Margaret Hawkins of Headland Dies in Dothan Hospital
Margaret Ruth Hawkins, 20, of Headland, died after a brief illness in a Dothan hospital. Survived by her parents Glen and [Mrs] Hawkins of Headland. Funeral at Methodier Church with Rev. Tom Chalker and Rev. Roby J. Lee officiating. Burial in Baptist cemetery. Weadland Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ruth Hawkins
Headland
Dothan
Glen Hawkins
Heldland Methodier Church
Tom Chalker
Roby J. Lee
Baptist
Weadland Mortuary
Ir Chege
Dothan High Band Opens 1945 Concert Series Tonight
The Dothan High School Band, 70 pieces in seventh season, begins at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. The varied program features classical and light numbers plus boogie woogie. Highlights include At the Grimlin Ball and Suppe Morning Noon and Night in Vienna, with a new overture Constellations by director Howell Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Franz V. Suppe
Vienna
Howell Hampton
St. Mary
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Enfinger In Apalachicola
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie Enfinger of Apalachicola Florida were held at Grove Church with Rev Jack Marshall and Rev Jeter Baldwin officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include three sons two daughters a sister thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Active pallbearers were T Walden Jetsie Walden Cody Marshall John T Marshall Loony Marshall and Bryant Wildkim. Ward Wilson Funeral Home directed arrangements. Ration advice on canned field peas including blackeyed peas explains rationing by the Office of Price Administration via the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Enfinger
Apalachicola
Fla
At Grove Church
Jack Marshall
Jeter Baldwin
Midland City
Church
Enon Church
H. D
M. L. Enfinger
H. A. Endinger
Office of Price Administration
Houston County War Price and Rationing Board
Denver lawmakers seek prison move to cut costs
Two Denver Democrats Clem Crowley and George J. Baker said they will introduce a bill to transfer the State Penitentiary from Canon City to Denver. They argued most prisoners come from Denver and the move would save mileage expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado House
Canon City
Clem Crowley
George J. Baker
Famous dacter SwaA relief promises sudden cure
Are you suffering with distress and discom fort from urine issues and fatigue Then you may recall a claimed discovery at 3 SWaA Roots that supposedly brings blessed relief Swamp Rastip offer 18 berks reete vegetables and a free prepaid sample from Kilmer & Co Inc Stamford Conn All druggists sell Swamp Rect limited offer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Bex
Stamford
Camm
Swamp Rect
Singing Will Be At Enon Church
A singing event will be held at Enon Church three miles northwest of Ashford on Sunday starting at 1 pm. The Smile-a-While quartet from Macon, Georgia, is expected to attend with other groups. The public is invited and new books will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enon Church
Ashford
Macon
Wiregrass Soldiers Learn New Language
Three soldiers from this reclina area Clyde Davidson Joe E Sawyer and Tollie E Power of the Tiger Stripe Marauder group in the U S Ninth Air Force are learning to communicate in France with a pocket English-French phrase book issued to U S troops before sailing in 1944. Facial gestures and moon pointing help the unit develop a shared language as they adapt to the new country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Davidson
Tothan
Joe E. Sawyer
New Brockton
Tollie E. Power
Ozark
U. S
Ninth Air Force
O. K
France
Army Recipe For New War Cake From Cretan AUDAINIA
A satirical wartime prank recipe mocks Axis leaders and wartime rhetoric. It parodies wartime baking steps by listing incendiary names as ingredients and absurd directions such as baking at extreme heat and submerging the cake in the Atlantic Sea, ending with a call to buy war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flere
Fort Myers Army Air Base
Army Baker
Hitler
Mussolini
Manila
Japan
Alantic
Snow panties near Wilts Luxembourg in war camouflage scene
A delayed AP report describes an American unit in a snowy Luxembourg front using girls white panties and men’s long underwear as camouflage apparel. Maj Richard M Lynch of Pasadena devised the scheme. Elsewhere in Tampa a 22 year old veteran asks to reenroll in sixth grade under the G I Bill, with principal Bayley noting adults in classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiltz
Luxembourg
Richard M Lynch
Pasadena
Olnester
Tampa
Flavat
D Bayley
Relief From Cough Promises With Creomulsion
Chronic bronchitis risks rise if a cough is ignored and weaker medicines fail. Creomulsion targets the cough’s seat with a beechwood creosote blend, soothing inflamed membranes and loosening phlegm. It contains no narcotics and offers a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved.
