John Thomas Capps Dies At Abbeville
John Thomas Capps of Abbeville dies at home of his daughter Mrs Lene Johns after illness. Funeral services held at 4 pm at his residence with Reverend Clark A Lover officiating. He was a farmer and resident of Henry County with several siblings and many descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Capps
Abbeville
Thornes Cappe Levesty
Lene Johns
Onr
George Patton
Cits
Henry County
Capps
Johns
Lilly Mar McColimer
Chicago
J. A. Capps
E. Capps
Delis Murphy
E. W. Capps
Slacktoch
Idaho
J. W. Capps
Newville
Griendchilires
Scout Council Meeting Heads to Troy Tonight
The Southeast Alabama Scout Council executive board meets at 7 30 tonight in Troy led by President M W Espy of Headland. J Cooke announced. Reports from operating committees will be made and full attendance is needed.
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Southeast Alabama Scout Council
Troy
M. W. Espy
Headland
J. ¥. Cooke
Mrs Virginia Nobles Dies In Headland
Mrs Virginia Nobles died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Headland. She survived by two other brothers and several children including Will Nobles and Fred Nobles. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Douglas residence with burial in Headland Baptist cemetery, with R. Beaceland in charge.
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Virginia Nobles
Headland
Virgina Nutter
Auburn Douglas
Mre
Nobles i
Mix Floyd Hemm
Blakely
Min
Hollywest Flauree Sons
Will Nobles
Fred Nobles
Ed Nobles
Ocala
Pia
Lille Haye
Avants
Douglas Lath
Lee Aie
Headland Baptist
Beacland
Moringry
Funeral for Mrs. Carrie Dykes Held Today
Mrs Carrie Lyle Dykes aged seventy eight died late Saturday at her home on Skipperville route. Surviving are two sons Hermon Dykes and Lieut Franklin Dykes US Army, five daughters Mrs J T Smith, Mrs JR A Clark, Mrs W M Robartson, Mrs H B Cox, and Mrs J R Clark. Funeral was at 11 pm today at New Magnoto church with Rev Jater Baldwin officiating. Burial in Magnolis cemetery with Headland Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Lyle Dykes
Skipperville Roviewo
Hermon
Skipperville
Franklin Dykes
U. S
Army
J. T. Smith
JR. A. Clark
Detroit
Mich
W. M. Robartson
Midland City
H. B. Cox
Birmingham
New Magnoto Church
Jater Baldwin
Magnolis Cemetery
Headland Mortuary
Pvt Henry Wright Killed In Action In France 1944
Pvt Henry W Wright 25 son of Mr and Mrs J R Wright 07 West North Street was killed in action in France November 24 1944. War Department notified parents December 13 1944. He served six years with an Engineer Company and took part in North African Sicilian Italian and Southern France invasions. He was stationed in Hawaii before the war and attended Dutch? High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Wright
J. R. Wright
West North Street
France
War Department
Hawaiian
Dothah High! iSchool
Weekend sees fifty arrests city and county wide
Law enforcement officials reported a weekend total of about 50 arrests across the city and county with most cases for public drunkenness, vagrancy, and related offenses. The sheriff’s office log lists 26 arrests in the period, including 15 for public drunkenness, while 18 additional arrests appeared in the same window.
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Sheriffs
Quispuler
Ronkenneta
Ebgni
Alserderiv
W A Helms Dies At Dothan Home
Funeral services for W A Helms eighty four who died at his Dothan home were held at Wiggins Church with Rev A D Zbinden officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery Ward Wilpon in charge. He lived in Dothan three years and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife five daughters a brother and a number of grandchildren.
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W. A Helms
Hile
North Lens Street
Wiggins Church
A. D. Zbinden
Ward-Wilpon
Dothan
Liberty Baptist Church
Mra. Belle Wilks
Blocomb Route Two
Evie Whitlock
Hosie Farmer
Webster, Mia
Ecsie Cowdrey
Roxie Adams
Mier
J.T. Helms
Scum
Ber
Allied Forces Push Deep Into German Border Lands
Seventh Army advances up to eight miles through fortifications near Pirmasens and Zweibruecken as Fourth Armored clears Bad Kreuremark and Coblence. Third Army disrupts escape routes while Seventh breaches Lauterbourg area near Alsace, forcing German retreat.
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Belm
Seventh Army
Palatinate
Pirmasens
Zweibruecken
Saar
Rhine
Mosellivers
France
Fourth Armored
Bad Kreumach
von Hindenburg
Sith
Bingen
87Th
Coblena
U. S
Obershau
Boppard
Nahe
Rélautern
Third
Wiasembourg
Lauterbourg
Karlsruhe
Alsace
4Th Armored
Altenstadt
Wiltembourg
Strasbourg
Saarbruecken
Seventh
Germany
Saarbricken
Meat rationing tightened as shortages grow nationwide
The Office of War Information announced steeper meat cuts to keep supply at a safe level. Britain will receive 24,000,000 pounds this quarter while the United States faces a sharp drop from previous allotments. An OPA spokesman warned higher home ration values are likely, with nationwide surveys describing shortages edging toward a meat famine in many areas.
