German Forward Wall Collapses Before Red Attack
Moscow dispatch says German forward wall built by the Orybhs Moglev and Bobrovik bulge shows signs of collapse as Red armies from four points press on a 25 mile front toward Minsk and Warsaw. Soviet fronts under Varshinin Kruikin Rudenko and Pagivin drive toward key cities with air and tank support.
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Moscow
Germany
Moglev
Bobrovik
Minsk
Warsaw
Reich
Bulge
Catskirts
Orsha
Mogilev
CBS
Oraha
Vitebak
Varshinin
Sevastopol
Timofey Kruikin
Sergei I Rudenko
N. P. Pagivin
Geo.Bagramian
Ivan Cheriakhovsky
Vitebsk
White Russia
Charnickhovsky
Attendance at Camp Rotary Scout Camp for 1983
Opening day at Camp Rotary drew eighty three in attendance after a late surge. Scouts from Dothan Gordon Troy Enterprise New Brockton Columbias Eufaula Pickard Brundidge Clio Samson plus leaders boosted totals to eighty three. Rev Mark A Lower led activities with arts crafts swimming life saving and marksmanship at a site near Dothan previously used in 1941. George Little is camp director this year.
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Rotary
Central Fieff
Dothan
Gordon
Troy
Enterprise
New Brookton
Columbia S
Yufaula
Piickard
Brundidge
Clio
Samson
Mark A. Lower
Charles B. Lidell
New Brockton
F. H. Moran
T. W. Steel
Lima
Bufeuls
Roscoe Stephens
George Little
New Registry Aids Soldier Wives in Camp Rucker Area
Traveler's Aid at Dothan's Camp Rucker region implements a central registry to locate soldiers' wives and assist their housing needs. About 200 wives are registered as of today, with details including maiden name, husband, rank, outfit, division, and contact address.
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Na- Ber Field
Rucker
Dothau
USO Traveler's Aid
South Dakota
John
Sarah
Camp Rucker
Patty Ree Buchanan
Traveler's Aid
Dothan O
Hoca
Allied drive toward Siena under Fifth Army push
Reports say American and French troops advanced on a route to Siena about thirty airline miles south of Florence. Air battles over Vienna destroyed at least fifty-five enemy planes while Allies lost 44, including 26 bombers. RAF bombers hit the Trieste refinery. First Armored Division of the Fifth Army reported strong gains with many enemy losses and material destroyed.
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Page Ota
Siena
Florence
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Vienna
Army Air Forces
Napier Field
War New Era Ends in Europe Four Years After Hitler Speech
Four years to the day since Adolf Hitler proclaimed the western war finished, Allied forces advance through France with Cherbourg’s capture described as a bloody, grenade and bayonet campaign. German resistance collapses in last hours as defenders fight fanatically before surrender.
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Adolf Hitler
France
Cherbourg
von &Chieben
Yauterday
Dpe
Dothan liquor funds total near one million in 1944
The City of Dothan reports a liquor profits total of 985 650.22 since 1839 with a current six month distribution of 5 947.94 from the State. 1943 set a record high 35 454.75 as profits to the city while yearly receipts have risen since 1939 when 5 171.56 was first recorded.
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Dothan
State Department of Revenue
Alabama
J. L. Vaughn
Treasury
Nquor
Vaughn
Panther Division Feature in Jacksonville War Bond Show
In Jacksonville Florida the 6th Panther Division Camp Rucker Alabama stages the musical revue You're in the Goth before an audience expected to purchase five million dollars in War Bonds. The show follows sold out runs in Little Rock El Dorado and Birmingham, marking a major wartime community event.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Panther
Camp Rucker
Ala
Florida
Little Rock
el Dorado
Ark
Birmingham
Headstone Markers Free For Soldiers
Relatives of deceased service men unable to defray marker costs can receive government supplied headstones. Sam Parrish, Houston County Service Officer, notes few are aware of the benefit. Verify cemetery permission before applying as some cemeteries allow only certain marker types. Applications and more info available at the county service office in the courthouse.
