Five From Area On Wounded List In Action
Five men from the Wiregrass area were wounded in action in europe. They include Private James M Conner of Headland First Sergeant Lester C McLaney son of Tibs Melaney Geneva Private Ramsey W Powers son of Mrs Vasco Peters Dothan route one Private Cecil L Quattiebaum son of Mr Difford Quattiebaum Midland City route two and Private Dean Clark husband of Mrs Adeline B Clark Chipley route five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wer
Tory
Jamer M Conber
Birys
Sarah T. Canner
Headland
Poste
Lestes C MeLaney
Tibs Melaney
Geneva
Pic
Ramsey W. Pawers
Vasco Peters
Dothan
Cecil L Quattiebaum
Difford Quattebaum
Midland City
Dean Clark
Adeline B. Clark
Chipley
Sgt Harris Freed From Nazis By Reds
Sgt Charles F Harris husband of Miss Volte Lee McMichael of Latayeila street has been liberated from a German prisoner of war camp by the Russian army. Mrs Harris was notified by the War Department via the U S military mission in Moscow. Harris, of the 35th Division trained at Camp Encker, had been a prisoner for seven months after being captured in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Harris
Volte Lee Mc Michael
Latayeila Street
Harris
Releaze
U. S
Moscow
Camp Encker
France
Two Geneva County Men Die In Action
War Department announced two Geneva County men killed in action in Europe. Pie. Jack D. McGowan son of J W McGowan of Geneva teo and Pie. Willie D och husband of Mrs. Viola Creech 211 East Street Samson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva County
Jack D. McGowan
J .W. McGowan
Geneva
Teo
Willie Doch
Viola Creech
East Street
Samson
Fe War Department
Official Wiring Inspector Named
Todd, a city water and light department employee, was named official wiring inspector for plumbing and repairs on new construction in Dothan. The announcement followed Recorder J. Veughn's case in Recorder's Court where a plumber Weatherly faced alleged regulatory violations. Ralph Goldwin, water and light plant superintendent, testified a misunderstanding occurred and both he and Todd had inspected the job, finding work to conform to conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd
Dothan
Ater Recorder
Veughn
Alessuah
Recorder's Court
Ralph Goldwin
Bie
Immunization Clinic Schedule Listed for Diphtheria Typhoid Smallpox
County health authorities list the immunization schedule across many schools and churches in Houston County. The notice notes 19 diphtheria and eight typhoid fever cases this year. Appointments run April 3 to April 10 at multiple sites with start times from 8:30 a.m. to 3:44 p.m. A stray note mentions a root yielding peppermint paste for around four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
ArciMe and Taylor
Cottonwood White
Hehobeth
Douglas Negro
Cottonwood Negro
Big Creek
Midway
Grangerburg
New Providence
Union Hil
Cool Springs
Pleasant Grove
Madrid
Webb Negro
Rocky Creek
Webb
Harmon
Hodgesville
St Mary's
Ramah
Webb Niga
Pleasant of Plains
Cowarts
Columbia Negro
Pansey Negro
Gordon White
Columbia Fim
St John's Negro
Lucy
Crosby
Columbia
Oakley Farm
Macedonia
Oakey Grove
Corinth
Vicksburg
Jellico
Pleasant Shade
Green Valley
Bay Springs
Brannon
Spann Farm
Allied Armies Break Through Rhine Front in Strategic Drive
In a decisive advance, American and British forces push through German lines north of the Ruhr toward Berlin. Patton’s Third Army nears Offenbach and Frankfurt as Hodges’ Seventh Army expands the Rhine bridgehead. Allies report large tank forces, swift operations, and a widening breakout across a 175 mile front, with censors masking full gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reure
Lohr
Bavaria
Nuernberg
Stuttgart
Rhine
Reich
Ascheffenburg
Patton
Main River
Offenbach
Main
Frankfurt
Berlin
Stockholm
Third
Fulda
Wuerzburg
Hannover Stuttgart
Ruhr
Westphilesia
Eisenhower
Cllmate
Wilburg
Limbourg
Courtney H. Hodges
Altenkircheu
Coblenz
First
Kesselring
Ninth
Exsen
Ninth Army
Sterkale
Duisburg
Rhone
White
Wehrmacht
First Army
Bacenbure
Hamm
Montgomery
Camaogn
Taree
George S. Patton
Third Army
Jitself
Perihans
Bonn
Moselle
Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Bad [En
Flrat
15Th Army
Dothan Guard Unit Rated Satisfactory
Lieut. Col. George P. Quarles inspected the Dothan Headquarters and Supply Company and found the facilities satisfactory. Of 57 rostered members, 43 attended the drill, with reviews of armory, records, store rooms and supplies. The annual summer encampment was discussed unofficially, with a likely late July date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Quarles
