Cottonwood Coach Praises Columbia And Slocomb In Loop
Cottonwood coach Joe Deese says Columbia and Slocomb are the best in the Wiregrass loop based on their strong seasons. He singles out R L Hall and Rudolph Tice as key players, notes Cottonwood has six players and a junior squad, and mentions an upcoming game against Rehobeth to end the season.
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Cottonwood
Columbia
Slocomb
Joe] Deese
Nonwood
Columba
Cage Stason
Cese
Bothan
Columbis
Rd Slocomb
Ading
Ndd
Vicksburg
Midland City
Dothan
Rehobeth
Ashford
Icksburg
Shemp
Deese
R. L. Hall
Rudolph Tice
Hall Smod Tice
Hall
John Womack
Frank Smith
James Kirkland
Cottonwood School
Billy Max Cameron
Troyce Clark
Lamar Sellers
Roy Meora
Kenneth Kirkland
Ftts
Sesson
Loop
Landlord Help Sought to Open Farm Ownership Path
A government committee heard that many tenants cannot become owners due to lack of management and capital. Landlords with both resources could provide farm opportunity, especially in livestock rich Alabama where tenant farming thrives alongside cotton. Alabama farm income reached a record 269 million dollars in 1944, excluding government payments, versus 250 million the prior year with benefits.
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Alabama
Davis
Webb Baptist Church Service For Local Resident
Friday at 4:00 p m at the Webb Baptist Church with Rev A D Zbindeo officiating burial in Webb cemetery active pallbearers include Houston Barber J W Etheridge Ja Snell Loyd Helms C Dunn and Sidney Mathews honorary pallbearers listed with numerous local names and Dothan Coca Cola Bottling Company employees Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Webb Baptist Church
A.D. Zbindeo
Headland Avenue Baptist Church
Webb Cemetery
Houston Barber
J.W. Etheridge
Ja | Snell
Loyd Helms
C. Dunn
Sidney Mathews
J. Fi. Campbell
C. W. Curr
G. W. Blakey
G. NM. Cooley
J. =.Woods
Hoyt Cook
Johnny Crexl
Arthur Lane
T. K. McFatter
H. B. Burteshew
R. N. Thornton
C. & Evans
Barney Adams
J. A. Register
T. M. Ward
Perry Riley
Warren Hutto
RB. A. Hall
Dothan Coca Cola Bottling Company
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home E
Number 14 continued from page one morgue visit
Scores of the homeless were sheltering with friends and relatives while hundreds faced ouster in barracks at Maxwell Field as the article continues from page one.
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Maxwell Eld
U S Maritime Service Graduates Over 100000 Seamen
More than 100000 seamen have been graduated from United States Maritime Service training stations. The milestone reflects the program's expansion and its contribution to the merchant fleet and national defense, underscoring workforce growth during the period.
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U. S
Maritime Service
Lieutenant Denies He Killed Wife
Lt Denies killing his wife Mary Lee Epes a 26 year old Jacksonville teacher found buried in a foxhole near Columbia S C. Epes admitted taking his wife from a Fort Jackson area to the grove where the body was buried and later claimed he did so to shield his family from publicity. Autopsy found a fatal head wound and prior poisoning with drugs. The couple had been living apart as he awaited overseas transfer and had been the subject of a $1000 reward. A special church service is announced for tomorrow night at Memphis Church with Rev A D Zbinden as guest pastor.
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Columbia
Sherett
Alex Heise
Alex Heme
Umuels Yaar
Heise
Epes
Mary Lee
Ann
Hesse
State Identification Bureau
Jacksonville
Fla
Leutenant
Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Company
Richmond
Colombia
Atlanta
Memphis Church
A. D. Zbinden
Dothan
Medieval entertainers and the herald parade practice
The text notes that medieval performers renewed papers to advertise themselves using a cri or herald with a parade. It mentions that women rarely performed in medieval drama before 1350 in France, with male players dominating. It also explains ambulance originated as movable hospital and later referred to a vehicle for the sick in the Crimean War era.
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France
Officers Escape Serious Injuries After Plane Crash
Two Napier Field pilots, F D E Scherger and F O William C Sehiee Tuepiung, were rescued unharmed after their AT training aircraft developed engine trouble and crash landed near the base. Both officers suffered minor cuts and bruises with no serious injuries. A board from the Army Air Forces was appointed to investigate the incident.
