Board Of Revenue Meeting Postponed
The March session of the crusty Board of Revenue was scheduled for Money and was postponed to Wednesday here. Chairman Poyner and Board Secretary Haynes cannot attend due to election duties. Naval L George Ardrevy of Union Spring will be formally elected as Congressman for the Third District. The Revenue Board will meet at 16 a.m. Wednesday at the county courthouse with no important business expected.
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Crusty Board of Revenue
Union Spring
Li Abdrees
Revenue Board
Poyner
Improved Rental Picture Revealed In War Housing Study
Dothan Ozark defense renter director Chatian M Cooper summarized OPA findings from surveys of 75 090 rental units in 39 major US war cities. Occupancy near capacity, delinquencies vanished, and rent income rose despite higher fuel and payroll costs.
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Chatian M. Cooper
Dothan - Ozark
Cooper Maid
Office of Price Administration
United States
Couper
Cooper
OPA
OFA
Gas on concrete floor ignites at Shell Station
Fire yesterday threatened the Shell Off Company station on SOB East Main street when gasoline on a cement floor in a storage room ignited and set fire to boxes. Firemen said gasoline had been poured to remove grease spots and a later match caused the blaze. The blaze was extinguished before it gained headway and damage was slight. GAS CHECK RECEIVED: Receipt for 9024.10 as county share of February gasoline fund distribution reported by Probate Judge Poyner.
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Shell Off Company
Sob East Main Street
Protate
8. P. Poyner
Welfare official visits Montgomery office
Mrs. C. L Collins, county welfare director, reports Mary Gasman supervisor at Foster Home Care of the State Department of Public Welfare made a routine visit to the Houston County department of public welfare in Montgomery.
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Mary Gasman
Stute Department of Public Welfare
Montgomery
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Lacey
C. L Collins
Raids Seize Whiskey From Local Alcohol Board Suspect
A raid led by L C Easterwood and W Allsup uncovered fifteen quarts of Geur whiskey at a Robinson County establishment run by Corries Smith. Officers found twelve more quarts buried near the home and twelve quarts hidden in a suitcase. Investigators plan to press charges under the AB Act. Bunith, who was at home during the raid, has not been located.
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Imvantugatora
Cambel Board Verterda
Ertab Rabo
Eorrie Fmith
Elf
L .C. Easterwood
W. Allsup
Bunith
Smith
Negro Rearrested On New Indictment
Sherman Jackson, a Black man, was reputested after a Houston County grand jury returned a second degree burglary indictment. He is being held in connection with the theft of feed from the Dothan Milling Company several weeks ago, according to Chief Deputy Sheriff J T Casey.
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Sherman Jackson
Houston County Grand Jury
J. T. Casey
Jackson
Dothan Milling Company
Casey Anid
Bombers Press through Berlin Air Defenses in Deep Strike
Allied air forces hammered Berlin targets amid heavy anti aircraft fire as Liberators and escort fighters hit industrial sites. Goering’s leadership reportedly shifts to younger pilots while combat claims show heavy losses on both sides. The February bombing tally and civilian disruption hint at a broader effort to batter German war production and force evacuations.
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Germany
Berlin
Hannover
London
Hitler
Air Command
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goaring
Caidera
Industria
DNB
Stockholm
Cairo
U. 8
Army
Eighth Air Force
15Th Air Force
Matanids
Amerterp
Freich
RAF
United States
Bertin
Ex Prisoners Sent To Front By Nazis
Pravda reports German soldiers captured by the British and exchanged for British troops were remobilized and sent to the Russian front in violation of international law. Corporal Karl Wilde of the 1st Battalion 287th Regiment 83rd Division says he, along with others, was exchanged as a healthy prisoner and shipped to Barcelona for the front.
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Moscow
Pravda
Karl Wilde
Briain
Germany
Dind
Wilde
Java
el Alamein
Dne
Port Sad
Barcelona
Soviet forces break through at key rail junction
Red Army infantry buttressed by tank units swept over enemy lines at a crucial Odesa to Warsaw rail hub, the Moscow bulletin said, bursting into the town and engaging the enemy in street fighting.