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Deraon
Te Paulida
Office of Way Information
Maintai
Britain
Ihia
Rusa
OPA
Opaaid
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Two Wounded Soldiers Named In War Department Communique
The War Department announced that State Sergeant Holley W. Ludman of Samson and Private John R. Register of Dothan route three have been wounded in action in the European theater. Ludman's next of kin is his father, Clite Ludman, and Register is identified through Mrs. Sabte Lo Acgister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holley W. Ludman
Samson
John R Register
Dothan
War Department
Ludman
Clite Ludman
Sabte Lo Acgister
Check Tire Week To Be Observed Here
A D Witterson chairs the Holston Cotare Price ef Rovening Board announcing Check Tire Week in cooperation with tire dealers. Dothan dealers will offer an 8 point tire rechecking program and motorists receive slips noting tire counts for recapping. War-scarcity concerns and OPA surveys frame a plea for careful inspection amid fading civilian supply hopes.
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Europe
Bret
OPA
Japan
Burma
China
Bombing of Berlin! U S Air Armada Strikes City Centre
Berlin faced a daylight assault by 700 U S fighters accompanying heavy bombers in the 10th daylight raid on Germany. The U S air force targeted the Schie sischar railway center, freight yards, and the Rheinmetal Borsig plant near Tegel while a tank factory at Hennigsdorf drew fire.
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Duisburg
Ruhr
Op Hanau
Frankfurt-am-Main
U. & Flying Fortressen
Berlin
Hth
Germany
U. S
Ane
Mussenge
Oder River
Ican
Strategic Air Force
UU. S
Tactical Air Command
Palatinate
U. S. Third Army
Schiesischar
Aminm
Rheinmetal Borsig
Tegel
Henningsdorf
Senators Tangle With Quiz Kids
Four U S Senators led by Ball and Burton faced 15 to 8 year old quizzers before 3 300 Red Cross workers at Constitution Hall. Justice Douglas declared a mistrial amid charges of cribbing, while the kids and senators traded questions and jokes with mixed success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Washington
U. S
Ball
Minnesota
Burton
Ohio
Hart
Connecticut
Hatch
New Mexico
Red Croix
Constitution Hall
Gosh
Richard Williams
Harvey Fischman
Patrick Conion
Joel Kupperman
Joe Kelly
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Stern
Cece
Senator Match
Douglas
Sengiors
Kida Regen
Young Fischman
Radar
Bail
George King
Dean
Jone
Bus Terminal Damaged By Smoke In Kitchen Fire
Firefighters report substantial smoke damage at noon in the bus terminal kitchen area. The blaze began near a heater or stove. theater board walls and other structure suffered burn damage but the kitchen incurred the main destruction. No injuries or witnesses available for statement.
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Foster
Asid
Carrier Raids Hit Kyushu as Japan Defenses Strain
Allied air forces pressed a sweeping attack on Kyushu and northern Honshu with waves of carrier planes and B 29s. Tokyo claimed 46 carrier planes shot down while US reports described substantial damage at Kobe Osaka and Nagoya. The strikes marked another major blow to Japanese industry and a display of the expanding bomber power from bases in the Marianas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abu
Tokyo
Keushu
Domei
Shikoiu
Kyrebo
Honshu
Philippines
Kyushu
Yewati Steel Works
Tokyo Essimed
Pirate
Roecia
Mitchel
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Nagoya
Rex
Mies
Osaka
Kobe
Japan
Osake
Marianas
Negrorg Inducted Into County Selective Service Board
Five Black individuals were registered with the Houston County Selective Service Board. Names listed include McClaran, Odoms, Calvin, Virgil Melton, and John Threats. The report notes further actions taken regarding these registrations.
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Houston County Selective Service Board
McClaran
Insurance Options for Crops Seeding Time Eligibility
Snell notes Number 5 discussion outlining that any person with an insurable crop interest at Seeding time can apply for insurance. Farmers may insure 50 or 75 percent of average yields. applications must be filed before seeding starts. Premium rates and average yields are set and available at the county AAA office.
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Snell
AAA
13 Confined From Page 1 Madre mountains to Shimbu Line
The article notes forces pressed into secondary defenses in the Shimbu Line east of the Madre mountains near the Boxoboso river valley. In southern Luzon elements of Bong Gen Hanford MacNiders 18th Regimental Combat Team crossed Batangas Bay to Talags and Mabim then moved toward Calumpan peninsula. Lt Gen Robert Eichelberger's Eighth Army occupied Bacilan Island as of the 24th.
