AFL request refused by Dewey sparks labor dispute
Albany dispatch reports James C Hagerty and Gov James R. Dewey declining a Labor Day proclamation for New York and sparking AFL publicist Philip Pearl to publish criticism. Pearl notes Dewey’s tight schedule and questions how he would spare labor matters if elected. The AFL marks rare open dissent from the federation against Roosevelt’s fourth-term push.
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Jack Bell
Albany
Jamas
E. Dewey
American Federation of Labor
Fiste
New York
James C Hagerty
Sigs. Wit
Philp Peer Afl
Calumi
Newark
Hagerty
Peer
Dewey
Roosevelt
Lsbor
Pearl
Jabor
AFL
Congress of the Industrial Organizations
CIO Fohties Action Committee
Whisky Violator Given Probation
An application for probation by Sherman Jackson of Funsey, convicted at the last circuit term for possessing a still, was granted yesterday by Judge D C Halstead in chambers. Jackson was sentenced to a year and a day in the State penitentiary and placed on probation for two years.
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Sherman Jackson
Funsey
D. C. Halstead
Chambers
Jackson
Invasion Wave Construction Part of Coast U.S. Plans
Number 14 continues discuss a strategy to build connections among beachheads along the coast. It notes the challenge in gauging strength and grouping of Southern Allied invasion troops as the second wave remains at sea while the third and possibly fourth are at jumping-off ports.
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Wiestsaut
Brance
Carter's Little Liver Pills Digestive Aid Ad
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick aid to digestion. It claims natural digestion produces two pints of digestive juice and that the pills increase flow within about 30 minutes. Available at drug stores for 10 and 26 cents.
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Nature
Carter
Nazi Seventh Army Deteriorates Into Roving Guerrillas
HAL BOYLE reports the German Seventh Army in France is breaking up into guerrilla bands. Third Army officers say most are trapped from Brest to Argentan with escape routes blocked. In France, 34,000 prisoners and 11,000 killed indicate a devastating Allied sweep. Remaining units fight as bandits or conduct night raiding for sustenance.
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Hal Boyle
Nk Steel Ring
Normandy
Third Army
Seventh Army
Falaise
Argentan
France
Argenian
Brest
Le.ture
Loire
Abgers
Germany
Hitler
Karst Named Shrine Club Head in West Florida
Major Albert A. Karst of Marianna was named president of the newly formed West Florida Shrine Club. The group plans about 200 members from the Alabama line to Leon County with E E Gay of Quincy and Sam Williams of Panama City as vice presidents, C. C treasurer, and R. W. Ashmore of Tallahassee as plenipotentiary. They expect to erect a clan house on the Gulf after adopting by laws.
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Marianna
Albert A. Karst
West Florida
Allied Forces Open Major French Coast Invasion
Reports from the West Front detail three escort aircrews downed and Allied landings along the southern French coast near Frejus Cap Negre and Port Cros. American and French troops secure strategic isles while German broadcasts claim strong coastal defenses and broader landings from Cannes to San Remo. Over 14,000 Allied air and ground participants pushed the advance toward linking with Eisenhower forces in Brittany and Normandy.
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Moripg Ot
Guider
Informational Information Bureau
Fa Tropez
Frejus
St. Raphael
Hyeres Islands
Cap Neare
Aled
Cap Negre
Port Cros
Levant
Arst
Transocean
Berlin
Cannes
Toulon
San Remo
Nice
France
Normandy
Paris
St Raphael
Cap Camaral
CBS
Iettler
Henry Maitland Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brittany
Herbert J. Matthews
New York Times
Ankaya
Adriatic
Italy
Trieste
Istanbul
Greece
Albania
Falaise
Vasey
Tinchebray
Vire
Putanges
Orne
Argentanias
Eay
Third Army
George 3 Patton
New Brake Breaks Speed Quickly
A new brake stops a one eighth horsepower motor at 16 000 rpm in less than six turns. The edge of the rotor moves about 62 mph and the device uses an ordinary shoe made of cork composite.
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New York
Chester 1 Hall
General Electric Co
Two Kilby Escapees Reported At Large
AP reports two Kilby prison escapees remain at large after overpowering a guard and capturing the night warden during a break from Kilby prison. Ten others were captured or killed by guards within hours. two or three escapees were still free as officials identified suspects. A high powered rifle and pistol were taken, with one fugitive believed injured after a taxi collision during the incident.