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Sam Parrish
Houston County Service
Parrish
County Service Office
Proclamation Declared for Napier Field Day in Dothan
During the city commission meeting Rawlins McKinney issued a proclamation urging Dothan citizens to attend Napier Field events Thursday June 29 1944 as part of the Fifth War Loan drive Col James L Daniel Jr inviting a Field visit and Army Air Forces activities opened Open House with expectations of strong local turnout
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Napier Field
Fiesta
City Commission
Rawlins McKinnney
Dothan
Connes
Ion
Commission
James L. Daniel, Jr
McKinney
United States Air Forces
Rawling McKinney
Alabama
Thura- Ray
Mrs. Alice T. Jones Awarded Verdict
The Houston Circuit Court civil term entered its second day with few cases reaching juries. The jury awarded Mrs. Alice T. Jones a verdict of 432.90 in her favor after a lengthy trial in a New York Life Insurance Co. case begun after 1 PM and finished around 7 PM. Today focused on an appeal from Recorder's Court.
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Houston
Alice T. Jones
New York Life Insurance Company
Burdeshaw Released Under Bond Of $750
Burdeshaw, a Webb man, held on a manslaughter charge in the fatal truck wagon crash that injured Dwight Jemerson, 10, near Hodgesville. He was released on a $750 bond, after being arrested on a reckless driving charge following the Saturday collision on South Oates Street.
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James Ear) Burdeshaw
Jemferson
Burtlethaw
J. T. Aeon
Trials Thin At Recorder's Court Hearings
At the regular Recorder's Court session yesterday fewer than a dozen cases were heard and six defendants received fines or sentences. Two were convicted and fined 27 dollars each for disorderly conduct, another paid 17 dollars for public drunkenness, one fined for family disturbance, and two women convicted on disorderly conduct and vagrancy with one receiving a 30 day sentence and a 27 dollar fine. Private Samuel A Smith of New Brockton was awarded the Good Conduct Medal by Eastern Defense Command for service with the 786th Military Police Battalion at Governors Island NY. his wife and parents reside in New Brockton.
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Recorder's Court
Cone
Aust Cass Samuel A Smith
New Brockton
786Th
Military Police Battalion
Governors’ Island
N. Y
Eastern Defense Command
Governors Island
Smith
Dorothy S. Smith
Sam Smith
Army
Nombhar 20 Funeral Details and Fire Incident Report
In the City cemetery Ward Wilson is in charge for Nombhar 20 with pallbearers named from R. D. Coe to Barney Adams and honorary pallbearers listed. Fire crews responded to a blaze on South Street Andrews street causing minor damage after 5 p.m. to a fence and later brass fire on East Woodland drive. First Baptist Church Lennie Rea Holland class was alerted with no major damage reported.
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Ward- Wilson
R. D. Coe
Quillen Patterson
John L. Domingus
John H. Bell
Marl Dennis
Barney Adams
K. Sapp
Jay Robinson
Byrd Saunders
C. L. Seaborn
R. M. Carswell
A .¥. Malone
Larne Horn
Solomon Baxter
Dan Baker
Meyer Blumberg
B. C. Ward
W. C Lokey
Clyde Coe
Moss infestation at Chattahoochee Lake being removed
A two week project by Alabama Department of Conservation crews uses a dragline to clear a heavy moss infestation at Chattahoochee State Park Lake. Superintendent W C Williams and Supervisor EC Exert lead the operation with three officials assisting, including Conservation Director Ben C Morgan and Gabe Hixon. Two large mouth bass, one weighing 4 8 and the other 4 15, were netted nearby, suggesting moss removal will aid angling.
