Alabamian Fought With Guerillas In Philippines
Sgt James Dyer of Hamilton recounts a year with Philippine guerrillas after escaping a 14 month Japanese prison camp. He describes torture attempts to reveal hideouts, brutal line marches, and the guerrilla fight that followed. After rescue he endured a severe car crash that left him with multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ismines
Northingian General Hospital
James Dyer
Ham- Eton
Dyer
Contin
Sagenetind
Get
Drees
Spacedeich
Caplora
Entmy
Australia
Philippines
Ua Dyer
Hamilton
Roosevelt aims to draft nurses under May Bill
President Roosevelt in his annual message urged legislation to raise 18,000 Army and 2,000 Navy nurses. The May Bill calls for registering all registered nurses ages 18 to 43 not in military service, who could be drafted without commissions. Committees believe the threat of conscription may deter actual inductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Comgress
Army
Benefits Plan Details for Workmen Comp Dependents
Rawlings McKinney said last week that he viewed the proposed program as a humanitarian gesture. Dependents of employees killed in the line of duty under workman’s compensation will receive $6,000 plus hospitalization of $200. Weekly benefits range from $5 to $18 based on family status, extended over up to 300 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlings McKinney
Growth and Activities of USO Explain Wartime Service
LinD Cauley Robert McHugh and Patty Bee Buschanas report on USO progress four years after founding. They cite rising club services for service members, overseas entertainment, traveler aids, women’s programs, and the broad volunteer network that underpins USO’s postwar expansion and ongoing support for armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lind. Cauley
Robert McHugh
USO
Continental
United States
USC
Army
Navy
Ameticans
Greenland
Alaska
Africa
Iceland
British Isles
Central
South
Southwest Pacific
Caribbean
Iraq
Italy
Stcily
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
National Selective Service Act
Leaders of Nations
United Service Organizations
Young Men's Christian Associations
National Catholic Community Service
The
Salvation Army
Young Women's Christaan Associations
National Jewish Welfare Board
National Traveler's Aid Association
USO Traveler's Aid
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Caribbeen
Hawaii
Usc Camp
Death-Row Youths Denied Rehearing in Birmingham Rape Case
The two youths convicted of raping a Birmingham matron abducted from a drive-in restaurant have had a rehearing denied after earlier death sentence affirmations. They pleaded insanity at trial, with confessions describing an escape from Washington DC on Feb 1, 1944 and travel by stolen cars from Washington to New Orleans then Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cently
Birmingham
Supreme Court
Haanita
Washington, D. C
Waah[Ipaton
New Orleans
Miss Mattie A Box Dies Near Headland
Funeral services for Miss Mattie A Box Tl died at the home of Mrs Ade F Hodger Headland route ame after a long illness readied. She had long resided in the area. Survivors include two sisters Myre Hodges and Mrs J G Gaens of Dothan and brother J J Box of Newton. Burial followed at Wiggers cemetery with Ward Wason directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie A Box
Ade F. Hodger
Init
Pest
Peer
Myre Dodges
J. G. Gaens
Dethan
J J
Kewton
Wiggers
Ward-Wason
Papers confirm Earl Carroll internment and family reunion note
Mrs Earl Carroll now in Palo Alto Calif reports from a newspaper contact that her husband Earl Carroll an Insular Life executive, interned at Santa Tomas June 4 1942 awaiting return. She notes his hope to come home soon and sends love to their family as events unfold through intercepted broadcasts and cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Carrol
Palo Alto
Caslf
Eerl
United Press
Carrol
Inswar Life Insurance Co. & Philippine Concern
Santo Tomas
Honolulu
Carroll
Transfer List of Board Members Names and Origins
The document lists Ralph Shelton Walter Bugeller Laydall Yates Joe Morris Calhoun Richard Alton White and others as transfers from various boards. It notes Gregy Coker from Winter Haven Florida Marial Alfred Nall from Tampa Florida Janthe Chester Dollar from Winter Garden Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Shelton
Walter Bugell Parker
Laydall Yates
Joe Morris Calhoun
Richard Alton White
Gredy Coker
Winter Haven
Fla
Marial Alfred Nall
Tampa
Janthe Chester Dollar
Winter Garden
Allies Close On Rhine Front Holding Siegfried Line
American forces press the attack in the western wall defenses as First and Third U S Armies advance in the Siegfried Line corridor. The First Army seizes two Roer dam levels while Second Indian Head Division pushes along the Olef river near Hellenthal. Ninth Division gains high ground near Scheuren overlooking Schleiden as German forces withdraw toward the Rhine. Allied artillery intensifies as Schleiden and Gemund come under bombardment.
