Escaped Convicts Remain At Large From Kilby Prison
Five inmates escaped from Kilby Prison Tuberculosis Hospital after overpowering guard T. A. Windham with a meat cleaver. Deputy Warden Carl Williams said the convicts, described as desperate and tuberculosis victims, fled along the Montgomery Atlanta highway in an automobile likely driven or seized by accomplices. Windham is reported in Beriong condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Cata CIA
Kilby
Tuberculons
Mnolder
Carl Willams
Montgomery - Atlanta
T. A. Windbent
Williznman
Windham
Mrs Laura Lanier Dies At Daleville
Funeral services for Mia Lau: Eien Lanier were held in Daleville after an illness. Burial followed at Clay Batchs cemetery with Holmes Funeral Home directing. Survived by husband Imac Thompson Lanier two sons Lir M Lanier of Montgomery and C D Brown of Phantz City. eight daughters Izella Lanier Daleville Mrs E N Tew Mrs E Hudson both of Daleville Mrs Robert T Ford of Clearwater Florida Mrs A E Price of Dothan Mrs F W Goff of Ozark and Mrs B M Caraway of Pensacola Florida. four brothers Ed and M G Chapman of Ariton Joe Chapman of Dothan Gilbert Chapman of Dallas Texas. two sisters Mrs Noah Lisenby Hartford and Mrs A J Hogan Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia Lau
Eien Lanier
Ixty - Ego
Daleville
Cocreh
Claybatches
Holmas Funeral Home
Imac Thompson Lanier
Lir M Lanier
Montgomery
Izella Lanier
Dalevile
E. N. Tew
Mra
Noah Lisenby
Hartford
A. J. Hogan
Enterprise
Peanut Insect Report Filed
A special report from Coffee County outlines velvet bean caterpillar surveys in Coffee Geneva and Houston counties. Most areas show negligible damage though three regions report up to 10 to 15 larvae per plant, with heavier populations near Ashford Hartford Slo Comb Kina stog and Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffee County
Kinastog
Fairview
Geneva County
Hartford
Slocomb
Houston County
Ashford
Careful Addressing of Army Mail Urged
Army mail overseas must include full unit details and correct ranking. Napier Field officer Captain Jack Dolan warns hundreds of sacks are held due to incorrect addressing. Use precise model format like Pvt John Doe ASN 12345467880 Battery B 227th FAB APO 29 c o The Postmaster New York NY.
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Jack Dolan
Napier Field
War Department
Army
Army Post Office
John Doe
ASN
227Th Field Artillery Battalion
C-O
New York
N. Y
Post Office Department
Army Postal Service
Montgomery to Dothan Blackout Drill Reports Mixed Compliance
A wartime blackout drill covered Alabama and Tennessee areas including Montgomery and Dothan. Observers logged 23 lights remaining on during the 30 minute darkness, with 19 in homes and 4 in businesses. One manager delayed extinguishing lights due to a new worker, but guidance from the manager and wardens ensured compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanahan
Ashford
Dothan
Robert Earl Christmas
France and Soviet differ on wartime recognition stance
The Moscow radio reported Soviet recognition of the French group led by Gen de Gaulle and Gen Giraud as representatives of French state interests and patriots fighting Hitler. Roosevelt and Churchill had said they would share Quebec decisions and recognize the committee as wartime administrative authority, not a government, with limits on collective responsibility and military needs.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
French Empire
Allied air raid updates over Algiers and southern Italy action
The report describes limited Allied defenses over Algiers with negligible damage and some casualties, while heavy bomber formations including Fortresses and Lightnings hit Capua air fields near Naples. Bombers and escorts faced resistance. multiple enemy fighters were shot down and satellite airfields near Gioia and Capini saw targets hit. An American Mitchell fighter squadron attacked a satellite field, claiming several aircraft destroyed, with one Warhawk pilot noting no enemy air activity overhead for weeks.
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Algers
Algiers
Fortressia
Lightn- Inga
Capua
Ito
Foggia
Naples
Ral
Hne
Giole
Kita
Canpini
Robert A. Rormillion
Myrtle Ave
Columbis
Oho
Sardinias
Wadia
Peanuts and War Labor Drive in Southeast Alabama
Governor Sparks urges home front workers to harvest a record peanut crop to aid the war effort. State Extension Director P. C. Davis notes 3,000 soldiers may be drafted for harvesting, with 1,000,000 acres in the state and most in southeast Alabama. Thousands of tons of peanut oil will be produced for Allied nations as well as Americans. Volunteer signups urged at county agent offices.
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Sparks
Henry
Coffee
Geneva
Houston
Dale County
P. C. Davin
Montgomery
Atlanta
Washington
Alabama
Davis
Allied push slows in New Guinea and Solomons battles
Allied forces continued pressing Salamua Salammua area as bombers pounded the isthmus town and surrounding harbors while Dutch and American air units repelled Japanese counterattacks. In the Solomons, Munda and VilaKotombangara positions faced heavy artillery and air strikes, with several Japanese losses and American air gains reported.
