Democrats And Independent Campaigns Planned For 1944 Elections
Washington dispatch reports Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan indicates the Democratic and CIO policies will run independent campaigns for the 1944 congressional elections. He plans a year round program of agitation and fund raising, and outlines talks with state leaders on united action for the future. He will remain national chair at 3000 a year, announce Jefferson Day dinners in April, and appoint a special finance director to assist the treasurer.
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Washington
IAP
CIO
Robert E. Hannegance
United Action
Hensegan
Lene
Hannegen
George L. Killion
San Frantisco
Exwin W. Pauley
Samed Sam A. O'Neal
Chicago Sum
National Committee
Houston Selective Service Men Called Two groups join Fort McClellan induction
Two Houston County Selective Service groups left for Fort McClellan to begin induction into the armed forces after earlier voluntary service. Board Two sent Erkey Les Paterson and Milton Barnes, while Board Three listed Frank Granger Clayton Willie Carroll Shaw Mortis Pate Arnold Odell Williams Wade Elton McArde James Edward Duke James Mildred Love John Ammons and Leo David Stewart, who transferred from a Kansas City board.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Fort McClellan
Armed Forces
Othat
Erkey Les Paterson
Milton Barnes
Frank Granger Clayton
Willie Carroll Shaw
Mortis Pate Arnold
Odell Williams
Wade Elton McArde
James Edward Duke
James Mildred Love
John §. Ammons
Leo David Stewart
Kansas City, Mo
Renewal Papers Filed By Scouts Troop 22 Century-Old Charter Renewal
Boy Scout Troop 22 plans renewal of its charter for another year. Mrs. Mary Frances Patronis, council secretary, announced. Scoutmaster HE Lane begins his sevent h year. troop organized January 1996 with Lafayette Street Methodist Church as sponsor. Assistant Scoutmasters James R. Lane and Russell P. Sanders Jr., both 22, veterans of overseas combat. Troop committee: Charles A. Lewin, W. W. Gregory, Rev. Charles H. Hildreth. Members include Charles Pelham, Joe Cutchen, Robert Ferrell, Sam Meek, Gene Adkins, Ally Gregory, Charles Lewis, Homer Meeks, Heywood Sullivan, Max Ingram, William Norris, Wallace Harrison, Robert YL. Howard Jr., Lawrence Shute, James Tim Higgins, Wallace Gof, David Peterman. Troop subscribes 100 percent to the official Scout Magazine.
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Mary Frances Patronis
HE. Lane
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
James R. Lane
Russell P. Sanders, Jr
U. S. Aaf
Sanders
Lane
Crvies
Pacific
Sandere
Mediterranean
Pharles A. Lewin
W. W. Gregory
Charles H. Hildreth
Charles Pelham
Joe Cutchen
U. S. Navy
Couttmanister
Robert Ferrell
Germany
Sam Meek
Scribe
Gene Adkins
Ally Gregory
Charles Lewis
Homer Meeks
Heywood Sullivan
Max Ingram
William Norris
Wallace Harrison
Robert YL. Howard, Jr
Lawrence Shute
James Tim Higgins
Wallace Gof
David Peterman
Official Scout Magazine
Cooper Addresses Rotarians Here
Carl B. Cooper, a longtime Montgomery Rotary Club member, spoke to the Dothan Rotary Club at a noon meeting emphasizing the need for continual preparedness and readiness to meet any emerging threat. He is identified as an architect.
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Carl B. Cooper
Montgomery
Ceilings Set on Irish Seed Potatoes Across Trade Levels
OPA district officials announced price ceilings for certified seed Irish potatoes across about 50 seed producing areas. The schedules include transportation costs and maximum prices for producers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, effective January to June with possible increases through May. War Approved Seed potatoes priced 60 cents per hundred pounds below ceiling for certified potatoes.
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OPA
Montgomery Opa
Lsts
Ealer
Voters Register In Houston County
The county Board of Registrars reported 24 voters registered yesterday in Houston County with Beat Three in Dothan contributing the majority. Registration day marked the first day of a nine day session, with 18 from Beat Three and one each from Beats Six Seven Eleven and Fourteen. Board members are Miss Olive Armstrong chair Mrs W L Lee and Mrs Christine Griffin.
