Youths Admit Two More Burglaries In Dothan Case
Sheriff B G Farmer reports two Dothan youths Herbert and Sam McKinnon admitted several months old burglaries. They were arrested Sunday night while attempting to enter a secondhand store on South Foster Street and on questioning, confessed to breaking into a filling station at North St Andrews and Troystreet. Harbert is out on $500 bond, McKinnon held in default of bond.
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B.G Farmer
Dothan
Werk
Uney
Heedland
Dr. Herbert
Sam McKinnon
South Foster Wheel
North St Andrews
Troystrest
Farmer
Harbert
Ballots Planned If Machines Fail in Local Primary
Probate Judge Saxon P Perper stated that contingency ballots have been prepared in case voting machines fail during the February primary. One thousand specimen ballots are ready for distribution at eighteen polling places where machines are used, with machines serviced and ready. Paper ballots will be used only in Beats Nine and Fourteen. other beats will employ machine ballots in Dothan and surrounding areas.
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Pirman
Saxon P Perper
Elghteen
Dothan
Tothan
City pair held on affray charges after downtown clash
James Dean and Red Barry were arrested by sheriff's officers in Boon today on affray charges after a money dispute led to a downtown altercation near the courthouse on West Main Street. Dean suffered a head wound when struck by Barry as several shoppers and workers witnessed the incident.
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Twemes
James Dean
Red" Barry
Sheriff's
Boon
Sherff
Dean
Barry
Weat Main Street
Extra Sugar Offered In War Book Four
The Heuston County War Price and Rationing Board announced War Ration Book Four No. 40 will be valid February 1 to February 1965 for five pounds of sugar. Officials said the sugar is to be used for designated purposes and the allowance is an allotment.
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Tiga
Heuston County
Todey
Wynner Last Rites Held At Graceville
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Finlay Wynner aged eighty one of Wilmington North Carolina were held Sunday at Graceville with Rev H F Wilson officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery with Waerd Wilson in charge. She was a daughter of General J J Finley of Gelsesville and a sister of the later Charles A Finley of Graceville. Surviving are four nieces and nephews including Mrs E B Patterson of Grace and Mrs Charles Benne of Dothan.
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Margaret Finlay Wynner
Wilmington
N.C
Graceville
H. Fe, Wilson
Waerd-Wilson
J. J. Finley
Gelsesville
Charles A . Finley
E.B
War Bond drive and club meeting notes
Number 23 continued from page one mentions using funds for long-distance transport feed. Lion's Club members subscribed to 6765 dollars in H Bonds in cooperation with the Fourth War Loan drives. Other guests included Mia, Troy Lewis with papers and vocal selections, Paul, Allen, A. D. Shreban, H. D. Strickland, Jimmy Buie, Gary Hodges, with Strickland and Bula added as new members.
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Mure
Lion's Club
Mia
Troy Lewis
Paul, Allen
A. D. Shreban
H. D. Strickland
Jimmy Buie
Gary Hodges
Strickland
Bula
Spain Exposes Achilles Heel Trade War Material Deal
The United States moved to cut off vital war materials to Germany through Spain, citing a German-Spanish debt settlement. Spain agreed to extend 400,000,000 pesetas in credit to Germany, a move seen as a major setback to Allied economic warfare that had blocked Germany from obtaining strategic materials in the past six months.
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Germany
United States
Spain
House conferees modify proposed tax and posting rate
The report notes continuing discussion on Number 16 as it moves from page use. Handling charges rose and the House conferees agreed to affiliate a proposed doubling of to a third class posts rate. A proposed 5 percent tax on pari mutual wagers, voted by the House and removed by the Senate, remains open for consideration. The Senate retains its schedule of invented capital credits for computing corporate excess profits taxes.
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House
Senate
Legion drive promotes bond sale in Gordon Columbia and Dothan
Alto V. Lee, chairman of the Legion’s Fourth War Loan, urged Legionnaires to spread the news of the bond sale valley to be held in Gordon, Columbia, and Dothan today and tomorrow. He outlined programs at all three locations and encouraged maximum attendance.
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Alto V. Lee
Legions
Bond Valley
Gordon
Columbia
Dothan
Imarow
Soviet Offense Near Leningrad Boosts City Safety
Battlefront reports show Bolshevik forces driving German troops back 40 to 60 miles from the Soviet union's advance upon Leningrad. Volosovo's capture brings Soviets within 39 miles of Narva as Tomog forces clear the Moscow line toward Lyuban and push west from Lake Timor. Far to the south in the Ukraine, Vatutin's army faces heavy German pressure near Odessa-Warsaw trunk rail, with over 3,000 enemy troops killed. T-4 Fred W. Deneche of Miami Beach and Cadet training news included.