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T A. Harries
Jeferson
James J. O'Rourke
Calhoun County
Henstein
Hamrici
Orsor
Common Pleas Court Sentences Five Today
Five cases were heard by Judge Norton Mullins in Common Pleas Court. Three were for public drunkenness, two defendants pled guilty, one went to trial. Each fined five dollars and costs. driving without a license drew five dollars, vagrancy one dollar. Court calendar showed 17 cases continued.
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Norton Mullins
Jron Court of Common Pleas
Motion For Mistrial In Viereck Case Is Filed
Washington AP motion by George Voersch counsel for mistrial cites new book Black Mail as prejudicial to Viereck and jurors. Prosecutor Lindas argues the volume attacks Viereck and suggests government involvement. no immediate ruling.
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Washington
George Sylvester Voersch
Black Mail
Ben Lindas
Edward C Eicher
Viereck
Lindas
Government Department Justice
Surplus Property Law Urged to Congress
Washington AP says Interior Secretary Ickes urged Congress to pass a surplus property disposal law to prevent a repeat of the postwar speculation surge. He backed the Murray Taft Stewart bill and proposed the Interior Department be assigned land disposal duties for thousands of war acquired acres to tighten safeguards against cheats and chiselers.
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Washington
Congress
Ickes
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Youth Arrested Theft Charged In Connecticut Case
A 15 or 16 year old named Lamey Powell is in custody after being linked to a theft at Pitchers Gin on East Commerce Street weeks ago. Police say he admitted the clock was damaged when trying to run it. Authorities verify his age as under 16 and may transfer custody to juvenile authorities.
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Lamey Powell
North East
Connectivy
Lathe Kelley
Powel
Murtang
Rousioo
Kelley
Powell
East Commerce Street
Jewish Community Plans USO-JWB Host Tonight
The Jewish community of Marianna will host the weekly snack sip sponsored by USO-JWB at Temple Emanu-El in Dothan next Sunday night. Informal receptions occur each Sunday. personal letters are sent to families of servicemen attending for the first time. Parents and wives have expressed appreciation.
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Marianna
Uso-Iwb
Temple Emanu-E
Dothen
Ins
Ruffin Speaks on Crop Pests at Dothan Kiwanis Meeting
Auburn extension entomologist W. A. Ruffin addressed the Dothan Kiwanis Club, urging farmers to destroy pests before damage occurs. He noted two percent of crop value could control worms threatening local peanut crops, and highlighted guests M. D. Black, J. T. Turmer, George Sargent, and J. Ms. Yates.
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W. A. Ruffin
Auburn
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Ki Wamans
M. D. Black
Montgomery
J. T. Turmer
George Sargent
J. Ms. Yates
Tallula
New USO Dance Series Inaugurated On Friday Nights
A new series of dances is planned at the USO Club on South Foster Street. The events will be on Friday nights and honor the 66th Division. Junior Hostesses will partner visiting soldiers, with music by the 263rd Infantry Regiment Band.
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USO Club
South Foster Street
Uists
263Rd
Infantry
Scouts Rally for Waste Paper Campaign Drive
Jr. Cooke of the Southeast Alabama Council appeals to all local Scouts to collect waste paper during August and September. The War Production Board ordered an intensive drive, stressing that Boy Scouts can make a real impact in aiding the war effort. Cooke calls on salvage committees and district Scouters to cooperate to meet the nation’s waste paper goal and support the fighting men.
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Jr. Cooke
Southeast Alabama Council
American Boy Scouts
War Production Board
Boy Scouts
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Elbert K. Fretwell
Nelson
Boy Scouts of America
Cooke
Patton Backs Across Africa Amid Dust and Jeeps
Standing beside a six wheel prime mover, Patton surveys traffic on a dusty road as a driver balks at moving the truck. He strides forward in a tracked jeep style, chatting with GIs, while his aide Sei John L Mims of Abbeville, Alabama, battles debris and scavenges for salvage cans.
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Patton
Sei John L Mims
Abbeville
Ala
Sea Bankhead Urges Cotton Producers To Withhold From Market
Washington AP report says Senator Bankhead urges cotton producers to hold crops off market until parity is renewed. Plan includes using parity loans and finishing textile ceiling revisions under the Bankhead Brown amendment. Bankhead says governors should press producers to keep cotton off market as prices near parity, with mill representatives in accord.
