Two youths held in planter slaying near Walton
Greensboro tale reports two Black youths aged 19 and 17 named Richard Brown and Earnest Joboshon detained in the ambush killing of planter Jack Walton at Wertier River area. Walton found Feb 2 with $64 missing after ambush. authorities cite robbery as motive.
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Greensboro
Ale
Jack Walton
Wertier
Hare County
Wynne Cole Teat
Walton
Percen
Uroh
Richard Brown
Walwem Place
Earnest Joboshon
Watoo
Coleman
Kiwanis Auction Raises $850 At Club Meeting
The Kiwanis Club weekly meeting featured an auction led by Bob Givans raising over 850 dollars for the club sponsored dental clinic. Items included pepper coal cigars shoes and many canned goods auctioned to club members with guests Lawrence Cor and others attending at the Dothan Recreation Center.
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Kiwanis Club
Bob Givans
T. A. Shealy
Phillip McLauchlin
Dothan Recreation Center
Lawrence Cor
A Siveyer
J. M. Stallings
Beoty Whidden
Wallace Malone
Hosea Coker
Third Army advances toward Rhine amid Rhine Front advances
Allied forces push from the Rhine bridgehead near Koblenz through the Eifel region with Third Army armored units capturing Rothkirch’s staff while First Army nears Coblenz. German lines crumble as American divisions widen the corridor toward the Rhine and Bonn area.
Red Cross drive nears goal with local contributions
The Red Cross drive report notes $11,000 raised with praise for the downtown business committee led by Betts Slinglutt and Archie D Carmichael. The committee contributed $1,140 toward the quota as the drive, set to end Saturday, pushes for a speedy finish.
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Page 1
Red Cross
Rainer Studio
Dothan Machine Shop
Lovern
Betts Slinglutt
Archie D. Carmichael
American mountain troops gain five miles in Apennines
Allied headquarters announced the Fifth Army front saw a five mile advance in the Apennines southwest of Bologna. American forces struck northeastward west of the Pistoia highway and captured dominating peaks and Castel d'Aiano. More than 1,200 prisoners were taken.
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SD Feder Rome
Apennines
Bologna
Fifth Army
Pistoia
Castel d'Aiano
Davis named Economic Stabilization Director amid cabinet reshuffle
Davis smiled today upon learning his appointment as Economic Stabilization Director. He will oversee wage and price balance work similar to his prior War Labor Board chair duties. Vinson to take oath tomorrow and make the appointment effective. Senate confirmation not required. Rumors linked Byrnes or Bowles to Bale reshuffle. Bowles’ succession seen as difficult. Davis, a leading patent lawyer, has long driven labor policy since the NIRA era.
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Davis
Vinson
Senate
James F. Byrnes
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
The
Nations Industrial Recovery Administration
Debate Over War Manpower Caps Ends In Senate Vote
The Senate rejected the committee bill enforcement clause by a 44 to 35 vote. Revercomb substitute would cap plant employment at 50 percent and allow former workers to reclaim jobs if war work is unavailable for 30 days. Both measures aim to curb hiring under War Manpower Commission controls.
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Senate Military Committee
House
Revercomb
Committee
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Changes in draft nurse induction bill debated
Number 12 continues from page one with limits on inductions and delays pending results from the purse recruitment drive. Amendments approved yesterday would bar inductions of nurses without officer commissions, ban race or creed discrimination in nurse acceptances, and remove a requirement that Cadet Nurse Corps graduates be drafted before non cadets in local boards.
Russian advance and Stettin bombardment reported
In a 25 mile push Zhukov’s forces captured several German towns and seized Cammin on the Oder delta. Red Army guns shell the Stettin Berlin railway across the Oder from Peezig near Angermünde. Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian Army lands on the Baltic and advances against German coastal positions, capturing Grudziadz and pressing toward Danzig area.
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Stettin
Dammscher See
Stettin-Berlin
Oder
Peezig
Angermuende
Zhukov
Cammin
Oder Delta
Dievenow
Stein
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Baltic
Pomerania
Danzig
Rokossovsky
Grudzadz
Dane ‘Zig
OPA Approves Egg Price Markups by Store Groups
The Office of Price Administration announced effective today that retail egg prices will be set by merchants using a percentage markup over cost. For Houston, Henry, Barbour, Coffee, Dale and Geneva counties, ceilings apply March 1 through May 2, with Group One stores adding 17 percent, Group Two 15 percent, Group Three 14 percent, and Group Four 12 percent over cost.
