Ford Buried Net Today Martford Specist Inter ment
Funeral services for Mrs Marguerite Ford were held today at Harford cemetery after a service by Rev Robert Walkup. She died Wednesday morning after a long illness, aged 37, and is survived by Clyde Ford husband, two daughters Jerry and Joao, one son Monroe Etslinger, four brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral home handled arrangements.
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Martford
Harford
Marguerite
Robert Walkup
Ford
Clyde Ford
Jerry
Joao Ford
Jone
Monroe Etslinger
Dack
Fred Bookxout
Charile Bookaeee de
Number 5- From Pare Gee Toons Fire Shells
Dispatch reveals heavy shelling by Toons at Oke-lock calibre and above with about 16 500 rounds fired and 12 500 of 17 inch caliber. Reports claim effective neutralization of enemy artillery and infantry progress near Toulon against German forces prior to shoreland clashes.
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Dé Pront
Toulon
Cigntannes
Frontline_Update From Eastern Front Battles Now Reported
A wartime dispatch notes tank movements in Italy and France with German units rushing to block East Prussia. Red Star claims 55 tanks knocked out and thousands dead in a Russian push toward East Prussia, with paratroopers scouted positions. Fresh fighting in the Balkans and Carpathians continues as Germans monitor Finnish and Norwegian activity.
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Italy
France
East Prussia
Sigal
Lithuania
Red Star
Companiques Aaid
Cantromanian
Balkans
Dnestr
Carpathians
Vistula
Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
Gandhi offers support for India’s independence through moral means
Gandhi urged in a letter that India seek independence by moral force and offered full nationalism support for Britain's war effort in return for immediate freedom. He discussed a meeting with Muslim leader Mohamed Ali Jinnah and suggested an agreement could pressure Britain to revise its firm refusal to grant independence.
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India
Gandhi
Mahomed Ali Jannah
Second WWII Payroll Tax Debate and Promotion News
Continued report on congressional debate over a 5 percent payroll tax with credits for veterans and employer costs. Lambert of Dothan promoted to Staff Sergeant after Army service from 1942 to 1943. He trained in mess management in Sydney and is now stationed in New Guinea. The article also notes the first Catholic Mass in Brazil on May 1, 1500.
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Lambert
Wallace Lambert
Dothan
Dothan Sik Hosiery Company
Army
New Guinea
Sydney
Australia
Brazil
Normandy Breaks Open As Allies Push Eastward
Allied forces drive deeper into Brittany and Normandy as German resistance tightens in a widening trap north of Paris. Reports say 40,000 to 100,000 Seventh Army troops remain encircled near Falaise with heavy bombardment and advancing Allied armor.
Meteoric fireball baffled Indiana residents across the state
AP reports residents from Dunes State Park to Vincennes, Richmond and Terre Haute saw a bright sky flash at 8 20 am Central War Time, followed by a loud explosion and smoke trail. State Police dismissed a bomb or factory blast and noted Ohio sightings consistent with a meteor. Ohio airports and observatories examined possible aircraft or a meteor event.
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Indianapolis
Norn South
Snd
Indacoa
Rade Statoens
Dunes State Park
Vincennes
Rchmond
Terre Haute
Walter Eckert
Ohio
Cincinnai
University of Cincinnat
Observatory
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Middletown
Special Services At Episcopal Church Mark Feast Day
The annual service for the Feast of the Assumption or Repose of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be held Sunday at 3:30 PM at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity. The Rev G Ralph Madison will conduct and preach. An hour in the parish house will follow.
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Carisuena
Puble
Ralph Madson
Viergr
Final Rites Held For Cook Infant
Funeral services for John Herbert Cook infant son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cook were held yesterday afternoon at Ward Wilson chapel with Rev Sam Etheridge of Ozark officiating Burial followed in Rehobeth cemetery Surviving include his parents paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs T B Coch of Dothan and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Shiver of Taylor
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Herbert Cook
East
Savannah Street
Ward - Wilson Chapel
Sam Etheridge
Ozark
Rehobeth
T. B. Coch
Dothan
Shiver
Taylor
Paris News on Destruction Across Aisne Front
Paris reports continued Allied air strikes on the Aisne front with shattering damage to the big store bridge at Mantes Gassicourt and 22 bridges across the Aisle. Fuel dumps near La Maille raye Sur Seine bombed while rail lines from Belgium to France were patrolled and attacked. American Thunderbolts hit German retreating columns near Argentan and along three western highways. Hundreds of Germans killed as they fled to trees and ditches, with many vehicles destroyed and horses stampeded. vivid scenes described by reporters.
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France
Eisenhower
Paris
Hitler
Channel
England
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Brittany
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Lorient
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Vendome
le Mans
Seine
Seventh Army
Mantes-Gassicourt
la Mailleraye-Sur-Seine
Belgium
Normandy
Thunderbolt
Homebound Draw Brings Hope To 49 Eligible GIs
In a war era scene a draw selects soldiers for home leave from a unit in the Pacific theater. Capt Ralph Westfall presides as names are drawn, including Aloysius Wilhelm of Toledo and Private Kendrick of Spray NC. Soldiers express relief and longing for civilization as they await the outcome of the draw.
