Good Citizenship Girl Named in Colu mbus High School
Louise Sutherland, a senior at Houston County High in Columbus, chosen Good Citizenship Girl for Hocetog County by Belorach Baxter, county superintendent. Sponsored by the Alabama Daughters of American Revolution, the winner earns a free trip to the DAR congress in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Sutherland
Houston County
Columbus
Hocetog County
Belorach Baxter
Alabama Daighters of American Revolution
Washington
Sutherland
Baxter
Ruth Bryan Owene
WAVES And SPARS Sought Here In Navy Recruitment Drive
The Navy plans a 50 percent expansion for WAVES and SPARS with about 200 enlistments monthly for the Eighth Naval District. Chief Specialist Charles L. Martin said qualifications are similar and positions span most industries, with vacancies posted at the Dothan recruiting station in the post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Reserve
Navy
Dothan
Charles L. Martin
WAVES
SPARS
Eighth Naval District
Dathan
Martin
Hue Tin
Internal Revenue case ties Coffey County officials
In a continuing Internal Revenue investigation, charges tied to Coffey County Sheriff John D. Stewart and his brother Monroe Stewart emerged. John D. Stewart resigned as sheriff and awaits trial, while Monroe Stewart was convicted and sentenced to two years. other defendants were acquitted in an April 1942 ruling.
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Tease
Internal Revenue
Malis
Lewis
John D. Stewart
Coffes County
Monroe Stewart
Stewart
Sheri
Coffea County
Mat
Cee An
Aequel
Allied push in Tunisia tightens noose on Axis in Mareth area
Allied forces report the U S Infantry has secured the Ousseitis valley while the British Eighth Army trails Rommel toward Zuara. US troops seized a mountain pass near Djebel El Hihana and Djebel Al Balfa as patrols advanced, with German positions abandoned overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thutia
United States
Ousseitis
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Rommel Africa Corps
North Africa
Caid
Nasuhat Rommel
Jurgen von Afaim
Paria Radio
Mareth
Jus
Gulf of Gabes
Foum Talshouine
Konsmel
Zuara
Tripol
Hommel
Plaster
Zaula
Cairo
Djabel el Hihana
Djebel al Balfa
U. S
Roosevelt Churchill Conference Signals Far-Reaching War Plans
Report covers mixed reactions to the Roosevelt Churchill meeting. Senators praise the scope but others note no new public details. Items include potential conscription for next winter, rationing measures, and ongoing war policy debates as Congress weighs new war powers and fuel allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
D-N.y
Liam Rayburn
State Hall
Pnke
Nye
R-Nd
Ieadera
Axia
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Ausinha
Cones
Rat Mention Ag
War Production Board
Texas
Lehmour
United Mine Workers
Arate
War Labor Board
William C Cole
R.-Mo
Japs Using Poison Gas, Chinese Say
The Chinese high command issued a communique accusing Japan of using poison gas northwest of Hungtung in southern Shanxi on Jan 6. They asserted several hundred Japanese soldiers died when the wind shifted toward their own lines. A June 5, 1942 AP report noted Roosevelt warned retaliation in kind if gas attacks against China continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
API
United States
Great Bistam
China
Lofay
Hungtung
Shanai Province
Roosevelt
Goa
United Nations
Sale Of Peanuts For Seed Approved
CAMILLA Ga AP Selling of farmers stock peanuts for planting purposes has been authorized again this year by the Georgia Florida Alabama Peanut Association. The U S Department of Agriculture has authorized the association to sell the peanuts on a cash basis through dealers only. Sales can start immediately and continue through May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camilla
Crawley
Georgia, Florida, Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Russian push tightens noose at Stalingrad amid German retreat
Soviet forces continued the 450 mile offensive from Voronezh to Armavir as German troops on the stalingrad pocket faced encirclement. The 534th German Infantry Regiment surrendered in full while other units were wiped out or routed. Red army says they seized towns across the southwestern and southern fronts and captured large stores of weapons and matériel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Kuban
Caucasus
Novoromsisk
Black Sea
Crimes
Rostov
Alaa
Voronezh
Don River
Armevir
Caucasum
Toutov
Rusafane
Ruaslens
Red Army
North Caucasus
Department to pay farmers for recommended crop practices
The department will pay about $270 million to farmers who used recommended crop practices to rebuild row productivity. Payments cover cotton tobacco and rice, while corn and wheat receive limited support.
WAAC recruit sworn in at Fort McClellan
Sergeant in charge of Army recruiting at Dothan announced that Miss Julinl Bo McCorkle of Dothan route three has been accepted and sworn into the WAAC Morale unit. McCorkle reported to Fort McClellan for training and will report to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga on February 2. Three more women have requested enrollment information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griasstt
Clarge
Dothan
Misa Julinl
Bo McCorkle
WAAC
McCorkle
Ft McClellan
Ft. Oglethrope
Women's Army Auxiliary Corpe
Mia
Clyde Madison
South Footer Slreet
Lillian Crawnon
Geneva
Barncotina Creel
Opp
Food rationing limits set by OPA in three to four weeks
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration announced a five can per person maximum for canned goods under new rationing. Some officials had expected eight to 18 cans, with penalties for excess. The limit excludes home canned goods baby foods and certain low value cans from counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Padang
Thia Umit
Office of
Sarler
Agincy
OPA
Pacific-first Strategy Shapes North Africa to Aid Europe
In wartime strategy discussions the aim is to deny Japan and focus on Europe while keeping pressure in the Pacific. Allies reckon victory in Europe helps open Mediterranean routes and shorten supply lines to the Middle East and India. Roosevelt and Churchill met in Casablanca to project unity and bolster French support for the Allied cause.
