World War II News Summary on Allied Advances and German Retreats
Allied forces push through Holland and Belgium advancing toward Denmark as German resistance weakens. Reports describe Kiel and Flensburg threatened, Seventh and Third Armies converging in Austria and Bohemia, with Linz near capture and Danes seeking refuge as Norway braces for potential invasion.
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Hostilies
Holland
Kiel Canal
Peninnswiz
Kiel
Flensburg
Oper
Afjortidningen
Karl Doentz
Montgomery
Dretard Rat
Sweden
Erith
Denmark
Eee
Skegsrek
Norway
Saleburg
Seventh
Alexander M. Patch
Berchtesgaden
Pation
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Ling
Vienna
Moscow
Thoburn Wiant
Auetris
Linz
Osin
Germany
Dunkerque
Eisenhower
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Monaco
Italy
Seventh Army
Surprise visit from Lt Az Flowers Jr to hometown
Lt Az Flowers Jr of the Air Corps stopped at his parents at 203 South Fork Avenue for about 300 days while awaiting reassignment. The navigator on a B24 had three missions to his credit when he returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Az Flowers, Jr
Air Corps
Az Flowers
South Fork Avenue
Flowers
Cooperation Urged As Census Closes in Alabama District
Local supervisors urge farm operators in Houston and Henry counties to report to the Bureau of Census at the Do than post office building. Farmers with $250 or more products or 3+ workers in 1964 or earlier are asked to send names and addresses to L. L. Deal. Officials from the Bureau of Census visited Abbeville to compare farm counts with county agents and AAA committee in a bid to finish enumeration districts.
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Houston
Henry
L. 5 Deal
Bureau of Census
Dothan
Heary
Persns
Desl
Third
Alabama
Abbeville
AAA
Many Houston Births Remain Unreported
The State Health Department estimates only about 36 percent of white births and 68.9 percent of Negro births in Houston County excluding Dothan are reported. Dothan estimates are 87.4 percent for white births and 44 percent for Negro births. The estimate comes from a 1940 check during census numerator questions and later verifications, and officials say completeness has likely not changed materially since then.
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Houston County
Dothan
State Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department
Funeral services for Phil Lee held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Phil Lee, a well known Houston County Negro farmer, were conducted at the First Baptist Church. Rev. T. C. Hayes officiated, with burial in Highland Cemetery. Lee died from a cerebral hemorrhage at his farm on the Enterprise highway nine miles from Dothan.
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Phil Lee
Houston County
Enterprise Highway
Dothan
Lt. Logue Escapes From Nazi Captors
A former Dothan boy Lt. George Logue Jr of the Air Corps was captured by Germans months ago and escaped April 16 with another officer while being marched to a Nazi prison camp. They hid in the woods ten days, losing 30 pounds, and expect to be home soon as transportation becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
George Logue, Jr
Air Corps
George Logue
Panama City
Fla
Logue
Id. Logue
Ava
Sugar Ration Limits Set as Food Shortage Grows
Dr. Albert H. Collins, OPA district director in Montgomery, explained tighter sugar controls for months ahead. The new number 38 sugar stamp becomes valid May 1 and must last four months. canning sugar allotment is 15 pounds per person with a 120 pound annual cap per family. Restaurants, hotels, institutional and industrial users have also seen cuts. He warned Europe’s liberation and rising civilian and military demands push consumption beyond allocations, making curtailment essential as U S supplies grow increasingly dependent on current production.
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Germany
Albert H. Calling
OPA
Montgomery
Dr. Collins
Europe
I Sean
Students Urged to Push Bond Sales in School Effort
In a board meeting executive chair Robert Barexy urged students to boost bond sales. He praised some schools but said overall cooperation was lacking across the city system and stressed stricter effort to meet targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barexy
Ponda
Rumsey Ted
Woole
Cith
Ryeta
Alabama Legislature Debates Sterilization Homestead Tax Change
A stream of proposed bills emerges in the Alabama Senate and House. Madison of Tuscaloosa and others push sterilization measures and a doubled homestead exemption up to two thousand dollars. The House highway panel approves a farm to market road bill granting two point five million dollars to counties with no matching. New education and governance bills seek funding, biennial sessions, faculty retirement limits, and women's franchise, with various tax and legal changes amid heated debate.
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Madison
Tuscaloosa
Mark Hode
Sidney Smyer
Jefferson
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
T. James
Perry and Saver
Senate
House Highways Group
E. L. Dodson
Xing Educational Trust Fund
John Sherrer
Dallas
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama College
McDwaine
Bulbick and Priett
Gelson
Elmore
Funes
Segrest
Macon
Sullivan
Mobile
State Docks Board
Stone
Supreme Court
Edwards
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Keel
Fienspurg
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Skoda
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Kattegat
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Asr
Sorrells Milling Company
New Orleans
Lt. Flowers
Hathcock Lumber Company
Hathcock Lumber CO
North Oates Phoce
Segrest Gin & Storage CO
Malvern
Segrest Merchantile CO
Slocomb
America
Bowes Whdew Authority
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Dothan, Alabama
Repres
Peter
Coca-Cola
Lt. Logue
Colling
J. G. Grimsley
Crawford Street
Enterprise
Wiregrass Grocery Co
Pie
Alec Ie
Oan
Llod Joyner
Dotheray Hodgesville Road
Harrows
Charles B. Melvin
Abberiffe
Alm
Columbia
Whetley Farm
Kiery Road
L. T. Bumtin
Pansey
Ream
R. B. Rich
Hodgesville Road
Keyton
Ghevrolet Tudorenach
David Strickland
Corinth Church
Ingram and Brinks
C. G. Tidwell
H. J. Greathouse
L. F. Ivey
Ornmm
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Willis Ivey
Graceville
Jersey
G. W. Powell
Route 3
E. E. Watson
E. E. Wakefield
T. M. Merrit
Elgin Bicycle
Jack Reynolds
Campbellton
Elia McDaniel
Ashford
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W. W. Merritt
Midland City
J. McLendon
U. C. Odom
G. D. Raley
Headland
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George W. Parker
Good Motor
J. D. Bush
Harry Vetch
Alvin Kirkland
Union Hi! Church
Oliver Calty Water
Burkett
Curtis Mixon
Gorlon
W. J. Godfrey
N. P. Stephens
W. D. Pines
Cottonwood
Wille Cameron
Hodgesville
Howston County
Dawson-Buntin
Pee
Roy Stough
Grimes
Las
Elton Clark
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Catherine Louise Broxton
Willie Broxton
J. T. Kirkland
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Frank Romano
RFD
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