ALP Left Wingers in New York Primary
The American Labor Party faced a bitter intra party fight as right and left factions clashed over leadership and Roosevelt's chance of renomination. The left claimed control of the state committee, while the right warned of Communist influence and urged continued support for Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel CG. Blackman
New York
Forcas
American Labor Party
Democrats
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Baling
Brom
Communist Party
Roosevelt
German flood evictions begin in Dutch Lowlands
The German invasion fear drives Dutch evacuations across Holland the Helder region and Beemimer Polder area near Amsterdam. A broad 15 mile wide strip north and south of the city and a Rotterdam to Zuder Zee corridor are being prepared for civilian evacuation as flooding measures begin to protect shells and infrastructure.
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Lonlon
Hellenda
Netherlands
Europe
Holland
Zeeland Island
Helder
Helland
Ampistdam
Beemimer Polder
Amsterdam
Aovsterdam
Information Bureau
Rotterdam
Zuder Zee Alec Ip
Acquittal Bid in Chaplin Trial Fails in Court
In Los Angeles AP reports that defense counsel pressed for a directed verdict in the Chaplin Men act case as key witnesses Chaney and Berry testified. Jurors observed Chaplin's indifferent mood while Giesler argued the act may not fall under the Mann Act. Berry denied seeking cash from Chaplin as controversy swirled around paternity claims. News photographers captured Chaplin during a court moment as he briefly wore a paper cup on his head before removing it.
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Los Angeles
Sequitel
Tedey
Jerry Geesier
Chaplin
Kar
Mann Edward Chaney
New York
Hille
Joan Berry
Greeler
Giesler
Miss Berry
Gleasers
Chapin
Carol Ann
J. F. T. O'Connor
Charlin Chaplin Menon
Cotton Mill Workers Decry Low Textile Wages in South
Atlanta AP reports a War Labor Board panel heard a three year old textile worker testify about hardship from low wages at Highland Cotton Mill in North Carolina. Arthur Hill earned about 1000 dollars last year but described clothing costs for his wife and three children and his family’s struggles on a weekly 24 dollar income. He reads and writes poorly, and details his family’s meager budget and one bedroom living in a three room house with 75 cent weekly rent, noting food and occasional goods.
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Atlanta
War Labor Board
Testile Workers Vale of America
CIO
Arthur Hill
High Poiet
N.C
Fidesnon Barkin
Union
Barkin
William F. Tacobs
Clinton
Presbyterian College and Industry
Jacoby
South
New
Hill
Mills
Sho
Ozark Soldier Receives Purple Heart Award
Sergeant Shickland, of 8 Bingham Avenue, Clark, awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during a mission on a B24 bomber targeting Verona marshalling yards. Despite severe facial and leg wounds, he remained on duty at base before hospitalization on return. enlisted in the Army Air Forces in November 1942.
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Burr
Jame
EZ Birnicaland
Camrenantes
Aera
Viren
Lely
Shickland
Jeess J Mtrickland
Binghem Avanee
Clark, Wat & Tell
Verona
Biagan
Army Air Forces
Novamberc
Private Alvir Arrives in England for Air Forces Assignment
Private Alvir arrives in England today with Mr and Mrs Boulevard to begin a posting in the air forces. The assignment is part of the U.S. Air Forces administrative duties abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvir
Atrely
England
Hee Air Forces
Draft Board Deferment Rule Sparks Political Clash
The piece notes a draft deferment limit reduced earlier, with Selective Service signaling a return to a 8 point figure amid ALP leadership changes. It reports New York party delegates elected to national conventions with most favoring Roosevelt or Dewey, and committees to name at large delegates for both major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Congress
Selective Service
L Group
George S County
ALP
Alex Rose
Earl Browder
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Scout Council Holds Executive Meeting in Enterprise
Southeast Alabama Council met in Enterprise for its first executive board session of 14 with 24 men from eight towns. Scout leaders including Major W. Eapy with Dothan and Headland representatives discussed organization and extension as next meeting is planned for Eufaula in summer.
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Southeast Alabama Council Executive Board
Enterprise
W. Benner
Becour
Major W. Eapy
Headland
J. E. Saliba
RC. Jeaner
Scout
Droner
AD. Carmichael
Arthur Johnson
J E. Salba
Sam Stephens
Broner
Dothan
F. J. Lee
Expy
Heedland
Mark A. Loverace
Abbeville
M. C. Dixon
LL ¥. Dear
T Hunter
Eufoula
R. C. Joiner
Ozark
J. 0 Morris
E. A Rey
J. A. Thompson
Andalusia
Fane Enitr
Roy Crowe
Sam Murphee
Troy
Hub Bryson
Grady B. Proctor
J D. Skinner
Eufaule
Bcout
Non-Rationing Seen For Frozen Fruits
The government plans to remove frozen fruits and vegetables from rationing while keeping meat ration values in April. War Food Administration officials say this eases crowded storage after record slaughtering in January and February and frees space for butter and other perishables as stock levels stay high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Capture and a New Push Amid Polish Front Lines
Soviet and German movements unfold near Kolamen and Kovel as offensive activity increases. Nikolaev is reported captured in a combined land and sea operation announced by Premier Statin. German forces hold Kovel for two and a half years before the latest fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gvordets
Kolamen
Czernowitz Lwow
Carpathian
Lesda
Carchoslovakia
Nikolaev
Statin
Red Army
Kovel
Warsaw
Old Poland
National service debate stretches to work corps plan
Congressional testimony outlines methods to direct nonessential workers into essential labor for war effort. Proposals include extending Selective Service or creating work battalions while preserving civilian status and wages. Roosevelt hints at broader groups capable of contributing to war tasks beyond high school age.
