Mrs M F Box Dies Near Dothan
Mrs M F Box forty eight died at her home on Dothan route one after a week illness. Funeral services will be at Old Hinson Church tomorrow at 2 PM with Rev C C Bakckom officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Elfen Peacock Graceville route one Mrs Pearl Shivar Chipsey Fla and Mrs Violet Hall Dothan route one a son Robert Box Dothan route one five brothers and three sisters and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Mra
MF Box
Dothan
Old Hinson
CC. Bakckom
Cametery
Ward-Wilson
Elfen Peacock
Graceville
Mra Pearl Shivar
Chipsey
Fla
Lula Hickland
Slocomb
J. A. Hall
Winston Hinson
T. J. Baxley
Welker Collins
Shelton Watford
Henry Collina
Sweet potatoes to number 11 from Page One crop outlook
County Agent estimates 000 to 5,000 acres of sweet potatoes this year. Government price supports rise monthly to February 144 with No. One potatoes guaranteed 1.45 per bushel. Farmers told to store crop until peak prices, and can get plans for storage rooms from the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling
Treason case of Max Stephan heads to execution row
The article recalls the stark final days of Max Stephan, once an American restaurant owner tied to a Bund network, facing federal treason charges. A guilty verdict was returned a year earlier as the gallows, arriving in parts for assembly, stood ready at the prison for an execution scheduled before dawn. Stephan’s jailers and supporters recount a dramatic shift from his 1930s stance toward Germany to the looming consequence of the federal trial.
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Federal Correctional Institution
Nicholas Salowich
Aeid Salowich
Max Stephan
Mullenly
Germany
Stephan
Stephen
Pirot
Bund
Oberleutant
Hana Peter Krug
Bowmanville
Krug
San Antonio
Tex
Henee
Promotion of A. B. Hirk- Jang to Corporal at Keesler Field
Private First Class A. B. Hirk- Jang, son of Mrs Lena Kirkland of 308 West Washington Street, has been promoted to corporal. He serves at Keesler Field in Mississippi, a unit of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command.
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A. B. Hirk- Jang
Lena Kirkland
West
Washington Street
Keesler Field
Miss
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Price Shifts Spark July 4 OPA Point Revisions
The Office of Price Administration announces major point changes effective July 4. Beef cuts mostly rise, pork remains steady, and processed foods gain or lose points across groups. Vegetables, cheeses, fruits, and canned goods show varied adjustments, with blue coupon validity through July.
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Butler
Manly
OPA
Porterhouse
John
Jer
Krooked Pantry Produce Cuts In Half To One Point Each
A fragment notes vegetables and fruit Juless in the seven to ten ounce range were halved to about one point each can Pineapple juice is excluded from the item list.
Allied Air Campaign Shrinks Nazi Oil and Tank Output
Reports from Stockholm indicate Allied bombing cuts reduced German oil reserves to about 3,000,000 tons and tank/plane production. Germany’s oil needs around 18–22 million tons yearly, while locomotives and bombers show notable drops. RAF strikes damaged Ruhr coal transport and caused heavy casualties in Duisburg and surrounding towns.
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Moehoe
Ederdawa
Germany
Reicha
Stochholm
H. F Hasvy
Dulsburg
Oberhausen
Rhine-Herne Canal
Herne
Westphalia
Duisburg
Rhine
Ruhr
Rotterdam
Strae
Senators approve rewards and tax relief bills
The Senate backed a $50 bounty to sheriff evidence leading to livestock thief convictions and approved exemptions on mule related taxes for wrapping paper bags and strings. Resolutions urged federal state fiscal cooperation and a 25 percent cap on income and gift taxes during peace, with other measures for education funding and mental defectives facilities pending gubernatorial action.
