Saipan Area Naval Battle Hinted In Pacific News
AP reports hints of a naval clash near Saipan as American forces press the Marianas operation. Bearded Yanks clash with Japanese after initial landings while air battles intensify. ships at Guam Tinian and Rota are reported battered as numbers of planes destroyed grow into the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fleet
Edey
Guam
Tinian
Rots
Marianas
Douglas MacArthur
Saipan
Washington
Navy
Harbor
Ameri
War Leaders Warn of Home Front Slackers and Deserters
A wartime special report to President, Gen. Marshall, King, and Arnold says lax minds at home threaten victory. They urge continued production and resolve, noting Allied gains and heavy material losses. The message emphasizes discipline, labor effort, and sustained industry to support the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roward Flieger Fashington
Mannstory
C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Eng- Channel
Amer- Industry
R Bruir
World War II Fronts Update From The World Today
Germans mount breakthrough near Caen as Allied forces press toward St Lo while Whitman’s units push deeper into U S troops positions. Soviet advances toward Minsk Beresina river, heavy losses at Bobruisk, and German pressure north of Livorno. Allied airpower grows amid raids on Vienna and Britain as Taishui and Hengyang battlelines shift in Asia with Japanese and Chinese actions around Burma and Mienchin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caen
U.S
St. Lo
Minsk
Beresina
Siens
Britain
Rete
NLP
Taishui
Hengyang
Ing
Fleeing Nazis Chased By Americans In Italy
German troops on Italy’s west coast fled northward as American forces advanced toward Cecina near Livorno. Allied troops pushed inland toward Lienz near Florence as British and French units gained ground, with villages and bridges captured or damaged amid a broad offensive across central Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Cecina
Liverna
Leghorm
Lienz
Florence
Albert Kenselring
Livorno
Pisa
Bibbona
Monteverdi
Cartelnun Va
Radicondoli
Siena
Frosini
Poggio Siena Vecchia
Buoconvento
Arbia River
Pampana
Murlo
Lake Trasimena
Eighth
Nardeliz
Porruclo
Latviano
Cassamaggiore
Acuaviva
Tara
Pepper Warns Against Split In Democratic Party
Senator Claude Pepper warns that a split in the Democratic Party could lead to a Republican victory. Speaking at Alabama officials banquet, Pepper denounces the Texas revolt as an effort to disenfranchise voters and accuses a northern ex-Congressman and capitalists of defiling Democratic traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Claude Pepper
D.-Fla
South
Association of County Commissioners and Probate Judges of
Alabama
Pepper
Texas
Republican Party
Ffere
Napier Field Fiesta Opens to Public Thousands Attend
Thousands of Do thanites and Wiregrass residents visited Napier Field for its first mass fiesta hosted by Col. James L. Daniel Jr. The open house featured affiches of military aircraft including a Flying Fortress Liberator and Mustang fighter, parades at Retreat, war bonds giveaways, tours by Army trucks, and access to the control tower and weather tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier Field
James L. Daniel
Dothan
Four Wiregrass postmasters installed in office
Four new postmasters assumed duty in the Wiregrass region today. In Houston County J. Heard Saxon replaces Mrs. A Malone in Dothan and Guy Ward succeeds Joseph B. Cook at Cottonwood. Outside the county Don Carroll takes over at Ozark and J Leon Gamble succeeds Ruth Haynes in Headland. Coastal inspectors oversaw the installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Henry
Date
Dothan
J. Heard Saxon
A. ¥. Malone
Cottonwood
Guy Ward
Joseph B. Cook
Ozark
Headland
Don Carroll
Jesse Adams
J. Leon Gamble
Ruth Haynes
No Poorly Prepared Speeches For Meticulous Tom Dewey
Chicago AP reports Thomas Dewey plans disciplined campaigns with meticulously crafted speeches. He studies timing, uses short clipped sentences, tests through recordings, and refines wording before public delivery with help from radio adviser Lowall Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dewey
Chicago
Thomas Zb
Dewey
Lowall Thomas
Bond drive lagging in Houston County stalls hope for finish
The Fifth War Bond drive in Houston County shows weak progress as Chairman Pat Poyner Jr urges cooperation of low wage workers. A Sunday radio band auction on WAGF from 12:15 to 4 p.m. will let listeners call 9000 to place bond orders, with bonds delivered by civic groups and Boy Scouts. A bond rally is set for Ashford on Saturday afternoon with entertainment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Pat Poyner, Jr
Lwe
WAGF
Albert Logue
Logue
Ashford
Ture Te Ne
Roosevelt Signs Bill To Continue Price And Wage Act
President Roosevelt signed the Price and Wage Stabilization Act extension through June 30, 1945 after final passage on June 21. The act tightens price controls, revamps OPA rules on textiles, rents, and penalties, and broadens enforcement while promising safeguards against inflation.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
House
OPA
Congress
Statement by retiring Postmaster Malone at Dothan resigns
Mrs A Y Malone resigns as Dothan postmaster effective today after a tenure noted for cordial relations with staff and the public. She urged appointment of an ea mail foreman and a new post office building with more equipment. J Heard Saxon succeeds her, recommended by Congressman George Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Y. Malone
Dothan
Tme
Attaira
George Andrews
Third
Russians Begin Direct Drive On White Capital Minsk Fall Reported
Moscow announced a major Soviet offensive around Minsk with three front advances. Polotsk and Vitebsk sectors saw heavy German losses as Soviet forces encircled and cut rail links. Bobruisk captured. Cherniakovsky’s units pushed toward Borisov. rail lines severed and aerial bombardment intensified.
