Administration Heads Claim Victories In Congress Matters
Administration supporters praised gains in Congress as crucial, highlighting a House passage of a campus labor draft bill forcing civilian men aged 18 to 44 into compulsory war work. Senate action loomed uncertain as friction over cabinet appointments and agency control persisted, with Wallace’s nomination stalled amid strong opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Enory Ianpower Las
Henry
Senate
Commerce Department
Wallace
Teatale Teau
Lonnie Toler Rites Set For Today
Lonnie Toler aged 33 of Ashford died yesterday. Survived by wife A J Toler and sons B J Toler. seven grandchildren. Funeral at Corky Creek Church at two o'clock with Rev E E Watson officiating. Born in Henry County now Houston County, lifelong farmer and Primitive Baptist Church member. Pallbearers named John Lewis Leyton Calvin Addison Henry Locke Phase Edwards Buster Dickerson G R Layton.
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Lonnie Toler
RFD
Ashford
Sont
J. Toler
B. J. Toler
Tlso
Corcky Creek Church
E. E Watson
Henry County
Houston County
Primitive Baptist Church
John Lewis Leyton
Calvin Addison
Henry Locke
Phase Edwards
Buster Dickerson
G. KR. Layton
Madson Elected Rector of Church of the Nativity
The Rev G Ralph Madson was elected rector by the Vestry after serving as Vicar since February 15 1642 by Bishop C J Carpenter’s appointment. The congregation has been admitted as a parish in the diocese of Alabama and Madson will be instituted February 18. Carpenter also named him chairman of the Department of Promotion for the Diocesan Executive Council.
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G. Ralph Madson
Church of the Nativity
Madson
C . J. Carpenter
Alaboros
Madyon
Bishop Carpenter
Minute Of Prayer Arranged By Groups
A minute of prayer for all in the armed forces will be observed in city and county schools and among other groups starting next Tuesday. C. L. Collins, chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Dothan club, says a silent prayer minute will be arranged during the first class period daily. The Kiwanis Club will remove the minute of prayer from Tuesday luncheon meeting.
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C. L. Collins
Dothan
Kiwanis Club
Zegwar
Motored Army Vehicle Output Surges in U S
The United States manufactures 224 distinct automotive transport and combat vehicles for use by armed forces, highlighting a broad industrial effort to equip military branches with a wide range of mobility platforms and support equipment.
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United States
Congress struggles over manpower bills and Wallace control
The Senate Military Committee moves on a war manpower measure while resisting administration amendments giving War Mobilization Director James Byrnes full authority to assign workers. House Republicans push to curb Wallace’s power as RFC and Commerce Department clash, with Roosevelt’s son Elliott Roosevelt poised for promotion to brigadier general amid partisan battles.
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Senate Military Committee
House
James F. Byrnes
White House
Wallace
RFC
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Martin
Mass
Senate
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Nazi Sympathizers Roam French Countryside in Yan Uniforms
Report describes bands of Nazi sympathizers wearing Yan uniforms roaming southern and central France. The groups aim to disrupt civilian life with shootings thefts and explosions as police struggle to contain them. The militants are linked to former followers of Jacques Donot and operate with American vehicles in a mobile, irregular force.
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Rhea
Ant
Bendie
Ansec
Parti Populaire Francane
Jacques Donot
Stork Busy Since War Start Says Census Expert
Washington AP reports that the stork has been busier during this war than in World War I. Census Bureau expert John D. Durand says furloughs for married men and wartime allotments to dependents push up births. War years show a net population gain with six extra babies per death, contrasting with World War I patterns.
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Washington
Census Bureau
John D. Durand
United States
Grondin Final Rites Set for Lee A Grondin
Lee A Grondin 42 of 1107 East Collins Street died Friday after a long illness at his home in Dothan He came from Panama City months ago and was a World War One veteran Free Will Baptist Church member Survived by wife two daughters Teresa McLean Bath Maine Merida Grondin Dothan a son Marcel in the U S Marines three sisters and two grandchildren Funeral at Pleasant Ridge Church 3 30 p m Sunday burial in church cemetery Rev L C Mixon to officiate Active pallbearers Ester Capps T Hall J N VeHart Elmer Munday Will Meadows J W Mann
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Lee A. Grondin
East
Collins Street
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Dothan
Grondin
Panama City
Free Will Baptist Church
Teresa McLean
Bath
Merida Grondin
Marcel
U. S. Marines
Lillian Watson
Mechanic Falls
Grace Gaudreau
Freda Lorry
Brunswick
Pleasant Ridge Church
L. C. Mixon
Geneva
Ester Capps
T. Hall
J. N. Ve Hart
Elmer Munday
Will Meadows
J. W. Mann
Berlin Raid Dominates 1944 Air Campaign
The document reports the 16th Eighth Air Force assault on Berlin strengthening Allied air power to almost 50 000 tons dropped in the capital. It notes 900 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters repelling German defenses while American bombers struck central targets disrupting communications and military control.
