Poll taxes and voting rights amid Third Conf concerns
In the county, voters debate poll tax delinquency and eligibility for the upcoming primary as Congress acts. Legal guidance from Judge Saxon P. and Alabama attorneys outlines that poll taxes due Oct to Feb determine eligibility for elections through February 1944. Many veterans and voters face complex rules about paying back taxes to participate in the second primary.
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Sketwa
Congress
Yeomtin
Lan
Saxon
Alabama
James Pad
Trick Catches Reichs Third City Unawares
London dispatch reports RAF heavy bombers staged a bold raid near Berlin drawing Nazi fighters away. The planened for a 1500 ton attack on Leipzig, leaving the city in ruins while Berlin faced reduced resistance as Mosquito bombers hit target areas.
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W. W. Hercher
London
RAF
Berlin
Teipzig
Reich
Aly
Air Ministry
Leipzig
Ita
County road plan faces formal postwar approval
Houston County eyes a 6724 mile postwar farm to market road network with a cap of 1 million dollars funded jointly by state and county officials. A State Highway Department rep will inspect the proposal in Dothan, with construction only after the war and material availability. The plan aims that no farmer will be more than three miles from a paved road, coordinating with a broader state corridor.
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Houston County
Fred L. Mullins
State Highway Department
Dothan
Isbor
Two Jailed Here in Death Of Man
Toro Houston Countlans identified as Burnie Gilkey and J. J. Gilley were jailed in Houston County on first degree murder charges related to the death of Willjvllgrove a 52 year old man who died in Devban hospital after an altercation near Ashard. Sheriff B G Farmer said the affray occurred Friday a week ago and Snell grove was struck with a blunt instrument during the fight but not believed seriously injured. The three were taken into custody on assault and battery charges.
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Toro Houston
Burnie Gilkey
J. J. Gilley
Houston County
Will Jvllgrove
Dethen
Devban
Ashard
B. G. Farmer
Farmer
Snellgrove
Amsalit and Battery
Tara Te
Nazi Propaganda Boils To Thwart Conference Aims
A.P. report states Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin delayed official word on Tehran talks. Moscow radio claimed the conference occurred as Allied leaders returned to Washington. The White House cited travel and timing as delaying statements on wartime goals.
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Richard G. Marlock Tondon
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Garmeyy
Europa
Teheran
Iran
Moscow Radio
Washington
White House
Bectetar
Stephen T. Early
Tara Te No
Soviets Reach Eight Miles From Zhlobin Railway Hub
Russian forces closed to within eight miles of Zhlobin as they pursued Germans retreating from Gomel. Moscow said the drive aimed to link Kremenchug and Cherkasy bridgeheads with new gains in Ukraine. German troops, estimated in the hundreds of thousands, were streaming through Zhlobin after a 40 mile retreat in ten days.
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SY James M. Long
London
Zhlobin
Gomel
Ukraine
Kremenchhug
Cherkasy
Moscow
Zhiobin
Most War Plant Strikers Ignore Cooling Off Law
Ninety seven of one hundred war plant strikes reportedly ignored the cooling-off provisions of the War Labor Disputes Act during the first three months of its effect. The estimate comes from National Labor Relations Board records and government sources. A co-author warned Congress might try to enforce the strike ballot requirement under the Connally Smith Harness Act. The act requires notice to three agencies and a 30 day production continuation before the NLRB acts.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Six Cadets Dead In Night Crashes Over Courtland
COURTLAND Ala Six Army airmen died and two others were missing after a series of night crashes during routine operations. Lt Col Freudenthal, commander of the Courtland flying school, ordered an officers board to investigate the incidents from last Wednesday. Six planes failed to return and the solo pilots in each were killed. No trace found yet for the two missing craft and their crews.
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Courtland
Ala
Freudenthal
Courtland Flying School
Authority On Pacific Area Booked For Institute Talk
Dothan citizens will hear the Rotary Club lecture in the Institute of International Understanding at the Soldier Recreation Center Wednesday night. George A. Malcolm, retired attorney general of Puerto Rico, will be the speaker. Malcolm, a Concord Michigan native educated at the University of Michigan, is the only American to receive an LL.D from Tokyo Imperial University. He served in Philippine government service for thirty years and held roles including solicitor general and attorney general.
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Dothan
Rotary Club
Institute of International Understanding
Soldilere’ Recreation Center
George A. Malcolm
Puerto Rico
Concord
Michigan
University of Michigan
Malcoim
Imperial University of Tokyo
Japan
Thehilippine Government Service
Stelement
Bureau of Justice
Jean Zeus
Japs Gird Defenses Of Sumatra Island
Japs gird defenses of Sumatra Island as heavy fighting erupts around Changteh in central China. Chinese communique says Changteh city mostly destroyed by Japanese bombing and shelling over ten days. Tokyo broadcast reports occupation of Changteh after encirclement begun November 25. Chinese high command notes attempts to encircle Japanese forces in Northern Hunan and successful attacks after repelling several counterattacks. Japanese ashes found outside Changteh. Chinese claim continued assaults on the city. New Delhi reports U S Air Force attacked 70 targets in Burma and Thailand in November, totaling nearly 1,000 tons of bombs on Japanese installations.
