War Bond Drive kicks off county effort for $2,044,000
Officials of the county campaign unit launched the Fourth War Loan drive aiming to raise 2,044,000 with a statewide radio program over WAGF. The plan includes a War Bond auction by the B'nai B'rith at Dothan Recreation Center and a premier at Martin Theater with proceeds supporting the war effort. Albert Logue to auctioneer, and the drive features a bond auction and radio events through February 4s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kera
WAGF
Houston
Nickers
Binai B'rith
Dothan Recreation Center
Martin Theater
Destination Tokyo
Albert Logue
Dothan
Compromise Seen As Impossible In Subsidy Fight
Washington AP reports Senator Bankhead and others push for a Senate floor showdown as House panel presses to outlaw the administration subsidy program. Price Chief Bowles warns that removing subsidies could lift food prices about seven percent and spur inflation. Democratic leaders Barkley and G odes express doubt about quick concessions amid Senate Banking Committee executive session scheduling to resolve the stalemate through Feb. 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawkead
Aia
Senate
Bankhead
Bowles
House
Wagner
D.-N.y
Banking Committee
Barkley
Commodity Credit Corportion
CCC
Churchill returns home after pneumonia attack
England's leader is back in London following a pneumonia episode as foreign officials deny rumors of separate peace with Germany. The World Today reports storm of denunciations from papers defending the Allied war effort while Russia fights near Rovno and Leningrad.
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Tha
Presa
England
Churchill
Alement Foreign Office
Fat
of Tela
Communist Organ of Russe
Germany
Russia
Rovno
Poland
Laningrad
U. & Patrote
Tate
Brapsidee River
Perial
Japanese Losses In Ships Planes Mounting Steadily In New Guinea Area
Japanese losses in planes and ships mount as Nippon forces press in Southwest Pacific warfare. American P-40 fighters shot down 18 to 20 enemy planes during a heavy attack on Baldor, gateway to northern New Guinea since January 2. Liberators and Mitchells bombed Japanese facilities behind Allied invasion positions at Arawa Southwest New Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mworen Landeberg
Japaness
Ahion
Southwest Pacific
Baldor
New Guinea
Unity
U. S. Sixth Army
Arawa
New Britain
South Pacific
Southern Democrats Back Wallace as Unity Fades
Southern Democrats meetings end with cheers for Wallace and Speaker Rayburn. Governors report agreeable talks with Roosevelt and stay within the Democratic fold. Freight rate equality becomes central as Wallace proposes a South–West alliance, amid calls for secession by some senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clatr Aghneon
Norman Walker Washington
Wallace
Rayburn
Texas
Svernora
Rroosevelt
Roosevelt
Prentice Coover
Rumor Circulates On Marshal Tite’s Status
London AP reports a rumor that Marshal Tite of the Yuro Wrendensi faced uncertain status today. There is no confirmation from partisan lines or official sources as authorities caution انتظار.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Tite
Carrere Ga
Brandon Curlice
Froev Tervaier
House Military Group Sidetracks Labor Draft Bill
The House Military Committee voted to sidetrack Roosevelt's National Service draft bill indefinitely. Chairman May said the action does not prevent future consideration, with Senate hearings already planned and possible later House hearings to reassess the need for the legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Houge
Whites House
May
Dky
Sheyance
Muay
Senate
House
Bill Jeter
Maynard
Four Of Six Escaped Convicts Still Free in Alabama
In Montgomery AP report four Alabama inmates remained at large after a Draper Prison escape last Saturday. Six prisoners fled. two brothers Woodlin Cain and Collie Roper were recaptured hours later. The fugitives include twin brothers Ralph and Ray Willems and J W Weatherly, all with life or long burglary sentences. Authorities probe a wire enclosure breach and a power tunnel theory while Warden Burr Reeves was away on vacation.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Draper
Woodlin Cain
Elmore County
Collie Roper
Jefferson County
HK. Flowers
State Corrastlns Department
Flowers
Burr Reeves
Ralph
Ray Willems
R 'W Roberson
J. W. Weatherly
Willtame
Randolph County
Guy Wates
Roanoke
Roberson
Weatherly
Jetipraon
Voters Register Day Sees Surge Ahead of Primaries
The county Board of Registrars reported a strong uptick as 57 new voters registered in one day ahead of the February 6 primary and related elections. Read by tonight’s tally shows continued activity in the registration books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valem
County Board of Registrars
AFL Leader Urges Unity Among Federal Labor Agencies
AFL Executive Council moves to unify government labor relations across 25 agencies including the Army Navy Maritime Commission War Labor Board and VA. John P Frey of the AFL metal trades urges consolidating authority under the Labor Department to curb wartime strikes and morale declines while protesting wages veto power in stabilization efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Miami
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Labor Unity
Washington
CLO
Department of Labors
John P. Frey
AFL Metal Trader Department
Emergency
Army, Navy
Maritime Commission
War Labor Board
National Laboor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Conciliation Service
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Frey
Executive Council
AFL
Roosevelt
Fred M. Wingon
James F Byrnes
William Green Atta
Rep
Ceiling on cash payments urged in House
The House battles a hold the line fight as the military committee pushes a $300 cap on mustering out pay for discharged service members. Outcome by nightfall could affect veterans’ immediate needs and future bonus or compensation under near-certain postwar legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Military Committee
Moon
May
D-Ky
Algo
Strong House Atentiment
Fenetts
Mercit
Man Black-Jacked Here By Soldiers
A man on Woodrow Boland was assaulted by two soldiers wielding a black jack on Headland Avenue Sunday night just after 9 PM. He suffered head injuries and was treated at a hospital before being sent home in a battered state.