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Odessa-Warsaw
Red Army
Tha
Moscow
Soviet Cavalry Push Deep Into Ukraine Frontline Action
Russian offensives under Malinovsky and Zhukov drive German units back along a 400 mile front from Odessa to Nikolaev and Kherson amid muddy, waterlogged terrain. Red Army horsemen and infantry isolate large German formations while retreat becomes disorganized.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Rea
Ukraine
Rodlon
Malinovsky
Marsha
Gregory K. 2Hukov
Tarmopol
Black Sea Pots
Nikolaev
Ws Kherson
Soviet Union
Front Lin
Mooscow
Fugett to Lead Rally at Dothan Church of the Nazarene
Rev. C. B. Fugett of Atlanta Ky will speak at a 7 30 p m rally at Dothan Church of the Nazarene Saturday announced by Pastor E Rosa Sanders. The event supports home missions and is part of the Serves program led by Alabama district official E D Simpson of Birmingham. Fugett has led revivals and campaigns worldwide for twenty years and is expected to deliver a strong message with old fashioned congregational singing preceding the service.
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C. B. Fugett
Aakland
Dothan Church
Allied air and ground actions update from Italian front
Two Allied planes are chasing. Headquarters reports 15,000 Germans captured in Italy since Salerno. 3,000 on the beachhead and 1,500 around Cassino. Skirmishes occurred at multiple beachhead points. one clash in Moletta river ravines near Carroceto. British troops shoot down an enemy fighter with small arms fire. General Alexander says the beachhead situation is much better. P-39 Cobras hit a fuel train at Montalto di Castro and the Marina di Pisa airfield. pilots praise the mission and bomb patterns. gunner notes sighting tank repair shops.
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Meng
Italy
Salerno
Cassino
Putrol
Moletta
Carroceto
Harold Alexander
Beachheag
Montalto di Castro
Marina di Pisa
Leghorn
Joseph F. Ward
Groporyville
Binner
David Hedges
Griffin
Tivol
Fragmented Obituary Teaser From Camtinerd Prem Page One
The fragment notes claims a marriage involving Laure Spencer Beker of Savannah Georgia and Mire Elizabeth Cobb Brody of New York. Funeral services will be private with date undecided, and a memorial gathering is hinted at Pilg Creek Shrine.
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Laure Spencer Beker
Savannah Ge
Eliabeth Cobb Brody
New York
Cabinet Plans Tough Steps To End Wales Coal Strike
London AP reports the war cabinet prepared to act firmly to halt the Wales coal strike. No official action named, but ministers may seize mines if needed, echoing 1838 actions. Arthur Horner of the Walsh Miners Union met with Gwilym Lloyd George, urging miners to resume work while talks continue. A conference is planned Saturday to discuss concessions already granted and a Sunday mass meeting. MPs will tour mining districts to explain the deal, which aims to boost annual miner pay by about seven to eight million pounds while curbing strike losses of millions of tons of coal daily.
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London
Tae Switlan
Arthur Horner
Walsh Miners Union
Cardiff
Fue
Gwilym Lloyd George
West
Savan
Hritsin
U S Urges Close of Nazi and Japanese Legations in Ireland
The United States asked neutral Ireland to close the German legation and the Japanese consulate as an anti espionage move to protect Allied troop movements in Northern Ireland. A note was presented by David Gray to Éire, with no demand for southern bases, and surface rumors arose of broader demands. Prime Minister De Valera consulted with Robert Brennan while Washington said there was no threat of force, only an urgent request to curb Axis activity in Eire.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
Eins
Axia
Washington
London
Gray
Eamon de Valera
Robert Brennan
Cortact
Roosevelt
Brensan
Eire
Brown and Joe discuss MacArthur and postwar plans
Brown says he can leave after 26 weeks if General MacArthur signals, recalling his wartime trips since 1942 to the Aleutians and Pacific. Joe believes MacArthur is focused on recapturing the Philippines, not the presidency, and praises the Army’s current strength. He supports compulsory training as a safeguard and notes Joe’s changing frame as he returns home. Corporal Lloyd C. Norrell has entered the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort St. Okto, aiming to be commissioned after 17 weeks. Frank N Jeffries has been promoted to first sergeant, with family noting his reassignment to Ft. Barrancas, Fla.
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Brown
General MacArthur
Jou
Hollywood
Aleutians
Alaska
Southwest Pacific
Joe
Macarthur
Philippines
Jon
Seees Army Commission
Lloyd C. Norrell
Wear Main Street
Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
Fort St. Okta
U. & Army
Military service members may run for public office under deal
A wartime policy outlines that regular and reserve Army and Navy personnel may seek political candidacy with limits. Members may express opinions privately but cannot engage in political management or campaigns. Candidacies must not disrupt duty, and elected individuals may not serve officially on active duty. Separation rules apply for Senate, House, or presidential roles.
