Nazi retreat slows Allied push across Italy
German defenders crumble as Allied forces press a wide advance toward Terracina and the Montebello line. Reports say the German 10th Army suffers heavy losses, with camps and positions in retreat while American units push to trap remaining pockets along the Terracina front.
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Kennedy
Hitler
Eiale Gouther
Anzio
Amg
Pica
Terracine
Eighth
Ier
Pollution Of Water Revealed In Dothan Health Officer Says
Health officer WT Burkett reports the public water supply shows pollution with a typhoid fever case found by the county health department. Lab tests confirmed contamination, source unknown, chlorination underway for safety. He suggests the boy’s infection likely occurred at a swimming site away from city water. Public reassurance given. precautions in place by local health and utility officials.
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Dothan
Abby Ellard
Burkett
County Health Department
Board of Health
Spain
Illey
Dothen
Houston
Ousted Yugoslav War Minister Linked to King’s Move
London AP reports King Pater of Yepeslavia dismissed Gen. Draja Mihailovic as war minister amid discussions of Tito’s return and a potential cabinet post for Partisan leader. Possible deals and royal favor influenced the unsettled future of the government in exile.
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London
Pater
Yepeslavia
Draja Mjallovicc
Marabal Tito
Tito
National Army of
Oneration
Senate Votes Through Tax Bill By Voice Vote
The Senate approved a simplified income tax bill aimed at exempting about 30 million of the nation’s 50 million taxpayers from further federal returns. It overhauls rates and exemptions, replacing the victory tax, and cuts the total individual tax burden by about 60 million dollars from current levels. The measure goes back to the House for minor technical concurrence after lengthy debate led by Senator Langer and opposition shifts by Senator McCarran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Internal Revenue
House
Langer
R-N. D
Bny
McCarran
D-Nev
Merrill's Troops Advance Across Irrawaddy River
Allied forces report a three pronged assault closing on Japanese troops near Myitkyina Burma. Big Gen Frank Merrill's infantry along with air reinforcements crossed the Irrawaddy River four miles south of the city as Chinese and American units closed in from multiple flanks and captured Zigyun island village while driving toward Waronga remnants in the Mogaung valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Charles A Grumich
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkeying
Frank Merrill
Irrawaddy River
Gharpate
Irrawaddy
Zigyun
Mogaung
Warong
Myitkyina Garison
Alabama Labor Plan Kept Lumber Up in Southeast
Governor Chauncey Sparks disclosed a three way agreement among the War Manpower Commission Selective Service and Extension Service that kept Alabama lumber output high in 1943 and 1944. The plan let farmers work at sawmills during slack farming periods and was kept secret until Earnest L. Marbury explained Alabama's success to a Southern Pine Association executive. The Labor Supply Committee aimed to renew the arrangement for late summer 1944 as farming labor needs remained high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabame
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Alabame Extension Service
Chauncey Sparks
Southeast
Sparks
Alabama State Labor Supply Committee
WMC
Elective Service
Extension Service
Earnest L. Marbury
Alabama
New Orleans
Southern Pine Association
Marbury
Southern Pine
Alabom
Office of the War Merpower Commission
J.T. Johnson
Hitler Orders German Army to Fight and Die
London AP reports that Hitler allegedly ordered German forces in Italy to hold positions and fight to the last man. Allied observers say this strategy led to setbacks in Tunisia and Stalingrad and may be reversed by Allied pressure along the Italian front.
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SY West Gallagher London
Africa
Britain
Hitler
Italy
Stalingrad
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Forcm
Harold Alexander
I ‘A6
Hitler Jine
Gaeta
Plurality Of Wives Brings Grief To 15
In Alt Lake City a teen group labeled fundamentalists were convicted Saturday of unlawful cohabitation. A 70 year old beader said their belief in plural marriage would be unaffected. The law, he claimed, cannot end the practice. The crowd at the courthouse reflected the tense mood as verdicts were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alt Lake City
Beader
Whit King resigns from Houston County Draft Board
Whit King resigns as clerk of Houston County Selective Service Board No. One in Dothan. The resignation becomes effective June 15, with a successor not yet chosen, after serving since 1940 to reenter private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Whit King
Houston County
Eelective Service Board No. One
Dothan
Wb. Cannon
Cannon
Merbers
King Kag
King
Pnty
Twranty
Canton
Churchill Plans For World Security In Commons Speech
London AP report says Prime Minister Churchill will outline postwar world security aims in Parliament next week. He may restate blood sweat tears resolve while stressing a high price for victory. The address could sketch empire structure, economic warfare gains, and potential terms for Germany amid talks of a grand coalition.
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Alex
Singleton
London
Churchill
Commons
Britain
Vicory
Germany
Upoa
European Advisory Commission
Russia
United States
World Organization
League of Nations
Cooper To Resign As Committeeman
Charles M. Cooper Beat Three member of The Beat Three Dothan announces he will resign from the Houston County Democratic Executive Committee. His departure follows his appointment as a latent attorney general requiring residence at the State Capitol in Montgomery. Cooper has served since 1928 and his term would end in two years. The committee will name a successor to fill the unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beat Three
Dothan
Houston County
Democratic Executive Committee
Charles M. Cooper
Cooper
State Capitol
Montgomery
OPA
Wakde Islands Taken By U S MacArthur Says
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur announced that Wakde Island and the Wakde group were brought under control by Friday afternoon. In the three day amphibious operation the Japanese defenders suffered about five hundred killed while American casualties numbered 16 killed 83 wounded and two missing.
