Mrs J L Strickland Dies On Newton Route
Mrs J L Strickland of Newton Route One dies at home after long Hartford to Newton route life. Widow of J L Strickland she leaves four children and many grandchildren. Funeral services to be held at Hartford with burial in the local cemetery. Surviving children include Mrs Okerth Owens and four sons, with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. A large Hartford and Newton community mourns the loss.
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Newtun
Becks
Dotnar
Hartford
J L
Holland Dykes
Cate Tery
Ward-Wilson
N Charne
Okerth Owens
Newton Munema
RY Smith
Referendum Debate Shapes Alabama State Referendum Hearing
The document records a heated debate over a referendum bill in Alabama with remarks from John E B Carpenter of Jamestown and House committee chair Browne. Proponents claim the measure is radical, while opponents warn it clouds the will of the people. A note indicates page 3 in issue No. 16.
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Stowe
Orate
Petitecrad
Jone
Lawes
Chapael
Senate
John EB Caruupher
Jamestone
House
Marx
Nrtl Garten
Alabama
Sheriff says Nathan Swan jailed for liquor law violation
Sheriff B. Former reports Nathan Swan, described as a Negro, was arrested yesterday by ABC agents in Do than and is held at the Houston County jail on a liquor law violation. The sheriff confirmed Swan’s arrest on the Montgomery Highway.
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ABC
Nathan Swan
Montgomery
Houston County
Lynn
Dothan
Police Hold Man On Loitering Or Hagapian Arrest
Police detained a man identified as Hagapian on charges related to loitering and impersonation in Banat Florida. The suspect wore a military style uniform and claimed discharge from the Army while law officers investigated his statements and affiliation with a group tied to Magaplan.
War Labor Board urged action in coal dispute continuation
Number 9 continues from Page One with Ickea stating he cannot extend the truce period and that the next step rests with the government. He says his role is to mine coal and declines to name any agency to act, though his comments hint at War Labor Board involvement in the Lewis and bi tuminium coal operators dispute.
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Lewis
Ickea
War Labor Board
Wage brackets pledged by AFL in wage rates plan
Number 8day in Cleveland reports the executive board meets there tomorrow and the AFL Executive Council convenes next Monday in Washington. Protests are expected to target prices as the directive orders rapid establishment of wage rate brackets by occupational groups and labor market areas using sound and tested going rates.
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Cleveland
AFL
Anonymous source notes Senate split over George plan and Measure
An informant says a canvass shows the Senate almost evenly divided between the George proposal and the Measure approved by a committee. The George substitute would tax changes phased in, raise Treasury receipts by about 12.5 percent annually, and move tax collections earlier, with a 20 percent wage levy starting July 1 to bring most taxpayers current.
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Informa
Senate
George
World
Treasury
Russians claim decisive progress in eastern front battles
War dispatches report continued Soviet successes across several fronts. Air duels near Leningrad and Rostov, heavy artillery exchanges on Leningrad Kalinin and Smolensk fronts, and a large push near Tishansk indicate steady advances. Red Army claims 600+ enemy killed and 1,000 captured in supporting actions.
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Kalinin
Rostov
Smolensk
Germany
Qrossiak
Tishhansk Rateway
Donets
Pansuing
Teo
Cerny Rac Bis
Fussiana Ware
North Africa Campaign Ends With Major Allied Victory
Allied forces completed a sweeping North African victory as Eisenhower and Alexander praised a coordinated push that trapped 50,000+ troops, captured 1,000+ guns and 250+ tanks, and surrounded key Axis centers. French and Italian forces suffered large prisoner totals while remaining pockets dissolved under bombardment and ground assault.
North Carolina Man Faces Morals Charge
A man identified as Thomas Rosa of North Carolina was arrested on a morals charge by City Detective Wee Her ridg and jailed. Police reported multiple arrests yesterday, including Mary Waitara and Eula Mas Lawnon for disorderly conduct and vagrancy, Nell Melson and Ida B. Shiver for disorderly conduct, and Le Wate and A J McCain on similar charges amid numerous public drunkenness arrests.
