Allies Press German Lines Near Cherbourg Coast
Allied dispatches report German withdrawal signs near Lessay and Cherbourg peninsula. Forces moved up to within two miles of key road junctions at Peranta and La Du Puitz, while airmen harassed positions around St Lo and Le Havre. Reports indicate German artillery and E boats damaged. Rommel’s supply efforts continue as Allied forces push to disrupt coastal defenses.
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Lagsay
Cherbourg
Ayriv
Lesssy
Algo
Portant
Peranta
Seine Bay
le Havre
Montgomery
Tha Cgen
Carena
Orne
Wield
Germy
St. Lo
Erwin Rommel
St. Abeven - Way
Broad
Bes
Carentan
la du Puitz
Ira
To Market Road Board Approves Farm to Market Project
The To Market Road Board approved a two mile farm to market paving plan costing about 5 000 dollars per mile. The Board of Revenue designated the Hodgesville road section for the project with county aid covering about 2 300 dollars per mile. Officials said construction would start soon and be completed under county funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
Hodgesville Road
Dotan Ae
I. 8B
Montgomery
Bureau of County Aid
Psed
Romanian Oil Refineries Blasted By U S Bombers
London dispatch reports 730 U S heavy bombers attacked the oil refineries and a pumping station at Ploesti Romania. Weather hindered western Europe operations though Eighth Air Force fighter bombers hit rail targets in Tours Orleans Nevers Orleans and south of Paris. German warnings indicated attacks on East Prussia and western Germany with substantial bombing activity amid poor flying conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Nordness
London
Iafs
Fvo
Pioesti
Romania
U. S
Europe
Britain
Iere
Eighth Air Force
Raillway Targts
Tours
Orleans
Nevers-Orleans
Paris
Norrmandy-base Fghter-Burns
Ninth Air Force
Operzia
Gei‘Taan
St Loc. Ares
Cherisy
Bruex
Caen
British Second Tactical Air Forces
East Prussia
Germany
Southerners Seek Southern VP Pick for Roosevelt Ticket
A southern Democrats caucus will meet in Chicago before the Democratic national convention to agree on a southern running mate for President Roosevelt. Mississippi party leader Herbert Holmes said most southern states will attend and urged a southern candidate over Henry Wallace. Georgia Governor-elect Ellis Arnall dissented, noting Roosevelt favored Wallace’s renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Chicago
Herbert Holmes
Mississippi
Democratic Executive Committee
Holmes
Henry Wallace
Gay
Elis Arnall
Georgia
Wallace
Dothan Plans City Paper Salvage Drive Thursday
A city wide paper salvage effort will run Thursday in Dothan with City of Dothan crews and Boy Scout troops collecting scrap paper from homes and businesses. Garbage collection will pause for the day to move the waste paper, and residents are urged to prepare bundles and place them curbside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
City of
Boy Scout
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Clyde L. Coe
Coe
Air Line seeks resumption of Tallahassee to Memphis service
Eastern Air Lines urges CAB to reinstate passenger mail and express service between Tallahassee and Memphis via Dothan Montgomery Birmingham Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia and Nashville. Dothan Chamber backs direct Miami to Memphis route as bottlenecks north of Nashville ease. Officials cite public interest and civilian travel needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bready Brown
Civil Aeronautica Board
Washington
Eastern Air Lines
Tallahassee
Fla
Memphis
Tenn
Dothan
CAB
Tallahessee
Montgomery
Birmingham
Florence - Sheffield - Tuscumbia
Florence- Sheffield-Tuscumbia
Nashville
Atlanta
Pointe
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Johnson
Miami
Nashvile
Florida
Air Unes
Civil Aeronautics Board
Johnson
Warships Pound Island Of Guam And Orote Hit
American warships and carrier planes shelled Guam for a tenth straight day. The Orote peninsula and air field were bombed as Mitscher's Task Force 38 and Spruance's Fifth Fleet supported crushing attacks on Guam. Japan reported heavy losses and warned against optimism as U S naval forces pressed operations around the island and nearby Rota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Raymond A. Sprauance
Marc A Mitscher
Guam
U. S
Orote
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Orote Peninsula
Port Apra
Tokyo Radio
Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Saipan
Mitscher
Adm
Rota
Eisenhower vows swift justice for Nazi killers in France
General Eisenhower said French resistance fighters in interior France are a regular Allied force under Gen. Koenig. They bear a Cross of Lorraine arm band and numbers are estimated up to 500,000. He warned Germans to respect international law and that those who commit atrocities will be pursued and punished. French sources say six FFI members were shot and six German prisoners executed in retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Wilson
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FBI
Eisenhower
France
Joseph Pierre Koenic
Lorraine
Ebenhower
FFI
3rd Regiment Breaking Camp At Ozark Field
The Alabama State Guard Third Infantry Regiment at Ozark Army Airfield near Camp Rucker completes a week of rigorous training praised by Gov. Chauncey Sparks. Units from Dothan Mobile Foley Prichard Selma Ozark Troy Enterprise Camden Andalusia Montgomery and others participated. they will break camp and return home as two more regiments encamp nearby for additional training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Sparks
Third Infantry Regiment
Alabama State Guard
Ozark Army Airfield
Camp Rucker
South Alabama
National Guard
Gov. Sparks
Dothan
Mobile
Foley
Prichard
Selma
Ozark
Troy
Enterprise
Camden
Andalusia
Montgomery
State Guard
Mountbatten Declares Japanese Burma Defeat Severe
Mountbatten announced that Allied stand in the Manipur hills of India contributed to one of the greatest defeats the Japanese army has suffered. Japanese retreat broke into bands of stragglers as artillery from the Chindwin valley was abandoned and contact was made with the rear guard at Maoku. The admiral urged continued push to destroy surviving Japanese forces while Chinese troops and American air power attacked northern Burma near Myaukya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grover
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Menipur
India
Torday
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Chindwin
Burma
Imphal
Maoku
Manipur
Mountbatten
MylUcyina
Storm Approaches Carolina Capes From Atlantic
The Weather Bureau warns of a growing tropical storm in the Atlantic likely to pass near the North Carolina Capes Sunday afternoon. Small craft along the coast should stay in port and take precautions as winds near hurricane velocity of 75 mph are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
North Carolina Capes
North Carolina
Allies Guard Against Trick Nazi Surrender
Washington reports warn against hoping for a premature German surrender on any single front. Officials insist on unconditional surrender with full agreement among commanders to prevent German split tactics and ensure Allied unity across fronts.
