Plane crashes into high tension line near Union Springs
A Army training plane piloted by a Black serviceman struck high voltage lines 12 miles northwest of Union Springs causing six and a half hours of electric outage across surrounding towns Alabama Power reports. Pilot suffered minor injuries. line repaired after several hours per Birmingham and Associated Press sources.
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Dothan Way
Tecan
Dack
Union Springs
Perriea Aleo
Eofania
Abbsville
Enterprise Fer
Birmingham
James M. Barry
Alabama Powar Co
H. C Magorn
Tuskegee Institute
Associated
Barry al Anenet
Talks Between Allies Reportedly Shape War Aims
A Reuters dispatch notes Allied leaders including Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin engaging in high level discussions in Cairo and London on aims and measures guiding the war. The report highlights attempts to reconcile divergent views among the major powers and stresses the importance of personal relations between leaders and their staffs in forming policy during the wartime alliance.
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Amiedisaders
Wasingion
Quaistin
Recervelt
Minseee
Marechal Stalin
Pointe Chiaxg
Kalebek
Reuters
Bootevelt
Churchill
Wag Katehek
Conpela
Cairo
Stalin
Parks Considers February Election
Parks weighs a February election date as Chamacey Sparka calls for a general election. Henry B. Steagal of the Third Congressional District, with legal adviser McDowell, reports on the plan. Gov Sparks favors an earlier nominating date and primaries set for mid February.
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Chamacey Sparka
Henry B. Steagal
McDowell
Telephones Covington, Jr
Sparks
Allied air raids pound French targets as heavy bombers strike
Fragmentary wartime OCR notes describe Allied air forces targeting airfields in France with heavy bombers and mention Persia talks and strategic moves. The readable lines suggest ongoing operations and conferences amid the conflict.
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Aleo Oti
Russia
Persia
France
Tonga
Beef Point Value Reduced By OPA
The Office of Price Administration announced a sizable cut in beef point values effective Sunday, while lamb mutton veal pork largely stay at reduced levels. Major beef cuts drop from two to three points. porterhouse and rib roast see notable declines, with butter and margarine unchanged.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Asthy Opa
Frice
Cheessa
Fem
119 New Voters Registered Here
An additional 110 eligible voters qualified for the next general election through yesterday as registration books closed at the county courthouse. The Board of Registrars reported gaps in two beats Nise and Elaven at Kinesy and Crosby. Tabulation by Beats shows Picksburg three Brannon Stand four Dethen seven Rahcbeth six Madrid five Cotiiawood nix Cam eron's Mil four Webb five Ash j8 Sour Gorton four Cotembia ee and Dapees iva.
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Board of Registrars
Madrid
Fear
Cotiiawood Nix
Cameron's
Mil
Webb
Sour
Gorton Fer
Cotembia Ee
Dapees Iva. T
American Heavies Hit West Germany In Third Assault
American heavy bombers conducted their third daylight raid in three days on western Germany, attacking Bremen and Olginco Ruhr targets alongside daytime and nighttime assaults. RAF and Allied fighters supported the operation as Mosquitos and other planes pounded German airfields in a peak period of sustained round-the-clock bombing.
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West Germany
Gladwin
London
Germany
France
Bremen
Olingco
Ruhr
United States
RAF
Dominion
Totley
USAAF
Britain
U. & Eighth Air Force
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons Today
Europe
Rais
Father Of Houston Man To Receive DFC
Colonel James I. Daniel Jr. will present the Distinguished Flying Cross to Gillatt Ward of Dothan route two posthumously for actions as a B 17 crew member in a mission against Proestolf refineries of Tanmania. The same ceremony includes a Purple Heart. Ward was born August 1, 1642, while serving in the Middle East.
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Napier Field
James I. Daniel
Gillatt Ward
Dothan
Mr. Ward
Technice
Joan, Ward
Proestolf
Tanmania
George Washington
War Department
Sargeant Ward
Middle East
Repatriates First View of Homeland Upon Gripsholm Arrival
About 1,500 U S and Allied internees, swapped from Bougainville, docked aboard the Gripsholm in Jersey City as Red Cross aid and clothing shipments arrived. Passengers, many thin from captivity, cheered near the Statue of Liberty while officials prepared reentry checks by FBI and Army agents before stepping ashore.
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Jersey City
N. J
America
Gripsholm
Chiildren
Navy
Hed Cross
Rio de Janeiro
Red Cross
New York
Landings Reported As U S Forces Enter Bougainville
Report from Tokyo says six landing barges and bombardment by cruisers and destroyers accompanied by infantry and tanks near Cape Torokina as U S forces push toward Bougainville. Allied action included raids toward the Sio harbor area and attacks along Empress Augusta Bay, with Nimitz and Halsey coordinating efforts.
