Dothan Company Wins Bid for Jackson Hospital Wing
Dothan’s H H Brown Construction Co. was the sole successful bidder among five to add a new wing to Jackson Hospital in Marianna. The project aims to double capacity and include a delivery suite and obstetrical facilities. Work should start within 30 days, with completion 1.5 to 5 months after starting, subject to secured financing and scope.
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Marianna
Sproisl
H H Brown Construction Company
Gl Dothan
Jackson Hospital
C Davie Porter
Orough Iest Oceans Gse
Busi 1K Way
2 & Deffie
W. H Nobles
C. Delia Turmer
John Garrett
Alta Korst
Surviving Twin Taken By Death
Services for Linds Faye Bugetan, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leater Hug Bint, will be held at eleven A.M. tomorrow at the residence with Rev. D. Shindep officiating. Burial follows at Memphis Cemetery with Ward-Wisen in charge. Brother Ray, sister Bobbie Lee, grandmother Mrs. Lyle Mirbiand, and paternal grandfather Mesco Aare survive.
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Wramara
Linds Faye Bugetan
Leater Hug- Bint
D. Shindep
Memphis
Ward-Wisen
Billi
Ray
Beethar
Ward-Wiseon Chapel
Are
Bobbie Lee
Lyle B. Mirbiand
Dothaz
Caldwell is Guest Of Marianna Club
Caldwell is guest of honor at a Marianna Kiwanis lunch honoring him. About 300 attended the banquet at the community house banquet room. Guests included Mrs Caldwell and daughters of Mr and Mrs Zam Morrow. Otis Padgett presided as Kiwanis director and postmaster.
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Marianna
Millard Caldwe
Maerisona
Kiwanis Club
Apt Tox
Mia Caldwell
Mineas Semen
Malliie Caldwell
Caldwell Zam Morrow
Otis Padgett
Kiwanis
Marianna Junior Woman's Club
Mra
W. F. Pite
Mrs Bassett Dies After Brief Illness
Marianna special report states Mrs Dorothy Webster Bassett 36 died at Marianna Army Air Field hospital after brief illness. Funeral services at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Harry Nebebty and Chaplin Paul Minton with burial at Rivertide Cemetery. Survived by husband Sgt Lyon T Bassett and their infant son. A New York native, she came to Marianna in 1941.
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Marianna
Nea Funeral Home
Mrn
Dorothy Webster Bassett
Pest
Marianna Army Air Field O
Harry N. Nebebty
First Baptist Church
Chaplin Paul V. Minton
Ale Wield
Rivertide
Lyon T. Basestt
Mre. Bassett
New York
Marienna
Lee in New Guinea Soldier Arrives in New Guinea
Private Joseph I. Lee of the Slo team route two has arrived in New Guinea, relatives report. Private Les serves in a Migmal Corps battalion.
Theft Of Watches Charged To Negro
Woodrow Heard, identified as living on East Newton Street, was arrested on a first degree burglary charge in connection with the theft of three watches from Shelley Jacobs's home. Deputies Casey and Knight reported two witnesses saw Heard enter the residence between 10 and 11 Saturday night. Louis Thomas, Jacobs's father, was asleep at the house during the break in, and entry was gained by cutting a window screen.
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Woodrow Heard
East Newton Street
Shelley Jacobs
Sher . Casey
Iff
J.T. Heard
Canny
T. FR. Knight Casey
Heard
Jacobs House
Louis Thomas
Jacobs
Cesey
Mose Harper Resigns From Police Force
Police Chief J B Craughon announced Mose Harper a motorcycle officer has submitted his resignation effective June 15 to enter private business. Harper was injured last month directing traffic at a fire in the city eastern section and had been on inactive status with a sprained ankle. He was added to the department general and assigned to motorcycle duty after city purchased two bikes. no replacement was appointed.
