Navy opens 29 more vacancies for 17 year olds Pensacola
Chief Petty Officer J H Hutchings at the Dothan Navy recruiting station announced 29 additional openings for 17-year-olds direct to Pensacola Naval Air Base. He said only the remaining June quotas are available and no new Pensacola assignments will be issued after June 7. Hutchings also noted 18 to 38 year olds should meet with Lt John Briggs in Dothan for interview while three men—Eugene Gordon Outlaw Ozark Jerry Owens Wack and Henry Merlin Etheridge Columbia—were accepted for assignment and training.
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Naval Air Base
Pensacola
J. H. Hutchings
Dothan Navy
Dothan
Cote
Hutching
John Jv. Briggs
Navy Construction Battalion
Eugene Gordon Outlaw
Ozark
Jerry Owens
Wack
Henry Merlin Etheridge
Columbia
Talley Heads Pythagoras Lodge No 452 Masons
John S Talley was elected Worshipful Master of Pythagoras Lodge No 452 A F and A M at the annual communication last night Other officers elected include Wilbur G Johnson Senior Warden H Roy Evans Junior Warden FR M Carswell Treasurer Ralph Hyn ton Secretary Roy G Young Senior Deacon Paul Gamble Junior Deacon Henry D Strickland Senior Steward Homer Pelham Junior Steward W Marshall Chester E Garrison Chaplain and Harry L Faulk Tiler
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John S. Talley
Pythagoras Lodge
A. F
A. M
Mr. Talley
Wilbur G. Johnson
H. Roy Evans
FR. M. Carswell
Ralph Hynton
Roy G. Young
Paul Gamble
Henry D. Strickland
Homer Pelham
W. R. Adkine
Marshall
Chester E. Garrison
Harry L Faulk
Traveler's Aid Expands at Greyhound Station
The USO Travelers' Aid doubles services with an information desk at Greyhound station. Patty Ree Buchanan directs the desk run by Dothan volunteers. Katharine Haygood and Winnell Lane joined the Dothan office staff since its April opening.
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USO Travelers’ Aid
Greyhound Bus Station
Mias
Patty Ree Buchanan
Sale
Dothan
Katharine Haygood
Mias Winnell Lane
Governors discuss 1940 election and Southern concerns
Georgia and South Carolina leaders stress prioritizing regional welfare over national politics. Olin D. Johnston backs Roosevelt reelect to avoid outside meddling on race and poll tax. Sam Jones seeks freedom from economic slavery, while Prentice Cooper links support to freight rate policy amid strikes.
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Georgia
South
Union
Tam
United States
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Johnston
Sam HM. Jones
Louisiana
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Bombing Raid Reports and Allied Losses Across Europe
The report details RAF and Canadian bomber activity over Oberhausen Mulheim and Scheveningen, noting German casualties and extensive Allied losses. It cites DNB broadcasts via Associated Press and UK and US port tallies, with claims of major damage and persistent raids through recent nights.
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DNB
Ber Mn
Associated Press
Oberhauser
Mulheim
Oberhaufen
RAF
Oberhausen
Martheim
Europe
Lomson
Nta Sgth
Sear
Air Ministry
England
Saids
Keefeld
Tals
Muethenn
Qiut Perio
Krefeld Oprvathens
Datsh
Battle News Note on Sardinia Vessel Sinking
Number 9 inactive vessel towed barges off Sardinia was sunk by RAF Venom fighters with destroyer and tug escort. One Allied plane lost. Operations included Malta intruders over Sicily and southern Italy, with bomb and machine gun strikes on railway stations and a factory last night.
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Ing
Sardinia
RAP
Batrase
Malta
Sicily
Italy
Jnst Hight
Railroad Workers May Lose Raise Amid Board Disbandment
Washington reports Emergency Stabilization Director Fred M Vincon issued an order approving an emergency hourly increase for over a million rail operatives, with the board able to reconsider its award within ten days via a forthcoming memorandum. Legal complications emerge as the board has been disbanded and reconvening authority rests with President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Fred M. Vincon
Brent
Vincon
Acuree
Thal
Restaurant Employee Held On Theft Charge
A Dothan restaurant employee, PD B Smith, was arrested by city detectives on petit larceny charges for stealing a purse and money from a woman patron. Detectives Herring and Hicks said money was hidden in Smiths shoe. A second arrest, Shelly Jacobs, was for receiving and concealing stolen property after buying and selling a stolen musical instrument from a Camp Rucker soldier. Jacobs was released on bond and seeks to identify the seller.
