V E Day To Affect Home Front Campaign Exceeds Goal
Houston County Red Cross war fund drive totaled 323,299 surpassing the $3,000 quota by about 2,000. Volunteers completed the drive with a late theatre campaign at Martin-Davis theatres raising 1,300. Chairman Clyde Lovern credited solicitors and 100 volunteers for reaching the top and supporting Give in Houston County.
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Houston
American Red Cross War Fund
Clyde Lovern
Red Cross
Martin-Davis
Lovern
Cattal War Fund
Red Cross Solicitors
Houston County
Namer
Carp Rucker
Dale Fee
Martin-Davis Chain
Gairman Levern
Red
Rhine Crossing Stirs Optimism and Determination
Washington notes a grim resolve to flatten Japan blends with optimism over early European victory as Allied troops press the Rhine. AP outlines expected homecoming, continued munition output, draft shifts, manpower controls, potential tax relief, and gradual civilian production return while wage restraint and price controls persist. Foreign policy will stress international cooperation as Europe test s relations.
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Washington
Japan
Europe
Pentagon
Capitol Bill
Associated Press
Rhine
War Production Board
Byrnes
Eight Injured in Auto Crash Near Dale-Cottee County
Eight persons were injured in a Friday collision between two cars near the Dale-Cottee county line on State Highway Patrol reports. The crash was a head on impact with civilians including two boys and three armed forces members among the injured. PMID
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale-Cottee
Patrick
O'Neal
Jacerat
Lomax
Mary Purvis
St Kermit Crock
Ayres Officially Declared Nominee for City Commissioner
The City Democratic Executive Committee certified Jean D. Ayres as nominee for the three year post now held by Miles A. Miller after an official vote tabulation of 1 377 for Ayres 529 for LC Bates and 6 for Dan M. Jerkins Ayres term starts the first Monday in October with a general election in September merely a formality Committee members canvassing the vote were acting Chairman Smith Hall Vance Ward I L Schuyler and S. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Democratic Executive Committee
Jean D. Ayres
Miles A. Miller
Ayres
LC. Bates
Dan M. Jerkins
Smith Hall
Vance Ward
1. L. Scbuyler
5. M
Salary Schedule For Six County Officers Listed
Five Houston County elective offices and one appointive office move to a salary system after a constitutional amendment passed last November. Salaries total 35 500 annually for the officers. Rep. Alta V. Lee II announced a bill to implement the amendment at the May state session. The new pay plan starts when terms begin, with salaries paid from the county treasury and office staff wages shifted to the county. The probate judge, sheriff, circuit court clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, and register in chancery will have set salaries. Register in chancery is appointed by the circuit judge and runs with the judge’s term. Salary figures: judge 6,000. sheriff 4,800. circuit clerk 4,900. tax assessor 4,000. tax collector 4,000. register in chancery 2,700. Enabling act also provides 9,100 for four probate office employees, 8,100 for five sheriff’s employees, and 1,800 each for help for the circuit clerk.
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Houston County
Alta V. Lee, II
County Board of Revenue
Treasury
Additon
Clicut
Lee
Tara
Poll taxes and welfare debates rise in 1945 Alabama session
Income tax, poll tax, and a multi million dollar public works plan dominate the opening days of the interim committees. Senator Walton attacks the $25 million state building program and urges welfare, education, and health funding from income tax revenue. Gov Sparks faces a potential repeal push next week as poll tax tensions mount. A wage hour law and postwar highway and aviation plans also signal fireworks as committees prepare final reports.
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Rex Thomas Eee
Will D. Walton
LaFayette
Bullock
C. D. Norman
Finance Appropriations Committee
Walton
Public Welfare Department
Normen
Fnance Group
Finance Committee
Chauncey Sparks
Assembly
Senate
House
Heavy Bombers Strike Formosa and Cebu in Major Allied Raids
Formosa raid reports 145 tons of bombs on air bases and airfields with fires and explosions. Cebu Island and nearby waters faced 116 tons of bombing as freighters and tankers were damaged or destroyed. MacArthur hailed destruction of enemy air forces on Formosa and at Cebu while Allied ground actions pushed into Batangas Bay area and Balete Pass fronts amid rain and fog.
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Dean Schedler
Manila
Naval Air
Formosa
Cebu Island
Philippines
Chine
Sulu
Douglas MacArthur
Taman
Okayama Naval Air Base
Bortes
Research Institute Plans 2.5 Million Fund Drive
Birmingham AP reports the Southern Research Institute's board approved a broad fund-raising campaign with a minimum goal of 2,500,000. One hundred business and industrial leaders across the Southern States will be sought for counsel as Dr. W. A. Lazier adds Dr. Albert Mattocks of Baltimore to the staff, leaving Maryland for UNC and Maryland PhD credentials.
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Birmingham
Southern Research Institute
Thomas W. Martin
W. A. Lazier
Albert Mattocks
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Dr. Mattocks
University of North Carolina
Maryland Institution
Swaying Battle Near Berlin 31 Miles East Amid Hungarian Breakthrough
AP dispatch reports Russian forces advancing 43 miles toward Hungary's western front while heavy fighting rages on Berlin's outskirts 31 miles from the German capital. Vienna looms as the Red Army threads toward Austria with a bridgehead on the Oder and strong new offensives timed with Allied Rhine push. Industrial cities Neisse and Loebsicher captured in Silesia as news centers focus on Vienna and Berlin.
