Demonstration Club Plan 27 Meetings in Houston County
Twenty seven home demonstration club meetings are slated in Houston County with Miss Fran Mariette announcing the schedule. Sessions start at two o’clock each day featuring a demonstration on Acpelican Cheese Making and list venues across towns including Selma, Pansey, Cowarts, Dupree, and Jerico with hostesses named for each date.
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Houston County
Fran Mariette
Zeon
LD. Bewell
Big Creek
Howell Branton
Mes
Alma Drew
Bmyrns
W. T. Hastey
Webb
M Medema
Selma
Wade Clark Moodey
Pansey
D. P. McCall
Gordon
Club House
Dupree
Allen Waller
Cowarts
Core Dudley
New Providence
AL. A.well
Harber
Robert Burnham
Memphis
Wyatt Bonds
Center
E. D. McEntyre
Pleasant Plains
Sam Knowles
Hicks-Beulah
Kinsey
0. M. Hughes
Orion Hill
Willie C. Braper
Wickaburg
Malsn Mecrit
Jerico
J. W. Drew
Pilgrim Rest
Plt
Riley
Crosby
A. L. Jordan
Harmon
Latsie Bell Butler
Grangerburg
T. E. Trotter
Taylor
Will Barton
Magnotic
Harper's Joy
Assault To Murder Case Is Postponed
Charges of assault to murder against Freddie Chambers scheduled for a preliminary hearing before Judge J Norton Mullins Jr have been continued. Chambers is charged with slashing Caro Ana Bigham across the stomach during a Cherry street altercation resulting in a severe wound.
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Freddie Chambers
Court of Common Pleas
J. Norton Mullins, Jr
Chambers
Caro- Ana Bigham
Cherry Street
Geneva DAVs Install Officers and Celebrate 1945
At a manual meeting in Geneva the Disabled American Veterans chapter elected officers for 1945 including Commander John W. Davis and Senior Vice Commander Hiram Beckham. The chapter enrolled 278 members for 1945, up from 32 in 1944, won the National Membership Contest, and will receive the National Membership Trophy.
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Geneva
John W. Davis
Hiram Beckham
J. A. Smith
Wiliam E. Harbed
James Earl McGowan
TD A. V
America
First diphtheria case reported in Houston County near Pansey
The county health department records the first diphtheria case for 1645 in Houston County. Health authorities confirm the patient resides near Pansey and note the case is on official records.
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Houston County
Pansey
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
Advertisement urges quick treatment of bronchitis and promises relief with Creomulsion. It claims the syrup loosens and expels germ laden phlegm, soothes inflamed bronchial membranes, and aids recovery with a money back guarantee.
Midland City Flier Grim Experience After Emergency Landing
Technical Sergeant Doyle S. Adams, 33, of Midland City route one, radio operator aboard a Fortress, spent 24 hours in war wreckage after an emergency landing inside Allied lines in Belgium. He returned to Kla Eights Air Force Base aboard a second Fortress after bomb run on Merseburg oil refineries, with one engine out and heavy damage. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Adams, is a welder by trade and has been awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster as a member of the 4th Bomb Group, Third Bombardment Division.
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Belgium
Doyle S. Adams
Midland City
Route One
Kla
Adams’ Fortress
Merseburg
Germany
Adams
Sgt. Adams
Nazi Europe
Meresburg
W. D. Adams
RAF
Ferguson, Oman Construction Co
Nashville
Tenn
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Rogersburg
Byran Funeral Rites To Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Wilks Bry an, 72, of Daleville, who died Monday night in Ozark, will be held Thursday at 7 p m at Providence Church with Rev. Strazia officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He had lived in Dale County all his life. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Virgal Beasly of Ozark, Mrs Elma Moates of Harlington, Texas, and Mrs W F Simmons of Ozark route.
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Wilks Bryan
Daleville
Ozark
Providence Church
Strazia
Dale County
Virgal Beasly
Elma Moates
Harlington
Texas
W. F. Simmons
Farm deferment debate linked to war mobilization plan
The article notes shifts in agricultural deferments under the Selective Service, with Byrnes urging reconsideration of deferment standards for farm workers and proposals to control those physically disqualified from service. President Roosevelt endorses most recommendations, citing large numbers deferred as essential farm workers, and a brief line mentions drill press production timing.
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Fanm
Selective Service
Farm State
Byrnes
Hershey
White House
Jones
Congress
Conatesa
FDR
Davis Nominated To Succeed Deaver
President Roosevelt nominated T Hoyt Davis to be judge for the Middle District of Georgia, succeeding the late Bascom S Deaver. Davis has served as district attorney for the Middle Georgia District since 1883, and was solicitor general of the Cordele Circuit. He was born in Braselton, educated at Perry Rainey Institute and Auburn, and graduated from Mercer University in 1913. He is married with four children. His son T Hoyt Davis Jr. is an FBI agent in Clarkedale Mississippi.
