Russians Massing Armies For All Out Drive In East Prussia
report from AP correspondent describes Soviet preparations for a major east Prussia offensive with tanks and planes. German defenses reported weakening along the Vistula line as Russians push from the Kielce region toward Krakow and Warsaw while Rokossovsky moves reserves to reinforce the eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Prussia
Daniel Deluce
Bet Eat
Ga Gesman
Fom
Mis Bel
Eastrusia
Lorzs
Junker
Wersar
Vistula
Kielcerpon
Warsaw
Krakow
Silesia
Geman
Konstantin Rokosporaky
Halstead Announces Jury Can See Fraud Ballot Box
Judge Halstead said that the ballot box used in the Way 3 Democratic primary would be available for jurors as part of an investigation into irregularities. He stated the box would be accessed under proper procedures and a guileman's agreement with custodians and local Democratic officials. The move aims to let the grand jury decide if further investigation is warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
God
D.C
Halstead
Tii
U. Wells
Ashford
Sudge Halgizad
Investigaoo
Furn
Invasion Fronts Press Allied Push in France
The World Today reports Eisenhower promising a definite opportunity for a major allied victory as U S and British forces aim to seal a corridor near Falaise Argen Varva, trapping German divisions retreating toward Paris. Russian assault on the east intensifies as the Red Army closes borders while Nazis evacuate key centers. Allied airmen bombard in France and the Mediterranean air arm hits the Reich. U S Eighth Army advances, and a fourth ocean layer bombs Japan in a broad war update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Eisenhower
House Bills Seed Demobilization Push Surges Ahead
Washington AP four congressional committees push a postwar reconversion plan to dispose of 15 billion dollars in surplus war materials and set up a demobilization office. House and Senate measures swirl as leadership ponders separatist action while a broader unemployment bill lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House
Colmer
Rep
Manasco
D.-Ala
Cooper Oo
Tenn
Ani
Cooper
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Doughton
Ways and
Acton
Southland Derailed At Americus Today
Nine sleeping cars of the Southland passenger train derailed on Central of Georgia tracks in Americus Georgia as it neared a station shed. The train was moving slowly and no injuries were reported. A rail section broke in a sharply banked area, delaying other trains until a wrecker arrived from Macon. The locomotive stayed on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Japanese claim raid burns Allied planes in Linchen base
New York AP bulletin reports Japanese Central News Agency says two Allied planes were destroyed in a dawn raid on the Linchen base in Kwangsi Province yesterday. The agency says enemy planes were set afire during the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cenel
Linchen
Kwangsi Province
Constant Raids Harass Germans At Every Point
Allied airmen hammered retreating German legions in France and bombed targets across the Reich. Berlin radio claimed bomber and fighter formations swept over Bavaria and northward. American Marauders and British Mosquitoes attacked German troops supplies and transport beyond the battle zone including Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
London
Eisenhower
France
Reich
von Kluge
Berlin
Germany
Bavaria
Seventh Army
Hanover
Frontone Captured By 8th Army Troops in Italy
Eighth Army troops have captured Frontone in the Apennines, 27 miles inland from the Adriatic, as the Saly major advance pushes along the Italian front. Empoli fell to the Allied forces near the Arno River west of Florence, with scant resistance overall. Mediterranean air forces hit German defenses in southern France and targets in North Italy. a Nazi pamphlet threatened harsh retaliation against Italian civilians for patriot activity.
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Norgared
Rome
Eighth Army
Frontone
Adriatic
Apennines
Saly
Shiping
Florence
Empoli
Arno
Ci'7
Pisa
Fifth Army
France
Rhone
Italy
Alexander
N2 Ij
X Kesselring
Larbor
Churchill Hosts Subasic And Tito In Italy Talks
Prime Minister Churchill, Yugoslav exile Premier Ivan Subasic, and Marshal Tito met in Italy on August 12 and 13 to discuss political and military questions shaping Yugoslavia after the war. The sessions, described as frank, aimed to determine a large shared contribution to Yugoslavia’s welfare, with Tito emerging as a dominant figure and potential for greater Allied support of his Partisans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Marsha Tito
Ivan Subasic
Italy
Yugoslavia
Downing Street
Minnister
Marshal Tito
Tito
Bradley After Trapped 7th Rather Than Capturing Paris
AP dispatch from France reports U S forces narrowing on the German seventh army near Le Mans and aiming to trap them between Caen and Le Mans. Paris potentially endangered as part of a broader drive to destroy the German army and hasten the war’s end. Allied leadership weighs strategic risk of capturing Paris versus sealing the trap.
