Marine recalls brutal Salpan fight in Pacific theater
Private Crutchfield, son of Mrs Stine Crutchfield of Geneva, details a brutal landing and sustained combat on Salpan with the Fourth Marines. He describes mortar and artillery fire, cane fields as deadly ambush spots, and a fierce counterattack as Marine units advanced along the main road toward Getapan. He enlisted in March 1942 and served nine months in the Central Pacific before returning to the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marix Privete Grei Cats
Joe PB. Crutcfield
Stine Crutcaheld
Geneva
Seipen
Bettie
Alisos Dumy
Pte. Crutchfield
Naval Hospital
Avante
Marine Corps
Getapan
Pfc. Cratchfield
Crutchfield
Hat
Central Pacific
Geneva High School
Disorderly Charge Faces Pair Hero Geraldine Mixon Ike Batfield
Geraldine Mixon and Ike Batfield were arrested in the western section of DOT ham City on disorderly conduct charges. Police Captain John Hilsom and Detective George Garrett filed the charges. Time of arrest not given. Each posted $102 cash bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Mixon
Ike Batfield
Dothan
John Hilsom
George Garrett
Recognition doubts darken as Poland plan unfolds
The report notes United States plans for Eastern European territorial changes and suggests Washington may not recognize the Lublin committee yet. Stettinius answered a question on Poland by saying formal diplomatic relations with the Polish government in exile remain, while a Russian recognition of the Lublin regime is anticipated by American officials. In Miami Beach, Sergeant Daniel C. Sellers, 90, arrived for reassignment after serving 25 months in Europe. a former Alabama Polytechnic Institute graduate and Jackson County high school teacher, he left active duty July 7, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Stettinius
Poland
Lublin Committee
London
Sellers
Miami
Daniel C. Sellers
N. M. Sellers
Cottonwood
AAF
Miami Beach
Fla
Alabama Potytechnic Institute
Jackson County
Army
Ardennes Battle Report From Bastogne and Belgian Bulge
Allied and German forces clash across the Bastogne region as Patton’s forces push northeast while the Third Army advances near Wiltz and Diekirch. Reconnaissance notes indicate fierce fighting, with German tank and artillery assaults and American countermeasures around Rochefort, Reisdorf, and Remagne. The waist of the bulge draws lines of effort to trap divisions west of Bastogne, with overall positions fluid and undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meuse
Moselle
Seventh Army
Baonstein
Tve
Biche
Dambech
Banmstein
Bitche
Bundenthel
Paleunste
Wiapembourg
Colar
Steaxbourg
Limembourg-Belgian
Patton
Bastogne
Hubert
von Randstedt
Bulge
Chenogne
Letrebois
Supreme Headquarters
Ardennes Salient
Torridor
Wiltz
Third
Reisdorf
Sure River
Diekirch
10St Airborne
von Rundstedt
Saarlautern
Saarland
Rochefort
Third Army
St. Hubert
Moircy
Remagne
Bnke
Mortara
Small Arma
Sush
Gispardh
Arlon
Bastowne
Belfort
Rosport
Germany
Civilian bus crash inquiry continues after rear Pullman crash
The report notes number 14 continued from Face One describes pulling men from a rear Pullman and telescoped coach with at least 28 military service members aboard. Officials refused to guess a cause but ordered an immediate investigation as FBI agents released a preliminary inquiry showing no sabotage evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Saboage
Bumper harvest due promises record crops in 1944
The 1944 crop outlook shows corn and wheat at record highs with yields per acre, cotton near history highs, and tobacco only four percent below 1999. Overall output may exceed all years except 1942, rivaling the bumper 1942 harvest. Congress passes crop insurance enabling coverage on wheat cotton and flax starting with the 1945 harvest, limited to a percent of the farm's average yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actiags
Congress
Black man arrested on burglary charge after home invasion
Special Investigator Clayton Adgios said Will Dixon, a Black man, was arrested yesterday on burglary charges tied to a break in on South Alice Street. Police matched him to an attempted entry at a residence occupied by the Skipper family. a struggle led to the release of Mrs. Skipper and Dix on was then sworn in on the burglary warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dixon
South Alice Street
Clayton Adgios
Sheriffs Office
Dison
Skipper
Mra
Dixon
Ren
Adama
Marshal Commends Corporal Toombs
Corporal Albert Toombs of Matone Florida is commended by Vice Marshal Cushion RAF for exemplary work hauling supplies with the RAF Balloon Command during a recent emergency. The commendation letter from Major General Hugh J. Kner and Brigadier General J. W. Ott notes his trucking company as part of ASC Combat Support wing supplying invasion air forces with bombs ammunition and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Toombs
Birs
Elizabeth Toombs
Matone
Fla
Marrenal W. D. Cushion
RAF
RAF Balloon Command
Air Service Command
England
Hugh J. Kner
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Cora Davis
Funeral services for Mrs Cora B Davis 33 died at home on Slocomb route one after an illness. Rev Hobard of Slocomb officiated at New Hinson Church with burial in New Hinson cemetery. Surviving are her husband W D Davis five children Kenneth Billie Melba Jean John Wesley Lindy Carrol her parents Walden and Mrs Smith Graceville two sisters Dora Wambles Graceville Myrtle Todd Panama City and two brothers Alford Smith U S Army Ward Wilson Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora B. Davis
