Floridian Army Widow Receives Silver Star Medal
In Marianna Florida Brig General F W Manley awards the Silver Star posthumously to Pvt Jerry Jordan of Lakeland as his widow, Pvt Jordan died defending a command post during a Luftwaffe attack. He earlier received the Purple Heart. The Jordans married in August 1940 and lived in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Marianna Army
Dorig Harring Jordan
Melone
Florida
Clifford & Olson
Ilealwerk
Jerry Jordan
F. W. Manley
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Pvt
Jordan
Pvt Jordan
Lakeland
Luniwa
Prt
Uounda
Jordans
Faye Torson Emse
Jordan Uved
Jacksonville
Ren Guy Hardwick Promoted To Captain
First Lieutenant William Guy Hardwick of Dothan is promoted to Captain. Announcement made August 13 by Col Charles T. Arnett of the Army Air Forces Training Command at Yale University. Hardwick, currently Post Judge Advocate at the Air Forces School, also serves as Houston County's Alabama Legislature representative, beginning a second term. He previously taught military law in Miami Beach and New York, and has held posts at Greensboro NC and New York Civilian Schools. He now serves as Legal Assistance Officer for post personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Guy Hardwick
Dothan
Charles T. Arnett
Army
Air Forces Training Command School
Yale University
Hardwick
Air Forces School
Touston
Alabama State Legisature
Army Air Forces
Miami
Soldier Honored At Family Party
A Dothan family celebration honored Private Benjamin F P Woodham of Jefferson at a Sunday dinner. The guest list included numerous relatives and friends from Headland Do thas and surrounding areas. Aviation Cadet Russell P Sanders Jr of Dothan entered the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School at Selman Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woodham
Benjamin FP. Woodham
Jefferson
Woodham
J. M. Beneliald
Maxetes
Fin
W. M Corley
Do Thas
E. J. Worley
Baby
Judy Maria
Mery Bayes
Preston Hayes
Don Woodham
Luther Jones
Glenda and
Lewie
Headland
Lucy Woodham
Earl Woodham
Buck
W. C. Gamble
Geraldine and
Beatries
Graves Woodham
Jerry Ann Johnston
Juanita Johnston
Billy Jo
Russell P. Sanders, Jr
F. P. Bandara, Jr
Lafayette Et. Dothan
Army Aiter Forces
Selman Field Montes la
Bandere
Dothan High School
Atlanta and St Andrews Bay Railway Co
Abbeville Sailor Missing In Action
Abbeville sailor Arthur Eugene Dantsy is reported missing in action by the Navy Department. He is listed among 79 aboard fleets including seven dead, fifteen wounded and fifty-seven missing. The Navy total casualties reach 28,340 across Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, with 9,082 dead and 6,133 prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Eugene Dantsy
Mra Molcie Dantsy
Abbeville
Bess
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Nett
Kinelace
Enterprise Soldier Jap War Prisoner
Mrs. Ferthe Patrick of Enterprises learns her husband Walter B. Patrick, a private first class in the medical service, was captured with the fall of Corregidor and has been transferred from the Philippine Islands to Higashi Shinagawa Japan. He was serving at Camp Rucker Station Hospital where Mrs. Patrick was the first civilian employee and now works as an operating room attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Ferthe Patrick
Enterprises
Walter B. Patrick
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Higashi Shinagawa
Japan
Madice
Patrick
Camp Rucker Station Hospital
Dothan Boy Pitches For Army In England
Private Fred Green of Dothan has pitched for an Army Air Corps team in England, winning 14 straight mound games over the past year. The 303 Headland Avenue resident served about two years, and English opponents have credited his steady performances despite team miscues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Bam
Cornera
England
Dothan
Fred Green
Jand
W. T. Green
Headland Avenue
Army
Air Corps
Private Green
The
Ledger
Green
J Army
Lt James Mullen Advanced To Captain
Lt James Mullen son of Mr and Mrs J B Mullen of 1400 West Northstrait Dothan has been promoted to captain Seymour Field North Carolina announced He was a practicing lawyer and holds an AB from Duke University Durham NC class of 1922 He entered the Army at Chanute Field Illinois June 22 19 42 He is married with one son Graham C Mullen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mullen
Graham C Mullen
Military cadets and aviation training enrollments announced