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Novgorod
Lake Simen
Leningrad- Pakov
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Vitebsk
Leningrad
Red Army
Soviet Union
Govorov
Andrei @hnanov
Volosovo
Go- Vorov
Narva
Toano
Narva - Revel
Lyuban
Volkhovo
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Meratskov
Lake Timor
Leningrad - Vitebsk
Batetskaya Junction
War Bulletin
Verky Prykhon
Shimsk
Bhimsk - Pskov
Jaya-Auser Salient
Lake Timen
Laningrad-Vitebek
Laningrad
Eden accuses Japan of brutal prisoner treatment aboard war
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden described dire prison camp conditions in Japanese hands. He cited ill prisoners in Thailand and Hong Kong, brutal beatings and executions of Allied nationals, and failures to permit neutral inspection. Eden urged global pressure as Japan refused to allow verification.
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Eden
Thailand
Hongkong
Shanghai
Troyes
Philippines
Burma
Japan
John Wardlaw Milne
Govertimane
Prisoner deaths cited in WWII war crimes report
The report lists American prisoners dying from starvation hard labor and brutality in camps such as Camp D Dannell Camp O Connell and Cabanatuan in 1942. It names Md Melvik and Lt Con Willimo E Dyess and notes Dyess was killed in a crash near Burbank California while training to return to the Pacific.
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MD Melviik
Coast Artillery Corps
Dunmore
Con Willimo E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Tex
Dyere
Burbank
Calif
Pacific
Melvik
Doug- Tag MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
D.dannell
Cabanatuan
Camp O'Connell
Bataan
War Bond rally to boost drive with band and Camp Rucker act
Tickets are limited and available only by War Bonds at two banks, the post office, and the Martin Theatre. Dothan High School Band directed by Howell Hampton and about 40 pieces will perform with a Camp Rucker entertainment troupe. A German helmet seized in Tunisia will be auctioned to the highest bidder along with other scarce athletic items. Clyde Levern reports $211,000 already subscribed in E Bonds toward a $482,000 target, part of a county quota of $2,024,000. more rallies and auctions planned to drive progress.
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Pearances
Post Office
Martin Theatre
Dothan High School
Howell Hampton
Camp Rucker
Clyde Levern
Houston County War Finance Committee
Lovern
Lovetn
Chicago Commodities Whaat Oats May
A distorted market note lists oats for May with unclear figures and stray codes. The fragment mentions Chicago commodities and references possibly unrated or garbled identifiers without coherent pricing or dates.
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Chicago
Celle
Students study aircraft operations during Napier visit
Twenty students from Deghasigh School toured the Feet Treop School at Napier on Thursday afternoon guided by Master-Sergeant C. T. Lerman and staff. They listened to lectures on aircraft mechanics and observed equipment in action, with six youths already qualifying for Air Corps enlistment and several more expected to qualify soon.
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Deghas
Gordon Willis
Billy Cook
Billy Menderheim
J. L. Martin
Warren Sellers
Fred Patter
Senator remarks on war effort and foe in Pacific
Senator Ball condemns propaganda about Genghis Khan as a patron of warfare while Senator Johnson argues the nation must wage a decisive war in the Pacific. The quotes frame a hardline stance on confronting a barbaric enemy and sustaining wartime resolve.
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Genghis Khan
Benator Ball
R-Minn
Johnson
D.- Colo
Pacific
J H Hall Dies On Newton Route
Funeral services for J H Hall aged eighty who died at his home on Newton route two after a long illness will be held Saturday at Pilgrim Home Church with Rev A D Zichinden officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery Ward Wilson directing. He lived in the community all his life and was a member of Pilgrim Home Church. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mary Ellis of Newton route two five sons L H H E and L W Hall of Namatius Fia T V Hall of Newton route two and G M Hall of Midland City route two three brothers Wes Sims and Will Hall all of Texas and thirty four grandchildren.
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J. H. Hall
Newton
Pilgrim Home Church
A. D. Zichinden
Burls
Church
Ward-Wilson
Mary Ellis
L H
H. E
L W. Hall
Namatius
Fia
T. V. Hall
G. M. Hall
Midland City
Wes, Sims
Will Hall
Texas
Vote Amendments On Soldier Voting Faces Debate
Wallington reporters note opposition by Vandenberg and Bapuoteas to administration backed soldier voting amendments. The clash centers on extending federal help for veteran ballots while critics say GOP leaders seek to block servicewomen from voting, under President Roosevelt.
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Wallington
Vandenberg
Vendenberg
Ag Federe
McNary
Ove Igel
Senate Republic
Roostvelt
Roosavelt
Dothan Negro Ha In Truck Accident
A Dothan man riding in a truck near Geneva was injured when the vehicle left a bridge guard rail and overturned. Initial reports described serious injuries, but a Geneve physician later stated the man was bruised with possible leg injuries. The truck owner, a Dothan heating company, was not named in the report.
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Dothan
Jana
Accor Raporty
Jim Brooks
Geneve
Dothan and Heating Company
Geneva
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