Merchants Asked to Correct Forms Under New OPA Rules
Houston County retailers were urged by the War Price and Rationing Board to file pricing charts for men and boys apparel women’s wear home goods and furniture under the March 15 1945 OPA regulation. Meetings in 37 Alabama counties including a Dothan session March 29 explained chart preparation with a 515 percent price level and required copies to Montgomery. Merchants have until April 20 to submit charts, with enforcement and an active FBI case referenced in the report.
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Alabama
FSS
OPA Distrct
reYel
Houston County
Court
Dothan
Lwichants
Apjae Parel
OPA
Montgomery
Lista
Teempa SA
Collins
Fragmented Springfield News Testimony Fragment
A partial OCR fragment describes a figure sent to a military post in November of last year who failed a test after counseling from two unidentified friends from the FBI. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or outcomes.
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Ft McClellan
Res
FBI
Striking Japanese Defenses Fall as Allied Forces Advance
In a barrage of fast moves, Allied units breach fortified lines near Manila Bay. Reports say the Sardahd Sath Infantes Division seized ridge positions east of the front, while forces in the Shimbu Line inflicted extraordinarily heavy losses. Cavite province, southern Manila Bay, is virtually cleared of enemy forces.
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Dun Pacay
San Bedastuan
Pavia Ov
Antupoio
Wana
Manila
Sard
Ahd Sath Infantes Devisiong
MacArthur
Cavite
Manila Bay
Senate and House discuss special agriculture inquiry
A Senate agriculture committee chaired by Thomas D Olkass considered paneling ideas with agriculture commissioners for input. In the House, a resolution to create a seven member investigating committee won Rules Committee approval but likely won t reach the House floor before early next week.
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Senate
Thomas D-Oklass
Sia
Agriculture Commissioners
Rules Committee
Congressional training period proposal eyed by General Edwards
After donning a uniform, General Edwards warned that requiring a stated year of training would retard present operations and prevent filling demands for fighting replacements, challenging Congress to consider the impact on inductees and logistics.
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Congress
Edwards
Leader Of Mutiny In U S Pen Tells Of Mistreatment
Richard Arthur Moses testified in a Federal Court about alleged mistreatment in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary during December's uprising. He described solitary confinement, a burning cell, a dripping water pipe, a floor hole as a toilet, no bunk, limited blankets, and sparse clothing. He said guards seized documents from prisoners, and defense access was disputed. The case concerns assault on a guard, mutiny, and conspiracy related to the December riot.
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Atlanta
Richard Arthur Moses
coaTger Ibat
Joseph W Sanford
Pemumentary
Penitentiary Aurchences
Marvin Underwood
Fulton Atlantas County Tower
Myles
New Andrews
Underwood
Paul Carpenter
Andrews
Morgan Blake
The
Atlanta Journal
Frontline Pushes Across Eastern Front and Balkan Fronts
Reports describe heavy Russian artillery action near Stettin on the Oder and ongoing attempts to enter the city, while on the Hungarian front German broadcasts claim Esztergom fell and Tatabanya evacuated. Tolbukhin’s troops advance west of Szekesfehervar as fighting rages around Danube towns and East Prussia lingers near Heiligenbeil.
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Berlin
Ghief
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Budapest
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Feodor Tolbukhin
Szekesfehervar
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Frisches Haff
East Prussia
Alexander Vasilevsky
Heiligenbeil
Red Star
Zhukov
Konev
Gross Katz
Gdynia
Danzig
Vasilevsky
Passarge
Braunsberg
Patton and Patton's Seventh Army Crush Saarland Pocket
Allied forces press toward the Saarland and Palatinate as Patton's Seventh Army breaches German defenses along the Rhine valley. The Third Army nears Landau and Speyer while First Army closes on the Ruhr. Prisoners exceed 100,000 with heavy resistance in Mainz and Kaiserslautern.
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Rhine
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Ruhr
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Sieg
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Kaiserslauternn
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Palatinate
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Coblenz
Ludwigshafen
Maine
Hessian
Wiant
Diplomatic meetup eyed as Flynn visits Moscow
In diplomatic circles Flynn's Moscow trip is seen as a delicate move by Roosevelt to bridge gaps between Soviet Russia and the Roman Catholic Church. While no accord is expected soon, some form of Vatican Moscow relations could emerge. Flynn's Yalta presence under executive sponsorship marks him as a prominent Catholic figure in the Russian capital.
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Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Russia
Vatican
Moscow
Nynn
Yalta
Twin Engined Army Bomber Missing In North Texas
A twin engined Army bomber has been missing since Tuesday morning between Montgomery and Atlanta. The aircraft was en route from Boling Prelo Washing to Fort Worth. Capt John Glenn Mabry and Capt Matry checked into AuUsuia and reported the crew included Capt Cassies P Oliver and James N. Green among others aboard.
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Atlanta
API
Ane E
Montgomery
Als
Boling
Fort Worth
John Glenn Mabry
East St. Laws
Boring Field
Matry
AuUsuia
Hunt Gormer
Air Force
Cassies
Germans Face Sharp Food Rations Amid Population Dislocation
Thousands who fled German cities west of the Rhine to escape Allied advance have returned to depopulated areas. Saarbrucken’s 135,000 residents saw fewer than 1,000 remaining. The regime warned of severe ration cuts, with meat possibly to vanish. Agricultural director Joseph Stock said plans were wrecked by return flows and new decrees will deepen food reductions.
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Rhine
Saarbruecken
Joseph Stock
Reich
Bombing Chaos Hits German Rail Hubs and Cities
Allied air forces blasted western Germany with heavy raids on railway centers and fortified towns across the north German plain. Ten Luftwaffe airfields were wrecked and set aflame while a Hamburg refinery and a Bochum Dortmund gas plant were hit. RAF Mosquitos also leveled Copenhagen Gestapo HQ in a surprise strike.
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Air Command
Eisenhower
High Command
Wartime meat and sugar rationing and distribution issues
The article outlines how large meat packing plants and sugar distribution were strained by wartime needs in 1944 45, with government controls tightening and regional shortages evident. It notes reliance on foreign suppliers and war demands, with transport problems and peacetime favoritism cited as factors. It also discusses the debate over extending ration allowances and restoring items to rations late in 1944.
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Emang Civiliens
Bern
Teese
Rustomere
Tne
Russa
Europe
Spruance reports more Japanese ships damaged in Pacific raid
Admiral Raymond A Spruance informed Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz that his preliminary tally of 15 to 17 Nipponese warships damaged during a quick foray is incomplete and suggests more enemy warships may be smoking. The assessment underscores the naval threat to inland sea ports and remains a major concern for the Pacific campaign.
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Raymond A Spruance
Pacific
Spruance
Fleet Adm
Chester W Nimitz
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