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Associated Press
Japan
Solomons
Tokyo
United States
Bougainville Island
Cape Torokine
Wiliam F. Helney, Jr
Bougainville
Piva River
Admiral Halsey
Mag Ns
Empress Auguste Bay
Camp Torokina
Jaba
Empress Augusta Bay
Cheater W. Nimitz
Pacifia Front
Pearl Harbor
Ture
FDR Fourth Term Favored By Seminole County Voters
In Donalsonville Georgia Seminole County Democrats favored a Roosevelt fourth term in a bias sample from three of five precincts showing 81 percent for a fourth term and 70 against Roosevelt led in 1940 and 1936 by sample margins. Sheriff race also drew attention with Poston narrowly ahead of Chandler.
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Seminole County
Donalsonville
Roosevelt
Bemicola County
Ellison Duns
Walter F. George
Werdell Whitte
Republcan Standard
Ilaue
Dunn
Eoholy
Macon C. Poston
C. L. Chandler
Poston
Chandler
Laminola
8th 5th Armies Gain Straigh ten Allied Lines
Allied HQ reports the British Eighth Army advancing with heavy air support across the Italian front and capturing Lancano, Castel Frentiano, and Gasol. Along the central sector American Fifth Army pushes three miles toward Mustaguila through minefields and barbed wire defenses. German use of extensive barbed wire mirrors World War I tactics as Liberators attack the area.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangre Ridge
Neres
Lancano
Bengro
Pascare
Castel Frentiano
Gasol
Bangro Ridge
Reutera
Fifth Army
Wiles Weet
Mostaguila
Wala
Nazis Intensify In White Russia
Moscow dispatch reports German forces reinforcing counter attacks in Ukraine and White Russia. Despite recapturing Korosten, Red Army still holds critical lines toward Leningrad and Odessa. Germans push near Dnieper, while the Soviets continue steady gains in the Gomel region as hostilities persist.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Dnieper
Ukraine
Russia
Korosten
Zhumok
Laningrad
Odessa
Ovruch
Velk
Mercely
Zhiobin
Gomel
Korcates
Red Army
Southern Operators Left Out In Cold Wage Pact Talks
Secretary Ickes promised John L. Lewis the government would not restore southern coal mines to owners without joining a general wage contract. Southern states including West Virginia Kentucky Virginia Tennessee and Alabama were outside the talks over a plan to standardize underground travel pay and keep miners at a 45 minute daily rate. The meetings aimed to finish a basic agreement covering about three quarters of soft coal production with two unresolved issues prices and producer earnings under an adequate price safeguard.
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Max Ball Washington
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Ickes Lawry
Lewis
Northern
Western
Icken
West
Ickca
Office of Prices Administra
Junkers Clique Seeks Coup In Germany Report
London by Robert Bunnell reports a faction of veteran German soldiers and Junker industrialists awaiting the opportune moment to overthrow Hitler. Informal armistice overtures have been dismissed by Allies as unreal. Alleged leaders include Rundstedt, Bock, von Rundstedt, and Reeder.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Junker
Hitler
Germany
Allew Am
United Nations
Bate Cordell Hull
Brendan Bracken
Karl von Rundstedt
Walther von Branchitsch
Fedor von Bock
Erich Reeder
Accepted Selectees Announced By Boards and Battles Near Changcha
Houston County boards announce the names of residents accepted for duty in the Navy Army and Marines after passing exams at Ft McClellan. Separately Chinese and American air and ground forces drive Japanese from Changteo gateway to the rice bowl region and recapture Tehshan on the Changten Changsha highway with Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters reporting Chinese control.
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Rice Bowl City
Houston County
Selective Barvices
Ft. McClellan
Arveral Tathara
Navy
Reirie Levin Milan
James Lamar Hadden
John Foes Howell
Rysis D. Maque
Army
Chungking
Changteo
Changcha
Yu Cheng Wan
FDR Churchill and Chiang Complete Africa Talks
President Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek and Churchill concluded a North Africa conference with a pledge to press Japan relentlessly and strip Japan of Pacific territories seized since 1941. The communique outlined future operations against Japan and affirmed Allied resolve, with further allied meetings planned as war against Japan continues.
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Churchill
Chiang
Africa
Washington
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai - Shek
North Africa
Japan
Pacific
White House
Newamen
Cairo
Egypt
Marshal Stalin
Russia
Rusaie
Mtalin
Wea
Anniversary of AEF Occupation Marked Today
The Associated Freee reports anniversary ceremonies as the Stars and Stripes fly over Sauer and Moselle rivers commemorating American occupation forces in Germany thirty five years after the armistice. Bands play martial music as U S troops entered Treves on December 1 and moved forward, ending hostilities in the region.
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Freee
Stars and Stripes
Sauer
Mosala
Germany
Armisstic
Treves
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Houston
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Junkers Clique
Repussia
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Korea
Kores
Roose
Bralin
Lisbon
Portuguesa
Churchi
Treo
Office of War Information
Office of Censorship
Mwimer Davis
Owenter
AEF
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