Absentee ballot irregularities loom in May primary report
The May 2 Democratic primary absentee ballots prompt scrutiny as judges and clerks discuss procedures after dead voters and misrouted mail raise questions. Cottonwood box confusion surfaces with ballots mailed to Box Three and Box Cottonwood, while deceased relatives appear on county absentee lists.
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P. Peyner
D. Malstead
H Ba
Halsteed
the Eagle
Beeeep
Gfe
Colmmenvng
Faleta
Cottonwood
J. 5 Smith
Cdtgswood Barber
Gsi
Agricultural Group From 16 Counties Holds Session Here
Southeast Alabama farm officials from sixteen counties meet in a two day conference led by J C Lewin of Troy. Ming Edith F Wooley J S Burleson and G B Skinner assist. They toured Wiregrass Experiment Station Headland and will discuss farm and home production for War Food Administration driven efforts. Attendees include W J McArthur M H Pearson Robert Riggs and Miss Stina Brogden. Counties represented are Barbour Bullock Butler Coffee Covington Crenshaw Dale Elmore Geneva Henry Houston Lee Macon Montgomery Pike and Russell.
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Abby Ellaed
Alabama
J. C. Lewin
FSA
Troy
Ming Edith F. Wooley
J. S. Burleson
G. B. Skinner
Headland
J. P. Wilson
Alabame
Farm Security Administration
War Food Administration
W J. McArthur
Montgomery
M. H Pearson
Auburn
Robert Riggs
Stina Brogden
Barbour
Bullock
Butter
Coffee
Covington
Crenshaw
Dale
Elmore
Geneva
Henry
Houston, Lee
Macon
Pike and
Russell
Dies Predicts C10 To Be Red Party
Jasper Texas AP Rep Martin Dies chairman of the House committee on un American activities says the Congress of Industrial Organizations will become the Communist party of America. In a telephone interview he predicts the committee’s hundreds of reports will form the foundation for future inquiries and prosecutions. He calls postwar conditions and Russian influence central to the era and notes the panel was ahead of its time.
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Jasper
Tex
Martin Dies
D-Tex
House
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Communist Party of America
Dies
Congress
Texas
Thousands Of Japs Trapped By Yanks In New Guinea Area
Adv Allied Headquarters reports a western jaw trap on thousands of Japanese near Aitape and Wewak area as Allied forces press along bypassed terrain from Saturday. Air units hammer Wakde Island base and broader Hollandia region while enemy losses mount including fighters and a bomber. An abandoned Japanese hospital at Augusta Bay with 20 dead was found on the American perimeter.
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New Guinea
Barrow
Altape
Wawake
Cartain
Wewak
Madang
Bunabun
Aitape
Wakde Island
Japan
Hollendia
Hollawata
Schotten Yatend
Boteainville
Solomons
Government to buy coal to stockpile for summer and winter
War Production Board approved a plan to have the government purchase large soft coal reserves to keep mines operating through summer and ensure homes have fuel for winter. WPB chairman Donald Nelson endorsed the idea, with Interior’s world fuels section backing it and OPA finalizing decisions after a brief price schedule review. Representative Calvin D Johnson noted the key issue is price structures under which the Defense Supplies Corporation would buy.
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TOM Reedy Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M Nelson
Dea
World Fuels Section
Interior Department
OPA
Calvin D Johnson
R-1
Johnson
Defense Supplies Corporation
Invasion Timeline Rumors From Dothan Citizens
A local Eagle interview gathers Dothan residents on when an invasion might begin. W D Malone cites no exact date, Charlie Adams cites progress, Jay Robinson expects late month, Alto Lag Earl says next month, Hoy Hill notes this week, and other locals volunteer varied timelines amid speculation.
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Charlie Adams
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Jay Robinson
Barber
Alto
Hill
Houston County
Floyd
Invasion May Begin Any Moment Says Vichy Radio
London AP reports Vichy radio claims invasion may begin any moment as Allied aerials map the German west wall. Recon photos show fortifications, minefields, and barbed wire, revealing gun-by-gun positions as Eisenhower prepares for the forthcoming assault.