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Napier Field
Anernoon
Hal E Scherger
William C. Sehiee Tuepiung
Bauer
Hase
Beth
Amy Air Forces Officece
U S Submarines Bag Jap Vessels In Record Haul
U S submarines surpassed 1000 ships sunk in Far Eastern waters. The latest communique reports 1020 enemy vessels sunk overall, including 107 combatant ships and 913 non combatants. Combatants listed include a converted light cruiser a converted gunboat and an escort vessel. Non combatants include 23 cargo vessels three cargo transports three tankers and a small transport.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Far
Illegal Wearing Of Uniforms Charged in Ozark
Two Dale County men James Dalton Thorne and Lawyer Lowe were arrested on FBI warrants for illegally wearing parts of a U S Army uniform. Thorne claimed veteran status and appeared at a preliminary hearing. Lowe said he found the uniform pieces in trash. Bond for Lowe was set at 300 dollars. Thorne wore an officer’s shirt and trousers.
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Dale County
FBI
United States
J.W. Daughtry
Dothan
James Dalton Thorne
Lowe
Ozark
Thorne
Bond
United States Army
Boy Scout Den Details From Alfred Saliba Troop
Alfred Saliba senior patrol leader. Howard Stanley scribe. Den mothers listed for four dens. Dens names include Den One Mrs J W Jackson, Den Two Mrs Richard Ramsey, Den Three Mrs Randall Church, Den Four Mrs Roy Mercer. Cubs on roll include Bobby Hawley, Seaborn Woods, Jimmy Clark, Gene Whatley, and many others.
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Alfred Saliba
Howard Stanley
Henry Westhers
Tommy Creel
Jack Creel
Glenn Griffin
Jim Cunningham
Terry Moore
Max Peacock
W. J. Tetter
Buford Nichols
Bobby Shanks
Jack Chalker
J. W. Jackson
Richard Ramsey
Randall Church
Roy Mercer
den Chiesa
Sam Meeks
Tommy Cree
Jerry Moore
Cubs
Bobby Hawley
Seaborn Woods
Jimmy Clark
Gene Whatley
Tommy Sturges
Jimmy Lof- UN
Phillip Hamilton
Cec Rack‘ey
Tommy McKelvey
Sonny Howard
John Vance
Den
Tohn Solomon
Buddy Stapleton
Charles Dennis
David Anderson
Jimmy Grant
Jimmy Et
Brown Receives Navy Commendation for Air Duty
Joe F Brown aviation machinist's late third dass, son of Mrs Sam Brown of 202 South College Street, earned a letter of commendation from Jonas H Ingram commander South Atlantic Force U S Atlantic Fleet for courageous conduct as Plane Captain of a U S Navy bombing plane on April 10 1944. Despite anti aircraft fire he helped attack a submarine with two attacks that damaged the enemy submarine and contributed to crew cooperation and Navy traditions.
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Joe F. Brown
Dass
Sam Brown
South College Street
Jonas H. Ingram
South Atlantic
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
United States Navy
Stolen and Stripped Vehicles Found Off Hillstford Highway
Police report a truck and a sedan were stolen last night and abandoned on the Hillstford Highway. The sedan owned by F B McLauchlin was stripped for wheels and tires, glove compartments ripped, and a tire removed. The truck owned by W D Cenpun had three wheels and tires missing. No suspects identified.
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Dotheo
Hillstford
Jones
F. B. McLauchlin
WD. Cenpun
Woa Milous
Allied Forces Push Through Rhine Gap Near Wesel and Dusseldorf
British Empire troops advanced up to 18 miles beyond Wesel as Canadian, British, and American forces moved toward the Cologne Plain. German resistance stiffened along the Roer and Niers fronts with heavy shelling and minefields. Vanguards pressed near Goch and Calcar while Crerar’s Canadians neared Düsseldorf area, and German defense lines appeared weakened after successive counterattacks.
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Bitburg
Germany
Rhine
Eisenhower
Ruhe
Wesel
Henry Crerar
Flest
Cologne
Crerar
Hammersum
Helsensod
Warbegen
Emmerich
Duesseldorf
Meuse
Niers
Goch
Villers
Kleve
Empire
Calar
Kessel
Kleve-Calear
Reichswald
Nijmegen
Kleve- Oder
Cakar
Roger D. Greene
Allies Tighten Grip as Soviet Drives Advance on Dresden
In Silesia and toward Dresden, Soviet and Allied air power push coordinated offensives. Konev's forces drive toward Berlin, with 84 miles to the capital and Breslau 75 miles away. Frontline reports note heavy bombing and German defenses near Kuestrin and Frankfurt as Zhukov forces engage. Two Negro drivers escape injury after a collision at Long Atlanta and Pilcher streets. Lang Humphrey and Clarence McSwain identified as drivers.
