Excellent Stands Of Cover Crops Reported In County
In Houston County farmers report excellent stands of blue lupine and oats planted before peanut digging. The cover crop helped hold soil with hogs grazing peanut residue, though some damage to lupine occurred. Estimated green plant material ranged from 3,000 to 11,000 pounds per acre. A 7,000 pound yield, turned under, can supply needed nitrogen. Local ads list sponsors First National Bank and others promoting winter cover crops.
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Mr. Clark
Eagle i
Veanu
Dothan
Flrst National Bank
Purky Ice Cream Company
Bpan Marchman Hardware Company
Alabama Machinery and Supply Company
Wiregrass Soil Conservation District
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston County
S. FR. May
Wood supply crisis threatens paper mills in Canada
The report warns fierce cuts in lumber could choke newsprint production. With winter timber cut, mills risk shortages next spring unless Canadian factories accelerate supply. Production, not rationing, is urged as the cure as forests water and machines exist. transport of spruce and fir remains the main bottleneck.
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New York
Quebec
Care In Storing Sweet Potatoes Urged By Houston County Agent
Houston County farmers were urged by County Agent C M Ling to cure and store the year’s bumper sweet potato crop to prevent losses from sprouting spoilage and market glut. Ling said to avoid marketing green potatoes and emphasized curing before sale through October harvest, noting War Food Administration price supports and the need for temporary curing structures.
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Houston County
Big Sy
C. ML. Ling
Ling
War Fuod Administration Is Supporting the Prices of U. S
WEA
Farmeré
Turing
Alabama Highway Patrol ranks abolished and pay scales set
Governor issues executive order to abolish patrol ranks in Alabama and establish new pay ranges from $1000 to $300 monthly for various positions including senior patrolman and radio roles. Public safety director Van Buren Gilbert named. former titles like Private and Captain removed while officers retain place authority under the new order.
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Montgomery Aim (Ap
State Highway Patrol
Perdonnel Board
Promdarce AY
van Buren Gribert
State Patrol
Alabama
Churchill and Soong See Quebec as Roosevelt Talks Continue
The report sketches a Quebec conference with Churchill and King of Canada touring city hall and planning talks with President Roosevelt. It notes Soong’s arrival from Washington for war strategy discussions, focusing on aerial operations against Japan and China Sea supply routes. Evidence points to broader Allied plans including boosted bomber forces, India China ferry capacity, and Pacific theater priorities.
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Churchill
Britain
Ottawa
T. V. Soong
Washington
Quebec
W. L. MacKensie
Canada
Quebss
City Hall
Roosevelt
Soong
Stephen Early
Japan
Basen
Ching
China Sea
Germany
China
India
Abe
West
Burma
Netherlands East Indies
Navy
Knox
Navy Ten
Acriver
Ardalena
Pacific
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
Rewards For More Efficiency Urged By Dewey
Rep. Dewey, Ways and Means member, urges a higher reward for production efficiency and ingenuity in renegotiating war contracts through right pricing. He favors banks lending to local industries to aid postwar reconversion and proposes tax law changes to encourage high capital investment. The Naval Committee studies renegotiation effects. hearings set for Sept. 9.
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Francis M. Lem
Washington
Rep
Dewey Ir
House
Ways and Means
Dewey
Treasury
Cloolidge
Naval Committee
War talk from Italian conferences and press pleas
In Milan Turin and Genoa conferences attended by Industry Minister Leopoldo Piccardo workers heard that resistance to penes has been blocked by enormous difficulties. The Corriere della Sera urged the government not to miss any chance to end the war, while the Swiss Telegraph Agency noted German troops flooding Italy via the Brenner Pass and claimed Italian press accepts being an element in submission to war rather than waging it.
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Ter
Leopoll Piccard
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Corriere Della Serm
Dispatch
Italy
Brenner Pass
State liquor rationing system praised by official
Dr Ray said Alabama liquor rationing is functioning smoothly in Birmingham and across most towns. Nines found in only two or three of 17 state stores with wait times under five minutes. Rationing allows one pint weekly for all segments with noncumulative coupons and quart purchases with current and next week coupons. Estimated 900,000 civilians and 125,000 servicemen registered for liquor cards by Saturday night. Board chairman noted stock on hand should meet demand under the system.
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Beverage Control Board
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Ray
Alabama
Bicycle theft case ties to local theater porter
Hicks and Strickland seized a bicycle belonging to Alc Swain after identifying it with several local youths. McSwain, a 17-year-old possibly 14, entered a Dothan home by a cut window screen, waking Mrs Hicks and her baby before fleeing and dropping the bicycle. He was previously jailed on vagrancy charges and released on welfare director orders as age checks proceed.
