U. S. Food Policy Aims to Bolster Conference Role
Civilians face rationing as U S food and feed supplies tighten amid debates on lend lease relief and military needs. A White House led committee under J R Crowley weighs reducing civilian access to sugar butter meat and fat while preserving foreign commitments and aid until the April quarter. Predictions say Italian supplies may be cut to meet broader obligations.
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Oyid
Maryin
War Food Administration
Jose
WFA
War Deij
Tusign
Jee T. Crowley
Tuk
Roosevelt
Juran
Red Cross drive nears goal with $500 boost in Houston County
The 1645 drive for the Red Cross in Houston County has reached $38,500, with Chairman Gyde Levern reporting an additional $500 over yesterday’s $26,000. He urges continued solicitations to raise the remaining $1,500 and notes delays mean extra work for campaign officials. Volunteers are asked to contact drive representatives if they can arrange to obtain all contributions.
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Red Cross
Houston County
Gyde Levern
SGU
Goa
Vounteer
Ide
Lovern
City Officials Urge Salvage Cooperation
Dothan City Commission and salvage campaign officials urge residents to join a Waste paper drive starting Saturday. Citizens should search attics for salvageable items like newspapers magazines cartons and wrapping paper and place them where garbage is collected. Scouts will collect them Saturday and haul to a central point for bundling and mill shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Mer- Kenta
Teal- Smith
World War Fronts Report From The Western Front
AP dispatch summarizes Allied progress across fronts. In the west Ameri can forces capture Honnef and threaten Saar region. In the east Red Army presses toward Gdynia and Oder defenses. In Italy and the Pacific, Allied advances continue on multiple axes with renewed air and ground operations.
Dothan Election Voters Face City Governance Issue
An editorial argues the single pivotal choice in next Tuesday's city election is whether to reject machine politics by keeping strong city management, civil service merit reforms, and postwar planning. It stresses preventing domination by professional politicians and outlines steps toward efficient, modern city administration.
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Miles 4. Miller
Dothan
Spojlamen
Serinchein
Marines Seize Rocks As Base To Pound Two Jima
Three US Marines on Iwo Jima slugged an enemy pocket after pounding two rocks Kama and Kanoku diverging from the front. Japanese held cave and mortar positions on Kitano Point ridge resisted with small arms machine gun and mortar fire as 113 caves were sealed. The Fourth Division pocket on the northeast side was reduced in size but still holding at 5 PM.
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Guam
API
Win
Kitano
Fleet
Kama
Kanhoku
Iwo
Kanboku
Communiaque
Sea Of Flame Left In Heart Of Osaka By 300 Superforts
Southern Research Laboratory at work, director declares the Southern Research Institute, Alabama group aims to exploit raw products and create postwar jobs. Dr. W A Lazier reports first chemical experiment completed Monday. The institute, still forming, pursues industry aid, contracts and proprietary work in citrus, drugs, tobacco, penicillin, writing fluid and a restricted government project.
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Southern Research
Iearth
Alabama
W. A. Lazier
Institute
Enterprise Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Dothan
Eufaula
Headland
Ozark
Elba
Geneva
New Brockton
Camp Rucker
University of Windis
Wisconsin
Lazier
Southern Research Institute
Fiery Destruction Expands To Third Japanese City
Allied bomber campaign expands as B-29s strike Tokyo Nagoya and Osaka, wiping out hundreds of small workshops and industrial zones. Firestorms engulfed large areas, with Osaka’s center described as a solid blaze by returning crews.
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SOU "Ae Command
Guam
Tvo
Osaka
Japan
Manhattan Island
Tokyo
Nagoya
Bize
Thomas S. Power
William T. Loesch
Lakewood
Ohio
Joseph R. Carroll
Jacksonville
Fla
Iwo Jima
Marianas
Osaka Station
Theerai Main
Kan- 1Sai
Let's Get Going Stalin Said And Conference Began
Roosevelt and Churchill began a wartime conference after Roosevelt left for the Mediterranean aboard a cruiser. Difficulties arose as Sta lin insisted he could not leave Russia while Roosevelt pursued his fourth term campaign. A German sub spoofed an SOS. a periscope was sighted and destroyers rushed to the scene.
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Stalin
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Tion
Marshal Stalin
Russia
Mediterranean
Bill Proposes Gasoline Tax Refund For Farming
Alabama legislators consider a five cent per gallon gasoline refund for farm use on tractors and other on farm machinery. Sponsored by Sen. Bruce Henderson, the bill has Alabama Farm Bureau support but faces highway-use funding concerns. The same interim panels also propose a $1.5 million livestock showplace, a forestry school at Auburn, and expansion funds for agricultural stations.
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Sirmingham
Alabama
Agriculure-Industies
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Henderson
Bill Wrough
W. W. Garrett
Uriah
Agriculture-Industries Committee
Auburn
Tennessee Valley
Sand Mountain
Interm
Committee On Constitution and Legislative Procedure
Jury Finds Guilty Vote In Tax Case
In U S Dismer court George T Davis of Phenix City Alabama faced income tax evasion charges as eight cases tied to an Alabama Georgia border town moved forward. Harris admitted income came from rents gambling and slot operations while Parr said he bore responsibility for his wife actions.
