War Bond Drive Featured In City Breakfast Event
Local leaders chairing a War Bond drive in Houston County described the effort as a moral duty linking civilians to soldiers overseas. The event highlighted a quota of 32 299 000 for the county with 454 000 in E bonds and named Col James Lo Daniel Jr Camp Rucker officers among attendees from Napier Field. Plans called for a football game at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium Friday night to boost purchases, with rain date contingencies and concession details announced.
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Camp Rucker
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Lloyd Spooner
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Contagious Diseases In Houston Reported
Contagious diseases in Houston are reported amid a series of wartime dispatches. The article notes Allied air activity over France and coordinated bombing raids with 7,000 Allied planes targeting German forces, while positions along the Normandy front are described as thoroughly scorched. It also references long-range bomber missions from Russia and Balkan airfields under Lt. Gen. Ecker, signaling intensified Allied air superiority during the campaign.
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Mediterranean Air Force
Normandy Battle
Scouts Board of Reviews Tonight for Rank Advancements
The Scout Board of Reviews is set for tonight at the Presbyterian Church to advance Scouts in rank or qualify former badge requirements. Eager units must have applicants ready by 8 o'clock. Dothan scouters will serve on the committee. badges approved tonight will be awarded at troop meetings the week after.
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Presbyterian
Board of Reviews
Fire Destroys Barn At Ardilla Farm
A barn on Grady Barneld’s Ardila area farm burned early today. The barn, valued at about 500 dollars and about half insured, contained several hundred dollars worth of feed with no insurance. Three mules were removed safely from the building.
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Ardila
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Beth Weed Dies In Hospital Here
Funeral services were held for Beth Weed two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs F H Wead of Panama City at Ariton Methodist Church. Rev Crump ton of Bay Minette officiated. Johnson and Wilkerson Funeral Home arranged. Survived by parents a brother Joseph Weed Panama City paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs B W Weed Panama City and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs B W Womble Fib s.
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F. H. Wead
Panamar City
Dothan
Ariton Methodist Church
Crumpton
Bay Minette, Ale
Johnson and Wilkerson Funeral Home
Joseph Weed
Panama City
Mra .B. W. Weed
Mra. B. W. Womble
Army beach assault in zero hour tolls huge losses
The text describes brutal beach combat as American forces land at Iwo Joma style no. The graves service staff work in foxholes while enemy forces push back. Cemeteries are expanded as the field grows too small for the dead.
Soviet offensive in Finland advances near Terijoki
The bulletin reports a Soviet push seven miles northeast of Terijoki on the Lenin grad Helsinki railway as heavy bombardments and fortifications intensify. Moscow celebrates initial gains with 20 salvoes from 220 artillery pieces while Allied officials were briefed at a Sp ridnivka Palace luncheon observing the mutual assistance pact anniversary.
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Moscow
Forein
Vyacheslav Malo
Spiridnivka Palace
Parade reviewing stand positions listed for civil authorities
Details describe the parade order of appearance with civilian officials on the reviewing stand led by Major General HF Kramer and Lt Col J. Wokeating. Civilians present include Pat Payner and J A Longue among others while OM lamps lit New York streets in 1762.
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A. JL. Linaeke
Duffy
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Kramer
Dothan Soldier Wounded in Italy
Private First Class El Cherry, son of Mr and Mrs Jo Cherry of 408 Fast Powell, was wounded in action in Italy. Cherry had served three years in the armed forces and is reported to have a brother, Sergeant Sterne Cherry, who is currently stationed overseas.
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Fast Powell
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Sterne Cherry
President urges aid for war refugees as Italy opens gates
Thousands urged to aid and rescue oppressed refugees as southern Italy faces overtaxed care facilities. President cites Nazi persecutions as the blackest crime, insisting there be no division of opinion on the matter across all walks of life. He notes prior refugee movements and calls for swift action to move refugees where possible.
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Continued From Page One Southernerg Denies Price Increase
Southernerg denied this. There should not be a cent increase in prices to the consumer as a result of the proposal adoption. Brown said the amendment helps the poor by boosting production of cheaper materials and ensuring parity for cotton ferrers. The Bankhead Brown plan would adjust textile ceilings to reflect raw cotton parity, empower the WPB chairman to raise textile production, and have OPA curb reasonable textile profits.
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Brown
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Wet Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Willkie Signals Support for GOP Ticket in 1940
The article notes Wendell L. Willkie’s first of eight pieces on the Republican platform and suggests he may back the ticket if platform promises, especially on foreign policy, are genuine. It highlights Willkie’s silence since Wisconsin primary defeat and mentions Dewey and Bricker as influential figures and potential platform allies.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Willie
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Atcoud
Pacific War Update and Changsha Encirclement Report
The dispatch notes 11- Caroline Islands 563 miles southeast of the Philippines. The raid on March 29 to 31 by carrier planes sank 28 Japanese ships and destroyed over 160 aircraft. A New Guinea drive preceded Palau land bases for air assault. Also, Changsha is encircled per Chinese high command, with Japanese forces attacking from multiple directions. Fire on Enat Main Street caused damage in an auto fire with no injuries.
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Philippines
New Guinea
Palau
Geomatic Force
U. S. Navy
Guam
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Marianas
Philippine
Chungkhing
Changsha
Hunan
Canton-Han- Now
Linyang
Enat Main Street
John Grady Granger
Postwar Demobilization and Economic Reforms Proposed
A wartime labor and industry report urges a coordinated demobilization office and rapid fair termination of war contracts. It lists 16 policy steps including unemployment reform, surplus property handling, road and public works funding, retraining for workers, price control review, postwar budgeting, debt financing, taxation, securities acts overhaul, foreign trade prospects, and limiting congressional power growth.
Invasion News and Local Whiskey Arrest Report
Reports from the Cherbourg front describe American forces advancing toward Cherbourg and Quineville as German defenses waver. In Gordon, Harmon Grimsley was jailed for transporting moonshine, with about a half gallon seized. officials cited Congressional duty predicting prosperity or economic chaos based on policy decisions.
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Harmon Grimsley
Gordon
J. T. Casey
Lake Burdick
Grimsley
38 Arrests Reported During Week’s Police Actions
Police records show 38 arrests during the week tied to disorderly conduct, battery, and harassment. Major cases include traffic activity and house disruption, with officers citing public safety concerns and ongoing investigations.
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Allied Push Near Adriatic Cleared by Fifth Army
In the Adriatic front south of Pencary, Fifth Army reports German counterattacks repelled by two companies as forces push toward a key area near Florence. Prisoners show widespread disruption with remnants of units scattered, while a promising battleground remains around Lake Averrano. Corporal Alex T. Stuckey, from Dothan, has been promoted to Sergeant in Engle, joining the IX Air Forces unit.
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Pencary
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