Voter Interest Up Amid New Registrations for Second Primary
Houston County faces a high turnout for the Tuesday primary as a surge of new voters and poll tax payers boost potential results. Observers note weather and machine reliability as factors, with 1000 paper ballots prepared as backups and an extra machine at Webb County to ensure a swift count. The focus centers on the Senatorial race and two county offices, superintendent of education and judge, as nearly all attention shifts to the upcoming second primary and the broader 1844 primaries.
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By Ag
Bennat
Houston County
Atston County
Houston
County Board of Revenue
Webb
Cowarts
Court of Common Pleas
County Board of Evcation
Ann Nal
Democratia Banes- Hive
Americans Expand Grip on Kwajalein Atoll Defenses
Naval and Army forces continue the push in the Kwajalein Atoll from the Marshalls. Seventh Division Marines seized Roi and Namur Islands while Army units attack Gugegwe north of Lol as Admiral Nimitz reports major progress toward securing strategic airfields and bases for further operations in the Pacific.
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U. & Pacific
Pearl Harbor
USA
America
Japan
Marshall Islands
Kwajeein
Késye
Loi Islands
Seieare
Thi Atoll
Adm
Chester W. Nim
Kwaja- Yein Island
Sespinne
Ebeys
Divison
Roi
Namur
Gugegwe
Lol
Nimitz
Weather Shapes Tuesday Democratic primary turnout
Weather is seen as a key factor in the Tuesday Democratic primary for a new Third District Congressman. Former State Senator J Hubert Farmer of Dalton faces Navy Lieutenant George W Andrews of Union Springs, the top two from Jan 11. Voter registrations and poll tax payments rise across the district, boosting expected turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hubert Farmer
Dothan
Navy
George W Andrews
Union Springs
Henry B. Steagall
Houston
Tara
Police to Improve Public Relations Order Issued by Police Chief
Police Chief J. B Craughon issued instructions to all officers to improve relations with the public. Rules posted at headquarters require courteous conduct, no finger pointing, no leaning on buildings or lamp posts, and regular patrol intervals. A detective will supervise the night shift and absent officers will face charges.
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Oreama
J. B Craughon
Draughon
Wight Force
School Children Sell Bonds For Fourth War Loan Drive
Houston County pupils begin a house to house bond selling campaign to meet the Fourth War Loan quota. Mrs Minnie T Heard leads the effort with student “minute-man” sales in grades, offering stamp buyers a chance to earn room flags. Reports show over a million dollars in bonds subscribed so far, though officials say the total lags the target.
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Houston County
Howton County Cits
Parsons
Driva Ja
Minnie T Heard
Mra Heard
Clyde Levern
Wet Finance Committee
Weldet
OPA Rent Officials File Injunctions Against Four Here
OPA enforcement attorneys filed injunctions in Federal Court yesterday against five landlords in the Dothan Ozark area to stop violations of the maximum OPA rent rules. Named defendants include Mrs Berta Snel Mrs Olive Mrs Jack Cone and G C Cotter of Dothan and R Faust of Ozark. Causes cited include accepting excess rent or donations failing to report tenancy changes illegal eviction and other violations. The actions were led by Jack Crenshaw OPA enforcement chief for the Montgomery district.
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Hare
OPA
Dothan-Ozark
Srea
Charles M. Cooper
Dothan
Ozark
Berta Snel
W. W Olive
Jack Cone
G C Cotter
R. Faust
Jack Crenshaw
Montgomery
Bnell
Olively
Faust
Taw
Cotter
Cooper
Mr. Cone
Man Jailed Here In Street Shooting
Bam Warrison an elderly Dothan man lay wounded in a hospital after a street shooting. Robert Carmichael of Dothan surrendered to a city patrolman and faced an assault with intent to murder charge. Sheriff B G Farmer said a prior feud existed and referenced a warrant for Harrison's theft of a truck.
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Bam Warrison
Dothan
Robert Carmichael
B. G. Farmer
Carmichael
Rufus Cherry
Harrison
Shariff Farmer
Harriers
Showdown Avoided On Soldier Vote
In Alabama the race for renomination sees few candidates as March 1 looms. Only three of nine congressmen filed and the Third District fare grows crowded as St George Andrews and former State Senator Hubert Farmer campaign in Russell County. The U S Senate contest between Lister Hill and Jim Simpson gains momentum with the soldier vote and farm support shaping early outcomes.
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W. T Maynor Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Secretary of State
Alabams
St. George Andrews
Union Springs
Houbert Farmer
Dothan
Henry B Steagal
Farmer
Andrews
Russell County
Roy Rkmith
U & Senate
Lister Hill
Montgomery
Jim Simpson
Birmingham
Washington
Senate adjourns amid quorum gap on military voting bill
Washington AP report on Saturday’s session shows 44 senators present and a quorum short of required votes. Democratic Leader Barkley adjourned after a brief, unproductive period as backers failed to muster support for a federal war ballot bill aiding overseas service members.