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Chojnice
Silesia
Korey
Berlin
Sommerfeld
Reich
Konev
Dresden
Crimea
BBC
Moscow
Ukraine
Queis River
Bober River
Freystadt
Breslau
Oder River
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Zhukov
Long Atlanta
Pilcher
Lang Humphrey
Clarence McSwain
Ed Cherry
Ewell Jones
Collins Transferred Sergeant Red Collins in Pacific service
Arthur Red Collins son of Henley and Ellie Collins of Dothan has been transferred to the Philippines from the Northern Solomons after more than three years in the Pacific. He helped form the first American Division group on New Caledonia and served on Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Inducted November 25, 1941, he trained at Camp Lee Virginia.
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Collins
Arthur ‘Red’ Collins
Henley
Ellie Collins
Dothan
Pacific
Philippines
Solomons
Collin
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Camp Lee
New Drastic Action Against Defers Of WLB Orders
The government used a new weapon against defiers of War Labor Board orders by canceling six contracts with KO A. Labratories of Brooklyn New York and denying priority assistance. The action targets a firm that refused to comply with WLB directives amid material shortages and a prolonged strike since September 1944.
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WLB
Earl
Sauman Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Jthe Army and Navy
War Pro ‘Duction Board
Vinson
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Denial Issued Of Multiple Mates In Portland Case
In Portland AP report Wilma Suberly a 25 year old petite blonde in county jail awaiting removal hearing to Sacramento is accused of illegally obtaining 4600 in independents allotments. She denies FBI insinuations she dyes her hair and claims the charges are baloney. She says she will not marry again and that she gets along better with women.
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Portland
Wilma Suberly
FBI
Sacramento
Calif
Bombers Hit Chemnitz and Saxony In Allied Raid
German reports say 1,100 bombers raided Saxony with Chemnitz as a major target. The raid followed heavy American and British attacks including a 450 fortress force on the Rositz oil plant near Leipzig and strikes on Berlin.
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Germany
Chemnitz
Dresden
Saxony
Slso
Rositz
Leipz
Berlin
An Tung Ann
Leipzig
Weimar
Grand Jury Declines Indictment in Sept Case
Proceedings report two Henry County grand juries did not indict in the Sept 4 incident involving an elderly woman and a boy with the Taylor women. Governor and Attorney General officials pressed for action, but Circuit Judge Halstead charged jurors to ensure equal justice for all, regardless of social status or race.
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Oght
Oictekirns
Abbeville
Henry County
Alabama
D. C. Halstead
Corregidor Fort Holds Amid Manila Bay Assaults
NBC Manila broadcast claims the city is a giant funeral pyre as Japanese forces bombard Corregidor and nearby shores. Reports describe civilians burned or bayoneted, bodies found in yards, and American GIs aiding survivors alongside Filipino doctors and nurses.
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San Francisco
NBC
George Folster
Manila
Folster
Hei
G. L's
Beth
Forster
Joe
J F Lee of Gordoy Dies After Illness
J F Lee of Gordoy dies after illness. funeral services held Friday at Baptist Church with interment by Ward-Wailson Funeral Home. Survivors include wife, daughter Ther Kemp Gordor. four brothers Pee yew of Homerville, Jack of Lakeland, Lacy of Jen, and Sam of Adel. two sisters Adele Smith of Adel.
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JF. Lee
Baptist Church
Big Wie
San
WF Lee
Ther Kemp Gordor
Peeyew
Homerville
Jack
Lakeland
Lacy Lagle
Rer Eine Ee
Adele Smith
Adel
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Spann
Hammond
Cottonwood Road
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Young Drug Co
Brown
Ieee
New York
Frese Parsons
Taylor
Daniele
Wes Deniels
Sterff. Gamble
Sher J. L Caretum
N. W. Kimbrough
J. ¥. Bat-jcheng
Mary
Ger Henry LC
Janes
Abujoy
Corregidor
Manis Bay
J. F. Lee
Gordoy
Illes
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Com
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