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Washington
T. Hoyt Davis
Roosevelt
Middle District of Georgia
Bascom S Deaver
Davis
Middle Georgia
Cor_ dele
Braselton
Old Perry, Rainey Institute
Auburn
Ala
Mercer University
Macon
Vienna
Hig Son
T. Hoyt Davis, Jr
FBI
Clarkedale
Miss
P. B. Ash
Vienne
Louise Davis
Warner Robins
Maidie Dayla
Wesleyan College
Purchase Of Auto Licenses Lagging In Jackson County 1945
In Marianna 1945 tag sales lag as fewer than 1000 motor licenses have been bought in Jackson County. Tax collector Lee Sims urges motorists to buy tags now for all vehicle types as the county expects about 4500 licenses this year. He cites staff shortages handling tag applications and warns against waiting until the January 15 deadline.
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Marianna
Jackson County
Lee Sims
Sims
Allied forces push in Bastogne bulge amid uncertain German moves
Allied units under Patton press forward along the Bastogne front as German activity stiffens along the Saar and Rhine sectors. American troops reach near Arloncourt while Bastogne remains contested. weather hampers air operations and patrols report mixed German movement eastward.
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Mon'shall
Third
Seventh Army
Saar
Brucken
Rhine
Bitche
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Palatinate
Hires
Sarregue
Magaret
Gerimont
Man
Patton
Bastogne
St. Hubert
Arloncourt
Michamp
Dothan Kiwanis elects officers for coming year
The Dothan Kiwanis Club installed officers for the year led by T. A Shestly as president and P. B. Me. Lauchin as first vice president. J. P. Culver became second vice president with L. J. Thomas Jr as secretary.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
T. A Shestly
P. B. Me. Lauchin
J. P. Culver
L. J. Thomas, Jr
WEA Chief Opposes Byrnes Proposal On Draft Deferments
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones opposed tightening deferment standards for 1.6 million draft-age men in agriculture. War Mobilisation Director James Byres suggested reconsidering these rules to boost armed forces manpower. Military actions described include Bastogne area fighting, Allied advances near Moircy, Monierue, and Gerimont, with Third Army armor fending off counterattacks and air efforts crippling German motor transports and tanks.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
James F. Byres
Congress
Armed Services
Germans Fight a Sly Fluid Battle West of Bastogne
In a wary delaying engagement north and west of Bastogne the Germans pull back to retreat while preserving hit and run pockets. German units slip tanks into cleared stretches, plant mines, and use hidden strongpoints to harass American columns. Aiding officers report a focused machinegun nest near Jenneville and stubborn resistance from high ground west of the road as patrols try to neutralize the threat.
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Lewis Hawkins
U. S. Third Army
Bastogne
Elayed
Richard D. Sutton
Jacksonville
Fla
Moirey
Moiey
Jenneville
Suttion
Neufchateau - Moircy
John P. Gillin
Jenneyille
Leroy Guest
Davenport
Okla
Walter G. Lapointe
Orringon
Guest
Continued from Page One Details on Chairman and WFTL Deal
The report notes no fraud by the Chairman but states his private conference and advice aided deceivers in the owner’s loss. Rep. Miller’s minority report accuses the Commission of rewarding political friends, citing former Chairman Fry aiding Commander Storer to obtain WFTL at half value, with hotel bill gratuities.
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Miller
R.mo
Fly
Comdr
Storer
WFTL
Fry
Bowles defends stamp invalidation to share 1945 supplies
Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the OPA moved to invalidate old food ration stamps to ensure fair distribution of 1945 supplies amid heavy European fighting and rising consumer demand. He noted the change avoided concentrating food shares in a few families and warned meat supplies over the next quarter would drop 10 to 15 percent versus 1944 levels.
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New York
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
American Management Association
Europe
Armored Command Fights Through German Forces to Free Staff
Number 13 in Rome Georgia and Maj Evank M Norfleet of Kimbrough Towers Memphis recount a 36 hour stand against parts of three German divisions. The Seventh Armored Division arrived to support as their CP was overrun and staff captured. A December 22 German patrol attacked. Capt G G Denton radioed for halftracks. A medic reported Lt Col Fred Cummings Jr and most staff held in a basement. Capt George Soumas led tanks to the house and freed them, capturing many German prisoners.
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Number
Rome
Evank M. Norfleet
Kimbrough Towers
Memphis
Tenn
Seventh Armored
G. G. Denton
Northville
Mich
Combat Command
Fred Cummings, Jr
Illiinois
Denton
George Soumas
Perry
Towa
Cummings
Posthumous Silver Star for Pvt Melvin Williams
Posthumous Silver Star presented to Mrs Mery Williams in Dothan on a Sunday afternoon in December. Pvt Melvin Williams, 17 years in the Army and killed February 1, 1944 at age 25, refused to leave his machine gun post, repelled a heavy enemy attack, and inspired his company despite mortal wounds.