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U. S
West Wall
Roer
Cologne Plain
Olef
Hellenthal
Scheuren
Schleiden
Germand
Siegfried
Rhine
Euskirchen
Einenhower
Aachen
Second Army
Rver
Holland
Duren
Gemund
Missing Bettie Frazer In Brunswick Race Incident
The coroner reports Bettie Louw was last seen alive by her two uncles Allen and Dothan Varnadore near the Frazier home yards. The girl followed a race of two boys, about fifty feet behind, and disappeared. her mother Mrs Woodree W Frazer resides in Brunswick while her Army sergeant father is stationed in Louisiana and en route on emergency furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Woodree
John R Blalock Final Riles Held
Abbeville funeral services for John R Blalock 89 who died at his son s home were held Monday at Pilgrim First Church with several local ministers officiating Surviving are two daughters Bre C Heckman and Mrs Jim Marly both of Abbeville three sons Henry Blalock Coleman Blalock 26 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Active pallbearers included Earl Brady Carice Grigge Clarence and Charlie Blalock and Jole and Fred Darwell Kennedy Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Jono Robert Blalock
Robert
Mr. Pel
Mansaha
Fie
M., Gafin
Mart Lower
Offront
Suniving
Bre
Heckman
Mre
Jim Marly
Uree Sacs
Henry Blalock
Colmen Blalock
Earl Braddy
Caarice Grigge
Clarence
Charlie Blalock
Joke
Fred Darwell Kennedy
Soviet Push Near Oder Frays German Defenses In East
Soviet forces under Zhukov advanced along both sides of the Oder near Kustrin and Frankfurt, seizing river towns from Zellin to Radnitz and pushing toward Berlin. Berlin reported bridges blown and Posnan surrounded as German casualties mounted with over 20 000 killed in four days.
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Frankfurt-Kustin
Oder
Zhukov
Moscow
Schwetig
Frankfurt
Guna
Kustria
Germany
High Command
Furstenberg
Berlin
Ivan Konev
Nazi Germany
Red Army
Hitler
Brandenburg
Samland Peninsua
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Budapest
Oder River
Baltic
Stettin
Ratibor
Silesian
Czechoslovakia
Philippine campaign fight tightens at Dinalu bihan coast
Tim Hutcheson of the Associated Press reports the 11th Corps facing fierce Japanese resistance in Northern Bataan as troops push through swamps and pines. Japanese use machine guns mortars artillery and skillful nighttime penetrations of the American perimeter. A Navy blimp flies low to spot the child amid swamps and palmettos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinalubihan
Associated Press
Tim Hutcheson
11Th Corps
Bataan
Guilty Pleas Reported In Army Court
Four men from Paris faced two U S Army courts martial for unlawfully disposing of cigarettes and tobacco from Army supplies during the railway station looting episode. Sentences ranged from five to ten years. Named among the defendants were Pvt J. S Seaieck and RF D 3 Munford Als, each given five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Houston Tire Quota For Month Is Lower
Houston County officials of the War Price and Rationing Board announced a February tire allocation slight increase over January. The county receives 47 Grade One passenger car tires and 44 small truck tires for the month. January quotas stood at 72 passenger tires and 7 small truck tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Cereste
War Price and Rationing Board
Ardennes Drive Was Complete Hun Defeat
Supreme Headquarters war review calls the Ardennes offensive a complete defeat for Germany with 1,280,000 Allied casualties since D-Day. It notes U S First Army reassigned to Bradley for major operations, while Ninth Army’s future role remains unclear. German front losses equate to 110 divisions, with Allied losses far smaller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Supreme Headquarters War
Ardennes
Hitler
U. S. First Army
Bernard L
Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army
U. S. Third Army
U. S. Ninth Army
Bradley
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Ninth
Normandy
Communist Charge Refused By Williams
Aubrey Williams, seeking confirmation as Rural Electrification Administrator, defends NYA record before the Senate Agriculture Committee. He denies Communist ties while Senator Wheeler signals support, despite Republican and some Democrat opposition citing old Dies Committee materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Aubrey Williams
Wheeler
D.-Mont
REA
Williams
Senate Agriculture Committee
NYA
Dies Committee
Bankhead D.-Ala
Bankhead
Negroes Fined After Resisting Sheriff Order in County Court
Four Black residents in the Southeastern county faced fines in County Court before acting Judge O L Tompkins for resisting a sheriff order to seize a mule from the Rish farm. Hurley Rish 75 Legolia Rish 60 Joseph Collins 75 Lucins Hayes 50. Collins and Hayes appealed with bonds. Others fined and appealing included Sam Riley 50 for assault and battery and Hattie Mae Finn 10 for violation of the prohibition law. Alberta Jackson received ten months for petit larceny. No further appeals were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Tompkins
Hurley Rish
Legolia
Joseph Collins
Lucins Hayes
Rish
Collins
Hayes
Sam Riley
Hattie Mae Finn
Alberta Jackson
One Lantern Display As Brownout Records Start
Downtown merchants largely comply with the Production Board order to cut lighting as a brownout begins. Ralon, Water Department chief, notes nearly all stores cooperate, with few exceptions due to incomplete adherence. Some business owners add lanterns to keep displays visible while conserving fuel under the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production Board
Ralon
City Water
Hybt
Goodwin
Hildreth Elected Church Group Head
The Rev. Charles H. Hildreth of Lafayette Street Methodist Church was elected head of the Dothan Minister's Association after Rev. T. W. Wilson resigned to accept a Georgia church. Hildreth, formerly secretary, was succeeded by Rev. E Road Sanders and a city-wide church can sul was set for February 16 with Hildreth named ex aentra chairmen of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hildreth
Lafayette Street
Dothan
T. W. Wilson
Georgia
Hildreth
Essociaton
E Road Sanders
Cansul
Missing Soldier Tiller Found in Germany Prisoner of War
Otho B. Tiller, son of Mrs. W. T. Kirkland of Lynn Haven Florida and 403 East Washington Dothan, located as a prisoner of war in Germany after being listed missing in action October 13. His mother learned November 1 from the War Department, with two follow up letters noting the search. Pvt. Tiller wrote to reassure his mother that he was well and receiving good treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho B. Tiller
W. T. Kirkland
Lynn Haven
Fiz
East Washington Street
Dothan
Germany
Hias
City to seek bids for new Dothan well
The City of Dothan will seek bids for a new well to augment the water supply. City Commission reviewed digging specifications aimed to place the well at a depth ensuring adequate supply without harming plant facilities. A spokesman noted past chemical contents wore pumping facilities through corrosive power.