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Vichy
London
Dwight D Eisenhower
Ture
Puget
Surprise Victory at Myitkyina Airfield North Burma
Allied forces captu red Myitkyina airfield after a rapid march through rugged terrain and besiege the city. The seizure supports Gen Stilwell s drive to link the Ledo road with the Burma Road and open a land supply line to China. Junglewise American units aided by Chinese forces played a key role in the operation, and air transport can commence immediately.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyira
Myitkyina
Burma
Myiks
Joseph W. Stilwell
Ledo Highway
Burma Road
Ch'na Tt
Myithyina
Frank D. Merrill
Myitkyina Eirdrome
Chinese Advancing In Yunnan Sector
Houston Countians face an early call for preinduction examination as Selective Service directs boards to defer men over twenty six. At Board One in Dothan two more preinduction exams are set this month. A group of Negro registrants leaves May 22 for Fort Benning Georgia and a white group May 23 for Fort McClellan Alabama. no one over twenty six is included. The board will call only under twenty six unless deferred by officials.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Docrde
Dothan
Fort Benning
Fort McClellan
Pincer advance closes on Japs in Burma theater
The Chinese high command reports a developing pincer movement west of the Balween river aimed at the Burma road Japanese positions in Burma province. Chinese forces seize new positions north of the road while guerrillas link with Syrian Pass. American air and Mthair force support the drive, aiding 20,000 Chinese troops advancing toward a junction with Stilwell’s forces in northern Burma.
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Chunghing
Balween River
Burma Road
China
Burman
High Command
Sypinaw Pass
Armen
Mthair
Stilwell
Burma
Lashio
Mandalay
Bombera
Mangshib
Robert Shute Dies at 49 Funeral Today
Funeral services for Robert Shute forty nine of 806 South Apple Tree Street were held at Lafayette Street Methodist Church. He died yesterday afternoon in a Dothan hospital after a brief illness. He had lived in Dothan eighteen years and worked in retail groceries and a pecan business, farming near Dothan. Survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, and siblings, the service included American Legion pallbearers.
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Robert Shute
South Appletree Street
Dothan
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
W. O Phillp
Ward
American Legion
Veterans of
Forrestal Official Appointment Made
WASHINGTON AP James Forrestal, veteran naval officer and financier, was officially named the top naval leader after Senate confirmation following Knox's death. He announced a destroyer named for his predecessor and touted Pacific defenses. General Vandegrift predicted further strong strikes against Japan by the Marine Corps.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Roosevelt
Knox
Senate
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Alexander A Vandegriff
Marine Corps
D Lawd Spoke Yet Charlie Understands Not Folkloric Tale
Milton K. Wallace presents a rural parable where the Lord speaks to Charlie Henderson in Prichard. Frustrated, Charlie chops a poplar, discovers bark inscriptions by a worm author darker than him, and the odd script hints at messages lost to a lay reader.
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Milton K. Wallace
Charile Henderson
Charlie
Chariie
Henderson
Prichard
Bere
Saperde Calcarate
Charile’s
Hin
Bombers Strike Balkans as Weather Narrows Operations
German reports say US heavy bombers of the Mediterranean command entered Balkan skies today and fought over Romania and Serbia, with aerial clashes and losses claimed. Weather restricted western missions. bombers moved from Italian theater amid ongoing operations.
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London
Mediterranean Command
Gelkens
Homania
Serbia
Balkans
Berlin
Ruchirest Wiener
Yugoslav Partisans claim heavy Axis toll in Bosnia and Dalmatia
Last Minute BULLETINS report Yugoslav Partisans killed 1,500 Axis troops in eastern Bosnia as fighting continues and that in Dalmatia they drove enemy from Kintene. Marshal Tito announced the gains. Also World War II notes: War Secretary Stimson warns Allied publics about Nazi invasion-date propaganda. Churchill expected to speak May 24 in a Commons debate. Under Secretary Patterson calls wartime production strikes unacceptable, citing Detroit sabotages and the broader sacrifice of workers versus troops.
