Byrd Decorated by FDR for Pacific Navy Mission
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, retired, was decorated by President Roosevelt at the White House for leading a special Navy mission to the Pacific from August 37 to December 5, 163. The award honors his leadership, courage, and ability in uniting civilian, Army, and Navy experts to support national defense during the mission.
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Washington
API
Richard E Byrd
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Mert
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White House
Byrd
Naval
United States Fleet
United States
Important Mission Seen For Spellman
London dispatch from AP notes that Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York was reportedly entrusted by Pope Pius XII with an important mission linked to future peace talks. Vatican remarks suggested he might be considered papal Secretary of State pro tempore, a claim denied by a Vatican official.
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London
Morocco
Francis J. Spellman
New York
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Rome
Vatican
Spellman
Presidents and tax rules before Roosevelt era
The article notes that prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. presidents were not required to pay income tax on salaries. It discusses a historical practice and a quirky note about tea drinking involving saucers and cups, explaining an old method of cooling tea by pouring from cup to saucer.
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Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Basketball Teams Clash In Loop Games
In midweek action loop play featured Dothin beating Ashford 32-17 and Columbia routing Vicksburg 31-6. Webb defeated Ashford’s juniors as Wade led Webb with 7 points and Culbreth added nine for Ashford.
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Nclnet
Lovins Tigers
City
Newton
Wemung
Witkstorg Perturys
Renabeus
Pare Ashford
Newt Fun-Bai
Dothin
Ashford
Suscamb
Coit Nound
Columbia
Vicksburg
Furvor
Webb
Ashforn
Junuors
Wade
Savors
Culbreth
German Radio Deception Hits Allied Unity
The BBC disclosed that German radio stations masquerading as the BBC spliced fake broadcasts into proper signals. The phony news praised Field Marshal Montgomery and slurred American troops, aiming to disrupt Allied coordination and miscredit the German drive's halt.
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London
BBC
Belgium
Montgomery
British Broadcasting Company
United States
Germany
Ray's Credentials Withdrawn By SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Paris today canceled the accreditation of Cyril Ray, British Broadcasting Company correspondent with the Allied forces, for an uncensored broadcast violating the security release on the start of the U S First Army counterattack against the Ardennes. This is the first permanent loss of credentials by a SHAEF correspondent since the invasion.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Cyril Ray
British Broadcasting Company
U.S. First Army
Ardennes
Kent
Residents Warned To Boil All Water In Columbia
In Columbia Pennsylvania a water shortage led to closing every bar soda fountain barber shop and laundry as residents were ordered to boil drinking water. The reservoir, supplied since Monday after a Susquehanna river ice jam flooded the pumping station, has less than a day of supply left. The water company manager said conditions are desperate after army pumping into a creek was halted due to contamination. Thirty industrial plants have closed since Monday. It may take three to four days to restart pumping once the jam clears and the station is drained.
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Columbia, Pa
Columbia
Theodore Kain
Kain
Air Raid Warnings and War Weather Report From Europe
Air raid warnings were sounded in Western Germany in the afternoon amid likely RAF Lancaster attacks. Weather across the continent featured blizzards up to four miles high and disrupted operations. The previous day saw about 1,100 US Flying Fortresses and Liberators strike German targets in the 17th raid in 19 days, while RAF Mosquitos hit Hanover with no losses and Beaufighters targeted a small merchant vessel and minesweeper off Norway. In the U.S., optical reports show cotton prices closing near 2,200 with modest gains amid market volatility. crime data notes over 65 percent of tests in the United States concern drunkenness or traffic violations.
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London
Germany
RAF Lancaster
U. S
Nena
Continent
Hannover
RAF Coastal Command
Norwegian
Philippines To Have Statue Of Liberty Like Gift
A Chicago report notes a plan to erect a Statue of Liberty replica in the Philippines to commemorate independence from America and honor the Western Hemisphere’s liberty ideals. The Times indicated details of the collection would follow later.
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Chicago
Philippines
Benues
Amenea
Western Hemisphere
United States
France
The
Times
Guessing Amount Proves To Be Costly
Foy Mirelle of Dothan bought $300 in coins from KR Shirley also of Dothan. The coins came from vending machines and were counted after the sale. Mirelle later realized a loss of $55.50 and wished he had not sold. Max Morris briefly offered $340 but Mirelle held on and was left with the money.
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Foy Mirelle
Dothan
KR. J. Shirley
Shirley
Mizelle
Max Morris
Morris
Mirelle
Clean-Up Work Slated For Scouts
All Scouts in Dothan not working Saturday are asked to meet at the Scout hut at nine a m with rakes shovels and axes to clean the grounds. H C Burch chair of the Liong Club building committee announced the plan to tidy the hut premises before a formal opening. The Senior Patrol of Troop Three will paint the hut.
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Dothan
H. C. Burch
Liong Club
Burch
Field Marshal Von Kluge’s Army Falls Back in Normandy
Snow and mist shielded Nazi withdrawals as German forces pulled from the Ourthe river region west of it. Reports claim towns were liberated in Alsace Lorraine and encircled troops annihilated near Erstein. Canadian attacks south of Nijmegen were said to fail. Allied forces pressed in around Houffauze, Strasbourg to Colmar fronts, and Saarbrucken area, with advances in Belgium and near Laroche and St Vith areas.
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Red Army advances threaten central Budapest in late stage push
The Red Army presses toward the capital through the Pest region and Danube frontage. Stalin grad units lead tough storm troops rushing through the eastern city as occupation seems likely by week’s end.
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GI Joe term debate sparks soldier designation clarification
A weekly page notes a comment that GT differs from GI Joe with GI Joe as a civilian term used by newspapers. It signals that GT should apply to soldiers, while GI Joe is discouraged for military personnel designation. The piece credits their publication for popularizing GL usage for soldiers.
Japanese swimmers and improvised weapons in World War II
The article notes the Japanese used slow boats or swimming to approach American shipping. They hid under leaves and carried handmade torpedoes and bombs, including improvised cans on poles. Most attackers exploded, while two swimmers tried to attach grenades to a destroyer’s fan tail.
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Fective
Leares
Japanese Navy May Enter Battle In Pacific Theater
The report notes B 29s in Burma area near Mandalay and suggests a potential Luzon invasion could force the Japanese Navy to engage. Homma comments that Tokyo may deploy to strike in this theater, while a separate dispatch mentions Canada supplying lumber to Britain after the war. Also included is Jefferson’s epitaph on his tomb.
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Mandalay
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Homma
Tokyo
Herlin
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