Region Wide Check By OPA Survey Planned For July
The Office of Price Administration announces a region wide check across 37 southern Alabama counties including Montgomery district to run through July. It targets shortages in items like electric refrigerators irons and vacuum cleaners and also checks new and used furniture prices against ceilings. Volunteers and paid staff will help register complaints of ceiling price violations at wholesale or manufacturer levels.
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Asibams
Montgomery Opa
Boston
Wright
Aeinet Price Executive
Aged Persons Welfare Aid Distributed by Houston County
In June the Houston County Department of Public Welfare spent 11,146.0 on aid across the county. Mrs. C. L. Calling reported that 586 elderly residents received assistance, with two additional old age cases approved but blocked by funds. Additional aid included 32 blind individuals, $307. families with children, $4,315. and children in boarding homes, $136.50. Applications from 2% people were received, 20 approved. Ten financial cases closed due to death, loss of residence, or employment. 82 cases reviewed by workers. 58 service cases without financial aid remained under care.
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Houston County Department of Public Welfare
C. L. Calling
Cares
Two Navy Deserters Arraigned On Theft Charge
Two sailors James E Kirkland and William Cooper were arraigned before Federal Judge Charlee B Kennamer in Montgomery on a juvenile delinquency bill related to the theft of an automobile in Pensacola Florida. Sentence pending further FBI investigation. vehicle returned to owner.
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Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Charlee B Kennamer
Montgomery
J. W Daughtry
Cleriest Dothan
James E Kirkland
Houston County
William Cooper
Selma
Daughtry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Penscaola
U S Casualties Announced In Europe The Mediterranean
Washington AP reports a War Department summary shows U S Army casualties through May 2 across theaters. Total 373,372 dead wounded or captured. European theater led with 40 dead 3657 wounded 10207 total. Central Pacific and Middle East figures listed. aggregate counts by theater provided.
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Washington
Mediterranea
Ail Luegters
Prati Harber Wrouzgh
BuIaniary
Rasuali
Ce Dy Wiracety
Theatere Rilea Misung Woundes Frisearres
Middle East
Axdiaue
Loan Association Officers Elected In Houston County
Officers and directors of the Houston County National Farm Loan Association were re elected at the county courthouse annual meeting. A representative number of members attended the session. Those re elected for another year were H S B Sellers of Dothan, W F Quirley Jr of Columbia, and directors H O Summerford, C W Clearman, and T L Gantt near Dothan.
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Houston County National Farm Loan Association
Hsb. Sellers
New’ Dothan
W. F. Quirley, Jr
Columbia
HO. Summer ‘Ford
C. W. Clearman
T. L. Gantt
Dothan
Kiwanis To Hear District Official
Kiwanis members will meet at noon tomorrow in the Houston Hotel dining room. Lieutenant Governor L. J. Thomas Sr. will report on the Kiwanis National Convention in Chicago, where he represented the Dothan Club.
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Houston Hotel
L. J. Thomas, Sr
Pourth Kiwanian
Kiwanis
Chicago
Dothan Club
Negroes Begin Registering as Voters in County
The probate judge notes board session ends Saturday as registration moves forward for Negro and white voters. The Board of Registrars will mail certificates to those deemed qualified. Nine listed Negro applicants provided witness statements. eight others await statements. Longstanding limits on Negro registration are recalled by local officials, with few Negroes on rolls since 1909 county creation.
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Miss Armstrong
Reuben Holloway
Post Office
Julian Mack Murray
Monroe Page
John Charles Forrester
Onie L. Page
Lonie Page Rainbow
C. T. Hayes
Henry Clayton Walker
Theo Daniel
Nelson Clark
N.J. Jackson
Arthur Greentree
Warren Smith
Hattie Smith
Exzie Brown
B. F. Garland
Wallace S. Smith
Board For Registrars
Alabama
Houston County
Houston
Smith Hall
A. O. Walker
Board of Registrars
Bob Knox
Frank Dubore
Chariie Green
Registara
Von Kluge Succeeds Gen Von Rundstedt
Berlin announced that Marshal Karl Rudolf Von Rundstedt was replaced by Marshal Von Kluge as commander of German forces in the west. The move, amid health concerns for Rundstedt, followed reports of friction with Rommel and suggested no clear victory for Rommel and his aggressive tactics against Allied bridgeheads.
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London
Berlin
Uunight
Karl Rudolf von Rundstedt
West
Marshal von Kluge
Hiler
von Rundstedt
Rommel
Hitler
Africa
Rundstedt
Guenther von Kluge
Cologne
Germany
Rhineland
Adolf Hiller
Hig
DNB
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
von Bundstedt
Ambitious Allied Push Lands Troops on Kamiri Airfield
Amid Independence Day operations, C47 troops parachuted near Korn ggoren as big sky trains dumped fighters within feet of ground level. Troops evacuated with broken machine gun components while Australians rush to restore the Kamiri airfield for use. Japanese forces on Noemfoor poised for a last stand at Namber before a third airstrip.