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Alabar
Chattahoochee
Division Game, Fish and Seafoods
Alabama Department of Conservation
W. C. Williams
Spervisor
Ben C. Morgan
Graham Hixon
Tom
Ford
James L. Segreet
FE. Y. Simith
Auburn
Smith
Montown
Few Read Hitler's Mein Kampf in Germany Now
Madrid AP reports that Mein Kampf is not banned in Germany but is rarely read except to scribble marginal notes. Neutrals note few copies sold, with Goebbels not pushing the work and Hitler Youth members among small purchasers. Berlin bookstores report scarce party books and reluctant demand.
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Madrid
Hiller
Germany
G. R. Baukboge
Blue Network
Hitler
Jozreph Goebbels
Berlin
Goebbels
Saipan action advances with island cave battles and bay capture
Marines reach Tapothy summit in Saipan central high ground and direct fire on the north sector while Japanese retreat to a 9 mile frontline. Magicienne bay and Kagman peninsula fall as American shipping operates boldly in the bay near shore.
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Page Sor
Marshalls
New Guinea
Truk
Carolines
Saipan
Garapan
Tapothy
Ewary Point
Magicienne Bay
Kagman Peninsula
Air power’s shifting sway and enduring realities
The piece argues air power trends swing with news, sometimes praised as a cure all, other times dismissed as unsustainable. It emphasizes that air power cannot stop troop movements, as railways can be repaired and improvised bridges built quickly. It notes blocking movement under cover of darkness remains a challenge.
Offensive Launched In Eastern Bosnia
London AP reports heavy fighting as Overman troops deploy tanks and planes in Eastern Bosnia near Dobrovnik and Grahovo. Marshal Tito said German forces withdrew from positions near Grahovo and a three day battle near Delnice saw German wire and many Poles defeated.
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London
Bosnis
Brebreni
Belgrade
Tito
Grahovo
Westers Bosais
Sland
Dobrovnik
Delnice
Flume
Dewey poised to shape Republican platform in Chicago
Governors propose tailoring the foreign policy plank to fit Thomas Dewey and his public statements while Willkie questions a world peace organ ization. Delegates totals show Dewey leading and Willis Stassen and MacArthur among others as unpledged or pledged.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert Taft
Ohio
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Wendell J. Willkie
Willkle
Lt Terry Home After Italy War Service and Tech Degree
Lt Terry, wounded at El Guetar and Kasserine Pass, received the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star citation from Gen. Patton. He fought at Salerno and Volturno crossings, served with coastal artillery, attended MIT, and is a member of Tau Beta Pi.
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W. Jaocas
Terry
Thelepte
Youks
Bisin
Dowaght
Kacseriy
Pes
Salerno
Volturno
Italy
Cape 7
Massachusett Institute of Technology
Tau Bata Pi
Postwar Turnover Estimate Is High in South Region
Atlanta AP reports Evan Clague director of the Bureau of Employment Statistics predicts a postwar turnover of 35,806,000 workers in the first two years after the war. He says this figure does not reflect total unemployed and spoke to Region Seven representatives from Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South Carolina and Tennessee at a three day conference.
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Atlanta
Evan Clague
Bureau of Employment
Wes
Clagua
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Crelina
Tennessee
Russell amendments limit FEPC power on seizures
The proffered contract clauses and amendments bar using funds to prosecute or initiate actions that could lead to seizure or operation of a firm. One provision prevents government takings of companies that refuse FEPC orders. Southern critics claim FEPC threatened to seize 14 railroads for not complying with desegregation orders.
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Russell
O Corporation
FEPC
War Bond rally planned in rural Houston County
Albert Logue of the county Agriculture committee announced War Bond rallies in Cottonwood tonight and Rebobert Friday night as the rural area’s two meetings for the week. The Houston County drive is halfway complete with officials urging full support for the remainder of the campaign. Vehicle registrations show 29,418,000 in December.
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Albert Logue
County Agricultures Committee
Cottonwood
Rebobert
Houston County
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