County Officials Face Bill Changes and Term Shifts
A bill package aims to place county office holders on longer terms and redraw warrants authority. It would empower the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas to issue warrants, shifting duties from sheriffs and affecting many county offices including tax assessors and deputies. The measures, supported in campaigns, seek to align terms with other courts and streamline processes despite questions of opposition.
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Regia
Promaoag
Oasis
Senate
Py Mart
Common Pleas
Coorte
Ted Amd
Fae
Nissans
Frida Campaigns
Alabama
Circuit
Agita
Administration Moves To Save Subsidy Program
Washington AP report says the administration moves quickly in the Senate to save the 35 million dollars in Office of Price Administration funds cut off by the House as it fights the subsidy program. Elmer Davis warns the OWI may be out if the Senate sides with the House, while 28.972 million remains for foreign propaganda activities.
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Washington
Tme
Senate
House
H111
Alabime
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Hill
McKellar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Davis
Napier Field Soldiers Indicted in Assault Case
Two Napier Field soldiers, Private Arthur De Meo and Private Tom Gibson, were indicted by the Houston County Grand Jury on carnal knowledge charges after an assault on a twelve year old girl near May 27. Sheriff B G Farmer petitioned Napier Field for surrender as bonds of $500 each remain. Col James L Dentel Jr and Capt William E Ringle signed bonds. The indictment followed a commitment hearing promising civil court surrender if indicted.
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Napier Field
Houston County Grand Jury
B. G. Farmer
Arthur DeMeo
Tom Gibson
Howell School
Oak Lineville
Alm
Aha
Hartford
Aheard
Farmer
James L. Dentel, Jr
William £. Ringle
Fiheriff Farmer
New Rainbow Outfit To Get Old Colors
The old regimental colors and standards of the Rainbow Division on display at the State Department of Archives and History will be sent to Camp Gruber near Tulsa for the activation ceremony of the new Rainbow Division on July 13 and 14. Montgomery City Commissioner William P. Screws announced Saturday. An escort from the Alabama State Guard led by Col. Rotert Joerg will carry the banners to Oklahoma at the request of the division commander, Joerg, a Rainbow Division veteran.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rainbow Division
State Department of Archives and History
Camp Gruber
Tulsa
Oklo
William P. Screws
Alabama Mate Guard
Rotart Jearg
Bannera
Oklahoma
Joerg
Draft Boards Oppose Temp Releases for Deferred Farmers
Wiregrass Selective Service boards at a district conference opposed temporary releases for deferred farm workers to take non farm jobs during summer lay by months. They argued farming is year round and releases would nullify deferments, noting local workers could find city jobs near farms. Maj. Dominick warned callups rise in Sep or Oct as unmarried and childless married men near exhaustion. replacement schedul es allow employers to time replacements with state office.
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Wiregrass Selective Service Boards
Draft Board
Houston
Dale
Geneva
Henry
William A. Dominick
Selective Service
Alabama
Youy
Maj. Dominick
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Willard McCall
Navaliaison
Planning Commission
Washington
State Selective Service Office
Montgomery
McCal Sald
Sparks Reaffirms Work Or Fight Order
Gov Chauncey Sparks said his reclassification order for vital workers remains in effect as coal mines in the Birmingham area operate under Federal control. He noted the state will not intervene except for disturbances and that miners have stayed away without reported trouble. State Selective Service director James T. Johnson Jr said some have been reclassified but no figures were available.
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Montgomery
Amn
Chauncey Sparks
Birmingham
Sparka
James T. Johnson, Jr
Selective Service
Three Area Highway Crashes Kill Three People
Three fatalities occurred in separate Friday night crashes in the area. Charlie T. Cook Abbeville route two Calvin Bolden Abbeville three unnamed black men and two injured were reported by State Highway Patrol. One log truck collision near Mercer Creek killed Cook Bolden and injured Herring and Granberry. A second crash near Webb killed Robert Walker as Lester Fellows Jr. swerved to avoid a pedestrian. Walker died later in a Dothan hospital.
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Charlie T. Cook
Abbeville
Calvin Bolden
Robert Walker
Webb
Burlin Herring
Freddie Granberry
Columbia
Cook
Bolden
Mercer Creek
Headland
Frank Dunham
Herring
Granberry
Mitchell Kirkland
Talmadge Kirkland
Dothan
Seven Men Killed in Camp Hood Truck accident
A dust blinded driver in a kitchen truck struck and killed seven enlisted men and wounded 15 at Camp Hood on Friday. The group walked along a dusty road inside the reservation as tank destroyers and other vehicles passed. officials said the injured should recover.
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Camp Hood
Tex
Ita
Legislature Plans Faster Work Pace Before Adjournment
Alabama lawmakers press to quicken pace with two weeks left in 60 day session. Senate approved a State Labor Department bill and House is set to consider two labor measures next week. Gov Sparks supports either bill and Sen Vernon St John plans to push a temperance bill report.
