Red Cross Drive Ends in Houston County
The Houston County Chapter of the American Red Cross ended its annual drive with a quota of 20000. Clyde Law chaired the drive and Myer berg led group enrollment. About 50 percent of the quota was reached by March 10, with volunteers racing to complete the campaign. The general chair noted prior drives reached 160 percent and urged continued support from city and county residents to aid both local and overseas Red Cross efforts.
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Houston County
American Red Cross
Clyde Law
Myersberg
Witter
Itman
Lovern
Red Cross
É Reed
Iwo Jima Marines Sweep Central Plateau Victory
United States Marines push across Motoyama central plateau near Iwo Jima as Third Division, led by Maj. Gen. Graves Erskine, overruns Moto Yama village and advances toward Motoyama Nos. 2 and 3 with artillery, naval gunfire, and air support. Fifth Division under Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey advances along the west shore while Fourth Marines seize the east coast as Nimitz reports continued stiff enemy resistance and dwindling water supplies.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Iwo Jima
Marinez
Graves B. Erskine
Motoyama
Motoyama No. 3
Pacific
Associated Press
Jim Lindsley
Hells Principal
U. S
Motoyama No. 1
Marianas
Keller E. Rockey
Clifton
Cates
Fourth Marines
Chester W. Nimitz
House approves Yalta decisions in landslide vote
In London miners Endorses la Decisions mons Endorses la Decisions by Alex H Singleton. The House of ions yielded Prime Minister hill a unanimous vote of confidence tonight in support of the Three decisions at Yalta. The vote was 413 to 6 after three days Britain's foreign policy debate, the war era’s first major legislative event.
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Alex H. Singleton Ndon
House Ofions
Hill
Yalta
Britain
World War Fronts Report Mixed Advances and Losses
The World Today notes Berlin’s escape route through eastern Pomerania and the Polish corridor threatened, Italian front reporting raids and retreats, Pacific front claiming Americans held most of northern China, reached a third airfield, and invasion of Palawan with Manila near, as forces press toward key targets.
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Berlin
Pomerania
Danzig
Amerl
China
Palawan Island
Manila
Dothan Group Off For Draft Exams
A group of Selective Service Board One Dothan registrants left for pre induction physical examinations at Fort McClellan. The departing list includes Warren Harris Saxon Alonza Lahoma McCraney Thomas Jack Gaylord Harry Lee Faulk Furman Lamar Turner Alvis Bernard Lewis William Dean Sanders Jesse Gene Adkins Charles Ray Compton John Raymon Woodham Jimmie Mike Saliba and three transfers Beverly Allen Carry from Atlanta Ga Gunle Bazemore from Waycross Ga and David Lehman Hopson from Winter Garden Fla.
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Selective Service Board
Dothan
Fort McClellan
Warren Harris Saxon
Alonza Lahoma McCraney
Thomas Jack Gaylord
Harry Lee Faulk
Furman Lamar Turner
Alvis Bernard Lewis
William Dean Sanders
Jesse Gene Adkins
Charles Ray Compton
John Raymon Woodham
Jimmie Mike Saliba
Beverly Allen Carry
Sparks Urges Alabama Wage Hour Act To Preempt Federal Law
Gov. Chauncey Sparks says Alabama must pass a state wage hour act to avoid federal takeover or unionization of wage earners outside federal scope. He backs the administration bill aiding small retail employers and spoke at a news conference and before a legislative subcommittee.
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Sparks
U.S
Montgomery
Bituminous Coal Operators Begin Talks With UMW
Bituminous coal operators opened negotiations with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers in Washington hoping a mutual agreement can avert a strike before the March 31 contract expiry. Lewis has declared a dispute and a strike vote will be held within 30 days, while operators claim no dispute exists before wage talks.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Nationall Labor Relations Board
Iis
Harboring Convicts Charged To Farmer
A Houston County farmer El bert C Culbreth of near Pansey was arrested on two warrants for harboring two escaped convicts and aiding their escape. He admitted sheltering Elvie Lockhart and Roy Crawford who abducted Brewton youths and drove them to Cottonwood before catching a bus to Florida. One warrant also accuses him of helping Jane Lloyd Bedsole avoid arrest for manufacturing water alcohol. A search by deputies and ABC agents focused on Pansey swamp for the convicts.
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Houston County
Elbert C. Culbreth
Pansey
B. G. Farmer
Culbreth
Clayton Adams
Elvie Lockhart
Roy Crawford
Atmore
Brewton
Cottonwood
Cutbreth
Henry Lee Dykes
Lockhart
Farmer
Cuubreth
Crawford
Florida
Ten Typhus Cases Listed For 1945
County health officer Dr. W W Burkett announced today that ten typhus cases were reported in the first two months of 1945, with three in Dothan and the rest in the county. He said typhus control efforts in Dothan should reduce cases next year, noting 1944 had seven cases in the same period.
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Brill
County Health Department
Ww. T. Burkett
Dothan
County
Jm Dothan
World War II Front Lines Red Army Cuts Danzig Link
Red Army spearheads drive through a split German front and push toward the Baltic cutting Danzig off by land. Zhukov and Rokossovsky forces claim advances as German and Russian reports clash over rail hubs, coastal lines, and retreat positions near Stettin Neustettin and Rublitz.
