Mrs Arch Whitten Dies In Headland
Mrs Arch Whitten fifty four died at her Headland home early today after a brief illness. She had lived in Headland all her life and was a Presbyterian Church member. Funeral services will be held at Headland Baptist Church tomorrow at four o clock with reverends Roby J Lee and Hugh E Wilson of Headland officiating. Burial at City cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge. Surviving are son Carl Jones Whitten of Camp Forest Tennessee and four brothers J M Jones of Dothan RG Jones and Fov Jones of Headland and Wallace Jones of Montgomery.
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Mra
Arch Whytten
Headland
Presbyterian Church
Headland Baptist Church
Roby J Lee
Hugh E Wilson
Headwad
Burlel
Ward- Wilson
Carl Jones Whitten
Camp Forest
Tenn
J. M Jones
Dothen
RG Jones
Fov Jones
Wallace Jones
Montgomen
Mrs. N. B. Cook Dies At Enterprise
Funeral services for Mrs. N B Cook sixty six died at her home Saturday were held Sunday August 6 at 2 30 a m at First Baptist Church Enterprise with Rev Frank J Fiemibe of New Breckton officiating. Burial in city cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are five daughters and a son in law plus a sister. Oswald Cook whose World War II death named the post in Enterprise American Legion was her relative. Pallbearers listed.
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Enterprise
N B Cook
Baost Church of
Frank J Fiemibe
New Breckton
Searcy Funeral Home
Mra Cook
Daleville
Olin Skipper
Judson Ogletree
Johnie Byrd Cook
Kenneth Grimelay
Panama City
Norma Tawis
Winter Haven
Florida
W. B. Bass
Berson
Oswald Cook
Cook-Clements
American Legion
Lunte Grimslay
Joe Slawson
Bob Reeves
Mr Purcall
Arnold Grimaley
Wyatt Andrews
Randazzo Hold Urges Slow Allied Advance Near Measina
Centines from Casasi and the British Eighth Army push north of Bronte to within miles of Randazzo. German remnants dig in to defend Randazzo delaying progress as Axis prepares potential evacuation to Messina. Holding action aims to split Axis lines and complicate inland supply routes.
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Casasi
Eighth Army
Bronte
Randazzo
Rulne
Frandixzo
Messina
Randexzo
Measina
County Pre School Clinics Planned Across County
County health officials and the Board of Health discuss a plan to open preschool clinics. Burkett the health officer notes centers in Parkett Madrid Ashfod and Gordon are being considered to provide medical services for infants and preschool children in rural areas.
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TM Waoan di Laun
Heart Department
IWT Burkett
Coun
Parkett
Madrid
Ashfod
Gordon
Ime
Axe
Clinic delinquents are draft registrants in the county
Officials at the county health department said fifty of seventy nine delinquent individuals under treatment for venereal diseases are registrants of Selective Service Boards in the county. A majority belong to Board One, the county's Dotha board, and warrants have been issued for their arrest.
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Selective Service Boards
Board One
Dotha
Midland City Men's Club Plans Friday Meeting
Midland City Men's Club will hold its regular meeting Friday at 8:30 PM at Midland City Baptist Church. President R. C. Balkecom presiding with Rev. Cullen B Wilson, city committee chair, announcing. A Wendell L. Wilkie book review is planned and a monthly newsletter for local men serving in the armed forces is sponsored.
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Midland City
Midland City Men's Club
R. C. Balkecom
Cullen B Wilson
Ucity Committee
Wilson
Wendell L. Wrilkie
J. W. Reeder
J. L. Daniel
O. R. Preston
Lyman Buckner
Registration for liquor ration cards in Alabama grows slow
In Montgomery and surrounding counties, officials report rising registrations as the Aug 21 deadline nears. ABC Administrator Hugh Cottle warns of a last minute rush. Montgomery opened with 2,137 registered, then 2,601 the next day, and similar totals the following day, with about 30,000 projected for the area. Stores will reopen Aug 28, each card holder entitled to a pint per week.