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County Board of Registrata
Houston County
Dothan
Board of Registrars
Olive Armstrong
Columbia
W. L. Lee
Christine Griffin
Ponder Reported Killed In Action In Navy
Roy Ponder of Wadley Alabama, a U S Navy sailor, has been reported killed in action. He served two years, son of Mr and Mrs D B Ponder. Surviving relatives include his mother Mrs Ceveland Far man of Wadley.
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Ponder
Roy Ponder
U.S. Navy
Bir
D B. Ponder
Wadley
Alt
Headland Ave
Ceveland Farman
Man Without Family Finds His Relatives in Atlanta
John Henry Jones of Atlanta sought his birth certificate from the Welfare Department and learned he, along with a brother and sister, were left at an orphanage in 2015. The Atlanta Journal published his appeal and a reader from Adel connected him with his mother, three brothers, a mister, a half-brother, and two half-sisters.
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Atlanta
John Henry Jones
Atlanta Bazer
Linnell
Welfare Department
Atlanta Journs
Adel
WMC Rulings Move Allentown Workers to War Jobs
The War Manpower Commission will shift 530 workers from seven breweries and 18 plants in Allentown to high priority war jobs. Dr. Frank Maguire says nonessential plants will cut employment ceilings and transfer employees to ready war roles with protections for major job rights.
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Allentown
Patap
Frank MaGuire
WMC
Maguire
Isbor
McGuire
German offensive stalls as St Vith nears fall
Allied and German forces clash along a 50 mile front from Luxembourg to Eyskirchen as St Vith comes under intense pressure. Seventh Armored and infantry press into St Vith while Germans claim major bases at Haguenau and retreat indicated. Allied air power claims heavy German losses despite Berlin broadcasts warning of a potential new eastern push.
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Page Tue
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Colmar
Mulhouse
Cernay
First Army
St. Vith
Third Army
17Th Airborne
Seventh Armored Division
Hunnangen
Falaise Gap
Luxembourg
Eyskirchen
Germany
Niederbronn
Reichshoften
Woerth
Surburg
Soultz
Maginot
Seventh
Berlin
Hisenhower
Apears
Council Meeting for Girl Scouts Held at Parish House
A Girl Scouts council meeting for Nathan will be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the Episcopal Parish House. Miss Margaret Chesmore, field representative from Memphis, will attend. Local councilor Mrs. BR C. Smith urges full attendance.
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Nathan
Episcopal Parish
Margaret Chesmore
Memphis
BR. C. Smith
Man Stays Daughter Murder Count Filed
Five year old Jess Pess Gilbert was taken to a hospital after axe blows. her father Carl V. Gilbert 41 was arrested. Detective inspector Albert F. Bebelin reported Gilbert, a war worker, admitted striking the girl after a petty annoyance. The stepmother Mrs. Genns Gilbert testified as a witness.
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Grand Rapide
Jess Pess Gilbert
Carl V. Gilbert
Albert F. Bebele
Cald Gilbert
Genns Gilbert
Himmler Sent to Eastern Front by Hitler
London report cites Berlin radio saying Heinrich Himmler and top army commanders were dispatched east with full power to enforce drastic measures and ensure execution amid critical fronts. Transocean News Agency quoted Ary newspaper asserting Himmler and aides can restore the situation.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Eastern Front
Berlin
Himler
Gestapo
Home Army
Enst
Transocean
Ary
Front and Home
Federal agencies plan broad textile controls to ease clothing costs
Washington AP reports two government agencies OPA and WPB opened a conference with textile industry representatives to curb rising clothing costs and dwindling supplies. J A Krog and Chester Bowles spoke as officials hinted at price action, while retailers and wholesalers may need to absorb cost increases where possible.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
WPA
J. A. Krog
Chester Bowles
OPA
WPB
WPE
Bowles
Lingayen Gulf landings push toward Luzon plains
U S forces report continued advance in Luzon campaign with Lt Col Henry Mucci’s Rangers landing at night on Santiago Island ahead of main invasion. American units under Griewold and Swift push along west coast and toward Infanta while Mullins and Patrick’s divisions fend off counterattacks and seize Ango Curapo towns. Patrols reach Mount Balungan as Japanese attempts at demolition are repelled.