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Promt-Radio
Low Sud
Fie
War End Navy
Politikel
Cam~palgna
United States
Congress
Senate
House
Union approves Ford reprimand in Detroit incident
AP reports union officials sanction ten Ford employees whose names were removed from payroll after a Rouge plant demonstration. Ten others were discharged or suspended following a hearing attended by UAW CIO leaders and Ford Local 600 officials amid a broader clash over production standards and an unauthorized stoppage. Six UAW CIO committeemen were among the discharged, with five on suspension pending further investigation. The action follows a dispute over production standards and a plant room confrontation after discipline actions against three workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Richard T. Leonard
Ford
United Automobile Workers
Kart Bowers
Lotal
R. J. Thomas
Vaw-Cio
Tocal
Sny
Inbor Reladoma
Thomas
Vaw-Cio International Executive Board
Uawcio
Booklet Becomes Boredom's Nemesis in Navy War Use
In New York AP reports the National Recreation Association issued a pocket guide named Funce Route to kill naval boredom. The 34 page booklet, requested by Army and Navy officials, includes brain teasers, tricks and stunts using common items like pencils and cards to pass long ocean voyages and waits at depots and docks.
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New York
Depota
Docke
National Recreation Associathom
Giza
Army
Navy
Funce
Stilwell Takes Personal Command In Burma Drive
The text discusses Stilwell leading operations in Burma with India-based supply lines under Mountbatten. It notes plans for Gee or Athwell as deputy commander under Mountbatten and hints at strategic aims to seize northern Burma from Japan. The piece frames Stilwell as assertive, nicknamed Vinegar Joe, and emphasizes his consolidating control amid Japanese reinforcements.
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Gee
Athwell
Lord Loonis Mountbattemn
Southeast Asia
Boen
Atiwell
India
Mountbatten
Stitwell
Burma
Vinegar Joe
Stilwell
Notces
Ra bau and Solomons air raids in Pacific theatre
Reports from the Solomons describe raids on Ra bau with 54 tons of bombs and no interceptions. Allied forces progress near Saidor and Cape Rigny while bomber offensives target Wewak Kavieng Panepala and Empress Augusta Bay areas, with several enemy fighters downed.
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Rabau
Arbor
Lakunal
Toberg
Willaumez Peninsula
Saidor
New Gomes
Cape Rigny
Astrolabe Bay
Madang
Wewak
Solomons
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bougainvilla Island
Empress Augusta Bay
Funeral plans for Willingham and Horace kin in Virginia and Alabama
Number 15 Willingham of Artington Virginia and Mrs O V Horace of Dothan Alabama with three grandchildren await funeral details to be announced by Ward Wilson as relatives arrive.
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Willingham
Artington
O. V. Horace
Dothan
Ward
Wilson
Lane resigns prompts Lake Burdick as sole May primary candidate
Lane cites his reasons for resigning and notes his appointment by the Governor to fill the late Sam Spivey’s unexpired term. Al a withdrawal from the coroner’s race in the May primary leaves Lake Burdick, former deputy sheriff, as the only candidate.
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Page One
Lane
Sam Spivey
Lake Burdick
Roosevelt says Italian fleet disposition remains unsettled
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill touched on Italian fleet status at a press conference, saying no final arrangement is settled. They discussed possible transfers of ships and crews, noting the issue may extend beyond the war’s end and could involve British and American security considerations.
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Washington
Prs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italien
Germany
Fund drive push continues as quota remains short
The report notes that the first week of the campaign failed to reach half the target. Committees must sustain effort to solicit contributions, with plans to extend the drive beyond the initial deadline. Red Cross officials urge every citizen to participate to meet the full quota.
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Red Cross
Ford
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Army Ordnance Exhibit
Hese
Red Star
Dnieper
Nova Ukrine
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Stare Konstantinay
Karalin
Prenturw
Ming
Reeven
Wales
Prank N Jeffries
J. H. Jeffries
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St Ft. Barrances
Fla
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Arey and
Mevy Herve
Rossever
Sarviers
Union
Booklet
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Lew Cleo Mey
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