Tokens replaceable by fiber in public uses cited
Lee M Rotharmel of the Revenue Department notes the value of one mill and five mill tokens issued since March 1977 and explains their broad role in funding schools health and welfare services and city operations. Due to metal shortages tokens now use cellulose fiber though supply is tight. some tokens are diverted for petty uses such as in phone boxes and as engine washers or poker chips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rajeed
Lee M Rotharmel
Mlatan
Revenue Department
4-H Club Brothers Make Their Hogs Pay
Alva and Tubby Sanders of the Taylor 38 4-H club raise hogs as a project for their grandfather A L Clark. They sold six pigs each for 133 and 133 30 dollars respectively, fed a balanced ration with minerals and greens, and plan to invest profits in War Bonds while continuing to raise pigs with hopes of more profits and more pigs.
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Alva
Tubby Sanders
Aclub
Taylor #38
Tubby
A. L. Clark
Ration Board Head Undergoes Operation
A. D. Wilkerson chairman of the county War Price and Rationing Board had a minor operation at a Dothan Hospital Friday. After returning to his home in Columbia his condition grew worse overnight and an emergency was called to rush him back to the hospital. His physician reported slight improvement yesterday, noting he is still suffering after-effects of the operation.
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A. D. Wilkerson
County War Price and Rationing Board
Columbia
Dothan Man Directs Flying At Randolph
Lt Col Burton W. Armstrong Jr a famed Alabama aviator directs flying at Randolph Field Texas after serving as a bomber pilot in the 1935 trans Caribbean flight and winning the 1934 MacKay Trophy He observed RAF activities in 1942 and said British daylight attacks amazed and that American equipment matched or exceeded other nations He is a University of Alabama graduate 1929 native of Dothan son of Mr and Mrs W Armstrong and husband of Eleanor Nolte with a one year old son Burton W Armstrong Jr
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Randolph Field
Texas
Burton W. Armstrong
America
Thes
Army Air Forces Central
Armstrong
England
RAF
Hitlerdom
Armatrong
Raf Aiations
Alabama
United States
Panama Canal
MacKay
Selfridge Field
Mich
Langley Field
Gent
Dothan
Ale
Col Armstrong
University of Alabama
Randolph
Ihe
Kelly Field
Central
W. Armstrong
Mis
Eleanor Nolte
San Antonis
Burton W. Armstrong, Jr
Central Inatructora
Army Air Forces Training
Caribbean
Soviet People Told Of Aid From U S
Moscow papers printed Ambassador Maxim Litvinov's Washington statement praising American lend lease aid on the second anniversary of the program. He said Soviet people are fully aware of its extent and that the lend lease material wrought tremendous aid.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoft
Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
Casket of Ameria Produced On Yeon Mode
A fragmentary item notes a casket of Ameria produced on a yeon mode. The readable text is unclear, with missing details on origin or purpose.
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Ameria
Gas Dealers Warned Of Loose Coupons In Alabama
Gas dealers in Dothan report motorists from other states especially Georgia attempting to use loose gasoline units not endorsed and torn from ration books. The War Price and Rationing Board declares this a violation and orders that each unit be ink endorsed with tag number state of registration and serial number. Operators are warned to watch for such units offered at fuel stations.
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Dothan
Georgia
County War Price and
Alabama
Rural Home Club Meetings Slated This Week
Miss Fran Mallette Horaton County Home Demonstration Agent announced four club meetings this week. On Wednesday the Jetlico club gathers with Mrs Wade Smith and the Pilgrim Rest club meets with Mrs D K Hollis. Thursday the Hicke Beulah club meets with Mrs R L Grice and the Enon club with Mrs O H Patterson. All meetings start at 2 30 p.m.
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Fran Mallette
Horaton County Home Demonstration
Jetlico Club
Wade Smith
Pilgrim Rest Club
D. K. Hollis
Hicke
Beulah Club
R. L. Grice
Enon
O. H. Patterson
Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Quick Relief
An old home remedy claims mixing Ru-Ex Compound with a quart of water and the juice of 4 lemons provides relief from rheumatic pain. Take 3 tablespoons twice daily. results claim overnight improvement and a money back guarantee through drugstores.
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Dotham Drug and Drug Stores
Samson Soldier Wounded In Africa
Fragmentary OCR reads like a wartime note mentioning a soldier wounded in Africa and a scattered string of names and phrases. The readable bits imply a personal or military casualty reference with unclear surrounding context. No coherent events or dates emerge to specify location or unit.
Last Rites Held For Crash Victim in Florida
Last rites were held for James Smith 24 of Tyndall AFB Florida who died in an airplane accident. Rev H P Trawick officiated at the service with burial in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife M Green Smith a son James Smith Jr his father James Smith of Habersham Georgia and several siblings. Blackbun Funeral Home of Chipley directed the services. Active pallbearers were Hosey Rogers Wilber Coverhouse Jim Skipper Joe Bryan Skipper Merlin Skipper and Dewey Vickers. Lynn formerly of Dothan now at Camp Claiborne La has been promoted to Corporal Plans to join wife Frances Skipper Byrd of Ozark in Alexandria Louisiana.
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Chipley
Fisbute Tar Servicntur Serjeant Janes
Tyndiil Rieth
Fla
Buf Wasalare
Ogudent Beer
George Leland
Wrataker Teh
H. P. Trawick
Te Church
Blackburn Funeral Home
M Gree Smith
James 1 Smith
James Smith
Habre
Lynn
Dothan
Camp Claiborne
Frances Skipper Byrd
Ozark
Alexandris
Pork price ceilings set to ease wartime shortages
Wilkerson announces new price ceilings on eighty six pork cuts to curb black market activity and ensure fair margins for merchants, distributors, and farmers. Retailers must display March prices until April when new dollars and cents pricing takes effect, aiding housewives in finding affordable pork.
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Wilkerson
Aizty-Eix
Tha
Reatallera
Reaseon
Dothan Man Promoted to Corporal in Army Air Forces
Corporal Jason F. L. Trant of Dothan has been promoted at Nepler Field Public Relations Office. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Trant, he formerly worked for the Dothan Risk Hosiery Company before joining the Army Air Forces. He serves at Napier Field in the Advanced Flying School as a clerk in the big squadron Orderly Room.
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Jason FL. Trant
Dothan
Nepler Field
C. L. Trant
West Newton Street
Corporal Trant
The
Eagle
Dothan Risk Hosiery Company
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School
Napier Field
Aclerke
Rome's Tigly Becomes Symbol of Women Fascist Era
Fragmentary text recalls Rome and a shift in power during a turbulent period. Mentions of a Tigly symbol and women fascist themes suggest a historical political context without clear dates or full details. Further readable fragments indicate a wartime or authoritarian backdrop.
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Ake
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Pomabilte Store
Foater St
Colthem
Mart Coshheme
Louiseshoppe
U. S
Dothan Radio Service
Trey St
Samson
Africa
Kemp
Sabor
Hopeton County
Mar
Wilkerpon
Ford
Marke
Carole Landa
North Africa
London
Montgomery
Bemberg Rayons
Eines
Montgomery Ward
Southside Granite CO
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Rome
Drug Store
Rayou
Tom
Fester Mi
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