No Clues Discovered In Coupon Burglary
Police report no clues to a burglary at a Houston service station last week. Entry was through a window frame damaged during the break in, with cash, merchandise, and gas stolen before reopening the next day. Private Tyson gets Purple Heart medal for actions on February 20, 1944. wife notified.
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Frlaing Elation
Ebeo
Elation
Tn Addon
Tyson
Leas L Tison
Dorban
Paty
Marriage Licenses Issued in Houston County Week
Houston County Probate office issued multiple marriage licenses this past week. Barwick and Ree Walker. Virginia Lee Jones and Thelma Luvenis Forehand. Herman Berry and Louise Hulson. Arthur L Vicenut and Le Vonne Hawkins. William Joseph Meder and Gloria Jean Stephens. Ralph Hampton Griffis and Clara Carpenter. Guy Hurley and Dorothy Strickland. Trammell Sellers and Odel White. Bud Hagier and Olda Lade Seay. Homse Leon Hatcher and Clara Ruth Burdeshaw. Geneve Wo Ostrand and Sidy Ward.
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Houston County
Eugene Harrell
Barwick
Thomasvile
Ree Walker
Cattro Ge
Virgi Lee Jones
Commerceal
Dothan
Thelma Luvenis
Ashford
Herman Berry
Graceville
Fla
Louise Hulson
Fim
Harvey North
Foster
Street
Flora Gertrude
McEachin
Arthur L Vicenut
San Fernando
Calif
le Vonne Hawkins
Wiliam Joseph Meder
East Hampton
Conn
Gloria Jean Stephens
Sevanoal Street
Ralph Hampton Griffis
Columbia
Ala
Clara Carpenter
Columbie
Alf William E
Knoxvill Tenn
Mary Izabeth Tipdell
Knoxville
Tenn Hurley
Guy Graceville
Dorothy Strickland
Trammell Sellers
White
Gordon
Bud Hagier
Newton
Oulda Lade Seay
Hartford
Homse
Leon Hatcher
Columbus
Clara Ruth Burdeshaw
Geneve Wo Osttrand
Sidy Ward
Slocomb
Draft policy updates for older military conscripts and board decisions
Major General Hershey defended a six month window for older men in the draft and urged local boards to appeal decisions conflicting with the new policy. He warned boards might ignore quotas if necessary and possible exceptions for men over 30 exist when essential fields are filled.
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Lewis B Hershey
Hershey
National Headquarters
Plong
Washington
Sele
Hershey Sai
Wis
Pacific Veteran To Have Furlough
Cpl James E Stewart, after over four years in the Pacific, heads home to visit parents Mr and Mrs W Stewart of Blocomb route 5. Enlisted 1936, served in Pearl Harbor days and jeep action in Solomons, Marshall, and New Guinea, now in New Zealand. He will take a twenty day leave and reports he is in good health.
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Pacific
James E .Stewart
W. Stewert
Blocomb
Cpl Stewart
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Marshall
New Guinea
New Zealand
Cpl
Stewart Say
Furiough
Deaths in Columbus and nearby areas reported
Obituaries list several local deaths: John Horace Money, 33, of Columbus Georgia. W oF. Martin Sr, 58, of 203 West Crawford Street. William Gelledge, 52, of Cho Co. G Morris, 64, of Headland Route 3. Mrs W C Halstead, 47, of Dothan Route. Details incomplete due to damaged text.
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John Horace Money
Columbus
of. Martin, Sr
West
Crawford Street
Wiliam Gelledge
Cho Co
G Morris
Headland
W C. Halstead
Dothan
Cheatwood Overseas First Sergeant Major Serving Abroad
Sergeant Major A Cheatwood husband of Mrs Willa Dean Cheatwood 408 Sour Ostes Street is now serving overseas with the Ninth Air Force Service Command Advanced Air Depot Ares Headquarters Squadron. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Major Cheatwood of 1365 17th Street South West Birmingham and was stationed at Walterboro Army Air Field before leaving for overseas service late last year.
