Lookout Fans Seek Ducats For Opener
Chattanooga fans expect the Lookout to open the season in Chattanooga with a home game. Montgomery will host the club to start the year while reservations for the first 1844 game trend high. Club secretary Mr. Sands says many requests arrived after telegrams urging Griffith to return the team to Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga Hape Fai
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Montgomery
Benson
Ise
Ty Presiden
Engel
Graffith Washington
New York
Aluborgh
Vave Sanda
Sands Add
Griffith
Chattanooga
Draft status gives Ruffin two fights
New York light weight contender Bobby Ruffin has been reclassified 1-A and will still be allowed to pursue two scheduled bouts. He will meet Sammy Angott, NBA champion, and Beau Jack, New York state champion, at Madison Square Garden on December 17 and January 7 respectively.
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Bobby Ruffin
Ruffin
Sammy Angott
Beau Jack
Posthumous Medal Honor for Sgt Ward at Ploesti Raid
Honor guests attend a posthumous award ceremony for Sgt Ward and others from the 8 Bombardment Squadron who volunteered for the Ploesti raid. The mission, ending early, shortened the war by months, and the citation praises extraordinary achievement under extreme danger during the August 1943 assault on Romanian oil refineries.
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Sgt Ward
Sgt
Ward
Tas Ploesti
Romani
Jackson Hospital To Get Additions
Jackson Hospital plans additions costing about 100000 with 28 bed expansion and new wards including a maternity and delivery wing. The project aims to double staff and facilities, mounting the hospital atop a 15 acre tract in the northwest city, with A A Deffin as chair and board members including W H Nobles, C Davis Turner, Alvert Korst and J B Garratt.
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Jackson Hospital
A&a
Deffin
Menn
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Operalons
Aveceasful Lecreas
Institutes
Wui
Moletien
Milar Ty
Twe
Sulerium
Leo Emerkeur
Rees
Magre Wailing
Ane
Otherihan & A Deffin
W. H Nobles
C. Davis Turner
Alvert Korst
3. B Garratt
Jim Phillips Dies At Nephew's Home
Jim Phillips eighty one of Abbeville died at nephew J H Griffin's home on Slocomb road after long illness. Funeral held today at Sardis Church near Abbeville with Rev Alex Griffin officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Bemis Barron, eight grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers named Grady Belcher Lloyd Smith W C Be Those Sam Celhours Bob Owens Robert Bowell.
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Abbeville
J. H. Griffin
Slocombroula
Sardig Church
Alex Griffin
Abbevile
Ward - Wilsom
Mra Bemis Barron
Grady Belcher
Lloyd Smith
W. C. Bethose
Sam Celhours
Bob Owens
Robert Bowell
Grass Fires Still Prompting Alarms
Grass fires kept alarms high as fire officials warned of continued dangerous conditions from burning trash and debris. They reported multiple calls in recent weeks and yesterday, with several fires posing threats to properties before being extinguished by crews.
Physicians Oppose U S Medical Plan in Alabama Board Vote
The Alabama Board of Medical Censors, at a Monday meeting in Montgomery, adopted a resolution opposing the Wagner Murry Dinrell Dill bill in Congress. The board argues the plan would create bureaucratic control, erode physician patient relationships and professional independence, and reduce medical service quality by injecting politics. The measure would fund medical and hospital care for workers via taxes split between employees and employers, raising Social Security tax payments.
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Dingell
Ba Dakt
Alabama Board
States
Congress
War era planning aims to boost postwar employment
A discussion outlines the Committee of Economic Development’s approach to stimulate private hiring after the war. It emphasizes inspiring individual employers to plan, with chambers of commerce and municipal groups guiding community action, not centralized state planning. The goal is rapid, productive postwar jobs and a smooth transition to nonwar economies.
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Lésa
Committee of Economic Development
Meitas Ealdt
Ceneral Industry Planning
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Tmunnicipal Planning
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Committee of Economy Development
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Nom
Smith
Menting
Pan Tater
Tattooing Waves Surge as Sailors Rush for Ink in Uniform
Chicago AP reports waves of Navy personnel seeking tattoos as a personal ornament during wartime. Tattoo artist Jake Kasp er notes daily requests, averaging one customer in uniform. Prices start at $1.50 with discounts for service members. many clients request anchors or flags placed on various body areas. One standout client asked camouflage scar to be covered with a Christmas tree ornament to honor the holiday season.
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Jake Kasper
South Mate Street
Kespar
Bia
Intruder Breaks in as Car Driver Smashes Window
Police report details that an unidentified intruder smashed a station window with a car, entered the building, and rifled the cash register but took nothing else. Investigator Knight said fingerprints were inconclusive and no trace of the thief was found.