Slocomb
Jong iWnesa
Spin
New Hinson Church
Hobard
New Hinson
Davis
W. D. Davis
Kenneth
Billie
Melba Jean
John
Farmers May Obtain 500 Feet of Lumber
Jesse Culbreth announces that an amended regulation now allows farmers to buy up to 500 board feet of lumber for repairing and improving farm dwellings. The Hous ton County AAA Committee chair notes prior limits restricted purchases to barns and other buildings, excluding residences, and this amendment takes effect today through issued certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Culbreth
Houston County
AAA
Culbreth
New Electric Irons Now Offered With Plastic Handles
Alabama Polytechnic Institute expert Mamie N Whisnant notes new electric irons with plastic handles are lighter and easier to hold than metal or wood types but warn they can break if dropped. She urges use of a stand or firm surface, a steady ironing board, and to avoid stretching cords or cooling irons on window sills to prevent accidents and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Mamie N. Whisnant
Alabama Polytechnic
Warr Dies on Long Island Naval Hospital at 27
Thomas E R Warr machinist second class U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs J Warr of Slocomb died in a Naval hospital Long Island NY December 27 at age 27 Funeral arrangements to be announced on the motion of his brother in the Navy Survived by his parents two sisters Mrs Wellie Hinson of Lynn Haven Fla and Mrs Geraldine Parker of Slocomb a brother Tary Warr U S Navy grandmother Mrs AM Seglerg of Ariton Ward Wilston Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. R Warr
U. S. Navy
J. Warr
Slocomb
Naval Hospital
Long Island
Wellie Hinaon
Lynn Haven
Fla
Geraldine Parker
Tary Warr
AM. M. Seglerg
Ariton
Ward-Wilston Funeral Home
Lim
Mummers Parade Persists Through Heavy Rain in Philadelphia
Thousands of umbrella covered spectators watched the Mummers parade along Broad Street despite downpour. The four comic divisions marched with no instruments as rain dampened the event and the Wheeler Club withdrew, planning to parade with string bands Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
IAM
Gitase Pam
Broad
Wheeler Club
Bennett Awarded Henry Silver Wings at Pecos Field
Henry Bennett, son of Mrs Mary C Bennett of 204 Hercing Street Dathan, was awarded silver wings and graduated as a second lieutenant from the Advanced Two-Engine Pilot School at Pecos Army Air Field on December 22. Col Henry B Fisher announced the achievement. Bennett is a former student of Dothan High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry §. Bennett
Ann
Mary C Bennett
Hercing Street
Dathan
Pecos Army Air Field
Henry B. Fisher
Bennett
Dothan High School
Mystery Balloon Found In Oregon
FBI agents investigated a Japanese engin style balloon discovered near Estacada Oregon. The 34.5 foot paper craft was lodged 70 feet up a tree ten miles west of Estacada and contained no explosives. Authorities compare it to a similar balloon found near Kalispell Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
ORF
Kalispell
Mont
FBI
Estacada
Ore
Montana
Estarada
Textile mill work urged by Auburn extension chief
PoO Navis extension director at Auburn urges county and home agents to persuade more people to work in textile mills, especially in the off season on farms, arguing the call of the Army and Navy requires more duck and more duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poo Navis
Auburn
Army
Navy
Alabama AAA urges farmers to report conservation practices
Alabama's AAA committee calls on every farmer to report to county AAA offices all conservation practices carried out before January 15. They emphasize honesty and warn against fabricating data, stating the process must be completed properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
AAA
Former Dothanian Writes Another Book
Lieutenant Welboum Kelley USNR, once of Dothan, has published a second book titled Battle Report. The work, co written with Commander Walter Mang, draws on official records and interviews to recount Navy actions from Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea and the six months that followed. Kelley, now a naval correspondent in the South Pacific, previously wrote Ten Escape from Tojo. His uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Meilinger, are dying in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Cauley
Welboum Kelley
USNR
Dothan
C. J. Kelley
Pearl Harbor
Kelley
New York
Alabama Journal
National Broadcasting Compay
South Pacific
Tojo
J. G. Meilinger
Kiwanis Club To Install Officers In Dothan
Kiwanis Club members will be installed for the ensuing year at the regular weekly meeting tomorrow at noon in the Houston Hotel dining room. President-elect T A Shealy urged full attendance to hear plans for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston
T. A. Shealy
Pupils Of Dothan Return To Studies
Pupils in the Dothan City School System returned to desks after a Christmas break of one and a half weeks. With holidays planned for late March, the Alabama Education Association will hold its annual meeting. Students face mid term exams in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Alabama Education Association
Steel costs push industry toward price increases
Number 10- continued from page one notes steel products were overdue and would have to be made. By law, price increases must be granted if the industry profit level falls below the 1938-39 average. Officials estimate the added $80,000,000 cost will bring charging close to the border line.
