City primary voting under way with absentee results reported
Voters lined up as polls opened for a city commission primary to choose a three year term. Absentee totals showed 123 ballots receded and 652 votes polled in four hours across sites including City Hall and Courthouse. Black voters reportedly participated as polling stations reported steady turnout amid light showers.
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City Commission Democatice
A.m. Tody
Sy Hall
Courthouse
Malone
Nipponese Navy Defies US Carrier Battle Challenge
Pacific Fleet reports Vice Admiral Mitscher led a carrier force that bombed Japan for a third straight day, denying enemy claims of sunk ships while US planners push northward to strike Kobe and Kure. Tokyo confirms ongoing raids as Americans tally heavy tonnage and dramatic fire raids across Kyushu Shikoku and Nagoya.
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Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Japan
Mitchel
Chester W. Nimitz
Kobe
Kuré
Hons
Kyushu
Shikoku
Tokyo
United States
Honshu
U. S
San Francisco
NBC
Domei
FCC
Por
Federal Communications Commission
Hirst
Th Empire
Nagoya
Kure
V. S
World War Fronts Report Broad Allied Advances
AP summary reports Western Front near Kaiserslautern Mainz with 8,355 Germans and 45 lost. First Army 12 miles east of Cologne secures Rhine air strip. Soviet action drives toward Oder, Italian and Pacific fronts note U S raids and advances, Philippines operations pressure enemy fleet, Mindanao and Burma theater activity including Mogok and Mandalay area actions.
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Associated Press
Kaiserslautern
Mainz
Cologne
Unlimited Private Conversions Okayed for Dothan Housing Plan
The regional National Housing Agency office in Atlanta notified Dothan authorities that the city is approved for unlimited private conversions under the H-3 program. This allows flexible construction and remodeling of housing to relieve acute shortages, including upgrades for veterans and rebuilding after damage.
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Dothan
National Housing Agency
Atlanta
Cba HK
NHA
Paper Drive Collects 23,000 Pounds of Waste Paper
More than 23,000 pounds of waste paper were collected Saturday in the drive. Minnie T. Heard elementary school gathered about 7,000 pounds. About $145 was earned, with $30 for the school and $110 shared by the Boy Scouts and Exchange Teen Club. Ten Army trucks from Napier Field and Camp Rucker aided the effort, with over 150 Scouts and Cubs participating.
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Minnie T. ‘Heard
Minnie T. Heard School
Boy Scouts
Exchange Teen Club
Napier Field
Camp Rucker
New Legislators Sworn In Office
Alabama lawmakers opened a committee of the whole session to review six interim committee achievements and potential friction over income tax policy. Fifty members of the 35 senators and 106 representatives were present at the start, with more expected later.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
House
GOP Demands for One Man Food Boss Gain Support
Washington AP Republican demands for a centralized national food control boss gain support on Capitol Hill as Congress reviews shortages. Chairman Jenkins of Ohio leads the Food Study Committee urging centralized authority to curb shortages and prevent worse scarcities. Senate and House also move to investigate all leads including black markets.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Senate
House
OPA Sets Up Rules To Cut Shoppers Prices On Clothes
Washington AP The OPA ordered price rule changes to reduce clothing textiles and furniture prices. Retailers over 2,506 annual sales must chart margins over net cost, with overnight price markups frozen to yesterday March 18 levels. The move aims to pass factory price declines to consumers and supports the WPB CPA textile clothing program.
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Washington
OPA
Furniakhings
Bowles Gaid. Ie
Wpb-Cpa
M.v
Russians Report Nazis Open Dikes In Baltic Region To Slow Advance
Russians report German forces opened coastal dikes in the Baltic lowlands to slow a Soviet push. The German high command says near Koenigsberg the East Prussian pocket caved, with Braunsberg captured by the Third White Russian Army under Vassilevsky, succeeding Cherniakhovsky killed in battle.
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Baltic Region
Richard Kasischke
London
Hungary
Jomaram
Danube
Budapest
Berlin
Red Army
Upper Silesia
Neustadt
Moscow
Prussian
Koenigsberg
Stalin
Braunsberg
Baunsberg Ia
Compromise Seen By House Senate On Manpower Bill
A possible Congressional compromise on manpower legislation emerged as House conferees push for a freeze provision to bar workers from leaving war jobs. Senate backed plan would limit employers via the War Manpower Commission without forcing workers to stay in place.
