Democrats Urge Fourth Term Foes Return To Party
In Washington AP dispatch, James A. Farley’s status looms as Democrat leaders push for Roosevelt renomination. Robert M. Hannegan takes Democratic National Chair, vows to rally Warley supporters and bring Farley back, while the party signals backing a fourth term for President Roosevelt. Fierce factional lines emerge over the term question.
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Jack Bell Washington
James A. Feriy
Robert HE. Hannegan
Dey Ug
Frank C. Walker
Hannegan
Democratic
Warley
Pew
Roogavelt
of the Nations
Roosevelt
BE. D. Rivera
Georgia
Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Spurscart War Bond Buying Drives Houston County
Houston County's Fourth War Loans drive enters its second week with Ashford residents gathering at the high school for a World War II veteran address and a moving picture to spur interest. About $200,000 has been subscribed in week one, mostly to E Bonds, with a county quota of $2,034,000. Clyde Levern urged early subscriptions to ease solicitor workload.
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Houston County
Ashford
Clyde Levern
Houston County War Finance Committee
Mr. Lovern
Houston
Tara Te
Ickes' Employee Ready To Testify On Hopkins Letter
George N Briggs an Interior Department employee suspended over the Hopkins letter says he was a victim of power politics. He testified before a federal grand jury investigating the forgery claim and denied being a mystery man. Briggs notes his first taste of power politics and fears needing to acquire more.
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Max Hall
Washington
George N. Briggs
Interior Department
Hopking
Harry L. Hopking
Brigge
Toy
Ike Ollyaa
Brigun
Langyr
R.nd
Plese
Wendell Willkis
C. Nelson Sparks
Vanuatiee
Briggs
Ickes
Grand’ Jury
Langer
Sey
Willkie
World Today war report near Nettuno harbor
Fragmentary World War II field notes describe German divisions south of Nettuno, heavy fighting and attempts to clear rail lines from Peizeat toward the harbor area as Allied forces press inland.
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Nettuno
Peizeat
Streamlined Tax Return Proposed As Simplification
Washington AP reports Rep Carleton Kansas proposes drastic simplification of income tax. Plans merge Victory tax with regular income tax and create a single base and rates, with optional returns for those heavily taxed at source. Provisions would ease forms for small earners and extend filing deadlines.
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Washington
Carleton
Ro Kans
Carlaon
Allies Increase Tempo Of Aerial War In Pacific
Allied air forces intensified operations across the Pacific with bombers targeting Paramushiro and enemy shipping in the north and south. Reports claim raids on Taree in the Marshall Islands and another nine B-34 strikes, while Tokyo radio notes nine planes destroyed. Ground actions inches UN closer to a two pronged drive on Manchuria.
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Moreie Landsberg
Pacific
Paramushiro
Burme
Tokyo Radio
Hongkong
Taree
Marshall Islands
United Nations
Ma Ture
Lewis Ready To Deal On AFL Readmission Terms
Miami AP report says John Lewis aims for a deal with the AFL to readmit United Mine Workers while adding chemical workers and other jurisdictions. The AFL Executive Council rejected Lewis's terms, noting unresolved issues with Progressive Mine Workers of America and chemical workers amid a looming postwar mining employment plan.
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Miami, Fla
American Federation of Labor Executive Counncil Today
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miami
Fla
Jonn L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Progressive Mine Workers of Americas
Illnois
Kentucky
Isyaba
Lewin
Plastica
Crafta Outalde Cos
Eight Die as Bus Collides with Train Near St. Louis
Eight people died and ten were injured in a city bus and a Wabash passenger train collision near Delmar Boulevard station. The bus split in two, gasoline flames engulfed the wreckage, five victims trapped, others burned or thrown clear as the train could not stop in time. Passenger RE Gallagher described the chaos and the intense blaze.
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Ana Sad
Manneed
Advance Threatens To Sever Another German Rail Line
Moscow AP dispatch reports Red Army forces along both banks of the Volkhov River near Chudovo within 10 miles of the city, pressing a drive that could cut the main Moscow Leningrad line between Chudovo and Toano. German communications are being disrupted along the Leningrad front as Soviet troops threaten another rail link.
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SY Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Volkhov
Red Army
Chukovgo
Leningrad
Moscow-Leningrad
Chudovo
Toano
Chudovo i
Germans Prepare For Loss Of Rome
United States heavy bombers with escort resumed strikes on northern and western Germany. Bombers attacked several military objectives, wrecking an important target in northern Germany with a salvo of bombs.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
United States
Reich
Germany
U. S Army
Tera Te Nawber
Nazis Set Stage For Evacuation Of Rome
German officials reported moving forces and key centers away from Rome as Allied landings on the Italian coast loomed. The quartermaster corps HQ shifted to Florence, communications center to Chiusi, and Rome's exit roads clogged with both German and Fascist authorities. Neutral landings were capped to brief diplomatic dispatches amid growing fears of a French invasion.
