Funeral for S Smith Held at Conn Courten
iL, E Seat Succumbs After Brief Naess L E. Seth hed early tus mare ig of bes home of Blecombh ros ta, following 2 weam's ilnees He ved Lyed 19 Gee tommusty all hu ub, wea a encon of the Conoth Church, a member of the Maneue Lodge and the Woodmen of the Wort Punaral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday et the Conn Couren witl ee Rev. Albert Davis and the Rev. C C. Balkreom of Geisting. Burra will follow :6 the New Hopa Ceretery. His surviviors are his widow, a con, Martie Smith: Ave aisters. Mrs. Georgia Holloway of Slorard reste oot, Mrs. Eyria Hovey of' Secemb route two. Mrs. Eunice Payne of Pratrnile, Als., Mrs. Maggie South of Wewabitchks, Frs., and Mrs. Effie Holloway of Creceville roule three: three, brothers, Walton Smith of Mal' vern, Arther C. Smith of Slocomb, and Chester A. Smith of Slocomb were one, sod a granddaughter, Betty Jean Smith. Active pallbearers will be Lynn Bevery, Zall Holloway, Clyde Graves, Milton Barnes, Ashley Smith and Dewey Riley.
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L E. Seth
Mareig
Bes
Blecombh Rosta
Weam
Conoth Church
Maneue Lodge
Wort
Conn Couren Witl
Albert Davis
C C. Balkreom
Geisting
Burra
Martie Smith
Aisters
Georgia Holloway
Slorard Reste
Eyria Hovey
Secemb
Eunice Payne
Pratrnile
Als
Maggie South
Wewabitchks, Frs
Effie Holloway
Creceville Roule
Walton Smith
Mal’vern
Arther C. Smith
Slocomb
Chester A. Smith
Betty Jean Smith
Lynn Bevery
Zall Holloway
Clyde Graves
Milton Barnes
Ashley Smith
Dewey Riley
Mustangs Bomb Mantua Rail Yards and Allied Air Actions
Mustangs bombed the Mantua rail yards in Italy while Mediterranean air forces hit Milan railyards and oil storage facilities in Northern Italy including Trieste and Porto Margheri. Thunderbolts attacked Fresch railyards as German divisions fought in Normandy, with all planes returning. Five German planes were destroyed in morning combat. seven US fighters based in France were lost in operations against bridges and airfields. Night raids by RAF Mosquitos targeted Ruhr valley targets. no planes were lost in those operations. Weather limited Normandy sorties to about zero, affecting supporting missions.
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Mustangs
Mantua
Italy
Milan
Ialy
Trieste
Porto Margheri
Thunderbolt
Fresch
Normandy
Beauvais
Thunderbolts
France
U. S. Mh Air Force
Ruhr
Hirth
Tsat
Gospel Meetings at Enon Church of Christ Begin Sunday
Rev. J W Yeomen announces a week long series of gospel meetings at Enon Church of Christ three miles northwest of Ashford with emphasis on congregational gospel singing. Public invited to attend.
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Enon Church of Christ
J W. Yeomen
Yeoman
Enon Church
Ashford
American forces drive on in Normandy push toward Lessay
American troops pressed a broad advance across central Normandy, pushing toward St Logan and Lessay while neutralizing pockets of German resistance. Units crossed toward Beauvais and La Barre De Semilly, with four of nine roads into St Logan under American control as Rommel defenses limit breakthroughs. Air activity remained heavy with some of the campaign’s fiercest attacks despite a day of limited sorties.
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Gertie Atrenguard
Lerassy
Nor- Momndy
St Honore
Noile
Cysombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Petunswa
St Ger
Man Sur-Ay
Lessay
la Haye du Puits
Beauvais
Corentan
St Jean de Daye
Tribenau
Gournay
le Hommet D'Arthensy
Boils de Homie
Let Champs D'Losque
Tnto
Caen
Hernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Battlefront
Helicopter service eyed to link southern towns via feeder routes
The CAB weighs 149 new routes across Virginia to Louisiana as helicopter and other aircraft gain focus for mail express service. Feeder lines would connect rural towns to Birmingham, Atlanta, and New Orleans, shrinking travel from half a day to a few hours. Officials anticipate clearing 730 prewar applications and facing new proposals after a wartime pause.