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Office of Price Administration Officels
OPA
Houston
Henry
Barbour
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Cnet
Montgomery
Reduction In List Of Tax Items Urged
Montgomery Alabama AP The State Revenue Department seeks to overhaul and trim the list of personal property items taxed ad valorem. Dowling says few items yield tax and recommends dropping jewelry from taxation unless it is stock in trade. The report, for House Tucker, challenges strict adherence to current law in May. Delinquent sought Negro James Shelton listed by Houston County Selective Service Board No. One as missing. believed in Dothan.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Revenue Department
H. G. Dowling
Dowling
Hovse Tucker
Houston County Selective Service Board
James Shelton
Macon County
Shelton
Dothan
Grandma’s Penetro Promotes Chest Cold Relief Across America
Millions switch to mutton suet based Penetro formula for chest cold relief. Advertises multi medicated base, counter irritant action, and soothing aroma. Claims easing of pain, coughing, phlegm, and chest rawness with home remedy widely recommended. Pricing listed as 10¢ single and 25¢ double, with a $6 supply offer.
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America
Grandma
Penetro Hornesslang
Hitler’s Death Drive Mirrors Mussolini’s Last Stand
A critical wartime reflection notes similarities between Mussolini’s Sicily collapse and Hitler’s Germany. It cites slogans, propaganda, and coastal defenses like pillboxes and minefields, arguing German forces lacked enough capable troops despite large numbers, with civilian Volkssturm proving ineffective.
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Sicily
Roer
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Stout-spiriteemer
Volkssturm
Hitler
Reich
Mussolini
Flood Threat Rises Across Rivers As Water Reaches Crests
Heavy rains flood Pennsylvania Ohio and Kentucky as rivers rise sharply. Ports mouth and Roan wad qian areas fear overflow while Louisville evacutes hundreds. Red Cross to shelter 1500 people. Army engineers bolster levees along White River and Mississippi regions. retreat of floodwaters expected days away if rains stop.
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Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Heidelberg
New Kensington
McKees Rocks
Caraopolis
Sharpsburg
Camp Gruber
Okla
Arkansas
White River
Woodruff
Monroe
Prairie County
Mississippi
Tennessee
Dyersburg
Coldwater
Yazoo
Peterson's Ointment Offers Fast Pile Relief Ad
Quick relief for piles promised by Peterson's Ointment with a cooling formula. Ad claims thousands benefited over 40 years and offers money back if not satisfied. Available in 35 box or tube with applicator at all druggists.
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Peterson
Mercy or Murder Trial For Officer Described In Court
Trial testimony details a chaotic scene after a fire and collapse where rescuers failed to reach a trapped victim. The defense argued rational distress and possible mercy in a fatal shooting, while others emphasized the victim’s injuries from bullets and fire. A Kansas City lawyer led the defense, pursuing questions about cause of death and the officer’s state of mind.
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Lievenent
Peice
John H. Hendren
Kansas City
Cotton Insurance Indemnity Terms Explained
Snell explains the cotton insurance program details noting indemnities that vary with season. If a crop rose after it is too late to reseed to cotton but before first cultivation, the indemnity is 40 percent of maximum coverage. Land conditions follow.
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Snell
21 From Board Tee Leave For Exams
List of many students from various towns and schools leaving to take examinations. Names include Byrd Ozark Manny Prank Lee Plant Dot Columbus J Bolland James Edward Exum Henry Scanyers Mitchell Wallace and others. The item notes exam departures and mentions Wyse exam events and local boards.
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Houmtah
Selecsit
Mr. Gelian
Wyse’ Exarminetions
Pyeis Dowebadd
Cee Egtin Byrd
Ozark
Manny Prank
Fin Lee
Plant Fy. Fin
Dot Reg. Ac
Columbus
Ter J Bolland
James Edward Sane Mens
James Exum
Henry Scanyers
Mitchell Wallace James Courier Robinson
James Oliver Williford
Burlepa Auburs
Clayton Gan Landsey Hollen
Poth der
James Exell Alen
Ollie Rex Morris
Dusen Wafery ‘Wilnon
Hiert Beacley Byler
Harmnox
Ferien Walleg Vy Diesel Bradley Speigner
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Cotton High Close Marth
MR. Farmer
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Mainz
Weubsden
Frenkfort
Mein
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Rhingkand
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Lucembourg
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Rhainberg
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Alften
Idke
Bonn
Hugh Galley
Fouth
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
53Rd
Graf von Rothkirk
Gaffey
Third Army
Saar
Seventh Army
Eifels
Iossen
Associated Press
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Thoburn Wiant
Fourth Armored Division
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Rothkirk
Fogne
Belgium
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Germany
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Potter
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Weisbaden
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Mannheim
Speyer
Alexander M. Patch
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Patton
Patch
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Neville Chamberlain
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Fou
Haly
Barkley
Soners
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Grandi
Jose Sland
Herrenvolk
Fuehrer
Cuntinnadore
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Bellaire
Bridgeport
Portsmouth
Maysville
Louisville
Uts
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Wo Penci-Cola Company
Eneg Inland City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Dothan, Ab
Kentucky
Flowers Crawford
City Tire CO
Houston County
Standard Oil Petroleum
Atlas
Crawford
Standard
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