Two Plead Guilty To Tax Violation
In Birmingham and nearby, multiple individuals plead guilty to tax violations. One operator admitted failing to file returns on illicit income, with government charges totaling tens of dollars. other defendants faced charges related to underreporting income from various schemes. A jury trial continued for a third defendant as another case moved forward.
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Birmingham
API
Recenuy
Phenue City
Wotlax
Los
District Dodge
Aten Cox
Jammer Bush
Sid
Lee Bell
Fey
Bel
Robert Gunn
James Barris
Harris
MacArthur Boomed For Top Commander
Washington AP Senator Tah says Gen. Douglas MacArthur should be brought to Washington to shape final strategy to defeat Japan. He notes Nimitz is here and calls MacArthur’s absence significant. Taft and GA Sen. George M-Gassard back utilizing MacArthur’s experience, praising his land fighting leadership and low landing losses.
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Washington
Tah
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Pacific
Ohip Senaor
MacArthur
Hink
Taft
Congress
Tokyo
Nimitz
Gen. George
C. Marshal
George M-Gassid
Mrs Laura Hickman Dies Near Ashford
Funeral services held for Mrs Laura Hickman near Ashford after a long illness. She of Headland route one era, survived by husband War L. Hickman and many children and grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary mourners listed. Burial at Bethlehen Cemetery with Ward-Wilson in charge.
Crawford Joins South Atlantic Ordnance Bureau
Jesse O. Crawford Jr of Dothan joins the US Army Air Forces Ordnance in the South Atlantic after serving in Washington and Detroit since 1940. He helped grow the Ordnance Department from about 25 to 800 employees. Also, First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Hayes, husband of Mrs. Jean Hayes, was reported missing in action over Germany since February 14 while serving with the Eighth Air Force in England after 34 missions and Air Medal awards. Hayes, a 1938 Indiana graduate, formerly worked at the Lukua Herald in Indianapolis.
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Jesse O. Crawford, Jr
Dothan
US Army Air Forces
South Atlantic
Ordnance Division
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Ordnance Branch
Detroit
Crawford
Ordnance Department
Robert Wilson Hayes
Jean Hayes
East Lafayette Street
Germany
War Department
Air Corps
Carlsbad
N.M
Eighth Air Force
England
Homer Hepley
Bloomington
Ind
University of Indiana
Lukua Herald of
Indianapolis
Last Stand Fate Report From Pacific Front Fighters
In a field report from Saturday Morne Landsberg of the Associated Press describes Japanese troops in disorganized clusters as they fight to the end under American fire. The stubborn resistance galls but disarray slows American gains.
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Morne Landsberg
Associated Press
Invitations for sidl e supplies for Houston County road
The Houston County Alabama Board of Revenue will receive bids by 10 am March 24 1945 at Court Stowe Dothan for regular grade fuel oil delivered in tanker trucks and stored at the county tank. Bids must meet Caterpillar Tractor Company fuel recommendations and be delivered to Dothan Alabama. The right to reject any bid is reserved. P Poyner Chairman Board of Revenue.
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Houston County Road and Bridge Department
Board of Revenue of
Houston County
Alabama
Stowe
Huy County
Caterpillar Tractor Company, Voor
Wines
Diet Motors
Bethan
Ube
P. Poyner
Voard
Ved
Allocation Board To Protect Home Front Food Needs
Washington reports a new interagency group to manage scarce food for home front needs. War Mobilizer James Byrnes leads the committee with Lew Trummy and J. Burper, under War Food Administration oversight, to allocate existing stocks among claimants and curb private exports while ensuring military and essential lend-lease supplies.
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Washington
Mountson
James F. Byriea
Lew T
J. Burper
War Food Administration
Farm Gas Users Get Exemption On Tax
The Houston County Board of Revenue voted to grant a five cent per gallon exemption on all gasoline used in farm tractors and stationary farm machinery. Delegation led by Hobgon H. Knowles of the Houston County Farm Bureau petitioned for the exemption. prior to action the tax was six cents per gallon.
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County Board of Revenue
Hobgon H. Knowles
Houston County Farm Bureau
U S Reparations Member Appointed for Moscow Commission
Secretary of State Stettinius announced Dr. Isador Lubin as the US representative on a three power reparations commission to be based in Moscow. The body includes the Soviet Union and Britain and will set reparations for Germany after the Wehrmacht. Lubin, an economist and statistician, will depart for Moscow shortly.
