Dothan blackout rated very satisfactory in drills report
A wartime blackout drill in Dothan Alabama earned very satisfactory ratings from officers including Walter M. Thompson and Major Simmers. Wardens police and others performed duties well with only five minor errors noted during the 25 minute test.
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Dothan al
Walter M. Thompson
Fort McClellan
Nced
Thompson
Ajor Simmers
Provost Mar
P Rucker
Col. Thompson
Boston County Civilian Defense
Wallace D Mahe Ia
Dothan
Condiu
City Commission Enacts Vagrancy Ordinance Sparks Arrests
After passage of a new vagrancy ordinance, Dothan police arrested eleven people for vagrancy. Among the detainees, one white man was booked on disorderly conduct. Nine were women and two were men. the law allows wandering within city limits.
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An Ordiea
ETO
Uncertain Italian Stand Amid Disrupted Italian City Unrest
World War II era dispatch notes uncertainty over Italy's government stance on war causes unrest as fascist resistance holds Milan. Allied and Axis actions reported near Cefalu and Mocasina. U.S. troops advance toward northern Italy while Canadians meet stiff opposition in intratrieity. Soviet and German fronts show retreat and forced defense as battles unfold across Orel and surrounding villages.
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Ple
Milan
Bicily
U. S
Ft Germara
Mocasina
Cefalu
Rusaia
Inchea
Parifie Tommit
Kiska
FDR to Deliver First War Report in Six Months Tonight
President Roosevelt will broadcast a half hour address at 8 30 p m to outline Allied advances in the Mediterranean Pacific and Europe and warn of wage and price pressures and war production goals for 1943 The speech signals no shift in unconditional surrender policy and follows Mussolini's fall with Italy's Axis status under new scrutiny.
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Washington
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt
White House
Mediterranean
Pacific
Russia
Akves
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
Allleg
Hull
War Department
State Department
Office of War Information
OWI
Vittorio Emanuele
New York
Samuel Grafton
Governor Sparks to Speak to Dothan Kiwanis
Governor Chauncy Sparke has accepted an invitation to address the Dothan Kiwanis Club next Tuesday at their luncheon. Extra seating planned for a larger meeting, with members invited to bring guests. E J McDaniel spoke yesterday on Withholding Taxes, introduced by L J Thomas. New members Theodore Skeen J P Culver and Pred Meselly welcomed by Rev Sam Reeves.
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Chauncy Sparke
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Iialtorn
E. J. McDaniel
Spack
L. J. Thomas
Theodore Skeen
J. P. Culver
Pred Me
Internal Republican squabble over postwar policy debate
An internal ruckus within Republican ranks over a 1944 foreign policy declaration spilled into public view as the Republican Postwar Policy Association accused of trying to split the party. Association leaders urged strong foreign cooperation resolutions for the Mackinac Island council meeting while denying backing any presidential candidate.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Republican Postwar Policy Association
Chicago
New York
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Mackinac Island
Mich
Deneen A. Watson
Advisory Council
Wendell Willkie
Spangier
Council of 49
America
Americana
al Watson
Thei R
fve o@ Ie
Spengler Komaelé
Watson
Tarato No. 6
Defunct Gas Stations Asked To File Report
Filling station owners who discontinue operations should file reports with the county War Price and Rationing Board detailing inventories and gasoline and coupon on hand at termination. Chairman A. D. Wilseroom urged compliance to avoid hardship for future reopenings and to track reopened stations.
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A. D. Wilseroom
RAF Pounds Hamburg Port In Record Night Assaults
Allied air forces continue heavy bombing of Hamburg with the RAF dropping more than 2,876 tons in under 45 minutes in a fourth consecutive night raid. U S medium bombers also strike industrial targets in Belgium as shuttle service operates in London.
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London
U. B
Germany
RAF
Gspauit
Hamburg
U. S
Belgium
Air Ministry
Amaricen
Terat
Nazis Use Reds To Dig Trenches In Orel Defense
Moscow reports retreating Germany burning villages and forcing inhabitants into labor gangs to dig trenches and dugouts for a last defense of Orel on the central Russian front. Red Army dispatches say Field Marshal von Manstein’s forces fall back as Soviets press on three sides of the big Nazi base amid heavy clashes northwest of Orel.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Guenther von Hluege
Orel
Prisoners of War May Help Alabama Lumber Industry
Montgomery AP says the State Labor Supply Committee and state officials told Governor Sparks that the War Department has been asked about using armed forces personnel or war prisoners in Alabama for harvesting crops and possibly aiding the lumber industry. Immediate help is not expected, but housing arrangements would be needed.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Labor Supply Committee
Frank BR. Broadway
State Industrial Relations Department
Chauncey Sparks
War Department
Broadway
Sparks
Drivers Exams Set For One Day A Week
Beginning today motorists applying for driving license examinations have only one day each week to take the tests. Chief Clerk J C Woodham of the probate office says examinations will be in Dothan today with Leta English the exams examiner for the Alabama State Highway Patrol present. he will not return until next Wednesday and each following Wednesday thereafter. Applications for licenses are reminded that examinations occur only on Wednesdays and no permits or licenses will be issued at other times.