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Montgomery
Ala
ABC
Hugh Cottle
Cottle
Soviet informs Moscow on Italian developments amid war conference
Continued report notes meeting timing coinciding with the sixth Roosevelt Churchill war conference in Canada. The Yorkshire Post quotes Eden and asserts the Soviet Premier was being informed almost hours of all developments, though doubts remain about the Italian situation and Moscow’s awareness.
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Canada
Moscow
Yorkshire Post
Anthony Eden
Officer Candidates Needed By U S Navy
Navy recruiting officers announced urgently needed supply corps officers and engineers for shore stations bases afloat. Applicants from 28 to 38 may qualify with practical procurement warehousing or supervisory experience. college not required but essential. Perfect or near perfect vision required, may be corrected with glasses.
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Navy
Coles Patt
Joe Hutchins
Messithin
Anid
Supply Corp
Man
Raen
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Ase
Witwallte
Nighttime Assault On Trcina Ridge
In a grim front line scene a wounded man and others endure machinegun fire from a captured shack while troops hold and counterattacks unfold. A radio mishap, prayers, and tough talk punctuate the mid morning hour as Americans press to break the Trcina line with artillery support and a lone officer leads three riflemen toward a risky assault.
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Anderson
Corporal Kelly
Mantyl
Kelly
Pele
Robert Tutler
Washington Mo
Troima
Charles
Chuck) Horner
Doylestown
Tutler
Hornet
Ghases
Ticina
Hollywood
Trcina
Rix Gehrang
Hein
Neighbors soften stance as chicken tensions ease
In a quirky scene, neighbors who despised Mrs Jones and her chickens now discuss poultry with curiosity. With meat shortages and ration points, they shift to cordial talks about hens, eggs, and farm life, easing earlier feuds as they speculate on laying age and weekly egg output.
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Mrs Jones
Jones
Mra Jones
Neighbors debate chicken keep and community duties
The fragment discusses Mrs Jones considering raising chickens and the social and neighborly tensions it might cause, noting expectations of courtesy, shared spaces, and potential shifts in community relationships. The passage also touches on wartime civic duties and paper supply discussions, with references to Nevada’s name origin and paper production debates affecting newspaper operations.
Welfare Officers Return From Meeting in Montgomery
Mre C L Collman rector of the Houston County Department of Public Welfare and Mre Charles Berry disbursing officer returned today from Montgomery where they attended the annual meeting of the directors and disbursing officers. Plans were made for the distribution of new funds available to the department October 1 across sixty Alabama counties.
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C L Collman
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Charles Berry
Montgomery
Frean
Draft classifications and proposed manning laws outlined
The article describes four draft classes based on occupational status and a plan to call men by non-deferable jobs, essential designations, and a super-deferentist category. It notes a September start for non-deferable designations and bills to bar inducting fathers until all other manpower is exhausted, with further congressional action after summer recess.
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Davis
Congress
AFL Seeks Lewis Meeting Amid Delayed Recommendation
The AFL executive council declined to recommend at the convention, delaying approval of the Lewis application. Political motives were alleged as the AFL committee tasked with conferring with Lewin did not consult him for two months, stirring controversy. Key figures include Daniel J. Tobin, Corey Harrison, and Matthew Oll as part of the committee.
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AFL
Coyne
Ratis Heaten
Nan
Lewis
Braduany
Lewin
Teewis
Chaiman
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
Wee
Corey Harrison
Railway Clerks
Alls
White House
Matthew Oll
Two Negroes Inducted Into Armed Services in Houston County
Officials reported today that two Black registrants from Houston County Selective Service Board No. Three were inducted. Hubert Smith was inducted into the Army at Fort Benning that week and Joe Mack Fraizer was accepted for the Navy.
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Houston County Selective Service Board No
Armed Services
Hubert Smith
Army
Fort Benning
Joe Mack Fraizer
Navy
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Nea-Acme
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Nassau Bay Area
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Jeay
Nore
Mas Jones
Bane
Nevada
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WPB
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Matthew Sullivan
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Howard EO Whitaker
Pulp and Paper
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DAPET
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Houston Car Milling Comp
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