Auto Fatally Injures Girl At Enterprise
Eight year old Kath Dean Ward, daughter of Mrs Burdean Ward and Kyner Ward, died after being struck by a car driven by Mrs J J Fawlk in Enterprise near Main and Lee Streets. The child, born in Pike County, lived with grandparents Mr and Mrs J R Manning. Funeral services were held Monday at Joquan Cemetery Crenshaw County. Searcy Funeral Homes handled the burial. Survived by sister Betty Joan Ward.
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Enterprise
Kathdean
Mra Burdean
Mome
Enterpriv
Kyner
Brurddge
J. J. Fawlk
Une
Seterprise
Coe
Cormer
Lee
Main Streets
Pike County
J. R. Manning
New Home
Joquan
Crenshaw County
Reconstruction Finance Corp failure cited over Pearl Harbor era stockpiles
The article recalls how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation failed to build up stockpiles nearly eighteen months before Pearl Harbor. It notes private imports and underwriting deals with countries, portraying the government stockpiling as timid compared with Congressional directives.
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Walace
Reconstruction Fimence Corporation
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Flying School Graduation and Open House at Napier Field
A Napier Field flying school program begins at 8 20 am with cadets at the planes and a band concert at 9 30 am near the Post flagstaff. At 10 30 am cadets form for a reception by Mayor Ray M Hawley as Colonel Daniel awards aerial gunnery badges and pilot wings. Chaplains Cuddy and Johnson lead invocation and benediction, with a Catholic mass at 6 30 am for Catholic graduates. An information section and reception at the Officers Club conclude the day for officers, relatives, and guests.
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Napier Field
Neu
Ray M. Hawley
Daniel
Danial
Department of Training
Paul J. Cuddy
Charles K. Johnson
Cuddy
War Food Administration changes under Jones leadership
The article reports the resignation of Davis as War Food Administrator and the appointment of Jones to replace him. It notes Jones’s aims to secure farm machinery, supplies, labor, seeds, and credit, plus fair farmer returns, with cooperation from farm groups and industry. It mentions Jesse W. Tapp's resignation, and Davis's stance on consumer prices and subsidies and his potential return to the Federal Reserve Bank presidency.
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Jones
Davia
Washington
Davis
Jesse W. Tapp
Tapp
Bank of America
Roosevelt
Allied air raids strike Japanese positions in multiple theaters
British and Australian pilots report successful combats as they engage Japanese bombers and fighters over Darwin Amboina Borneo Burma and the Solomon Islands. U S and RAF forces attack Kiska Akyab and surrounding airfields while preparations for the Am erican invasion of Am erica Island continue with pre invasion raids and strategic bombardment of coastal targets.
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Amhurs
Mise Zarea
Damere
Darwin
Bea
U. 2
Aidromes
Amboina
Bostos Islands
Australia
Cape Gloucester
Rateul
Night World War II air actions and casualties update
Allied air forces bombed targets in Sardinia and Leghorn while RAF raids struck San Giovanni. American bombers hit airfields, dispersion areas, and rail lines near Laeghom and Leghorn as P-38s and other fighters engaged enemy interceptors. Two U S pilots, Lieuts Miller and Demons, each claimed two aerial victories amid heavy combat.
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Airfielda
Sardinia
San Giovanni
Laeghom
Ofl
Leghorn
Rome
Reggio Cala
Pri
Messina
Alghero
Ferthile
Mills Airfield
Joe Miller
Norman Bridge Road
Montgomery
Ala
Lloyd K. Demons
Entzerst
Shreveport
Millsaledrove
Private First Class Jamea Webb Completes Course
Private First Class Jamea Webb of Dothan has graduated from aircraft maintenance training at Seymour Johnson Field North Carolina after four months learning and practicing mechanical and welding work. He previously worked as a mechanic and welder at the Dothan Machine Shop before induction. A horaton County Court House ceremony will be held Sunday at 1 pm with KRFP Poyner Sr. and W C Linentry in charge.