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Senate
C D. Norman
Bullock
Treasury
Federal
Washington
James B Allen
Etowah
Congress
Sen. McCary
Anniston
Dothan Lab Reports Monthly Specimen Totals and Diseases
Officials announce last month 1 727 specimens tested at the Dothan Sranth Laboratory with 703 positive and 71 unsatisfactory. The report covers malaria typhoid diphtheria cholera and tuberculosis among others and notes 9374 specimens tested in the first six months of the year from the Dothan Branch Laboratory serving Houston Dale Henry and Geneva Counties.
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Dothan Sranth Laboratory
Leda
Phtheria
Aix
Dothan
Houston
Dale
Henry
Geneva
Pacific War Update From Solomons and New Guinea
Navy reports continuing battles in the Solomons and New Guinea fronts. Allied forces claim light overall casualties while Japanese assertions say several Allied ships were sunk and transports damaged. Air attacks target Munda Vila Vila and surrounding bases as Libera tors bomb Nense defenses with continued dive bombing and bombardment of airfields.
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Wahington
McCawley
Solomons
MacArthur
Rendove
Arca
Tokyo
Agsock
Presa
Ara
Vila
Munda
Solomon Chain
New Guinea
Salamaua
Naasay Bay
Balamava
Rabaul
New Britain
Washington
Navy
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Lamberti Plantation
New Georgia Island
United States
Munda Elefield
Kolombanerg
New Orleans and New York Cotton Prices and War News
The article lists cotton figures for New Orleans and New York with several monthly entries and closes. It also reports on Soviet air raids on Kerch harbor and enemy dumps, plus speculation on a German thrust toward Orel and Voronesh and a military promotion for Private Willie F. Stevens at Camp Howse, Texas.
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New Orleans
New York
London
Monitor
Kerch
Orel - Voronesh
Central Front
Moscow
Mary
Willie F. Stevens
J L. Stevens
Midland City
Camp Howse
Texan
Houston Draft Boards To Stay Open Monday
Houston County officials announced that three draft boards will remain open on Monday for registration. They urged youths turning eighteen this month to register promptly, warning that failure to register is a legal violation with severe penalties for delinquent registrants.
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Houston
Houston County
Alao
Campaign over FCC chief Fly details wartime conduct
The report accuses Fly of malfeasance in the Board of War Communications and alleged attempts to control frequencies and stations. It cites delays endangering national defense, refusal to hand over shipboard operator fingerprints, and efforts hindering wartime television potential. Army and Navy witnesses would testify.
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Arwu-Nevy
Pearl Harbor
Haswaii
Fry
Board of War Communications
Army
Navy
Defense Communications Board
War Or
Navy Department
FCC
Fly
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Carey
Roosevelt warns Congress over cost of living measure
President Roosevelt argues the proposed bill would raise meat and butter prices, block new price-reduction efforts, and strip the executive branch of power to buy or incentive farm production without congressional approval. He divides his warning into three points about the potential harm to the food program and consumer costs.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Steel drive and mine walkout affect eastern mills
Reports from Philadelphia and Reading coal and coke workers show walkouts continue after Independence Day, while Alabama miners slight output decline signals further furnace closures. Officials warn 3 more furnaces could be banked within 48 hours if noncompliant, with Woodward Iron reporting 75 percent of normal crew.
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United Mine Workers
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Coe
Ares
Woodward Tron Co
Ite
President argues against bill to curb inflation and stabilizing prices
President Roosevelt says legislation would undermine the Economic Stabilization Act and hinder stabilizing costs of living and wages. He urges Congress to work with the executive to repair defects in the CCC bill or extend the agency's life and borrowing power while drafting a new measure. About 9 percent of forest fires are caused by locomotive sparks.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Executive
CCC
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North Carolina
Misatesippi River
Cambinmad
Donsh Nelson
The
Wet Production Board
Steel Industry
Max
Max’s Grill
Davis Sinclair Refining Co
Nowell Service
Statwn
N. Oates St
Trey
Bya
the Dothan
Eagle
Steve Heater
Teak Deaks
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