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Richard Rasischee
London
Danzig
Germany
Moscow
Stettin
AP Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Pomerania
Ger. A. K. Sokolsky
Dangig-Stettin
Gregory Zhukov
Ihna
Stargard
Baltic
Mershal Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rublitz
Rummelsburg
Rokossovsky
Folinoyn
Neustelan
Gilmore
Koberg
Koeslin
Schlawe
Stettin- Danzig
Stolp
Red Air Force
Sturmoviks
Volkssturm
Neustettin
Red Star
Berlin
Formation Of New Jap Party Starts
The Japanese Comel news agency said Adm Seizo Kobayashi resigned from the cabinet to lead a new totalitarian party replacing the Imperial Rule Assistance Political Council. Diet reconvening in March tied to the move with links to worsening war dynamics. The party aims to guide Japan’s war effort and unify the nation.
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Associated Press
Comel
Adm
Seizo Kobayashi
Imperial Rule Assistance
Kobayashi
Domel
Diet
aft @ new party
New Party
Japan
Japanese Radio Claims MacArthur Invading Palawan
Tokyo radio reported an American invasion of Palawan to sever Japanese access to the South China Sea. The claim cited General MacArthur’s Thursday communique about Corregidor’s destruction and said a regiment of Yankees landed near Palawan, potentially making it the 16th Philippines island invaded.
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Mantla
Palawan
Philippines
South China Sea
Tokyo
Douglas MacAmhur
Corregidor Island
Manila
MacArthur
Vetosa
Sulu
United States
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
War production urged to power Pacific landings and Europe-scale fighting
New York AP reports William L. Batt warned war production must stay at full speed for massive Pacific landings and European-style land fighting. He said the Army and Air Forces must be re equipped, with production levels rivaling all allies and enemies combined, while Germany’s fall could allow limited peacetime reconversion.
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New York
Wiliam LL Batt
Pacific
Japan
War Production Board
Rotary Club
Batt
America
Germany
Europe
Wallace Approval Is Now Conceded In Chapultepec Plan
Mexico City AP reports that far reaching resolutions at the Inter American Conference aim to enforce peace and boost cooperation in the hemisphere. The Chapultepec declaration calls for joint armed assistance to stop aggression, with U S draft proposing a compromise on automatic force use. Senator Connally expects a decision soon. a Senate treaty would be needed in peacetime.
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Mexico City
South American
Inter-American Conference
Chapultepec
Hemisphere
U. S
Latin America
Thi
Conference Committee
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Senate
Wallace for Commerce Secretary faces Senate clash
Senator Wil D. ALA calls for immediate Wallace confirmation amid hysteria over the cabinet nominee. Debate centers on Wallace strengthening government in critical years while opponents warn of political fallout. Republican coalition hints of opposition, with Byrd and others signaling votes against the Wallace appointment.
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Washington
Wil D
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Senate
Alabama
Henry Wallace
Hill
Wallace
Congress
Commerce Department
Jesse Jones
Charmin George D-Gal
Donen
Feders
Commerce Post
Grorde
Byrd-Way
Joint
Keanuny Committee
Alsa Dine
Japs Forcibly Convince U S Prisoners to Invest
A group of U S prisoners on Luzon during internment revealed to reporters in Ulithi that Japanese captors diverted their earnings into Japanese postal savings. Details show prisoners were paid in pesos and compelled to invest, with some accounts exceeding a million pesos. Names include Lt George Greene of Auburn Alabama and Chief Yeoman Max McCoy.
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Vern Haugland
Ulitri
Western Carolines
Cajbanatuan
Luzon Island
United States
Ulithi
George Greene
Armstrong St
Auburn
Aia
Yeoman
Max McCoy
Artz
Rhineland City Put Under Siege In World War II
PARIS AP reporting that U S Ninth and First Army units breached Cologne defenses and entered the city area while advancing toward Düsseldorf and the Ruhr. American forces struck across the Erft and near Grevenbroich and Rheydt as Cologne and nearby cities faced siege amid rapid advances against German defenses.
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Trier
Cologne
Paris
Vaut
Colonge
Trice
Mouelie
Coblens
Colone
Rhineland
Boston
Erft River
Ninth Army
Montgomery
Rhor
Maine
Germas Yeperle
Dosselger
New Orleans
Dusseldorf
James
Long
First Army
Rhine
Ruhr
Ninth
Grevenbroich
Duesseldorf
Rheydt
Erft
Duelken
Election Officials To Attend School For Voting Machines
City clerk I F Scarborough announced a school of instruction for election officials handling voting machines in the January primary to nominate a city commissioner for a three year term. Officials attending the school will receive compensation in addition to polling pay. Probate Judge Saxon P Poyner noted Alabama law requires such schools in all primaries using machines. The school must be held five days before the primary, and attendees will be paid three dollars each.
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I. F. Scarborough
Alabama
Saxon P. Poyner
Scarborough
Aerial Offensive On Reich Continues Bombing Campaign Deepens
London AP reports a 18th straight day of heavy Allied air raids on the Reich with 600 plus B-17s and Halifaxes targeting rail centers in western and southern Germany. U S Ninth Air Force flew about 1 000 sorties ahead of the Western Front while 560 fighter bombers hit Neuss and Duisburg. Weather later halted operations.
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London
U. B
Reich
Lancanere
Halfares
Germany
President Roosevelt Warns of World Peace Depends on Congress
President Roosevelt warned that avoiding duty could spark another war and urged Congress to back Yalta decisions. He spoke to a packed House chamber on his 24,000 mile Mid East trip, stressing unconditional surrender for Nazi Germany and a universal postwar peace organization. He warned that world peace is not a party issue and urged active American support for forthcoming agreements.
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United States
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Yalta
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White House
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Japan
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Egypt
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