Produce or fight deferment orders reach Houston County farmers
National Selective Service Headquarters issued new requisitions relayed to Bentlag Downs three boards. Officials review all agricultural registrations and reclassify those who produced last year into 1-4. Deferments now cover farming for over six months, replacing previous per crop exemptions. Boards to stay in touch with former classifications. non-producers will be called for induction.
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Houston County
Naonal Selective Service
Bentlag Downs
Selective Services Boards
Bosnis
Joint Scout Meeting Postponed to March 8
The joint troop meeting and Scout Court of Honor, set for Friday Feb 25, are moved to Friday night March 8 to allow more preparation time. Troop Three of First Baptist Church will lead the program and attend in full uniform, followed by the Court of Honor. A council meeting to form a five year extension plan for Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council is scheduled for tomorrow at seven. Arthur Johnson of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce leaves for Montgomery for the annual luncheon and speech on Post War Planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout Court of Honor
Scout
A. W. Benner
Ben- Berrad
First Baptist Church
Recout
Mow
Espy
Headland
Arthur Johnson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison Jones
Congress
Parsons
Armed Services
Tax time guidance for 1943 income returns explained
A reader's guide to federal income tax filing and exemptions. The article outlines what records to gather, including employer pay stubs and the joint return from the Internal Revenue Service. It explains three main reasons for filing by March 15 and notes special rules for service members and dependents.
Postwar policy clash tasks Congress and executive
The piece notes a split over postwar reconversion policy between Congress and the executive, with leaders like Senator Georgia and Senator Vandenberg calling for Congress to direct policy. It mentions Wendell L. Wilkie criticizing a States rights ballot bill and references the Baruch report as signaling executive influence. Also listed are two veterans in a hospital in Temple Texas and Panama City Florida.
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Wendell L. Wilkie
Roosevelt Atready Haw
Anteaa
Lucay
D-T
Gorge
D-Ga
Baruch
Executive Department
Vandenberg
RoMich
Congress
Veteran's Hospitat
Wille F. Brown
Burdeshaw Street
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Texas
McSweern Crawford
Wainright Park
Paname City
Fla
Mussolini Lives Quietly in Small Italian Farmhouse
Aged dictator Benito Mussolini is reported to reside in a modest single room on a farm near Rome. The room contains little decoration besides a fragment of Frederick the Great and hints of his past power as a puppet leader in Italy, per a foreign newspaper correspondent.
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Rtockholm
Benito Mussolini
Portharn
Italy
Frederick the Great
Ing. Saya
Husnevar
Board Hires New Clock Caretaker
The County Board hired Aubry Todd at 60 a year to wind and repair the courthouse clock. Janitors will wind the timepiece. Probate Judge Saxon PF. Poyner oversees one janitor and their work for courthouse and sanitary conditions. Bonds for county deposits were approved and a routine tax levy resolution passed.
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County Board of Revenue
Aubry Todd
Saxon PF. Poyner
Jelte
Hoerdalec
County Depositorica
Passada
Officers Invited To Join Skin Game Raid Ends Poorly
Chief Deputy Muerte J. T. Casey and Deputy Taft Knight raided a Black gathering on Saturday night and rounded up eight Black individuals on vagrancy charges. Knight said Casey stepped onto the porch thinking he was part of the game, causing confusion as the group believed another officer was at the door and urged openness to avoid confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muerte J. T. Casey
Taft Knight
Knight
Casey
Beck
Tax Legislation Faces Possible Veto And Social Security Update
The House Ways and Means Committee plans formal conferral today or tomorrow on a problem linked to a political vote. Senator White warns a presidential veto could stall tax legislation, raise borrowing needs, and delay Social Security tax changes. If vetoed, Social Security tax would double March 1 to 2 percent for both employers and employees, with no extra benefits to workers and a larger reserve. The House would decide on overriding, while the Senate would likely take no action.
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House
Socie
Senate
Veader White
R.maioe
Treasury
Vandenberg
Rmich
Spen
Roonsvelt
Eniwetak Island Key Air Base in Pacific War Dispatch
War correspondent William S. Worden reports from Eniwetok that Parry Island remains under enemy control and guards a 20 meter lagoon entrance. The island is valued as a refueling base for aircraft, a critical link between the Gilberts and Wake Island, with Wake reachable only via Marcus Island if expanded.