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Bradley
Paris
Wes Gallagher
France
le Mans
Caen
Faris
Omar N. Bradley
Germany
Brittany
Aleady
Eisenhower
Brest
Lorient
Hitler
West
Japanese Remnants Pushed From India
Allied troops steadily drive the last Japanese remnants out of Northeastern India on the Tiddim road and in the Kabaw valley sector. In Northern Burma Chinese troops and Kachin Levies consolidate near Kazu and push patrols toward the Mandalay railway. The Burma road east of the Salween river has been repaired for traffic between Kunming and the river under American and Chinese engineers, with sharp turns eliminated and bridges strengthened. An American engineer nicknamed the repaired stretch the Woman Baby Highway, built by women and children.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
API
India
Tiddim Road
Kabaw Valley
Burma
Kachin
Fallen Kazu
Mandalay
Mingon
Taunga
Chungking
Salween
Burme
Kunming
Road paving plan approved by Board of Revenue
The county Board of Revenue approved paving five miles north of Hodgesville to align with Bureau of Public Roads plans diverting traffic around Dothan. The board officially abandoned the south Dothan farm to market route, aiming to save county funds if federal plans proceed, with a narrow path to link the Hodgesville road to federal programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Revenue
Roi A
Hodgesville
Bureau of Public Roads
Dothan
Hedgesville
Bureau
Hye
Bureau of Pubic Roads
Board of Revenue
Judge Poyner
W. Peery Calhoun
L. E Bagwell
J. Brady Trawis
H. C. Summerford
Captured Paulus Urges Germans to Dismiss Hitler
Marshal Friedrich Von Paulus, captured at Stalingrad, appeals via Moscow outlets for Germans to replace Hitler, seek peace, and halt senseless bloodshed. Lt. Gen. Fritz Franck alo cites Paulus as the first German general to publicly urge removal of Hitler. The statement gains weight as Hitler had just made Paulus a marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Friedrich von Paulus
Stalingrad
Hitler
Fritz Franck Alo
Franck
von Paulus
Great Yank Victory Seen By Eisenhower
Allied forces drive to trap German forces in Northwestern Europe with Ike predicting a decisive week ahead. American, British, and Canadian troops close the Argentan pocket, reducing escape routes to about 16 miles as 100,000 Germans are pressed between advancing lines and heavy bombardment. The push aims toward Paris, with strong units advancing toward Mortain and Demfront as the campaign in France continues.
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Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Eisenhower
Northweater
France
Rommel
Paria
Europe
Gladwin Bill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Nasr
Paris
le Mars
Argentan
Lalson
Falalee
Guenther von Kluge
Nimitz Considers Westward Move As War Quickens
The Associated Press reports U S Pacific Fleet chief Admiral Chester W Nimitz ponders advancing his headquarters toward the Marianas as bombardments intensify around the Philippines and Japan. After talks with Roosevelt and MacArthur, Nimitz visited Guam and Saipan to consult leaders and press for rapid action to press the war toward Nippon. He warned occupation might be needed for a lasting peace and hinted at possible naval bombardments of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Japan
Nippon
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Marianas
Truk
Tokyo
Nimitz
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Saipan
Peace Air Force Seen After War in UN Talks
Washington reports that an International Air Force with heavy striking power under a world security council may be discussed at upcoming United Nations talks. British delegates say use of force is a major topic while Allies align on a peace organization plan. Possible creation of a peace police by earmarking US, British and Russian force components is considered. Congress would authorize preapproved use of forces for global peace enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan M. Hightower
Washington
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Frank
Britain
United States
Russia
China
Roosevelt
Dumbarton Oaks
Congress
World Organization
County Farm Bureau Meeting Plans Ashford Picnic
The Houston County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting and picnic Thursday at the Ashford high school starting at 1 a.m. Hobson Knowles, bureau president, said officers will be elected. The event rotates countywide, with past years delaying due to transportation, polio restrictions now lifted, and noted by P. O. Davis Alabama Extension Service Walter L. Randolph Alabama Farm Bureau and W A Ruffin extension entomologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Farm Bureau
Ashford
Hobson Knowles
Bureau
Knowles
P. O. Davis
Alabama Extension Service
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
W .A. Ruffin
Domingus Succumbs After Railway Work Injuries
Jacks Domingus, 34, of 220 Headland avenue, died at a local hospital Sunday evening from injuries suffered while working on an engine of the Atlanta and St Andrews Bay Railway Co. at Al ha, Fla. Funeral services will be held on arrival of brother Howard Domingus from the Navy. He was a member of Head and Avenue Baptist Church and grandson of the late Chief J. L. Domingus. Surviving are his widow, son John Elia, his parents, two brothers Wesley and Howard, and many uncles and aunts. Ward-Wilson in charge of arrangements.
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JFE
Jacks Domingus
Headland Avenue
Atlanta and
St Andrews Bay Railway Co
Alha
Fla
Howard Domingus
Navy
D. Zbinden
Sam C. Reever
Head and Avenue
Prisoners Of War To Help Harvest In 1944
Prisoners of war will again assist farmers in harvest from Sept 1 to Oct 10. Camps housing 500 workers will be at Dothan and near the old CCC camp, with 250 men each at Geneva, Troy, Luverne and Andalusia. Smaller contingents may go to Greenville and Evergreen, totaling about 2,200 workers.
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C. M. Ling
Hovston
Fouth Service Command
Dothan
Alto
CCC
Rucker
Geneva
Troy
Luverne
Andalusia
Greenville
Tang Hald
Worm Infestation Threatens Houston County Peanut Crop
Farm agent C M Ling reports widespread peanut worm infestation across Houston County. About 50 farmers visited offices. only one field free of worms. Urges immediate poisoning orders, noting a ten day shipping delay and potential machinery issues. Plans include dusting by planes from Napier Field and a countywide meeting to mobilize action.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Ling
Charles J. Daly
Napier Field
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Yank
Mzerill
Lap
Paat
Kallam
Floresce
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Seniha
Orestes
Mortain
Demfront
Moale
Demfrontier
U.S
International Peace Air Force
Domingus
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