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Thomas Rosa
North Carolina
Wee Herridg
Rose
Mary Waitara
Eula Mas Lawnon
Nell Melson
Ida B. Shiver
le Wate
A J McCain
Negro Jailed Here On Liquor Charge
United States Commissioner J W Daughtry reported Curtis Stinson a black man from near Enterprise is jailed on 300 bond for possessing pan tax paid whiskey. Stinson was arrested yesterday by U S Marshal Henry Floyd on a warrant from Warren P Elfender of the Alcoholic Tax Unit at Dothan. At a preliminary hearing Stinson pleaded guilty.
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United States
J. W Daughtry
Curtis Stinson
Enterprise
Stinson
U. S
Henry Floyd
Warren P Elfender
Dothan
Daughtry
War aims and Pacific plans amid European strategy debate
The article notes a broad, preplanned European action framework and suggests Roosevelt and Churchill may adopt one master plan. It details ongoing talks with Eduard Benes and continued White House staff meetings, while Japan’s situation in the Pacific remains fluid and Burma campaigns stall as monsoons approach.
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Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Bhava
Eduard Banes
Benes
Japan
Washington
Pacific
Australia
Malaya
Burma
Wavell
Aykab
Rangoon
China
Victims named in air crash include Cheney Cowles and others
Included among the victims was Major Cheney Cowles former managing editor of The Chronicle Spokane Intelligence Officer at the Second Air Support Command and son of W H Cowles Sr a longtime publisher. Also killed were Major Jeth W Dobson copilot A Thom copilot Herbert E Brackin and Milford Herakhowitz. Bodies were taken to Martin Touart Funeral Home Mobile Alabama details were not learned. report said the craft broke up in the air.
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Cheney Cowles
The
Chronicle
Spokane Wash
Second Air Support Command
W. H. Cowles
Rt Busher
Spokesman-Review
Jeth W Dobson
Durant
Okta
Seiut
Amherst
Ohio State
Herbert E. Brackin
Tothan
Ala
Millford Herahkowitz
Kingston
Martin Touart
Mobile
Allied advances capture hundreds of prisoners and matériel
Tens of thousands of Germans and Italians marched toward prison camps from Cap Bon peninsula as Allied forces overran positions. Large stockpiles of war materiel, including aircraft, were seized for serviceable use by French units. Von Arnim’s force was overwhelmed near Cap Bon and collapsed under Allied air power and a pursuing British Fleet Army armor attack.
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Algeria
Cap Kony
Yosteday
Unita
Armia
von Arnim
Cap Bonpaninaule
European unrest broadens as Dutch refuse draft
Reports detail Dutch ex soldiers resisting reinternment and Germans executing Dutch, with curfews in Eindhoven and martial law tightening. News from Stockholm, Brussels, Bern and Algiers note uprisings in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Yugoslavia, and sabotage efforts across occupied Europe amid Allied advances in North Africa.
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London
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Radio Orange
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Philips Radio
Reuters
Stockholm
Holland
Ddea
Aneta Aao
Troub
al Atudente
Holand
Europe
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Brussels
Bern
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Laval
Paris
France
Algiers
Tunisia
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Yugoslavia
Generaja Mihalilovic
Federal Communications Commission
Mario Bushsati
Ekrem Libohoya
Albania
RAF Bombers Hit City In Major April Assault
An Air Ministry communique described heavy use of RAF bombers dropping 1350 tons of high explosive on the city in a major assault. It noted good visibility for night raids and said preliminary reports indicated excellent results, but did not specify the exact bomb weight.
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RAF
Air Ministry
Raid on Duisburg Heaviest of War Says Allied Note
The report notes Duisburg faced the war’s heaviest attack, surpassing prior single-target raids. It highlights Dortmund and Cologne precedents, cites heavy Canadian bomber participation, and mentions British coastal command support while the main force struck Germany with torpedo-equipped aircraft involved.
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Duisburg
Ameebg
Waerelnigte Brahiwerkemair Lboms
Armads
Coastal Command
Ale
Germany
Fragmentary report hints at bombing with casualties
OCR reads: The German white. whuck bark ack cee Brium which the Berle the fishing in alr tom 2 mat rete 'ings 2m one bomb destroyed ee. 12 bodies axe found te tp.
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Berle
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