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Parry Island
William S. Worden
Associated
Prem
Eniwatok
Eral
Marahalle
Gilberts
Wake Island
Eniwetok
Marcus Island
Wake
Cadet Joan M McKinney Completes Basic Flying Training
Cadet Joan M McKinney son of Rev J M McKinney of Mobile completes basic flying training at Maidan Army Air Field Missouri and is transferred to an advanced flying school for final phase of training at public stations.
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Alvation
Joan W. McKinney
J. M. McKinney
Mobile
Maidan
Army Air Field
COU
Maurice Welaky
and J Kraselsky
Woodland
Army Air Pilots School
Cochran Macon
Relatioons
Postoffice Observes Holiday Tomorrow
Dothan postoffice will be closed tomorrow in observance of a holiday. George Washington’s birthday is noted, with mail and parcel windows opening only from 9 am to 11 am downtown. Deliveries will be made downtown while residential routes and other areas receive service on a limited schedule.
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Dothan
George Washingtore
Malose
Mrs. Sara Griffin Dies At Columbia Hospital
Mrs. Sara E. Griffin forty four of Columbia died yesterday morning after a brief illness. A life long resident she was a member of the Evangel Baptist Church. Funeral services are set for three pm tomorrow at Everer Church with Rev Gis ent and others officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge. Surviving are husband J W Griffin two sons J W Griffin Jr and Leonard two daughters Ruth and Mary Carolyn her parents Mr and Mrs Y Williams Sr two sisters Mrs Cr Besborn of Hamilton Ohio and Miss Louise Williams of Atlanta four brothers Henry C Wiley S Williams of Columbia and Joe Williams of Astord. Active pallbearers A C Odom Roy Culbreath H H Taylor F R Henderson Clyde J Smart and D A Carroll Sr. Honorary pallbearers listed.
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Gare “Liszieth Griffin
Columbia
Wwe
Ebay
Tig Evenceer Baptist Church
Everezer Chuch
C Baleam
E. M. Culbrest
Wth Ward
Atlanta
Henry C
Wiley
Week-end City Police Arrests Reported
City police said thirty seven arrests were made during the Week-end. Fifteen were for gambling, twelve for drunkenness, seven for disorderly conduct, and one each for assault and battery, violating the liquor law, and driving without a license. Army Carter was arrested on grand larceny and turned over to county officers for allegedly stealing a suitcase of clothes from an apartment on Oates Street. Deputies nabbed eight for vagrancy and nine for drunkenness.
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Army Carter
Carter
Oates Street
Committees Named On Medical Program
Governor Sparks named two committees to advance a four year medical school under an agreement with Jefferson County. State Sen Gordon Madison and C Lee Satter formed a contract committee to formalize county University of Alabama relations. A building committee includes Dr W D Partlow Lonnie Noojin and others to assess facilities as part of a legislative authorized site commission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sparks
Jefferson County
Gordon Madison
Tuscaloosa
Slams C Lee
W. D. Partlow
Tuscaleorn
Telchampa
Monile
Lonnie Noojin
Gadsden
House Group Defers Action To Extend CCC
Washington AP report says the House Banking and Currency Committee deferred action on extending the Commodity Credit Corporation tie. Unable to marshal sufficient votes, the panel planned to resume discussions tomorrow. Representative Walcott pressed for limits to food subsidies, while the committee voted 9 to 8 for including some limitation in the pending bill.
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Washington
House , Banking and Currency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Spence
Walcott
R-Mich
Churchill To Present Review To Commons
In London Prime Minister Churchill prepared a final draft for a war review to be presented to the Commons at the next session. Officials anticipate the report will be the most comprehensive since September and shed new light on the Trojan campaign and the assault on the Anglo beachhead amid House scrutiny.
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Tondon
Churchill
House of Commons
Commons
Ingstone
Angio
Houre
German air war shifts to heavy daylight raids
Allied air forces launched a massive daylight offensive against Germany with U S bombers and RAF Mosquitos targeting Leipzig, Stuttgart, and other centers. Official counts claimed 128 German planes shot down, and extensive damage reported on Messerschmitt production at Leipzig-Mackay and nearby facilities.