Alabama State Guard
Dothan
Thank-You Letters From England Sent To Minnie Heard School
Two letters from children in England sent Christmas packages to the Minnie T Heard School pupils express thanks to the Red Cross. Betty Wright of Leyburn Yorke England notes crayons and joy of opening parcels while Penny Crosson of Dalwood Surrey thanks for a gift given at an evacuee party wishing joy and peace in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Minnie T. Heard
Betty Wright
Thornton Lodge
Leyburn
Yorke
American Red Cross
Penny Crosson
Dalwood
Lower Bourne
Farmham
Surrey
Dothan
Alp
Diplomats to Stay Put Amid Travel and Hotel Strains
A reporter's question prompts Daniels to say ambassadors and ministers should focus on their duties. Rumors of imminent peace surge, but the White House clarifies the Presidential request aims to ease transportation and hotel loads and keep diplomats at their posts rather than visiting San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Daniela
White House
San Francisco
Miners Vote Under Wage Fight Backed by Lewis Demands
Negotiating committees meeting daily since March 1 discuss John L. Lewis 18 contract demands and retroactive wage adjustments. Ickes asks for reply. miners ballot Thursday on strike amid dispute over price relief and retroactive pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
Ninth Army advances toward Lippe river near Gattingen
Reported movements show Lt. Gen. William Simpson's Ninth Army pushing through tough Ruhr terrain. The force has crossed the Duesseldorf Arnheim highway and advanced about four miles beyond, reaching the Lippe river near Gattingen, as part of the Rhine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
William
Texas Bill
Byrnes War Mobilizer Bill Faces House Battle
American Federation of Labor and United Mine Workers press lawmakers to oppose a Byrnes measure granting the War Mobilizer power to set employment ceilings freeze workers and regulate hiring. Penalties include a year in jail and a $10000 fine. opponents warn of a czar over workers and call the bill slavery in telegrams to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Short
CID
United Mine Workers
House
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Byrnes
War Mobilization
Czar
Congress
Green
Soviet forces cut rail links in Hungary Front drives toward Vienna
Russian troops under Marshal Tolbukhin seized more than ten towns and advanced up to nine miles on a 65 mile front across northwest Hungary. In central operations they captured Papa and cut the Gyor Szombathely rail corridor. Devecser and other centers fell as Red Army tanks moved behind German lines and disrupted communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
West Bank
Nagykala
Moscow
Feodor J. Tolbukhin
Hungary
Papa
Key Way
Gyor
Szombathely
Third Ukrainian Army
Devecser
Red Army
Tolbukhin
Risber
Komarom
Romand
Kisber
Bakonypeterd
Gyar
Levaszpatona
Gyer
Emaus
Danzig
Heele
Peenken
Free City
Churchill Returns to Parliament After Front Visit
After a Western Front briefing, Prime Minister Churchill faced a rousing reception in Parliament. He asserted that only military surrender matters could be disclosed, and that peace negotiations required immediate communication with Russian and American allies before the House could be briefed, all under the crown’s executive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Sailor Neal Stewart Flowers Graduates Navy School
Neal Stewart Flowers son of Lieut. Flowers formerly of 210 East Burdeshaw Street has graduated from the U S Naval Hospital Corps School San Diego Calif with the rating of Hospital Apprentice First Class The father Lieut Flowers USN served 24 years in the Navy Hospital Corps and is now at Charleston The son a Norview High School and University of Alabama pre law student before enlisting in August 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Stewart Flowers
Gland
K. N. Flowers
East Burdeshaw Street
U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School
San Diego
Calif
Lieut. Flowers
USN
Navy Hospital Corps
U. S. Naval Hospital
Charleston
D. C
Young Flowers
Norview High School
Norfolk
University of Alabama
Navy
Dothan High School Band Plans Easter Concert
The Dothan High School band under Howell Hampton will perform an Easter Concert at the Dothan Recreation Center Sunday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. Selections include On the Mall, March Militaire, American Patrol, Constellations Overture, Semper Fidelis, At the Gremlin Bell, The New Moon, and Vogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Howell Hampton
