Board Three Group Resigns Over Farmers Draft Rift
Houston County Selective Service Board No Three had no members after all three quit over differences on farm registrant service. Major Bruce Potter reported the resignations of Burl Fellows and Curtis Owens of Ashford and Alex D. Wood of Columbia. The board had deferred 50 registrants to 2-C and 2 to 1-A, with the 1-A cases appealed by the registrants and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Selective Service Board No
Bruce B. Potter
State Selective Service
State
District Appeal Board
Maj. Potter
Burl M. Fellows
Ashford
Curtis Owens
Alex D. Wood
Columbia
City Manager Issue In Commission Race
Dothan voters face a city manager proposal as a campaign issue in the commission race. Candidate John D. Ayres advocates hiring a City Manager and slashing salaries for the commission president and associates while promising merit reform. The topic echoes a 1935 push that failed.
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Dothan
Prevent Commission
John D. Ayres
Commission
Miles A. Miller
Ayres
Ten Thousand Men Seen For Camp Rocker Activation
Washington AP reports Sen Hill estimates 20 000 troops to be stationed at the infantry replacement center to be activated at Camp Rocker Ozark War Department said near term activation plans notified by Rep Andrews and Senators All and Bankhead Officials indicated Camp Rocker would host the new center with details outlined in government notices.
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Washington
Sen. Hill
D.-Als
Infantry Replacement Center
War Department
Wee
Camp Rocker
Ozark
Rep. Andrews
D.-Ale
All and Bankhead
D.als
Department Yanterday
Williams Hearings Spark Williams Controversy In Senate
AP report outlines a Senate clash over Aubrey Williams as head of the Rural Electrification Administration. Democrats split from Wallace allies, McKellar attacks Williams as a "waster of government money" while Republicans may back the opposition more than in Wallace’s case.望
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate Democrats
Henry Wallace
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Senate’ Agriculture Committee
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Wallace
National Youth Administration
McKetar
Willams
CIO
Wherry
Nebraska
Paule
Commerce Department
Barkley
Walsh
Dmass
Pepper
Fis
Robert E. Hennegan
Hennegan
Hannegan
Byrd
D.-Va
RFC
Changes Looming In Set Up Before State Legislature
Alabama faces potential big shifts in its lawmaking setup ahead of the May 1 session. Gov. Sparks backs interim committee pre studies while some lawmakers warn that limited time may leave key issues unattended. Committees must finish by weeklong recaps before the 60 day session.
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W. T. Maynoe
Montgomery
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
Appropriations
Byrnes Inductees To Be Sent To Ellis
The Army said Camp Ellis Michigan will become the nation’s only basic training center for men drafted under the Byrnes work or fight directive who are unfit for general military service. Maj. Gen. Russell B. Reynolds announced the start around February 15 for inductees failing to meet private qualifications for general service.
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Chicago
Army
Camp Ellis
Ftussel B. Reynolds
Sixth Service Command
Ellis
The
Coun
War Dept accused of sabotaging Work-or-Jail bill
Senator Johnson charged the War Department secretly shifted the Work-or-Jail bill to give power to Selective Service, after backing Byrnes in committee. He cited private pressure and public backpedaling as double crossing, as the panel prepared to report the measure to the full Senate. The session planned to reconvene Monday morning.
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Johnson
War Department
Justice Byrnes
Thomas
Utah
Byrnes
Draft Board Control
Advancing Troops Near Siegfried Line In Germany
U S First Army spearheads pushed three miles east toward the Siegfried Line within a mile of breaking fortifications on the Roer front. Bombers roared over Berlin as Allied armor pressed from Alsace toward Colmar and toward Gemund and Schlieden near the Siegfried defenses. Germany’s trenches and fortifications grew as German lines drew back under pressure from Manstein forces in retreat.
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William F. Faye London
Berlin
Nua
Gregory K. Bhuker
Oder River
Lewin D. Lyle
Pine Bluff
Ark
Netherlands
Delug
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Sm Magdeburg
Rothensee
Magdeburz
Istter
Anhalter
Potsdamer
Tempelhof
Austin Bealmear
Paris
U.S First Army
Siegfried Line
Roer
Cologne
Wartorn Reich
Rhine
Red Army
Reich
Alsace
Colmar
Esenhower
Courtney F.r Hodges
First Army
Monachau
Aachen
Germany
Bronnfeld
Schlieden
Gemand
Duren
Roer River
Rhine Plain
von Rundstedt
Gemund
Proclamation Declares USO Fourth Anniversary Observance
Rawlins McKinney of the city commission proclaims February 4 as a day of public observance for USO’s fourth anniversary. He urges Dothan residents to visit USO Club on South Foster Street and USO Traveler’s Aid at 107 South Foster Street with services tracked since 1943 and 1953 respectively, noting 863,411 servicemen served and 47,317 aid instances in two years.