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Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Birmingha
Atlanta
New Orleans
County weighs wartime road plans and postwar paving
County officials decided to delay farm to market road paving until after the war while allowing limited postwar paving under a program. Contracts will fund up to five miles per project at four thousand dollars per mile, with money better used for maintenance. New tractors, bulldozers, and a grader were ordered to speed repairs on roads and bridges.
Polio Demonstration Clubs Schedule Ten Meetings in County
Ten demonstration clubs in Houston County announced a schedule of meetings amid two reported anterior poliomyelitis cases. County health officials urged isolation for febrile children under 16 and avoidance of public gatherings, including churches and pools, while noting the outbreak is the first in years with 42 cases previously reported.
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T. T. Burkett
Mecca
Nausez
Mail Service To Rome And Vatican Resumes
Civilian mail service between the United States and Rome and the Vatican City has resumed, per postmaster Heard Saxon. Only personal letters up to two ounces from the U.S. or forty grams from Rome are allowed, with censorship. No commercial mail, financial items, or money orders. other services remain unavailable. Remittances to individuals near Rome are temporarily barred. Public treasury and war department will announce when resumed.
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United States
Rome
Italy
Vatican City
Saxon
Home
Treasury
War Departments
Court Adjourns Today After Extended Session in Houston County
Houston County Circuit Court moved to an extra session to finish criminal trials. Three cases were left on the docket as the day closed. Defendants Sam Crawford and Sherman Jackson sought severance in a joint second degree burglary case. Lecile Thomas Johnson faced a charge for abusive language. Earlier, Johnson was convicted for leaving the scene of an accident and fined 25 dollars. Pruitt Hines and Dan Strickland were found guilty of assault and battery with fines of 250 and 500 dollars respectively. Collis Coach was convicted of false pretense and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Fern Aubrey Exum pleaded guilty to perjury and received two years, with probation considered and bond posted.
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Houston County
Sam Crawford
Sherman Jackson
Lecile Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Pruitt Hines
Dan Strickland
Curtis Mixon
Hines
Strickland
Collis
Fern Aubrey Exum
50th Combat Mission Flown By Sgt Adams
Staff Sergeant James C Adams, 21, turret gunner on a RAF Flying Fortress, completed his fiftieth combat mission on June 14 over Budapest Hungary. He entered the Army June 10 1942 and earned gunner wings April 5 1943 at Las Vegas Nevada. He began foreign duty Dec 5 1941 and his toughest mission was February 25 at BERGEN Germany. Adams holds the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster for meritorious achievement. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Barney Adams and a 1941 graduate of_Dothan High School.
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James C
Carl) Adams
West Crawford Street
Budapest
Hungary
1Sth Aaf
Adams
Barney Adams
Army
Las Vegas
Nev
Berensburg
Germany
Dothan High School
Purity Lee; Cream Company
Poyner Sacred Harp Singing At Beulah Church
Attendance at Poyner's Sacred Harp singing at Beulah Church drew many from across the county officials led by vice chairman F M Honey. B P Poyner Sr presided with officers including F M Roney and W C Lisenby. A large list of class singers participated and the event closed with an invitation to attend next year’s session in honor of B P Poyner Sr.
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Houston County
Court House
WCT
Teethy
W C Lisenby
Poyner
Beulah Church
F. M. Honey
Byrd Ted
B. P. Porner
F. M. Roney
W. C. Lisenby
J. F. Patterson
W. L Webb
P. J. Sprvey
D. E. Woodham
W. P. Cree
A J. Givins
W. Brackins
M. T. Heath
W. E. Skeen
T. G. Barhar
C L. York
W. A Bullard
D. RB. Hall
Johnnie E Barnes
W. A. Ttal
Willie Pansy
WW. Freee
L. A. Grant
W. A. Watson
Roy Rency Rol Berd
W. F. Watson
F Helms
J. Hollis
C. E. Avery
WE. Kirklaraé
C. N. Reney
C. Matthews
L. Webb
FL Hardy
P. J. Spivey
Foy Watson
W. Kirkland
Allied forces advance near St Lo and Baltic fronts widen
American troops push along the Lessay to Pont Herbert line while capturing Auxais Les Champs De Losque Es Aubris and La Vincenterie fronting toward Havre De St Germain as Montgomery holds the front near Caen. On the Baltic front Yeremenko and Bagramian widen to 100 miles toward Daugavpils Riga and Memel as Finns face potential German collapse.