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Hicks
Strickland
AlcSwain
Dothan
McSwain
C. L. Colins
Farmer
Allied landings push back in Aleutians encounter no enemy
Spreading from recaptured Kiska to Seguio American and Canadian troops seized Seguio island and fortified positions on Kiska and Abu Gan. Japanese forces evacuated, reportedly unlocated after Aug. 8 withdrawal. Submarines found at a base near Kiska as surface ships shelled targets in fog at night.
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Hewat
13Th
Solomons
Fifth
New Guinea
18Th
India
China
DeWitt
Kiake
Aleutian
Kinkaid
U.S
Kinks
Washington
Klaka
Seguio
Kiska
Abu- Gan
Navy
North Pacific
United States
Klake
Bogul Taland
WLB Hears Justification for Mine Wage Increase
Washington AP Thomas Kennedy former secretary treasury of United Mine Workers testified before the War Labor Board that a $1.20 daily raise for anthracite miners is justified to retain manpower and align with wage policy. He described a proposed compromise of $1.80 per day and argued the increase boosts morale productivity and wartime efficiency.
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Washington
Thomas Kennedy
Treasury
United Mine Workers of America
Or Labor Board
WLB
Kennedy
Ickes Restores Private Control To 53 Coal Mines
Interior Secretary Ickes moved to return 53 coal mines from government control to private operators under the Smith Connally Act. Some mines had seen work stoppages and possible ties to John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers. President Roosevelt’s era policy linked to productive efficiency and wage/strike conditions remains under interpretation as the government surveys remaining 3,700 mines for applicability of the act.
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Washington
Ickes
5&3
Kovernment
Ickeswald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Department
Lewis
UMW
Sekem
Bindle
Teken
Japanese subs found near Kiska base amid invasion search
Report from the Aleutians notes no Japanese forces located 20 miles east of Kiska while three damaged Japanese midget sub Marines were recovered at the marine railway near the autma ine base on Kinka. Regula, a small island east of Kiska, lies about five miles away.
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Kiska
Autmaine
Kinka
Regula
A C Woodard Dies On Newton Route One
A C Woodard eighty five died at home on Newton Route One after an illness. Survived by two daughters Miss Appia Woodard and Mrs A H Maddog both of Newton Route One, three brothers D R Woodward and HK Woodard of Newton Route One, two sisters Misses Tecepie and Levenis Woodard of Newton Route One. Funeral at Mt. He Tron Church at 3 pm tomorrow with Rev Zeliner officiating. Burial in church cemetery with pallbearers listed.
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A&c. Woodard
Newton
Kawat
Mt He
Appia Woodard
Mra A H. Maddog
Mowian
2 & Woodard
D. R Woodward
HK Woodard
Mewteeruta Obo
Tecepie
Levenis Woodard
Mi He Tron
Worrow
Zeliner
Newtem
Burla
Wars ‘Wiicus
Wyatt Edwards
Morris Edwards
Wilson ‘Regwards
Bob Stambridge
Mace ‘Waldo
Bass Reynolds
J. C. Deese
Ark Cox
Dr. Flowers
Dr. Turner
J. P. Stembridge
Allied air raids over Salerno and Naples target rail hubs
Reports describe weekend air battles with Marauders and Liberators destroying dozens of German fighters and hitting rail yards around Naples, Foggia, and Salerno. Allied losses totaled eight planes on Saturday and ten on Friday, with multiple enemy aircraft shot down and rail disruptions noted near Villa Literno and Aversa.
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Racora Musique
Frajerno
Naples
Salerno
Middle East
Crotone
Cairo
Middle Est
Paris
Associated Preas
London
Foggia
Italy
Coant
Villa Liter_ 0
Aversa
Mediterranean
Cancello
Pomigiano d'Arco
Battipaglia
Beneveno
Villa Literno
Unclear Military Officer Names Reported in Damaged Text
Fragmentary OCR item references Capt Moody Guard Rifle and Pathan office, with garbled details about an officer, a colonel, and a regiment. Mentions Thirg mandled by Col and First Regine in Salang, plus a timetable and No 69. The readable parts are insufficient for clear facts or dates.
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Mighwey
Roosevelt aides debate withdrawal aims in wartime shifts
Washington dispatch analyzes a debate over withdrawal motives in Allied diplomacy. The discussion centers on Litvinov and a possible rearrangement of Soviet and British posts as World War II shifts unfold. Moscow signals suggest changes aimed at open diplomacy while keeping key assignments under review.
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Stephen Wary
Roosevelt
Ticance
Litvinoff
Moscow
London Morning New
Kevinoff
Swise
Europe
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