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Woodrow Boland
Boland
Japs Repulsed Five Times In Battle For Walt's Ridge
Marines at Cape Gloucester fight for Walt's Ridge on New Britain as Japanese forces launch five separate charges. For minutes the line held with fierce hand to hand combat, ammo shortages adding to the mounting strain as U S Marines repelled each assault. The clash marks a major action in the Cape Gloucester campaign with Marines pouring steady fire and enduring heavy pressure.
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Walt’s Ridge
Murlin Spencer
Cape Gloucester
United States
Cape Gloucaster
Walt
Ridge
New Britain
Ammuni
American Patrols Probe Nazi Lines Guarding Cassino
American patrols crossed the Rapido north of Cassino and pressed German defenses along Gustav Line. French troops seized Bant Els and Valgori while advancing toward Serra Bani Ella. Allied forces report Cassino tightens as Canadians and tanks push along the Adriatic flank near Tommeso.
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Cassino
Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Rapido
Bant’ Els
Cassina
Poultions
Serra Bani
Ella
Hamilet
Valgori
al- Nedarc
Sennel
Rome
Fifth Army
Guloe
Adriatic
Tommeso
Germany
Rumor Report Feared Blow At Unity In Warsaw Crisis
Washington reacts to Hull offer to help mend Moscow and Polish government relations. Russia seems determined to pursue its own border strategy, while officials hope for a favorable reply limited to diplomatic ties, not territorial settlement.
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Pravda
John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
Hull
Poland
Indignation Rises In British Press Over Peace Talk
London papers condemn Pravda for publishing a claimed separate peace talk rumor with Foreign Office denial. Headlines mock Pravda while Madrid and Lisbon sources deny Ribbentrop visits or talks. Daily Mail calls Pravda ignorant of British standards and rails against the "separate peace" lie.
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London
AFP
Pravde
London Daity Moll
Manchester Guardian
Moscow
Communist Party
Daily Mail
Associated Press
Madrid
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Spain
Pravda
Cairo
von Ribbentrop
Perce
Lisbon
Britain
Southern Henry Opens Bond Drive Starts War Loan Push
Headland Alabama special edition reports the Southern Division of Henry County launching its Fourth War Loan drive to raise 265000 for the county. Chairman M W Eepy leads 150 campaign workers canvassing Beata One through Eight to meet or exceed quota with 182500 assigned to the division and 79500 to Bonds. The Headland American Legion Post joins actively, pledging to take one fourth of the division quota under GW Ray, post commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todey
Henry County
Beata
M. W. Eepy
Rafer
Eapy
Churchill Returns To London Pledges War Statement Soon
Prime Minister Churchill, back in London after pneumonia in the Middle East, told the House of Commons he expects to make a war statement soon. He asked for latitude on discussing the date, and laughed off questions about relieving pressure from his duties while noting no changes to his routine.
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Roger Greene
London
Churchill
Middle East
Hours of Commons
Europe
Oliver Locker - Tampson
Dothan High Seeks Bonds To Buy Plane
Dothan High School launches a Fourth War Loan drive to raise 75000 in bonds named for the students and whose effort honors purchasers. A faculty advisory committee leads the push with student volunteers, publicity and art committees coordinating bond booths and promotional events in the school cafeteria.
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Dothan High
Dothan High School
T. G. Vaughn
Wil
Harry Crine
Warren Sellers Charles Patterson
Tiny Hutchings
Kathryn Hodges
Ima Tongreer
Lottie Lee Hodges
Christine Bratiles
Terey Beymoor
Denson Cannon
Harry Cring
EB. W. Walker
Trene Holman
Batty McClendon
Christine McRatchern
Betty Ann Patterson
Charen Simms
Tiny ‘Hutching
Newton Wader
Mima Lattin Afford
Tnatracter of Applied Arts
Chumes
Germans' Grip On South Soviet Front Deepens War News
Moscow reports Gen Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army closing on Rovna rail hub 116 miles south of Pins and driving toward the Pripat marshes. Soviet forces threaten a triple-feint from Novograd Volynaki and Tuchin as other fronts advance, with towns like Kurova and Sloboda falling near Novosokolnik.
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Henry
Casamdyy
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Rovao
Pins
Vatutin
Pripat
Vatutin'a
Novograd Volynaki
Rovno
Tuchin
Realalance
Nussien
Leningrad
Novosokolnik
Valikia- Luki
Riga
Rumian War Bulletin
Kurova
Novosokololsk
Kise‘eviehl
Alkhimovo
Sloboda
Red Army
White
Russia
Konstantin Rokossovakiy
Pripet Merahiand
Pinsk
Vatulin
Barny
Horyn
Pina
Mississippi Elects Bailey Governor in Historic Ceremony
Jackson AP reports Mississippi has inaugurated its 46th governor, Bailey Knadey, amid vintage horse drawn processions. He vows to curb gas use with a rustic parade and outlines plans for prison reform, public health funding, juvenile services, and the establishment of a postwar planning commission with 20 members. He calls for higher state employee wages and support for the State Guard while urging agricultural and educational improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Izyn Imstead
Evect Thomay L Bailey Knadey
Balley
Une
Ballay
Awmakers
Missasippi
Hae
Cupis
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NEA
WAC
Virginia Wight
University of Pennsylvania
Army
Fort Myer
Wight
James J. Laughlin
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Tata of
Irs
U. S
NEA Telephoto
Kathleen Davis
First Troop Carrier Command
Army General Hospitals
Eurgles Technicien
U.S
Bond
Rovna
Warsaw
Sarny- Lwow
Perrar
Geringrad
Ravie
Valatin
Uirains
Vatutte
Mato
Uman
Verovatkes
Smela - Khriatinovka
Dnieper
Umante
Vinnites
Mississippi
Bailey
Jackson
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