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Germany
Livorno In Range Of Big U S Guns
Allied forces push toward Livorno as Doughboys reach artillery range from nearby mountains. German retreat widens across a 160 mile front with advances near Arezzo and Poggibonsi. British and French units threaten Cradle of Bastille Day progress while U S troops seize Ghizzano and Villamagna and Italian units advance toward Cingoli.
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Rome
Cap
Livorno
Leghorm
Arno
Florence
Pisa
Piss
Fourteenth Army
Eighth Army
Olmo Pass
Arezzo
Fifth Army
Fisa
Nistorie Pisa
Era River Valley
Americana
Peedlat
Amo
Mark W. Clark
Broad Amo
Pies
Belvedere
U. S
Chiannl
Poggibonsl
Ghizzano
Villamagna
Poggibonsi
Citta di Castello
Tiber River
Santa Lucia
Gostolo Tadino
Fossato di Vico
Perugia
Cingoll
Daniels calls for crystal clear Democratic anti split platform
Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, arriving in Chicago as a Resolutions Committee member, urged a crystal clear Democratic platform to condemn segregation and flinchers, promising a peace winning declaration that would be unmistakable to all voters. He, at 62, is an elder statesman and North Carolina publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Lemay
Chicago
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Roosevelt
Convention Resolutions Committee
North Carolina
Prince of Peace
Daniels
Turs
Party Selection Of FDR Running Mate Shapes For Battle
Chicago reporters describe a wide open vice presidential battle at the Democratic convention. Delegates expect a letter from President Roosevelt hinting at a Wallace preference while Hannegan meets with aides and six cabinet officers are set to attend. Senators Connally and Pepper weigh in as contenders and party leaders prepare for a contested nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Oliver
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
James M. Barmes
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Hannegan
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Owmittes
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sap
Blackstone
Ickes
Tinals
Jones
Wickard
Perking
Biddle
Walker
Pennsylvania
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Wallace
Civil Court Slated For Monday and Tuesday
Two days of Circuit Court for civil cases set for tomorrow and Tuesday with Judge D C Halstead presiding. Twenty one cases on the docket, ten set for hearing on opening day. Several cases involve damage lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
D. C. Halstead
Tokyo Broadcast Claims Yank Fliers Executed
A Japanese propaganda broadcast from Singapore said U S airmen from B 29 raids on Japan were executed or held for execution. The claim echoed 1942 events when eight captured airmen faced death or commutations after the raid. Brig Gen Kenneth Wolff said no confirmation exists about executions among the participants of the February 15 raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Japan
Toko
Roosevelt
Singapore Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Office of War Information
FCC
Kenneth B. Wolff
Mth Bomber Command
Ganta Barbara
Calif
Big New Offensive Reported By Hans Moscow Is Silent
Soviet communique claimed sweeping gains along the Niemen River front outflanking Grodno and moving toward the Suwalki triangle. Berlin said a major Soviet offensive began in southern Old Poland with efforts around Lwow and Tarnopol, while Moscow reported center and north advances into the Baltic states and East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Yarbrough
London
Niemen River
Grodno
Buwalk
East Prussia
Old Poland
Opochka
Moscow
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Wino
Red Army
Kaunas
Kalsiadorys
Alytus
Kaimar
Pripyat
Pink
Luck
Tarnopol
Rustlans
Netlin
Baltic States
Baltic
Lwew
Maat
Prussia
Lwow
Plane Crash Kills 12 in Tennessee in Storm
In Chattanooga a two engine Army plane crashed during a violent storm, killing Maj. Gen. Paul W Newgarden commander of the Tenth Armored Division and 11 other Army men including colonels. The wreckage tore through 27 orchard before disintegration. Names of several victims released, others withheld pending identification.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W Newgarden
Tenth Armored Division
Orchard
Pam Lastenes
Come Walt
J. &. Leckett
Granada
Miss. Fugit
G. Inle
Slater Fa
Btu
J. Albright
Berediecd
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Anks
Nto
Lessay
Giers
England
Reich
Hannover
Southerners
Air Line
Island of
Orofe
Dutch Indies
Ozark Field
NATO
FACLE
Faulk
Carolina Capes
Associated Frees Washington Lap
Geman
Jong
Sectr Iy
Sim
Thia
Pres Amt
L. A
Noland
Tokyo
Hans
Colonet
Menfkam Nats
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