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London
Ruasiz
Red Army
Baltic
Ukraine
Poskov
Russia
Karelia
Minsk
Dames
Moscow
Polotsk
Baranovich
Suninets
Vitebsk
Ivan Bagramlan
Ustach
Kalles
Vetrino
Molodechno
Swas
Ivan Cherniakovesky
Ai Teety
Orzha
Berazina
Borisov
Mogiley
Zakyarov
Drut River
Belynich
Bobruisk
Konstantin K. Rokorsovsky
Kirkenexs
Norway
Petsama
U S Breaks Relations With Finn Regime
The United States announces the severing of diplomatic relations with Finland over its new alliance with Nazi Germany. Secretary Hull's note to the Finnish chargé d’affaires states further relations are now impossible, despite longstanding friendship between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
United States
Finland
Hull
Alexander Theslett
Russia
Finnand
Tern
No. 24
Herbert Brownell Named To Conduct Dewey Campaign
Herbert Brownell Jr a 40 year old New York lawyer was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee to direct Gov Thomas E Deweys presidential campaign He is a longtime Dewey associate and was chosen with support from Ohio governor Bricker Other officers elected include three new vice chairs Ezra Whitla Werner Schroeder Mrs Katharine Brown and Mrs Horace Sayre with Harold Mason re elected secretary and Jouett Todd named treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Republican Party
Brownell
Harrison E Spangler
Cedar Raunds
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Peru
Neb
University of Nebraska
Yale Law School
New York State
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Werner W. Schroeder
Waols
Horace A. Sayre
Oklahoma
Katharine W. Brown
Ezra R. Whitla
Idaho
Harold W. Mason
Vermont
Jouett Ross Todd
Kentucky
Sinclair Weeks
Available Houses Exhausted In City
USC Traveler's Aid office in Dothan reported no available rooms, apartments, or houses this morning as files were depleted. Director Miss Patty Ree Buchanan said the agency had never exhausted its housing referrals before. About fifty people sought help daily via Traveler's Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USC Traveler's Aid Office
Patty Ree Buchanan
Naif
Fear Ace
Chamber of Commerce
Night Raiders Strike Vienna Area From Italian Bases
Allied air forces from Italy attacked the Vienna region with heavy bombers and escort, striking Feuersbrunn air field and engaging in fights over Vienna suburbs. British and American aircraft conducted raids along German rear areas and rail targets, while weather limited operations over Northwestern Europe. The Night Raiders, RAF Bomber Command and U S Ninth Air Force claimed several German aircraft shot down and enemy vehicles damaged, with total air losses on both sides reported.
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London
Bertin
Vienna
Feuersbrunn
Viennan
U. S
Italy
Europe
Continent
England
Bay of
Blucay
Air Ministry
Ninth Air Force
Orleans
Vierzon - Villeyards
RAF
Tactics Air Force
Armerican
Peanut Growers In Session Here
Georgia Florida Alabama Peanut Association directors and National Peanut Council representatives meet this afternoon to plan an educational campaign on proper peanut stacking. The aim is to help farmers avoid marketing penalties for concealed damage, with CCC penalties set at 1 point per 2 percent overage. Participants include Bow Parish Moultrie Ga and others from Readland Dothan Greenwood and Sumner, plus GFA officers WR Crowley Banks J W Kieve and W T Anderson and manager HA Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia-Florida-Alabama Peanut Association
National Peanut Council
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Pen Jant Council
Bow Parish
Moultrie
G W. Ray
Readland
Homer Ray
Gears Marrow
Greenwood
J. A. Biase
Dothan
GFA
WR. Crowley
Banks
J. W. Kieve
Albany
W. T. Anderson Greenwood
Borland
Piichard
Trammel, Sumner
HA Wallace
British Move To Encircle Port Of Caen
Allied advance elements from two British columns neared encircling Caen as they moved around the port in opposite directions within 11 miles. German counter-attacks along the Odon river bridgehead failed, with Montgomery directing a thrust toward Caen from Marcelot, threatening the Cherbourg Peninsula region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Csen
Odon River
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Marshal von Rundtledt
Odon
Berlin
Caen
America
St. Loares
Ba Cherbourg
Marcelat
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt Pledges Drive of Japanese From Philippines
President Roosevelt announced congressional resolutions pledging U S action to expel Japanese invaders from the Philippines and to restore full independence with civil government under constitutional officers. The plans authorize bases and set groundwork for rehabilitating the islands while aiding their transition to independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Philippines
Roosevelt
Joint Economic Commission
Sergio Osmena
Congress
Philippine Islands
Houston Curb Mart Announces New Hours
Houston County Curb Market will open at 6 3 m m each Tuesday Thursday and Saturday through July. Miss Fran Mallette announced today. Total sales in June reached 956.82. Items for sale include peas butter beans spinach beets radish onions cucumbers sweet potatoes Irish potatoes carrots squash tomatoes canned fruits and vegetables jars preserves pickles and relishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Fran Mallette
Navy Deserters Charged With Theft in Pensacola
Two Navy deserters, James Kirkland and Willam Cooper of the Pensacola Navy station, were held on theft charges after an abandoned car was found on North Oates Street. They admitted the theft, were turned over for federal charges, and the case was sent to the FBI for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
J. E. Craughon
James ©. Kirkland
Willam Cooper
Pensacola Navy Station
Kirkland
Houston Comtan
Cooper
Salma
Draughon
Eddie Kelley
Main and
Oates Street
North Oates Street
Peessariat
Cant Draughon
Fedeal Bureau of Investigation
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