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Rawling McKinney
United Service Organization
Do‘han
USO Club
USO Traveler's Aid
South Foster Street
USO Traveler’s Aid
Grey_hound
USO
United States
Western Hemisphere
Gether
Rawlins McKinney
Dothan
Nation Cold Wave Brings Hardships In Many Sections
A widespread cold wave brings fuel, food, and transit strain across the Northeast and Midwest. Governor Lausche urges Ohio firms to a five day work week to conserve fuel while Massachusetts guardsmen aid coal deliveries. Coal plant curtailments and work stoppages affect Pittsburgh area war production. in New York and Albany regions, authorities plan to reopen schools and offices as relief nears.
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Associated Press
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Massachusetts
Chicago Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Lausche
Hig
State Guard
Boston
Fuel Institute
Pittsburgh
Board of Edtucation
Cornelius D. Scully
Pisburgh
Carnogie-Smass Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
New York State
Albany
Yanks Close to Manila in Luzon Advance
American forces of the 47th Infantry Division approach Manila within 15 road miles as the First Cavalry and 37th Army push through Bulacan toward San Jose and San Miguel. Bombers strike Corregidor and Cavite naval base while heavy fighting drives along the Carabello mountains. Casualties for Japan in three weeks exceed 34,000 with Allied losses at 5,589.
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Yater McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
API
47Th
Manila
Malolos
First Cavalry
Jonathan Wainwright
Corramidar
San Aldefonso
San Miguel
Bulacan
Corregidor
Cavite
Corpa
Carabello Mountains
Zambales
Mania
Batuan Peninsula
Olongapo
11Th Airborne
Eighth Army
Patangan
Cayhuingan
Cavite Naval Base
Germans Announce Victories Scored On Oder Front
A German broadcast claimed success near Kustrin and Kunersdorf as Soviet forces pushed toward Berlin. Zhukov reportedly massed tanks and infantry in the Oder bulge while battles raged along the Oder, across Steinau, Brela, and near Konigsberg.
Grand Council Plan Aims to Unite Allied Powers
Allied Big Three weigh a grand council to settle political and economic issues among Britain United States and Soviet Union to reduce policy rifts over Greece Italy and the Polish question. A quarterly foreign ministers meeting is also under consideration to improve liaison as Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin seek stronger European influence.
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Jown A. Parria
London
Britain
United States
Greece
Italy
Soviet Union
Grand Canciliation Couner
Anthony Edenn Camimons
Steffinias
Harry Hopkins
United Nations Partnership
Pesce
Soliion
Rooosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Teberati
Romanian Black Sea
Constenta
Silesian Poles Desert to Allies on Adriatic Front
Silesian Polish troops desert to American lines in Rome reporting Germans faltering as Red Army drives toward homeland. They allege German abuse and misinformation about Eastern Front attacks. U S Fifth and Eighth Army raid enemy lines with casualties and prisoners taken. air forces largely grounded by bad weather.
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Rome
Silesia
Red Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
U.S Fifth Army
Brennar Pass
Chinese Announce Japs Take Objective
The Chinese High Command said Japan forces driving along bases east of the corridor across China have reached and taken their first objective Suchwan midway between Hongkong and Hongkow. Fighting continues south of Sulchwan where U S 16th Air Force bases were destroyed and abandoned. The drive aims to protect Japanese rail links from Hong Kong to Manchuria and Korea.
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HY Spencer Moosa
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Alfred Oliver
Washington, D. C
John E. Borneman
Niagara Falls
John J. Dugan
Mass
NEA Telephoto
Reich Capital
Zhukov
Oder
Eichard Nastschke
Hurdie
Kustrin
Kunersdorf
Frankfurt
West Bank Oder
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder- Warthe River
Stettin
Pomeranian
Moscow
Pomerania
Brussels
Stentin
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Danzig
Chrynia
West Bank
Steinau
Brelau
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Ivan Chersiakhovsky
Elsing
Marienburg
Kongsberg
Budapest
Henry A. Mueci
Mender
U.S Rangers
Bataan
Cabanatuan
Col
Mucci
West Point
NEA
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