Navy Recruits Choose Boot Camp Training Stations
Young men aged seventeen enlisting in June may choose one of three basic training stations San Diego Pensacola or Bainbridge announced by Cru ficer Charles L Marin of the Dothan Navy recruiting station Nine years in the Wiregrass have been accepted for enlistment The recruits named include John William Spears Headland Rufus Rudolph Green New Brockton Marvin Ray Phillips Elba Leonard Talmadge Holmes Pawsey Walter Thomas Martin Newton Eugene Kitzre Gordon Doyle Lynn Ashford Boyd Relious Whigham Daleville and Denny Burns worth urging applicants to the recruiting station in Dothan for enlistment details
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Cruficer
Charles L. Marin
Dothan
San Diego
Calif
Pensacola
Martina
Fiewasd
John William Spears
Headland
Rufus Rudolph Green
New Brockton
Marvin Ray Phillips
Elba
Leonard Talmadge Holmes
Pawsey
Walter Thomas Martin
Newton
Thomas
Eugene Kitzre
Gordon
Doyle Lynn
Ashford
Boyd Relious Whigham
Daleville
Denny Brrdsworth
Ozartt Martin
Navy
Post Office
Decrease in Houston Clinic Attendance Reported
Officials from the Houston County Health Department report a drop in venereal disease clinic attendance for May, blamed on inclement weather. A total of 1,603 people visited the clinic, down from 1,625 in April, with earlier year data showing monthly increases of at least 200. The clinic runs Monday Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
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Persens
Houston County Health Department
Assistant Home Agent Appointed in Houston County
Miss Mary Low Thompson of Boaz Ale assumed duties as assistant home demonstration agent for Houston County, announced by Miss Fran Mallette. Thompson, a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, began last month. Hattie Graves of Opelika was transferred to Dothan to assist in presenting demonstrations on food preservation in June and July.
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Mary Low Thompson
Boaz
Ale
Houston County
Fran Mallette
Thompson
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Hattie Graves
Opelika
Dothan
Mallette
Youths Who Gathered Potatoes Return Home
Seventeen non farm boys from De Ina area returned home after assisting in potato harvest across Baldwin and Covington Counties. Under supervision of Whitey Hall, assistant county agent, they earned pay and certificates for merit while contributing to the harvest effort. About 5000 carloads of births valuables? no. Farmers paid over 1000 dollars for the work. harvest sped up despite a 4 to 50 percent crop increase. The Dothan group was among 50 trained by county agents and the Alabama Extension Service.
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de Ina
Haddwin
Sealey
Lealey
Wgltey Hall
Covington County
Merct
Irth
Baldwin
Hal County
Dothan
Alabama Extension Service
Green B Stringer Dies In Hospital
Green B Stringer of Ashford route one died at a Dothan hospital after ten days of illness. He was seventy eight, a long time Ashford resident and Ashford Baptist Church member. Funeral services set for tomorrow at four at Ashford Baptist Church with Rev. Perry. burial in Cowarts Cemetery. Deacons will serve as pallbearers. Survived by wife, a son E G Stringer, two daughters Mrs Robert Gudsman and Mrs C D Copas, a sister, and ten grandchildren.
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Green B Stringer
Ashford
Dothan
Ufe
Ashford Baptist Church
Perry
Burra
Cowarts Ceemetery
Ward-Wilson
E. G. Stringer
Robert Goodsman
San Francisco
Cal
C.D. Copas
Columbus
J. T. Forehand
County seeks relief from highway maintenance duties
The report notes that an inspection will occur soon to determine if the state can relieve the county of maintenance responsibilities for a two mile stretch connecting Finterprime and Montgomery highways. The road is the only paved route in the county under the county road and bridge department, and the county cites equipment and labor shortages in its petition for relief.
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Finterprime
Montgomery
Miss Graves Completes Food Preservation Course
At Huntingdon College and Auburn, Miss Graves completed a special course on Food Preservation, expanding her knowledge in handling and storing food safely.
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Huntingdon College
Labor measures spark heated Alabama House debate
The Alabama House Labor Committee debated two controversial bills to regulate unions and create a State Labor Department. Bradford defended the measures as enabling organizing and bargaining while opponents warned of dampening worker rights. Final wartime appropriations bills were approved and sent to the Governor, alongside new firing liquor limits and party primary proposals.
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Ben Gersid Pracford
Clark
Ur Ciwintey Sparks
Hepa C. 2
Gustaft, Kuascik
H. A. Taylor
Hale
State Labor Department
Jean Busby
Birmingham
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
Bradford
Alabama
H. G. Ward
Birmingham Electrician
Bergain
House
Menguren
Warsaw Ghetto Destruction Broadcast by Radio Swit
The April 21 radio broadcast claimed the last 35,000 Jews in Warsaw Ghetto were condemned to execution as bombs and cannons leveled blocks, water and power cut, women and children with bare arms cried Save us while 400,000 were displaced or killed and 40,000 murdered or removed by May 14 per World Jewish Congress secretary general.
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Radio Swit
Warsaw
Irv Ing Miller
New York
World Jewish Congress
London
Houston County Nurse Takes Crippled Children to Clinic
Mrs. Virginia Moeller, chief nurse of the Houston County Health Department, accompanied several crippled children from Houston County to a clinic this week in Mol tile by Dr. W. D. Hannan, orthopedic surgeon, officials at the health department reported today.