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Howard Yleiger
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Rell
Vacauan
Benator Ferguson
R-Mich
Jap Big Shots Knew Of Nip Atrocities Writer Believes
Editor Morris Harris notes in Washington that Tokyo leaders likely knew of wartime atrocities, based on his East Asia experience. He argues official denials stem from reluctance to admit responsibility for ruthless conquest andJapan's armed forces actions in the Philippines and on Bataan.
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Morris Harris
Associated Preas
East Asia
Shanghai
Pearl Harbor
Nete
Japan
Morris Barris
Washngton
Iupresting
Tokyo
Bataan
Mili
Ruthlea
Red Army advances deep into Poland near Warsaw
James M. Long reports from London that the Red Army pushed into western Poland, capturing key towns Latе and Rovne along the main line to Warsaw, claiming 3000 prisoners and pressing to within miles of the German border. The drive, praised by Stalin, also saw Siberian and Ukrainian fronts extend gains and German lines tightened around Dnieper bend areas amid Baltic refugee panic.
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James M. Long
London
Red Army
Old Poland
Warsaw
Moscow
Polals
Rumia
Marschal
Joseph Stalin
Hmd
Rome
Stalin
Tts
Nikols F
Dnieper River
Zventgorodzkea-Shpole
Roeians
Otebant
Npela
Len- Ingrad
Mureva
Eetonia
Lake Parpus
Poland
Ukraine
Zdolhumor
Rovne
Teeve
Stockholm
Low
Leon
Russia
Dnieper
Nikopol
Etee
Fron
Kri
Vance
Etalin
Alec
Eatonia
Rurants
Thoes
Germany
Baltic States
Balkans
Uithvante
Buresa
Estonia
Ramana
U S Bombers Hit Paris Area Airfields In Major Raid
An American force of about 1400 planes attacked multiple targets in the Paris region, concentrating on six German airfields. The operation capped two weeks of intense bombing as Flying Fortresses and Liberators struck targets near Paris and Tours, with wreckage and enemy aircraft debris observed.
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Austin Realmear
London
Tar Gate
France
Paris
Toure
Britain
Reich
U S Plans Oil Line From Persian Gulf To Eastern Med Region
The United States will build a trunk oil pipeline from the Persian Gulf area to the eastern Mediterranean coast at an estimated cost of 130 to 165 million dollars. The plan, announced by Secretary Harold Ickes, involves the Petroleum Reserves Corporation and private firms Arabian American Oil Company and Gulf Exploration Company. The line aims to stock one billion barrels of crude, with construction costs repaid over 25 years, and is subject to approval by Saudi and Kuwaiti rulers.
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Washington
United States
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickay
Army
Ickee Arid
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Arabian American OO Company
Standard OL Company
California
Texas Company
Gulf Exploration Company
Gulf of Corporation
Bandi Arabia
Kuwait
Ickes
Audh
Irkee
War Bond Dance Nets 76175 At Dothan Club
About 100 couples attended a War Bond dance at the Country Club in Dothan Friday night sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event, tied to the Fourth War Loan Drive, featured Miss Sara Newton and Mrs Chester Parham as single and married queens, each receiving a 225 war bond card. Napier Field orchestra provided music under Col. J. L. Danlal Jr.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sara Newton
Mra
Chester Parham
Dothan
Napier Field Orchestra
J. L. Danlal
Furious Nazi Push Beaten Off Near Rome Front
Allied lines repelled a heavy German offensive along the Fifth Army sector north of Carroceto about 20 miles south of Rome. British and American troops countered with snipers and tanks in Cassino as German attempts to break the beachhead stalled.
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Fifth Army
Roward Kerardy
Algiers
Nagi Ghock
Pouth
Rome
Carroceto
Fur
Cassino
Littwaley
Gustav Line
Tojo warns Japan fate tied to Asia war drive
Premier Tojo, addressing the Diet, warned the war grows fiercer and the fate of the Greater East Asia sphere will be decided. He urged total mobilization of 100 million people to win a decisive victory and noted planned measures. Domestic and foreign broadcasts reflected differing messaging to bolster morale and gauge Allied offensives in the Pacific.
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Judson Bailey
New York
Hidek) Tojo
Greater East Asia
Japan
M Ples
Fiarce Batthes
Marshall Islands
New Britain
New Guineas
Tojo
Hea
Toyo'g ‘Tromdonst
U. S
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Baxter Qualifies For Reelection
Baxter, county school superintendent, filed qualifications with the county Democratic Executive Committee for reelection in the May 3 Democrat primary in Houston County. Four candidates announced, including Baxter, with others seeking Court of Common Pleas and coroner positions. Bardick also filed. the treasurer coroner Arthur Lane has not yet announced.
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Solomon Baxter
Democratic Executive Committee
Houston County
Baxter
Lawrace T. Oakley
Rocmbert
Court of Common Pleas
J. N. Mulling, Jr
Lake Bardick
Bardick
Arthiy Lane
Hag Bol
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