Army recruits honored with Distinguished Unit Badge and Bronze Star
A list of Army applicants and veterans, including recipients of the Bronze Star and Distinguished Unit Badge, names of soldiers such as James Tew, Boggan, and Peoked, with notes on overseas duty, reenlistment prospects, and home routes across Alabama communities like Andalusia Red Level Slocomb Hartford and Eufaula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
James
James Tew
Army Air
Li ‘Boggan
Lowell J
Sierans
E. Dodge
Slocomb
Lowell J. Guy
Rod V. ‘Obte
Red
Miles E. Metahan
Andalusia
John Fanderson
Miss Thenie Johnson of Troy Librarian and Builder of County Library
Miss Thenie Johnson has directed growth at George S. Houston County Memorial Library on Troy Street since 1939 after starting in city hall in 1924. She runs the library on a $50 monthly stipend plus 25 for lights, with 7,000 annual checkouts and 1,000 reference users, while emphasizing children's reading and prudent collection guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thenie Johnson
Theme
George S. Houston County Memorial
Troy Street
Miss Johnson
Lloyd C. Douglas
Douglas
Bobbsy Twins
Amber
Pineville
C. F. C. College
Tuskegee
Breneau
Alabama
Florida
Troy
Eufaula
Pensacola
Fla
Dothan
Highland School
Military Enlistments Noted for Various Routes and Local Areas
Elton W. Piggott of McKenzie route two and Neal H. Booker of Evergreen route one are listed. Corbitt J. Gamble, former Navy serviceman from Headland route two, enlisted as a private. Negro applicants include James E. Rance of Ozark and Millard Jackson of Clio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton W. Piggott
McKenzie
Neal H. Booker
Evergreen
Corbitt J. Gamble
Headland
James E. Rance
Ozark
Millard Jackson
Clio
Klan Chief Denies Plot To Kill Gov Arnall
Atlanta AP report says Dr Samuel Green Grand Dragon declares investigations show no basis for FBI noted plot against Governor Ellis Arnall. Arnall says FBI informed him of discovery of such plot in Oakland City Klavern. Green pledges to uphold law and Klan oath despite the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Samuel Green
Grand Dragon
Klavern
Ku Klux Klan
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oakland City
Invisible Empire
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
United States
J. W. Trost
FBI
Dr. Green
Trost
Forson Returns From Far East Tour With Task Force 77
Buford Forson seaman second class from Dothan has returned to Guam after a Far East tour with Task Force 77 of the Seventh Fleet. Ports visited include Hong Kong Shanghai Tsingtao and Tokyo. TF 77 plans a Manila trip for Philippine independence celebration and a midsummer Orient tour. Lowell J. Guy on three day leave visits Dothan route two. he trained at Shepherd Field Texas and seeks overseas duty in China. He is a 26 year old former electrician enlisted by the Dothan recruiting office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Forson
Dothan
Route One
Guam
Far East
Task Force 77
Seventh Fleet
Fleet Home Town News Center
Chicago
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Tsingtao
China
Tokyo
Japan
Manila
Orient
Lowell J. Guy
Guy
Shepherd Field
Tex
Congress Faces Week of Crucial Votes on Draft and OPA
Washington AP writes that key legislators warn the coming week will define the Truman administration. Major actions include final votes on continuing the draft and OPA, with OPA seen as the pivotal issue. Other items are war-time authorities, federal reorganization, labor law, and the British loan bill delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
OPA
Senate
House
Senate House
Feigan Dies at 80 in Enterprise After Long Mill Career
Charles W Feigan eighty of South Main Street Enterprise died at his home Friday evening after a brief illness. He lived in Enterprise 48 years and served as chief mechanic at the local cotton mill for 45 years before retirement. A prominent citizen his funeral plans await arrangements by Searcy Funeral Home with services likely Monday. He is survived by his wife Martha Stokes Feigan five children one sister twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Feigan
S. Main Street
Enterprise
Feigan
Enterprise Funeral Home
Searcy Funeral Home
Martha Stokes Feigan
Feigan kin listed as heirs and Enlistee Hall
The will of the deceased lists children Hubert Feigan of Enterprise Flora Andress of Birmingham Eugene Feigan of Enterprise W T Mixon of Montgomery and Mrs Eugene Isbell of Pontiac Mich with a surviving sister Miss Nannie Feigan of Andalusia Enlistment officials report Grover Harold Hall of Merianna route two has been accepted for U S Navy service A veteran Hall reenlisted as a seaman first class and was sent to Bainbridge Md for induction and assignment Hall's enlistment was filed at the Dothan recruiting office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Feigan
Enterprise
Flora Andress
Birmingham
Eugene Feigan
W. T. Mixon
Montgomery
Eugene Isbell
Pontiac, Mich
Nannie Feigan
Andalusia
U. S. Navy
Dothan Naval Recruiting Station
Naval Service
Hall
Bainbridge, Md
Dothan
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City Cafe
Foster St. Carlton
J D. Buie
Y Reuben
Eagle Staff
Thente Johnson
Swiss Cleaners
Hansel Kirkland
E. Troy St
Borden
Klan
Antarctic Circle
Nebraska
Grover Harold Hall
Merianna
Wards
Kerr Dar Lids
Der
Riverside
Montgomery Ward
Monteville
Muscle Shoals
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