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Salammua
Hansas Bay
Hansag Bay
New Guinea
Salamaua
Condor Point
Hansay Bay
Nubia
Kronpriz
Bite Freldrich
Medang
Roosevelt Ridge
Solomons
New Georgia Island
Bairako Harbor
Munda
Vella LaVella Island
Kolombangara
United States
Kavieng
New Treland
New Beltaln
Pasa
U.S. Planes Sink Ten Nazi U-Boats
U.S. planes claimed to have sunk or damaged at least ten German U boats in a series of anti submarine battles. Five subs were believed sunk and five damaged, with three forced underwater. Five aircrews were wounded when an explosive shell pierced a plane, but the aircraft landed safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S Army
Red Lumbern
Orpan
AAF
Bid
Negro Injured In City Tire Company Accident
A Black employee at the City Tire Company suffered a fractured skull when a rock-rim on a wheel blew off while he was changing a repair tire. He was knocked about 20 feet, not knocked unconscious, and was taken to a hospital for treatment. The worker, known as Arthur, had worked there about two to three weeks. Jim Brennan, the store manager, said the rim was improperly adjusted and the air pressure caused the rim to blow off.
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City Tire Company
Hiz
Arthur
Jim Brennan
Brennan
Doithan Hospital
Travis Harrison Dies Near Midland City
Travis Harrison, sixty five, died unexpectedly yesterday at his home near Midland City. Funeral services will be held at Wiggins Church with Ward-Wilson in charge and burial in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife Anna Harrison, three daughters, five sons including Leroy, James, Edward, Clevie and Robert Harrison, and two brothers Ellis Garrison and Calvin Harrison. Funeral time to be announced when sons arrive.
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Travis Harrison
Midland City
Wiggins Church
Ward-Wilson
An‘na Harrison
D. C. Smith
Dundee
Fla
Annton Harris
Grimes
Camp Stewart
James D. Harrison
Pendleton
Oregon
Edward Harrison
Clevie Harrison
Kegins
Utah
L Robert E. Harrison
Champlain
Ellis Garrison
Cal‘vin Harrison
Near Headland
Mooneyham 52 Die At Capitol In Montgomery
J L Mooneyham 52 longtime Alabama Attorney General aide died at the Capitol from coronary thrombosis. A native of Clio Barbour County he previously led Montgomery County juvenile and domestic relations court and practiced law with cousin Floyd H Mooneyham. Survived by widow son Victor in the Air Forces Maxwell Field father stepmother and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
J. L. Mooneyham
Alabama
Capitol
Kirkpatrick
Mooneyham
Clio
Barbour County
Montgomery County
Floyd H. Mooneyham
Masonic Order
Victor
U.S
Maxwell Field
N. H. Mooneyham
Cife
Meeting Postponed At Mt Zion Assembly Of God
The fifth Sunday meeting at Mt Zion Assembly of God Church six miles north of Dothan on the Montgomery highway has been postponed due to the death of Travis Harrison of Grimes.
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Mt. Zion
Roosevelt Wins Navy Cross In Pacific Raider Action
Col. Roosevelt has served as commanding officer of a Marine Corps raider battalion in the south Pacific and earned the Navy Cross for his role in a raid on Makin Island last summer while his mother hoped to visit New Zealand soon.
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Auck
New Zealand
Col. Roosevelt
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Makin Island
Danish revolt, Danish Germans clash across water
Reports from Copenhagen and Helsingborg detail a week of unrest as Danish and Swedish residents report explosions and protests against German forces. Soldiers allegedly attacked crowds, hand grenades were used, and German authorities debate military rule while Denmark resists harsh measures. A Turkish vessel was sunk near the Dardanelles by a submarine, with six crew and five passengers rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie Koudnen
Copenhagen
Helsingborg
Sweden
Perrow
Helsinggor
Denmark
Vordingborg
Viborg
Werner East
Berlin
Best
Hermann von Hannecken
Isadora
Associated Press
Dylmani
Black Sea
Istanbul
Dardanelles Strait
Associated Presa
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Lanny
Nations Bureau of Samdard
Fos
Laura Lanier
W. M. Jackson
Robert Owen Narramore
Mobile County
Leg Hudgens
Elmore County
James Daniel Russell
Jefferson County
Aaron Lee Lynn
Tife
Walker County
Robert Lee Flanigan
Lawrence County
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Ala
Sherman
By Wilteme
Fogar
Drew
Rae
Edgar
Als
Mont
Tennensee
Fourth Service Command
Mobile
Birmingham
Fayeroar Paterson
State Defense
Paterson
L. Mooneyham
Sirhus
J.B Davis
Sinctair Refining Co. Agt
N. Oates
Troy
New Orleans
Chicago
Goodyear
City Tire Co
Hountey
James
Ste
Bun
Lana Turner
Bob Steele
Smoky Trails
Logan-Long
J.L. Harri
E. Main St
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