How Clothing Rate Explained By OPA
Merchants from 42 establishments in Dyinan Ash ford Columbis Caronwood and Gordon heard Marie A. Borkett of the District OPA Price Office explain the new clothing regulation which takes effect April 16. The base date pricing chart helps retailers determine selling prices for items and two copies must be filed with the Montgomery OPA office by April 2. Consumers benefit as lower priced items return to market and retail prices stabilize across the covered items. Fire destroys roof at Pilcher and Long Atlanta street frame house. occupants identified as Negro but not by name.
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Eiablichments
Dyinan Ashford
Columbis
Caronwood
Gordon
Marie A. Borkett
Tnstrict
OPA
Montgomery
Burke
Pilcher
Long
Atlanta
Better Cooperation Asked On Lighting
The water and light department superintendent notes public cooperation is generally satisfactory but violations of the government order restricting certain electrical equipment persist. He warns continued noncompliance will be reported to the War Production Board in Birmingham and emphasizes enforcement duties.
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Gowdwyn
War Production Board
Birminghem
Water and Light Department
Abo
Vandenberg Opposes Voting Rule For World League Assembly
Senator Vandenberg and other lawmakers react to a secret agreement on voting for the proposed world league. The plan would empower a five-nation council with all nations having a voice, sparking unease in Congress. Rumors of further pacts and Stalin’s stance at San Francisco surface amid the disclosure.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dumbarton Oaks
Connally D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Siso
Stetinus
Connally
United Nations
All - Nations Assembly
Soviet drive nears Vienna in rapid eastern push
Soviet forces advanced toward Vienna with Tolbukhin and Rokossovsky fronts driving from Burgenland to Kapuvar and Koszeg near the border. Reports say 28,000 German prisoners in 16 days, Danzig defense collapsing, and tanks and infantry sweeping toward Austria while Bratislava Gap and Danube lines were breached.
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Ptusck Frootaly
Venus
Hitlers Amschiss
Gerinsu
Tolbukhin
Suomeathely
Rabnitzser
Vienna Plh
Lee Pitten
Austria
Kapuvar
Vennas
Moscow
Kosz
Vienn
Bratislava
Danzig
Gdynia
Vienna
Berin
Danube
Radio Luxembourg
Greater Reich
Rodion Malinovyaky
Hron
Nitra
Denube
Werogs
Geren
Italy
Hig
Grez
Yugoslavia
Szombathely
Neustiedler
Raba
Rabea
City Commission to fill unexpired term in March vote
The panel discusses filling the late Eric Geleratedt's unexpired term with a March vote yielding McKinney's successor. John D Ayres is tipped to be interim appointee, serving until his three year term begins in October. The Commissioners then will choose a president to perform mayoral duties.
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Eric Geleratedt
McKinney
City Commission
Jim Brenden
Commission
Coe
I. C. Bates
Miller
John D Ayres
Ayres
Muller
Ayron
Cow
Fire Damage Destroys Ship Transfer Incident
A lighter transferred a shipment to the Chilean freighter Camelo was nearly destroyed in a fire sparked by an explosion at Tocopu tla today. The freighter’s crew refused to sail after the mishap. Authorities are investigating.
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Tocoputla
Buckhalt arrives at Pacific base in World War II report
Corporal H. J. Buckhalt, son of J. A Buckhall, has arrived at a designated American base in the Pacific. The B 20 gunner embarked from the western Snax port within the past two weeks, announced by his father.
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H. J. Buckhalt
J. A Buckhall
Amercan
Pacific
Taday Cpl. Buckhall
West Snaxt
Three War Reporters Liberated By Allies
Three war reporters are freed by Allied forces from a camp near Montgomery. Godfrey Anderson of the Associated Press, Patrick Cross of Reuters, and Edward Ward of BBC were held after being captured in Africa with the British Eighth Army in Libya. Ward and Herald Denny of the New York Times were repatriated in a separate exchange.
