Editors Hear Confidential Military Talks in Washington
Washington AP The American Society of Newspaper Editors held rare off the record briefings with General George C Marshall and Admiral Ernest J King detailing war progress and plans. War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson and others discussed shortages, manpower, and economic stabilization. ABNE members pledged vigilance, and the group voted to add an inactive member class for editors taking temporary government war roles.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George C Marshall
Ernest J. King
Army
Navy
ASNE
ABNE
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Price Administretof
Prentisz M. Brown
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Agriculture
Claude KR. Wickard
James F. Byrnes
John Jestyn Liewellin
British Supply Council
Britain
Star
Post
Times Herald
Newa
Feadera
Colins Ovete Culp Hobby
WAACS
Leutenant
Mildred H. MecAfes
The
WAVES
Dorothy C. Stratton
SPARS
Ruth Cheney Strest
Soldiers At USC Get Scot Service Inaugurated
The Dothan 8.0 club inaugurated Scot service to aid soldiers in their correspondence. A volunteer corps of secretaries, led by Miss Dixie Christian, will type business and other letters for men in uniform. Members include Marguerite Atchison, Mary Joe Cook, Fannia Mas Faulk, Blondel Garrett and Eva Hammond.
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Dothan WU
Dothan
Mise Dixie Christian
Marguerite Atchison
Mary Joe Cook
Fannia Mas Faulk
Blondel Garrett
Eva Hammond
Appendectomy Onboard U S Submarine Described In Incident
An account from a submarine crew describes an appendectomy performed aboard a U S submarine. The patient endured pain as ether was used, and crew members recalled remarks during the operation. Moore contemplated transfer to another unit, while medical officers debated timing and procedure details.
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Platter
Moore
Davesport
Allied Planes Back On Continent Raids
Allied air forces attacked western Germany and the coast of France in coordinated raids. The Ministry communique said bombers struck Boulogne Mato and Jiumuiden while escorting fighters engaged and destroyed several enemy aircraft. Observers along the English coast saw continuous Allied air movements across the channel through the forenoon.
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Freee Luanwon
Briues Zombiers Billecas
Vutance
Dapugaol
Tuidey
Akeight Wilace
Industie
Germany
Ao Ate
Dewtone
Loe Bomber Command
Boulogne
Mato
Channel
France
Jjmuiden
Atla
English
Mhannel
Continent
Mobile X-Ray Unit To Cover Jackson County
Jackson County health officials announce a state mobile X-Ray unit will tour seven towns February 14 to 20. Examinations in the morning target white patients and afternoons serve Negro patients. No charge for service or X-Ray photos.
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Marianna
Hix Pointa
Jackson County
Bronds
Greenwood
Thurntay
Cottondale
Graceville
Chipley
19 Jackson Women Now Home Nurses
Certific ates in home nursing issued to 19 women of Grand Ridge under Jackson County chapter American Red Cross. Training led by Miss Mary Boykin. Recipients include Eva Vaughn Pauline Oliver Benle Murphy Ruth Scott Oliva Hradley Rebecca Spooner Nellie King Pensie Wester Foy Sykea Elvira Carroll Claudia Jones Marthe Hradley Alma Weater Ursula Singletary Georgia King Prudence Dizon Fiftle Simpson Ida Bee Mullan.
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Marianna
Grand Ridge
India County
Jackson County
American Red Cros
Mary Boykin
Eva Vaughn
Pauline Oliver
Benle Murphy
Ruth Scott
Oliva Hradley
Rebecca Spooner
Nellie King
Pensle Wester
Foy Sykea
Elvira Carroll
Claudia Jones
Marthe Hradley
Alma Weater
Rsula Singletary
Georgia King
Prudence Dizon
Mins Fiftle Simpson
Ida Bee- Mullan
Train derailment injures eight near Ridgeland
In Ridgeland, eight people were injured when a single Atlantic Coast Line train, the Tamalmi Champion, derailed at Cooswatchie eight miles away from the town and about 40 miles from Savannah. Cars overturned. most remained upright. Cause not yet known. Injured were Mortis Karp Harvey of Wilmington Del, Harry McNamarra of Bikin Park Pa, Annin Sanka of Philadelphia Pa, Walter Bowers of Lansdowne Pa, Peyton Wood of Washington DC, and others. The double track was reopened shortly after the incident.
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Ridgeland
D. C
Atlantic Coast Line
F. H. Drew
Jaaper County
Cooswatchie
Savannah
Aind Nesmith
Mortis Karp
Harvey
Wilmington
del Mra
Harry McNamarra
Bikin Park
Annin Sanka
Philadelphia
Walter Bowers
Lanadowne
Peyton Wood
Washington
D.C
Jonce
Houston Man Held On Bigamy Charge
Sheriff report says Casey M. Smith thirty seven of near Dothan is in custody under bond of 600 on bigamy charges. H E Hartie, a Hotton County farmer, swore out the warrant claiming Smith was married to his daughter while his other wife was alive. Relatives say Smith is father of five from a second marriage. Police describe the case as a hot county matter.
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Casey M. Smith
Dothan
Sherty
Shevitt
Smith
H. E. Hartie
Hotton County
Donte Harris
Hald Smith
Sherifi
Gérfava
Recruiting Starts For Lady Marines
Major Ruth Cheney Streeter heads the new Women’s Marine Corps after a Washington press conference. She plans a nationwide recruiting tour to fill 18,000 enlisted positions and 1,000 officers, with 20 WAVES borrowed to support key recruiting offices in New York Pittsburgh and the Pacific coast.