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B. Smith
Dothan
Wes Herring
Taylor Hicks
Smith
Herring
Shelly Jacobs
Jacobs
Camp Rucker
Dothan Music Company
Roosevelt's Health For Next Presidential Race Questioned
A speaker noted public interest in whether Franklin D Roosevelt could run again. He said the President has shown no major illness this year and remains capable of enduring strain, though war weariness and reduced exercise affect him. The speaker added Roosevelt’s trips have refreshed him and helped him recover.
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Warm Springs
Speaker
Miners await UMW back to work orders in Alabama
In Alabama about 22,000 coal miners await formal back to work orders from the United Mine Workers policy committee amid fear of wage disputes and reluctance to return under another tentative agreement. Union leader John L. Hanratty said large operators' workers may resist at first but expected no major trouble. Republic Steel canceled plans to bank one of its two blast furnaces in Birmingham, as production continues at reduced capacity and coke output drops.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine Workers of America Policy Committee
John L. Hanratty
UMW International
UMW
E. I. Fvans
Southern District
Gadsden
Republic
Leverett Funeral Planned Tomorrow
Funeral services for Bruce A. Leverett former Ashford resident who died at his Houston home will be held tomorrow at 5 30 p m at Ashford Baptist Church with multiple ministers officiating. Burial in Ashford cemetery. Surviving wife a son Pillia Jae Leverett Opelika three daughters Allan Titway Augusta Ga Scottie Leverett Augusta Rose Leverett Houston brother Clarence Leverett U S merchant marine. Active pallbearers listed with honorary names. Masonic graveside rites planned.
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Bruce A. Laverett
Ashford
Houston
Tex
Ashford Baptist Church
Robert G. Perry
J. W. White
Graceville
L. C. Brannon
Ashford Cemetery
Fellows
Forrester
C. C. Woodham
W. W. Brunner
J. C. Ingram
C. W. Singlefield
E. Wright
R. Watford
L. 'L Bell
W. M Bytes
Wack Bruner
Joe Summerford
David Harrison
Frank Owens
Jack Johnson
J. W. Yeomat
K. Sellers
W. A. Wells
Ashford Lodge
FSA Purchasing Committee Schedules County Review Meeting
Morris M. Borland county FSA supervisor announced a Houston County tenant purchase committee meeting today. Applications for Farm Security Administration farm purchases were reviewed and county farmland was appraised. Members include Preston Watford Edgar G. Ivey and Clarence Meadows.
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Morris M. Borland
FSA
Houston County
Tenant Purchase Committee
Farm Security Administration
Porland
Preston Watford
Cottonwood
Edgar G. Ivey
Webb
Clarence Meadows
Ashford
Riot Toll Rises as War Plants See Workforce Drop
The riot toll climbs to 29 with a white woman killed by gunfire during a police battle with snipers. War plants report production declines, with 40 to 90 percent of Negro workers remaining at home and up to 25 percent absenteeism among white workers, threatening deliveries of planes tanks and other war materials.
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Co. M. S Bolds
War Production Board
Soviet press echoes Vig call for second front
The Soviet editorialized that victory depends on postwar cooperation and urges a rapid rout of the Axis. It praises the Russian people's efforts and says an offensively freedom-loving state victory is essential to defeat Germany.
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Tavestio
Supreme Council of
U. S
Germany
Castoria Nausea Cause Identified By Sterling Drug
Sterling Drug Inc says two nausea producing irritants in Castoria came from a water chemical change combined with reduced sugar content. The firm explains this interfered with aging of the product and notes sugar reduction was wartime. Recalled bottles will be replaced with new green hand Bottles around September 15 as manufacturing resumes.
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Sterling Drug, Inc
State tax surplus fight stalls amid labor bill delay
Lawmakers debated diverting the state income tax surplus amid a vote deficit and plans to revisit the issue. The House approved a Senate bill to invest surplus funds in government bonds while two labor reform bills faced afternoon consideration. The Senate also moved to redirect liquor revenues to counties and cities and created a four member council with the Governor to oversee wartime surplus funds.
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House
Senate
State
Labor Department
Gullatt-Taylor
Chauncey Sparks
Bradford
Gerald Bradford
Clarke
Albert Rains
Etowah
W. C. Beebe
Baldwin
Rep. Joseph
C. Sullivan
Mobile
Sullivan
C. D. Norman
Bullock
Norman
Farlier
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