Private Cecil Bonner of Newton has completed the administrative clerical course at Napier Field and will serve as an engineering clerk. Private Louis Tillery of Cottonwood entered the airplane mechanics school at Keasley Field, Mississippi. Two Wiregrass youths, Alvin C. Pruett of Newton and John W. McKinney of Dothan, enrolled as aviation cadets at Maxwell Field, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Bonner
Newton
Foot Troop
Napier Field
Ton
Mra
Mechanics School
Louis Frank Tillery
W. ©. Tillery
Cottonwood
Alabama
Keasler Field
Miss
Army Air Forces Training Compmand
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Ala
Alvin C. Pruett
D. P. Pruatt
John W. McKinney
Joseph M. McKinney
West Washington Street
Dothan
Promotion for Private Samuel T Hall in Air Forces training
Private Samuel T Hall son of 8 T Hall Headland has been promoted to Private Thai class and assigned to the Technical School Army Air Forces Training Command at Sioux Yalla. He will receive radio operator and mechanic training with public relations office announcing the move. Hall completed basic training at Miami Beach and will continue his studies at Falls for twenty weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Hall
T. Hall
Headland
Army Air Forces Training Command
Sioux Yalla
Pfc
Hall
Miami Beach
Falls
Friday 13th brings news of Navy husband interned in Pacific war
Mrs. Duke E Mzary of Dothan reports her husband Duke Manry, chief storekeeper in the U S Navy, has been interned in a Japanese camp after the fall of Corregidor. The letter from Canopus survivor Manry says he is well and asks her to bear up. Manry, a Thomaston native, has served 17 years in the Navy aboard ships including the Pennsylvania and Handisca, and was aboard the Canopus at Pearl Harbor. She calls the message a new lease on life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke E Mzary
Dothan
Joanie Collier
Duke Manry
U. S Navy
Ie Jepanese
Philippine Islend
Shadow
Corregidor
Meary
Bo' To Woery
Manry
Thomanville
Navy
Pusrl Harbor
Canopus
Corregir
Hattiaship
Pesnsyl
Honodlula
Manila
Board One Draftees Accepted For Duty
Houston County Selective Service Board One announced the August 14 release of draftees for service in the Army Army Air Corps Navy Marines and Coast Guard. Inductees include William L. Riley Sibley T. Richardson Allen E. Raysolds James Woodfin Parkman Wimner A Mauldin Fred Boyd Carl H. Adams Robert Lamar Ragister Edward Henry Hicks Horace G McInnish Thomas Edger Ferrin and Joel Harman Draughon. Army inductees will report to Fort McPherson Ga on September 1 after a 21 day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Selective Service Board No. One
Army
Air Corpse
Navy, Metines
Coast Guard
Willam L. Riley
Sibley T. Richardson
Allen E. Raysolds
James Woodfin Parkman
Wimner A. “Mutt” Mauldin
Fred Boyd
Carl H. Adams
Robert Lamar Ragiater
Army Air Corps
Edward Henry Hicks
Navy
Horace G. McInnish
Marina
Thomas Edger Ferrin
Joel Harman Draughon
Fort McPherson
Marriages Noted At Houston County Probate Office
The Houston County probate office listed marriages including Preston Chandler of Midland City route two with Ocle Beasley of Midland City route two and Jensa Ellingsworth of Dolphin route one with Mildred West of Dolphin route three. Also Clyde Bettle and Nettie Pearl Hollis of Dolphin route two, William Dewey Coker of Dolphin route three with Mary Louise Dunnning of Dolphin route five, Carl W. Joiner of Ashford with Juliette Miller of Mobile, and Buford C Penseck of Malvern, Als with Omells Davis of Graceville route two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoeensex
Houston County
Preston Chandler
Midland City
Ocle Beasley
Jensa James Ellingsworth
Dothan
Mildred West
Clyde Bettle
Nettie Pearl Hollis
William Dewey Coker
Mary Louise Dunning
Carl W. Joiner
Ashford
Juliette Miller
Moblie
Ala
Buford C. Penseck
Malvern
Als
Omells Davis
Graceville
Army Officers Promote Beck and Medisy to First Lieutenant
War Department announces George Beck of the Army Air Corps and Mat Weldon Medisy of the Infantry, both of Geneva, promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Beck
Army Air Corps
Mat Weldon Medisy
Infantry
Geneve
War Department
Arrives for Training at Field Artillery Center