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Spreral
T. BR. Knight
Aherif
Collapse of Chiangs Deranged Man Room In Officers Club
A heavy roof collapsed in the officers club dining room as Chiang Kai-shek and accompanying officials dined, killing no one but trapping debris. Brig. Gen. McCabe ordered an investigation. no sabotage evidence found. Chiang and wife reportedly arrived safely at Chungking after Cairo conference. Six American officers nearby escaped injuries.
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Gan Frederick McCabe
Portland
Ore
Mountbatten
Chiang Katabels
New Delhi
Chungking
Cairo
Cousgking
Chiang
Scouts Continue Salvage Drive in Southeast Alabama
Dothan and the Southeast Alabama Council urge residents to donate waste paper to a drive. Dens patrols and troops store paper until enough to fill a truck, then deliver to a collecting agency to raise funds for scouting equipment and supplies.
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Dothan
Southeast Alabama
Scoute
Obstetric Funds Made Available to Aid Military Families
A limited sum for obstetric and child medical care for dependents of armed forces personnel is provided by the U S Children's Bureau. Houston County health officials say patients may choose their physician and apply with doctor support to the State Bureau of Maternal and Child Health.
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U. S. Children’s Bureau
Houston County
B. F. Acatio
Miltary Fields
Bureau of Maternal and
Chad Heath
State Board of Health
Houston County Health Department
Juvenile status debated in case of accused intruder
McSwain faced possible transfer to a higher court after his indictment for breaking into a residence on East Adams Street and attempting to attack a woman. His mother alleged juvenile delinquency, prompting Judge Poyner to seek a welfare review and consider the option to declare him irrecible and transfer the case. He was later arrested near a theatre where he worked as a porter.
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Nile Court
McSwain
Poyner
Mra. C
Soviet Drives Push German Lines in Kiev Bulge
The wartime bulletin notes heavy combat east of Zhytomyr and Karpaton with about 2900 German deaths and 72 tanks destroyed or captured. It cites a fresh Soviet push southwest along the Smolensk road toward Orsha and Minsk, while Russian forces pierced German lines at two points near Mingy and Zhitomir.
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Allied leaders reportedly meet in Iran amid war plans
Reports from Tehran and across Europe claim Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin are meeting in Iran or nearby, forming plans to surrender terms for Germany. London, Bern, and other capitals speculate on the location and scope of a possible big three declaration while censorship protests grow.
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Landam
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Sydney
Morning Herald
War bulletin big gains for Red Army near Znamenka
Red Army vanguards push southwest of Kremenogorsk captured Dmitrovice and Fedork towns about 15 miles north of Znamenka. Communique reports 400 Germans killed and 27 enemy tanks destroyed. Znamenka radar and artillery positions reportedly within range.
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Znamenka
British Bombers Prepare Major Raid Over Berlin
British air crews anticipate a massive night raid on Berlin from Midland airfields. The mission, led by Lancaster crews including the plane B for Bolty, aims to strike Nazi targets with incendiaries and 4,000-pound bombs. The writer and seven crew members, mostly Scots, describe the tense briefing and departure as part of the large Allied assault.
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Bolty
Bennett
Myeelt
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Pay as you go plan aids farmers in tax timing
Commissioner Hannagen explained in the warrant to AAA officers that no farmer’s estimate is exempt from penalties for understatement if the estimate deviates more than 33 13 percent. The plan allows a farmer to pay income taxes in the year the income is received, aligning with farming’s special difficulties.
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Miasioner Hannagen
AAA
Dex
I D Club Initiates Sixteen Members at Cotham High
Sixteen members were inducted into the I D Club at Cotham High School yesterday, with a banquet at Howston Hotel to follow. The initiation included rituals, a saluting ceremony, and the consumption of oysters in castor oil, while past rougher hazing was cited as eliminated by the new term’s coach.
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Rip” Howes
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Roun
Billy Joe Meimberr
George Riley
Ramager
Lemar Harteog
Allied Air Attacks, Italian Front Battles Reported
Allied air forces destroyed 17 German planes as Libaratora aircraft escorted by Taghinings pounded Bolzano on the Brenner Pass. British destroyers bombarded Nazi installations at the Albanian port of Truraxsy. Fifth Army fights near Calabritte southwest of Mignano while the Eighth Army presses at Lanciano as Germans rush reserves and use refugees to hinder advances.
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Mrs W A La dies Wear Ashi Obituary Fragment
Obituary fragment notes Mrs W A La dies Wear Ashi with family mentions including grandchildren and local relations. The legible text hints at surviving relatives and a memorial context, but many words are garbled.
Chaplain Silvey To Give Serraga Service
The article notes a religious service led by Chaplain Silvey with the Bele honor of the waiting chap. Eddie Campbell, under arrest by city police for liquor law violations, faces drunkenness charges. Pierre Draughon mentions the arrest report did not state if a key was confiscated. The U.S. Marines band in Lem Ireland, a bagpipe group, is highlighted.
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International News Service
RAF
Berlin
Bennett
Ministry of Information
NEGEC
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Ouat
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Petrce Draughon
U. S. Marines
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Lem Ireland
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