MacArthur Reports Capture Of Tarlac By Driving Yanks
General MacArthur announced the capture of Tarlac in Luzon as American forces drive toward Manila. Two airfields at Tarlac opened the way for further air strikes while Lingayen air bases supported operations. U S troops advanced from Lingayen Gulf toward Manila and secured nearby towns as Japanese defenses yielded under pressure.
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MacArthur
Tarlac
Elmo Waite Generale MacArthur
Jarters
Luzon
Manila
Americas
Douglas MacArthur
Cenwal Iuzon Plains
Maniia Fom
Lingayen Gulf Beach
Beld
Clark Dirfield
Philippines
Clark Field
Fort Fercenburg
Associated Press
Fred Hampstm
Tartse
Lingayen
U. S
Victoria
la Paz
Rosales
Agno
Santa Maria
Binalonan
Moncada
Motorists Hurt When Car Flips Off Highway Near Dothan
Two people were injured in a morning crash south of Dothan on Cattonwood Road when their automobile left the highway and overturned. Details from the Dothan police were incomplete with the injured identified later.
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Dothan
Cattonwood Road
World Today Warfronts Spread Across Fronts In Early Report
An Associated Press summary reports Western Front battles near Wiliz and Vianden as American attacks press toward the Siegfried line while German forces retreat. Eastern Front sees invasions into Silesia and East Prussia with Soviet advances toward the Baltic and Berlin within reach. Italian and Pacific notes mention patrols and a beachhead disruption, with sparse detail and several garbled phrases.
Administration Faces Fight On Jones Ousting
Washington dispatch reports Henry Wallace urging full and efficient employment as opposition mounts to his nomination as Secretary of Commerce. Wallace defends a four point plan to expand opportunity for private business and insists government must ensure jobs for all, while senators criticize the move and hint at a New Deal political payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Wap
Henry A. Wallace
Capital Hill
Jesse Jones
Senate
Wallace
Jowan
United States
Jones
Congress
Connally
D.tex
Bailey
Tetlter
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
White House
Cammerce Department
OPA Announces New Ration Requirements
Officials from the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announce new ration rules effective immediately. Two points per pound or sixteen per gallon for oils. Industrial and institutional users must record transfers and receipts and file inventories by January 27. Retailers must pay points upfront. Industrial users exempt from inventory of citrus juice.
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Houston County
Alarming Conditions Added To War Industry Problems
Washington reports warn of alarming conditions in coal and steel amid wartime manpower shortages. Congress aims to move work-or-jail legislation this week as steel faces reduced coal supply and rising need for workers to support Army and Navy ammunition production. Major obstacles include war front developments, manpower waste fears in armed forces, protests over farm labor losses, and union dues issues for workers in plants.
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Washington
Congress
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Poland
Silesia
East Prussia
Mutter Ags
Kiwanis Club Marks 30th Anniversary Celebration
More than 100 Kiwanis members and guests will gather at the Houston Hotel dining room to mark Kiwanis International’s 30th anniversary. Dothan Kiwanis Club, founded 20 years ago, has 82 regular members and members serving in the armed forces. John W. Bisha of the Montgomery Kiwanis Club will discuss The Anniversary of Kiwanis International. a message from Kiwanis International President Ben Dean will be read, along with club objectives for 1945 and the theme Win the War Build for Peace. Members will be asked to renew their Kiwanis pledge.
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Houston
Kiwanis International
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Tomnor- Townoon
John W. Bish
Montgomery Kiwanis Club
Dothan Club
Ben Dean
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Kiwania International
Negro Arrested On Charge Of Larceny In Houston County
Negro Brantley held in Houston County jail on grand larceny charge for allegedly removing property covered by lien of claim. Warrant by T Mixon, Sr. cites 855 pounds of peanuts valued at $63 from property with a claim. Bond $500. Case returnable in Court of Common Pleas amid weekend arrests for public drunkenness.