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Hoyt Ware
Montgomery
Ale
Alabama
Senate
Bradford
House
Chauncey Sparks
Hill
State Labor Department
Iif
Vernon St. John
Lawrence
Temperance Committee
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
House Completes War Bill Debate
The House finished debate on a 71.51 billion War Department appropriations bill in under four hours. With under 100 members left on the floor, approval is expected Monday before the measure moves to the Senate. The package would push this year's total defense spending past 340 billion as Congress backs broader Axis defeat.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
House
War Department
Appropriations
Axia
Senate
Army Navy Amphibious Force Formed for Invasions
Washington AP reports a new integrated Army Navy amphibious force to spearhead invasions of fortified shores. Training under Rear Admiral Francis Rockwell and Vice Admiral Alan Kirk aims to eliminate Army Navy practice differences, ensuring rapid coordinated landings. The force already operates in the Pacific with Att Island manuevers.
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Washington
Hitter
Navy Department
Pacific
Att Island
Francis W. Feockwell
Amphibioug
Pacific Fleet
Rockwell
Atlantic
Mear
Alan G Kirk
Navy
Kirk
Army
Italian Bases On Sardinia Sicily Blasted
Allied air forces blasted Axis bases in Sardinia and Sicily on Friday and Saturday. The Northwest African Air Command reported 39 enemy aircraft shot down in a day by Gen. James Doolittle's Strategic Air Force, with attacks hitting Messina, Milazzo, and Sardinia shipping and airfields.
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Harold V. Boyle
North Africa
Biowa
Pantelleria
Sicily
Sardinio
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Forc
Northwest African Air Command
Air Arm
Mussolini
Messing
Milo
Sardinia
Strategic Airforce
Asalgn
Patterson Blames Complacency For Low War Output
Washington AP Under secretary of War Patterson and WPB officials clashed over May and April output figures while urging accelerated war production. Patterson blamed labor and management for overconfidence and said ground forces’ supplies fell 4-2 percent below needs in May and 31-2 percent under April. A WPB spokesman said overall Army production rose about 2 percent, noting ground forces remain the major cutback area.
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Washington
Patterson
War Production Board
WPB
United States
WPS
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Meg
Navy
Air Forces
Maritime Commission
Lend-Scane
WPR
Ten Are Arrested in Beaumont Race Riots
Beaumont Texas charges filed in city court against ten white men after race riots caused two injuries and heavy property damage. City Attorney Albert Tatum said martial law troops completed inquiry and more arrests awaited. some suspects held on murder and arson charges with ages from 17 to 47.
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Beaumont
Tex
Sharpes
Albert Tatum
Incuder
Col Sidary C. Mason
War Conference Set Amid Rumors of Peace Envoys
London reports Reuters claimed Italian peace envoys in Algiers were meeting with Premier Mussolini’s cabinet amid new decrees. Allied sources denied the report while air raids on Pantelleria continued and nine provinces were placed under martial law.
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James MW
Long London
Reuters
Azla
Algiers
Mirasolini
Cabinot
Mussolini
Pantelleria
Stelly
Bardinia
Soviets Confident Of Hitler Defeat In Another Year
Soviet citizens and Allied forces remain confident they can defeat Hitler within another year. After two brutal years of war, Stalin's May Day message and recent Allied victories bolster belief that the Axis power will fall, aided by the invasion of Europe and intensified Allied air bombardment of Germany and Italy. The article notes turning points in Africa and Pantelleria as preludes to a broad front.
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William McCaffin
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Hitler
Biatin
Europe
Stalin
Africa
Pantelleria
Germany
Italy
Sheriffs Brutality Trial Opens Monday in Alabama
Federal prosecutors prepare to open the government's case against Macon County Sheriff Wendell Evans and Deputy Henry Faucett on 15 alleged brutality incidents over three years. Indicted under the Civil Liberties Statute, they face misdemeanors with up to 1000 dollars fine and one year in prison. Evidence includes a Negro inmate killed, prompting a federal grand jury review.
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Montgomery, Ab
Opelike
Macon County
E. Burne Parkay
Hartwell Davis
Maynard Smith
Washington
Fedwin Eugene Evans
Henry Franklin Faucett
Justice Department
Alabama
Wendell Berge
Massatant
Erimine Divie
Coal Strike Escalates as Talks Near End
The Associated Press reports that John L. Lewis and UMW officials recessed talks with coal operators after another walkout spread. Key issues include a wage increase and a pledge against strikes, with government action and wartime production stakes central. The War Production Board pledged steel output increases, and Robert Patterson warned of defense shortages if production lags continue. Logan County leaders urged President Roosevelt to broker a contract to avert another coal disruption.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Operaore
War Labor Board
Lewis
United Mi
Walt Lewis
Oparatore
WLB
UMW
Pla
Rooapvelt
Mina
WMW
Minera
War Production Board
Wartington
Claude Campbell
Logan County
Wva
United Mine Workers
Toonevelt
Marvin H. MccIntte
Ture
Notober
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