Houston County Politics Dominates Primary Forecast
Political forecasters expect the Democratic primary in Houston County to focus on the presidential race if a fourth term for Roosevelt surfaces. Local offices include the county superintendent Solomon Baxter and a statewide congressional seat up for election. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention may decide the term question. Gas rationing and license issues also appear in the page, with A books issued to replace expiring ones and compliance checks rising in Wiregrass. War hog fundraising by HH Club members aims to support wartime food production.
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Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Dale Gates
Peate Iikely
Roosevelt
Thessus
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Congressional District Executive Committee
Dothan Revenue Office
Dothan
Hourston
H H Clube
Meutton
Eybarg
Reds Reach Within Artillery Range Of Orel Fort
Soviet forces advanced six to eight miles toward Orel while regaining and holding ground lost to a German counteroffensive. Four villages were captured and German reserves were driven back as the drive continued, with Moscow issuing dispatches on the frontline situation.
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Orel
London
Red Army
Moscow
Ore
Kursk
Dothan Residents Warned To Remain Home In Blackout
Dothan and other south Alabama areas faced a planned blackout on Wednesday night. Houston County Civilian Defense Council units may run practice blackout patrols to ensure safety. Officials urged residents to stay indoors unless directly involved and seek cover if caught outside. Booster sirens and volunteer staff aim to improve warning facilities this time. Military police and Alabama State Highway Patrol were requested to cooperate with the Defense Council.
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Dothan
South
Alabama
Houston County Civilian Defense Council
Wallace D. Malone
Civil Protection Section
Malone
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Defense Council
Tory
Scouts To Collect Records For Services Campaign
The Records for Our Fighting Men drive by G N Bhoop of the Chaster R Vickery Post will start Wednesday with Boy Scouts, American Legion, and Auxiliary collecting household records for overseas service. The town will be split into three sections, with one section each day. Past campaigns funded records for Army Navy and Coast Guard, and organizers urge residents to audit and set aside usable records for later sending.
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G. N. Bhoop
Chaster R. Vickery Post
American Legion
Boy Scouts
American Legion Auxilary
Mr. Bhoop
Artillery
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Jap Liquidation To Capture Munda Underway By U S
Italian news service reports the Roosevelt Churchill surrender demand printed by Fascist press and Mussolini words cited. Allied planes drop leaflets with the message over Italy as Rome radio broadcasts the text to North America and beyond. Dispatches note Italian propagandists may widen circulation for undisclosed reasons.
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Henry BF Jameson
London
Stefani
Italy
Mussolini
Roms
North America
Bwisa
Rome
The
Tribune
di Geneve
Liquor Rationing Rules Announced by ABC Board
Alabama ABC officials announced forthcoming liquor rationing with August as a likely start. Two state stores in Dothan will close during registration when no sales occur until an official opening date. Civilians must be state residents for at least one month, 21 or older, and show valid ID. Armed forces register at posts. Card permits issued later allow one pint per week. transients receive a weekly sales permit. Each person may register for one category only. Transfers prohibited. misuse may be grounds for cancellation.
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Alabame
Dothan
ABC Board
ABC
Police Round Up Dozen Negroes in Surprise Vagrancy Sweep
Police rounded up 32 men Friday afternoon in a surprise vagrancy drive. About 12 detained in county jail for failure to prove employment. others released after investigations suggested they held jobs. Police Chief M Tatum said the move targeted loafers near liquor stores and hangouts.
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M. Tatum
Tatum
Thoes
Heald
Methodical Job Of Exterminating Enemy Hampered By Heavy Rains
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific report over 200 US bombers engaged in a major strike against Japan in the northern Solomon area. The force sank seven ships including a cruiser and two destroyers while downing 42 enemy planes in about 30 minutes of heavy action. The main attack targeted Buna and Harbor in Bougainville, the northern terminus of the Tokyo Express, with Japanese efforts to reinforce garrisons described as thwarted by the strike and weather.
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Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
Sunday
United States
Japan
Faial Harbor
Tokyo Express
Munde
Allied Bombers Batter Messina Strait Lifeline
Allied air units pressed the invasion’s southern flank with daylight strikes on San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Reggio Calabria, and Barletta. North Africa and the Middle East based bombers hit Crotone and air fields, starting fires as fighters and fighter-bombers harassed Axis positions across Sicily and the Italian mainland.
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Pantel Deluce
North Africa
Mediterranean
Porte
Sicily
Middle East
San Giovanni
Vibo Valentia
Reggio Calabria
Barl
Agsin
Ben Giovanni
Crotone
Panera
Turate
U. S. Blasts Kiska From Sea And Air
The north Pacific command intensified attacks on Kiska Island using ships air forces and bombers in preparatory operations for potential occupation. Naval gunfire supported a Thursday strike on Gertrude Cove near Kiaka harbor while Army Liberator heavy bombers Mitchell fighters and Lightning aircraft hit inland targets. Fires were noted near enemy batteries as the campaign continued.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
The
North
Pacific Command
Jepen
Kiske Island
Navy
Kiske
Gertrude Cove
Kiaka Harbor
Naval Guna
Mitchell
Kiska
Federal Payment Of Campaign Bills Favored By Hatch
Senator Hatch proposes Treasury to pay political campaign costs for Federal offices. He argues private donations are easily abused and financing could be controlled by direct Treasury payments. The Senate committee led by McFarland cited ineffectiveness of current limits on campaign expenditures.
