Soviet Armies Breach Prussian Front In Berlin Report
Soviet forces press deep toward East Prussia as Berlin declares a large breach in Nazi lines. Red Army advances threaten the Ostrow Mazowiecki region, with claims of heavy tank and troop support across multiple fronts.
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Prussian
Berlin
STW
W. Heecher
Red Army
Jow- Gast Prowian
Avanae
Prussia
Yeecr
Ivan Cherniaks
Imo Reich
Zakherov
Warsaw
Mutharn
Prus
Leier Gates Open Wires Today at Napier Field
Residents of Dothan and surrounding areas are invited by Col Charles to a special baseball game at Napier Field to feature cadets and air base activities. Gates open at 2:30 PM with police directing entry at the Main Gate. limited admittance cards issued.
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MYER
Napier Field Gruffies Marianna
Midd
Dothan
Metrograsa
Col
Charles
Giamond
Moute
Meier Field Band
Eof Cwo
John R. Charles Bass
Maier
R. Grant
Com
ASSP
Oreartermaster
Wether
Barty
City to Act on Rat Control Plan Tuesday
Dothan city officials prepare to decide Tuesday on a rat extermination program. A Citizens Committee backed a $3000 revolving fund to cover initial costs, with property owners repaying. The plan includes trucks, equipment, and three workers, with U S Public Health Service aid training local staff at no charge.
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Dothan
Rawlins McKinney
Myer Blumberg
U. S. Public Health Service
Frank E. Brown Dies Suddenly At Home
Frank F. Brown, longtime figure in H. H. Brown Construction Co. of Dothan, died suddenly at his home at 34 West Adams Street on Saturday afternoon. He retired in 1943 due to ill health. Survived by wife, two daughters Mrs Travis Mixon Jr of Madrid and Miss Ethel Jackson of Atlanta, Ga., mother Mrs H. H. Brown of Dothan, and brother R. B. Brown of Ozark. Funeral arrangements pending with Ward Wilson Funeral Home.
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Frank F. Brown
Joan
West Adams Street
Breen
H. H. Brown Construction Company
Dothan
Travis Mixon, Jr
Madrid
Ethel Jackson
Atlants
H. H. Brown
Platform Tilts Into River At River View Beach
In Salem New Jersey an improvised river steamer platform tilt caused many people to plunge into the Delaware River at River View Beach. Bystanders estimate up to 30 were thrown in. Salem Hospital treated 22 victims and one person died. Mary Saltera said several received first aid at the beach dispensary. Many victims were women and children as rescuers waded into the 15 foot stretch of water.
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Salem
N. J
Delaware
Riverview Beach
Salem Hospital
Mary Saltera
76 Days After Start Of Invasion Germans Defeated in France
AP dispatch from First U.S. Army Headquarters in France reports that on the 76th day of the invasion Germany is defeated in the Battle of France. Allied forces under Omar Bradley push toward Paris with heavy fighting ahead but progress shows the German resistance dwindling as reserves are drained.
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Germany
France
Don Whitehead
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Allied Seventh Army advances toward Toulon and Rhone valley
American and French forces punch toward Toulon and Grasse as units push north from Marseille, capturing German generals including Neuling. Allied command reports rapid progress with German demolitions falling short as reserves near exhaustion. Forces move along fifty mile coastal fringe, threatening to split France and seal access to the Rhone valley.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
St Maximin - Le-Stz
Baume
Marseille
Aix-En-Provence
Aliex
Toulon
Rhone River
France
Ferdinand Neuling
St. Maximin
Grasse
Cannes
la Bastide
Coznt
la Boauebrusaanne
Sollies-Pont
Sollies - Pont
Alexander M. Patch
Tottering Japan Proposes Co-Prosperity For Nations
Associated Press reports Japan advances new plan for regional blocs East Asia Europe Americas under “co-prosperity of nations.” Allied air raids target Volcano Islands and Marianas as MacArthur, Nimitz note crippled enemy supply and damaged ships. Japanese forces reinforce Hengyang as war shifts westward toward Kweilin.
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Richard Cushing
Associated Press
Wer
Japan
Caniel
Imperial
East Asia
Europe
Americas
Laval And Petain Deserting Paris On Frontiers
Reports claim Pierre Laval arrived at Belfort at noon Saturday and Marshal Petain was expected there overnight on the French Swiss frontier. Belfort lies about 25 miles west of Basel and near the German border. unconfirmed reports said Laval would establish administrative offices at Belfort.
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Pierre Laval
Belfort
Marshal Petain
France
Basel
Switzerland
Laval
Robertson Succumbs From Pistol Wound
Clarence Robertson, a 52 year old Dothan mechanic, died from a bullet wound to the mouth at his home on West Boulevard Street. An ambulance crew found him on a bed with a 36 caliber pistol nearby. He died within minutes after arriving at a Dothan hospital. His brother Thurman said no motive is known. The family was at home with his wife and two children when the shooting occurred. Funeral arrangements are pending with Johnson and Wherson Funeral Home.