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J. B. Craughon
Mose Harper
Harper
Department
Draughon
Harpar
Government car fleet trimmed but travel up in last year
Figures show the Government excluding War and Navy departments owned 19,161 passenger cars at year end, 1,858 more than the prior year. Operating cost reached 3,941,477 with 11,981,477 gallons of gasoline used for 190,778,000 miles. Compared with the previous year, the cost fell by 301,826 and mileage rose by 12,772,240.
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War and Navy Departments
Fragmentary War Time Note on Aitape Front Lines
Fragmentary OCR describes a roughly 200 mile stretch between allied positions southeast of Aitape with several thousand Japanese soldiers in the area. The text references deter mined front lines and contested positions along this sector.
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Aitape
Saveral
Allied forces advance near Rome amid continued Velletri fight
In Italy, advancing Allied units push toward Velletri and Ferentino as German defenses stiffen. U S troops entered Velletri at 5 15 pm and captured 19 prisoners while German forces protect key positions along the Valmontone to the coast line. Paratroopers identified near Velletri, and French units threaten to outflank the retreating Axis as battles along the Via Casilina and areas north of Rome continue.
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Monte Artemisio
Rowe
Ieve B
Montone
Velletri
Selina Ati
United States
Associated Press
Daniel DeLuce
DeLuce
Italia
Valmontone
Lanuvio
Campostone
Via Casilina
Valmontene
Eighth Army
Frosinone
Ferentina
Valmontone - Velletri Ling
Fifth Army
Artena _ Val- Jnontone
Hermann Goering
Via Camling
Vina
Company Dutcher
Ward Ferentino
Scargola
Farentino
Highway 6
Morolo
Montelando
Verio
Alea
Alliedfehter Borvberg
TAA
Epteinian
Rome
Flatrnesflar
Montevarcht
Acero
34 Allied Fliers Ambushed and Slain
Reports from Andorre state that four American and Allied flyers guiding toward the Spanish frontier were ambushed by German border guards. Only two Americans and one French aviator escaped to Spain. Advices say they were sheltered by French families after being shot down, hidden in peasant clothes and given French identity papers.
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Barcelona
Spain
Andurre
Wodey
Spanuh
Amrane
Pyreneea
France
Prohibition Charge Brings $50 Fine for Oswald Plea
Max Oswald of Jackson County Florida pleaded guilty before Judge Saxon P Poyner on a prohibition charge and received a $50 fine. Four men were arrested near Cottonwood after a chase during which liquor was destroyed. They were released on $200 bonds each. The other defendants have not yet been tried.
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Max Oswald
Jackson County
Florida
Saxon P- Poyner
Roy O. Hii
Oswald
W. & Boone
Joan Weeley Rogers
L. W. Anderson
Cottonwood
Jaycees To Assist in War Bond Drive
Dothan Junior Chamber of Commerce will back the War Loan drive under president Linton C. Warren. The group plans a dance this month to sell bonds and discuss holding a dance. A nominating committee will select officers for 1944-45, to be elected next Friday and take office July 1.
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Dothan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Linton C. Warren
Police Arrests Rise Slightly in 24 Hour Period
Police headquarters reported seven arrests in the past 24 hours matching the total for the previous three days. Five were for public drunkenness, one for disorderly conduct, and one for assault and battery. The assault and battery cases involved two individuals.
Absentee ballot box fate discussed after election
In bustling county politics, Webb Wells of Ashford guards the absentee box as officials debate its disposal. Circuit Judge Halstead and Wells comment on the matter with Wells joking he will keep the box as a souvenir amid fraud allegations alleging ballots in dead or non‑applicant names. Also noted is Edward Kent Pittman’s arrival in San Francisco, linking naval service history to family reporting.
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Webb Wells
Ashford
Democratic Executive Committee
Dothan
D. C. Halstead
Wella
Eagle
Halstand
Wells
Hig
Algo
Jack Folsom Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Jack Lyra Folsom of Pinckard aged seventy one were held at the Baptist Church in Pisckarg with burial in Midland City cemetery. He had been with Pinckard Automobile Company for twenty years. Surviving are his widow two daughters and a brother.