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Edith Gaylord Washington
Lady Marines
Marines
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Merrytown
S. J
Tigek
Corpa
Ag Jolly
Weld
Abe
Streeter
New York
Pittsburgh
Pacific
Firemen Respond to Six Alarms in Two Days
Dothan fire crews battled six alarms over Friday and Saturday including four grass fires. A fire on South Alice Street damaged a structure at 606 South Alice. Another fire at 415 Railroad Avenue started in an oil stove, burning a small kitchen ceiling area. Responders also faced a grand fire on Friday and three more on Saturday, two on West Main Street.
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Dothan
J. H. Ziglar
Alford Fields
South
Alice Street
Jay Johnson
West Main Street
Ohio Time Change Bill Nears Bricker Signature
COLUMBUS AP Ohio lawmakers advanced a bill to shift Ohio from Eastern wartime to standard time and sent it to Governor Bricker who plans to sign it. City precincts Columbus Cleveland Akron Dayton and about 15 others prefer wartime time causing potential statewide scheduling confusion for railroads buses and federal agencies. Political implications loom for Hinck as Bricker faces pressure from urban and rural constituents. Bricker has until February 23 to act.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Cleveland
Akron
Dayton
Bielief
Farmerea
House
Senate
American individualist presses for peace and unity
In a wartime address he argues for a peaceful Europe and a guaranteed future for America. He warns that delay would invite further hunger and bandit aggression, urging organized peace to honor heroic dead and maintain free enterprise. He stresses the need for resolve and alliance with England and the United States.
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Fer Statin
Sovaeta Aew
Europe
Ghoult Aii
England
United States
US Planes Blast Enemy Gun At Munda
U S bombers struck at Munda in the central Solomon Islands in raids that continued the Pacific campaign against Japanese positions. A Navy communique said planes damaged a coastal area near Kulombangara and returned safely after operations.
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U. S
Munda
Washington
Amerian
Solomon Islands
Navy
World War II Tunisian Front Reports From The Front
Allied and Axis actions dominate the Tunisian theater as patrols clash near Ousseltia and Gafsa. Allied efforts in Sicily and Calabria are reported with bombings of towns and trains. German forces retreat from southern Tunisia amid poor weather and continuing winter conditions.
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Pont Coucede
Robas
Baccesafe
High Command
Associated Press
Sicily
Calabria
Bougie
Tunisia
London
Reuters
Funis
Ousseltia
Gafsa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Algiers
Rommel
Enc
Sened
Naval losses and evacuations in the Pacific battle report
A lengthy update on World War II losses and moves cites Japanese claims of evacuating 15000 troops from Paywan on New Guinea and MacArthur’s forces having annihilated a pocket army. It notes Allied and Japanese losses in destroyers, submarines, patrol ships and merchantmen, with U.S. claims about carrier damages and unreleased totals.
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Bune
Paywan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Domel
Imperial
Whith
Wessex
Vera
Kit
Pleavaly Damaiyee
Listing of Names in Continued Fee Fags Ose Item
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous individuals including Forrester Gaines Gieth Horace Hall Jerkins Lewis Lewis Sanders Jane flazon Frank Malons Harry Martin Beo May C H May Searherwugs Owens Patrick Jones and others, likely part of a public or legal notice. The text lacks complete context or actions.
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Ner
Hog. Forrester
ML. Gaines
O. P. Gieth
Horace Hall
DM Jerkins
Jonn Lewis Leslie
G M. Lewis
Jobo Sanders
Jane Flazon
Frank Malons
Harry K Martin
Beo May
C H. May
H Tsearherwugs
J. G. Owens
Patrick Jones
W.C Feon
Prison escape gang nosed from jail with rifles seize truck
At about 22 am a group of 39 inmates, including four recaptured, staged a breakout from the prison. They stole 120 rifles, cut telephone wires to the prison office, and commandeered a truck. The group was led by James Tillotson, a bank robber who boasted the prison could not hold him.
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James Tillotson
Dothan Traffic Signals Kept Despite Gas Savings Plan
City officials refuse to change the fifteen traffic signals in Dothan citing little impact on gasoline use. They recently lifted the ban on turns at the Main and Foster intersection to aid conservation efforts.
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Dothan
Main
Foster Streets
Lawmakers back Disney rider amid debt limit talks
The support came from Representatives Mills of Arkansas West of Texas Camp of Georgia and Wasielewsk of Wisconsin along with the author. The House floor may take up the measure next week while the Senate Finance Committee already approved a debt limit bill. Chairman George of Georgia said he would seek review of the House action before reporting to the floor. President Roosevelt urged no amendment to the debt limit bill and warned he would share his views on the salary proposal if the committee pursues it, while Congressman Coughton said he had not heard from the President.
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Disney
Mills
Arkansas
West
Texas
Camp
Georgia
Wasielewsk
Wisconsin
Bis
Senate Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
Roosevelt
Doughton
D.-N-C
Congress
Coughton
Liquor Board Issues Tough 1943 Rules and License Rules
The postwar period rules fix midnight operations, ban Sunday sales, and impose strict license conditions. Board policies grant revocation for violations. licenses not renewed during the current administration. under 21s barred except domestic help. no lounging, dim lighting, or music. strict consideration of applicant character and business records.
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Liquor Board
ABC Board
KCLE
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