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Nix Brantley
Houston County
T. Mixon, Sr
Brantley
Mizon
Court of Common Pleas
Sheriffs Office
March Of Death Survivor Rejoins American Troops
Corp. Gerald G. Wade of Lewiston Idaho, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, rejoined U S troops in Northern Luzon after nearly three years hiding from Japanese and living on rice. He described mistreatment during the march and food scarcity, recalling a brutal ride and forced 132 steps a minute in intense heat. Wade joined an army tank unit before surrender and ended up in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
U. S
Luzon
Haggard
Corp
Gerald G. Wade
Lewiston
Idaho
Army Air Corps
Wade
Bataan
United States
Marivetes Air Field
Wiliam E. Dyess
Albany
Tex
Sam Grashio
Spokane
31St Infantry
Shevely
Board of Registrars Opens 10-Day Voter Registration Session
The Houston County Board of Registrars held a 10-day session to register new voters. The books will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the county courthouse. Miss Olive Armstrong of Columbia chairs the effort, with Saturday duty to register those eligible for future elections. Eligible individuals must be 21 or have the required state and county residence duration.
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Houston County Board of Registrars
Olive Armstrong
Columbia
Reds Drive Unchecked as Germans Stage Withdrawal
Allied air forces reported destroying about 3,000 German vehicles in a daylong attack aimed at disrupting a major German withdrawal through the Ardennes toward the Rhine. American and British units pushed toward key targets facing the Siegfried Line, while French forces advanced from Mulhouse despite heavy snow. The fight marked a decisive shift as German positions collapsed along the Western Front.
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Janes
Paris
Ardenchessalent
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Toigs
Seine
Falaise
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Witz
Luxembourg
U. 5
First
St. Vith
Rotz
Roermond
Helland
Mulhouse
Strasbourg
Third Army
Sixth Armured
Bastogne
Our River
George S. Patton
Germany
Wiltz
Worth
Ardennes
Miles C. Dempsey
St. Joost
Echter-Bosch
Dusseldorf
Muchen Gladbech
Birgden
U. S. 94Th Infantry
Vorgen
Saarlautern
Saar River
Bhowa Agsinet
Eisenhower
Stalin
Alsace
Wissen
Hartzog Residence Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Hartzog home on the Taylor road west of Dothan Saturday. Reported causes include a defective stove or wiring. The house, valued around 1250 dollars, was partially insured. furnishings had no coverage.
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Hastrog
Taylor Road
Dothan
Alabama Power Head Will Address Civic Group Here Tomorrow
Thomas W. Martin president of Alabama Power Company and State chairman of the Committee for Economic Development will speak at the Dothan Chamber of Commerce banquet tomorrow night on Pulling Together for Alabama. The event at the Fionston Hotel includes installation of 1945 officers and directors, with J H Bryson outlining the 1945 program. About 150 to 174 attendees expected from Dothan and nearby towns, with Napier Field and Camp Burker personnel as guests. Harry Hall to preside, J H Sessions to introduce the guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Thomas W. Martin
Alabama Power Company
Committee For Economic Development
Alabama
H. Adama
J. H Bryson
Adams
Napier Field
Camp
Burker
Enterprise
Ozark
Marianna
Fig
Headland
Malone
Fla
Greenwood
Fionston Hotel
Harry Hall Wille
J. H. Sessions
Enterprizt
Mr. Martin
Ingirimental
Dothan
East Main Street
Terror Gripping Hitler's Civilians
Berlin broadcasts reveal rising hysteria as Soviet forces push through Silesia toward Poznan threatening Berlin. German officials acknowledge uncertainty about front lines while Volkssturm and reserves struggle to respond. Anxiety spreads among workers evacuating to East Prussia as officials caution measured news.
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James F. King
London
Reich
Silesia
Berlin
Poznan
Poland
Stockholm
Volkssturm
East Prussia
Czermansa
Fuhrer
Agidom
Heinrich Grossmueller
Lawyer Sentenced on Manslaughter Count
Birmingham AP reports 73 year old attorney D. M. Grisweld was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Thomas Vozier Sr. A jury sentenced him to four years and two days in prison. Griswold appealed and posted 1500 dollar bond. The verdict followed the case heard by Judge Robert J. Wheeler after a downtown street shooting on October 2.