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Patterson
Rep Lace
War Department
Paul V. McNutt
Contello
D-Calif
Haae
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Providence
Dothan Sergeant in Raid On Berlin
Sergeant William Q. McLendon of Dothan and Sergeant Leonard L. Hemm of Montevallo were among two Alabama gunners in an early large daylight bombing raid on Berlin. The East ern Theater public relations office said they flew as tail and ball turret gunners in one of the first Eighth Air Force formations to strike the approaching Nazi heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Q. McLendon
Dothan
Alabama
Berlin
McLendon
Leonard L. Hemm
Montevallo
Nazidom
Expanded Prison Education Urged in Alabama
AP report from Montgomery notes welfare chief H Flowers urged expansion of religious and educational activities in Alabama prisons. He cited many inmates enter without literacy, praised limited progress at Draper Prison, and urged broader adult education, weekly religious services, and more library books and gifts.
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Montgomery
Alabama
H . Flowers
State Department of Corrections and Institutions
Plowers
Draper Prison
Flowers
KP. Runsell
W. H. Swearingen
Rungiene and
Edwcptions
Fragmentary Ledger Note Explains County Debt Focus
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a numbered item and continued page over, noting debts, taxes, and an implied budget constraint for the year. References to 1963 and averages hint at a financial tally, while unclear text suggests a preliminary accounting or reminder for auditors.
Negro Sentenced to 10 Years in Rape Case
In Houston County Circuit Court jurors found Jamen Barmes guilty of rape and Judge D C Halstead imposed two ten year sentences in the state penitentiary. The session then moved to the trial of R J Patterson, charged with grand larceny in connection with the alleged theft of an automobile from a Dothan theatre last year.
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Houston County
Jamen Barmes
D. C. Halstead
R. J. Patterson
Dothan
Common Pleas Court Holds Light Session
Four persons pleaded guilty to public drubbenness in Common Pleas Court this morning and three vagrancy charges were continued by Judge J Norton Mulling Jr. One assault and battery case was continued and five defendants charged with vagrancy failed to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
J. Norton Mulling, Jr
German assault near Rome hits stubborn hill position
German troops concentrated near a hostelry and hit Hill 153 held by French troops while another small assault occurred on Hill 615 three miles west of Cisterna in the Rome beachhead. Allied anti aircraft batteries downed four of 25 raiders and Spitfires destroyed three more as 1 500 Allied sorties yielded 13 enemy kills with 10 Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rulne
Cisterna
Rome
Calf Show Judges and Local Entrants List
Number 4- (Consigned From Page One) indicates prices may be high as last year. The War Food Administration will issue temporary butchering permits to local meat dealers. several have signified intent to purchase some of the show stock. Judges include Joe Story Columbus Ga J J Swick Thomasville Ga W O Diefenbach Birmingham and O W Dixon Sauage Company Jacksonville Fla. Club members from Houston County entering calves include Bobby Hall Ashford route two Carl Will Band Ashford route two Billy Johnson Elis Johnson and Nettle Ruth Johnson all of Cowarte John Hays Jr Dothan route five Billy Snell Dothan route three Lavon Holling Dothan route cre Norton Coker Dothan route one and Haywood Simms Dothan route two.
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War Food Administration
Ramsey
Joe Story
Columbus, Ga
J. J Swick
Thomasvile Ga
W. O. Diefenbach
Birmingham
O W. Dixon, Sausage Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Houston County
Bobby Hall
Ashford
Carl Will Band
Billy Johnson
Elis Johnson
Nettle Ruth Johnson
Cowarte
John Hays, Jr
Dothan
Billy Snell
Lavon Hollig
Norton Coker
Hay- Wood Simms
Invasive forces unleash massive air blitz over France
The 8th and 15th Air Forces, numbering about 170000, delivered heavy blows against western Europe, targeting Nazi defenses. Ground strafing and air battles yielded 30 bombers and many fighters destroyed, with two American aircraft missing after raids toward Chartres and Paris area.
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Doolittle Yard
Weste
Europe
Chartres
Paria
Chateaudun
Unclear Fragment Leads to Taxpayer Pockets Tale
Fragment discusses November change and New Deal faces with Hayes, hints at funds spread across a matrix of taxpayers, language unclear and partially unreadable, implying political or financial shifts.
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Page Gael
Atory
Boratms
Witl Hayes
Mata
Flood warnings spread across Georgia and Alabama region
Flood forecasts from Albany to Montgomery show the Ocmulgee and Coosa rivers rising toward flood stages. Officials report 22 inches of rain in Moultrie since January and farmland severely washed, delaying planting as crews estimate coming high water along the Alabama and Georgia watersheds. World War I aviation losses are noted.
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Altamaha Coar
Cearloti River
Hastehurst
Albany
Newtes
Newton Dows
Montgomery
Ala
Emigh
Georgia
Alabama
Centerville
Warrior River
Tuscaloore
Demopolia
Tombighes
Mate Caricutterel
Abhams
Farina
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Athens
South Georgia
Moultrie
Wetumphi
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Milleread
Martin Dam
J. C. Richardson
Dougherty County
Georgi
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