December Building Shows Decline Here
Balding pou tcasted during December shy dos aiap diny over the month thar the cost int ulsed was tccederably high er accord'ng to bine Chief J Copter WG wad today That a tite of Uree usliding peramis was de sued last manseuvered Wn eight to November During Deverautr only teo tr par parsite aus ies.ed the es timated cost of 'a¢ work was fixed at 8900 for Sota permits whe buildins petouls Tur ihe same Pe pod ales tot o 34604 eoa.psrec with 1415 for November In November there were Ove re vale garoing tained the amount of Deerpare ¢atimated at 71475
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Peramis
Eoa
Psrec
Re Vale Garoing
Two Negroes Accused in Central City Burglary
Sheriff deputies reported two Black men charged in a Central City burglary case. A warrant named Qdask and alleged the pair entered a home as trespassers and stole items from the dwelling. None of the reported articles were recovered. the men remained in county jail.
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Humte
Coleg E
Qdask
Air Raid Blitz Across Kiel and Muenster by Allied Forces
Allied bombers and escorts struck Kiel and Muenster in a major raid, dropping heavy explosives and incendiaries. The mission covered over 1000 miles for American bombers with German fighters engaging. several enemy aircraft were downed while Allied losses were minimal. British and American medium bombers persisted along the invasion coast, with dawn sorties by Marauders and Typhoons. London faced a 32 minute raid alarm as German planes mounted a limited night offensive.
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Ang Liberato
Istgetay
France
Fr Lessen
Cract
East
Vala
U. 3
Germany
Kiel
Muenster
Muenstern
Kie
Luetzow
Getelsenau
Foyiry Fortiases
Libertors
Brita An
London
War morale and labor debate cited in wartime editorial
An editorial notes strike threats affected the war effort by lowering morale and disrupting material support. It urges restoring the no strike pledge and strengthening the war program including economic stabilization. Separate notice: Houston County white school principals will meet Monday at five in the superintendent's office, Solomon Baxter announced.
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Frealden
Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Tolay
Philadelphia union protests use of Negro labor
In Philadelphia the Tiulicy Workers defied a call to restrict black workers as the Philadelphia Transportation Company faces union objections. The article notes the union claims compliance would breach their contract and provoke strikes while company officials offer limited security to maintain operations.
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Philadelphla
West
PTC
Company
Officals
Protests Over Drafting Railroad Workers
Washington AP reports Interstate Commerce Commissioner Venroe Johnson testified before a Senate inquiry protesting the drafting of railroad workers. He warned that the armed forces must keep railroads running at high speed to avert a transportation calamity and suggested a strike would be a military catastrophe beyond expression. Johnson described a strike as potentially worse than treason if it crippled rail service.
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Washington
Venroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce
Johnson
Reed
Yohnson
Poland and Poland Russia diplomacy eyed by United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull indicated Washington might seek a Polish Russian diplomatic accord as Stacie Jan Mikolajczyk, premier of the Polish government in exile, travels from London to discuss Polish related issues. The Polish nation awaits assurances that justice and relief will come through the nations' handling of Europe.
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London
New York
Europe
Poland
Cordell Hull
Washington
United States
Rus ‘Ia
Stacie Jan Mikolajcy2yk
Snoilly
Fire damages Abbeville dry cleaning plant and store
A fire at a dry cleaning plant caused extensive damage and briefly endangered nearby buildings. The one story structure was wrecked and contents destroyed. Firefighters prevented spread. the owners C J Nordan and R J Nordan reported the loss and damage figure remains undetermined.
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Abbeville
C . J. Nordan
R. J. Nordan
Allied landings in New Guinea divert Japanese forces
The report from General MacArthur's headquarters details successful landings near Avawe and Cape Gloucester, highlighting seamless coordination among Navy Army and air forces. Australian advances over Huon Peninsula pushed toward Saidor as Raidor beachhead solidified and Japanese coastal supply routes disrupted.
