Airliner crash near Bowling Green kills 32 aboard
An American Airlines transport crashes in bad weather near Trammel Ky killing 32 of 33 aboard and injuring several. First Lieut Glenn W Fel of Love Field Texas was aboard and bled at the wreck site. Hoffman of Williamsport was hospitalized with others as rescue crews aided injured passengers.
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Allen County
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Roosevelt signals end of coffee rationing in unified move
President Roosevelt announced reductions in rationing and promised more sugar allowances within weeks as wartime shipping and supply successes boost stockpiles. The War Price and Food Administrations confirmed coffee rationing ends today with wholesalers and retailers no longer requiring stamps for coffee sales.
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Houston County
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World War II News Roundup in Allied Front Advances
A chaotic World Today digest reports heavy violence as anti fascist protests erupt across Europe. Allied leaders push for Italy s surrender while Soviet and Greek actions reshape Eastern fronts. Germany seeks grip on territory as Italian advances falter under air attacks and ground offensives.
Eisenhower Urges Italians Oust Nazis for Peace
General Eisenhower called on the Italian people in a noon broadcast to remove German troops as the sole barrier to an immediate peace. He said a truce could follow once Nazis are expelled. The Swiss agency cited Rome reports on Italy examining Eisenhower’s peace terms.
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Switzerlang
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
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Rome
Badoglio
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Allied
North Africa
Allied Forces Take Four More Towns In Sicily
Allied troops push into northeastern Sicily with heavy air support and seize four towns. Canadian forces enter Leonforte eight miles northeast of Enna, while American Seventh Army takes Pollina Castelbuono and Gangi. Armored units reach about seventy five miles from Messina as fighting continues along the coast from Palermo.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Leonforte
Enna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Pollina
Castelbuono
Geng
Polline
Cefalu
Messina
Anis
Gangi
Tur
Patterson Predicts Sicily Conquest in Days, War Dept Says
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson predicted the Sicily campaign would be finished in a few days despite strong German resistance in the northeast. He noted Mussolini's ouster as political, with no peace overtures seen, and said Allied forces pressing from four fifths of the island were likely to outflank the Axis near Mazara and that Sicily’s battle had entered its final phase.
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Washington
Sicily
Robert P. Patterson
Ricily
Laland
Slips Steal Mystery Lights Up Los Angeles
Mrs Dotty Briggs reported cash theft after $4,500 vanished from a chair while she bathed, with a decoy half-dollar placed by Groer B. A. Pinemore in Hollyweed and a $335 stash found beneath photos. thieves took the £235 but left a deter.
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Los Angeles
Dotty Briggs
Groear B. A. Pinemore
Hollyweed
Jap Radio Warns Nation Of Grave Shipping Shortage
The Tokyo broadcast echoed President Roosevelt stating Japan has lost more ships than it has rebuilt. It warned Japan to focus on shipbuilding as transport cuts hinder shipments from Java Burma and other conquered lands. Allied operations damaged a Japanese destroyer and transport, sank barges, and damaged a freighter while Stillwell reported gains against Japanese aircraft on fronts in China and the Pacific.
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Germany
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Burma
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Dutch East Indies
Australia
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
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Solomrans
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Lodge
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China
Joseph W Stillwell
Fiers
Fankow
Hainan Island
Hynekong
Prowler Escapes After House Intrusion at Troy Street
Police records show a prowler escaped after being discovered by occupants of a house at 908 Went Troy street. The call came in at about p.m. and the intruder fled unapprehended. Night prowlers have been active with several recent incidents where intruders secured dententies. No identity of the occupants at 308 Troy street is listed.
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Troy Street
Roosevelt Calls for Unconditional Surrender of Axis
President Roosevelt urged the United Nations to press for unconditional surrender and vowed that Japan and Germany must be whipped on their home grounds. He warned that Axis leaders must be hunted down and war guilt prosecuted, while promising a plan to care for returning service members and maintain home-front effort.
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Pacific
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Reds Slay 1500 Nazis in Steady Drive on Orel
Moscow dispatches report a Russian column advancing on Orel from the south overran key positions as heavy rains slowed progress. About 1500 German troops were said to have been killed while Soviet forces pressed a pincer approach, threatening the besieged city from the north and east.
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Orel
William McGaffin
Moscow
Stanovoy Kolodets
Ataga
Optukh
Zolatarese
Orelles
Punishment Sure For Axis Leaders Houston FSA allotment
Houston County will purchase fifteen farms under the Farm Security Administration for the current fiscal year. County supervisor Morria M Borland announced two farms were bought already, leaving thirteen remaining. Last year seventeen were allotted and twenty were bought. Other counties' funds aided three purchases. Borland urged listing remaining farms at the county courthouse FRA office.