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Washington
API
Stettinius
Isador Lubin
United States
Moscow
Twce
Crimea
Mexico City
Yalta
Soviet Union
Tokyo raid continues after massive incendiary attack
Two days after the 2200-ton Tokyo raid, fires still smolder in the capital. One B-29 was lost, 2151 Bomber Command said. Pilots returning from Nagoya described fires seen from 90 miles away while Gen Curtis LeMay praised the raid. Japan claimed higher losses, but U.S. reports cited minimal losses and no official tally yet.
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Tokyo
Bomber Command
Nagoya
Walter Timm
Milwauki
Ore
Timm
Ben Moffa
Philadelphia
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Iso
Radio Tokyo
Washington
U.S
Bone
Navy Seaman Louis Harrell Missing From Iwo Jima Action
Seaman first class Louis Frank Harrell U S Navy, son of Mr and Mrs W F Harrell of Cottons wood route, was aboard the U S Nevada which fired the first shots at Iwo Jima before the Marine invasion. Parents learned of his status in a letter received last week.
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Nevada
Louis Frank Harrell
U. S Navy
W. F. Harrell
Cottons
Wood
U.S Nevada
Iwo Jima
Strikers Picket Hollywood Studios
A 12,008 AFL union strike over jurisdictional authority targets Hollywood studios. Set designers halted production though some groups like Technicolor and Disney may continue. War Labor Board designated Local 1421 as bargaining agent while IA Theatrical and Stage Employers claims jurisdiction.
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Hollywood
API
Lis
AFL
Evertsmen
Herbert Surrell
Sam Himeett
Surrell
Technicolor
Welt Disney
Motorism J
Producers Releasing
Toe Afl
Locel
War Labor Board
NLRB
County Grants Lease for Airport Emergency Building
The county Board of Revenue authorized Judge Saxon P. Poyner to join with the City in signing a lease with the Civil Aeronautics Administration for a Municipal Airport building to house an emergency generating unit. The unit would be used if regular power fails, and the City Commission had recently approved a similar measure.
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County Board of Revenue
Saxon P. Poyner
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Two From the Wiregrass Region Reported Killed in War
A War Department release lists Staff Sergeant Carlton R. Vickers of Abbeville Route Two and Private John A. Feagin of Enterprive South Main Street as killed in action. Vickers fell in the Pacific theater while Feagin died in Europe.
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Carlton R. Vickers
Mary E. Vickers
Abbeville
John A. Feagin
C. H. Feagin
South Main Street
War Department
Vickers
Pacific
Pie
Feaghy
Allied forces swarm along Rhine in rapid advance
German resistance thins as U S Third Army seizes towns along the west bank of the Moselle and Rhine. Coblenz siege tightens while Remagen bridgehead remains crucial as Allied columns push north and east, with German defenses collapsing and pockets sapped by Patton units.
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Rhine
U. S. Third Army
Moselle
Faoi
George S. Patton, Jr
Cochem
Erden
Coblenz
Mayen
Saar
Germany
Don Whitehead
First Army
Ninth Army
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
Wesel
Ludendorf
Erpel
Remagen
Honnef
Cologne
Ruhr
Linz
Ihe
Oreili
Bruchhusen
Oblenbuirg
Westewald
Black Rock
Cabrenz
Ehrenbreitstein
Ehrenbreitstain
Geeman
Rhein-Breitbach
Two Negro Groups Leave In Draft From Hourian County Boards
Two groups of Negro registrants from Hourian County Selective Service Boards Ten and Three left today for induction. James Finch and others from Board Two were listed for pre induction physical exam and induction. names included Joby Le Lockaert Atha Ayree Duarte Juoor Frost Jumme Ler Weatherington Willie James Car rall Robert Lee Buller James Benjemio Lawrence. From Board Three for reconduction were Alto McGaft Willie Thomas Evander Vane Burkett Jr James Ely Johnnie Thomas Martha Junior Jackson Samarl Jones M C Hardway Wilmen Grinsby James Huey Bennett Willie L W Wille C Kelly Joan Wills McKinnon Jos teph Lee Kirkland Robin Lee Nea R Lee Johnson Geo Thomas Amwon J Register Perry T Acker Geny Grenger and J D Dawsey.
