Protests Over Soft Hog Prices Rally Nationwide Resistance
Protests by farmers in Enterprise led to a letter from KA Knowles, Walter L. Ranch, and Mervin Jones criticizing War Food Administration subsidies. They urged subsidy changes, price differentials, and removal of ration point restrictions to support hogs weighing 180 to 270 pounds. They argued current prices from 200 to 270 pounds harm local producers and called for policy adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fesmers
Enterprise
KA Knowles
Flewston County Farm Bureau
Mervin Jones
Fmm
Alabama
Walter L. Ranch
Um Boreac
Jarmim
ctWar Food Administration
Tit Bureau
Chicago
Sue Waite
Dramatic World War II Year Ends With Major Axis Defeat
AP reports a dramatic war year ending with a severe German rout near Zhitomir as Allied air power pounds Paris fronts. Stalin’s forces push back as England-based bombers join the finale assault in Europe. Cape Gloucester falls to U.S. forces signaling a grim Pacific advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stalin
George Urges States To Allow Service Men Vote
WASHINGTON AP Senator George D Gay urged cooperation between Congress and state legislatures to allow service members to vote in primaries and general elections. He said governors could call special sessions to print ballots and waive requirements for service personnel, but warned against blank ballots that invite fraud. He cited southern states where primary votes decide elections and stressed state officials must judge eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
George D.gay
Georgia
Senate
George
George Dis
Fils
OPA May Lif Some Controls In 1944
AP reports Chester Bowles, Office of Price Administration chief, predicts 1944 may ease wartime controls. He notes 1943 saw lifting of some price and rent restrictions as supply improved, with hopes to extend these relaxations in 1944 and avoid new rationing.
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OPA
Fashington
Chester Howlex
Office of
Price Administration
Sia
Bowles
Marines Conquer Cape Gloucester in New Guinea push
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports American Marines overran Cape Gloucester and nearby airdrome in northwest New Britain exterminating hundreds of Japanese as Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger congratulated on New Year’s Eve. Krueger said 700 Japanese were killed Wednesday and Thursday as MacArthur received the news at advanced headquarters.
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Cape Gloucester
Camategic
U. S
New Britain
Pacifica
New Guinea
United States
Tor
Walter Krueger
U. S. Sixth Army
Gloucester
Douglas MacArthur
Krueger
Eald Krueger
MacArthur
Bombers Blast At Paris In Day Attack
London AP reports American heavy bombers with RAF and American fighters struck Paris area targets in daylight. Paris radio said bombs hit Paris suburbs amid Allied air offensive described as climaxing a year of mass raids. Previous Paris strikes included the Cam Ballbearing Works and Renault plant in earlier raids this year.
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BT W
Heecher
London
France
Paris
Pans
Cam Ballbearing Works
Hispano — Suzie and Caudron
Renult Airplane and Motor Works
Faria
Renault Works
Measere Peanitt
Exiled Yugoslav Regime Claims Tito Losses Heavy
In a Cairo issued statement, King Peter’s government in exile said Yugoslav Partisans led by Marshal Tito have suffered irreparable losses and 14000 guerrillas are cut off in the Canary Alps of northwestern Yugoslavia. The claim, from the royal government, lacks independent confirmation and describes Partisan forces fighting with backs to the Dinara Alps as German and Croat puppet troops pressure them.
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Cairo
Zgypt
Jose Broz
Drug Tit Z
Canary Alps
Yugoslavia
Peter
Marshal Broz
Broz
London
One - Tairy
Hoya
Dataide
Dinera Alps
Saemen
Bosnia
Poll Tax Status Reminds Voters in Special Primary
Voters seeking to participate in the January 12 special primary for the U.S. Congress vacancy due to the death of Congressman Renr B. Steagall must be current on poll taxes. Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner announced that delinquent payers will not be eligible to vote until February 1, 1944, after the primary. Absentee ballot requests total 65, with interest from voters absent from the state. Qualified candidates listed in the December 20 deadline include George Andrews, Hubert Farmer, Roy Smith, and Robert H. Beasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Renr B
Steagall
Saxon P. Poyner
Savere
Wb Aentes
Poyner
Alabama
George Andrews
Union Springs
Hubert Farmer
Dothan
Roy Smith
Phente City
Robert H. Beasat
Louleville
Allies Launch Leap Frog Raid On Italian Coast
Allied forces of the Fifth Army conducted a large scale raid along the west coast of Italy north of the Garigliano River. The operation established a bridgehead while combat moved to the Appian Way area through the Pontine Marshes. Berlin said the landing faced heavy casualties and that progress stalled on the beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italian
SY Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Garigiano
Harold Alexander
Rome
Pontine Maarshes
Berlin
Three Lynchings In 1943 Listed by Tuskegee Institute
Dr F D Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, reports three lynchings in 1943, four men involved, two white victims and one case of a soldier killed while escaping. Locations include Florida Georgia and Alabama. The annual tally notes police and train passengers often intervened to prevent mob violence.
