Red Cross Drive Short 1945 Goal by Nearly Third
The 1945 Red Cross drive in Houston County fell short of two thirds of its $30,900 goal after three days of soliciting. Clyde Lovgren, general chairman, reported gifts totaling about $1,324 with several firms at 100 percent participation. Leaders cited incomplete reports from residential sections and urged completion by the March 10 deadline to boost final totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas Red Cross
Am of
Edith Jones
Wurman
Myer Blomberg
Town of Colormbia
W. R. McKennie
Severn
Will Yars Voris Lumber Co
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Alaga Coach Lines
Levern
Special Gifts
Lovern
Groupe
Cotton
Gordop
Vicksburg
Webs
Madrid
Pansey Ich
Red Cross
Single State Board For All Education Urged By Commission
Alabama education overhaul urged by a statewide survey commission led by Dr. Hubert Searcy. They recommend a single board governing from elementary schools to colleges, stressing basics and strict promotion standards. Governor Sparks to forward the report to the legislature for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board For All Education
Montgomery
Alabama
Unner
Hubert Searcy
Huntingdon College
Sparks
Dock Strikers Tie Up English Shipping
London faced a disruptive dock strike as 7,000 dock workers and stevedores halted port activity affecting Continent-bound vessels. Troops loaded ships at the Port of London with 150 assigned and 400 more possible if the walkout continues, while related shortages hit Smith Geld Blackfriars depots and Riverside meat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cap
Western Front
War Office
Solldiers
Smith, Geld and Blackfriars
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Edinburg
Tynes
Scatland
Royal Albert Docks
National Dock Labor Corporative
American Nations Hit Mutual Protection Pact Across Hemisphere
Twenty American republics unite at the Inter American Conference to sign the Act of Chapultepec and pledge unity to guard frontiers and independence. Argentina’s return to the American system is anticipated, with a formal statement expected from Buenos Aires. Senator Tom Connally comments on the evolving policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Flora Lewes
Mexico City
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Tom Connally
159 Superforts Pay 1th Visit On Tokyo Area
More than 150 Superfortresses bombed Tokyo and nearby targets in daylight on Saturday in the eleventh raid of the campaign. The raid lasted about an hour with fires started and later brought under control. The targets included Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and Shizuoka as the planes returned from Mar.isture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Washington
2Th Air Force
Federal Communications Commission
Yokohama
Nagoya
Shizuoka
Maris Ture
No. 16
AFL Members Ask Roosevelt for 11 Percent Wage Boost
Washington AP AFL members of the War Labor Board urged President Roosevelt to raise wages by about 11 percent, challenging the public members who said a Little Steel wage formula break wasn’t advisable. They cited a 38 percent rise in wages and a rising cost of living, urging shifts to take home pay measures and rapid postwar wage bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
George Meany
Matthew Woll
Robert J. Watt
James A. Brownlow
Federation
Japan
Europe
Chinese Hero Honored for Aid to Downed Airmen in China
Washington AP report recalls a Chinese doctor who risked his life and refused compensation to care for wounded American fliers after their crash in China following the raid on Tokyo. The tribute marks his enduring sacrifice and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Tokyo
Marines On Two Slowly Driving Japs Toward Sea
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports progress as Marines push Japanese forces toward the sea near Iwo Jima. Advancing 200 to 400 yards on the east, with Manes and Graves Erskine credited for gains, while pockets hold near Motoyama town. Supply ships unload on eastern shores, aiding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erickson U. S Pacific Fleet
Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Comfounique Today
Minami
Motoyama
Two
Russians Tighten Trap On Nazis Toward Stettin