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Mre
Elby
Ray
Brimewick Tery Sigtars
Heaney Hatcher
Pynckard
Mre Joheals
Headland
Allied air operations report three German planes downed
RAF and RCAF fighters claimed three German aircraft down in a raid into France while three attacking planes were lost. Mosquitos bombed an unspecified target in Denmark and mines were laid in enemy waters. Vichy claimed 90 killed at Saumur and 42 on the northwest coast. The Air Ministry described disrupted bridges, rail dislocations, and wrecked Nazi factory output as Britain targets French rail centers to hamper German reinforcements.
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Eeam
Denmark
France
Germany
RAF
RCAF
Vichy
Saumur
Nantes
Vichy Radio
Air Ministry
Bet Ue
Bielne
Aystem
Manpower Policy Emphasizes Voluntary Cooperation in War Industry
Officials note that expanding war production schedules is needed amid labor shortages but stress that manpower goals will be met through voluntary programs. Noncompliance could face sanctions, and employers not participating may lose access to referred workers. Private J W Collins, son of Mr and Mrs E G Collins, graduated from the Department of Armament at Lowry Field Denver.
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McNiutt
Collins To Represent Alabama At National Meeting
J. J. Collins, Garrett County Superintendent of Education, will represent Alabama at the National Education Association meeting in Pittsburgh. Collins was appointed as an official delegate by the Alabama Education Association.
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Collins
Alabama
Geneva
J. J. Collins
Arve County
Aisbarme
Pittsburgh
Jay
Colum
Alabama Educa- Gem Association
Embezzlement Suspect Nabbed in Dothan Case
A Dothan man, Sutton of Long Atlantic Parc, was arrested by Chief Deputy Brain 3 and Special Investigator T. R. Knight after reportedly receiving ten dollars from T. J. Whatley Jr to buy goods for film. Sutton was taken into custody while walking along Fest Adams shaft this morning.
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T. J. Whatley, Jr
Sheriff's Office
Sutton
Atlanta
Adams Shaft
Brain
T. Caney
T. R. Knight
Button
Chlorine Gas Incident Ties Bayonne Depot to Cartagena Shipment
Police identified the Bayonne depot pickup of tanks intended for shipment to Cartagena Colombia. Fire officials pressed charges against Goliver and truck owner Lester J. Denner for transporting chlorine without a permit and lacking required safety equipment. Dr Max Selde noted chlorine gas damaged the respiratory tract of victims at Camperssad Hospital where 130 remained under care.
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Gouvear
Bayonne
N. J
Cartagena
Colombia
Joseph Harbuto
Fire Department Bureau of Combustibles
Goliver
Lester J. Denner
Max Selde
Camperssad Hospital
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Marianna Club
Malone Motor CO
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Firestess Tire
Harden
Oates Street
Meining i
New Orleans
Waris
Albert Kesselring
Peninsile
Breas
J. B. Davis
Sinclair Refining Co, Agt
Phome
Jaycees
Tittman
Edward Kent Pittman
Chinef Pharmaciat
A. S. Navy
BE. J. Whiddon
Dehan
San Francisco
South Pacific
Mise Mary Hale Pittman
Chief Pittman
Navy
Willoughby
Bil" Pittman
U. S Marine Corps
Manila
Filippines Tatanda
Battan
Jack
Folsom
Dothan Negro
Chicago
Dothan! Theatre
Wm. Bendix
Joe Sawyer
Everlox
C. E. Blakey
N. Foster
Fippatt
Giasecs
Pitcher Warehouse & Gin Co
Inet
Central Depot
Sheridan Errol Flyan
Enge
Darian
Fay
Mel
Elliott
Plains
Redskin Braves
Battune
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