War Bond Drive in Houston County Raises Over One Million
The Second War Loan drive in Houston County totals 1,118,207.20 with Dothan residents contributing well over a million. Co chairs Az Flowera and Gwe Lovern praised volunteers and local merchants for promoting bond sales, noting strong support from students and the business community. The bond committee plans to name purchasers for a future honor list as the drive concludes.
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Houston County
Az Flowera
Gwe Lovern
mpRign
Dothan
Lovern
Bombera the Sondantes
Secretary of the Treasury
Mor- Rathauine
Aliteal Pat Council
Houston
World War II notes and vague Tunisian campaign mention
A fragmented report references World War II events in Tunisia with General Giraud and General MacArthur, noting heavy action and a push toward Lake Tunis. The text is garbled but implies Allied and Japanese positions and tactical movements during the campaign.
Lower Ration Point Values Effective On Fruits Juices
Washington AP reports new ration point values take effect today for most canned fruit and vegetable juices, with dried and dehydrated soups removed from the list. Pineapple juice points rise in one size, others fall, while tomato and grapefruit juices see reductions. Several juice types are freed from rationing, and no changes hit frozen items or baby foods. valid through month end in Ration Book No 2.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
County Schools Set May 31 For Closing
All county schools will close Monday May 21 after a nine month term. Solomon Barter, county superintendent, announced today. A meeting of Houston County school principals will be held at the superintendent’s office at 8 PM today. Easter scale details will be discussed.
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Solomon Barter
Houston County
Baxter
Wartime Alabama Legislature Opens Session Tomorrow
Alabama wartime lawmakers prepare to convene for a 60 day session in Montgomery tomorrow noon under a 1939 biennial amendment. Interim committees have drafted bills including war emergency funding, postwar planning, school appropriations, and tax shifts. Governor Sparks seeks new planning boards, financing for public works, and higher pensions with aims to bolster counties and cities.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
House
Senate
Bankhead Optimistic On Farm Labor And Food Output
Senator John H Bankhead says improvements in agriculture manpower give optimism for crops to feed Americans and aid Allies. He expects overall food production may not match 1842 levels but foresees easing farm labor shortages. He dodges fate of the Farm Security Administration amid Senate debate.
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Birmingham
John H. Bankhead
D-Ala
Washington
Bankhead
Alabama
Farm Security Administration
Congress
Senate
Coal crisis ends as miners return to work under wartime order
The Associated Press reports miners began returning to work today under a government order from President Roosevelt, resuming production for war needs. A 15 day temporary agreement guided by United Mine Workers officials aims to restart fully by tomorrow morning, with many workers delaying their return to await the official start. A symbolic truce flag accompanied the resumption at multiple shafts as the government takes control of the mines.
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Associated Pree
Washington
Unit 04 States
Rooswalt
John L. Lewin
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Senate Seen Ready to Enact Anti-Strike Law
Washington AP report says the Senate moved toward a strengthened anti strike bill aimed at deterring labor leaders who urge work stoppages in war industries. Senator Connally's measure would authorize government seizures of mines and plants with possible amendments on labor leaders. Senate Hill suggested rapid passage if the form suits. A delay could follow the soft coal dispute truce or other fights.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
House
Connally
D-Tex
Connally Himanlf
Senator Hill
D Ale
Senator Wheel
Pay-As-Go Tax Showdown Nears in War Labor Rift
Washington AP Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson and Rubber Director William Jeffers discussed prioritizing plants in a field inspection to ease bottlenecks at Buna and gasoline facilities. Patterson testified before Truman Committee that air power remains at risk from 100 octane shortages while aircraft losses run lower than expected, signaling stronger air success and shifting fuel needs. The cordial exchange contrasted with past protests of Jeffers' rubber plan favoring aviation.
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Washington
Robert FP. Patterson
Wiliam Jefferson l
Senate
Truman
Patterson
Jeff
Jeffera
Jeffers
Truman D.my
Jethra
Inez Pince
Pay as-you-go tax clash dominates House debate
Washington AP report details a climactic House showdown on pay as you go income taxation. Chairman Doughton denounces the Ramakip plan as pernicious and vows its defeat. Republicans argue for applying 1941 rates to 1942 incomes with a partial tax hike. A 20 percent withholding levy is anticipated to take effect July 1.
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SY Francis M. Lemay Washington
Poughton
D-N. C
Ways and Means Committee
House
Doughton
Rep
Knutson
Rmii
Washington
Axis Minefields Fade From Desert Frontline
Allied forces push Erwin Rommel westward as Axis positions crumble under shifting sands. The Eighth Army advances past half of northern Africa, leaving supply depots lost and desert towns erased. Graves marked by white crosses fade beneath dunes as the campaign continues.