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Richard Halischee
London
Marshal Stair
Hungary
Berlin
Austria
Vienna
Germany
Red Army
Oder River
Rhine
Upper Silesia
Neisse
Loeb
Hitler Aims to Keep Nazism Alive With Hidden Networks
An Adolf Hitler plan details military and political steps to sustain Nazism postwar chaos. Reports cite 18 to 35 year olds trained as agents abroad and at home, with Berchtesgaden fortress hubs, underground factories, and stockpiled munitions for three years.
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Jobn A Paerris
London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Four Armies Open Mammoth Push To Finish Germany
Allied forces breach the Rhine line and push five miles into the Ruhr and north German plain, massed with 1,200 guns and 11,480 planes. Eisenhower oversees from the front as U.S. Ninth Army advances near Wesel and Duisburg, with Montgomery and the Canadian First Army joining in a massive westward offensive toward Berlin. Naval craft ferry troops and matériel across the Rhine, threatening Germany’s ability to wage war.
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Austin Bealmere
Paris
Germany
Rhine
Ruhr
Secon
Canadaisn
First Army
Strck
First Airborne Army
Berlin
Wesel
U. S. Ninth Army
Eisenhower
Ahtur
Duisburg
Europe
Normandy
Eitler
Dornard L Montgomery
Battte
West
George S. Petton, Jr
Third Army
Middle Germany
Middle Rhine
Herlin
Sir Bernard I
Montgomery
Army Group
Thee
Second Army
The
Reich
U. S
Ruhr Way
Rhinen
Wied
Cer
10000 Planes Join Assault Across Rhine
London AP dispatch reports an enormous Allied air offensive with about 10,000 planes striking across the Rhine. American heavy bombers ferried in from Italy and Berlin tank factories were hit during a 1600 mile round trip as fighters shielded ground forces advancing toward German targets.
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Rhine
SY Henry B. Jameson
London
Germany
Reich
Italy
Alps
Berlin
Jongeet
Europe
Belgium
Holland
Ifers
Neiz Gn Page
Carrier Planes, Battleships Blast Japs Ryukyu Islands
The article reports on a Senate House conference committee approving a modified manpower control measure. It would let the mobilization director set employment ceilings and freeze workers to essential jobs, with penalties of up to one year in jail or a $10,000 fine for violations. The draft boards’ power to compel war service was not included.
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Francis
Kelly Washington
Planta
Senate House
James F_ Byrnes
Fed l
Short de Monti
Byrnes
Thomas D-Utahi
Senate
May(d-Ky
House
Churchill Sees Victory Near After Rhine Breakthrough
London AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill at Montgomery’s headquarters telling troops that decisive victory in Europe will be near once the Rhine is crossed and German resistance ends. Montgomery and Eisenhower issued similar confident messages. Prince Bernhard urged Dutch forces to act only on orders and align with the new Allied offensive across the Rhone.
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London
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Europe
Rhine
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Rhone
Surface Ships Close In On Japan In Major Ryukyus Raids
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier planes and battleships attacked the Ryukyus within 300 miles of Japan. Task Force 58 braved bad weather to strike Okinawa Minami Daito Kerama and Te Shima, with heavy enemy losses and several ships damaged. The four day action followed pressure on southern Japan and included raids on Bonin islands and Wake.
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Mgrrie Landsberg
U . S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Navy
Adm Mare A Milacher
Ryukyus
Midway
Formosa
Totley
Mitscher
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Chester Wo Noritz
Naval
Okinawa
Minami Datto
Kerama
Te Shima
Pianeg
Douglas MacArthur
Iso
Nimitz
Corasrr
Communiuaua
Bonin Ialands
Iwo
Palau
Wake
Marshalls St
Spain Renounces Japanese Interests Over Atrocities
Spain orders all diplomatic missions to cease representing Japanese interests after bayoneting of Spanish civilians in Manila. Tokyo denies atrocities as Madrid protests via note and demands central action. Argentina circles react. Madrid grants transit rights for American planes carrying vital supplies.
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Madrid
Spain
Manle
Dome
Sadao Iguchi
Board of Information
Tokyo
Philippines
U. S
Norman Armour
Generalissimo Franco
Spart
Manila
Germany
Japan
Buenos Aires
Foreign Ministry
Board Approves Change In Act At Special Session
The county Board of Revenue in special session yesterday unanimously approved an amendment to the local act to employ an engineer for the road and bridge department instead of a road foreman. Fred L. Mullinn would be the engineer, per the amendment drafted by Rep Alin Yee TM and board members Calhoun and Poyner, with Boswell and Tra vil voting in favor alongside others.
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County Board of Revenue
Sppecial Aesnion
Road and Bridge Department
Alin
Yee TM
W Perry Calhoun
Saxon PL Poyner
Fred L. Mullinn
J. Brady Travil
L. E. Dac” Boswell
Ron
Boswell
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Pacific
Marine Corps
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Wewiling
NEA Telephoto
Red Cross War Fund
Rock Air
Luzon
Baguio
Kalinga
Naguihan
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