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Clam Jamea
Webb
Riler Webb
Dothan
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Efc. Webb
McClellan
Horaton County Court
Sym
KRFP
Coal Miners Return and Idle Rates Across States
Amid a broad walkout, coal production and employment show mixed recovery. In southwest Pennsylvania about 2,000 more workers returned to the captive mine area while overall state gains vary. Pittsburgh area production improves and UMW officials warn if no wage deal is reached, more walkouts may occur. Nationally, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama report varying returns and sustains, with Pennsylvania still leading in strikers.
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Oban
Beton
Witkher-Barre
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
U. @ Stest
U. B
Reviae
Revice
District Two
Weiner
Ameylvania Wunion
Connellaville
Uniontown
William Hynes
UMW
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Midland
Lewis
Kentucky
Ohio
Atheli
West
Alabama
Mulhers
Treasury debt soars as bonds finance deficit
Notes from page one reveal March 15 and June 15 dates, a revenue deficit covered by War Bond sales. The year’s borrowing grew public debt from about 76 billion to over 140 billion dollars. A cemetery working at Kinsey is planned. tools urged. Corporal R H McNeal, son of Mr and Mrs E I McNeal of Ashford, promoted from private to corporal at Yu me Army Air Field.
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Page One
Treasury
Egough
Kinsey
R. H. McNeal
Mra. E. I. McNeal
Ashford
Yume Army Air Field
Heavy Arrest in Greenville Turns into Struggle
A 3-year-old African American girl named Anne Craig was arrested for whiskey possession. The incident escalated as police tried to load her into a patrol car, taking over an hour and ending with a restrained transfer through a tall doorway. The event drew attention to treatment of detainees and police procedures.
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Greenville, Mins
Anna Craig
Anne
Anna
Tomorrow Deadline On Auto Use Stamps
Purchasers rushed to buy the auto use stamps before the deadline at the post office today. Each stamp costs five dollars and must be prominently displayed on the windshield of automobiles. Assistant Postmaster John Bel estimated about 3,700 stamps remain to be sold before close tomorrow. fewer than 2,000 had been sold since June 10.
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Uba Post Office
John Bel
U S Names Member To War Crimes Board
The White House announced that Herbert Pell former New York congressman and envoy to Portugal and Hungary was designated the American member of a United Nations commission to sit in London and investigate war crimes.
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Washington
White House
Herbert Pell
Congress
New York
Portugal
Hungary
United Nations Commission
London
Meany Youths Answer Call For Aviators
L. C. Dennis of the United States Employment Service says many youths aged 17 to 26 are joining a cooperative program to begin steps toward serving as pilots navigators and bombardiers in the United States Army Air Forces without leaving home. Applicants register at their local office and may receive preliminary exams from a mobile unit once enough eligible applicants apply. Those who qualify will be enlisted or inducted for service.
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L. C. Dennis
Dethan
United States Employment Service
United States Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces
Accepted Negro Selectees Listed for Army and Marine Corps
Houston County Selective Service Board No. One announced the first group of Negro registrants accepted for service. They will report Thursday morning to the Fort Benning reception center. Army inductees include Willard Wilson Jeff McElroy George H. Ginwright James P. Young Ben E. Mathis and others. Marine Corp inductees are George Thompson and Shepherd Calvin Sanders.
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Houston County Selecttve Service Board
Army
Mirine Corps
Board One
Fort Benning
Willard Wilson
Jeff McElroy
George H. Ginwright
James P. Young
Ben E. Mathis
R. C. Holjlin
Leroy Brant
James T. Jackson
James Covington
George S. Neal
T. C. Brown
David M. Williams
Joe Thomas
Arthur L. Walton
Samuel Burton
Cortez Long
T. B. Etheridge
Sylvester Murchisan
Fleman G. Glascow
Thomas Williams
Jefferson Robbin
A. C. McGlew
George H. Mathis
Sylveser Sheffield
Grover Johnson
George Thompson
Shepherd Calvin Sanders
Marine Corpa
Short wave radio system planned for police use
The article notes FCC approval for a short wave station with six to eight operators needed. Police cars will carry two way radios to speed call responses and investigations. County War Price and Rationing Board chairman A D Whikerson underwent an appendectomy in Dothan and is resting comfortably.