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Virginia Moeller
Houston County
Coal Miners Face Monday Return Under Roosevelt Edict
In Washington and mining districts 500000 striking miners confront a Monday return or risk army service. President Roosevelt links deferments to continued work and warns of possible military involvement. John L Lewis defends the walkout while WLB oversaw possible concessions.
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Selective Service
Lewis
Hig Star
Roosevelt
Dea
Washington
Congress
Alabama
Tennessee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Worker's
Tittaburgh
Asociated
Lewin
Hugh White
USM
Tilnois
Miners Race To Resolve Wage Crisis Amid War Labor Board
West Virginia and Kentucky miners await word from district officials as tensions over a $2 daily wage rise persist. President Roosevelt rejects direct WLB control yet offers concessions to be reviewed under war labor guidelines. Coal industry faces shortages with a three day mine shutdown and forced production cuts in steel plants.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Huntingdon
Kentucky
West Kentucky
William Hargest
UMW
Pittsburgh
Wwar Labor Board
Lewis
WLA
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
WLB
Birmingham
Ala
Raid on Kursk Base Fails as War Drags On
Long range air battles over Kursk see heavy anti aircraft responses and rising losses on both sides. Soviet air force claims 60 plus trucks and five defense targets destroyed while German claims of tanks and fuel dumps hit. Moscow says Russian bombers strike Kiev Roslavl and Temryuk with two planes lost.
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Kursk
Red Army
Gulf of Finland
Black Sea
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Roslavl
Smolensk
Bryansk
Kuban
Temryuk
Caucasia
Sea of Azov
Seven months' effort unites factions under banner in Algiers
Quarters in Algiers after the committee's formal establishment stirred hope for an easy resolution of the question. General satisfaction greeted the new French act, the culmination of seven months of patient work to bring diverse elements together. American Minister Robert Mive Dhy said he was delighted.
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Algiers
Robert Mive Dhy
OPA Drops Plan to Regulate OPA Desk Drawers
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration will not regulate desk drawers of its staff after a memo ordering numbered drawers was recalled. The plan would have assigned numbers 1 through 25 to stenographers and dictated desk space for all employees up to top executives, drawing ridicule.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Stepographen
Sconomista
Business Analyata
Alabama War Production Talks Push Steel Plants To Resume
Gov Chauncey Sparks urged United Mine Workers leader William Mitch to order a return to work as coal and steel production face war strain. Officials reported Thomas furnace closures and Sloss Woodward and others holding fuel reserves for brief periods while Alabama presses for resumed operations.
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Tennessee Coal, Iron and Steel Company
Southern Steel
Sloss Sheffield Stee
and Iron Co
Woodward Iron Co
Washington
Chauncey Sparks
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
Mitch
Birmingham
Alabama
United Mine Workers In
John J. Hanratty
UMW International
Hanratty
14ers Forbidden From Entering Naples Amid War Talks
Axis and neutral correspondents restrictions reach Rome and Milan. Allied daylight bombers hit Pantelleria targets as RAF bombers join American groups in the Mediterranean air offensive. Pantelleria, a Mussolini fortress near Sicily, endures prolonged air and sea bombardment with a fortified garrison, its airfield already liquidated.
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Ers
Naples
Rome
Milan
Pantelleria
RAF
Bostons
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Tunisia
Sicily
Arrives in Africa and visits noted by locals
Second Lieutenant C. D. Reeves arrives safely in North Africa as reported locally. Petty Officer First Class David R. Snell, a long serving sailor, has been visiting relatives here for a month. Analysis suggests Giraud and De Gaulle negotiated similarly well, with Emile Muller possibly to be relieved of his deputy post in Algiers.
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Africa
Leiutenant
C. D. Reeves
Mra. J. M. Reeves
Dothan
North Africa
David R. Snell
Wavy
Giraud
de Gaulle
Polilemt
Emile Mureller
Algiers Acon
Argentina Faces Military Move as Rawson Forces Advance
Unconfirmed reports indicate an Argentine army and air force revolt, led by Gen Arturo Rawson, moving from Campo de Mayo toward Buenos Aires. Troops seized police headquarters, split into columns near the Plaza Flores, with clashes and casualties reported.
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Washington
State Department
Arturo Rawson
Buenos Aires
Campo de Mayo
Alfredo Palacios
Jurea
Rawson
Plase Flores
la Plata
J Arturo Rawson
Buenos Airea
Campo Bave
Pedro Rami
Rex
Atch
Casilllo
Tage
Seige
Argentina
Axis
Castillo
Rodolfo Marquez
Ramirez
Marquez
Senate
Robustiano Patron Costas
Manuel de Iriondo
Mario Fincati
Pedro Ramires
Persident
Attu Island Combat Casualties and Prisoner Count Update
On Attu Island June 1et bands of Japanese troops roamed some areas but no further enemy resistance. U S Army casualties as of midnight June: killed 42 wounded 1135 missing 8. In addition to 1791 known Japanese dead, 11 Japanese prisoners were taken, increasing the total captured by seven in the campaign.
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Attu Island
United States Army
Attu
Navy Department
U. 5. Army
German Defensive Plans Reportedly Underway
Fragmented OCR text references German defenses and preparations, mentioning base, plans, and Balkans. The garbled source lacks clear events, dates, or named entities to establish a concrete lead or outcome.
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Germany
Chinese forces rout through Yen river region in China
Chinese troops drive northward across the Yangtze front breaking through Kaozan defenses. News reports say Chinese forces penetrated frontier towns as forces from Chungking rally, pouring donations to fund armies and avert threat to Chungking.
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Tay River
Kamparey
Tay
Kaozan
Yangtze
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