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Madre Mountains
Manila
Boxoboso River
Luzon
Bong
Hanford MacNiders
Batangas Bay
Talags
Mabim
Calumpan Peninsula
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Bacilan Island
Counterattacks in Central Burma Hint at Breakthrough
Allied forces report increasing Japanese counterattacks in central Burma as the Mekthar and Mandalay front shows signs of pressure. British concentrations around Mandalay Lashio Haipaw and Maymyo threaten key towns while Meiktle and Thazi fall off communications south of Mandalay. In China, Kanhsien is surrounded and Ansen receives reinforcements for a heavy counterattack in Hunan.
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Calcutta
Todey
Jspanere
Mekthe
Mandalay
Shermen Jisaks
Maymo
Haipaw
Lashio
Mandalay-Lashup
Meikt‘le
Thazi
Mandelay
Chungking
API
Kanhsien
VU. S
Kisnga
Hunan
Ansen
Hengyang
New Assistant Home Agent Reports Here
Miss Emilee Walton began duties as assistant home demonstration agent for Houston County today. Walton, a Birmingham native and August 144 graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has prior experience as an assistant home agent in Fayette County, Alg. She will assist Miss Mallette in 4H and home demonstration club work in Houston County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilee Walton
Houston County
Fran Mallette
Walton
Birmingham
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Fayette County
Alg
Misa Mallette
Germany’s Terror: Public Hangings Spark Fearful Silence
An informant recalls a postwar purge within Germany led by Hitler, describing a reign of terror against elites. Victims were hanged naked by wire in public view, with 1,200 to 1,500 executed or convicted by the people's court. Though distant, fear reached Cologne as bodies dangled for hours.
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Germany
Isbor
Erin von Witzleben
Ulrich von Hassel
Hitler
Star Chamber
Martin Bormann
Rudolf Hess
Nazi Party
Cologne
People's Court
German Prisoner Pic Shows Hawkins Flagged as POW
Samuel M Hawkins son of Mrs Pauline M Hawkins of Midland City is reported by the War Department today to be a prisoner of war in Germany. The notice confirms his status as a German POW with details of his family and hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Hawkins
Pauline M. Hawkins
Midland City
War Department
Germany
Philippines invaded by the Yanks after Leyte landing
Forces of the United States push further from Leyte into the Philippines with Basilan island noted near Mindanao. Reports say the 41st Division’s Doughboys have reduced Japanese positions and repelled a 48 counterattack, tightening control in the region.
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Philippines
Leyte
Basilan
Zamananga
Mindanao
Night curfew confusion spreads through New York
Amid a midnight curfew confusion in New York City police and officials debated enforcement. War Mobility spokesman cited no comment on nightclub clamp. Mayor Kelly of Chicago contrasted city actions. Separate item reports Private T. E. Guck Kirkland listed as missing in action with family notified.
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Toe Heyer
Federal
Office of
War
Washington
James F Byrnes
War Mo
Biksman
New York
Martin Sweeny
Hotel Association of
New York City
Bronx
Edward 3. Kelly
Chicago
San Francisco
Roger D. Lapham
Los Angeles
Miami
Boston
Philadelphia
National Affairs Clinic Schedule At Houston Hotel
A national affairs clinic will be held beginning at 9 a.m. at the Houston Hotel. Arthur Johnson of the Brown Chemical Committee will oversee the program which aims to improve relations between business, organizations, and Congress. The meeting, announced by the State Chamber of Commerce, covers sessions in Alabama cities including Montgomery Birmingham Decatur Mobile, with forums to be held in each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Terminix
Toca
Dothan
Twesdey
Houston
Alabama Terminix CO
Fifth Ave
Birmingham
Lona Iegislebon
Podparatinag
Toureney
Arthur Johnson
Bwihwn Chemical
Clane
Stats Chamber
Gomery
Lem A. m
Joonson
Alabama
Montgomery
Decatur
Mobile
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MR. Farmer
Shell
Buie & Whaley
Webb, Ala
Carrie Dykes
Pvt
Henry Wright
New Orleans
G.F.A
J.M. Beall
Cottonwood, Alabama
W. A. Helms
Nombar
Civisioned
Freas
Negrorg
Lap
Davis Slackir Refining Co. ‘Agt
Anges
Troy St. C
Cappa
Kirkland
T. E. Guck Kirkland
Third Army
Reba Kirkland
Mary Frances Whatley
Sandra
Columbia
L.V. Whatley
Camp Shelby
Miss
Camp Blanding
Bauman's Jewel Box
Fovter
Wyte
Sotl
Sa Phone
Segrest Gin & Storage Company
Malvebn, Alabama
Airport Bus Co. Besson
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