Three From Houston At County Convention
Three members of the Houston County Board of Revenue attend the annual session of the Association of County Commissioners of Montgomery. W Perry Calhoun Harriman Ramamertere JL Brady Tra tearta J. C. Boswell unable to attend due to duty farm inverts. Calhoun may discuss with Senator Lex Hill a motion to reimburse the county for Napier Fieis expenditures. City and County were joint purchasers of Napier Field land, each spending about 75000 dollars for government use.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Association of County Commaresioners
Montgomery
W. Perry Calhoun
Harriman Ramamertere
JL Brady Tratearta
J. C. Boswell
Doity Farm
Calhoun
Senator Lie
Lex Hill
Napier Fieis
Napier Field
Exchange Club Hears Ex Rotary Governor Speaker
Harry Hall former District Governor of Rotary spoke on The Value of Civic Organization at the Exchange Club meeting last night. Visitors included Lieutenant Thomas P. McDowall of Naval Intelligence and Rochester McFerrin board member of the Montgomery Exchanges Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hall
Rotary Club
Exchange Club
Thomas P. McDowall
Naval Intelligence
Rochester McFerrin
Board of Control
Montgomery Exchanges Club
Freak Ear Of Corn Displayed Here
F. C. North of near Dothan displayed a freak ear of corn with tassel sprouting grains near the base. He noted full grains on several tassels and said it was the first such occurrence in his seventy years of gardening. Also in court, several cases were heard with sentences including a hard labor term for a fine, and various guilty pleas for assaults and larceny. Palmere, a Negro, awaits retrial after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling on duress. he faces first degree murder charges in the death of Curtis Warren.
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F. C. North
Dothan
Gey
North
Morty
Yeaterday
Dewny Napier
Jama
Anwault
Fred Taylor
Erwin Bell
Holloway Murder Trial Opens With Defendant's Unclear Posture
Testimony shows Mrs Holloway claiming self defense after quarrel with her husband ends in his death. Witnesses describe noises and a struggle, while police present a signed statement detailing the night of the slaying. The defense seeks postponement due to shock, but the judge denies it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Brenner Wiso
Brenner Alao Tala
Brenner
Tommy Tucker
Holloway
Jold
Gilmer Avenue
Eugene Carter
Montgomery
Tela
Temple Rebels
Mia Holtoway
Mra. Holloway
Peyton Mathie
Rationing Board Warns of Imminent Enforcement Action
The article notes the board chairmen criticising current practices as among the worst in the state. It states officials hope the practice will be abandoned before rationing regulations force a meeting to discuss enforcement measures.
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Jamong
Five Tuberculosis Cases Reported in Houston County
County health officials reported five tuberculosis cases for the past month in Houston County. Other diseases logged include three chickenpox, thirty-two gonorrhea, eleven melania, one smallpox, twenty ture cases of syphilis, thirteen thrills fever, one undulant fever, and two chancroid cases.
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Houston
Call for limited service by Army as August call expected
A county selective service release reports the Army will call only registrants examined and rejected for defects that can be remedied. The call will target those currently in 1F or reclassified to 1A L, with all eligible men to be reclassified as 1A L once called.
Allied Forces Press On In Sicily Fronts Battles Grow Fierce
General Eisenhower praised Allied drives as the Eighth Army and the Middle American Canadian striking force push through rugged terrain toward the enemy near Catania and along the southwest coast. German counterattacks at Catania fail to halt the advance as tormented Axis losses mount. The American force moves rapidly beyond Agrigento despite fierce resistance.
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Nedian
Erie
Jillarota
Dwight ID. Eisenhower
Aled
Eighth Army
Catania
Sicily
Tralian
Axia
Rapia
Dothan Achieves Near-Perfect Blackout Amid Civil Defense
In a bold test of civil defense procedures Dothan conducted a citywide blackout paired with simulated incendiary fires and ground launched bombs. Fire trucks used pin light beams to locate “blazes” while air wardens reported incidents. the coordinated effort included booster sirens and the city’s Civilian Defense Council. Officials praised the operation as near flawless for a town of Dothan’s size and capabilities.