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Berlin
RAF
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Lyle
Thunderbolt
Gereman
Tramburgayer
Trono
City workers seek merit based civil service reform
Continued from page one aysterm for City employees to grant virtual civil service at a tax that preserves City employment. The plan aims to keep jobs free of political patronage and destroy any canned fonds showing spoilage.
France Still Hopes For Place At Meet
Paris dispatch reports French officials expect Gen De Gaulle to air an opinion on the second phase of the Big Three conferences possibly after a Roosevelt call. Jean Calvet, a Paris radio commentator, said the conference had begun and France should be present. Allies must have French consent to decide Germany's postwar fate.
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Joseph Bynan
Paris
Charis de Gaulle
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
France
Aga
Ieader
Jean Calvet
Pars
Europe
OWL
Germany
Phoney As Crutch Says Labor Shortage Hit Portland Shipyard
Portland OB E AP A boilermakers union official claims more than 43000 members have been laid off in the last week calling the local labor shortage phoney as a crutch. Ralph Calhoun says some firms plan further terminations weekly while welders march on union HQ seeking action. He adds many workers lack money and he has given away earnings to help families. Willamette Iron & Steel Corp says it added 1300 workers in two months and seeks more to build five carriers.
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Portland. Obe
Portland
Ralph Calhoun
Billermakers
Calhoun
Congress
Willamette Iron & Steel Corp
Psychiatrist urges rehiring veterans and clinics nationwide
Lt. Col. Nichols Michael of Northington General Hospital urges employers to rehire discharged veterans when possible and keep them busy. He calls for nationwide psychiatric clinics to treat war shock and avoid jail transfers, noting six weeks to two months for treatment and proposing workshops to train veterans between hospital discharge and return to work.
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Birmingham
Nichols Michael
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Col
Michael
Unmanned Engine Purposely Derailed in Arizona
An unmanned locomotive sped 80 miles an hour toward Flagstaff before being derailed by a telegraph message to station agent L R Bradford at Angel. The engine crashed to a stop after he pulled the switch. The train began west of Flagstaff when a link broke on a doubleheader with a passenger train. Engineer W G Robinson and Fireman H F Powell leaped free.
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Flagsatff
Ariz
Flagstaff
L R. Bradford
Angel
Here
W. G. Robinson
H. F. Powell
Frightened 13 Year Old Burglar Seeks Room For Night
In Ely Nevada a 13 year old boy tried to burglarize a furniture store but fled scared, then went to a city office begging for a room for the night. The next day he confessed. Also noted is a War Food Administration update claiming improved U S coffee supplies and a comment on warplane aluminum use.
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Ely, Nev
Debate over war labor draft bill and selective service control
A House bill and a Senate committee proposal would compel men aged 18 to 45 who left essential jobs or defied orders into essential work to immediate induction or face up to three years in jail and fines up to $5,000. Critics argue local boards lack nationwide reach and morale aims lag.
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Marshall
Kieg
Jimmy Brimes
Oime
Colorado
Byrnes
United States
Linls
Senate
World War II frontline push nears Westwall defenses
American forces advance on multiple fronts as the First Army seizes key highways into Schleid en and the Ninth Division takes Drelborn near Gerau nd. The 82nd Airborne clears Udenbrief heights while Patton’s Third Army closes toward Prom and Bleialy near Germany. Other towns in the Our River region are liberated.
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Bronsfeld
Schleiden
Drelborn
Geraund
Ramscheid
Germany
Westwall
82Nd Airborne Division
Udenbreth
George S. Patton
West Wall
Prom
Bleial
Ovevailies
Berg
Luxembourg
Our Ferther
Lawmakers Debate Committee Workload And March Deadline
Number 16 continues from page 1 noting duplication of effort as committees work toward March 23 deadline. Lawmakers say major issues may be ironed out in weeks ahead, hearings wrap up and intracommittee arguments take precedence. Rep WC Beebe praises progress while noting possible improvements as Bullock moves to administration floor leader and Norman to speaker.
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House
Senate
WC. Beebe
Baldwin
Bullock
C. D. Norman
Kendricks Transferred on ABC Board Shift in Dothan
W B Kendricks, beer license inspector, is moved to the Phenix City Opelika area as part of a personnel change on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He is succeeded by W L Baan, previously with Phenix City Opelika, while ABC investigators L C Easterwood and W S Allsup remain in place to combat illegal liquor trafficking and oversee state store operations.
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Kendricks
Dothan
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
W. B. Kendricks
Widow Matilda Montero's record spans 16 husbands
Costa Rica report claims Matilda Montero, 64, of Porto Humo, has been widowed 19 times and bore 22 children from 16 deceased husbands. In good health, she lives on 90,000 from one husband’s inheritance and recently remarried a 20-year-old man.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Matilda Montero
Porto Humo
Utima Hora
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