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Hourian County
Alto McGaft
Willie Thomas
Evander Vane Burkett
James Ely
Johnnie Thomas
Marth Junior Jackson
Samarl Jones
M C. Hardway
Wilmen Grinsby
James Huey Bennett
Willie L W
Wille C. Kelly
Joan Wills McKinnon
Josteph Lee Kirkland
Robin Lee Nea
R. Lee Johnson
Geo Thomas Amwon J. Register
Perry T. Acker
Geny Grenger, and
J. D. Dawsey
Man Jailed Here In Theft Of $26
Jessie Forehand, Houston County Iman, was lodged in the county jail yesterday on a grand larceny charge in connection with the alleged theft of $26 from C. L Hardy. A warrant charging Forehand with grand larceny was sworn before Mrs. Bernice Lewis, justice of the peace in Beat Six. Bond was fixed at $500. Forehand was among a number of persons taken into custody over the weekend as six Negroes faced vagrancy charges and three people were jailed for public drunkenness.
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Jessie Forehand
Houston
Iman
C. L Hardy
Sheriffs Office
Hardy
Bernice Lewis
Forehand
Aircraft load facts from wartime interview in Pacific theater
Number 12 continues a war report noting a Superfort bomb-load capacity depends on mission. Boeing officials cite 8 pounds per square foot per plane, substantial rise from World War I and an approximate 14 000 pound payload. The interview praises today’s young pilots favoring pursuit planes over bombers.
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Boeing
War Department
Pacific
Schaefer
US Forces Land at Zamboanga in Mindanao Campaign
After heavy bombardment and mine sweeping, Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe's 41st Division and the 188th Infantry led an amphibious assault four miles west of Zamboanga city. The operation, under Rear Adm. Forrest B. Royal, established control along the western Philippine coast from Luzon to Mindanao, while other units pushed Japanese forces along the Onkoola Wawa line east of Manila.
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Zamboanga
Jens A. Doe
Eighth Army
Palawan
San Mateo
San Jose
Calaran
San Roque
Wolfe i
Zamboanga City
Zamboanga Peninsula
Adm
Forrest B. Royal
Arlington
Robert L. Eichelberger
Dee
Carmel
Calif
188D Infantry
William J Morroney
Tupelo
Miss
162Nd
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Mindanao
Tuzon Teland
Onkoola - Wawa
Marikina
Manila
Jones urges quick action on CCC funding bill
Jones told Congress he would communicate with leaders as debate resumed on a bill to extend life and boost borrowing authority for the CCC. He said the FBI was investigating CCC at his request and pressed for approval to offset Republican delays while noting no major CCC speculation or wrongdoing within the agency.
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Mants
Jones
Congress
House
Oce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CCC
Congressional
Vart Federal Agency
Pearl Martin Dies At Montgomery Hospital
Mrs Pearl Martin of Dothan route one died at Montgomery Hospital yesterday after a brief illness. She was a member of County Lane Church. Funeral services will be held at County Lane Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev W N Bush of Troy officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ward Wilson directing. Surviving are three daughters Mrs BR Cobley Dothan and others.
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Iverson Martin Anty
Dethan
Montgomery
Sami
County Lane
Met Church
WN Bush
Troy
Chureau
Ward-Wilson
BR B Cobley
Dothan
County Road Chief Change Voted Down
County officials debated appointing a road and bridge foreman to conform with an Attorney General ruling that one man cannot hold both foreman and county engineer roles. The motion failed as W Perry Calhoun H O Summerford and Judge Satan P Poyner opposed, with Poyner siding with them. Boswell urged action to protect his bond and uphold the AG ruling while Mullins backed by experience remained in place.
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Doc" Boswell
County Board of Revenue
J. Brady Trawick
W. Perry Calhoun
H. O. Summerford
Satan P. Poyner
Boswell
Poyner
Houston County
Fred L. Mullins
Mullins
Board of Revenue
Yule Packages Unclaimed for Army Across Pacific Bases
Rep. Fulton says millions of undelivered Christmas packages for armed forces are stored at Pacific bases. He proposes Congress consider handing them to the American Red Cross for distribution to forgotten GU’s, noting 32,000 bags at one base and 5,000 sacks left in rain at another. If delivery fails, usable items would be given to other service members in the theater.