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Kornggoren
Kamiri
Noemfoor
Namber
Saipan battle grisly last defense drains Japanese forces
Aboard a joint expeditionary flagship off Saipan the final Japanese defense stiffens with thousands massed in northern mountain passes. US Army and Marines push to final north end position, facing pillboxes, trenches and caves as they gird for a possible night counterattack amid ongoing combat along the beach and inland.
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Saipan
North End
Tanapag Harbor Naval Base
Wich
Ines
Marpi Point
Nudists Called On To Explain Travel
In California a six day investigation by OPA agents Douglas Forsth and Richard Fracetti exposed a nude retreat near San Francisco where up to 250 nudists weekly traveled from 27 towns. Officers grilled camp owners over registration and rental area rules amid inquiries into gasoline regulation violations and unregistered tenants.
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San Francisco
Aps
Nus
Iby
Fnee
Corpel Judee
Oregon
Californie
OPA
Douglas Fossrth
Richard Fracetti
Sonoma County
Sun- O-M
California
Cautions Issued Against Motorists Over Federal Use Tax Stamps
About 200 citations were issued in Dothan for motorists who did not buy Federal use tax stamps. Fifty accepted the citations and purchased stamps. enforcement will continue through July in Dothan and nearby areas. Stamps cost five dollars and are available at the post office.
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Dothan
Internal Revenue Office
Revenue Office
U. S
The
Birmingham Revenue Office
Post Office
Legion Enrollment At Geneva Reaches 86 Members
Geneva Chapter No 5 of the Disabled American Veterans reports an all time 1945 membership total of 86 under Commander John W Davis. The 144 member goal was 33 above Geneva’s 86 and Russellville leads with 87. The chapter notes many enrolled veterans are disabled war retirees and invites other veterans to join.
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Geneva
John W. Davis
Davis
Russellville
Regional Executive In City This Week
George Simpson deputy regional Scout executive of Memphis is in Dothan this week to assist J. W Cooke now council Scout executive. They will visit major districts to acquaint the new executive with personnel and territory and will spend time at Camp Rotary. Tuesday night July 11, executive board members meet Cooke at Camp Rotary to observe the camp in operation. A capacity camp is expected for the third week beginning Sunday.
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George Simpson
Memphis
Dothan
J. W Cooke
Rotary
Cooke
Alabama Drenching Rain of 12 Inches in 1929 Noted
In Kansas City AP reports hydro meteorology expert Arthur K Showalter of the Weather Bureau says a 12 inch downpour drenched 10 000 square miles in southern Alabama on a March day in 1929. He describes floods as arising from temperature contrasts high in the atmosphere and notes science remains in early study.
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Kansas City
Calif
Atample
Miie
Hoegwe
California
Baguio
Philippines
Jay
Noah's Ark
Cherrapunji
Altam
Indi
Hamelayas
Auust
Showalter
American Meteorological Society
Alabama
Bible School Ends Session Tomorrow
The Vacation Bible School at the First Presbyterian Church will hold graduation exercises for students this Friday at 10 a.m. Pastor Rev. Clement Ritter invites all parents and friends to attend. A student party begins at 9 a.m. prior to the program.
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First Presbyterian Church
Clement Ritter
Bombers Hit Southern France Targets In WWII Raid
Number 14 continued from page one notes Eighth Air Force could bomb targets in southern France. Flying Fortresses railed Montpellier yards and worked with Liberators against Beziers. Liberators focused on submarine pens at Townon. Ten heavy bombers and one other Allied plane were downed. Three enemy fighters shot down.
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France
Montpellier
Benziers
Townon
Germans wreck Normandy airfield amid tank and shell fire
Reports state three jets in two hangars were destroyed at a Normandy airfield, with German tanks seen among the ruins and shells whistling from both sides. Dead Germans were found near the Bayeur Carpiquet rail line and in adjoining fields as the airfield, built in 1938, faced heavy pressure. The Luftwaffe used cloud cover to contest Allied air superiority, losing 38 planes to 17. Four more German aircraft were destroyed on the ground.
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Bayeur-Carpiquet
Normandy
Fragmented World War II Fact Snippet
The text cites varied wartime notes including population shifts in the Baltics refugees in Sweden and Nazi occupation changes. It mentions Swiss paper production since 1940 green right headlights in Argentina and a zero Fahrenheit sound speed of 10980 feet per second. Marines and infantry fight through Saipan terrain to seize a key part of Japan's empire.
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Sweden
Baltics
Switzerland
Basel
Argentina
Saipan
Pacific
Japan
South Sea
Yance Furlough Returns From Overseas Service
Private first class Winfred Yance, son of Mr and Mrs C L Yance of Ashford, has returned to Camp Butler North Carolina after visiting his parents. He served two and a half years with a Coast Artillery unit in the South and Southwest Pacific and is entitled to wear the American Defense Ribbon the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with battle star for the New Georgia campaign and the Good Conduct Medal.
