Prisoner of War Notice for Earle H Barber
Technical Sergeant Eurie H Barber reported rising in action over Yugoslavia in October is now a German prisoner of war. War Department notified his mother Mrs. John C Barber at 18 West Main. Barber, an engineer gunner on a BAT Flying Fortress, had flown one bombardment mission to Vienna when reported missing and later captured. He enlisted September 22 1939 after Dothan High School graduation and had been in Italy since February. He previously served as grand crew chief with the dying crew of the Fortress and earned the Distinguished Unit Citation with his unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurie H Barber
Yugoslavia
Yody
War Department
John C. Barber
W. Main Suez
Barber
Vienna
Austria
International Red Cross
Army
Dothan High School
Italy
Fortreaz
McDonald Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Italy
Sergeant Walter C. McDonald, son of John B. McDonald of Chancellor route one, was promoted to Staff Sergeant. He serves in the Public Relations Section of the Fifth Army in Italy and acts as a squad leader with the Powder River Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Collins
Robert Milton Collin
Dothan
Fifth Army
Italy
Blue Devil
Skipper Receives Two U. S. Awards
Chief Commissary Steward Frank A. Skipper U S N native of Abbeville has been awarded the Commendation Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation for valiant duty aboard a United States submarine during hazardous undersea patrols after Pearl Harbor. He has served 14 years as a submarine man and saw action at Tarawa Bougainville Guadalcanal and in Pacific waters near Japan. His Navy and Marine Corps Medal was awarded by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. His wife Annaes and three children reside in Los Gatos California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Skipper
Abbeville
United State
Pearl Harbor
Eleventh Naval District
San Diego
Calif
Skipper
William K. Skipper
Newville
Navy
Tarawa
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Douglas Missing Private Durwood Douglas In France
Private 1st class Fred Durwood Douglas of Headland is reported missing in action in France since November 27. The War Department notified his parents Mr and Mrs L A Douglas last week. He has been overseas since July 1944 and served in the 95th Division.
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Douglas
Fred Durwood Douglas
Headland
France
War Department
Irs
L. A. Douglas
95Th
Birth notices list numerous December and January newborns
The column records multiple births with parents and locations across Dothan Headland Newton and surrounding areas. Names include Zenon Foy, Durwood Winston Jr, Chevyl Anna, William Charles, Judy DeJores, Jan Carol, Pearl Frances, Nancy Catherine, Lawrence Durward, John Edwin, June Elaine, Donald, and more. Each entry cites dates in December or January and parent names such as Mr. and Mrs. Mor timer Hermison and Dr. and Mrs. W D Newberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Mortimer Hermson
Catblpe Street
Dothan
Zenon Foy
God
Durmad. Winmico Greggs
Headland
Durwood Winston, Jr
Paul T. Holand
Chevyl Anna
Tonon Stott
Birl W. L. Naugie, Jr
Ned McGowan
William Chartes
Phvene
George T. Dixon
Judy de Jores
Curtis Mixon
Gordon
Jan Carol
FR. H. Hanners
Newton
Mary Jim
Addis Deese
Cottonwood
W. 2
L. E. Parker
Pearl Frances
Charles Willingham
Ruth Cottons
Washington, D. C
Nancy Catherine
W. D. Newberry
Marianna
Lawrence Durward
Corporal
Grady Tew
John Edwin
Birs. W. L. Smith
June Elaine
William C. Zorn
Donald
Nathan Creenberg
Broxton At Miami First Lieutenant Returns For Reassignment
First Lieutenant Howell J. Broxton of 107 South Alice Street arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station Two in Miami Beach for reassignment after over seas duty. He flew 54 missions as a P-47 pilot in the European Theater, earning the DFC Air Medal with three clusters and a Purple Heart. His wife Elsie Margaret lives in Dothan and his mother Addie Mae Broxton in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broxton
Miami
Howell J. Broxton
South
Alice Street
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
United States
Quartermaster Corps
Dothan
RAF
Snell Wounded Corporal Snell Wounded in Europe Action
Corporal Morris E. Snell son of Mrs Mary M Snell of Dathan route one has been wounded in action while serving in the European theater the War Department announced today.
Three Wiregrass Soldiers Wounded in Action
First Lieutenant James J. Park, Corporal Hilliard C. Cherry, and Private First Class Johnnie E. Han were wounded in action, with Park in the Centre Pacific area and Cherry and Han in the European area, the War Department announced Monday. Park is married to Dorothy 5. Park of 300 Woodland Drive Do then, Cherry is son of Esme Cherry of Hartford, and Han is husband of Mary Kendolph of Columbia Route Two.
