in the Hawaiian group.
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Povate
James Haywood Sizmore
W B Sizemore
Dothan
Edward
Italy
Ralph
Marshal Islands
Hawaiian
Guam battle signals waning Japanese holdout
Aboard Admiral Connollys flagship Guam reports show Japanese resistance fading as patrols along the north coast encounter little opposition. After fierce island hopping campaigns, larger Japanese forces are retreating, signaling imminent American seizure of Guam with little sign of the final stand once common in Such campaigns.
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Charles Parnot
Admiral Conol
Guam
AP J
Navy
Japan
Western Pacific
Caval
Roosevelt Hawaii Visit Details War Front Tour
President Roosevelt toured Hawaii visiting Schofield Barracks and Pearl Harbor sites amid WWII mobilization. He praised local defenses and noted campaigns advancing toward MacArthur’s area. Aides and reporters observed his jeep tour and discussions with military leaders. He refrained from political campaigning and promised to report to the nation about his Pacific journey.
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Davis
Samuel Rosenman
Roosevelt
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Pacific
DWT
Honolulu
Navy
Minster Churchill
Generalissima
Chiang Kai She
Marty F Truman
Missouri
Man Allegedly Tracked by Police After Chase Through Dothan
Creech, living near the highway, became suspicious of suspicious actions and notified police. The suspect was captured near the City Cemetery after a wild chase through Dothan streets.
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Creech
Dothan
Submarine War Pressure: U Boat Campaign Will End
A forum report from Washington quotes Allied leaders saying 500 Hun submarines have been driven back, with U boats hunted from Arctic to Indian Ocean. The joint Anglo American statement asserts the U boat fleet remains formidable but is being forced to yield as patrols intensify and new devices emerge.
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Aif Ge
Ima
Atlantic
U. & Wessels
Atantic
Arctic
Indian Ocean
Air Forces Drive Bab Graduates of Dothes I School
Air Forces graduates from Dothes I School completed training with emphasis on discipline and aviation readiness. Instructors highlighted teamwork, navigation, and aircraft handling as core competencies demonstrated during the program.
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Air Forces
Drive
Dothes I School
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