Number 8- Continued From Fuge One
In the harbor at Bau, New Britain a major enemy supply base was hit by air forces starting fires in the area. RAF bombers from India attacked Japanese installations and transports in Burma targeting the Toun Koo airdrome and riverine and coastal shipping along the Chindwin and Bay of Bengal.
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Bau Harbor
New Britain
New Guinea
Burma
RAF
India
Toun Koo
Chindwin River
Bay of Bengal
Taxi operators meet to discuss permanent certificates
Number 7 from page one notes a 1:00 p m courthouse meeting with taxi operators to discuss permanent machine certificates. Military authorities are expected due to complaints that some cabs have been used for immoral purposes.
War conference in Casablanca links Allied command plan
The article details the Casablanca war conference where Allied leaders Roosevelt Churchill and others discuss a central plan to mobilize all United Nations resources. It names senior officers from the United States and Britain attending, notes secrecy around meetings at a Casablanca hotel, and describes Roosevelt visiting Port Lyautet and wreath ceremonies for American troops. The piece highlights the ongoing effort to unite French leaders De Gaulle and Giraud and references the heavy fighting in North Africa.
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Mediterranean
New York
Cairo
Calcutta
Africa
Roosevelt
Churchill
French North Africa
London
Washington
Casablanca
United Nations
Enlige
Giraud
de Gaulle
United States
Russia
Britain
Urovgaov
Rusia
Posalbis
Zislin Bes Boas
Loeacepe
Supreme Command
Bead
Hell
B. B. Somervall
Services of Supply
U. S Army
Eisenhower
North Africa
Carl Spaatz
Theamed Expeditionary Force
Mark W. Clark
U. & Fifth Army
W. Averell Harriman
U. 5
F. M. Andrews
Army Air Forces
Middle East
Sr John Dill
Joint Staff
Lora Lours Mountbatten
Hastings Iamay
Minister of Defense
Frent
Andrew Cunningham
Harold Alexander
Matechal
Arthur Tedder
RAF
Middle Eastern Command
Bernard J. Montgomery
Maraha
Rommel
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Port Lyautay
Here
Harry Hopkins
War Leaders Map 1943 Plans After Morocco Meeting
The President and Prime Minister said joint talks produced complete agreement on war plans for 1943 to force unconditional surrender of Axis nations. They noted Allied control of battle initiative worldwide and hinted invasion planning by Marshall Brooke King Pound and other leaders. Stalin could not leave Russia due to a major offensive. Edouard Handry, a war correspondent, was killed in Morocco amid the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Giraud
Jt Wes
Sos
Stalin
Rusia
Axig
George C. Marshall
U. S Army
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
Dudley Pound
Steagall Addresses Carolina Farmers
Raleigh AP report quotes Rep Henry B Steagall accusing farmers of inflationist beliefs as ridiculous or vicious He defends parity price demands as fair and notes farmers receive only about 25 percent of consumer prices While national wealth rose farm property value fell due to low prices and deflation and protected prices for purchases U.S. farmers suffer from deflationary conditions and price disparities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Henry B. Steagell
D.-Ala
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bloc
House” Committee On Banking and Currency
Casablanca Conference Rift Riles Vichy Radio
Vichy radio brands Roosevelt and Churchill Casablanca talks as bluff and says Anglo Americans invaded French Africa without a war declaration to plunder the land. Tokyo radio relays a Japanese view alleging public opinion pressure and low spirits for FDR and Churchill since the Greater East Asia war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Agency
Vichy
French Africa
New York
Tokyo
North America
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchil
America
Britain
Office of War Informatio
Wall
Federal Bureau of Investigation to hold March police conference
D. K. Browm announced that a quarterly FBI police conference will be held March 7 with meetings planned at night starting 1 p.m. and thirteen sites to be covered. The agency urged attendance at the most convenient location as part of a recreational program a future football film will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. K. Browm
Biralagham
Federal Bureau of Investiga‘tion
Brows
Alabama
Egidine
Teachers To Study Physical Training in Alabama
Houston County teachers Denton instructors attend the physical education institute at Huntington College in Montgomery on February 1 and 2. Solomon Baxter, county superintendent, said Misa Nell Vans of Houston County High School and Jana R. MoMathison of Ashford High School were selected by the Board of Education to attend. The institute aims to improve methods for healthier, stronger children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Denton
Huntington College
Montgomery
Solomon Bexter
Misa Nell Vans
Columbia
Jana R. MoMathison
Ashford
Houston County Board of Education
Baxter
Uie Alabama
Controversy Over Flynn Post Sparks Senate Clash
The 12 article from Page One reports Republican charges of Flynn’s unfitness for diplomacy and expected near unity in opposing confirmation. It notes Democratic resistance including Van Nuys and Sen LaFollette, with a list of supporting Democrats and opposing Republicans. The piece also mentions a separate historical cosmetic development in Egypt around 1350 Bc.
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Flynn
Senate
Johnson
Calif
Capper
Kas
Vandenberg
Mich
White
Shipstead
Minn
Nye
N.D
Davis
Penn
LaFollette
Wis
Connally
Tex
Wagner
N. Y
Thomas
Utah
Murray
Mont
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Europe
Australis
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American High Command
Rcasia
al Axia
Erwin Rommel
Rommela
Tantala
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Sicil
Fuge One
Louise Anderson
Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hopkins
Elliott Roozevelt
Robert Murphy
Steagall
Carolina
Egypt
PTO EE
Rae
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Speigner
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Jones Office
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Dick Foran
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Wala
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