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Fort Collins
Colorado
Pfe
David
Brill
Quaker City
CL Kendick
L Kendrick
Spray
Aloysius Wilhelm
Toledo
Millard Blankenship Funeral Rises Today
Millard E Blankenship 75 died Thursday at home on Clapton route one after a short illness. Funeral services will be today at 4 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by wife Emma and three daughters Beszie Lingo Lacy Mill Nora Smith, three sons Clare Joe Acy, two brothers Marion and Charles. Headland Mortuary in charge.
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Powers
Millard E Blankenship
Clapton
Pleasant Grove Church
Bunai
Emma Blankenship
Clopton
Beszie Lingo
Newville
Lacy Mill
Nora Smith
Donalsonville
Clare
Joe
Acy Blankenship
Marion Blankenship
Oneonta Ala
Charles Blankenship
Fort Townson
Okla Headland
Davis Urges Farm Group to Stand for Postwar Plan
In a speech to Alabama Farm Bureau members, Davis argues Congress drove farm laws despite administration opposition. He praises farmers for feeding troops and allies, notes no farm strikes, and stresses price stabilization and postwar economic readjustment. He warns executives must organize to prevent future wars and envisions a new working body to maintain world peace.
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Congress
Randolph
Congressgiew
Bureau
Alabama
Washington
Davis
Nichols at Troy District Conference of County Supervisors
Nichols, Houston County FSA supervisor, attends district three conference in Troy today, announced by local office officials.
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LG Nichols
Houston County
FSA
Troy
No Indictments in Ballot Box Fraud Probe
A Houston County grand jury recessed after a three day session in 2006 without indictments about absentee ballots in the May 2 Democratic primary. Judge D C Halstead told the panel the ballot box would be available for investigation under a gentlemen’s agreement, with no implication of a further probe.
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Houston County
D. C. Halstead
Grand Jury
Self Wringing Mop Bucket Appeal Made
A Camp Rucker hospital appeal seeks a self wringing mop bucket to aid nurses as they apply hot towels to a paralyzed patient wife of a soldier. The woman, who is at Camp Rucker after home injury, is awaiting diagnosis while Red Cross contacts Mrs. Lawrence Oakley in Houston County to locate a bucket no longer on the market.
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Stabon
Camp Rucker
Fort Benning
Hartford Highway
Lawrence Oakley
Houston County
American Red Cross
Liquor Ration May Be Increased Soon
MONTGOMERY Alabama Dr E Ray Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Chairman said he expected liquor rations to be increased by October or sooner due to rising supplies. He noted a government order permitting distillers to manufacture whiskey but stated current ration allows a quart per month per customer at state stores.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Dr. Ray
Burglary Report Details Losses Across Several Local Sites
Pendora suffered the heaviest loss with more than 800 dollars in cash missing 450 dollars in checks and War Bonds. Cigarettes and other merchandise were taken from Tatum and Powells a small sum from the post office and tools and other instruments from a filing station and garage were also stolen. A baptismal service will be held Sunday during the regular worship hour at Enon Church of Christ three and a half miles west of Ashford near Cowarts announced by pastor J W Yeoman. After noon hour singers are expected to gather for the regular third Sunday singing convention all singers are invited to attend and bring their books.
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Pendora
Knight
Tatum
Powell
Enon Church of Christ
Ashford
Cowarts
J. W. Yeoman
Retonga praised by hundreds for relief from indigestion
Read of Mr H W Widner who lives on Route 1 Box 13 House, Alabama, praising Retonga for relief from sour indigestion cramps and constipation. He says it helped him regain appetite and steady nerves, noting he previously tried many laxatives with little success and now feels active and well.
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Retonga
H W Widner
Ala
Ling
Negro robber injures shop owner and flees with purse
A man identified as a Negro entered a downtown store and assaulted Mrs. Hatcher with an iron bar, then stole her purse. She suffered a severe head injury. Police and volunteers searched the area while War Bonds, over $900 in cash, and insurance papers were recovered near the scene after the suspect was detained at Napier Field. The investigation followed reports of armed drivers and an unidentified group.
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Czerk
Uoffic
Qesre
Pinekard
Mra
Colenel
Charles J. Daly
Napier Flea
Hatcher
Dowing
Ferrell Completes Orientation Course for Air Force
Second Lieutenant Robert Livingston Ferrell of Kingsport Tennessee and formerly Dothan completed an orientation course, per the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. He studied at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn before joining the Army Air Force.
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Ferrell
Robert Livingston Ferrell
Kingsport
Tenn
Dothan
United States Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Army Air Force
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Helms 18 Injured in Puerto Rico Plane Crash
Private Walter Helms of Malone Florida is hospitalized at Marianna Army Air Base after a plane crash in Puerto Rico during a furlough from 28 months overseas. Relatives report the injury and identify his mother Mrs Dora Helms. A wartime ration list reduces farm machinery types. 19 rationed versus 31 previously, with eight nonrationed implements released from distribution rules.
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Helms
Privat
Walter Helms
Malone
Fla
Marianna Army Air Base
Puerto Rico
Dora Helms
WEA
Old Age Insurance Discussed By Local Group
A local meeting covered old age insurance details including eligibility, benefits, and exclusions. Rev. Ral he son was elected president of the group and Fran Malletshom was named secretary-treasurer. The next meeting is scheduled for September 23.
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Smith Sid Imge
Thay Twe Agricultural
Ral Heson
Fran Malletshom
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