Americans Break German Lines Near Chateau-Thierry
Allied forces push along the Pas de Calais front driving toward German air bases and recapturing ground near Chateau-Thierry. American units breach bridges and advance through the Meacx river area as Third Army cuts toward Verdun and Paris, continuing a broad offensive toward the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin
Boissons Pam
Pas de Calais
Seventh Army
Pele Marmandy
Pas de Cassis
Amsp
M. Long
Ardennes
Germany
Attro
Chad Sabery
Northmiles
Cavergnon
Adolf Hier
Stra- Rew
Om Bridges
Capial Forte - Sousa
Reims
Italian leader pledges full ally role at peace table
In a farewell message, the Prime Minister says Italy expects to be a full ally of the United Nations at the peace talks ending the war. He warns against repeating Mussolini era faults and urges Italy to remain united to avoid national collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
United Nations
Mussolini
France
Great Britain
Talian People
World War II Update Near Paris and German Defenses
A scrambled AP wire report notes Allied forces sweeping toward Paris amid heavy fighting. It cites significant German losses, captured troops, and advances toward key fronts including the Falaise area, with implications for oil fields and Alpine threats as Allied and British forces push north and east.
City And County Schools Prepare For 44 45 Term
Dothan and Houston County students begin the 1944 45 scholastic year on September 11 with enrollments near last year. City figures show about 2 000 White and 1 300 Negro pupils, while the county expects 5 000 White and 2 000 Negro students. Fewer White high school juniors and seniors reflect enlistments. Health rules require birth certificates for first graders and immunizations for diphtheria typhoid and smallpox. Teacher staffing remains adequate though several have left for other positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Houston County
City and the County Teachers’ Institute
City Institute
Dothan High School
Young Junior High School
City to Raise Carnival License in Dothan
The Dothan City Commission plans to raise the weekly carnival license from 500 to 1000 and add new licenses for concessions. A new regime will tax cigarette retail, salt drinks, malt beverages, and sandwiches, while a prior charity sponsor discount will be eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
City Commission
T. E. Buntin
Jap War Lords Appeal For Larger Air Force
Japanese war lords urged industrialists and workers to boost air production and armaments to resist Allied air power. Tokyo radio claimed Japan’s defenses could stay impregnable only with sufficient planes as Allied bombers continued a month-long strike, destroying ships off Celebes and elsewhere. Premier Kumamoto Koiso’s government drafted new production plans as Aleutian bombers struck Kuriles and northern routes to Tokyo, while U S aircraft attacked southern targets en route to Tokyo.
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Leonard Mistman
Presa War
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Tat Nippon
Imperial Command
Pacinc
Douglas MacArthur
Celebes
Kumain Koiso
Ike Kuriles
Yroad
Tokyo
U. S
Omekotan
Bonin - Volcano
Marianas
Tura
Elements of Sth Army Draw Near Hun Gothic Line
Allied advance of the Eighth Army along the eastern Malian front nears the Gothic Line with infantry and tanks pushing to inside three miles of fortifications. Polish forces secure Enpirlon Fang and establish a river line. 47,000 Nazis captured overall. Armies report Arno bridgehead near Florence, heavy Luftwaffe bombing response, and mine clearing at Fano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xtre Associated Press
Unce
Amei
Chateau-Thierry
Germany
Falaise
Alps
Car
Vistula
Noland Norgaard Rome
Eighth Army
Enpirlon Fang
Arzills
United Nations Radio
Algiers
Mark Clark
Fifth
Pesaro
Adriatic
Monte Calvo
Urbino
Rimini
Florence
Arno
Fifth Army
Fano
Group To Determine Harvest Wage Scale For Houston County
The Houston County Farm Labor Advisory Committee will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the office of county agent C. My Ling to set a peanuts harvest wage scale for prisoners of war assisting with the crop. The schedule may be by day or by stacks, with payment to the government and prisoners remunerated by the government. Ling said applications from farmers will be accepted Friday and demand will exceed supply. Already 250 prisoners have been allotted, with work camps on the Dorset Headland highway near the old CCC site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Farm Labor Advisory Committee
C. My. Ling
Ling
Houston County
Dothan-Headland
CCC
Henry Coun Tern
PAC Announces Totals Of Sums Expended To Beat Georgia Solons
Washington AP reported three Georgia Congressmen derided CIO PAC chair Sidney Hillman for listing expenditures aiding candidates. Hillman disclosed 6500 spent to oppose Cox Peterson and Gibson opponents, with 4500 to Smithwick and 1000 to Pope and Tuten. Georgia lawmakers dispute the figures and promise further evidence of broader spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pac
Georgia Solons
Clair Johnson Washington
Georgia
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Hillman
House
CIO
Rep
Gibson
D.-Ga
Smithwick
Pope
Tuten
Cox
John L. Smithwick
Moultrie
Peterson
Ellis Pope
Lyons
Andrew J. Tuten
Alma
Nazi Rail Heads Blasted By RAF In Great Raid
British Mosquito bombers blasted rail and road targets across northern France from the Seine to the German border. RAF strikes hit Rouen areas upstream, Essen Krupp works, and key Seine crossings near Duclair Ferry. Más troops targeted Strasbourg and Metz yards, igniting large fires as 800 American fighters supported the effort.