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James J. Park
Dorothy 5
Park
Woodland Drive
Dothen
Hilliard C. Cherry
Esme Cherry
Hartford
Johnnie E. Han
Golph
Mary Kendolph
Columbia
War Department
Idevt Perk
Centre Pacific
Corporal Cherry
Dothan Soldiers Reported Killed and Serving in France
Navy announcement lists Robert J. Smith, first class, son of Early Smith of 909 East Burrdshaw Street, killed in action. Allen G. Turner, technician third grade, serves with U. S. Army engineers in France. Henry S. Bennett of 204 Hering Street earns silver wings as second lieutenant from Pecos Army Air Field. Also notes auto industry producing war goods at ten billion dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Smith
U. S. Naval Reserve
Early Smith
Burrdshaw Street
Navy Department
Deaths and Promoted Officers in World War II
Obituaries list several deaths including Wilks Bryen 72 of Daleville and Joseph Edward Helms 40 of Dothan along with other names and ages from Ozark Columbus Ga and Dothan. Aviation Cadet Hughie G McCall of Columbus Ga former Ozark resident promoted to second lieutenant and awarded silver wings. details cover training at Kirkland Field Kingman RAF gunnery school and prior rail work. Robert Collins of Dothan promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant with the 68th Blue Devil Division in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilks Bryen
Daleville
Stella Mae Cummings
Columbus
Hetderson Looney Holmar
Ari Ton
J. Brown
West Powell Street
Dothan
Ccall
Hughie G. McCall
Linwood Boulevard
Ozark
Kirkland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Ozark High School
State Teachers College
Troy
Kirtland Field
McCall
Kingman
Ariz
RAF
O. H. McCall
Helen B. Strickland
Savannah
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Family Responsibility
Miss Dix counsels a 16 year old and two adults in noisy domestic ethics. She urges gratitude to affluent guardians, warns against drunken parents, and envisions using education to gain independence and respect. The mother of four seeks balance between chores and personal recreation while neighbors judge.
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Dorothy Dix
Mother marks should leisure for mothers and families
An advice column urges that mothers deserve recreation away from home to improve wife and mother roles, urging readers to ignore neighbors and seek personal time. The column argues time out reduces family distress and benefits the household overall. Separately, reports note two British servicemen accredited for flying at 725 mph, and a British submarine torpedo strike damages part of Monte Carlo casino after torpedoes miss an Axis ship.
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Monte Carlo Casino
Egg Nog Instructions Sent to War Prisoners
War era notes reveal instructions for making egg nogs custards and welsh rarebits to be sent with ingredients to American prisoners of war held in enemy countries. Packages are organized by the American Red Cross and meals prepared by Miss Jane Spidella of the Army Medical School.
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American Red Cross
Jane Spidella
Army Medical School
Lily trees of the southwest desert misnamed as lilies
A passage notes Joshua trees in the southwest are not trees but lilies in form. It recounts one specimen with a trunk three feet in diameter cut down and an estimate places its age at about 700 years.
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Desert
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Bens Pues
By Williams
ADE
Pais
the Service Men’s News Digest
Mes
Earle H. Barber
U. S
DR. Wallace. Bassett
Dallas, Texas
Baptist Hour
Alabama
WBRC
Birmingham
WSFA
Montgomery
WSB
Atlaata
Baptist Hour Choir
John D. Hoffman
M. HB. Dodd
W. A. Criswell
Jesus
H. L. Tully
T. W. Wilson
Singer
Headland Avenue Baptist Church
Collins
Miss Dix
Joan
Alain
Shadyside
Ind Junior
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Trading Post
Dethaa Exsie
Najves
Smaite
Kinsey
Grice Fy
Old Way
James J. Henry Rogers
Conenwood
Howie
Bodgesville
L. J. Brannon
Graceville
Allis-Chalmers
E. B. Smith
Bartford
Slocomb
Covington Planters
John Deere
E. C. Enfinger
Startford
Claudia Harper
Harper’s Church
iFee
New Wey
Hartford-Vicksburg
I. Sorrells
Geneva
Ala
C. J. Sammons
Route
Wilburn Bagwell
Ridley
Enterprise Road
Billy Parker
Taylor Road
Corm
C. B. Campbell
Tabernacle Church
A. H. Snellgrove
Newton Ala
John P. Loti
Campbellton
W. C
Son
M L. Thomas
Henry Chapman
Old Grimes Road
Joe Clemmons
Kinsey Road
John Brown
Call
M. L. Oakley
Dothan-Marianna
REA Power Lines
J. E. Adams
J. Willie Varnum
Harper's Church
C. C. Jordan
Ashford
J. C. Evans
Cordell Parker
Doc Stephenson
J. T. Kirkland
Alana
City
Murphy's
L. C. Causey
Malvern
Jewell Saunders
Theo Ray
Cotton Wood
Ge Ee
W. M. Key
Webb
Sloan
Fla
Greenwood Products
Pany
Malone
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