London dispatch reports Red Army forces breaking through Pollnow and Rummelsburg to the Baltic near Koexbn, splitting Pomerania and trapping thousands in the Stolp Gdynia Danzig corridor. Berlin notes four Soviet offensives toward Stettin with a spearhead within 22 miles of Berlin’s main port, cutting the Danzig railway near Labes, 45 miles northeast of Stettin. Moscow imposes security blackout on Pomeranian front, confirming only captures of Pollnow and Rummelsburg and eight other localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kalischee
London Iap
Red Army
Pollnow
Rummelsburg
Baltic Sea
Xoexbn
Stolp- Gdynie-Danzig
Berlin
Stettin
Danzig
Labes
Koes- Tin
Moscow
Pormeranien
Housing survey in Dothan signals possible war housing
A National Housing Agency field rep conducted a survey in Dothan to gauge need for additional housing for war workers. Results favored more construction but final approval rests with Washington and allocation hinges on labor availability and talks with Napier Field and Camp Rucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
National Housing Agency
T.W. Anderson
NHA
Atlanta
Napier Field
Camp Rucker
J. H. Bryson
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Arthur Johnson
Alderson
Invasion Rett Tinaco Burias in Sibuyan Sea
American forces announced seizing Tinaco and Burias in the Sibuyan Sea as part of the Philippines campaign. The landings, supported by warships and planes, aimed to envelop enemy holdings on the Bical peninsula while MacArthur warned of forced withdrawal or destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Tinaco
Burias
Sibuyan Sea
Bicol
Luzon
Eighth Army
Bical Peninsula
South Guzan
Douglas MacArthur
Americal
Solomons
Robert Eichelberger
Capul Island
Samar
Philippines
Luzon Island
Iba
Lingayen Gulf
Bataan
Zambales
Manila Bay
7Th Airborne
Ternate
Cavite
Lingayen
Tacloban
Leyte
Batangas Bay
Formosa
Nippon Aluminum Company
Pescadores Talands
Formoda Strait
Auto Narrowly Avoids Train Crash on Cottonwood Road
Four people in a Plymouth sedan escaped injury when the car swerved off the highway to avoid a freight train at a Cottonwood Road crossing. Driver H P Howard, en route to Dothan, told police he saw the train and veered into a ditch embankment. His wife and two children were unharmed. vehicle suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Road
Sam Capps
Police Department
Repo
H. P Howard
Plymouth
Fla
Dothan
Howard
Reds Send Liberated Prisoners To Odessa
More than 500 American British and Canadian soldiers liberated from German prison camps by the Russian army arrived at a repatriation camp in Odessa. British and American military missions in Moscow praised Russian cooperation in moving the officers and soldiers to a base for transfer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Odessa
Williams defiant in bid for REA director post
Aubrey Williams Munge rejects calls to urge President Roosevelt to withdraw his nomination as Rural Electrification Administrator. Facing Senate opposition, he vows to fight on, insisting the record show how Senators vote on the issues, while Truman supports his stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aubrey Williams Munge
Roosevelt
Senate
Williams
Wiliams
Senate Agriculture Committee
Truman
Associated Press
National
REA
America
Mosea
D-Nd
el- Tender
D-La
Massacre claimed of 150 US POWs by Japanese forces
General MacArthur announced that 150 American prisoners were killed in a gas and arson attack at a prison camp near Puerto Princesa Port Japan Island. Evidence found by the U S Army Infantry Division included bones, charred clothing, and dirt. A survivor, Corp Elmo D Deal, described the raid context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bergholz
Luzon
Puerto Princessa
Port Japan Island
Dougal MacArthur
Yankeist Infantry Division
Puerto Prince
Corp
Elmo D. Deal
Yales City
Calif
Bataan
Palswao
Finland Declares War On Germany in 1944
Helsinki reports that the Finnish government formally recognizes a state of war with Germany. Premier Paasikivi’s statement notes German actions in the Gulf of Finland and northern Finland violated armistice terms, leading to Finland declaring war as of September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Germany
Helsinks
Lam
Armeve Cement
Ande Paasikivi
Nash
Lari
Ander Teema
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Faa
Heavy air and naval bombardment near Okinawa raid continues
Allied forces struck the Ryukyu Islands as carrier planes bombed Okino Daito and airfields on Okinawa. Fleet Adm. Nimitz reported 5 ship losses and 91 aircraft damaged or destroyed. The operations, likely under Adm. Spruance's Fifth Fleet, targeted six central Ryukyu islands with fires rising in Okino Daito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velmonte