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Ontlay Fron
MacArthur
Barton
Cape Gloucester
Huon Peninsula
Saidor
New Guinea
Peninnouth
Saider
Upper Jaw
Raidor
New Briain
Taldis
War action over Yugoslavia with Mitchell aces heavy rail targets
War-weary Bulgaria American Mitchell aced five hits on railway yards and a station at Doboj and hit two troop concentrations at Travnik near Sarajevo. Allied planes destroyed two enemy aircraft, with Lightning fighters downing a Rainkel-111 and a Gothe-242 glider tow plane. Maj Harry L. Smith led the squadron as flak burst around the glider and its tow.
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Doboj
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Travnik
Dupultas
Jerry
Harry L. Smith
Denton Road
Bethesda
Skinner
Claude A. Skinner
Pinahill
Ala
Smith
Boker
Doboi
Soviet Offensives Shift War’s Tide on Front Lines
In a high stakes update, Soviet forces push near Belaya Tserkov Nikopol and Kherson while Von Mannstein’s flanks show weakness. Vatulin drives to encircle and exploit German lines along the Dnieper as Nevel north action gains strategic footholds for future drives. The battlefront rises in intensity with potential decisive impact on the war’s northern theater.
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von Mannsten
Vatulin
Nouth
Belaya Tserkov
Nikopol
Smela
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
von Mannstein
Pliskov
Vinnista
Red Army
Dnieper Ans
Nigopol
Kherson
Alabama Senatorial Campaign Bid in war effort
Statement announcing James A. Simpson selecting campaign managers for the U S Senate bid with Harry Hall of Dothan named as campaign manager Hall praised for integrity and service in journalism teaching and war relief drives Simpson and Hall emphasize a clean democratic fight against federal bureaucracy and centralized power Hall’s leave of absence from The Eagle to manage the campaign is approved as part of a vigorous fair and clean effort in Alabama politics
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Simpson
Harry Hall
Dothan
Ax Ha
Trahan Eagle
Hary Mall
Arma
Washington
the Eagle
Horace Hall
The
Eagle
Mpalin
James A. Smpaon
Simpaon
Prohibition debate as war measures loom in legislature
Dr George W Crabbe general superintendent says a presidential order could enforce national prohibition during the war. A House Judiciary Subcommittee will hear Bryson's bill outlawing beverages with more than half a percent alcohol during the war. Critics question statutory power while Cochran Wickersham and Ploeser oppose the effort noting War Department objections and authority limits.
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George W. Crabbe
League
Representative Bryson
DSC
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Bryson
Crabbe
Cochran
PD -Mo
Wickersham
D.-Okla
Ploesser
R-Mo
Jos Uryson
War and Navy Department
Ploeser
Board Changes Outline Incomplete List Of Officers
Number 16 continued from page one lists vice president T A Shealy and no second vice president. John Hubbard is succeeded as attendance chairman by Barry Cannon. The secretary treasurer is matched with a new board including C L Collins Solomon Baxter G N Snoop Fred Moseley Jy Cannon and J P Culver J A D Wilkerson is listed as a visitor.
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T A. Shealy
Phillip McLaughlin
John Hubbard
Barry Cannon
C. L. Collins
Solomon Baxter
G. N. Snoop
Fred Moseley
Jy Cannon
J. P. Culver
J. A.D. Wilkerson
Congress Debates Tax Law Revisions Amid Dispute
Former figures named Waleh and Georges push for fair amendments while Finance Committee reports back. Minority charges cited but not answered by Chairman, as floor debate looms. Rep Knutson seeks to strip Treasury Secretary Morgenthau of all tax policing authority in a broad challenge to enforcement.
Lt Gen Leese Heads South Army In Italy
Allied dispatches report Lt Gen Leese named head of the British Eighth Army in Italy, succeeding Gen Sir Barseré L. Meargesery. He led forces from El Alamein in Egypt to Tunisia that pushed Germans from North Africa. Montgomery shifts to London as commander of British ground forces under Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower. A Canadian front dispatch notes Leese already in command in the field.
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Bir Olives
Eighth Army
Italy
Barseré L. Meargesery
Lease
Arexy
Alamo
Egypt
Tumis
Xnorts Africa
Montgomary
Lomdioa
Dwight D. Zinenhower
New Wrassens of Europe
Leese
Post War Planning Committees Named
Arthur Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce announces the post war planning committee for the Wiregrans area with district chairs in Headland Cortes Geneva Houston and Dale counties. The committee aims to shape agriculture driven postwar development and prepare civilian life for returning soldiers, with further appointments pending.