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Rome
Itellan
Quartermaster Corpe
Florence
Chiusi
Theas
France
Comat
Pyrenety
Marcellia
Ageinat
Beat 8 Gets Two Voting Machines
The Houston County Board of Revenue authorized two voting machines in Beat Eight, one at Webb and the other at Cowarta, adding a polling place. The change, effective for the February runoff, follows an alternating two-year plan used in Beat Eleven at Crosby and Grangerburg.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Todey
Webb
Cowarta
Crosby
Grangerburg
L. E. Bow Well
FDR Grants Pardon To Gen Richardson
President Roosevelt granted an unconditional pardon to Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr., commander of the Army’s Hawaiian Department, who had been cited for contempt of court last year for refusing to comply with a writ of habeas corpus. The case arose from a dispute referenced in Tarate No. 2.
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Washington
Department
Roosevelt
Robert C. Richardson
Army
Rosie and Winnie to Keep Jobs After Peace Returns
AP report notes new evidence on long term employment for women after wartime. Industry study from 8 Ametion foundation shows women can fill about 75 percent of man jobs, with higher sickness absence but lower accident rates. Data from 4 wet plants in 18 states covered 430000 workers, 181000 of whom are women.
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George Tielee Washington
Rosie
Wianis
Dastra
Inéwtria
Nyene Doundsten
Pittsburgh
Dr. Co. D
Sap Plagton
Chicago
Midwest
Congress Faces Busy Week With War Vote Battles
Washington AP reports a hectic week as Congress tackles soldier voting, war subsidies, taxes, mustering out pay, and postwar relief ops. House aims to fund UN Relocations and Rehabilitation Admin aid with 1.96 billion dollars while debates on federal versus state voter qualifications continue.
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Washington
Cemgran
Legislaon
United States
United Nations
Der
United
Axip
Ooe
Steagall Secretary Still Carrying On
AP reports amid Alabama politics, Mar g o Marple, an Army wife and secretary to the late Rep Henry Steagall, carries on in Washington as a young, capable figure in the Third District. With Steagall's death, Alabama loses its dean in Congress and the House Banking and Currency Committee lacks a chairman. Brent Goenes of Kentucky is noted as a committee member.
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Virginia van Dee Veer
Washington
Alabamlane
Capitol Hill
Ohio
Alabama
Margo Marple
Henry Steegall
Youtha
House Banking and Currency Committee
Brent Goenes
D -Ky
Sus
Senate Military Group Holds Fate Of Labor Draft
A Senate Military Affairs Committee vote on the civilian labor draft shows division with five opposed, one for, and undecided members leaning against. Secretary Stimson to press the bill Wednesday as debate continues amid concerns about equity, taxation, and wartime production impact.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
State of National Service Legislatiem
Presliaot Roosevelt
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lenative
Ona
Stimson
Murray
D-Mont
Truman
D.mo
Reynolds
Johnson
D-Colo
Kilgore
D. W. Vad
Wallgrean
Wash
Belator Austin
R-Vi
Macy Benatore
O'Mahoney
de Wye
J R Sellers Dies After Long Illness
J R Sellers aged fifty nine retired rural mail carrier died early this morning at his home 711 West Boulevard. A Dothan resident for 26 years he served 24 years as a mail carrier before retiring about a year ago due to ill health. He belonged to Primitive Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Ward Wilcox Chapel at 3 PM with Rev Sam C Reeves and Rev Alem Collins officiating. burial in Ramer cemetery. Surviving: wife, two daughters Mrs Megina Bellers Grigon of Dothan and Mrs Carnell Sellers of Atlanta. four sons Brookgen, Victor, both of Dothan. four sisters and three brothers. three grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed as J Mt Jones I J Thomas Sr Herbert Walker John Well Joba Gilbert.
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J. Re Bellore
Tle
Weat Boulevard
Dethen
Alem Collins
Hartford
Ramer
Ward-Wilsoe
Big Wiles
Megina Bellers Grigon
Dothan
Carnell Sellers
Atlants
Brookgend Victor Sellers
Carte Hardy
Dosalso
J. B
Hinson
Muends
RC. Benner
Jachgonvilis
Buster Goff
Prothera
V. O. Sofers
Miami
Sellers
Amea
Setlarn
Cottonwood
Palibemrera
J. Mt. Jones
J. Thomas
Herbert Walker
John Well
Joba
Allied Troops Reach Four Miles From Nettuno Front
Allied headquarters report U S and British forces push four miles inland from their beachhead above the Pontine marshes toward Nettuno and the Appian Way. German counter offensives along the Cassino front threaten the Fifth Army while Allied air forces pound German lines and protect the naval advance toward Rome.
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NEA
Fifth Army
Rome
Neu Guntay
Eternal City
Wes Gallagher
Algyera
United States
Pentine Marshes
Mld
Forass
Nettuno
Litteria
Nattuno
Pentine
Gals Tims
Ture
U. B
Rapido
Caasino
Nettune Ware Gill
Alea
U. S
Repida
Cassino
Emat Ben K
Garigiano
Appannines
Rams
Italy
Elba
Pravda Promotes Unity Amid Allied Talks Denial
Pravda reports a Cairo dated rumor of British German peace talks was dismissed as a political fiction. Moscow broadcasts quote Soviet sources alleging a "bankruptcy" of German calculations and accuse Allied powers of attempting to destabilize the situation.
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London
Pravda
Aledanit
Moscow Brosécas
Moscow
Wally
Denigh
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