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Washington
Aps
Bonshead
D-Aln
Bankhead-Brown
Bankhead
OPA
William P. Jacobs
Clinton, S. C
William N. Banke
Grantsville
L. T. Bartinger
Memphis
BR. D. Hall
Belmont
N. C
F. W. Symmes
Greenville S. C
Grand Jury Still In Session Here
Houston County grand jury organized Monday by Circuit Judge D C Halstead continues into its third day of investigations with indications deliberations may end tomorrow. Witnesses fill the room as investigations focus on charges filed through the sheriff's office, with an absentee ballot box not yet examined per a gentlemen's agreement.
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Houston County Grand Jury
Circuit
D. C. Halstead
Halstead
Sheriff's Office
Navy Officer Will Visit Here August 23
Lieutenant S. Carroll, officer in charge of Navy recruiting in Alabama, will visit the Navy recruiting station at Dothan on August 23. He urged all 17 year olds to apply due to potential quota changes next month and noted July rejections due to filled quotas while enlistment quotas remain unlimited for now.
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S. Carroll
Navy
Alabama
Dothan
R. E Macdonald
Carroll
Randolph and Davis to Speak at Houston County Farm Bureau
P. Q. Davis, director of the State Extension Service, and Walt er L. Randolph, president of the Alabama Farm Bureau, will headline the Houston County Farm Bureau annual meeting at Ashford high school starting at 10 am tomorrow. Entomologist WA. Fatfin will discuss peanut worm control. After lunch, officers will be elected as the afternoon program highlights. H. H. Knowles urges a large turnout.
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P. Q. Davis
State Extension Service
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
Pienie
Houston County Farm Bureau
Ashford High School
WA. Fatfin
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
H. H. Knowles
Bureau
Farm Committee Inspecting Prospective Ownership Units Today
Houston County Farm Security Administration committees chaired by H C Meadows with E G Ivey and Eugen Hollis meet to inspect prospective farm ownership units. They will be accompanied by L G Nichols, county FSA supervisor, and Staff Sergeant Eddie H Livingston, son of Mr and Mrs Livingston of Cothar route, reported missing in action in France since June.
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Houston County Farm Security Administration
H C Meadows
E.G Ivey
Eugen Hollis
L. G. Nichols
FSA
Eddie H. Livingston
Ang
Livingston
Cothar
Tarea
France
Amid German Forces Warfront Around Warsaw Rail Lines
Disjointed OCR fragment describes German resistance and Soviet or allied movements near Warsaw. Mentions railways from Biglystok to Warsaw, divisions turning prewar factories into gun positions, and intense fighting as a crucial moment in the conflict.
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Marzhai Komapun
Rakossovsky
Wascaw
Biglystok
Warsaw
Bokossovsky
Prega
Normandy Gap Strips German Seventh Army at Falaise
Allied forces drive two prongs around the Caen Falaise pocket. Americans and Canadians push to seize Tinchebray and Palaise while Britons threaten Conde-sur-Noireau and Vassy. German losses mount as the pocket tightens and the escape route collapses.
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Dinard
Brittany
St. Malo
Breton
DNB
Berlin
International Information Bureau
Normandy
Palaise
Caen-Palaise
Ossy
St. Pierre - Cenivet
Aubigny
Guenther von Kluge
Falaise
von Kluge
Argentan
Third Army
George §. Patton, Jr
Conde-Sur-Noiireau
Vaesy
Conde-Sur - Noireau
Funeral Rites Help For Marvel Vickey
A fragmentary notice reports funeral rites for Marvel Vickey. The brief mentions family, including his mother and multiple relatives, with private details obscured by OCR. The item reads as a standard obituary notice from a local paper with minimal readable context and names.
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Marvel Vickey
Fragmented political tirade on party division and hush efforts
The text shows a fragmented quote criticizing Republicans and a failed effort to keep events quiet. It mentions Representative Manatee and concerns over reorganizing plans, with remarks that things got out of hand and unsettled people briefly.
Faint Allied Gains Reported After Night Activity
Reporting from the front, Allied forces held a rallying point 15 miles east of Wire and five miles east of Tig. Field, with withdrawals noted and heavy thunderstorm hampering air operations. German movements appeared to exploit the lull, with continued pressure around the Falaise gap as night actions unfolded.
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Tig
Gtapatehes
Falaise Gap
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