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Birmingham
D. M. Grisweld
Thomas Vozier
Griswold
Dozier
Dozer
Teasin of Hell
Triad
Robert J. Wheeler
Minday
March of Dimes Drive Nets $505 in Dothan
Contributions to the annual March of Dimes drive in Dothan last week totaled 505.62 dollars, with Ted Bauman, chairman, announcing the amount. The Dothan Lions Club aided by the Sub-deb Club staffed the booth each afternoon and all day Saturday. Tickets for the President's Ball at the Dothan County Club on January 31st go on sale through the Junior Chamber of Commerce at 1.50 dollars per couple. music by the Gouthernairea.
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Dothan
Ted Bauman
Dothan Lions Clubs
Dothan County Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Youthful Fugitives Steal Automobiles
Two teenage fugitives from the Florida Industrial School at Marianna, Paul Nershey aged 17 and Carl Underhill aged 16, are captured by FBI agents after using four stolen cars in a flight that began in Marianna and ended in Birmingham. One vehicle was recovered near ToLa, with police tracing steps through Dothan Troy Montgomery and finally to Birmingham.
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Florida Industrial School
Marianas
Fla
Birmingham
FBI
T Dathan
Paul Nershey
Carl Underhill
Marianna
Dothan
Troy
Montgomery
Bard Viewley
Earl Smith
Marianna Friday
To- 1A
Airlines to present postwar route petitions in CAB conference
Washington AP Airlines applying for postwar routes in the South will present petitions at a Civil Aeronautics Board pre hearing conference. 38 companies and individuals seek new flights from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi Valley and Washington to the Florida line. Conference likely to narrow the field due to absent representatives. Eastern, Pennsylvania Central and National plan Southern system expansions. many applicants are small new firms aiming feeder service after the war. Conference covers routes in Georgia and Alabama.
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Washington
South
Civil Aeronauion Board
CAB
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Washington, D. C
Florida State Line
Eastern
Pennsylvania - Central
National
Rouica
Georgia
Alabama
Soviet Drive Near Berlin Expands Across East Prussia
Russian forces under Zhukov and Rokossovsky push toward Berlin from multiple angles across East Prussia, capturing Insterburg and Allenstein and driving to within about 182 miles of Berlin. German defenses reorganize as the Soviet five-army advance threatens the Polish corridor and frontier towns.
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Russian Armes
Insterburg
Eas
Prussia
Viste
Poland
Berlin
Mig East
Vistula
Danzig
Bydgoszcz
Bromberg
Danze
Pombranka
Twowrectlaw
Aleksandrow
Argenauska
Kukox
Warsaw
Byd- Roszcz
Stalin
Zhukov
Posen
Heinz Guderian
Tukov
East Prussia
Konstantin Rokossovaky
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Rokomovaky
Allenstein
Konigsberg
Rokossovsky
Cherniakhovsky
Cap Tire
Kremlin
Deutsch Eylaw
Gulf of Danzig
Konigzherg
Helch
Marshal Stalin
Baltic
Budapest
Bilesia
Breslau
Adolf Hitler
Tannenberg
East Prussian
Konstantin Kostovsky
Deutsch Fylau Allenstein
East Prusda
Deutsch Eylag
Bale
Allentein
Moscow
Karlscher Hoff
Tilsit
Konigsberz
Gregory Zhukov
Prosna
Kalisz
Ponen
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Luzon City
U. S. Nasion
Tokyo
Pozorrubia
Legtc Island
Iwo
Aotsciated
Wiliz
Vith
Vianden
Helgian Bulge
Alsatian
Aeros
Central
Lingayko Pacific Front
Amert Beachhead
Price
Tvelden Fermoss
Commerce
OPA
Junile Appe
Ube
Richard K. Sutherland
Lloyd Lebras
NEA Telepnota
Kaaps
Board of Registrars
Patton
Hartzog
Thos. W. Martin
Alabama Power Head
Hitler
March of Dimes
Nets
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