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London
Partisene
Axia
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Kintene
Josip Broz
Tito
Washington
Stimson
Pabiie
Europe
Hhe Presse
Warhington
Patterson
Detroit
Negro Angle In Politics Holds Light
The Associated Press reports on labor in politics and Negro voting shaping campaigns as Roosevelt seeks a fourth term and Governor Davey remains a focal point. Rep Smith proposes a House inquiry into campaign expenditures by individuals, corporations, or unions, while Rep Bhafer pushes to outlaw foremen unions amid controversy.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Davey
New York
Washington
Smith
D-Va
House of Representatives
Yea
Biddle
CIO Political Action Committee
Bhafer
Rnich
Bombers Hit Transportation Centers in Poland and White Russia
London AP reports Soviet long range bombers attacked rail hubs in Minsk White Russia Baranowice Old Poland and Chelm on lines toward Warsaw Kowal amid limited eastern frontier fighting. Moscow says 500 Germans killed 19 captured as two Nazi infantry divisions allegedly face annihilation and rail lines suffer fires and explosions in the wider eastern theater.
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London
Nazi Rai
White Russia
Old Poland
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Minsk
Baranowice
Chelm
Warsaw
Kowal
Mowcow
Bovint
Stanislewow
Berlin
Dnester
Tirespol
Grigortpol
Baranowl
Chel
Culver Named On SFAW Committee In Alabama Area
J P Culver has been named to the Solid Fasls Administration for War committee for the Dothan area including Andalusia Alabama City Gadaden and Montgomery. The SFAW opposes coupon coal rationing. Interior Secretary Harold Licken asks retail coal firms to support equitable distribution of the nation’s limited coal supply this winter.
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J P Culver
Solid Fasls
Department of Interior
SFAW
Harold Licken
Retai
Dothan
Andaluss
Alabama City
Gadaden
Montgomery
Know Your Congressman primer aims at businessmen
Washington AP report highlights a National Association of Manufacturers publication advising how to treat Congressmen. The two page guide stresses that a congressman is a human being living in discomfort, earning about 41000 a year, and should be spoken to clearly and on topic.
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James Marlow
George Zielke Washington
Anya
Naonal Association of Manufactur
Bof Committee
Congress
Thia
Allied advance breaks Hitler line near Cassino and areas to Rome
Allied reports say forces enveloped Cassino and the monastery, pushing toward Fermia and advancing along the Abary Line. Eighth Army sliced west of Cassino highway 6, cutting retreat routes as German troops evacuate. Some resistance remains around town and monastery.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Cassino
Aber
Farmin
Eighth Army
Acroges
Ahodefous
Are
J Mead
Whronghold
Freed Correspondent Describes Reich Damage Seen
Larry Allen, AP war correspondent and 1942 Pulitzer winner, reports from aboard the Crisholm at Barcelona about German preparations and fortifications in France as Allied forces near a breakthrough. He notes German focus on net defenses and warns of broader continental preparations.
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Reich
Larry Allen
Associated Preas
Italan
Alfen
Ha Wee
Tobruk
Libya
Barcelona
Nazi Geremany
Allie
France
Allied forces press toward Rome with Cassino stronghold fallen
Allied troops seize Cassino and coastal Formia after naval bombardment and breakthrough. British units push through Litivalue to cut highway six toward Rome while French and Polish forces advance elsewhere toward Adolf Hillarine. Northern and eastern fronts report continued bombing, inland offensives, and shifting fronts across Europe and Asia as Burma and China conflict narrows.
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Europe
Cassino
Nasi
Rome
Coeatal
Formia
Liti Vailey
Adolf Hillarine
Balkans
Preinvasion
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Minsk
Old Poland
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Asia
Myitkyina
Burma
China
Lovankg
Pacific
New Hollendia - Altape Bares
New Guinea
Madang
Aly
Wib
Wakkde
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