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Guna
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Little
Okino Dalto
Nippon Teainland
Hyukyu Nensen
Okino Daito
Okinawa
Ryuka
Targest
Ryukyus
RAF Slams Berlin in 12th Night Raid of War
RAF and U S air forces mounted a massive combined strike on Berlin and key German targets in a sprawling assault described as the twelfth consecutive night attack. American bombers and fighters pressed a wide front, hitting refineries, syn gas plants, rail yards, and industrial sites, while Ninth Air Force sorties exceeded 850 before noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frye
London
RAF
Guitoes
Berlin
Germany
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth
U.S
Ninth Air Force
Eihthdine
Ninth
Ogres
Reich
Vebernbaites
Netherlands
Tast
RAF Bomber Command
Red Army
Silesian
Elahth
Chemnitz
Magdeburg
Rubriand
Mirbourg
Ernoall
Gollbergen- Dedenhausen
Nienbagen
Heavies Aio
Bussing
Miar
Panther
Wilk Werke
Brunswick
End To Detroit Strike Pledged
Washington AP reports union leaders agreed to order a Monday return to work by Detroit strikers after a weeklong walkout that halted war production. Chrysler officials secured terms including no retaliation, arbitration on production rates, and reemployment review for eight discharged workers. Over 24,000 were affected across Chrysler plants Briggs Manufacturing and related operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Mike Novak
CIO United Automobile Workers Local No. 3
Case Technical High School
Chrysler
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Planes And Ships Scour Pacific For Lost Air Chief
The Pacific search for Lt Gen Milland F Harmon commander of Army Air Forces in the Pacific and nine others missing after a treasure flight was ordered by Lt Gen Robert C Richardson Jr. The missing crew includes Brig Gen James B Andersen Maj Francis Savage Archibald D Anderton Lt Jack M Weat and others. Harmon, 57, a West Pointer and former Solomons campaign commander, earned the Distinguished Service Medal. The search recalls 1942 Hawaii rescue of Capt Eddie Rickenbacker after his downed plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rembert James US
Army Headquarters
Pacific Ocean Areas
Honolulu
Pacific
Milland F. Harmon
Army Air Forces
Har Mon
Robert C. Richardson
Pacific Ocean Arcas
T.hgt. McInerney
Wan A. Pensenger
Harmon
San Francisco
20Th Air Force
Japan
Army Air and
South Pacific
Solomons Campain
Hawa
Eddie Rickenbacker
War Department
Rosis
Nazi Prisoners Ready To Work Again At Camp Perry
Two thousand two hundred German prisoners of war at Camp Perry on bread and water since Thursday noon voted Saturday to return to work after Lt. Col BE McCormick Jr warned of further discipline. The prisoners refused earlier after protesting Army discipline as too rigid on Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
O.ap
BE. C. McCormick Jr
Retreating Germans Rush To Rhine After Retreating Germans In Rush To Safety Of Rhine
Allied forces press the breakout from forces along the Rhine as three German armies are reported destroyed or shattered. The Ninth and Canadian Armies drive toward Duisburg and Wesel while Eisenhower warns Germans there is no security east of the river. American Third Army advances toward the Rhine as U.S. shells hit Ruhr factory areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
Paris
Rhine
Ameries Ninth
Axiad
Wesel
Duisburg
Weeel
Ume
U. S
First Army
Evet River
Germany
Caingan
Bonn
Cologne
Eisenhower
Tadin
Ninth Army
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
U.S. Third Army
New Type U Boats Reported Reaching Norwegian Waters
London reports packs of new long range submarines concentrating in Norwegian waters for a last desparate campaign against Allied shipping. Norwegian officials say upwards of 200 U boats and many warships are based in Norway's fjords, guarded by concrete block stations along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Norway
Germany
Army To Transfer 100000 Nazis To U S Camps
Washington AP reports the War Department will move an additional 100000 German prisoners to the United States, bringing total camp numbers to over 400000. The move aims to ease prisoner handling in Europe and alleviate a farm labor shortage at home, following a February tally of 305867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Europe
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WLB
Baltic
Phillippines
Tinaco, Burias
Sibuyan Sec
Ryukyu Isles
Army
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