Planes and Subs Launch Attrition War Against Japs
Allied bombers and submarines pound Japanese shipping as Darwin comes under attack. MacArthur forces claim sunk Japanese tonnage in April totaling 93,300 tons with no heavy losses reported. U S submarines add 125,000 tons of ships. Southwest Pacific compares Japanese submarine offensive to the German North African campaign.
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Australia
United Navona
Darwin
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Navy Department
Washington
U. S
Japan
North African
Nazis Abandon Move To Expand Kuban Holdings
Soviet forces raked German positions in the Kuban as the midnight communique said German efforts to expand their bridgehead were abandoned after a six day drive in which 7,000 Nazis operated. The mid day report tallied 200 more enemy deaths with 16 mortar and artillery batteries silenced and ten German blockhouses destroyed. A spring air struggle persisted along the Prussian front as Soviet bombers and fighters sought to disrupt German offensive plans. Pravda echoed Premier Stalin on the home front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Cacassus
Prussian
Communist Party
Pravda
Joseph Stalin
No. LS
Daring Torpedo Boats Raid Tunis Coast by British Fleet
British motor torpedo boats conducted a daylight raid along the Tunisian coast from Ras Mathmur to Zembrett Island, sinking a 3,000 ton enemy merchant ship and damaging shipping targets. The operation, the first openly daylight penetration of Axis waters in the Mediterranean, cost one torpedo boat and its leader, Commander Rtewart Gold, who died on the bridge but directed torpedo launches before he passed.
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Georgia Tucker
Tunisan
Afnk
Axum
Ras Mathmur
Zembretts Island
Gulf of Tunis
Axia
Flotila Jerder Rtewart
Royal Navy
DCS
Gould
Hie Veseel
Federal Court Term Set With Kennamer Presiding
Federal court term scheduled to convene Monday May 24 in Montgomery Alabama with Judge C B Kennamer presiding and J W Poughtry as deputy clerk. Short session planned with 21 civil cases largely condemnation actions for military land use and 15 criminal cases including defendants recently indicted by a federal grand jury.
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Federa) Roirtta
C B Kennamer
Alabama
J W Paugntry
Tuay
Poughtry
Steel Payroll to Rise as 48‑Hour Week Ordered by McNutt
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt ordered a 48 hour work week for steel plants by July 1 and forbade hiring new workers after June unless on a 40 hour schedule. Industry sources estimate payroll could rise by about 100 million dollars annually due to time and a half for overtime. They say production and labor needs won’t change, with current output above capacity and hours averaging 41.6 weekly.
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WMC
Washington
Paul V. McNair
McNutt
Bisat
Fateel
Morkerman
Bar
War Production Board
Last Minute BULLETINS From The Amediaiid Prem
A Berlin radio report states a German commission from 13 countries alleged Polish officers killed by Russians near Smolensk in March and April 1846, buried there, contradicting Nazi claims. Stockholm dispatch notes Hessig to deliver steady war material from the United States via Alaska and the Arctic Ocean this summer, seeking a convoy free from submersibles.
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Amediaiid Prem
Berlin Radio Today
Smolensk
Germany
Husals
Stockholm
Bsr- Mia
Btockholm Titaingen
Hessig
United States
Alaska
Arctic
French Troops Advance In Push Toward Bizerte
Allied front dispatches report U S troops reach Mateu a key rail junction 18 miles southwest of Bizerte as French forces near the Tunis coast advance within 16 miles of Bizerte. German positions withdraw under heavy air and artillery pressure, with battles spanning from Kef Rajal Toulla to Pont Du Fahs and the Medjerda river valley.
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N. Edward Kennedy
North Africa
United States
Mateu
Tunis
Bizerte
Coas
Mateur
U. S. Second Army
Kef Rajal Toulla
Walla
Poaldlona
Marie Louis Koelte
Djebal Fl
Tere
Saonf
Petrola
Pont du Faha
Diracond
US B
Kof Radja Toulla
Biserte
Lake Achkel
Maten
Jurgen von Arnim
Thare
Germany
Medjerda
Henri Giraud
Bernard L. Montgomeery
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Port du Fahs
Flest
Eighth
Unite
Gem
Marie Louis Kelis
Harold Alexandere
Aler Cay
Enmmy
Tunis Road
Medjer ‘El-Bab
Brith Atillery
Maashcauit
Tebourbe
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