Allies Plan Occupation Air Force Duties For Thomas
The report outlines Allied plans for occupation air force services for Thomas to be held Thursday. It discusses postwar air balance, suggesting United States and Britain lead heavy bombing capability while Russia provides fighters. It notes no precedent for a large occupation air force after WWI. The piece mentions survivors and lists several relatives and pallbearers involved in the local notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occupation Air Force
Thomas
Allies
Tradbin
Losggn
Gore
Briam
Burae
Beestr
Germany
Amence
Britain
Russia
Negro Arrested on Peeping Charge in Dixie Incident
Mason Freeman, a Black man, was identified as the peeping Tom seen near a room occupied by two women in Dixie. A bystander reported the sighting, Patrolman Farker pursued, Freeman was found at a cafe, taken into custody, and later released on bond after being returned to the scene for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Freeman
Dixie
Farker
Peeping Tom
Bond
Paris Free Spell Sparks Celebration Across France
Easter War Time reports say Paris quiets after strict measures yet unrest possible. French citizens rise from Montmartre and Montparnasse, driving out invaders. In Algiers Gen. Catroux orders Tri Color displays and bells. Liberation celebration set for 6 pm with battery salvos and sirens.
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Paris
Montmartre
Montparnasge
Algiers
Georges Catroux
Algeria
A Million Dollars To Relieve Piles
It is estimated that over a million dollars annually is spent for remedies for relieving piles. Yet any druggist will tell you that Peters son Ointment will allay pile torment in a few minutes. 350 a box 60cn tube with applicator. Peters on Ointment brings prompt, joyful relief from itching. Money back if not delighted.
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Vork OU
Peterson
Paterson
Allied advance along Seine tightens German retreat in Normandy
Allied forces pounded German units along the Seine as they closed from Trouville Deauville and Le Havre toward the estuary. British Canadian and American troops seized Lisieux Evreux and Laigle while destroying hundreds of German tanks vehicles and artillery. The Argentine pocket near Argentan is reduced to torn equipment and corpses as officers flee. 48 to 60 hours may seal the collapse.
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Feln Marstal
Guenther
Kluge
Seine
Grrmae
Oops
Shere
Supreme Headquarters
le Havre
Sutch
Belgan
Trouville
Villera-Sur-Bier
Deauville
Seine Estuary
Pam-L’eveque
Lisien
Ac Trouville
Lasieux
Laigle
Gace
Evren
Vernon
Elfeizt
Icap
Argentan
Bunal
Vickery Post to Hold Regular Legion Meeting Thursday
Chester R. Vickery Post 12 American Legion will hold its regular meeting Thursday night at the George Houston County Memorial Library. Past commander Whatley urged a large attendance as the second meeting since he assumed duties.
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Vickery
Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
George 5
Houston County Memorial Library
Whatley, Jr
Whatley
Miss Grubel Sings Tonight at USO Club Patio Dance
Miss Sandra Grubel of the Radio City Rockettes visits Dothan with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Melvel Appel. She will perform sem classical and musical comedy numbers tonight at the USO Club on South Feater Street during the Wednesday evening patio dance. She previously appeared in Dothan last Sunday at Tempe Emanu El snack supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grubel
Sandra Grubel
Radio City Rockettes
Dothan
Melvel M. Appel
USO Club
South Feater Street
New York City
Napier Field Station
House Committee Strikes Provision For U.S. Employes
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee stripped a provision from the postwar demobilization and reconversion bill that would extend unemployment compensation to 4 500 000 federal workers. The panel kept state control over benefit amounts and durations, and required federal solvency support for state funds, while removing federal employee coverage at Rep Mills's urging.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
George
Invasion Money and Occupied Currency Fees
The piece discusses who will bear the costs of Invasion Money used by occupying forces, noting Italy, France, Germany and others may face different settlements. It explains the currency purpose as a medium for troops to obtain goods and services and mentions an exchange rate example of 9 dollars equaling 30 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Print' Ling
Healy
France
Germany
hes-Leen
Italy
United States
G. J. Joe
Everglades To Feed World Says Man 103
West Palm Beach AP) Lewis W. Brown began his 103rd year today with a forecast that vast Everglades lands will soon be occupied and used to raise crops to feed the world. Born in 1842 in Bernat Jefferson North Carolina he studied many languages and later taught them. He traveled the world at 70 as interpreter to a wealthy man and is now writing his biography with two chapters left to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach Fla
Lewis W. Brown
Floria
Everglades
Florida
Bern
Jefferson
N.C
Brown
Freckleton Air Crash Kills Dozens of Children
An American bomber crashed in Freckleton Lancashire today, killing at least 50 people including 33 children at a local church school. Eyewitnesses described a sea of flames, with survivors pulled from wreckage as the plane struck the school and nearby buildings.