Privace saunice H McCord, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey McCord of Dothan Route 3, has arrived at the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center Fort Bill Oklo for seventeen weeks of basic training. He was inducted into the ig at Fort McClellan June 23. Enrolls in PrefLight Aviation Cadet Wilton J Pruitt of 314 West Main Dothan has been enrolled in the preflight school at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center for preflight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton J. Pruitt
314 West Main Shaft
Dothan
San Antonio
Pabna leads Boldize Stationed Private Jeff MucElroy
Private Jeff MucElroy, 34 Brough Street, Dothan, is stationed at the Army Air Forces Basic Training Center in Kearns Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pabna
Boldize
Jeff MucElroy
Brough St
Dothan
Army Air Forces Basic Training Center
Kearns
Utah
Offles Mannune
Family of Pvt Raymond R. Thomas Receives War News
Mr and Mrs George Barry Thomas of Enterprises report their son Pvt Raymond R Thomas was reported missing in action and later listed as a prisoner of war at Stalag Germany. They received a Red Cross notice February 17 confirming his status and a letter from him saying it is cold but he is treated well. Red Cross allows monthly cigarette parcels and every sixty days a package with stationery clothing toilet articles and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
George Barry Thomas
Enterprises
Pvt
Raymond R. Thomas
Pvt Thomas
Stalag
Germany
Boon Afar
Red Cross
Hartford Youth Joins Air Corps Reserve
John Morgan Regan Jr of Hartford has been accepted in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve. He will be eligible for flying training at 13, after passing mental moral and physical tests and being sworn in by Major Albert G. Swann. He remains inactive until 18 for pre flight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morgan Regan, Jr
John M. Regen
Hartford
Air Corps
Albert G. Swann
Births in Dorhan and Nearby Areas This August
A string of birth notices lists parents from Dorhan to Dothan route two with newborns named Billy Freddie Anne Sara Doris Dwight Houston Patricia Ann Reging Wylene Hermen Larry Virginia Carl and William Herold. Dates given range from July to August with several locations and service members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reegan
Dorhan
Billy
Fred Holand
Freddie Anne
C. Bryant
Laesburg
Georgia
Sara Doris
Houston ‘Thomas
Newton Route One
Dwight Houston
Marvin Palmer
Patricia Ann
Phillip Russell Shelley
Wiley Minor Barnhill
Reging Wylene
Robert Chaney
Hartford
Hermen Larry
Clyde Sewell
Virginia Carl
V. Sheen
Dothan
Hamed Willam Herold
Death notices from Enterprise to Geneva state varied ages
Obituaries list multiple deaths across Alabama towns including Enterprise Dundee Fort Peck Dothan Turner Field Newville Haleburg Atmore Geneva Headland and Columbia Names include Lionel C Jones Bascom A Blount Dr J M Whitfield John L Hodges Lena Dowling Pridgen Claude Bruce Dawson Claudie Marshall Kirkland EL Gunnella Sally Davis Hassle Mae Fleming Danneley Daggett and John Stanton Camp Ages range from eighteen to seventy four with residence details in each entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel C. Jones
Enterprise
Bascom A. Blount
Dundee
J. M. Whitfield
Fof
John L. Hodges
Fort Peck
Montane
Lena Dowling Pridgen
Dothan
Claude Bruce Dawson
Turner Field
Georgia
Claudie Marshall Kirkland
Newville
EL Gunnella
Wilson Street
Dothen
Saliie Davis
Haleburg
Hassle Mae Fleming
Columbia
Danneley Daggett
Atmore
G. D. Grantham
Geneva
John Stanton Camp
Headland
Private 15 Promoted To Technician Fifth Grade
Private Emmett W. McKay Jr son of Mr and Mrs FE W McKay of Headend has been promoted to Technician fifth grade in the Army Air Corps at the New Orleans Army Air Base Public relations office announced Corporal McKay is a graduate of Henry County High School and attended the University of Alabama and the University of Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett W. McKay, Jr
FE. W. McKay
Headend
Army Air Corps
New Orleans
la. Army Air Base
McKay
Henry County High School
University of Alabama
University of Florida
Promoted to Sergeant in Army Air Base unit
Sergeant William Ethridge of 200 Baxley Gt Dethan has been promoted to State Sergeant at the Army Air Base in Great Falls Montana, after attending Dothan schools and working for W. Faulkner Packing Co before enlisting in May 1939. Seaman Second Class George R Lewis graduated from Naval Radio School in San Diego, son of Mr and Mrs C I Lewis of Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ©. Ethridge
Baxley
Dethan
Army Air Brae
Great Falls
Mont
Geant Etheridge
Dothan
W. Co. Fawlkner Packing Co