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J. C. Woodham
Probate
Leta English
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Woll
Dothan
Last Minute BULLETINS London AP War Updates
AP dispatches from Tokyo say six Allied planes raid on Hong Kong was blocked by anti-aircraft defenses with plane crews jettisoning bombs into the water. In Liverpool King Haakon of Norway spoke that the war outlook is brighter but Norwegians may not return home for six months to a year. Ankara radio via Reuters says Italy is willing to negotiate, with main sticking points over German divisions in Sicily and southern Italy.
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London
Tokyo Radio Wa
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Liverpool
Kaaken
Norway
Ankara
Reuters
Turkey
Sicily
Italy
Late Applications Set On War Ration Books
Those who have not received War Ration Book No Three must apply at the county War Price and Rationing Board next Monday August 2 or soon after. Applicants who already filed and lack books should bring their stubs.
Paratrooper Webb Writes Of Sicily War Front
Pvt. Julian Tyler of Webb route one reports from Sicily in a letter to his parents. He describes airborne invasion actions from a North African base, says U S forces are advancing and notes he has a few on his list. He joined in November 1942 and has a brother in the Navy.
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United Mates
Sicily
Ronald
Julian Tyler
Webb
Lavi Tyler
Pvt. Tyler
Bicky
Tyler
Dothan
Wmlt
National Guard
Paratroops
Earl
Navy
Pansacoie
Jana
Turkey Seen As Go-Between In Peace Talks
Istanbul dispatch reports a secret urgent meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Guarigna and Turkish Foreign Minister Numemencioglu aboard an Italian embassy launch near Marmara. Guarigna, ex Mussolini envoy, travels to Rome. Menemencioglu departs Ankara after the gathering amid intense diplomatic intrigue.
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Turkey
Frank J. O'Brien
Istanbul
Posallel
United Nations
Italy
Rafaele Guarigia
Numen Menemenciog
Rea
Marmora
Menencioglu
Ankara
WAAC Enlistments Fall Short of Officials’ Goal
Washington AP report says WAAC enlistments are only half of the projected target. Speaker notes Col. Hobby reported 63,000 WAACs as of July 5, about 85,000 below the June goal, with concerns over withdrawals as WAACs transfer to the Army of the United States on September 1.
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Washington
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
D.C
Tts
War Department
Speaker
Oveta Culp Hobby Anid
Corpa
Mizo
WAC
Army of the United States
Henry L
Timeon
Spetker
Five Towns Fall To Seventh Army Rushing To Join Fight At Catania
Allied headquarters report American forces of the Raventh Army advancing along the north coast have captured Cefalu and Alimena, with other towns including Patralis Collesano Caltaveturo and Polizzia. Canadian troops aid progress while German defenses stiffen near the Etna line as fighting continues toward Catania.
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Catania
Dantel Deluce
North Africa
Raventh Army
Cefalu
Messina Atrait
Ban Bstefanc
Alimena
Patralis
Collesano
Caltaveturo
Polizzia
Calteveturo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Gead
Etna
Flan Fterano
Nicosia
Agira
Catmnanuova
Dittalno
Sicily
U S Air Forces Lash Kiska Again With 19 Attacks
U S air forces from the Pacific command struck Kiska and Wake Island in two days of attacks. Navy reports say 19 raids on Kiska over Monday and Tuesday, lifting total attacks to 40 in four days. Wake was raided despite Zero fighter resistance. Liberator bombers destroyed seven ships. No U S losses or personnel casualties were recorded.
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Washington
Pacifc Command
Kiska Taland
Pasific
Navy
Wake
Central Pacific
Wake Island
Wake Tyand
Midway
Eleven Common Pleas Cases Continued on Court Calendar
Eleven cases were continued and three disposed in the Common Pleas Court before Judge Lawrence Oakley. Two men were tried for public drunkenness with one pleading guilty and the other found guilty. fines of five dollars were imposed. Five vagrancy cases were heard with one guilty and fined a dollar. others were continued. Six public drunkenness and two breach of peace cases also continued. A Black man named Joe Westey charged with first degree murder had a preliminary hearing postponed.
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Court of Common Pleas
Lawrence Oakley
Joe Westey
Mobs Roam Milan as New Italian Cabinet Takes Over
Unconfirmed reports from Milan say mobs roamed the streets amid a state of siege, shouting for liberty and peace. The new cabinet moved to dissolve the Fascist party, transfer cases to military courts, and restore constitutional normality while tensions rise across northern cities.
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Frese
Rame Radio
Bald Seaterday
Pietro Badogno
Associated Press
LTO
Grand Council
Special Tribunal
Army Corpe
Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Tralian
Milan
Thote
Corriere Della Bara
Rome Radio
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