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Hatch
Jack Bell Washington
Treasury
D.nlm
Batch
Simin Hatch
Senate Committee
Gunator McFarland
D.-Ariz
McFarland
12 Year Old Gordon Girl Sells $800 In War Stamps
June Glass a Harmon Junior high student has sold 400 in stamps unaided and 193 during a county bond and stamp drive. She buys stamps from her mother and keeps stamps on hand to reach customers at school and in her Gordon neighborhood. She also gathers scrap and encourages peers to save salvage materials while maintaining good grades as an outstanding student.
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June Glass
Harmon Junior High School
Uncle Sam
Wold
Gordon
Alee
Mate [Mot
Remuler
Ickes Seeks Gasoline Rationing Equalization East and Rockies
Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes announced plans to equalize gasoline rationing across the region from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains within 30 to 60 days. Completion of the Big Inch pipeline from Texas to the East is expected to free rail tank cars for rerouting Midwest and Southwest supplies to the East, reducing regional disparities. He cautioned that exact effects on individual motorists are uncertain, but the move would likely raise East allocations and lower West usage, with a standard A coupon anticipated at 2 to 3 gallons. The plan, cleared with the Office of Price Administration, follows earlier statements by OPA Chief Prentiss Brown.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
East Coast
Rocky Mountains
Ickes
Texas
Midwest
Southwant
Seaboard
Southwest
Jehan
Middle West
Office of Price Administration
Ickew
Icries
OPA
Preas
Prentiss M. Brown
Ickea
Third Of New A Gas Books Mailed
Approximately a third of the new gasoline books were mailed last week in Houston County with help from volunteer workers and the county War Price and Rationing Board. More than 4,000 renewal applications were received as processing speeds up, and about 3,560 books remain to be mailed to meet current demand before Wednesday’s expiration of coupons. Volunteers enlisted include J. W. Gregory, Mrs Wallace D Malone, Mrs. W. M. McGue, Mrs Roy Vickers, Mrs Willie Mae McConnico, Mrs L. FE. McCarty, Father John Stack, Lilien Martin, Ann Biles, Betty Ornawity Camp, Sarah Newton, Lag ing Trane Gamble, Vivian Kies, Heatland, and Betty Jean Wiley.
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Houston County
County War Price
Rardoning Board
Tt Im
Nagler Field
Camp Rucker
Dothan
Prica
J. W. Gregory
Wallace D Malone
W. M. McGue
Roy Vickers
Willie Mae McConnico
L. FE. McCarty
John Stack
Lilien Martin
Ann Biles
Betty Ornawity Camp
Sarah Newton
A Laging Trane Gamble
Vivian Kies
Heatland
Betty Jean Wile
Joint U S British AMGOT To Rule Sicily
AMGOT stands for Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory. British and American officers will govern Sicily with a benevolent, nonpolitical mandate to restore order, aid civilians, and deny fascist influence while preparing hospitals, utilities, police, courts, and banks for a civilian framework.
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Relman Morin
North Africa
Italy
Ricily
Hardld Alexander
Sicily
Amgot Steels Ia
Lord Fennell
Rodd
Cbvs
Frank J. McSherry
The
United
Bratasia
AMGOT
Fanciat Party
Accepted Selectees From Dothan Listed
Nat of registrants accepted for service in the Army Navy Marine Corps Army Air Corps and Coast Guard week Fort McClellan Way announced yesterday by Houston County Selective Service Board No Ona Inducted into the Army were Jacob G Adkins Ramual Eric Gelleratedt Carl ZB Waller Bally Wade Strickland Jr and Wil Mam D Skipper Jr Accepted for the Army Air Corps were Francie A Flowers Jr William B Moody and Gena Ramage Navy Inductees includes Ray C Cerewel Ren Canady Benae Stewart Coleman Consle J Love j and James RB Taylor Freq Riley was accupted for service in the Marine Corps and Benjamin Eugene Faulkner in the Coast Guard AN selectoes have returned home for a furlough.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Army Air Corps
Coast Guard
Fort McClellan Way
Houston County Selective Service Board No. Ona
Jacob G. Adkins
Ramual Eric Gelleratedt
Carl ZB. Waller
Bhalley Wade Strickland, Jr
Wil Mam D. Skipper
Francie A. Flowers
William B. Moody
Gena Ramage
Ray C. Cerewel
Ren Canady
Benae Stewart Coleman
Consle J. Love J
James RB. Taylor
Freq Riley
Benjamin Eugene Faulkner
Allied forces seize more towns in Sicily push toward Catania
Allied units advance along Sicily coast and inland as American and British troops capture Agrigento, Caltagirone, and other towns. Montgomry's Eighth Army tightens ring toward Catania while Seventh Army pushes from the sea. Axis retrograde pockets abandon positions. An Allied joint government establishes Sicily HQ signaling imminent inland occupation.
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Belman Mocsin
North Africa
Eighth Army
Catania
Cilia
Americes
Agrigente
Asutration Santer
Beschbhead
Licats
Perte Enpedocle
Sicily
Catenia
Micily
Caltagirone
Eighth
Othe
Alfred Wagg
NBC
East African
Mt. Etna
Erith
Mt. Etne
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Lential
Scordis
Alan
Gerpint
Catania. Gerding
Catenta
Montgomery
Siciy
Lantini
Grammishela
Atc
mBes
Seventh Army
George A. Patton
Ita
Americana
Caltamiewatta
Enna
Ricily
Caltanissetts
Slmosthus
Missi
Bana
High Command
Rome
Tha Aeut
Ie Agrigento Arva
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Imest Id
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U.S
Press
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U. S
Gordon Girl
A. B. Windsor Principel
June
Rocky Mountain
Axis
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