Hollywood Stars Rally Bond Drive In County
Hollywood stars Ann Savage and Lon Chaney Jr will appear in Columbia tomorrow 2 to 4 pm with an all Army unit the rally aims to spur support for the Fourth War Bond Drive. The Dothan American Legion Post Band provides music and school buses will transport rural residents to the event. A barbecue tonight at 8 at Gordon Community Center offers free plates for Honda purchasers while the War Bond show closes the weekend with the stars’ final appearance at Dothay High School Auditorium.
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Dothan
Yond
Maris
Ces
Houston
Ann Savage
Lon Chaney, Jr
Columbia
Wounde
Dothan American Legion Post
Gordon Community Centar
Honda
Gothan American Legion Post
Driva
Artiv Yes
Dothay High School
Two
Stara
No Special Session In Alabama For Service Vote
Governor Sparka indicates Alabama likely will not call a special legislature to provide voting for overseas service members. He cites practical difficulties and potential timing issues for ballots, suggesting Congress should defer to state law on voter qualification and allow uniform ballots in general elections.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparka
Sparks
Mobile
State House of Representatives
Mobitans
Gover. Cor Anid
Congress
Allied Forces Advance In Italy In 1944 Push
Allied troops push through Italian defenses as Tealy reports Roma bridgehead expansion. British forces fend off counterattacks while French units advance north of Cassino near Aveglia, signaling a broad eastward push amid heavy combat.
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Associated Press
TEALY
Roma
Vance
Caasine
Avesla
Atrocities by Japanese on U.S. prisoners revealed
Washington reports secret state actions to document Japanese abuse of American and Filipino prisoners after Bataan and Corregidor. Hull described efforts to pursue war-crimes accountability, potential prisoner exchanges, and details from a joint Army Navy report listing brutal acts and the three veterans who survived to tell the tale.
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Washington
Btate Hull
United States
Philippines
Army
Navy
Bataan
Corregidor
Hull
Japan
Allied
Pacific
Melvyn H. McCoy
USN
Indianapolis
Ture
County Committee Maps May Primary Meeting Held
The Houston County Democratic Executive Committee met at the county courthouse to set qualifications and fees for the regular May primary. W A Wella of Ashford chaired as officials planned to select managers for the Webb voting machine during the February 4 special primary to nominate two Congressmen for the short term after the death of Henry B Steagall. A voting machine was authorized at Webb by the county Board of Review. A second voting machine will be set up at Beat Eight in Cowarts.
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Houston County Democratic Executive Committee
W. A. Wella
Ashford
Webb
Henry B. Steagall
County Board of Revert
Cowarts
Legion Reports Early Bond Sales Drive Progress
Legionnaires of Chester 2, Peat No. 13 reported raising $90,496 for WE Bond in the Fourth Wet Loan Drive during a meeting at the George Houston Memorial Library. Commander Alvin Mowat noted the effort was strong though early, urging continued worker participation and prompt checks to proceed with the governmental plan.
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Legionnaires
Chester 2
Peat No
George Houston Memorial Library
Alvin Mowat
Open Fm
Mr. Mowat
Soviets Break German Lines Near Leningrad Front
Soviet forces drove retreating Germans from areas around Narva Luga and Staraya Russa as they pressed toward Leningrad. Red Army advances threatened key rail junctions at Volosovo and Tosno while German units fought to hold Lyuban and Chudovo, their last two towns on the Leningrad Moscow trunk line.
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Moscow
Russia
Narva
Estonia
Luge
Staraya Russe
Red Arming
Leningrad
Volosovo
Tosno
Lyuban
Chudovo
Eden Reveals Japanese Barbarism Against British Troops
In Commons, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden says thousands of British POWs died under brutal tropical jungle conditions after capture by Japan. He links his warning to a U S Army disclosure of torture starvation and murder of about 36000 American and Filipino soldiers at Bataan and Corregidor. Turn to No 28.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
Edeo
U. 8
Washington
Bataan and
Corregidor
Hanging Of Mikado Proposed To Avenge Japanese Brutality
A Washington report quotes Genator Clark proposing to bomb Japan and hang the Mikado in retaliation for atrocities against American and Filipino prisoners of war. Democratic Leader Barkley and others condemn Japan’s conduct, arguing it justifies harsh action and strengthens resolve to defeat Japanese power. New Zealand Minister Walter Nash calls the atrocity story one of the crudest.
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Washington
United Nations
Japan
Genator Clark
D-Ma
Clark
Barkley
Thomas
Utah
Shanghai
Hong Kong
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
United States
Tokyo
Eammert
Engle
D-Calif
Army
Navy
Wesness
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Pacific
Bewater White
R-Me
Huge Bomber Force Strikes Berlin In Major Allied Raid
Allied air forces launched a massive Berlin raid with hundreds of RAP heavy bombers and U S long range bombers. The operation aimed to crush Hitler's capital after a week of intensified air assaults. Berlin reported widespread fires in outer districts while the center, already pulverized, saw heavy damage but was not utterly ruined. The operation followed earlier claims of high tonnage targets and marked another decisive strike in the sustained campaign.
