Weather Seen As Big Factor in Vote Turnout
Three of the four candidates for the unexpired term of the late Congressman Henry B. Steagall in the Third District were canvassing Jal Democratic primary efforts. Lt. George Andrews of the Navy relied on friends to carry his race. Warmer weather predicted for tomorrow led observers to expect navy votes, though turnout was not expected to match peacetime levels. Other candidates include J. Hubert Farmer.
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Henry B. Steagall
Tomerson
George Andrews
Ima
Andrews
J. Hubert Farmer
Martin To Address Dothan Chamber Banquet Thursday
Martin to address the Dothan Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Foust en Hotel Thursday night as new board members are installed. Notables from Georgia and Alabama will attend. T. W. Martin of Alabama Power will be main speaker. Reservations are slipping. nonmember rate is 1.50.
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Enterprise
Ozark
Genea
Headland
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
Fousten Hotel
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Mahatma
W. A. Steadman
Southern Beil ‘Telephone
Birmingham
Frank Rushton
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Foster
John M. Ward
Alabama Chamber of Commere
J. B. Converte
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Paul Fuller
Montgomery Chamber Commerce
Marion J. Wine
Wea
Savannah
Cel L
Spooner
Camp Rucker
James L. Daniela, Jr
Napier Field
Griner
88Th Son
R. C. Joiner
Cale ‘ Iity
OPA
World War II Fronts Complicate Allied Push Across Europe
Mixed reports from the Front describe Soviet advances within 15 miles of Bugriv e and pressure on Vinnit while German controls hamper communications to Dabevar. In Poland, Sarny and Smela are contested as Romanians move on Folia. In Italy, Fifth Army stalls at Cassino as Allied forces push toward Rome amid heavy resistance. Pacific theater sees slowed progress along the north coast amid winter conditions.
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Russta—Vatutin
Bugrive
Nul
Vinnit
Dabevar
Sarny
Poland
Smela Gap
S Bay
Odeme Marewa
Italy
Fifth Army
Mtenvive
Cassino
White Alber
Rome
Folia
de Antonrecu
Basenraian
Pacific
Wilter
New
Mobcow
Red Army
Ukraine
Carman
Barny
Old Poland
Odessa Warsaw
Surny
Wilno Ravne
Garmana
Roy
Breet Citovek
Oden - Warsaw
Zhorniache
Russie
Roosevelt bars Congress members from active military service
President Roosevelt directed War and Navy secretaries that members of Congress may not serve in active armed forces. Attorney General Biddle advised constitutional prohibition applies, alongside the need to maintain a strong Congress during total war. Two Congressmen were affected: Rep. Albert Gore Jr. and Rep. Andrew Jackson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Stimgon
Gore
Tannersee
Representative Jackson
Fort McClellan
Ala
ICC Reports Railway Accidents Increasing
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged rail carriers to enforce operating rules and install safety measures promptly as war-time conditions stress safety. The report for the year ended June 30, 1943, notes 200 ACCs in the first half, up 72 percent from 1942, with 2,349 killed and 28,857 injured, while train accidents due to equipment defects rose 36 percent.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
TCC
Congress
Stem Railway
ICC Theta
Mogil Wemce
Nazis Say Ciano Condemned To Die At Treason Trial
London reports say Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini son in law and Italian foreign minister, was condemned to death at a Nazi backed treason trial. Only six of nineteen defendants remained in custody as the rest escaped. trials location and evidence details remained unclear amid conflicting Swiss and Berlin dispatches.
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London
Galeazzo Cigno
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Germany
DNB
Grand Council
Mussolini
Tullio Ciznetti
Ciano
Edda Musgolini
Lee
Berlin
Verona
Ciano'a
Waldt Wan
Raporta
Verone
Cremona
Wainst
Mursolini
Brewer's Grandson Indicted On Draft Evasion Plot
New York AP reports 87 year old Gert Hana von Gontard, tied to Adolphus Busch by Federal officials, plus four others, indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to evade selective service. Co defendants include John Edward Wilson, Arnold Hotachnecker, Vrensis X Grettano, and Michael Mangano, linked to a draft board and a Brooklyn firm.