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Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery
St. Lo
Carentan
Auxais
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vincenterie
Lessay
Pont Herbert
St Lo
Lessay- St. Lo
Havre de St. Germain
Daugavpils
Riga
Bagramian
Cherniakhovsky
Wilno
Baltics
Memel
Baltic
U. S
Yeremenko
Opochka
Poskov
Novorzhev
East Prussia
Fragmented OCR Note on Boys Accused of Threats
The readable fragments describe three boys involved in an incident where fear increased as private conversations were observed. When confronted by police they allegedly broke into actions. One boy reassured a companion with a pat on the arm that they would not commit the act again.
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Iiars
Lupaproimas
Prospective oil development spurs activity in Gilbertown
The discovery of oil at Gilbertown in Choctaw County spurred interest in exploration in western Alabama. A company leased about 1,500 acres of city land at Chalkers Bluff in Dale County and began tests. Equipment and crews have worked for weeks, though results remain undisclosed.
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Gilbertown
Chactaw
Comany
Dale County
Secral
Roosevelt dies after long wartime service and front-line leadership
Returning late Wednesday he admitted fatigue and spoke to his son Captain Quentin Roosevelt of the First Infantry Division. The general led his troops in World War II amphibious landings in North Africa and Sicily and served as liaison with the French in Italy. Survivors include his widow Eleanor Roosevelt and three sons and a daughter.
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Quentin Rooeevelt
Quentin
Hoosevelt
France
Siways
Algeria
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Italy
Britain
Europe
Roosevelt
Barton
Eleanor Alexander Roosevelt
Theodore
ITT
Cornelius van Schaack
William McMillan
Baltimore
Adriatic Front Reports Shifts Near Ancona and Arezzo
Poles near the Adriatic occupied Palzzo Simonetti and Casa Acqua. The enemy outpost at Lamontagno was annihilated but the line remained largely unchanged. Advance elements were seven to eight miles from Ancona, about 100 airline miles south of the Po River’s mouth. Around Arezzo the Eighth Army drove Nazis from high ground east of the road junction and seized Monte Santamaria. Monte Castiglio Maggio, scarred by recent clashes, was reportedly still in firm hands.
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Adriatic
Palzzo Simonetti
Casa Acqua
Lamontagnola
Ancona
Italy
Arezzo
Eighth Army
Monte Santamaria
Monte Castiglio Maggio
Minor fire causes small damage near fairgrounds
A mattress fire early last night outside the city near the fair grounds caused minor damage to a house. Firemen said the blaze was extinguished quickly and the occupants were not identified by the fire department.
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Fairgrounds
Cottonwood Soldier Promoted to Master Sergeant
Cottonwood resident V. Herring has been promoted to master sergeant in the 20th Ordance Maintenance, section of an advanced base service command. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Charlie Herring of Cottonwood and is married to Willie May Herring. He received the Good Conduct Medal and ribbon from Captain Edward Davenport. He also wears the American Defense Service Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal for service in the North Solomon Campaign. He enlisted in October 1838 and has been overseas since May 1842.
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North Salomons
Cantina Fortified Gates Against Japan South Seas
The passage notes Cantina as a principal fortress guarding southern approaches to Japan and serving as a major supply base for Japan’s temporary holdings in the South Seas. It mentions growing attacks on Guam and the Saipan invasion context with Nimitz reporting the second division landing near Tanapag harbor on Saipan. It states about 16,000 Japanese buried and over 1,000 soldiers and 9,000 civilians captured.
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Cantina
Fage One
Japan
South Seas
Guam
U. & Territory
Saipan
Nimitz
Mas’ Vines
Tarawa
Maniagacea
Tanapag Harbor
Mariner
Turkiye Nears Tilt as Papen Leaves Ankara Dispatch
An Ankara dispatch says German ambassador Franz Von Papen has left Ankara, signaling potential Turkish alignment shifts. Turkey has not received lend-lease aid from the United States or Britain recently, and renewed military aid could reveal how far Ankara plans to go.
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Ankars
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Britain
Wage Demands From Glass Workers Weigh on Board
The convention in Mariette guides actions on a panel report in the glass workers wage case. Demands for about 45 percent pay hikes have been lingering before the War Labor Board for nine months. In Davisville Rhode Island about 1000 civilian workers stayed away as Navy construction battalions filled in to keep overseas supplies moving, with officials noting a strike by a third of civilian employees likely in anticipation of a War Labor Board decision lowering pay for unskilled jobs.
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Davis
Cook
Sid
Glass
WLB
Davisville
R. I
Naval
Mava Construction Battalions
Cabees
War Labor Board
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