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Marus C. Shienberger
Wi. Lam T. Acuett
Camral
Mery Willers
Roe
Dothan
Cab Snallerberger
Melvin Williams
Tox
Bre Williams
Pvt
Wiliams
Wilams
Winter Cold Closes In Across Southern States
Frost and sub-freezing weather gripped North Carolina Georgia Alabama and Tennessee with Asheville 14 Atlanta 21 Birmingham 22 and Memphis 19. The Cumberland River fell flooding concerns eased while the Coldwater River in Mississippi flooded thousands of acres of cotton land near the Arkabutla reservoir and washed out a bridge section rerouting Memphis Mississippi traffic.
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Coldwater
Traffc
Mississippi
Memphis
Keen Heads Marianna Chamber Commerce
Charlton Keen is the new president of Marianna's Chamber of Commerce with A J Cobb named treasurer and a slate of directors including Davis Turner John T Manor Wandeck F T Mackinnon J W Hightower J M Sims L W Watson Madison Moore C Otis Padgett and Mrs Ruth Calhoun Fred Kingly remains secretary until a full time replacement is named as Keen seeks applicants.
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Marrianna
Charlton Keen
Marianna
Chamber of Commerce
Clude
Charles
Fin
John T. Manor
A. J. Cobb
Davis Turner
Wandeck
F. T. MacKinnon
J. W. Hightower
J. M. Sims
A J. Cobb
L. W. Watson
Madison Moore
C. Davis Turner
John T
Common Pleas Court Dithan session ends with guilty plea
In Dothan this week the Common Pleas Court held a short criminal session with Judge J Norton Mullins Jr presiding. One plea of guilty to public drunkenness was imposed a five dollar fine plus costs. Several cases were continued due to absent witnesses. Odd greetings note follows.
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Dothan
Court of Common Pleas
J. Norton Mullins, Jr
Stolen Automobile Identified Here In Georgia theft case
A stolen car traced to Barwick and Columbia was identified by authorities. Two men fled the scene after being spotted. loot including shotgun and jewelry was recovered near Eufaula. Sheriff Dixon aided in the investigation with help from Alabama authorities and state troopers.
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Columbia
C. W
Shilves
Barwick
Abbey
Retailers Informed on Stamp Deposit Deadlines
Retailers must deposit all invalid ration food stamps by January 26, with banks allowed until February 5 to present ration evidence. Houston County Price and Rationing Board urged proper handling of stamps on gum sheets to ensure acceptance and prevent misuse.
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Houston County
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Dothan Deug Co
Midland City Flier
Byran
the Wagon Wheel
American Legion Homes
Oates
Chancrets
Vulcan
Deaver
Bulge
von Rundstedt
St. Vith
Salient
Monahan
Bastogne Street
C. M. Ling
Whit King
Arthur Willems
A B. Blount
Fred Moseley
H. E K. Martix
Co. L. Collins
B. Blount
Maude Baughmen
J. L Bracewell
Harry Cannon
T. G. Hogler
John Hubbard
L. Z. Thomas, Jr
L. J.thomas
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Arthur Willams
J. L. Vaughn
W.R. Jordan
BH. A. Hicks
Alex Whidden
Bruce Flurry
Arthur Williams
Solomon Baxter
Mortis Burnett
J. W. Cooke
Jim Wilson
C. H. Poltevist
T. J. Whatley
A. B. Blount
Clyde Coe
W. B. Ellard
Jim Bottoms
G. N. Shoop
T. G. Hagler
Kiwanis
Sam Reeves
W. Johnson
W. V. Sullivan
Raymond Spann
J. F. Culver
T. A. Shealy
P. 8. McLauchlin
J.L. Vaughn
Joe Wilson
K. Shealy
L. J. Thomas
Sr. Chailrman
W. H. Pettus
Frank Pridgen
A D. Wilkerson
J. C. Calhoun
Myer Blumberg
L. J. Thomas, Sr
C. L. Collins
J. L. Bracewell
Lee Shugerman
T. T. Skeen
J. Woodfin Parkman
Bruce Fivrty
Michael Finnerga
Montgomery
Harry Anderson
WEA
Longvilly
Manche-St. Etienne
Bastogne Marche
de Valets
Monnerue
Moircy
U. S
Erich Gumpel Ueft
William Curtis Colepaugh
FR 26
England
NEA Tele
New Orleans
Dee
Williams
Farge One
Keen
Marianna Chamber Commerce
Common Pleas Court
Argentina
Aritifoen
Fauja
Dixon
Teller
Akio
Buckley
Harrison
Southside Granite Co
Coy E
Browser Jack King
J.B. Davis
Sinclair Bering Yee
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Ireland
Bostlert
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