Opening Hours For USO Aid Are Changed
The USO Traveler's Aid office at 107 South Foster Street will open 4 30 a m and close 6 p m from Monday through Saturday starting January 13. The intake desk at Greyhound Bus Station stays 1 p m to 8 30 pm. Sundays central office closes but the information desk at the station runs 1 p m to 6 p m. After hours and Sundays, services move to the bus station. Emergency numbers 2426 and 13495-M provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Traveler's Aid
South Foster Street
Greyhound Bus
USO
Citivens
Health Department Releases Figures on Venereal Clinic Attendance
The annual report from Houston County health department clinic officials shows 10.99 percent of patients reported with venereal disease in 1944 and 12 145 separate treatments. New patients totaled 251. Since June 1 early cases were sent to Pensacola or Birmingham. by January 9, 37 sent to Pensacola and ten to Birmingham. The peak month was January with 1 826 treated, versus 301 in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Health
Pensacola
Birmingham
Janary
Amendment debate on draft penalties and work units
In a continued discussion from page one, May cautioned against mandatory work units and supported punishment options. He indicated willingness to substitute penalties for work units if the committee prefers that route and noted Rep. Kilday has drafted amendments to extend veterans relief and reemployment protection for drafted men under May’s bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Rep
Kilday
Guard Officers Meet in Montgomery to Discuss Training Plans
Colonel John P. Shealy commander of the Third Regiment Alabama State Guard and Lt Roy Hill with Capt Raymond Spann met Brig Gen George Cleere and carrier officers in Montgomery to review training plans for the year. About 50 to 75 officers from Alabama companies attended the meeting in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Shealy
Alabama State Guard
Raymond Spann
Roy D. Hill
Dothan
George Cleere
Montgomery
Hill
Alto VY. Lee
Alabama
Cleere
Police Motorcycles Return to Service in Dothan
Police Chief J E Draughon announced both Dothan motorcycles are back in service with Officer Ed Cherry on night patrol. One bike had been idle after two officers were released. last week one machine returned to duty with Ewell Snook Jones on traffic patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Draughon
Dothan
Ed Cherry
Ewell “Snook? Jones
Hughes 18 Cook Equally at Home in France or England
Private First Class Jcahn F. Hughes of Columbia serves as a cook with an air depot group in France. He has prepared meals in large mess halls in England and in muddy tents on the Normandy front. Before enlistment in 1942 he was a farmer. his wife Mavis Hughes lives in Columbia.
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France
England
Jcahn F. Hughes
Columbia
Ninth Air Service Command
Pte. Hughes
Normandy
Armed Forces
Phc. Hughes
Mavis Hughes
War update from Lingayen to Manila fronts
Seventh Fleet aircraft report enemy craft damaged in the gulf near Lingayen while U S troops secure the Ango River mouth at Labrador. Artillery movements north from Manila are strafed and scattered by bombers and fighters as explosives strike Nielson Nichols and Clark Fields amid heavy antiaircraft fire.
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Gulf
Manila
Nielson
Nichols
Clark Field
Smith Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge for WWII service
Corporal Max Smith received the Combat Infantryman Badge from the Public Relations Office for his service with an Armored Infantry Regiment of the Second Armored Division. He served in Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
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Max Smith
Afso
Route Three
Second Armored Division
Africa
Sicily
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Number 12- Contnued From Page One Mrs Kryger Marriages
Mrs Kryger had five marriages and her last husband Gunnar Kryger a Danish seaman is at sea. Conroy recounts the unions dating 1938 to 1943 including Idris Massengale Arthur Walters George Rich Robert J Lamb and Kruger Research notes allotment checks and military postings at Phenix City Ft McClellan Ft Benning and related details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kryger
Gunnar Kryger
Conroy
Idris Massengale
Arthur B. Walters
Phenix City
Ala
George Rich
Ft. McClellan
Cab Driver Charged After Altercation with Black Men
A taxicab driver named Sam Riley was booked on assault and battery charges after an incident on East Adams Street between Foster and Ostes streets. Tom Clark, sheriff's office, sustained bruises. Riley and Clark were taken into custody but charges were noted as the case moved to County Court before Judge Saxon P. Poyner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rley