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Montgomery
Alles Overan Ee
Seers’ Prism
Yetter
Deyend
Godfrew Andereuh
Associated
Proos
Sidi Omar Denne
Drottaghales
Nazi General Prisoner of War Hangs Self in Camp Clinic
Lt Gen Karl Butlowins, 55, once with Rommel's Africa Corps, died by hanging in a POW hospital at Camp Forrest Tennessee. He was receiving psychiatric treatment when found by leather straps from his bed.
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Camp Forrest
Tenn
Karl Butlowins
Rommel
Africa Corps
Fle
Chamber Six Memoir of War Room Intrigue and Rivalries
Contimemed from Page Gee correspondents and front-line soldiers recall a wartime room nicknamed Bedlam Gables. Guests include Life magazine’s Johnny Floren and Pete, photographers, Belgian entertainers, and a strange figure called The Mouse. Signs warned looting. the space hosted Dutch blitz days, near German advances, with swastikas on display and whimsical chatter about rings in a bath tub.
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Belgium
Stange
the Mouse
the Lion of
Lucime
Booth
Porky
Bedlam Gables
Pete
Life
Johnny Floren
Life Magazine
Pacific
Egchweiler
Florea
Chambre Svex
Feter
Flores
Miners Seek Contract Changes Amid Strike Vote
Miss Perkins details rejected retroactive feature and coal cost impacts while Lewis lowers demand for a 10-cent per ton royalty. She backs four hour work with overtime, shift differentials cut, and reduced vacation add on from Lewis proposal as miners push for contract terms during looming strike.
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Miss Perkins
Lewis
Unio
Mion Perkins
Welfare budget debate follows Pare plan details
The discussion outlines an 18,000,000 total welfare expenditure if matched by the Federal government, with Walton's group proposing a 13,684,502 minimum welfare budget including 10 cal state and federal contributions. It notes a 1,470,826 rise in state funds and 31,218,608 in local funds, while a plan to raise average allotments from 14 to 20 dollars a month is tied to voting an income tax into the general fund.
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Walton
Norman
Allied Blitz Push Into Germany Rapid and Far Reaching
Allied forces advance across western and central Germany in a broad push. First Army moved toward Giessen and Marburg while Ninth Airborne and Third Army tightened encirclement near the Rhine. British and American units race toward Hamburg and Hannover as German resistance collapses and supply depots are overrun.
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Geo Alexander M Fetch
Rhine
Mele
Gree Mules
Hellcate
Eusenhower
Odenwald
Rhine and
Main
Neza
Lenst
Germany
Frankfurt
Hebm
Second
Hamburg
Bremen
Wilhelmshaves
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Europe
First Army
Third Army
Lauterbach
Herbstein
Giesten
Leipsig
Czechoslovakia
First Army Intantry
Giessen
Esat
Ninth Armored
Schweinsberg
Kirchosmn
Burgeing
Schwavenborg
Marburg
Hodges
Siegen
Struthatten
Neunkirchen
Sth
99Th
Westphala
Muenster
Montgomery
Hannover
Berlin
Osnabrueck
Ninth Army
Ruh
Supreme Head
US First Army
Ned Nordness
Bocholt
Anholt
Hoand
Nordness
Robert Brunson
William H. Simpson
U. S. Seventh Army
Mannheim
Old University
Heidelberg
Malin
Nuernberg
George S. Patton
Third
Leipzig
Sixth Armored Division
Frankfurt-Berlin
Allertehausen
Lumda
Fourth Armored
Nidde
Ufs
Gaubach
Sternfels
Lth
Hanau
Rothenbergen
Superforts Batter Nagoya and Singapore Targets
United States Army Air Forces strikes hit Nagoya and Singapore storage and industrial facilities. Two-man bomber missions from the Marianas led the Nagoya raid, the tenth of its kind and second this month, with parallel attacks on Singapore’s ground facilities and engines.
