George W Keichum Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for George W Keichum of Cho were held at Union Church with Rev. Clement Reser officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife Sadie Ketchum five sons Frank Ketchum Columbus Ohio Tellig Handall Willis Ketchum Arion rowe W B Ketchum Camp Shelby Mississippi four daughters Mrs Hobert Morrie Mrs Ross Mulils Mrs Wayne Smoot Clayton and Mrs Jacky Pugh Plains Georgia.
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Ozark
George
Keichum
Cho
Union Church
Clement Reser
Dothan
Glriwung
Boriswee
Sadie Ketehum
Frank Ketchum
Columbus
Tellig
Handall
Willis Ketchum
Arion Rowe
W. B. Ketchum
Camp Shelby
Miss
Hobert Morrie
Ross Mulils
Dethen
Wayne Smoot
Cleyton
Jacky Pugh
Plains
Fire causes minor damage at residence in Cottonwood Road
Firefighters investigated a minor blaze at 732 Cottonwood Road, the home of B Parson, with damage limited to a storage area over a garage. Cause undetermined but suspected defective wiring. Firemen noted no further risk and no major injuries reported.
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B. Parson
Collision Near Dothan Involves Trucks And Car
Early today in the eastern section of Dothan near the city limit on the Ashford highway, a truck driven by Houston Phillips of Negra collided with a car driven by Ray Windsor of Columbus. Both vehicles were damaged. no injuries reported. Bolivia is the third largest South American republic with about 610000 square miles.
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Dothan
Ashford Highway
Alabama State Highway Patrol
R. T. Golden
Houston Phillips
Negra
Ray Windsor
Columbis
Seid
Bolivia
Big Three outline postwar steps in Moscow communique
The joint communique details plans for Germany’s disarmament and compensation, Poland’s frontier rights along the Curzon Line, a Yugoslav merger of pro Allied elements, and regular high level talks among Stettinius Molotov and Eden. It also covers a San Francisco UN conference set for April 25 and pledges aid to liberated European states choosing their governments. Mount Santo Tomaso description is included.
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Commissior
Lee General Staff
Elmungune
Moscow
Germany
Poland
Fpulwud
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tico
Subasic
Uberation Assembly
Stettinius
Molotov
Eden
Crimea
London
United Nations Conference On World Organization
United Nations Conference
Dumbarton Oaks Security Organization
San Francisco
China
France
Europe
United Nations
Winston
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Stalin
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Stephens
Mrs Stephens 50 died suddenly at her home on Orare route tiree February. Funeral at Ulsy Besk Church with Rev Hamp Gan er, the Rev Dean and others. Survived by husband F E Stephens, sister Minnie L Johnson, brothers W A Jobson and others. W. Brockwell and A Strickland among pallbearers. Hulman Funeral had charge of arrangements.
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Ide du . Stephens
Ner
Orare
Tiree
Ulsy Besk- Church
Hamp Ganer
Dean End
Godain Offiesatag
Survie Tig
Fel Stephens
Susler
Mise
Minnie L. Johnson
Wires Brothers
W. A. Jobson
C. C. Johnson
Arington
Gesud
Johnson
Midlaid City
Ackye
Board of Revenue Renews Membership
Royston County's Board of Revenue renewed its membership in the We Association of County Commissioners by paying 150 dollars in annual dues. The board also urged a bridge over Beaver Creek on a state maintained county road seven miles from Dothan and approved a supplemental pact with the government on a lease for the Municipal Airport west of Dothan.
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Royston County
Board of Revenue
Association of County Commissione
Harriman Summerford
Association
State Highway Department
Beaver Creek
Dothan
Journey to Peace Through War Chronicle
In a wartime travel account a reporter reflects on postwar maturity among Americans, noting pilots and engineers crossing the Atlantic and a young Luft pilot who refused to release a faulty ambulance plane. He praises the American Society of Newspaper Editors for fostering truth to prevent future deception.
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Atlantic
America
England
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Germany
Number 5- From Page One Continue
The passage describes continued heavy combat in the Reichswald with slower enemy action and active Nazi artillery. British troops report near total destruction in Kleve as air and ground bombardment disrupts supplies and reinforcements, with prisoners noting air force grounding due to oil depot bombings around Emmerich on the Rhine.