Broxton Arrives at Miami for reassignment processing
First Lieutenant Howell J. Broxton of 107 South Rhee Street arrives at Redistribution Station Two in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after the continental United States. He flew 54 missions as a P 47 pilot in seven months in Europe and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with three clusters and the Purple Heart. He earlier worked as a chief clerk for the quartermaster corps in Dothan before joining the RAF May 15 1942. wife Elsie Margaret resides in Dothan and mother Addie Mae Broxton in Montgomery at 110 Whitman Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Margaret
I Dothan
Addie Mae Broxton
Whitman Street
Montgomery
Americans Destroy 125 German Raiders From Group Of 250
Berlin front lines recounts a large air battle with 250 German fighters. Allied forces claim 84 German planes down, 41 destroyed by anti aircraft fire, and 15 raiders eliminated overall. Heavy British American bombing campaigns target Cobergen and Coblenz as Milan rail yards suffer a night attack.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Reich
Europe
Cobergen
Rair
Coblenz
Italy
Milan
U. 5 Eighth Air Force
Continent
Dollbergen
Brunswick
Haneover
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Germany
Balgium
Robert K. Ritchie
Route 2
Hanfo
California
Yarry 2D
L'Heureux
Los Angeles
Limon C. Benecini
Chicago
Air Force
Saii
Harry & Millard Vista
Calif
Malendr \Greeee Jr
San Francisco
Sugar Shortages Persist and Home Confections Shared
The article notes continuing sugar shortages and provides home recipes using limited ingredients. It lists peanut clusters, Turkish paste, and fruit balls as popular confections, with steps for mixing, heating to specific temperatures, and chilling. It emphasizes substitutions with dried fruits and nuts for children’s treats.
Reeves Resigns as 4st Baptist Pastor
The Rev. Sam C. Reeves, pastor of Pothan First Baptist Church for three years, resigned to accept a call to First Church at El Dorado Arkansas. The resignation becomes effective February 1. Two pulpit committees were appointed to supply a temporary pastor and to plan for a permanent replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Reeves
Pothan First Baptist Church
el Dorado, Ark
Propaganda Message On War Aims In Nazi Rhetoric
A wartime broadcast or pamphlet asserts that Jews direct enemy countries and that democratic leaders Bolshevists and Jews seek to enslave Germany. It claims Germans oppose this by fighting for fatherland survival culture and prosperity as the war nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Annual Scout Meet Slated For Ozark
The South dant Alabama Boy Scout Council will hold its annual meeting in Ozark on January 15 at seven pm in the community hall. Scout Executive J We Cooke announced a new format with a conference for all Scouters, followed by the annual business session and officer elections for 1943. The banquet will close the meeting with Dr Gaston Foote of Montgomery delivering the principal address. M W Espy of Headland will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southdant
Alabama Boy Scout Council
Ozark
J. We Cooke
Fair P. m
Gaston Foote
Montgomery
M. W. Espy
Headland
Re-Registration Papers Received for Ashford Scout Troop 23
Officials announced re registration papers have been received in the council Scout Office for Ashford Troop 23 sponsored by the Lions Club. W L Edwards will serve as Scoutmaster for the new year with A J Sandoz as chairman of the troop committee along with A F Brownlie JC Ingram and W U Wells Sr. Twenty four days are divided into three eight scout units. Troop 23 was originally organized in January 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Scout
Ashford
Lions Club
W. L. Edwards
Aig
A. J. Sandoz
Charman
A F Brownlie
JC. Ingram
WU Wells Sr
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Popeye
Corporal Toombs
Cora Davis
Thomas E. R. Warr
U.S. Navy
NEA
America
Australia
U.S. A
Oregon
Kiwanis Club
Guger
Emusic
Reeves
St Baptist
Dothan Savings & Loan CO
Dothan's Bank
Troy St
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