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Helgoland
North Sea Island
Weatern
Germany
France
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Beriin
U S Bans Shipment Of Oil To Spain During February
Washington AP report says the United States bans shipments of oil to Spain for February amid a broader reassessment of policy toward Franco’s regime. The move, tied to restricting Spain’s war potential, follows prior British and American diplomatic efforts and aims to curb exports from the Carthewan area, impacting Spain’s economy and wartime capacity.
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U. S
Spain
Flora Lews Washington
S Pern
Germany
Allegan
Francisco Franco
Spein
United Bates
Odem
Cartbewan
Speie
United States
Bitain
Bpanlah
Gibraltar
Allied Air Forces Hammer Marshall and Admiralty Islands
Allied bombers and fighters intensified raids on the Marshall and Admiralty Islands, targeting Japanese airfields and installations. Seventh Army Air Force strikes hit Maloelan Moljaul and Kwajalein while Liberators damaged the Admiralties. American and Australian forces push in New Guinea and Solomon Islands, expanding beachheads and threatening key Japanese bases.
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Allied Air Forces
Admiralty
Marshall Islands
Associated Press
Marshall
Admiralty Islands
Philippines
Bataan
Marshalse
Hawaii
Navy
Eniwatok
Gilberts
Seventh Army Airforce
Fara
Maloelan
MildJalul
Kwajalein
Lont
Totel
Taroa
Marwhiulla
Admiraltys
Southwest Pacific
Truk Baation
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
New Jiumen
Sie
Madang
Natamy Point
Margen Bay
New Britain
Solomona
Bougainville
Toyokina River
Alnce
Voters Registered in Houston County Beat Totals
Complete figures on the ten day voter registration show 458 new registrations by the Board of Registrars which adjourned yesterday. The board operated from January 10 through yesterday with beat by beat tallies including Beat One 12, Beat Two 14, Beat Three Joh, Beat Four , Beat Five , Beat Seven , Beat Eight 21, Beat Nine 4, Beat Ten 31, Beat Eleven 4, Beat Twelve 15, Beat Thirteen 18, and Beng Fourtess 3.
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Houston County
Board of ‘Registrars
Foll
Pour
Beng Aix
Aeven
Eieven
Beng Fourtess
Argentine Cabinet Officials Resign Over Axis Break
Three satinet ministers and three senior officials with anti Axis views resigned in protest of Argentina’s diplomatic break with the Axis. President Pedro Ramirez warned Germany and Japan, banned trade with the Axis, and suspended the newspaper Pampero. Officials quitting included Dr Quatano Martines Zuviria and Gen Lula Ceasar Perlinger among others.
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Stanley Bone
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Axis
Pedro Ramirez Waa
Germany
Japan
Nationale
Hame
Axia
Pampero
Nasi
Quatano Martines Zuvirta
Justice and Public Instruction
Lula Ceasar Perlinger
Interior Ministar
Diegl Mason
Agriculture
Saailia Patine
Alberto Baldrich
Leon Seng
Federa Trter Ventors
Tucuman
Cordoba
Martinas Zuviria
Perlinger
Tas
Napier Field Turns Out 5000 Cadets
Napier Field produced about 5,000 Army Air Forces commissioned pilots as wings and bars at a ceremony. Col. J In Dantat Jr praised the record of only 36 fatalities in training, citing weather, healthy surroundings, and safety practices. He touched on postwar air transportation, saying trained personnel and planes will make it the safest transport.
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Rines
Napier Field
Army Air Forces
Col
Dantat
Frons Club
Latchcom
Daniel
Neptar Field
Steea Dats
Woman Fined for Gas Coupon Theft in Alabama
Lima Godwin of Dothan, Alabama, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court and was fined 250 dollars for illegally possessing gas ration coupons valued at more than 6,000 gallons. The State Office of Price Administration reported the coupons were stolen from the Houston County Rationing Board in Dothan and later altered.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mra
Lima Godwin
Dothan
Federal District
State Office of Price Administration
Houston County
Allies Beat Off Plane Supported German Thrust
Allied forces repulsed a German attack from the 20th Army backed by aircraft at the Mettunc beachhead north of Anno and Timiles, while Allied air forces crippled German aviation over southern France and the Italian coast. Rome threat grows as Fifth Army expands its bridgehead and captures prisoners.
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NEA
Fifth Army
Appian Way
Rome
Wes Galacres
Algers
20Th Army
Mettunc
Via Ansiate
Valles
Anno
Timiles
Erat
Beachheld
Nouthern Francs
Hres
Marseille
Montpeliier
Germany
Italian
Td Ft
Mark W. Clark
Associated Press
Ton Whitehead
S Pont
Ansic
Yald
Americana
Harold Alexander
Goering
Adolf Hitler
Tenth Army
Gustav
Camino
Morosa
Germasa
Italy
Red Guerrillan
Tantera
Philip Cochran
Pne
Ted Wightar
France
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Helly Washington
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House
Senate
Sharp
Xir Mall
W. W. Neacher
H. H Arnold
Hitler
Europe
Atlantic Wall
U.S
Traina
Reporta
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