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Johnny Dougnoy
The
Nations Post
Gib Boloman
Headland
John Henry Gingleton
Cortes County
Sim Johnson, Jr
Geneva County
J. H. Bryan
Houston County
JT. M. Semmes
Dale County
Dothan and Houston County
J. Bee Bryson
Beatty Whiddoo
Cochairman
Clyfe Lovern
Charlee Newton
E R. Porter
John Cannon
A. D. Carmichael
van Ritch
J. E. Hathcock
Herman Blumberg
Clarence Bailey
VC. Lokey
G. ¥. Malone
Jim Spann
W. L. Hana
Glenn Newton
Tonton Warren
W. D. Malone
E A Flowera
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
FDR Reopens Rail Board For Wage Claim Review
President Roosevelt ordered the reconvening of the emergency board led by Judge Elwyn R. Shaw to consider wage claims of 1,100,000 non-operating railroad workers. The board will decide add on pay either for or instead of overtime, after previous recommendations on 4 to 10 cent scale increases. The decision deadline is 30 days from the date of the order, with results taking effect 16 days after filing unless directed otherwise by the Economic Stabilization Director.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elwyn R. Shaw
Springfield
Tit
White House
President Roosevalt Plans Message to Congress
President Roosevalt, recovering from the grippe, is well enough to begin work on his annual message to Congress to be delivered Tuesday. He had no appointments and remained in his bedroom to work, as a gentle breeze stirred by a draft in flight causes a small avalanche-like sensation in the Swiss Alps.
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Washington
Roosevalt
Congress
Food Officials Turn Down Pork Holiday
Washington reports food officials reject a proposed pork holiday amid rationing fears. The administration and farm groups voiced concerns about supply and distribution, prompting talks to seek a substitute plan allowing farmers to slaughter surplus hogs briefly.
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Washington
Tha Ratweiny Ag
Sebenhiad
Fittaa
OPA
WPA
Scout Roundtable To Seat Officers
Scout Roundtable to seat new officers Monday night at its roundtable. Benner announces annual Council meeting February 7 in Geer at the community house with officers and merit badge recipients to be installed. Major Harmer Denny Jr of Maxwell Field will be guest speaker. county prize for best reorientation and travel distance.
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A. W. Banner
Benner
Geer
Offier
Covingtes County
Elsot
Harmer Denny, Jr
Maxwell Field
Deny
Forme
New England States
America
Houston 4-H Boys Plant Seedlings in 1944 Forestry Drive
Houston County 4-H boys plan a forestry project as they order 11.00 alash pine seedlings to begin their 1944 program under assistant county agent H. H. Creel. Other youths will plant oak seedlings in smoke lots across the county. Recipients and acreages include Thadeus Pennington one acre Edison David one acre Campbellton Florida. Geth el Skinner one acre Graceville Florida. Julian Murrel one acre Cottonwood. Gene Clark one acre Graceville Florida. Kues David two acres Campbellton, Florida. John Marcus Mantin three acres Dothan.
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Houston County
H. H. Creel
Creel
Thadeus Pennington
Madrie
Edison David
Campbellton
Fla
Gethel Skinner
Nazis Hold Brother Of Dothan Woman
Mrs Ed Whatley of Dothan received a War Department notice that her brother Sgt Frank M. Barnhill is a prisoner of war in Germany. Barnhill, a tail gunner, wrote that his plane was shot down over Germany and the crew bailed out without fatalities. He joined the Army last September and was reported missing in action August 27.
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Ed Whetley
Dothan
Frank M. Barnhill
Whatley
War Department
Barnhil
Plang
Germany
Red Cross
Harnhill
Army
Headland Brothers Meet In England War Time Reunion
Two Headland brothers stationed in England, Sgt L J Herd and Cpl Curtis Hardy, recently met in a barber shop near a local town. Hardy has been abroad since December 1947 and is based nearby. both plan to meet often. Their mother Mrs G J Hardy shares pride in the sons and their reunion.
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Headland
Sgt
L J. Herd
England
Cpl
Curtis Hardy
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