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House
Senate
Washington
Frre
Geneva Fat Calf Show Set Saturday
The Geneva County Fat Calf Show will be held in Samson on Saturday with judging at 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Hartford Lion club Samson Lions club Geneva Rotary Club Jr Chamber of Commerce and Sloearth Sportsman club. Calves have been fed by Geneva County FFA and 4 H club members.
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Hartford
Geneva County
Hartford Lion Club
Samson Lions Club
Geneva Rotary Club
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Sloearth Sportsman Club
Samson
Tod. F. Turk
Turk
FOF
Panay Island Invaded by U S Troops in Surprise Move
Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 0th Infantry Division landed on Panay Island's southern coast near Meilo after dawn. Expecting resistance, American troops faced cheering Filipinos as guerillas had cleared parts of the island. MacArthur reported complete tactical surprise with minimal losses as Eighth Army Doughboys moved toward key targets.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Philippines
Panay Island
Rapp Brush
Meilo
Guerrila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Panay
Eighth Army
Tigbauan
Lochner Reveals Himmler Joined Hitler Plot
German espionage column alleges Heinrich Himmler plotted to assassinate Adolf Hitler last July 20. The informant says Himmler lured H Johannes Popitz to attend meetings and even sent Langbehn to Switzerland seeking approval. Seven days after the attempt Himmler claimed he acted only to trap conspirators. Col Ludwig Beck and Count Claus von Stauffenberg are named as active participants.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Prez
Bonn
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Himmler
Hitler
H. Johannes Popitz
Langbehn
Switzerland
Hiller
Ludwig Heck
Count Claus von Stouttenberg
Midway Carrier to Carry 045 Plane and More Armor
Newport News AP report says the Midway, the largest U S carrier yet built, will be equipped with an 045 model aircraft though it has not seen combat. Navy official Arthur Gates described heavy armor, watertight compartments and improved damage control, noting Midway’s link to the 1942 Battle of Midway and Newport News shipyards. The ship can hold over 3,000 officers and men with a destructive air blast capability.
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Newport News. Va
Midway
Arthemus L. Gates
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
U Gales Agid
Harnel
Yorktown
Enterprise
Newport News
Gates
Mies
Committee Turns Down Plea To Curb Program
The House Appropriations Committee vetoed a bid to curb farm program payments next year while approving an Agriculture Department supply bill totaling 835,801,032. The committee boosted the proposed 200,000,000 limit for farm benefit payments to 300,000,000 for the 1945 crop and approved additional funds for extension services, experiment stations, meat inspection, and other programs despite offsets from Rural Electrification and loan funds.
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William F. Arhogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
Department
Agriculture Committee
War Food Administration
Agriculture Department Activites
Badger
Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Rehabilitation Loan Fund
Extension Service
Caitie
Commodity Credit Corporation
Planning Board funds approved amid wartime food fears
The City Commission approved paying 100 per month to the State Planning Board and set aside 50 for the City Planning Commission. The move aligns with plans for a nine-member city planning board to gather data and shape postwar construction in Dothan, in collaboration with the State Planning Board.
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City Cammission
State Planning Board
City Planning Commission
City Planning Board
Dothan
Patton forces inflict heavy casualties in weeklong fighting
Allied dispatches report Lt Gen Patton's Third Army and Lt Gen Patch's Seventh Army driving across the Saar basin toward Kaiserslautern Mainz and Ludwigshafen. German defenses collapse in Saar region as prisoners flood in and daily totals soar beyond 8 000 with estimates to 15 000 to 20 000.
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Saar Basin
Rhine
George S. Patton
Humbroeck
Saar
Palatinate
Kaiserslautern
Mainz
Ludwigshafen
Alexander M. Patch
Saaroruecken
Awelbruecken
Saarbruecken
Saarland
Kaisersigutern
guEney
Patton
Rhine-Moselle-Saar
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Seventh Army
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Mannheim
Bai
Ruhr
Saerland
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Lauter
Frankfurt
Speyer
1Th Armored
Zweibruecken
Lewis Hawkins
Seventh
Karlsruhe
Alzey
Saar River
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
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