Houston County War Bond Drive Seeks Record Goal
Houston County aims to raise 2 182 000 for the Third War Loan as oversubscription in prior drives shows local willingness to fund the war. Officials emphasize county and city support, improved blackout drills, and continued welfare funding, with State tax revenue and liquor funds guiding allocations during rationing.
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Houston County Welfare Department
City Commission
Cme
Cormission
Aquor
Estere Department
Welfare Department
USA
Commission
Rescue Efforts Continue After Segreten No 2 Mine Blast
In Birmingham, AP says Republic Steel tug crews freed over 100 trapped miners at Segreten No 2 after a late blast. Most workers were at the ninth level about two miles from the slope. three near the opening reached surface quickly. Many burned, no deaths yet. Night shift for the slope is 125 men. Explosion around 10:30 p.m.
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Birmingham
Ala
Segreten No
Republic Steel Corp
Norton
Republic Gestarant
War Bond Drive Sets 2,185,000 Goal In Houston
Houston County set a Third War Loan target of 2,185,000 with drive dates from September 9 to 30. State War Finance officials from Birmingham and Montgomery outlined plans, naming nine campaign groups and urging every resident to participate in buying war bonds to help fund planes for the blitz to Berlin.
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Houston
Houston County
State War Finance Committee
Ed Leigh McMillan
Frank P. Samford
War Finance Committee
Birmingham
Marc Ray Clements
Montgomery
Dale
Henry
Geneva
Coffee
Barbour
War Finance
War Finance Advisory Committee
Berlin
McMillan
Alabama
McKillan
Bellhops Nabbed On Liquor Charge
Beven Negroes including two Camp Rucker soldiers a women and four bellhops were taken into custody last night by the sheriffs fore and ABC Investigator L C Easterbrook on charge of violating the liquor law Arrest of the bellhops at downtown hots yielded total of 20 quarts and 22 pints of whiskey stored in lockers at the hotel back of the six negroes charged with possessing an amp pad whiskey brought into Alabama from another state Those arrested were Joseph Wik Nema and Jopson Sylvester both Cure to He 1 on Pars 2
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Fores
ABC
L. C. Easterbrook
Farmer
Alabama
Joseph Wik Nema
Jopson Sylvester
Change In Strike Notice Act Looms Unions Abuse Law
Washington AP reports officials administering the two month old war labor disputes act plan to urge Congress to tighten strike notice rules. They cite 480 midh notices filed and 13 strikes voted as evidence unions misuse ballots to serve varied aims, not the act’s intent. They argue WLE sanctions could help manage disputes, even before board decisions, by ending strikes with orders. The Allis-Chalmers plant vote by District 50 of the United Mine Workers highlighted the push for immediate bargaining elections.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
Congress
War Tabor Board
WLE
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Allis-Chalmers
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
Charities Chest Meets Obligations In 1949 Drive
Pledges from Dothan citizens totaling 22500 were enough to cover the combined nine agency budgets totaling 17000. War Chest led with the largest allocation while Salvation Army Houston County Tuberculosis Association and others received various amounts. New officers will be elected in September with a budget committee to be formed. current officers include Albert Logwi, B. W. Pearson, Nat Faulk, and Willie Jim Faircloth.
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Dothan
Dothan United Charities Chest
Charities Chest
War Chest
Salvation Army
Houston County Tuberculosis Association
Boy Scouts
Albert Logwi
B. W.W. Pearson
Nat Faulk
Willie Jim Faircloth
Meeting of FDR Churchill Stalin Hopes Rise In London
Signs point toward a three power war conference among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin or their representatives. The atmosphere shifts as reports circulate that Stalin may meet Allied leaders and plans emerge for a Western Front discussion.
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Fdr
Churchill
Stalin
William Smith White
London
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Europe
Rome
Caucasus
Amooth
Ivan M. Malsky
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviets Drive Deep After Opening Gap in Nazi Lines
Soviet forces pressed their advance across Ukraine after opening a gap in German defenses. Moscow said they recaptured more than 60 villages and advanced toward the Bryansk Kiev railway, with heavy German losses and a thrust toward Poltava and Kharkov regions.
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London
Fallen Sevak
Brysnik-Kiev
Moscow
Red Army
Nnk
Ukraine
Kharkov
Beysk
Pae
Poltava
Peter the Great
Charles XII
Sweden
Kiev
Roslav
Smolensk
Bryansk
Zenkov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Farm Fees Propagandizing Congress Fulmer Charges
Washington AP Chair Joan Fulmer of the House Agriculture Committee says big war contractors are propagandizing for repeal of the renegotiation act to secure untold profits. She warns they win broad support in Congress aided by departments under large groups. Fulmer urges price fixing for agricultural products and probes dealers between farmer and consumer.