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Oates Street
Moates Street
Oates
Fire Department
Civilian Defense Council
Malone
Dothan
Haypeed Paterson
State Defense Council
Paterno
Thompson Taporte
War labor board rejects wage increase for transit workers
Union officials and about 200 workers refused to reenter the meeting as Henry Mann and other leaders urged continuation. The War Labor Board announced a refusal to approve a front wage increase, keeping current rates at 25 cents an hour for motormen and conductors of two man cars and 20 cents for operators of one man cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mann
Tine
McChirg
Jeors
War Vabor Board
Maritime Service Seeks Men In 4-F Class
Ensign James L Vaughn announced the Maritime Service seeks 4-F applicants for enrollment. Selected men will be sworn in, sent to training stations in Florida or New York for about three to four months, then assigned to U S Merchant Marine vessels. Training covers deck, engineer, steward, purser, hospital corps and radio with pay and basic provisions provided. Interested men contact Ensign Vaughn at Empire Building Birmingham.
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UA Maritime Barr
James L. Yaughs
Bireningolm
Maritime Service
Enages Vaughn
Florida
New York
U. S. Merchant Marine
Vaughn
Vaugho
Is Empire Building
Birmingham
Funeral set for Mrs G B Kingry at Emyrna Church
Funeral services for Mrs. G B Kingry fifty eight of 511 Booth Appletree Street will be held tomorrow at four o'clock at Emyrna Church with Rev ER Vinocent and Rev C A Cozart officiating. Burial in the church cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge. Survived by husband three sons H C Kingry of Lafeyatts Charles Bryant Kingry and Jack Kingry of Dothan two daughters Mrs W Blake of Washington DC and Mrs Desso Fale of Panama City a sister Mrs L Hawthorns of Cairo Georgia and three grandchildren Active pallbearers listed with a long honorary group.
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G. B Kingry
Booth Appletree Street
Dothan
Emyrna Church
ER. Vinocent
C. A. Cozart
Graceville
Ward-Wilson
Graceville Bapist Church. Mra Kingly
Lved
H.C Kingry
Lafeyatts
Charles Bryant Kingry
Jack Kingry
W. Blake
Washington, DC
Desso Fale
Panama City
L. Hawthorns
Cairo
Ed Wells
Douglas Williams
Fred Dyke
R. B Sheppard
Coy Brangoo
Fred Willems
T. K Mc ¥Atter
RL. Miller
Comer Murrell
George Dykes
W. H. Saunders
Ralph Dykes
J. G Higgins
Homer Pelham
Foy Willams
A. R Pettus
W. M Brown
Wade H. Griffin
Howard Stephenson
Glenn Watford
C. C. Liddon
Jack Ashmore
Bernard Williams
J. T. Trawick
A. B. Patterson
Negro Hurt In Crash During Blackout Test
Philip Lee Thames, identified as a Negro, was taken to a Dothan hospital after a wagon collision near Brannon's Stand on Enterprise Highway during a blackout drill. Marion Jones of Dothan drove the auto. two other Negroes in the wagon escaped injury. Thames sustained a hip injury and bruises while Jones and other occupant escaped harm.
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Philip Lee Thames
Dothan
Enterprise Highway
Marion Jones
Thomas
J T Casey
T. R. Knight
Faid Jones
Brannon's
Casey
Allied air force reports heavy bomber runs and combat losses
An overseas war bulletin describes heavy bomber attacks and aerial combat with planes shot down and damaged. It notes allied raid successes on Gum Gogol Gory Rivera and Penfoei airdromes while detailing counter attacks by Japanese forces at Mount Tamby and Komiatum district. The report also mentions a weekly dance event at UI Cinh wan with local attendees.
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Komiatum
Balamaun
Mount Tamby
Tenat
Fifth Air Force
Gum Gogol
Gory Rivera
Madangareea
Penfoei
Timor
Rabaul
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Finschhafen New Guinea
Lae
Vella Tavella Tal
Tobacco Referendum Hours Are Announced
County AAA office hosts a tobacco quotas referendum on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voters decide three, one, or no year quotas for Burley and flue-cured tobacco. Proclamation of 1945-46 quotas hinges on supply as of July 1, 1845 and 1946 per law.