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Houston County
Farm Security Administration
Morria M Borland
FSA
Borland
Imley
Farma
FDR Declares Resignations Won’t Shield Axis Leaders
President Roosevelt says no Axis leader or military figure who sparked the war will escape punishment by resigning. He notes criminals responsible for humanity’s crimes must be brought to justice, whether by exile, execution, or trial, and hints postwar limits on returning Axis figures from neutral havens. Page 6.
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Rome
Tokyo
Benito Munsolini
Faurist
Switzerland
Spain
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Halland
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Kaiser Wilhelm IE
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Door
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Midh Ineutral
Scout Enrollment Gains 27 Per Cent
Scout officials reported a 27 percent year to date rise in Southeast Alabama council enrollment. A total of 23 boys were added this year bringing 84 Scouts and 147 Cubs under the Scouting program. The council now lists 1985 boys, 286 Cubs, and 6 Scouts. Thirteen new units have formed across nine counties since January 1, 1942, including six Scout Troops in Andalusia, Abbeville, Dothan, Samran, Opp, and seven Cub Packs in Dothan, Andalusia, Fufaula, Troy, Headland, and Geneva.
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Andalusia
Abbeville
Dothan
Samran
Opp
Fufaula
Troy
Headland
Geneva
FDRs Six Point Plan To Aid Returning Veterans
President Roosevelt outlined a six point program to assist returning servicemen and women with jobs training education and equal Social Security rights. He warned Congress that the machinery to carry out the plan is partial and needs new guidance from him as the nation shifts from war to peace.
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George Cblaf
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Roosevelt
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Theas
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Crisis in Bulgaria is developing as Italians weaken
ISTANBUL AP reports a serious Bulgarian crisis as Mussolini falls, with Bulgaria potentially breaking from Axia. Indications are Italy’s collapse would quickly affect Bulgaria and other Balkan states, threatening German led alignments and shifting control of Macedonian territories. Bulgaria has long seen Italy as a counter toinvading powers, being close to Brindisi and through Mazedonia.
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Istanbul
Benito Munnolini
Italy
Germany
Balkans
Mussolini
Art
Yugoslav Macedonia
Grecian Macedonia
State Group elects Henry Tax Collector
MONTGOMERY Ala AP Harold L Lazenby tax assessor of Monroe County was elected today president of the Association of Tax Assessors and Collectors of Alabama at the final session of the two day convention Lazenby, former vice President, replaces Vo Crabtree tax assessor of Hale County In the President chair J W Hamilton tax collector Jefferson County was elected first vice president HOP Smith sanes Kor from Coosa ate and vice president and Woodham collector from Henry secretary Am officers were elected Unants mainly upon motion of chairman of nominating committee Roy Jo ngan Agsesaor from Jefferson
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Montgomery
Ala
Harold L Lazenby
Monroe County
Association of Tax Asarkcore and Collectora
Alabama
Lazenby
Vo Crabtree
Hale County
J W Harilton
Jefferson County
H OP Smith
Sanes- Kor
Coosa
Ate
Wot
Woodham
Henry
Roy Johngan
Agsesaor
Jefferson
Purple Heart Awarded First Casualty Hero
The Purple Heart was awarded posthumously to Charles A. Boyd, a carpenter's mate third class, the first Houston County casualty in the current war. Boyd was killed December 7, 1941, during the Pearl Harbor attack. His parents, Mr and Mrs C A Boyd, 617 Brough Street, learned of his death and received the medal on July 10.
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Charles A. Boyd
Houston County
Boyd
United States
Pearl Harbor
Brough
Revolts May Force Badoglio To Seek Immediate Peace
London reports indicate mutiny spreading in Italy may push Prime Minister Badoglio toward seeking armistice. Observers note German troop withdrawals from the Balkans and Italy’s hopes to regroup before any surrender. Allied resolve and Rome’s stance remain linked to Italy’s unconditional surrender as press voices caution about political shifts and risk of misreadings in the war’s Italian question.
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James F. King
London
Italy
Premitar
Pietro Badoglio
Badognio
Balkans
Thea London Press
Furclat
Times of London
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Fadogno
Beer truck crash disrupts Helena picnic crowd
Missoula man Carl Ose toppled a five truckload beer rig on a mountain grade. The truck rolled and spilled beer into a nearby picnic area. Bystanders helped clean up as others joined the effort.
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Mont
Carl ‘Ose
Missoula
Jana
Cuse
Istria Crisis Deepens as Italian and Nazi Troops Move
Swiss and British dispatches report Fascist and anti Fascist clashes across Lombardy and Istria as Badoglio tightens control. Milan Turin and Genoa see riots while thousands join demonstrations urging southern Slav state inclusion drawing fears of near civil war. Germany aids in stabilizing regime with plans for new government in Rome.
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