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Washington
Lodey Bis Nagoys
Ja.pan’s
Thin Cay
Airerate Productos Penter
Marianas
Singapore
Father Abraham To Say First Mass At Saint Columba
Father Abraham, a native of Dothan, will celebrate his first solemn high mass at Saint Columba Catholic church on Easter Sunday at 11 am. The mass officers include Father George Roger as deacon, Father John Stack as subdeacon, Al Winter as master of ceremonies, and Bobby Winter and Press Toornica as acolytes. A reception for Father Abraham follows at the Abraham home, 408 FE Burdeshaw Street, from 4 to 6 pm. He was ordained by Archbishop Joseph Rummel in New Orleans on March 17.
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MacPaul Abraham
Dothan
Saint Columbia Catholic Church
George Roger
John Stack
Desion
al Winter
Toornica
Bobby Winter
Father Abraham
Abraham
Burdeshaw Street
Joseph Rummel
New Orleans
Ayres Addresses Dothan Lions Club Meeting
John D. Ayres, city commissioner nominee, spoke to the Dothan Lions on modernized government issues at the weekly luncheon. Paul Carable, football committee chair, said a team is organized, equipment bought, and practice underway with members participating. Chester Parham, United Nations Clothing Drive chair, announced drive plans begin April 1 after meetings with other civic clubs.
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John D. Ayres
Dothan Lions Club
Paul Carable
Chester Parham
United Nations
Dothan
Strawberry Prices For County Listed By Officials
Prices for strawberries in Houston County for March 16 to April 15 were set by the War Price and Rationing Board. Base price to the country shipping point is 23 cents per pint and 44 cents per quart, with delivery markups for smaller lots.
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Houston County
Houston County War Price and Rationing Board
Nazi leaders in retreat amid Allied pressure and killings
Reports from Bern and Berlin describe German forces planning withdrawals to the Bavarian Alps and Swiss camps as terror campaigns intensify. Parachutists killed Oppanhof near Aachen and a mayoral official. Kaltenbrunner and von Schirach suffering injuries in Vienna clashes amid tense Nazi security actions.
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Jens Wteres
Baverian Alps
Maro
Lake Constance
Merch
Berlin
Bern
Slein Franz Oppenbot
Aachen
Meutrenich
Alles
Oppanhof
National Court
Lurembourg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
No. 2
Naz
Heinrich Himler
Vienna
Baldur von Schirach
Hitlert
OPA Adjustment Appeal Could Go to Supreme Court
The document notes that an adjustment may be made or an appeal to the Supreme Court could follow a rehearing request. It references a potential path forward after a contested decision and mentions related procedural steps.
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OPA
Supreme Court
Napier Choir Plans Headland Program
The Napier Field Choir announces a Headland Program. Details outline involvement by local organizations, including the area Methodist Choir and community groups. The press release notes collaboration with Mage and Jen Staner, inviting participation from residents and nearby clubs.
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Napier Choir
Napier Field Choir
Ian
Warren Eatch
I Bane
Mage
Jen Staner
Craetiomor
Sergeant Weltz
Reper Feria
Atu
Mixed fragments report Japanese air activity and targets
Fragmentary account notes Japanese air action with mention of 500 carrier planes and targets including Kure and Okinawa area. Wording suggests concerns over screening and striking southern Japan amid ongoing operations.
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Hiio
Kure
Susehe
Okinswe
Regained 17 Lbs On Retonga Feels Fine
Mr J A Honea of Mableton Georgia reports remarkable recovery after taking Retonga for vitamin B1 deficiency, constipation, and poor appetite. He regained seventeen pounds in six weeks, sleeps better, and plans to return to 150 pounds, praising the medicine highly. Retonga is advertised as a remedy for digestive distress with no substitute and is available at Cash Drug Store.
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J. A. Honea
Mableton
Atlanta
Hommes
Hetonga
Cash Drug Store
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