Dothan City Commission cracks down on loafing
The Dothan City Commission passed an ordinance to outlaw loafing, ordering police to enforce it with no reservation. Suspected loafers must show proof of employment or face detention, while innocents must prove they have a job to avoid presumed guilt. The measure targets those idle in street corners and dubious hangouts, urging most to choose work over idleness.
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Dothan
Cass Ing
Monsalini
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Supreme Court
Italy
Let There Light Before Destruction Proverb Echoes
A compact verse fragment highlights biblical wisdom on humility and downfall. It juxtaposes a proverb about pride going before destruction with a divine rebuke on humbling oneself, attributed to Kebdje. The text centers on moral instruction and spiritual counsel.
Roosevelt shifts Wallace role amid New Deal debate
The piece notes Clare Booth's attack on Vice President Wallace and suggests Roosevelt is aligning policy with public opinion. It discusses War Mobilization Committee approval, Hull oversight, and the broader aim to unify the administration ahead of the 1944 election, tempering Democratic opposition.
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Clare Booth
Connecticut
Henry Wallace
Amerian Propra
Roosevelt
Wallace
War Mobilization Committee
Sratn
Jesse Jones
Mr. Roosevelt
Work or Else Shortage of Labor Hits Kla Area Farms
The Kla area faces severe labor shortages amid harvesting of cotton and peanuts. Farmers double up on work, risking farm yields and potentially impacting national war effort as demand for cotton and peanuts rises. The shortage endangers livelihoods and food/industrial supply as harvest nears.
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Kla
Ehip
Warn of inflation risk as wartime controls face test
The War Labor Board issued a grim warning about choosing inflation over sacrifice to win the war and stabilize the economy. The warning followed a denial of an 8500 employee wage increase at Bendix, with vice chairman George W. Taylor urging Americans to accept heavier costs to avoid disastrous inflation and noting broad public pressure from labor, farmers, wholesalers, retailers, and government workers.
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War Labor Board
America
WLBE
Bendix Corporation
War oil shift plans spark fights over Army Navy fuel use
Treasury of wartime fuel debates surface as Army and Navy seek to convert Atlantic posts from oil to coal to save millions of gallons annually. Officials warn the OPA lacks authority to push conversions while requests for fuel oil pile up at bases from Atlantic City and Cape May to Springfield and Aberdeen. Amid defense spending questions, Hollywood training films draw sit-down protests and a Missouri senator derides a wartime inquiry as a "junket trip" while Georgia congressman blasts Fly’s leadership.
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Washington
War Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Army
Navy
Iil Opa
Atlantic Coast
OPA
Army Engineers
Atlactic City
Cape May
Quartermaster Corps
Atlantic City
Model City
Ordnance Works
Springfield
Mass
Armory
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Watertown
Arsenal
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Matine Corps Supply Depot
Philadelphia
New York Navy| Yard
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Pawtuxent
River Naval Air Station
Ant
War Relocation Authority
Rivers
Arizona
Cox
Federal Communications’ Commission
Larry Fly
Fly
Red Cox
Hart
New Jersey
Eugene Garey
J. Edgars Hoover
Georgia
Hoover
FBI
Cetie
Hollywood
Production Ace
Frank Capra
Capra
Mr. Smith
Mr. Deeds
John Doe
Bennett Clark
Missour
Gurias
GOC
John A. Danaher
Connecticut
Barkley
Dans
Markley
First Fascist fall sparks US political mirror clash
The piece argues that US farm lobbies and political factions mimic fascist tactics under FDR opposition. It compares propaganda, government power, and labor unions to Mussolini era controls, warning of elites using subsidies and legal maneuvers to pressure citizens while urging vigilance against disguised fascism.
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United States
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Dave Beck
Teamsters’ Union
Daniel Tobin
White House
Italy
Huey Long
372 Youths Aiding Coffee War Projects
Enterprise special reports Coffee County 4-H clubs started in spring 1943 with 372 youths feeding 632 hogs for summer sales to ease meat shortages. 25 youths sold 61 hogs weighing 13 044 pounds for 1 887 57 dollars. J D Head led poultry, selling 102 of 103 bantams with 21 dollars profit. Clifford and Malcolm Thornton raised 100 percent of their chickens. A note adds Mara flying boats could cross the Atlantic in a day with 75 000 tons cargo.
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Coffee County
J. D. Head
Clifford Thornton
Malcom Thornton
Italy's war fate hinges on a possible German withdrawal
The article discusses the potential for a staged German withdrawal as Allied pressures grow in Italy and Russia. It notes Hitler's precarious position, the likelihood of 40 percent restricted-area defenses, and the strategic benefit to Allied airpower if a retreat occurs, with Churchill emphasizing subjugated peoples rising in revolt.
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Italy
al Froots
Reich
Russia
Bakens
Balkan
Europe
Hitler
Churchill
House of Commons
Cape
Norway
Crete
Guerrila
Madere
Kong
Fuehrer
Dnciper
Poland
Maginot
Churchil
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Atlantic
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Wall
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George W. Taylor
Mr Taylor
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Farmers For
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American Way
AP News
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Trade Wind Tavern
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