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NEW York
Gert Hana von Gontard
Adolphus Busch
Louis Brewer
von Gontard
Aeryne
George Grant
John Edward Wilson
Chark
Draft Board 30
Arnold Aston Hotachnecker
Army
Vrensis X Grettano
New Yor City
Michael Méngano
G. M. Uniform Company of
Breeklyn
Early Action Sought On Soldier Vote In Alabama
Alabama American Legionnaires urged Gov Chauncey Sparks to convene a special session to amend laws to allow service personnel who are otherwise qualified to vote. Sparks indicated support, citing a federal action window and a 20 day absentee ballot return limit. A preliminary meeting set next steps.
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National Congress
Alabama
Department
FDR to deliver shortened annual Congress message by broadcast
President Roosevelt plans to end his in person address to Congress and transmit the annual message by noon tomorrow due to illness concerns. He will then give a short national broadcast tomorrow night, following a late afternoon meeting with Congressional leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Speasker Rayburn
Senate
Barkley
House
McCormack
White House
Barry
Ross T. McIntire
Stars of the Union
Dothan
Nazi Propaganda Also Has Setback
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider a decision about Negro workers and union representation. The case involved 45 porters at St Paul Union Depot who were excluded from a union because they were Black and sought another union to represent them. The action preserved a ruling by the National Mediation Board.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Bulledge
Wee
United States Court of Appeals
Distriot of Columbia
St. Paul (Minn
Americans Setting Pace In New Field
AP dispatches describe German propaganda retreat across Europa after Nazi reverses. Reports from Pariser Zeitung and others note rising pro Allied tone in propaganda hubs, with Sweden and Switzerland showing similar shifts. Portuguese theaters and book stalls are flooded with English and American media as Americans gain edge. Turn to No. 32 on Page 2.
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Lisbon
Adolf Hitler
Europa
United Nations
Pariser Zeitung
Lin Bon
Sweden
Switzerland
al Kinda
Diapach
Fast Talking Doughboy Captures 19 Nazi Soldiers
Pvt Billy Miller of Peoria US forces on the Italian front used wit and nerve to trap a German platoon in a San Vittore cave. Surrounded during a night attack, Miller and a wounded comrade were held by 18 Germans who boasted of taking him to a camp. Miller taunted them with escape plans and pressed to survive until reinforcements arrived.
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Kenneth 1. Dixon
AEF
Pvt Bliy Miller
Peoria
Hem
No Man
Lanrt
Miller
San Vittore Arcs
Primuer
Billy
Nia Matye
Hie ‘Pty Ling
Marines Renew Drive To Clear Bergen Bay Area
Allied bombers dropped 68 tons of explosives on enemy positions as United States Marines renewed the push to clear the Bergen Bay area near Cape Gloucester in northwestern New Britain. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique said ground fighting was resumed after a lull and that Marines reached Hill 640 in an advance of about one and three quarters miles.
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New Guinea
New Britain
United States
Uta Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Douglas MacArthur
Pega 2
Congress Receives Legion Sponsored Vet Reform Plan
A bipartisan Senate and House group unveiled a Legion backed program offering demobilization pay scales from 18 months of service to under three months, doubled unemployment credits, education allowances, and broad federal aid for veteran home building. It designates the Veterans Bureau as a key agency for hospital work and welfare services, with rehabilitation centered in the Veterans Administration.
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Washington
American Legion
Conpieag
Senate
House
Legin
G. T. Joe
G. I. Jones
Veterans’ Bureau
War and Navy Departments
Veterans Bureau
Aerite
Veterans Administration
Berliners Report 45000 Missing Workers in Bombed City
Stockholm based Handelr-Oche Brie fartatilning wald reports Berlin's war impact with 45000 workers missing either as casualties or fugitives from the city. It cites German sources and says another 420000 Berlin workers are unemployed due to plant and factory destruction, about 100000 moved to other cities.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Gonteberg
Handelr-Oche Briefartatilning Wald
Draft Curb Shows Little Effect Here
A recent Selective Service order from Washington offering limited relief to Houston County fathers did not affect agricultural workers. Houston County boards reported minimal impact on registrants and noted the measure mainly hit other groups, with few exemptions granted.