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New Guinea
Leyte
Philippines
Leyte Gilf
Henry Mucci
Santiago Island
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Bataan Peninsula
Infanta
Dasol Bay
Manila
Zambales
Griewold
14Th
Innis Swift
Edwin D Patrick
Sinth
Dutch New Guinea
Charles J. Mullins
Guadalcanal
Ango
Curapo
Anoo Fe
Tarlacrovince
anila-Baduig
Moncada Guyapo
Nevya Belja
Cuyapo
Balungan
Luzon Plains
Cagayan Valley
County Farm Ownership Borrowers Meeting Report
Number nine on the program notes contrived items. At present time there are 97 farm ownership borrowers in this county per the supervisor. Farm ownership borrowers recently held their annual meetings with 45 families present.
Russian forces push toward Berlin from multiple fronts
Soviet armies led by Zhukov Rokossovsky and Konev surged across East Prussia Silesia and Polish corridor toward Breslau Glogow Gdynia as Berlin warned of a decisive hour. Moscow reports claimed advances to within 150 miles of Berlin while encircling operations threatened Königsberg and Danzig positions.
Roosevelt Dog Priority Sparks Military Probe
The Benzie Military Committee orders a full inquiry into travel priority practices after Col Eliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson used top priority travel for a dog named Blaze while soldiers on leave were denied seats. Senator Bridges says the incident and related abuses will be investigated, with focus on who approved the dog’s rank and whether other services were favored.
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Washington
Benzie Military Committee
Cal
Elboit Roosevelt
Memphis
Teen
Cary
Roosevelt
England
Bridges
R-Nh
Ridges
Col Eliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Hollywood
Blaze
Emerson
Col. Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
War Department
City Democratic Executive Committee Plans Meeting Thursday
Smith Hall announced the City Democratic Executive Committee will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. to set a date for the city primary and nominate a commissioner to succeed incumbent Miles A Miller. In East Prussia Berlin reports 1,000,000 Russian troops attacking as a major German railway line is cut and towns Deutsch-Eylaeu Osterode and Allenstein fall to Rokossovsky’s forces. Allenstein’s capture marks a 22 mile advance from Tannenberg, the Nazi shrine taken Sunday.
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Smith Hall
Democratic Executive Committee
Miles A. Miller
West Bank
East Prussia
Berlin
Deutsch-Eylaeu
Osterode
Allenstein
Rokossovsky
Tannenberg
German Command Holds Berlin Meeting Over Oder Line
Field Marshal von Rundstedt and top generals plus Nazi leaders convened at Supreme Headquarters to plan defense of the Oder front. Reports say they aimed to save the Silesian industrial area even if Poland and Eastern Pomerania are abandoned, with possible withdrawals elsewhere and reinforcements from Norway and Italy.
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Thomas Hawking
Marechal von Rundstedt
Oder
Berlin
Silesian
Poland
Pomerania
Hitler
Italy
Norway
Frankfurt
Oder River
Breslau
Volkstran
Death of Harry Let Stinglut in Baltimore Maryland
Baltimore Md last night after lingering illness of ten days. He was 70 acres and lifelong resident of Baltimore. Survived by two other sons and a daughter. Funeral plans set for Baltimore tomorrow afternoon.
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Harry Let
Singlut
Bes Shoygint
Dothan
Baltimore
Bettimore
Mr. Shunguitig
Stingiutt
Montgomery
Charles HL Stingiutt
Noristk
Mre
Eteenar Dawves
Commissioner Miller's Term Expires This October
In the office, no definite commitments have been made yet. Miller's term ends the first Monday in October, and the term of office is three years.
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Miller
Ambushed And Kil MINNEAPOLE Ambushed And Kil
Police report a shooting in Minneapolis where a roving car struck a person and a woman was held. Witness KaSAerman, convicted in 1937 for torture, was released on parole after serving about four years of a five year sentence. The charge involved extortion tied to a newspaper venture.
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Minneapole
Bashermmin
Pamphenger
Tory
Ray Bying
Kasaerman
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