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London
Lancashire
Freckleton
The
Press Association
British
Time Fu
Hihter
Fen Ats
Roosevelt invited to visit in Paris during Allied parade
The London Daily Herald reports plans for President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to be present in Paris for an Allied parade under the Arc de Triomphe. French troops head the march with General Charles de Gaulle likely honored. the Daily Herald cites ongoing preparations and newsreel coverage. The Daily Mail notes a Roosevelt-Churchill conference on French soil within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Herald
Roosevelt
Church‘Mo
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
The
Daily Herald
France
Daily Mail
Churenill
39 Yank Bombers Downed By Nazis
Report from Rome states German forces attacked American air units and bases in Europe. Several bombing raids targeted Goeral, Sles2, and nearby locations, with substantial losses of aircraft and personnel cited by Allied observers.
Bradford Labor Act Case Raises Jurisdiction Question
A Bradford Act dispute over union membership and employer action centers on whether state law limits how unions can compel membership. The case, tied to Ingalls Iron Works and its maintenance of membership clause, tests WLB directives and the authority to suspend labor protections amid contract negotiations. Walter Jr. faced suspension notices, with defense arguing adherence to WLB rulings while the prosecution asserts state law guarantees employee choice. The Ingalls plant, a steel fabricator for Ingalls Shipbuilding, operates in Mississippi and Alabama amid wartime production.
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Jadyne Grover Couper
Walters
Jerkins
International Association of Bridge, Structure al and Ornamental Iron Workers
AFL
David S. Satterwhite
Walter
Jenkins
War Labor Board
WLB
Aidwnta
Ingalls Iron Works
Satterwhite
James A Simpson
Ingalls
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Decatur
Ala
Eight Enemy Ships Sunk By British
Royal Navy ships in two battles destroyed eight enemy ships in Audierne Bay between Brest and Lorient before daybreak. Two minesweepers, three supply ships and three escort vessels were knocked out. The British cruiser Mauritius, destroyer Ursa, and Canadian destroyer Iroquois participated without casualty or damage, despite German shore batteries entering the fight.
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London
Audierne Bay
Brest
Lorient
Admiralty
Mauritius
Ursa
Iroquois
Roosevelt Orders Government Seizure of Coal Mines
President Roosevelt ordered government seizure of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company mines in Pennsylvania due to strikes and labor disturbances. The White House said action followed a recommendation from War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, authorizing Interior Secretary Ickes to take charge of the properties.
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Washington
APY
Roosevelt
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pennsylvania
White House
James F. Byrnes
Snoring Birds Plague City Residents Linked to Owls
In Philadelphia a five week mystery noise in a central city apartment house led to zoology professor Dr Robert M Stabler of the University of Pennsylvania taking charge He plans to search for bone and hair to verify a barn owl theory The superintendent reported hearing two birds with a wide wing spread snoring loudly nearby
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Philadelphia
Brogey
Robert M. Stable
University of Pennsylvania
Sleuth Stabler
Boardee names and inductees listed in fragmented notice
Fragmented OCR lists numerous individuals across three boards with multiple misspelled names and partial groups. It references dr John Heyward Wynn early, followed by a long string of names such as Barney Lee Cutchens T Blalock Jay Hilton Atwell James Dorwood Wat ford Willie Estee Panik and others, then a Board Three group with further names including Merion Laudtice Sin Frank Madson Murdock Bryan Lynn Billie Lee Willie McLin Jae Howard Radsey Maror Byta NeGilvray Ceuvus Carey Singletary Bobby Frack Forester Ralph Benton Jarhbet and Wiliam Paene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heyward Wynn
Barney Lee Cutchens
D. T. Blalock
Jay Hilton Atwell
James Dorwood Watford
Willie Estee Panik
Charles Bawin Knaght
Calvin Spencer Brooks
Sybert Maurice McAlister
James Lois Hyatt
Calvin Wins
McKay
Albert Learn Hanges
Laver
Cream
Tom Gious
Moire Coleman
Syl-vester Meadays
Bobby Lee Hunter Jokoss
Frank Garren
Chatker
Osages
Bishp
Franklin Ring
Waltard Alton
James Wr Vent Whatley
Tolliver Edwin
Trimm
Charles Alton Henry
Iegay
Merion Laudtice
Sin Frank Madson Murdock
Bryan Lynn
Billie Lee
E Willie McLin Jae Howard Radsey
Maror Byta NeGilvray
Ceuvus
Carey Singletary
Bobby Frack Forester
Ralph Benton Jarhbet
Wiliam Paene
Scouts In Dothan Collecting Papers Amid Drive
Scouts in Dothan are gathering waste papers for collection, with officials noting participation and credit given on the city hour bars. The effort is linked to a War Production Board letter to Chief Scout Executive Ebert K. Famwell and shared with all Scout executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakang
Donald Mc Neison
War Production Board
Ebert K Famwell
Ciue
Napier String Band Entertains Dothan Kiwanis Members
Dothan Kiwanis Club heard the Napier Field String Band at Tuesday luncheon. The program, presented on Kiwanis committee member Arthur Williams, included several musical selections. Guests included J. M. Meadows of Ashford and Xivanian Elmer J. Scott of Birmingham.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
Napier Field String Band
Arthur Williams
Kiwanis
J. M. Meadows
Ashford
Xivanian Elmer J. Scott
Birmingham
Johnson Plans Fat Stock Show For Alabama States
Plans for an annual Fat Stock show in Alabama are to be laid out September 1 in Montgomery with representatives from Chambers of Commerce and Fat Stock show chairs. Arthur Johnson of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce says a uniform program will be adopted by towns staging the event. Tentative plans call for a two day show in 1945 with unlimited entries.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Chambers of Commerce
Lo St
Arthur Jonson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Lenora Baldwin Succumbs Here Today
Mrs. Lenora Baldwin aged 73 of Qrark died early today after a long illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 p m at Bethel Church with Rev M J Baldwin and Rev W W Helstin presiding. She leaves seven daughters Cornelia Cheshire Midland City Argus Martin Ozark Aubrey Chalker Daleville Ethel Hendricks Kingsport Tenn and Nettie Lola Baldwin Ozark route three. five sons W J Jeffie John Joe Baldwin Ozark route three and Jonah Baldwin in Hawaii. Burial at the church cemetery with Holman Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Lenora Baldwin
Qrark
Bethel Church
M. J. Baldwin
W. W. Helstin
Cornelia Cheshire
Midland City
Argus Martin
Ozark
Aubrey Chalker
Daleville
E. D. Jarett
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ethel| Hendricks
Kingsport
Tenn
Nettie and
Lola Baldwin
W. J. Jeffie
John
Joe Baldwin
Jonah Baldwin
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Church
Holman Furecal
No New Polio Cases Reported In County
Houston County health officer Dr. W T Sirs kett announced no new polio cases after more than four weeks without a case. Early warnings prompted parents to keep under 16 at home for three weeks. Two of the cases in Do than were children and one was an adult in the county. the last case dated July 24. There are no suspected cases or contacts now.
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Houston
WT. Sirskett
Allied push nears major Loire cities as raid ships sweep Bordeaux
Inland drives could link with Eisenhower’s western invasion and Wilson’s southern army as partisans reportedly liberated Blois on the Loire River, 109 miles south of Paris, and Carcassonne near the Mediterranean. Hendaye officials said Allied planes paved the way for landings with a low level attack and ships shelled Bordeaux for over an hour.
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Dwight D
Eisenhower
Henry M. Wilson
Morocco
Blois
Loire River
Paris
Loire
Carcassone
Mediterranean
Marseille
Hendaye
Bordeaux
War production push to win, losses, and homefront ruin
wartime column laments production focus over human cost. It cites June 3, 1944, robot bombs demolishing 700 houses per hour in England and 3.28 million Chinese deaths or missing, alleging vast casualties and destruction across allied and enemy lands as the war intensifies.
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England
Qassia Hes
Nans
Quick Ratification Sought for World Feeding Plan FAO
Washington AP reports rapid approval sought for an international Food and Agriculture Organization to tackle hunger and unstable farming. The FAO constitution was sent to 44 eligible nations. 20 ratifications needed. Congress will decide U S membership and funding, with a 25 percent share of initial expenses.
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Washington
United States
Associated Nations
International Food and Agriculture Organization
Commission of the
United Nations
Hot Springs
FAO
AAA
Commission
Department of Agriculture
International Organization
Roosevelt
Congress
Paul Appleby
The
World War II Pacific Theater Battles Reported
A scrambled wartime dispatch describes Allied and Japanese maneuvers across the Pacific including Nimitz actions near Mereos and Ponape, recon flights, and Chinese resistance around Hengyang and Hengyang gaps. Western Burma shows Japanese retreat toward the south as Tokyo reports generals assigned abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimitz
Mereos
Yapsland
Maren
Pacific
Yunnan
Hengyang
Tokyo
Battles and advances across the Polish frontlines and Baltic area
Reports describe steady gains along battlefronts with eastward and westward movements near Warsaw and along the Riga escape corridor. German forces press from Latvia to Estonia while a position near Bialystok is captured and Russian positions shift closer to Warsaw.
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Pagetai
Warsaw
Estonia
Riga
Latvia
Comruitique
Wwar
Bialystok
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