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JL T. Arnuld
Army Air Forces
Germany
France
Belgium
Leipziz
Brunswick
Hernberg
Leipzig-Mackay
Varta
Leipzig- Hellerblick
Leipzig
U.S
Hilversum
Holland
Posen
Poland
Theble
Min Ray
Stuttgart
Munich
Leipizig
United States
Gir
Laipzig
RAF
Stutgart
Daimler-Bonn
Aulo Works
Anges
Messerschmitt Gichters and
Heinkels
Rosita
Als
Italy
Alcohol tax office reports arrests and seizures across states
Arlington period report notes 3,849 arrests in 43 states against 4,663 prior year with 3,181 still seized and a daily capacity of 51,545 gallons. Valuation placed at 385,382 for 1948 seizures. regional totals reflect activity in Alabama Georgia Florida and South Carolina with OTR turnout and annual figures listed.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Atlanta
Thera
Saizures Azanual
Russian-TACTICS reported in Ukraine siege lines
A military dispatch describes heavy German actions around Krivoi Rog and Korsun amid fighting northeast of Krivoi Rog and near the Deleper River. Russian forces say they trapped a German force of about 73,200 killed or captured, with Germans escaping through riverine gaps and counterattacks.
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Ruse
Ukraine
Krivol
DNB
Krivoi
Bertin
Koresn
Deleper
Gertsag
Yeahkov
Korsun
Navy air power key to turning tide in Pacific war
The article explains how carrier strength surged in 1943 with new Essex class cruisers and many escort carriers, while Hellcat Corsair and Hell Diver aircraft proved superior. It cites an aerial battle at Truk where US planes shot down 127 Japanese aircraft and destroyed 74 on the ground with minimal losses, highlighting the fleet's rapid recovery and industrial output supporting war effort.
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Marshalls
Carolines
Imperial Navy
United States
Navy
Truk
Dovn
James Forrental
Allied forces press southward in heavy Italian battles
American tanks and infantry moved under heavy artillery into a renewed assault at 6305 amid fierce German counterattacks. Allied air power dominated with 960 sorties as fighting raged along the Corsican and Casserno fronts with heavy casualties and hundreds captured.
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Italy
Eberhard von MacKengen
Fifth Army
Caserno
Heinrich von Vietinghof
Albert Kesselring
Carrareto
Cap Jume
Pearl Harbor Death Toll and Daring Dawn Raid Recalled
A wartime summary recalls the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, noting 18 U S ships put out of action and 3 900 casualties. It mentions Admiral Mitscher and Spruance directing naval air operations, including Doolittle’s Tokyo raid from the Hornet and carrier fleet actions in the Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
Ube
Arizona
Hornet
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
A Spruance
South Pacific
Midway
Funeral announced for Burran and White in Florida crash
Number 11 continued from Fags One was traveling toward Florida when a collision with Whites left both cars wrecked. Burran, 44, from Campbellton Florida, Route One, survived by a daughter Peggie and siblings. Funeral at Bigs Creek church at 3 pm with Rev. Bilcom. burial in Big Creek cemetery. Ward-Wilson in charge. Funeral home in Martanas has arrangements for Mr. White and will announce details.
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Florida
Burran
Campbellton
Fla
Ha $S
Billy Burren
U. & Navy
Peggie Burren
Columbus
Sarah
Doolittle Urges Fast War Toward Japan Through Allied Steps
Doolittle states British military and civil leaders are determined to strike at the heart of Japan in the shortest time. He says Hitler must be finished first, and once done, Allied forces will push to the Pacific to join American and British troops already winning land and sea victories. Patrols press from Casabo to Casabo itself as the Eighth Army advances.
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Tokyo
Doolittle
Japan
Hitler
Pacific
Negro Held On Rape Charge Arrest Of Bem Crater
A Black suspect named Bem Crater is detained on a rape charge amid police actions. Details remain sparse in the report.
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Bem Crater
Lonergan’s Draft Status Argued In Court
New York AP reports Lonergan argues his draft status should be reconsidered. The District Attorney disputes classifications from Lonergan’s file, while a court contest seeks access to psychiatric and autopsy reports in a homicide case. A Canadian airman, Will J., and Aviation Cadets Maurice wellaky and Orc are noted in separate items.
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New York
Wayne Lowtry
Prtridt
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