Dothan Recreation Center
On the Mall
Goldman
Shubert
Meachum
H. Hempton
Sousa
Gremlin Bell
Hill
Rombere
Vogue
Holmes
Highway Director Speaks At Rotary Club Meeting
E. N. Rodgers of Montgomery, assistant highway director of Alabama, spoke on post war highway construction at the Dothan Rotary Club. Leon S. Herlong was introduced as a new member as guests Rev. William Clements of Montgomery and E. G. Freehan of Eufaula attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Rodgers
Montgomery
Alabama
Dothan Rotary Club
Leon
Herlong
William Clements
E. G. Freehan
Eufaula
Race to Berlin as Allied armies jockey for position
The review weighs Allied forces in a Berlin dash, highlighting the U.S. First Army under Hodges, Seventh and Third Armies, and Montgomery’s forces probing north of the Ruhr. It notes terrain, counterattacks, Remagen gains, and hopes to link with the Russians, amid a high-stakes Berlin push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M. Pateh
U. S. Seventh Army
Berlin
George S. Patton
U.S. Third Army
Rhine
First Army
Second Army
William H. Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
France
Paris
Belgium
Germany
Siegfried Line
Courtney H. Hodges
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Montgomery
Ruhr
Mont- Romery
Hodges
Ninth Armored
Remagen
Sacred Harp Sing Scheduled at Dothan Courthouse
A 4A Sacred Harp singing event will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Dothan Courthouse with F. M. Roney, president of the society, in charge. It invites all persons who enjoy old-time gospel singing to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
F. M. Roney
Parsons
Police School Set in Dothan Under FBI Aid
Commissioner Clyde J. Coe announced a police training school in Dothan sponsored by the state health department and run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI agents will instruct local and guest officers, with May sessions planned and further details to follow after discussions with involved agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde J. Coe
Dothan
Federal Bureau of Teverogation
FBI
Alabama
Luson Philippines War Progress Reported by MacArthur
MacArthur tallies 14,653 more Japanese dead and 171 prisoners since March 16. Enemys losses reach 797,024 as air and field actions destroy supply depots and rail facilities. 11th Airborne and First Cavalry push toward Tanauan while 25th and 82nd Divisions near Balete Pass in the Ceraballo mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzod
MacArthur
Philippines
Luzwon
Manila
11Th Airborne
First Cavalry
Tanavan
S2nd
Balete Pass
Ceraballo Mountains
Allied Pacific Strike Report From Okinawa To Kyushu
The roving task force pressed attacks across Okinawa, Kyushu, and Formosa. American forces reported intense carrier raids by Mitscher's fleet and high altitude B 29 strikes on Kyushu including a major Omura plant hit. Navy ships shelled Okinawa defenses as carrier planes hit inland air fields and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Patras
Philippines
Honk Kong
China-India
Omura
Japan
Sasabo
America
Kyushu
Mischer
Navy
Forrestai R
Nagoya
Mitscher
MacArthur
Mitsubishi
Tokyo
Fire Damages Awning At Daniels Men’s Shop
A cigarette caused a small blaze at the entrance of Daniels Men’s Shop on West Main Street. Firefighters arrived around 10 p.m. and extinguished the flames before major damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels Men's Shop
West Main Street
Public Works Notice Invites Bids in Dothan Alabama
The county issues a construction bid call for concrete blocks and related materials to supply for a road project. Bids are due by 1 pm on March 20 1946 at the Courthouse Dothan Alabama. The committee lists required block grades delivery to the site and specifies price per unit and total delivered quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet
P. Poyner
Beant
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Sgt. Harris
Reds
Speigner Concrete Block CO
North Oates St
Houston Warehouse CO
N. Foster St
Arthur E. Malone
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Pepper Bottling Company
Elmer
Shire Sheff
Wes Ax
New York
Rotary
Amber
Bevins
Uber
Judee
Macy
Sete
Wil
Har
Willie Lamar
Carter
Arasan
Ludlum & Bradford
Enterprise
Ridley’s
Po Mouch
Kerp
Dothan Jewelry Company Ae
Ata
Bern
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