Red Army Pushes Toward Bryansk in Major Offensive
Red Army forces advance from Orel toward Bryansk amid heavy bombardment and large-scale tactics. A southern thrust from Spas-Demensk hits German flanks while supply columns and American-made tanks help drive the advance past Vyasma railroad, with night campfires signaling stubborn troops.
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Red Army
Orel
Bryansk
Spas-Demensk
Iag
Karazhev
Vyasma
Fl Alame
Fewnt
Trent
Germany
Dena
Farmers Asked to Apply for Peanut Harvest Help
Houston County farmers should apply immediately to secure labor for harvesting peanuts. County Agent C. M. Ling stated the peak period is likely Sept 10 to Oct 1 and urged farmers to certify that on farm labor is insufficient and that community labor efforts have failed. He noted possible soldier help if shown as essential, with prevailing wage and transport arranged to camps.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Ling
Rotary Club To Hear Agriculture Chief Poole Speaker
Dothan Rotary Club will host Commr of Agriculture Joe N Poole of Montgomery as the principal speaker Monday. He will discuss the state marketing system studied by officials as part of a large farm program including road paving plans in Houston County and statewide agricultural development under Governor Charley Sparks.
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Joe N. Poole
Montgomery
Dothan
Peaterday
Alabama
Aulture Polytechnic Institute
Charisy Bparka
Thera
Houston County
Fred Mullins
Commissioner of Agriculture
Comokeener of Agriculture
Poole
GttHculture
Italians Move To Declare Rome Open City
Italian government announced at night it would declare bomb battered Rome an open city to halt military targets, with demilitarization steps to follow. Allies demanded neutral assurances that Rome is stripped of military use as Italians prayed at Saint Peter’s Square.
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James & Long London
Roma
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Vatican
Great Britain
al Wiers
Rome Jen
Dwight D. Eisen- Bower
Mediterranean
Reuters, Inc& Dispatch
al- Ned
North Africa
Algiers
Saint Peter's Square
Posse Fatally Wounds Black Man During Three Man Hunt
Marion Alabama sheriff reports a posse member shot and killed a Black man amid a manhunt for an alleged highway robber. The victim, identified as William Davis of Marion Junction, was paroled and shot after high sheriff Griffin was robbed. Davis allegedly refused to halt as ordered.
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Marion
Ala
Dallas
Jim Kenney
Perry County
J. c. Griffin
Kennedy
William Davis
Marion Junction
Bherrie Griffin
Davis
Pameman
Devis
Justis
Washfernmeld Griffin
Atlantic Charter Commemorated On Anniversary
President Roosevelt marked the second anniversary of the Atlantic Charter praising self determination and international cooperation. He cited potential postwar developments and joined by Wagner and McNutt in urging broader Social Security coverage and higher payroll taxes to expand benefits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
D.-N
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Churchill
Bankhead-Cannon Bill Defended By Press Association
Alabama press delegates in Birmingham adjourn after defending the Bankhead-Cannon bill proposing 25 to 30 million dollars annually for newspaper space to advertise war bonds. Sen John Bankhead defended the plan, arguing it is a legitimate ad program while opponents claim it harms press independence.
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Birmingham
Alabama Press Association
Warvention
John HK. Bankhead
John Temple Graves
Birmingham Age-Herald
Bieness
Bankhead
Gama
Ag Ae
Editora and Publishers
Clase
Tam
Ravel
U S Liberators Hit Wiener Neustadt Plane Factory
American Liberator bombers flew 2500 miles round trip from Africa to Wiener Neustadt near Vienna. The four engine planes dumped over 336000 pounds of bombs on a major German aircraft factory blamed for producing a third of the Luftwaffe fighters. The attack disabled factory buildings and an enormous assembly plant with direct hits observed across the target area.
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Charles A. Germich
Cairo
Wiener Neustadt
Danube
Vienna
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Fathers Face Draft Under WMC Laws
A survey of productive efficiency in the nation’s coal mines began Saturday under the Coal Mines Administration as a step toward possible relinquishment of Government control. Interior Secretary Ickes, coal mines administrator, ordered many mines surveyed to judge if pre seizure efficiency levels have been restored and to report weekly production since April 1.