Army
George R. Lewis
Tha Naval Radio School
San Diego
Cali
C. I. Lewis
Navy Wings Cadet Lloyd Adams Completes Training
Naval Aviation Cadet Lloyd Adams son of Mrs L A Adams of Columbia has completed intermediate training as a naval aviation cadet at the University of Miami and has been assigned to the pre flight school at the University of Georgia He joined the Navy in May 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Wings
Lloyd Adams
Camp Rucker Salvage Returns $164000 to Uncle Sam
At Camp Rucker the fiscal year report of the Quartermaster Repair Shop shows 267 251 repaired articles including 6 023 pairs of shoes and 147 008 clothing items. Net government salvage value was $164 310.80 after costs, with repairs across seven southeastern posts totaling 5 816 788 articles and a government saving of $4 965 472.51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rucker
Uncle Sem
Quartermaster Repair Shop
Liz Re M. Huss
Raporta
Army Service Forces Headquarters
Fourth Services Command
Atlanta
FSA Arranges Four Loans To Buy Farms
The local Farm Security Administration office closed loans on four farms owned by C. D. White of Pawsey route one. Borrowers include W. D. Watkins of Dothan route three, A. Z. Sewell of Campbellton route one, and John T. Angin and Andrew W. Bins of Panasy route one. They have forty years to repay the funds for farm purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSA
C. D. White
Pawsey
Houston County
Morris Mf. Borland
W. D. Watkins
Dothan
A. Z. Sewell
Campbellton
John T. Angin
Andrew W. Bins
Panasy
Farm Security Administration
Damage Is Slight At Two Fires Here
Two fires reported yesterday caused little damage. At Mato ne Motor Company on South St Andrews, gasoline on the brick building side caught fire at 5 45 p m. only light damage. At 416 South Alice Street a fire destroyed a small quantity of clothing. damage to the house and clothing estimated at 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matone Motor Company
South St Andrews
South Alice Street
Tansci
Malone Motor Company
Alice Street
OPA Warns Rentals Must Be Registered in Dothan Ozark Area
OPA warns renters in the Dothan Ozark Defensa Rental area must register within thirty days of renting. Charles M. Cooper, area director, says even a single room in a private home requires registration and a tenancy change requires five day notice to the area rent office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan-Ozark
OPA
Charles M. Cooper
Cooper
Ares
Notice of Sale in Dothan Alabama Arbitrary Vehicle Auction
Notice is given that Solomon Motor Company will hold a public sale in Alabamas Houston County on Wednesday August 26 1943 during legal hours at the Hall in front of the Fe thetae to satisfy charges. The sale includes a 1937 Dodge Sedan motor 02 264734 and a 1942 Georgia Lions Now DSS 010. The sale will proceed to pay the corporation's legal charges. This notice is dated August 18 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabares
Houston County
Alabama
Solomon Motor Company
Dothan
Alabame
Georgia Lions
Aaid
Solomon Motor Company, & Corporation
Recorder Is Speaker At Lions Meeting
JG Veughs city recorder was guest speaker at the Lions Club weekly lunch meeting speaking on Detay Our City A report on attendance showed about seventy five boys and girls at Recreation Center last Monday night up from sixty the prior week Lions Gems Floyd Brookins Wells and Jamas were named as chaperons to continue recreation rights for boys and girls in Dothan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JG Veughs
City Recorder
Lions Club
Lions Gems
Floyd
Brookins
Wells
Jamas
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Troina
Siedy
Allieg
the Service Men’s News Digest
Wothan Eagle
Ren
Guy Hardwick
Board One
Army SC
Thoma
John Edmond Owen
San Marcos Arm
San Marcos
Tex
Air Corps Reserve
Rucker Salvage
Chamberlin
Dothan Roofing & Heating Co
Saliba Pree Fatimates
Knight's Grocery
N, Oates St
Cai
LUX
Swan Large
PMR Rane RP
Bs Vane Aah
Recorder
Lions Meeting
J. B. Davis Bleclalr Refining Co. Agt
NOW! Service Sr
Nt. Oates St
Logan
J. L. Harris
E. Main St
Herman McClellan
Nurford
RFD
Jersey
J. P. Harrison
Wickabur School
Beadland
Webb
D. Jerking
Ben Shelley
Tumbleton
Henry County
Murphy, Jr
Lvestock
LLL & Falls Slocomb
Harttol
Chevrolet
Good Motor
Ford
Don Hartley
R. Brackin
Mulles
Beulah
Headlane
Bath
Tm Ashford
Bee E.G. Stringer
Pire Smith
Greenwood
Cray
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