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Austin Bealmear
London
France
Seine
Reich
Western Front
Rouen
Essen
Krupp Armament Works
Paris
Nahte
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Ialy
Upper Silesia
Metz
Strasbourg
Duclair Ferry
le Havre
Damages Awarded in Childs Death in Houston County
A court judgment for 4250 dollars was issued in the Houston County circuit court for the death of ten year old Dwight Jimmerson Whisenhunt. The settlement was reached by Mrs Maude Jimmerson Whisenhunt against A Coggin and A Deermont doing business as Coggin and Deermont and James B Burdeshaw. Burdeshaw was the truck driver. the wagon was struck on S Ontes street June 24. The boy died in hospital two days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Circuit Court
Maude Jimmerson Whisenhunt
Dwight Jimmerson
A. Coggin
A. Deermont
Coggins and Deermont
James Barl Burdeshaw
Columbia to use balloting machines for mayor council race
Columbia will adopt voting machines in its regular municipal election for mayor and council on September 18. Probate Judge Sexon P Posner announced the plan, noting it will be the first time Houston County municipality besides Dothan uses machines for a town election, after a request backed by Mayor Waliter Okley was approved.
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Columbia
Sexon P. Posner
Houston
Dothan
Poyner
Waliter Okley
Russians Drive Through Romania Near Ploesti and Bucharest
Moscow dispatch reports rapid Russian advances into Romania with 75 mile Danube crossings and 15 mile thrust into Transylvania. German and Hungarian forces mass in Transylvania as Russians seize Danube ports, cut toward Bucharest, and advance on Constanta aided by Cossacks and tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Romania
Proest
Bucharest
Danube
Transylvania
Tran- Sylvania
Gove
Hungary
Carpathians
Red Army
Bretscu
Buzau
Ploesti
Buzat
Braila
Black Sea
Constanta
Ploestiellfeld
States' Rights Echoes In House Over Unemployment Aid
Washington AP reports a Southern bloc in the House will resist federal control of postwar unemployment benefits. Georgia Senator Walter George backs a state administered plan, while Rep Rankin and Rep Gibson lead opposition citing aid to workers in war plants. Four Alabama Democrats back continued state unemployment, warning against large payments and idle living.
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Washington
House
Dixie
Senate
Walter +. George
D-Ga
George
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Mississippian
Gibson
Dole
Alabama
Manacso
Andrews
Newsome
Grant
Manasta
South
Congress Moves Toward Modernizing Congress
The Senate backed a resolution to study modernizing Congress with two Democrat sponsors. Proposals include streamlined committees to save time and cost, new joint committees for efficiency, and hiring expert staff for research and hearing preparation amid calls for reform.
Dumbarton Conferees In General Accord On Security Plans
Washington AP reports Dumbarton Oaks conferees reached general agreement on an international security organization. A proposed assembly would include all peace loving nations with sovereign equality. A council would mix principal states with elected smaller powers, plus peaceful dispute settlement via an international court. Delegations continue to refine structure and procedures amid varied approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John WM. Hightower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
International Organization For Peace and Security
International Court of Justice
Commissioner To Be Elected September 18
Dothan's city election is set for September 18 to select a commissioner for a three year term. Four city officials will oversee the ballot and procedures will be supervised by Burkett, Miss Methe Grart, and Mrs Varre Wart fest separ, with Jerkins as second assistant clerk Realy MkKunner presiding. The slate lists Ardell as opersten at City Hall and Detroesate noertsee as the only candidate listed on the acting mart te ist Armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Baller
Ardell
Burkett
Methe Grart
Varre Wart Fest
Mo Jerkins
Cere Realy
He Coren
French Seventh Army Drives West Of Rhone In Southern France
French Seventh Army advances west of the Rhone in Southern France forming a buffer to isolate the German 19th Army. US Seventh Army battles fleeing German forces around Samat and Montelimar as American columns push toward the Rhone from the north. A French column at Nimes drives toward the coast and the Spanish border, while other forces push into Measeli Mar and near Marseille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich von Paulus
Germany
Stalingrad
Marshal von Pau- Tux
Red Army
Rome
Measelimar
Rhone
Marseille
Meastellmar
U. S
Seventh Army
Notis
Samat
Milles
Moentelimar
George Tucker Rome
France
Utes
Nimes
Avignon
Uzes
Montelimar
Avigenon
Allied advance deepens across southern France and Italy
front lines report rapid Allied progress from northern France toward Avignon and the Italian border. Brig Gen Frederic Buller’s flying column pushes through the Monte Limar region inflicting heavy German casualties and scattering roads with destroyed transport. American forces reach near Cannes and Vence as Marseille Toulon port area falls, enabling broader operations and rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Buller
Monte- Samarares
Rouda
Cagnes
Cannes
Vence
Nice
Marseille
Toulon
St. Mandrier
Germans Regrouping Near Galafi Gap
Allied dispatches report German forces regrouping near the Galati Gap on the path of the Soviet advance toward Bucharest. Evidence shows no large evacuations from Romania toward Hungary or Yugoslavia. Rail traffic favors Romania, with increased Danube barge movement and Allied bombing targeting supply depots.
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Joseph Morton
U. S
Romeca
Danube
Mirecke
Minkolcr
St Szainch
Ubeerce
Tas
Tes
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