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Spencer Moosa
Banchow
Hunan
Changteh
Tokyo Radio
Shanghai
New Delhi
Gard
U. S. Air Force
Burma
Thailand
Preparations Hint Fear Of Attack On Singapore
The Associated Press reports Japan increases aerial patrols over mid Pacific Marshall Islands and rushes defenses on Sumatra gateway to Singapore. Australian forces push Japanese back on New Guinea while battles rage in China’s central rice bowl. MacArthur notes limited air engagements with Japan. 172 ton Cape Gloucester bombardment threats loom near New Britain.
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Associated Frees
Marshall Islands
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
New Guinea
Philippines
New Britain
China
Southern Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Thunderbolts
Wewak
Jona
Cape Gloucester
New Buitain Island
New Ganes
Wewalk
Toe
Imperial Command
Nowerial
Menta
Commerce Chamber Directors Nominated
The nominating committee of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce announced 14 candidates for seven board seats. Ballots were mailed to members. successful candidates will serve a two year term starting January 1, 1944. Ballots must be returned to the Chamber office by 5 pm Friday, December 10.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Johnson
Tressurer
Wings sent to Napier graduate in surprise ceremony
Cadet Boyden Junior of 18 Grealb Roast Brighton Mass receives wings at Napier Field in a covert surprise tied to his father World War I service. The presentation includes Deval Wings worn by his father and a note from Captain Boyden describing pride in earning pilot wings.
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Napier Field
Coast Willam EH. Boyden, Jr
Brighton
Mass
Fliera
Boydena
Ceptein
Broyden
Boyden
Naptar Fia
Tam
Navy expands bill to boost amphibious warfare capacity
A House Naval Committee report details an eight hundred million dollar expansion to acquire 2.5 million tons of auxiliary vessels, landing craft and escort carriers to intensify amphibious operations. The plan signals broader sea land integration and acknowledges likely losses in such ships amid ongoing war.
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Alex H. Singleton Washington
House Naval Committee
Uae
Federal Service Vote Plan Renewed Controversy Hits Senate
AP reports a rift in the Democratic Party as Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania accuses Southern Democrats of forming an unholy alliance with Republicans to deny armed forces the right to vote. He threatens to resign as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in protest.
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Washington
Guffey
D-Pa
Armed Forces of
America
Wis
Thay
Tara
Davis Seeks Means To Prevent Uneven News Breaks
Washington officials meet at the White House to find ways to prevent uneven news breaks from major conferences. Elmer Davis, head of the Office of War Information, says of no guarantee for this one but hopes for better handling on the next. State Department to protest to Russia over Teheran coverage while other capitals withhold official news.
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Washington
White House
North Africa
Teheran
Iran
Elmer Davia
Office of War Information
Mephen Early
Roosevelt
Byron Price
Chif Davis
Davis
Stats Department
Russia
Moncow
State Department
Maydat
Early
Davia
Truck Strikers Tie Up Southeast Freight
Atlanta AP reports more than 600 local drivers and helpers walked out disrupting freight on 19 major lines awaiting a ruling from the national arbitration office on a proposed three cent per hour wage increase. K and J Freight Lines told the sheriff of Jonesboro that three of its trucks were attacked and shots exchanged with two carloads of unidentified men. Lawton Shaw, VP and GM of K and J, confirmed the incident.
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Atlanta
Jonesboro
Wnex
Lawton Shaw
Finish Fight Predicted To Defeat Japanese Empire
A New York AP report argues the Cairo conference signals the inevitable defeat of Japan and the end of the empire. It cites repatriation accounts from Tokyo aboard the Gripalaolm, noting Japanese soldiers are unified under a holy war belief. The piece highlights the public’s grasp of empire collapse and Tojo’s use of the Cairo message to justify policy.
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Rumble Rhines
NEW York AP
Cairo
Tokyo
Japan
Inia
Aala
United Nations
Hideki Tojo
Heavy Artillery Barrage Leads Big Scale Push
Allied forces assault German positions as Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s Fifth Army and British Fifth Army drive into the German winter line. Heavy bombardment precedes advances toward Cassino and Monte Camino, with gains on the Adriatic front near San Vito and Lanci-Nano and a widening push along the Sangro. Reports from Doc Whitehead and RAF observers describe intense artillery, air preparation, and significant demoralization among German troops.
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Wes Gallaghes
AJ. Gyers
Mark W Clark
Roma
al- Wes
Clark
el Alamain
Egypt
Aemailer
Fifth
Monte Camino
Mignano
Cassino
Camino
Maggiore
San Vito
Pescara
Lanciano
Montgomery
Tregie
Ban Vito
Eighth Army
Aize Orsognu
Sangro River
Grooms
Sangro
Fossaceria
Princeover
Doc Whitehead
Associated Press
Tha B
Mig- Ran
Ag & Teoult
Maggiore Moundais
RAF
Gore Nest Praonéra
Ita
Caatig- Hone
Rosato
Caatle Jone
Fifth Army
Alfedena
Venalro
Two Hurt As Auto Runs Wild On Curve
Two persons were injured and four escaped harm in two highway incidents near Dothan yesterday afternoon. Inspector H B Moody of the State Highway Patrol said one involved an automobile driven by Red Turvin and Prestom Turvin, both of Dothan route two, and three other occupants escaped injury. The other crash involved a heavily loaded gasoline truck. Patroerman Frank Turan, 36, was named in the report on Page 2.
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H. B Moody
State Highway Patrol
Dothan
Red” Turvin
Prestom Turvin
Patromem Frank
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