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Birmingham
George T. Davis
Phenix City
Ala
U. S. Dismer
Alabama - Georgia
James E. Harris
M. P. Dorsch
Treasury Department
Harris
Sullty
Armand J. Parr
M. Parr
Beechie Howard Parr
Wan di
Yar
First Army Takes Honef and Reds Gain West of Oder
London AP dispatch reports Soviet and Ukrainian forces advancing west of the Oder and capturing Zvelen on the Broo River. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army overran a main German line in the frontier area as German defenses attempted to hold Berlin’s outer front.
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Honef
Oder
London
Zvelen
Broo River
Stalin
Banete Bysilica
Budspest
Richard Kasibchef
Berlin
Reuters
Moscow
Reich
East Prussia
Lebus
Frankfurt
Gregory Zhukov
Union Head Warns Hollywood Strike Will Be Continued
The Hollywood strike enters its third day as union leaders resist calls to end work. L. P. Lindeloff of the International Painters warned Ed Mund Musa to return workers, while Sorrell of the Conference of Studio Workers vows to win the fight. The disruption risks shuttering thousands of theaters as tensions rise among studios and unions.
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Hollywood
International
L. P. Lindeloff
International Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America
Indianapolis
Edmund Musa
Herbert K. Sorrell
The
Strkers
Lindeloff
Richard A. Walsh
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Elon
Wear
Walsh
Coromert
Studio Aarony
Focal Painters Union
TATSE
Congress Cautious On Movie Ceilings
Washington AP. OPA Administrator Chester Bowles proposed price ceilings on movies and amusements. Congress signaled cautious reception with many members awaiting evidence. Senator McFarland questioned necessity. Senator Lukin joked include me out. Chairman Wagner declined further comment.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Ickels
Congress
McFarland
D-Ariz
Banking Committee
Mil Lukin
R-Cole
Sam Goldwyn
Wagner
Ony
Captured Town Anchors Americans Rhine Bridgehead
First Army troops pushed toward Remagen crossing points and repaired the Lundendorf bridge as German forces mass around St Katharinen. Honnef emerged as a northern anchor while other units pressed through Hochwald and Hunerweek mountains toward the Ruhr on the east bank of the Moselle and Saar districts.
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James 4
Long
Paris
First Army
Bis
Remagen
Frankfurt-Ruhr
George 3
Patton
Moselle
Coblenz
al- Hed
Third Army
Palion
Attenbach
Haizenport
Lundendorf
Bunits
Staktharinen
Ruhr
Honnef
Asve
Saar
Saarburg
Riegiriad
Moeile
Hochwald
Hunerweek
Eifel
Honnel
von Model
Frankfurt - on-the-Main
Kretsaheusen
Kelenborm
Erpel
Rhine
St. Katharinen
Hoeningen
Japs On Mindanao Stiffen Resistance Headland banker report
The Alabama Bankers Association agricultural committee led by M. W. Espy urged more small industries near farms to absorb surplus labor and raise rural income. They called for county awards, year round livestock marketing, and grazing use on low cash land to boost seven million acres. Banks should promote farm advertising, purchase War Bonds, and seek eased Commodity Credit Corporation rules for cotton loans.
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Headland
Ala
Alabamea Bankers Association
M. W. Espy
Headland National Hank
Bania
Fresaumal
Coremodity Credit Corporation
Boyerk
Southern End of Shimbu Line On Luzon Crumbles
Manila dispatch reports stubborn Japanese resistance thinning as U S forces of the 41st Infantry Division advance into mountains north of Zamboanga after tanks roll toward Luzon. Mechanized spearheads push south of Manila seizing three towns and an airfield while Doughboys east of the capital take the southern end of the Shimpu Line. General MacArthur notes Major General Jens A. Doe’s 4th Division is pursuing the enemy into the hills north of the gurhrelde with increasing momentum.
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Manila
Minadinc
Zamboarga
Luzon
Shimbu
Douglas MacArthur
Jens A. Doe
Gurhrelde
Incresaing Te
U.S. Charges After Raid On Still In North County
Federal charges filed against John Lloyd Bedsole Ruth M Redack and Foy Lee Bedsole after a February raid on a whiskey site in northeastern Stountean County. They waived action to a federal grand jury. bonds set 8500 for Ruth and John, 800 for Foy. Ruth transferred to Phetox City jail, John held, Foy released after posting bond.
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God
U. S
J. W. Doughtry
John Lloyd Bedsole
Ruth M. Redack
Foy Lee Bedsole
Redaule
Foy Redaule
Phetox City
Souslon
Ponting Hand
Taughtry Wald
Doughboys Stage Impromptu Show in Ruined Cologne Opera House
Allied troops occupying the bombed Cologne opera house turned the ruin into a makeshift command post and theater. They explored damaged rooms discovering 100 colorful costumes and a trove of instruments and wigs, amid the shell scarred venue.
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Hal Boyle
Cologne
Cologne Opera
Richard Wagner
Idur
Stalp Wardhouse
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