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Washington
Fulton
R-Pa
Pacific
Congress
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Japa Lose Landing Attempt In Fukien
Chinese forces repelled a Japanese landing off Fukien Province about 40 miles south of Foochow. About 100 Japanese were killed and the attackers driven off. The action involved two Japanese warships and aimed to tighten the protective sea around Foochow. Reports also say Sulchwan in Kiangsi saw heavy fighting as Chinese forces attacked an area once used by the U.S. 14th Air Force.
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Kiangsi
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Promoted to Colonel H T Rawinson retires to duty
Lieutenant Colonel H T Rawinson former Army instructor with the National Guard in Dothan has been promoted to colonel at Camp Pickett Virginia General Hospital where he is recovering from a jungle skin condition contracted in the South Pacific He wears the Bronze Star for actions at Martin Bay New Guinea Rawinson recently returned from duty with the 7th Corps in the Philippines He enlisted in 1916 served on the Mexican border in World War I and World War II era notes His wife and daughter Wilma reside at 208 West Main Montgomery relatives listed
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H. T. Rawinson
Army
National Guard
Dothan
Camp Pickett
General Hospital
South Pacific
United States
Martin Bay
New Guinea
Col. Rawinson
7Th Corps
Wilma
Weat Main
E. J. Rawlinson
Montgornery
Nutrition Expert To Hold Meeting In Houston County
Mra Mary Carolyn Young executive secretary of the Alzbaba Nu trite 3 and members of the Houston County Nutrition Council will meet tomorrow at 7:16 p.m. in the county office. Attending offices include Public Welfare, Red Cross, Dothan Recreation Center, Distributive Education at Dothan High School, Health Department and Education Department.
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Mra
Mary Carolyn Young
Te Alzbaba Nutrite
Houston County | Nutrition Council
Mary Lowhompson
Raine
Houston County Red Cross
Dothan Recreation Center
Dothan High School
Houston County
George Williamson Funeral Conducted in Graceville
Graceville mourns as George Williamson’s funeral was held at Whittsker Cemetery with Rev. Howard Tracork officiating. Survived by widow Synne Williamson, two daughters Mary Iturah and Graceville remtors, two sons Jabnony Khaméon Charlie Williamson Freddie Woursoo Henry Widtay. active pallbearers listed including George Kely, Reece Carr, Leroy iledag, E Bass, Jone WD Wiltery and Alex Bean.
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Graceville
George Ho
Wilhernes
Whittsker
Howard Tracork
Eve
Synne Wilhemson
Grateville
Mery Iturah
Reme Tors
Mre
Qecina
Eastern Front clashes widen near Oder and Danzig
Soviet forces push toward Gdynia and Danzig threatening fast German retreat. Rokossovsky’s thrust to Koeln reduces escape routes while Stettin area battles intensify. Berlin reports heavy siege operations, with Kuestrin and Frankfurt on the Oder central to the fighting as Allied air and ground pressure mounts.
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Oder
Berlin
Oder River
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Warthe River
Stettin
Dievenow
Stettin Bay
Aitdamm
Baltic
Peascow
Rokossovsky
Koeln
Bay of Danzig
Danzig
Gydnia
Koelln
Gdynia
Danzig Bay
Pomerania
Neustadt
Weiherowo
Pillau
Koenigsberg
Danzig Free City
East Prussia
Ernst von Hammer
Upper Silesian
Moravium-Ostrava
Moscow
von Hammer
Altham
Marshal Zhukov
Kuestzin
Letters and prayers from boys for Allied leaders
A fragmentary wartime note describes 63 boys meeting each Sunday to pray for Allied generals and admirals including Eisenhower Patton Hodges Marshall Nimitz Halsey and Juin. It mentions correspondence with Colin Montgomery and Maj Gen Ray Geiger, noting 143 boys in the group and ongoing letter wear.
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Pape Gayter
Marshall Tito Delve
Sogoslasg
Montgomery
Eegy
Bretige
Colin Montgomery
Ray
Geiger
Marines
Eisenhower
Patton
Hodges
Marshall
Kamirals Nimitz
Halsey
Juin
Archibald ¥.Veil
India
Food shortfalls push civilians toward west bank for relief
In wartime Erpel Hannel Linz and nearby villages face acute food shortages as the army continues supplies to troops. Civilians in the bridgehead areas may be moved to the west bank while German uniforms are repeatedly found in the region.
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Erpel
Hannel
Linz
West Bank
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