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National Headquartarg
Washington
Houston County
Fifth Army advances near Cassino in Italian campaign
Allied dispatch from Cassino reports Fifth Army forces pushing through the defense belt northeast of Cassino, crossing the Pecora River bridgehead and seizing Catene Vecchio peak. British troops hold a Pecora bridgehead as Mount Maggiore and Mount Chisia areas are secured in prep for a direct assault on Cassino.
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Joseph F. Dynan
Algiers
Fifth Army
Cassino
Hinlh
Pecela
Mount Malo
Catene Vecchio
Fallen San Vitto
Sofia Bombed by Heavy Allied Fortresses in Bulgaria
Allied headquarters in Algiers report a large force of American Flying Fortresses bombed Sofia today at noon, marking the fifth heavy bomber raid in two months on the German held capital. The raid followed yesterday’s Pola base attack. Sofia serves as a center for German troop and supply movements in Yugoslavia Bulgaria and nearby areas.
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Algiers
Sofia
Bulgaria
Yatterday
Port End
Pola
Adriatic
Soflaam Rat
Yugoslavia
Flumanta
Pole
Yaroslav
15Th Air Force
Refugees clog Romanian roads as troops move in
Premier Antonescu ordered the governor of Bessarabia to clear refugees from all roads and railways into Romania to speed troop movements. The move followed a sharp complaint from German minister von Killinger who warned of strict measures if delays persisted amid the Russian advance on the Romanian border.
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Istanbul
Ton Antonescu
Rumanian
Bessarabia
Rumania
Antonescu
Germay
Barom Manfred von Killinger
von Killinger
Swedes Hint Ouster of Von Mannstein
Stockholm AP report cites private Swedish informant claiming General Fritz von Mannstein sent home in civilian clothes from Vienna on January 2 signaling loss of command on the southern front in Russia. Rumors had floated about a dispute with Hitler. no confirmation yet.
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Stockholm
Aftontieningen
Arama
Fritz von Mannstein
Vienna
Russie
von Mannateln Het
Adolf Hitler
Aftentidaingen
Ram
Karl Ru
Gerd von Rundstedt
France
Red Army Pushes Across Ukraine In Major Offensive
Soviet forces advance on multiple axes across Ukraine threatening rail hubs and key junctions. Russian offensives near Odesa and along the Dnieper push toward Berestovka and Shepetovka while German lines face counterattacks and growing losses.
Board of Revenue Meeting Postponed
The January county Board of Revenue meeting scheduled for today was postponed until Friday due to the death of board member LKE Doc Bowwell's sister, Mrs MM Hourden, of Geneva County. All four members were present. they voted to continue Friday after learning of the death. Hourden died Saturday at her Geneva County home. funeral services were arranged for the afternoon.
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County Board of Revenue
L KE
Doc
New Policeman Added To Force In City
Police Chief J. E. Craugham announced another patrolman joined the force, bringing total to seven percent. Cherry was placed on duty with an officer stationed at the bus terminal day and night, highlighting greater need for nighttime coverage than daytime.
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J. E. Craugham
Lefn Cherry
Cherry
Five Men Die in Dormitory Fire at Shipyard Camp
Richmond California residents report a fatal dormitory fire at a shipyard workers complex. Five men died and seven were injured as the blaze destroyed the dormitory. Police and fire units searched for other occupants and recovered a guard's pistol shot by a guard who fired to quell the panic.
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Richmond
Calf
James Arbechle
Meg
Arbackia
Swalon
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Dothan Chamber
NEA Telephoto
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U.S
New Field
BY Wade Weener
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5Th Army
von Mannstein
Blockholm
Polonnos
Inuida
Board of Revenue
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