Air Weul End
Tom Clark
Sheriff's Office
Riley
Clark
Uig
Mex Newton
Adame Street
Foster
Ostes
Saxon P. Poyner
County
Mrs H T Adams Dies In Hospital
Mrs H T Adams 40 of Malone Fla died in Thomasville Ga hospital Thursday night after illness. A Houston County resident most of her life she moved to Malone about 18 months ago. She was a Baptist Church member. Funeral Sunday 3 p m at Liberty Church with Rev H M Givena of Slocomb officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband, brother B B Burkett Pansey four sisters Mrs W H McMath Troy Mrs B B Brown Pansey Mrs R M Elmore Pansey and Mrs M M Birmingham Little Rock Ark and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers Bry McMath Earl McArther Robert Pierce George Smith London Burkett Walter Burkett. Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HT. Adams
Malone
Fla
Thomasville
B. B. Burkett
Pansey
W. KH
McMath
Troy
B. B. Brown
Pan- Sey
R. M. Elmore
M. M. Birmingham
Little Rock
Ark
Bry
Earl McArther
Robert Pierce
George Smith
Lodon Burkett
Walter Burkett
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Davie Addresses Dothan Lions on Socialized Medicine
Dr M S Davie chairman of the Postwar Planning Commission spoke at the Dothan Lions Club noon meeting on socialized medicine’s drawbacks. He warned it breeds prejudice and argued liberty under law and free enterprise best guide economic equity, presenting prep for a Montgomery meeting on January 17. Guests Wilson Curtin and Bates Powers attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Davie
Postwar Planning Commission
Medical Association of Alabama
Dothan Lions Club
Davie
Montgomery
Wilson Curtin
Bates B. Powers
Prisoners, Red Star dispatches report dwindling German firepower
About 4000 prisoners taken in the last 24 hours. Red Star front dispatches claim German artillery and rifle ammunition are nearly exhausted as forces are cut off from airborne supplies. Soviet operations push north of the Danube toward Kemprom and Budapest region, with reports of advancing units near Kosice while Germans compel civilian evacuations into the mountains.
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Red Star Front
Rodion Malinovsky
Danube
Kemprom
Budapest
Bratislava
Slovakia
Kassa
Kosice
Ardennes battle sees Third Army push toward St Hubert
Allied forces push two miles north west to enter St Hubert as German defenses stiffen along the bulge. British Second Army reaches Champion outskirts while American First Army presses Langlir and Petite Langlir, striving to clear the St Vith Houffalize corridor amid snow and stubborn German counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laroche
Tranport
George S. Patton
Third Army
St Hubert
Banogne
Germaent
Baniggne
Houtfatze
Vieisalm
Thoburs
Itelzo Uw
Lot
Second Army
Champion
Houffalue
Courtney H. Hodges
Langlir
Petite Langlir
St. Vith-Houffalize
Bulge
Ardennes
Alsace
German Army advances near Saarbrucken and Strasbourg
The German forces, under Balck and Pate, extended their Rhine front reaching Behren and near Strasbourg. Allied units held positions around Haguenau and Hatten, with near-term gains spurring cautious advances along the Rhine Lacie beach area north of Strasbourg. Belgian and Luxembourg territories remained contested amid the broader offensive.
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Jer
Hermann Balck
Alexander MD Pate
U. S
Tth
Behren
Saarbrucken
Ing.bard
Hatten
Haguenau
Rhine Lacie
Strasbourg
Ely
Bembourg
Rotsfeld
Luxembourg
Cochran Training Private Hollis Cothron Enlists
Private Hollis Cothron, son of Mr and Mrs C F E Coches of Columbia, began basic training at Camp Jonesy Kingon Ark. He entered the Army on December 12, 1944. He has two brothers in service, Sergeant Jack Cothron serving in the European theater and Dewey Cochran with Company Seley in Mise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Cothron
C. FE
Coches Columbia
Camp Jonesy
Kingon
Ark
Army
Jack Cochron
Dewey Cochran
Seley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret R. Hawkins
Mumiag
Marrice
Cyreale Broschitit
Galidres
Koite
Eral Bey
Stlcs NG Power
Cesa
Paie
Leah Wiellee
Mrs. Enfinger
Redelight
Montgomery Ward Powerlite Plante
Wards
Montgomery Ward
Dothan, Alabama
Wiregrass
Health Department
Hughes
Cook
Smith
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
H. T. Adams
Dr. Davie
Lions
Nombher
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Mre
J. C. Dunlap
Dayton, Teancesce
Max’s Grill
Bank OF Columbia Columbia
United States
Ee Bank
Ges
Mpaad
Bae
Karl Oakley
Peat
Cashlat
Walter F. Oakley
L. W. Strong
W. F. Oakley
State of Alabama
County of Houston
A. C.L. Williams, JR
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