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A. Cheatwood
Willa Dean Cheatwood
Sour
Ostes Street
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Ares
Great Britain
Cheatwood
17Th Street
Birmingham
Walterboro
S.C. Army Air Field
Whitaker in Britain and Legear in Italy in wartime service
Private First Class James Whitaker, 28, of Ashford route two, serves at a general hospital in England as a corpsman according to the public relations office. Private J G Legear, son of Mr and Mrs Barney Legear of Dothan, is a wire man in the signal company of a Fifth Army infantry division in Italy, announced by the public relations office.
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Fieet Jlass James Whitaker
Ashford
General Hospital
England
Mublic Relations Office
Military graduations and promotions from USAAF units
Private William F. Herring of Abbeville has completed the basic course at the Communications School after three weeks of training. Carl Cobia of Headland has been promoted to sergeant in the USAAF and serves with a refueling unit attached to a B24 Liberator group in Italy. Samuel T Hall of Dothan has graduated from Chanut Field TI electronics training as announced by the public relations office.
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Wiliam F. Herring
W Herrng
Abbeville
Cobla
Carl Cobia
Frances Cobia
USAAF
15Th Army Air Force
Serting
Italy
Samuel T Hall
S T Hall
Dothan
Chanut
BIRTHS And promotions in the armed forces listed
A string of births is recorded with names and birth dates for Ona Neal, David Franklin, Donald Phillips, and Cora Ann Casey. Separately Gareth H. Jordan is commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U S Army Air Forces after completing Officer Candidate School at Miami Beach Florida. Corporal Charles A. Carroll is transferred from AAF Training Center at Santa Beach to Redistribution Station No 2.
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Eatis Whiddon
Suscauge
Ona Neal
HF. Lawhorne
Woodland Drive
David Franklin
Eldridge Qupree, Jr
Natebitoches
Donald Phillips
Jessie L. Dunn
Dothan Rouie
Namad
Cora Ann
Gareth H. Jordan
Cottonwood
New
U. S. Army Air Forces
Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
Jernigan Appointed Commanding Officer at Foster Field
Major John L. Jernigan, husband of the former Sarah Hurst of Ozark, is named commanding officer of Section C supply and maintenance at Foster Field Tex Advanced fighter pilot school. He previously served as a squadron commander at Foster Field for over a year and a half after time with an Armored Division and before joining the Army Air Forces.
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John L. Jernigan
Sarah Hurst
Ozark
Foster Field
Tex
James Ll. Jernigan
Oark
Jernigan
Alabama Highway Department
Army
Army Air Forces
Payne among nine IX Troop Carrier airmen with civilian banking ties
Staff Sergeant William C. Payne of Dornan is named among nine members of the Ninth Air Force IX Troop Carrier command who have civilian banking experience. Payne, a University of Alabama graduate, served as cashier of the First National Bank of Homestead Florida before joining the service.
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William C. Payne
Dornan
Ninth Air Force
IX Troop Carrier Command
Payne
University of Alabama
First Nations Bank of
RITCHIE Serges to Air Service Depot in England
Sergeant Mack S. Ritchie, son of Mr and Mrs J P Ritchie, Columbia, is stationed at a Control Depot of the Air Service Command somewhere in England, the public relations office reported today. He was a clerk before joining the Army.
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Casey
Charifle E Casey
A L Casey
Cocomb
Key West Barracks
Army Service Forces
Secamb High School
Marienna Amy Air Field
Army
Alto
Fred Casey
Mack S. Ritchie
J. P. Ritchie Columbia
Air Service Command
England
Ritchie
Retonga Deserves Sincere Praise From Noted Residents
Endorsements for Retonga pour in as well known men and women describe rapid relief from acid indigestion nervousness and weakness. Mrs. G W Kelley of Route 4 Birmingham Alabama says she was bedridden with indigestion and nerves before Retonga and felt improved quickly.
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G. W. Kelley
Route 4
Birmingham
Ala
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