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City of
Dothan
City Commission
Tellis Becomes Grandfather Again at Workplace
In a busy morning at The Eagle offices, janitor Tellis Williams grinned through sweat and dust. He announced that his partner had given birth to a nine and a half pound baby, remarking he is now a fourth time grandfather after a midwife assisted delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Tells Williams
Tallis
Tellis
Tells
Fight Looms in State Assembly Over Poll Tax Levy
Alabama lawmakers heatedly debated the poll tax issue as repeal supporters urged abolishing the 1.50 levy while others backed retention. Delegations from Jefferson County and the CIO pressed for repeal, citing franchise loss and broader tax reforms, amid proposals to trim standing committees and overhaul state government procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Assembly
Alabama
Alabams Stave
Lo Qusurie Union Council
Jefferson County
Democratic
Com 1 Mutiere
Carey E. Haigier
Birmingham
Industrial Union Council
CIO
Holt McDowell
Jefferson Democratic Committee
Constitution Legislature
Nation
Alabama College
Montevallah
Willis L. McTiwain
Bullock
Appropriations Finance Committee
Negro Confession Ties 18 Year Old to Berry Killing
ATLANTA AP an 18 year old Negro farm hand Johnson was held in Fulton County jail after confessing to murdering 63 year old Mrs James Berry a farmer's wife while she dressed for church in Covington. Spence Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the suspect gave a statement admitting the blunt force attack and offered no motive. The report notes the confession followed removal for safekeeping from Covington due to local tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
L. ©. Johnson
Fulton County
W. E. Spence
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
James Berry
Covington
Berry
Johnson
Spence
Spencer
Wrisoner
Johnston Promoted to Major and Awarded Bronze Star
James V. Johnston Jr husband of Annie Loys Melnish of Dothan route four has been promoted to Major and awarded the Bronze Star. He earned it for meritorious service in operations against the enemy directing attacks and inspiring troops to seize the objective with minimal casualties. Enlisted from Oregon. Also Private John D. Wilson earned his Wings and Boots after four weeks at Fort Benning with five jumps including a night tactical jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Johnston
Annie Loys Melnish
D. H. Melnish
Dothan
Johnston
Florala
A. R. Bolling
Infantry
334Th Infantry
United States Army
United States
Oregon
John D. Wilson
Doris Williama Wilson
South Oates Street
Parachute School
Fort Benning
Ritter Speaks at Rotary Lunches Amid War Topics
At a Rotary luncheon, Rev Genet discuss postwar West of the Tig while Roy Gub Mondey notes opportunities in distant lands. Attendees include Dr A J Dickinson and Lieutenant Albert Smite of the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tig
Genet Piles
Bothes Roy Gub Mondey
Soum Parte
A. J. Dickinson
Nony
Albert Smite
Ube Navy
Missionaries and engineers freed at Santo Tomas camp
Repatriation for internee civilians begins as Santo Tomas in Manila is reached by Yanks. Describes the liberation scene, tank movements, and internees mobbing the main building. Japanese use deliberate malnutrition in the camp, depriving internees of food while troops observed. Medical teams and rations are distributed to restore health and supply basic meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baguie
Hinrhigson
Calif
Genel
Santo Tomas
David T. Boguslay
Manila Tribune
Santo Tommy
Manila
Told Stevenson
University
Snyo
Missing in Action Private John W. Baden in Italy
The War Department notified Martha Potcey of 411 Railroad Avenue Dothan that her son Private First Class John W Baden a Black soldier has been missing in action since December 28 in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Baden
Martha Potcey
Railroad Avenue
Dothan
Italy
Wa Department
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Furniture
Dothan Savings
Hany P. Hail
Troy St
Mattie A. Box
Headland
By Williams
Br Rt
John R. Blalock
Houston
Tiller
Chicago
New York
Sinclair Lewik
Ritter
Rotary
Berkeley
Menoriale
Houston Marble Works
Enteerfeise Flying Service
Charter Service
Municipal Airport Enterprise
Ala
Takephana
Hansel Kirkland
Troy
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