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Tuskeger
Ala
F. D Patterson
Tuskeres Institute
Florida
Georgia
Tinala
New Jersey
Union Pay Demands May Keep Roads Under Army Control
President Roosevelt faces renewed rejection from 15 non operating unions over arbitration in the railroad wage dispute. They defend existing wage raises and overtime terms, objecting to any plan that would reduce after 40 hours pay or force purchase of time. The stalemate jeopardizes private sector control of roads and keeps government seizure options on the table as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus Washington
Jar
Roosevelt
Vinagan
First Baptist Church Plans Debt Liquidation Ceremony
Visitors come to Dothan for the dedicatory event at the First Baptist Church as a 15 year old debt of 136000 is liquidated. Attendees include Dr and Mrs H C Bass of Bessemer and Mrs L W Dockery of Tuncaloona with other former pastors and dignitaries from Oxford Jackson and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Dothan
H.C. Bass
Bessemer
L W Dockery
Tuncaoona
Dr. Dockery
Bass
C. Ross Baker
Oxford
LeRoy Priest
Jackson
Judean College
Marion
Uo &. Amy
J. B. Murray
Allied Offensives To Take Jap Bases Next Year
Washington AP report says new Allied offensives to rout Japanese bases in the home islands may begin in 1944. Admiral Ernest J. King and General Dwight D. Eisenhower foresee Germany’s defeat in 1944 and insist pressure on Japan will continue and intensify as Pacific power shifts proceed. King states the fleet is ready to engage Japanese ships at any time and hints at operations to draw Japanese out of Truk.
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Hamilton W. Taron Washington
Pueble
Ena
Cortain
Adina
Ernest J. King
Pra
Germany
Twit Ht
D. Fisenhower
Japan
United States
King
Saratoga
Versela
Truk
Kinganya
Topanrue Piregie Ganda Dalag
Pacific
Episcopalians Plan Church Consecration
The Episcopal Church at Nativity schedules a consecration service led by Bishop C. J. Carpenter with Pastor Ralph Maroon directing. The church recalls its early history and debt retirement plans, noting funds raised and staged over six months. The aim remains to free the church from debt and dedicate it to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
C. J. Carpenter
Bushop
Alawemin
Ralph Maroon
Melaen
Mately
Madvon
Naavey
Madaon Anid
America Ready For 1944 War Test Says AP
America is fully armed for the 1944 war test with a projected 75 billion dollars in unsold weapons and a 60 billion dollar closing-year program. Aircraft lead the surge as production hits new peaks while cutbacks loom, potentially idling workers if Europe invasion slows.
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Ateniing Green Washington
Amerca Jy
United States
Ecas
Itm
War Production Board
Jnedxr
VOI
Europe
WPB
Maas
Navy
Roosevelt
Deep Hole Torn In German Line As Reds Push On
Moscow dispatch reports a widening Soviet breakthrough along the southern front west of the Dnieper. Red forces reach near the Bug river and within 42 miles of Vinnytsia, sever Warsaw Smila rail line, and threaten supply routes to Kiev.
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Menry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Bug River
Vor Mahnmeln
Bug
Germany
Dnieper
Kiev-Zamerinka
Opan
Valutina
Dolester
Rumania
Poland
Ukraine
Red Army
Kiev
Ogesne - Lwow
Vinnitza
Vinnitsa Wenanty
Dniester
Frits von Mannsteft
Reg
Korosten
Gazatin
Firther
Berlin
Reuters
Nazling
Zhitomir
Throken Wall
von Mannstein
Pecape
Wastin
Il Conta
von Mannatein
Stein
Stalingrad
Saltitid
Vatu- Uin
Berdichev
Kazatin
Noutheast
Samxorod
Stockholm
Thitomiry
Hitler’s New Year Message Warns of Merciless Struggle
AP reports Adolf Hitler delivering a New Year address from Berlin asserting the war will continue mercilessly with no vice or mercy. The broadcast frames the conflict as a survivial struggle of life or death. In Birmingham, J. T. Montgomery, Alabama Railway Express Co superintendent, dies in hospital after being found with a shotgun wound in his office.
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Tondon
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Birmingham
J. T. Montgomery
Alabama
Railway Expres Co
Heing
Roosevelt's cold escalates to grippe with fever
President Roosevelt's illness worsened as the grippe struck him with a half degree fever. White House physician Rear Admiral Ness T. McIntire ordered bed rest for today and likely tomorrow, cancelling the regular cabinet meeting and morning news conference. The New Year’s Day prayer event proclamation will be affected as he cannot participate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ness T. McIntire
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Patterson
Offenges
Arawe
U. S. 6Th Army
Acme
Tom Shafer
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FDR
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