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Washington
Joan Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
Congressional
Congress
House
Waya and Means Committed
Fulmer
Fulmer Cald
Poulteymen
Catte
Ture
Japs Quit Cold at New Georgia Harbor Evacuated
Allied forces report Japanese troops abandoned Bairoko harbor on New Georgia Island in the Solomons after heavy fighting. MacArthur’s communique confirms the last garrison’s liquidation last Thursday. American troops moved in on Balroko, advancing from the Munda airfield captured August 5, as Japanese forces retreated toward Kolombangara.
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Southwest Pacific
Bairoko Harbor
New Georgia Island
Solomons
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Detalla
South Pacific Naval Forces
Balroko
Munda
Mifea
Vile
Kolombangara
German Danish Tension in Clashes Reported
Swedish Danish telephone lines failed as travelers to Malmo reported rumors in Copenhagen that Prime Minister Erik Scavenius’s government had resigned and Germany had assumed full military control of Denmark. The 12 day old crisis appeared to shift toward a potential upheaval or a Hitler era protectorate model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Colburn
Stockholm
Malmog
Copenhagen
Erik de Scavenius
Denmark
Massive RAF raid smashes Nuernberg center
London AP report says a huge RAF bomber force struck Nuernberg with two blockbuster bombs, overpowering German defenses. Thirty three bombers took part in the mission with other raids on the Ruhr and lines to France and the Low Countries. The attack covered a 1100 mile round trip, overwhelming ground guns and searchlights.
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Gladwen Hell
London
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Nuernberg
Berlin
Ruhr
France
Low Countries
Italy
Air Ministry
Hve
Headland Warehouse Fire Destroys Wenka Cotton Storage
Early morning blaze at Headland destroyed the Wenka bonded cotton warehouse and 30 to 400 bales of cotton. Two nearby large warehouses were soaked to prevent spread as roof collapsed. Fire Chief Ziglar of Dothan said fire likely started from a cigarette or match left burning Friday night. losses run into thousands though cotton was insured.
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Headland
Wenka
J. B. Ziglar
Dothan
Ziglar
Chef Ziglar
Zigiar
King Boris Dies and Bulgaria's Axis Stand Shaken
King Boris II of Bulgaria dies suddenly at 42 years old in 1941. Simeon II succeeds to the throne, with Premier Philov signaling a regency under German protection. Berlin denies a violent clash with Hitler while speculation swirls about Bulgaria's future alignment and the potential for a puppet king.
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Joudson O'Quinn
London
Borie II
Bulgaria
Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
Pramier Bogdan Philoy
Hing
Imseon
Boris
Hitler
Russia
Anara
Boria
Assussin
Europe
Lfe
Almeen
Philov
Aitler
Philov Aho
Sweden protests as German sinks two Swedish ships
Sweden filed a formal protest in Stockholm after two Swedish fishing vessels were sunk by German warships off Denmark. The charge d affaires in Berlin called the incident serious and asked Germany what steps would prevent repeats. Sweden recalled prior Baltic and Indian sea attacks and said the affair deeply unsettled the nation. Twelve fishermen were believed lost, two boats escaped.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Berin
Tha’ Porthwest
Denmark
Allied air strikes cripple Naples to Salerno rail network
Allied air and ground assaults across southern Italy severely disrupted rail traffic from Naples toward Salerno and east to Sulmona. Bombing damaged main lines, yards, and switching stations, with Benevento and Caserta hit hard as RAF and US aircraft wrecked locomotives, cars, and freight yards. Over 100 German and Italian planes destroyed or damaged on the ground. 47 enemy planes shot down.
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Allied
North Africa
Italy
Naples
Air Force
Sulmoona
Rome
Benevento
Damagag
Villa Literna
Sapri
Tarnim
Foggia
Gulf of Naples
Gulf of
Manfredonia
Othe Ap Pointe
Thera
Fortreaxsg
Alabama Seeks Army Labor To Harvest Peanut Crop
Governor Sparka seeks 300 soldiers from War Department to aid Alabama peanut harvest. With Auburn extension chief P Davis and Labor Supply Chair Frank Broadway, he urged manpower director Paul V McNutt to provide labor. Officials warn 96,000 workers needed by Sept 1 as ripening crops in Geneva and other counties threaten a potential $30 million yield.
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Montgomery
Chaunesy Sparka
Alabama
War Department
P. Davis
Auburn Extension
Frank Broadway
New Labor Supply Committee
Bparks
Menpower
Paul V. McNutt
Davis
Geneva County
Hanry
Houston
Cattes
Covington
Dele
Barbour
Crenshaw
Pike
Paa
Ozark and
Trey
Mid
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G. W. Knight
Army Transport Service
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RAF
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Axis
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