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Gomery
Gennep
Girman
Baing
Reichswald
Kleve
Anne of Cleves
Henry Wroh
Wilk
Emmerich
Rhine
Desperate Japanese Holdouts Amid Luzon Push
Bombers battered a stubborn Japanese position near Manila Bay as U.S. Sixth Division units pressed toward the Pacific coast of Luzon. Fire fouls the fortress entrance while fighter planes support the assault as Japanese garrisons retreat through the northeast mountain valleys and Batangas Peninsula areas.
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Torey
Poulpem
Ihr Cap
Durregader
Manila Bay
Sall Urdes
Americas
Eftian
Luzon
Pacific
Bangsbon
Baler Bay
Lutonia
Iyi
Theortheast
Zambeales Mountains
Bataca Peninsula
Soviet advances widen Russian gains across Eastern Front
Soviet forces push along the Bober and Neisse rivers threatening Berlin as Konev’s drive splits German defense. Russians reach the Oder south toward Bautzen while Zhukov’s army seizes Deutsch-Warne and Elbing, with Danzig’s outer defense reported and Czechoslovak rail damage noted.
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Patch
Bober
Bunzlsuds
Aouthern
Oder
Neisse River
Bunziau
Konev
Saxony
Hober
Crossen
Buber
Bimzlau
Neisse
Oder River
Berlin
Berlin-Breslau
Deutsch-Arone
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Hitler
Danzig
Elbing
Polish Silesia
Moravska
Pittsburgh
Czechoslovakia
Parachute Troops Struggle Against Allied Rhine Assault
German forces shifting from Alsace faced fierce Canadian advances toward the Rhine. Front dispatches say German defense near Kleve was overwhelmed by the Allied weight, with disorganized and poorly coordinated countermeasures.
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Kleve
Alsace
Rhine
County Service Office pay dispute at courthouse meeting
Deliberations by the Dothan American Legion delegation led by J. J. Whatley and County Service Officer Sam Parish at the courthouse discussed raises for the secretary and potential staff cuts. The board settled on a $100 monthly salary, while concerns about the service office’s future and footing in tax administration were raised by Perry Calhoun and Judge Saxon P. Paynes.
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Dothan
Legion Pos
J. Whatley
Porratin
Iit
Sam Parish
Tuier
South Fortier Free Bethurs
Mons
Perry Calhoun
Saxon P. Paynes
Napier Contribution Report Signals March of Dimes Support
A local note reports a total contribution of 300 45 dollars to the March of Dimes. Ted, chairman of the fundraiser, announced Saturday that the event in Dothan had drawn support from various groups. The program previously highlighted involved Air Corps Supply, Budget Fiscal Pur and related Civilian Training and Base Engineering roles.
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Ted
Dothan
Air Corps
New Officer Roll Named At School Forum
Pram Pare Ove announces seven new officers with W C Folkes as president, David West as vice, Addie Lois Byrd as secretary, and Addie Ling as treasurer. The meeting included a staff report, a speech by a teacher advisor, and notes on the dress revue contest winner and program topics.
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Lanne Cain
Teylior
Cer
W.C. Folkes
Davidsion
Ohyia Cameros
David West
Addie Lois Byrd
MM Ling
Re- West
Relly
Mobil
From a Run-Down Farm to a Profitable One Mule Operation
A 70-acre Alabama Piedmont farm bought by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station transformed from a run-down two mule operation to a one mule venture. In three years cash sales rose from 550 to 2020 in 1943 with net cash income of 909.48 after expenses. Improvements focused on productive land use and low-cost infrastructure, increasing soil fertility and diversifying output to poultry eggs meat and cotton. The Station emphasizes practical steps and offers leaflets to help Alabama farmers boost postwar income and offset cotton’s decline.
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Alabama Piedmont
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Alabama Power Company
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
Agricultural Experiment Station
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Keichum
Berkeley Blue
Houston Marbls Works
F&f
Santo Tomaso
Lingayen Gulf
Fpepfee Bopiling Company
Dothan, Alabama
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Coker
Spann
Hammond
Cottonwood Road
Mr. Spann
Mr. Hammond
The
Young Drug Co
Mrs. Stephens
Swiss Day Cleaners
Hansel Kirkland
E. Troy
Houston County
Farmers Exchange
Alas Granger
Mgr
Apy
Napier
Mary Evelyn Ning
Mery Fraseer
Peretro
Mare Haw
Oncome
Alasbama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Ala
Alabama Agriculture
M. J. Funchess
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