Meat supply fears rise as government demand grows
Faulkner Packing Company manager M. K. Norrett warns of a meat shortage as government purchases rise in January through March. Government data show weekly acquisitions could absorb about half of total production, with civilian supplies shrinking to roughly 162 million pounds. Plant operations in Dothan yet buy all available hogs and cattle, moving 1,300 hogs weekly to local producers and about 4 thousand cattle weekly.
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Med
M. KR. Norrett
Faulkner Peking Company
Kingan and Company
Dothan
Moynt
World War Fronts Report Stylized AP Digest
Across fronts in Europe and Pacific the Allied offensives push forward. Canadian First Army advances near the Siegfried Line while Americans widen the Hürtgen Forest and Saar basin actions. Soviet forces counterattack toward Koenigsberg as Berlin pressures rise. In Italy and the Pacific, U.S. troops improve positions on the Iwo Jima area and move toward Manila and Fort Williams.
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Associated Press
Siegfried
Godhater
Hifel
Saar Basin
Weismacher
Saarbruecken
Teat New
Berlin
Mathes
Iwo Jima
Manila
Fort Williams
Dor
Bataan
Radio Station WAGF Joins MBS Tomorrow
WAGF joins the Mutual Broadcasting System with extended hours to 7 am to 11 pm daily. Five salutes from MBS studios mark the transition with additional network programs scheduled, including From Me to You from 9:15 to 9:30 am.
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Mutual Broadcasting System
WAGF
MBS
MBS Network
Dothan Broadcasting Co
Husband Of Ashford Girl Is Liberated
Mrs Jennie C Manry of Ashford Ga learns by telegram from the Navy Department that her husband Duke Richmond Maury Chief Storekeeper US Navy has been rescued by General MacArthur s forces on Luzon and returned to military control His condition is reported as fair He was captured at Corregidor after 18 years naval service and endured three years as a prisoner of war renewed by messages from him during captivity
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Jennie C. Manry
Ashord
Navy Department
Duke Richmond Mancy
U. & Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Chief Manry
Thomasville
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
General MacArthur
Duke Richmond Maury
Uss Navy
Russians Break German Lines Near Berlin Dresden Front
Russian forces punched deep breaches along a 60 mile front near Hern and wresdlen as Marshal Konev pressed toward Berlin and Dresden after repelling counterattacks. Breaches were reported at Guben Tau and Lauban amid bitter fighting between the Bober and Neisse rivers.
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Richard Rasischre
London
Hern
Wresdlen
Ivan Konev
Bern
Konev
Guben
Berlin
So Tau
Lauban
Dresden
Bober
Neisse
Transocean
US Prisoners Freed Amid Russian Advance Camps Overrun
Moscow dispatch reports Maj. Gen. J. Russell Deane says rapid Russian army advances freed many United States officers and men from Nazi camps. An army detachment was ordered to Lublin to coordinate repatriation efforts as liberated prisoners gather.
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Daniel Deluce
Moscow
United States
J. Russell Deane
U. S
Lublin
Amusement Spots Put Under OWM Midnight Curfew
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes orders all places of entertainment to close by midnight daily starting February 26. The measure aims to conserve coal and energy, with support sought from War Manpower, WPB, ODT and OPA.
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OWM
Associated Press
James F. Bysnes
New York
Natin
Byrnes
Washington
James F. Byrres
Byres
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
ODT
WPB
Dothan B-29 Leader Promises Bomb Hits On Tokyo
Major Cyrus Roys Lewis of Dothan Ala a B 29 squadron leader says we can guarantee every bomb dropped on Tokyo. The two day raid by Vice Adm Mitchers carrier force from Tinian and Saipan reported over 500 Japanese planes destroyed and 150 damaged as planes returned from the Pacific firestorm.
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Fifth Fleet
Tinian
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Ninutz
Cyrus Roys Lewis
Dothan
Ala
No. 11
Senate Begins Draft Of Own Manpower Bill
Senate military committee moves to draft a separate manpower bill. Senator O Mahoney backs a substitute granting War Mobilization Director power to channel contracts where labor is scarce and to authorize directon of manpower by a separate agency. The plan calls for advance notices on contract terminations and new awards and independent investigations of labor hoarding and wastage in war production. Roosevelt asked for similar House measure, noted as transmitted to Majority Leader Barkley.