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Congress
House Committees On Agriculture
AAA
Ling
Triton War Patrol Led by Kirkpatrick Earns Navy Crosses
Lieutenant Commander Charles C. Kirkpatrick led the submarine Triton on multiple war patrols against Japan and enemy-held areas. The crew destroyed a destroyer leader, a destroyer, a submarine, eight merchant ships, and several smaller craft. Kirkpatrick earned Navy Crosses and was temporarily assigned to General MacArthur for a special mission in the southwest Pacific.
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Charles C. Kirkpatrick
Riverside Drive
Cocom
Fis Kirkpatrick
Washington
Ernest J. King
MacKenzie
Pacific
Kirkpatrick
Japan
China
Aleutians
Solomon Inlands
Triton
Douglen MacArthur
FCC Row Over North Africa Personnel Use
A dispute centers on FCC personnel allegedly operating in North Africa without authority. Craven cites chairman control of personnel. Fly faces criticism for presenting matters without full member consultation. The Commission defends overseas work as Army related, citing Eisenhower’s theater request.
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FCC
North Africa
Commission
Fly
Garey
Craven
United States
Congress
Dwight Eisenhower
Al-med
Africa
Beer Industry Pressures and Hop Shortages Probe OPA Ceilings
The snippet notes beer production trends in the South and Midwest, with beer makers facing hops shortages and high corn use. It mentions the Office of Price Administration placing price ceilings, potentially spurring farmers to divert corn to industrial use, and points to a looming hop crop arrival on the Pacific coast in August.
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Mississippi River
North
Carolis
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pacific
Maryland Senator Flags 3 Million Federal Workers for Possible Cut
Senator Tydings urged reviewing government staffing to free manpower for the war effort and cut costs. He cited a Civil Service Commission report showing federal employees rising by 23,000 in May, mainly in War Navy and Agriculture. He warned many in the executive branch show reluctance to voluntarily trim unneeded operations.
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Maryland
Civil Service Commission
War
Navy
Agriculture Departments
Tydings
Senate Appropriations
Executive
Russian advance and air losses in Orel Donets battles
Soviet forces pushed east and south of Orel, driving toward Zolotarevo and Malo while facing strong German resistance near the city. Moscow said it knocked out 77 tanks and 131 Nazi planes in the Orel sector as fighting raged to the Donets basin, with total German losses reaching about 5800.
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Bryansk
Optukha
Orel
Mtsensk
Zolotareavo
Malo
Donets
Russians claim advance as counterattack resumes near Belgorod
Reported Russian statements say July 5 to July 12 saw tightened operations south of Oral near Belgorod with German losses totaling 230 tanks and 2243 aircraft. Russians assert renewed advances against German lines as Romanians counterattacked, with grim campaign dynamics described.
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Belgorod
Oral
Army Casualties Under 1917 18 Mark
Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson said casualties through July 7 totaled 13 Army deaths, out of 244,508 American servicemen in World War I. The war had lasted longer than the 1917 18 period, ending with U S participation.
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Washington
United States
Robert P. Patterson
Fragmentary wartime dispatch on casualty figures and leadership
Fragmented OCR text references enemy strength and Army casualties with figures like 7,471 killed and 17.7 percent wounds. Mentions Lt Helps EF Pong Aartfora and disbursing duties at Dale Mabry Field Florida, with notes on prior service and taking over responsibilities from a senior officer.
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Kcg
EF Pong Aartfora
Bean Pete
Dale Mabry
Tales Fiorida
Finance Depen
Washington
Ing
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Robingon
Seville
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W. V. Sullivan
Flast Main St
Amy
G. B. Kingry
Negro
UI Cinh Wan
Wille Rating
Marvin Lewis
Mia Hugh Smith
Howard Fingzand
Frank Graham An Chanérones
Clarine Ftraciui
Arthur Johnson
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Main St
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Bob Evans
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