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Washington
The
Coal Mines Administration
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
Ture
Thousands Liable For Induction By Oct. 1 Under Plan
Thousands of pre Pearl Harbor fathers in non war jobs could face induction even before their class is draft eligible. New orders aim to use Selective Service to preserve essential labor for war, shift workers from nonessential to critical jobs, and provide armed forces with needed manpower without hurting production. Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission says the plan seeks to boost war output while supplying troops.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Thouganda
Pearl Harbor
Ho'ding
Paul Vo Me-Nutt
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Changes In Orient Command Seen Before Burma Campaign
The Associated Press reports likely reassignments in the Allied command in the Orient ahead of Burma operations. Replacements involve Field Marshal Wavell, General Auchinleck, and air force leadership in India, with positions to be decided by Roosevelt and Churchill as monsoon season ends and fighting weather approaches.
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Orient
Burma
Prens Washington
Field Marshal Wavell
India
Sir Claude Auchinneck
Army Air Forces
George E Stratemeyer
India-Chine- Burma
Clayton L. Bissell
106Th Air Fore
Claire L. Chennault
Ching
13Th Air Force
Josph W. Gulwell
Roosevelt Churchill claim 90 U boats sunk in three months
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill announced that over 90 U boats were sunk in May, June, and July during fierce fighting. The joint statement says Nazis retain large submarine reserves and vows continued, intensified efforts to protect supply lines to Europe, despite Allied successes.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Sicily
Hitler
Board One Draftees Accepted For Duty
War draft list from Howaton County Deterlive Service Board shows nineteen registrants accepted for service. Army selections include William L Riley Sibley T Richardson Allen L Reynolds James Woodfin Parkman Wilmer A Mauldin Fred Boyd Carl E Alma. Navy picks Edward Henry Hicks Coast Guard Horace G McIngleh. Marines recruits Thomas Edgar Parcin Joe Herman Draughon. Inductions to Army with twenty one day furlough noted.
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Howaton County
Coast Guard
Marina
Thomas Edgar Parcin
Joe Herman Draughon
Army
Iui Ak
Gas Coupon Values Cut To Three Gallons Per Week
Government decree cuts midwest and southwest gas coupon values from four to three gallons, effective Monday. OPA Acting Administrator Powell says reductions due to tight supplies. eastern regions may see more gas later. Southwest and Alabama affected. rugged drive ban on pleasure trips in fall under honor system. basic A coupon unchanged in other regions.
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Washington
Alabama
Midwest
Southwest
Cheater Powles
Office of Priva Administration
OPA
Petroleuo
Tennessee
Bowles
Lesat
Rocky Mountains
Modweart
Santhwrat
Ships Sink Seven More Jap Ships
Washington reports seven Japanese merchant vessels sunk by American submarines as part of a relentless attrition campaign. Five more enemy ships were damaged, bringing total enemy ships affected since the war began to 809, including 217 sunk, 20 probably sunk, and 63 damaged. The series of submarine strikes aims to strain Japanese supply and reinforcement efforts across distant bases.
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Washington
Aeven
Navy
Japan
Air and Sea Forces Close on retreating Nazis in Sicily
Allied air and naval forces ring the Strait of Messina drawing a tight cord around German troops fleeing Sicily. American and British units push west and north as they shell roads and embarkation points, sinking ferries and destroying transports while German retreat accelerates.
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Syrelman Morin
North Africa
Tira
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Italy
Randizio
Piraino
Cap Bon
Tuniete
Mensing Peninsula
Falcone
Presimonte
Spradoford San Martino
Messina
Marine de Velancia
Palm
Merine de Valencia
la Mezim
Poasdlona
Har‘bor
Berlin
Bom‘harding
No. 4
Thief Robs Martin Theatre During Friday Show
A Black suspect escaped with an undisclosed amount after grabbing through a Uicket window at the Martin Theatre around 2:28. Theatre manager Scany Harris reported no arrests yet as police investigate. staff on duty included Ruth Hell Castler.
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Martin Theatre
Hra
Ruth Hell
Castler
Mimnager
Harris
Peties
Weg
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Rotary Club
Posse
Atlantic Charter
Press Association
U.S. Liberators
Messerschmitt
NEA
NWA
Coal Mines Group
Winaton Churchill
Enidie Rackenbarker
Stimson Twier
Fila
War Department
Rickenbacker
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