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Ernest B. Vaccard
Washington
Senate
House
O'Maloney
D. Wye
Zarion
James F. Byier
O' Masanty
Man- Yusui V. Alesses
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Barkley D-Ky
O'Mahoney
Furn
Churchill Renews Pledge Of British Help Against Japs
President Roosevelt met with Prime Minister Churchill in Alexandria Egypt after the Big Three meeting and secured renewed full support in the war against Japan. The White House said Roosevelt invited General Charles de Gaulle to meet him in Algiers but De Gaulle could not go due to official business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Alexandra
Egypt
Japan
Germany
Black Sea
White House
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
French
Morocco
de Gaulle
France
United States
Howitzers Blast Walls Guarding Japs in Manila
American heavy howitzers smashed through Manila defenses to clear a path for tanks and infantrymen aimed at defeating the last Japanese strongpoint. Civilians reportedly reached safety in waterways as Airborne and First Cavalry pressed into Fort William McKinley.
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Manila
Fred Hampson
Intramuro
Erty
Cvidien
Ith Airborne
First Cavalry
Fort William
Deferment Expansion Sets 1.25 Million War Industry Workers
Washington officials reveal that about 1.25 million men under 30 in key war industry jobs may be deferred from the draft under a new program approved by the Office of War Mobilization. Each of 15 agencies can certify 30 percent, with 15 percent more allocated to Washington and field offices, aiming to protect critical plant personnel while boards may grant additional deferments if registrants are necessary to sustained war production.
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Earl & Bauman Washington
Selective Service
Washington
Office of War Mobilization
Receding Boer May Open Way For Push Toward Cologne
Canadian First Army troops clear Goch area but German counterattacks seize positions on Goch Calcar road. British and Scottish advance seize Buchholz Halgenboom while American Seventh Army widens its front near Saarbrucken. Patton’s Third Army breaches toward Winebingen and Laxembnerge. 4th Division takes four towns between Kruecken and Trier as Germans retreat.
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James Long Paris
Goch
Goch-Calear
Henry Crerar
Moyland
Cale
Calear
Buchholz
Halgenboom
Seventh Army
Satrland
Saarbruerken
George § Patton
Third Army
Germany
New Print
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Wade
Brad
Te Lose
Germans, Minus Their Commander Who Was Pitured In Bed Foshl Anonyme
Ghee
Gorh
Triune Eetnerie
Celene
Calcar
FSA Sets Up Group To Help On G I Loans
A committee in Houston County will aid veterans applying for G I loan guaranties issued by private lenders. L G Nichola, county FSA supervisor, announced the setup and said the group will review and recommend guarantees up to fifty percent or two thousand dollars.
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FSA
G. I
Houston
L. G. Nichola
Wallace Nomination For Commerce Post Gains New Support
Wallace seeks Commerce Secretary post as support grows and opposition debates gain pace before the Senate confirmation vote. Lawmakers push for or against Wallace while the George bill and RFC actions influence the outcome. Difficulty persists over influence without responsibility if confirmed.
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Wallace
Commerce Post
Fyack Bell Washington
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Churchill Reports Smoother Affairs Abroad in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons affairs abroad are rather smoother since the Yalta conference though a full report on the Crimea talks will wait until next week. He noted Britain's work and the wartime schedule continue with debates planned and questions about German reparations and the “shark chasing” device for airmen.
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Singleton
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Yalta
Lime
Britain
Leeland
England
North Tre- Liand
Watest
Forelan Sremisry
Onfhene Peden
Crimea
Menister
Tegighanon Churchill
Hoeeia
It's Cold In Luxembourg In Foxholes War Diary
Ralph McGill describes harsh Luxembourg winter as American troops endure cold foxholes near the Siegfried Line. Gun crews labor in frozen positions, shells scream toward Germany while soldiers dig their own shelters and ponder a long, bitter campaign in a snowbound frontline.
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Ralph McGill Worth
Luxembourg
Germany
Gennan
Troy
Fight Declared Toughest In All Marine History
Allied forces on Iwo Jima push inland in the fiercest Marine battle to date. Nimitz reports Japanese defenses stubborn as Marines seize ground from southern Suribachi to Motogo airfield while heavy artillery and air bombardment support the advance.
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US Pacific
Guam
Amerdeat
Swo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Suribachi
Motogame
No 3
Japenere
2Th Marine Regiment
Sporane Artiilery
Advanced
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Tardy Nimitz
Stershine Scruga
Ger Holand M. Smith
Carvonade
Marine Corps Forces
Pacific
Associated Press
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Iland
Tokyo
Hecht
Plance
Terriory
Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Karhker
Ene
Turser
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