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Yance
Winfred Yance
C. L . Yance
Ashford
Camp Butler
N. C
Pic
States
Coast Artillery
South
Pacific
New Georgia
Wounded Corporal Harmon W. Ealum Noted by War Dept
Corporal Harmon W. Ealum, son of Mrs. Fannie Ealum of DeFunick Springs route two, was wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, per a War Department announcement made public today.
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Harmon W. Ealum
Fannie Ealum
DeFunick Springs
Mediterranean
War Department
Chiang Kai-Shek Speech Warns of Grave War Situation
AP dispatch quotes Chiang Kai-shek addressing Chinese people on the war’s eighth year. He says the military situation is grave yet remains confident UN victory will come. He notes expected European war progress aided by Soviet resistance and cites a potential China-India land route for war material.
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Chungaing
Generalisqitoo
Cheng KaiShek
China
Chiang
United Nations
Europe
Chine-India
Melon Maximum Prices Announced by OPA
The Office of Price Administration set first time maximum retail prices for melons excluding watermelons. Regional pricing remains, with cantaloupe 0.1 cents per pound, honeydew 11.1, Persian 12.1, cassaba 9.9, cranberry 11.8, and all other melons 8 cents.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Cranshaw
Convicted Killer Commits Suicide in Army Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO AP Lieut Beauford Swancutt, sentenced to death by Army court martial, hanged himself with a bed sheet in Letterman hospital. Swancutt had been convicted at Camp Ania of murdering two women, his commanding officer, and a policeman. wounded at capture, he was hospitalized after the court martial.
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San Francisco
Beauford Swancutt
Letterman
Swancutt
Camp Ania
RAF Bombardments Across Western Germany and Normandy Front
RAF Lancasters struck Dijon and western Germany while Mosquitos aided American forces on the Normandy front. Bombing targeted camps, railways, and bridges near Cherbourg and Caen. German losses were 35 to Allied 17 as air opposition remained limited. American fighters claimed many German aircraft while escorting shuttle raiders.
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Huler
Gelsenuireben
Germany
Frias
RAF Lancesters
Dijon
RAF Mosquito
Caen
Villeden
Hyenville
Portfarey
Cherbourg
Normandy
RAF
Carpiquel
Waly
Pos de Calais
Mrs Lee Dazinger Final Rites Friday
Mrs Lee Dazinger 82 of Midland City died this morning at her daughter's home after a 24 hour illness. She lived 38 years in Midland City and was a Baptist Church member. Funeral Friday at 5 pm at Wiggins Church with Rev G Baldwin officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Survived by three daughters Anna Renton Hattie Paramore and Dons Paramore four sons W M Dazinger L F Dazinger J S Dazinger and A P Dazinger 45 grandchildren and several great and great great grandchildren.
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Lee Dazinger
Midland City
HD. Paramore
The
Baptist Church
Wiggins Church
G. Baldwin
Anna Renton
Headland
Hattie Paramore
Dons Paramore
Dothan
W. M. Dazinger
Boling Green
Fla
L. F. Dazinger
J. 5. Dazinger
East Point
A. P. Dazinger
Headland Route One
Diplomats to Meet President at White House Tea
After a diplomatic reception, members of the De Gaulle party and others will join the President for tea in the south portion of the White House. The scene follows a continued frame pare one inet awaiting in the reception room.
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de Gaulle Party
White House
Red Army Drive Into Lithuania and Latvia Gains Pace
Army and Gen Ivan Bagramian’s First Baltic Army push into Lithuania and Latvia with Moscow hesitating on a German report of Kowel evacuation. Stormoviks and other Soviet air power harass German regrouping along the Gorin and Pinsk corridors as Chernyakhovsky’s cavalry and tanks press toward Brest Litovel and Warsaw amid improving weather.
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Ivan Bagramian
Lithuania
Latvia
Moscow
Kowel
Minsk
Pinsk
Gorin River
Hitler
Brest Litovel
Warsaw
Berlin-Warsaw - Wilho- Daugavpils
Prkov - Leningrad
Baltics
Bagramian
Cherniakhovsky
Stortmoviks
Bostone
Airacobran
Witny Highemy
Wounded Private Stanley Kiametsrud Named
War Department announces Private Stanley H. Kiametsrud son of Mrs Jennie N Kiemetsrud of 518 Madison Street Mariana wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater while serving in the armed forces abroad.
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Stanley H. Kiematsrud
Mra
Jennie N. Kiemetsrud
Madison Street
Mariana
Mediterranean
War Department
Churchill's London resolve and air raid endurance
Churchill recalled the London blitz and declared London will never surrender. He cited heavy bombing, planes, and strong home front services, praising first aid and emergency resilience while warning the enemy of Britain’s unyielding determination.
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Germany
Churchill
London
Gradeu
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Rainer Studio
Valgreen
KODAK
Brown’s Bar
St. Andrews
Pagins
von Kluge
Gen. von Rundstedt
Howard Handleman
Combined
Allied Press
Legion
Bible School
Cpl. Ealum
New Orleans
New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
la China
Mrs. Lee Dazinger
Kiametsrud
C. H. Postew
Hospital Lacetel
Blumbere
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