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Tion Board
Batas
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Pollen Department
The
Communications Commission
Commission
A.D. Whikerson
Columbia
Dothan
Civilians face sharp tire supply cuts from OPA
Washington AP policy head William M Jeffers urged strict adherence to price controls as OPA reduces low mileage passenger car tires. Only about 1000 and recapped tires will be available in July, down 300,000 from June. Beginning July 1 eligibility for mileage rationing will be set by new standards during a nine day transition while used tires are reconditioned. Synthetic rubber production rises but fabrication delays persist due to material and labor shortages. Jeffers hopes to restore broader tire supply and relax regulations next year.
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Washington
William M. Jseffere Todey
Omics of Price Administration
OPA
Jeffers
Ten Juveniles Face Court Hearings Here
Approximately ten children under seventeen are slated to appear in juvenile court for offenses including curfew violations. Four youths, unnamed, were arrested recently, all under seventeen. Mrs. C L Collins county welfare officer urged stronger cooperation between parents and police before the curfew law can fully work, noting the January amendment allows the juvenile authorities to take custody of anyone under seventeen on streets after nine p m without a parent or guardian.
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C. L. Collina
Mra
Collins
Courageous Bostonian Bostons Fight in New Guinea Skies
The Se lyanneb unit from Georgia reached its bane but stayed in action six months more and went overseas at war’s outset. Bostonia bombers tallied 562 combat hours, 69 missions, and heavy damage despite continuous shrapnel and machinegun hits. They attacked Lae, Buna, and Cape Gloucester, earned praise from Australian troops, and joined B 25s in night barge strikes along New Guinea’s northern coast. Lieutenant Edmund D. Montagne leads with four medals among 300 squadron awards.
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Bostonia
Nying
Australia
New Guinea
Lae
Gasmata
Cape
Buna
Kokoda Trail
Bremarck Sea
Laa
Gand
Edmund D. Montagne
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Sammy Kaye
Captain Good
Trawick Neutral On Office Extension
Alabama lawmakers debate six year terms for county boards of revenue. J Brady Trawick says he is neutral on the extension and would welcome a six year term if approved. W Perry Calhoun opposes longer terms and argues for four year elections. Cotton and commodities data follow.
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J. Brady Trawick
Houston County Board of Revenue
Alabama
County Board of Revenues
Houston
Trawick
W. Perry Calhoun
County Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue
Calhoun
Luther Little
Association of County Commissioners
Post Office Notices on War Ration Books and Deliveries
Fragmented OCR text discusses war ration books and deliveries, noting post office procedures and the need for proper applications. Mentions Birmingham and Dothan Post Office areas, with references to general delivery and held requests. Names and exact details are unclear due to garbled source.
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Ares
Selady
Birminghass
Alabama Legislature Debates Absentee Voting and Budget Measures
The session saw senators and representatives clash over absentee voting and regular calendar bills led by Sen moves from Tuscaloosa and Greensboro. Other actions included setting up a seven member council with 25000 and study report, budget amendments for education and coal taxes, Grove renovation for Pearson Hobson birthplace, and a $15000 conditional option for Alabama College with governor approval tied to needs.
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Howard Pill
Senate
Alabama
Sen
Pitta
Malas Walton
Tuscaloosa
Temperance
House
D. Norman
Grove
Pearson Hobson
G Land
L ‘Gob
Greensboro
Will
Walton
Chant
Alabama College
Valio
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