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Clarence Robertson
Dothan
West Boulevard Street
Fred Johnson
Robertson
Johnson
Thurman Robertson
Charra
Johnson and
Confusion, Chaos Reigns Among Fleeing Germans
Allied reporters describe a new German rocket propelled interceptor, officially MB-163, seen in combat over Germany. The jetting craft moved so fast that even veterans could only sketch its form as they watched it vanish past bombers. Lieutenant Colonel John Murphy of the Mustang squadron reported they are ugly, compact, and trim with swept back wings and a short tail as they maneuver at extreme speed.
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Franklin Banker
U. S
Britain
Reich
Germany
John Murphy
Tulse
Okls
Mustang
Leipzig
New U S Planes Terrorize Bodie
Allied air forces use the Thunderbolt to target German armor near the Seine. Reports say 615 military vehicles and 62 tanks were knocked out, with over 7,000 vehicles and tanks destroyed or damaged by the Second Tactical Air Force in the Aug 17–three day period.
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London
Seine
Second Tactical Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Gladwin Bill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pems
Seine River
France
Paris
Pars
George S. Patton
Falaise Gap
Siere
Mantes
Vernon
Sea
Falaise
Dreux
America
2Th
Froin
Seventh Army
Fifteenth
Ale Atanak
Alort
L ‘Sieux
Rouen
Trun
Drastic Nazi Decrees Viewed as Plot to Cause Chaos
London reports from Die Zeitung describe Adolf Hitler master plan to sow disorder after defeat through mobilization decrees. Goebbels aims to uproot Germans, deter homecoming troops, and enable an underground Nazi struggle during Allied occupation, with 8,000,000 foreign workers cited as potential leverage.
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London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Die Zeitung
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Henrich Himmile
France
Austria
Hitler
Reich and Huis
Europe
Financial turnaround in Dothan since 1935 reform
Auditor J. T. Vaughn reports Dothan has improved its financial status by $1.92 million since the City Commission form began in July 1935. Debts were reduced by $306,197.34 while assets rose to $1,616,043.78, helped by $925,000 in War Bonds and $41,000 in a sinking fund.
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Dothan
J. T. Vaughn
Vaughn
Germans shell ships under white flag at Cape Gien truce
German shore batteries opened fire at point blank range on a white truce flag near Cape Giens while a naval truce party approached. The action occurred despite a delayed AP report from August 18 with George Tucker as the Combined Press correspondent and references to Turn Te No. 5 on Page 21.
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George Tucker
Cape Giens
Military Training Blocked By Political Climate
Washington reports Congress unlikely to act on peacetime compulsory military training until after the November elections. Supporters push for a plan requiring one year of training after high school with 4 to 8 years of potential service, but fears of politicizing the issue abound.
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Washington Mall
Associated Preas Washington
Fort Trmg
Paris Appears Within Reach as Allies Close on Seine
Allied troops push toward Paris amid widespread German destruction in the capital region. Patton's forces reach the Seine while German forces retreat from Falaise, with air power hammering armor and transport. Reports note substantial German casualties and continued Allied advances toward the city.
Coddling War Prisoners Under Investigation by House Panel
Washington AP reports House Military Committee probes alleged coddling of Axis POWs and unworthy treatment of wounded U S service members. Chairman May cites complaints of prisoners being treated as heroes and escorted to movies. inquiry extends to Army hospitals including Bolling Field Station Hospital described as a firetrap.
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Washington
United States
House Military Committee
May
D.ky
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Axia
Kentuckian
Bolling Field Station
Bolling Field
Italian Front Quiet As Nazis Stand Firm
Florence dispatch reports Allied patrols probing the Gothic Line with no perceptible enemy loosening of positions from Pisa to the Adriatic. German defenses hold in strength as Kesselring shells the front and Allied pressure from the French Riviera and the push toward Paris threaten to cut off Nazi retreat routes.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Florence
France
Pisa
Adriatic
Amo River
Albert Kesselringte
Itelan
French Riviera
Parle
Couram
Pittrest
Alee
Legion Band Concert Opens Summer Series Tonight
The American Legion Band directed by B. M. Cherry will give the first summer concert tonight at six o'clock on the courthouse lawn. A varied program of marches popular tunes and light classics will be performed.
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American Legion Band
B. NM Cherry
Ans
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Frank E. Brown
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Philippines
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Dutch New Guinea
Hengyang
Kwellin
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Petain
U.S
Bodie
BY Ned Nordness
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Counsy
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George 5. Patton
Legion Band
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