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New Guinea
Wakde
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Rollandis
6Th Army
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Manokwari
Hollandia
Boston
Manokwari Harbor
Oregon Senate Upset Defeats Holman In Primary
Oregon voters renominate incumbent Guy Cordon for the unexpired Senate term as Wayne Morse defeats Rufus C. Holman in an upset. Morse, a former War Labor Board member, will face Democrat Edgar W. Smith in November while Cordon contends with Wille Mahoney. Bricker runs third in Oregon presidential race with Stassen second behind Dewey.
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D. Harold Oliver
Oregon
Rufus C. Holman
Wayne l L. Morse
War Labor Board
Guy Cordon
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Northwest
Stete
Holman
Charis A. Sprague
Cordon
Morey
Morse
Edgar W. Smith
Wille Mahoney
Klamath Falls
John W Bricker
Ohio
Harold EL. Stassen
Dewey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Barnyard Mystery Egg Story Told By Poultryman
Henry Lester Stevens of Do than route 1 is a poultryman who claims to have a giant egg laid by a Plymouth Rock hen weighing about half a pound and measuring 4 1/2 inches long and 7 1/2 inches in circumference. He shares the tale amid questions of why the hen laid it and whether it signals shortages or ancestral traits, though few can understand the egg’s meaning.
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Faherme
Henry Lester Stevens
Route 1
Henry
Hollywood
Plymouth Rock
Bricker Support Likely From Alabama Delegation
Alabama Republicans split over 1944 convention loyalties as W L Longshore announces will vote for John Bricker. District delegates remain largely unbound after Dewey instruction, with six of seven uninstructed members expected to back Bricker. The Alabama slate at large backs Dewey, while district selections await further actions and contests.
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Birmingham
Alu
Alabama
Thomas E Dewey
New York
John Bricker
Ohio
W.L. Longshore
Bricker
Fre
Egha
Charles E. Robinson
Dewey
Frit Cartain
Homer F. Mitchell
Cullman
B Lonnie Noojin
McKellar urges Senate to oust TVA chief over anti trust
Senator McKellar of Tennessee urged the Senate to remove TVA chairman Lilienthal or impeach him for alleged violations of U S anti trust laws. He accused TVA of entering private power agreements and spending government funds recklessly while expanding its reach. He argued TVA could be better run as a billion dollar government entity funded by annual appropriations to lower electricity and fertilizer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
David Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
Lilienther
TVA
Lil Jenthal
Congress
Tennassee Valley Authority
McKellar Sald
Tr Gp
Lillenthal
Miners End Strike and Pullman Workers Hold Out
In Birmingham Alabama the Pullman Standard Car Co Bessemer plant stayed closed after workers rejected a three day old settlement proposal. Four other Birmingham district work stoppages were settled with partial crews. union officials say turnout expected Monday.
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Birmingham
Als
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
Isbor
CIO
Farrgald
Pullman
Negro MP Freeman Williams jailed for assault to murder
Camp Rucker MP Freeman Williams, a Black sergeant, was jailed in Houston County on a charge of assault to murder after allegedly breaking his night stick over Capri Tones's head. Tones was hospitalized with a severe head wound. Williams was transferred from MP headquarters to the county jail by Sheriff Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rucker
Dothan
Houston County
Masault Tn
Bargeant Freeman Williams
Bhartif
Farmer
Farmar
Tere Tj
Allies Launch Greatest Attack In Watrs History To Batter Europe
Allied forces unleash a massive air offensive on Brittany to Balatum, throwing 3,000 tons of explosives against rail hubs and airfields. An American force joins nearly 1,000 bombers and 4,000 fighters, though daylight strikes meet few German planes. Casualties include two bombers and five fighters. two German aircraft are shot down. This marks a pivotal continuous assault as war enters intensified phase.
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Allies
Watr
Europe
Austin Afalmere
Alcht
Britain
Ami Vali
RAF
Cantera
Emerly
Gremany
Aflieg
Aincy
Page
Wallace and Aides Depart For China With FDR Message
Wallace leaves for China carrying a message from President Roosevelt to the Chinese people. Aides include an expert on Russian munition supply matters. John Hazard, chief meteor officer of the Foreign Economic Administration division of Soviet inquiry, travels with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock -Washington
Wallace
China
Roosevelt
Liberte
Burme
Himalaya
America
Faulkner Buys Dothan Plants for Joint Enterprise
W C Faulkner announced purchase of Grubb Produce and Ice Co on the Dothan-Most timery highway and lease of L H Moore Ice Co on Cast Powell street forming a joint operation. Grubb folks to run retail coal and housing business. ice unit to be Faulkner Ice Co No 1. Moore property to be Faulkner Ice and Coal Co. The coal plant, dating from 1922, will continue selling meat storage rockers and expand facilities. Rex Pippin to manage both Faulkner plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grubb Produce and Ice Co
Dothan-Mosttimery
L. H. Moore Ice Co
Powell Street
W. C. Faulkner
Grubb
Rom
Harry
George Grubt
Faulkner
Ce Co
Mooe
Faulkner Ice and Coal Co
I. H Moore
Montgomery
Rex Pippin
Moore
Faulkner Packing Co
Kingan Ald Co
Ped
Farmiag
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Fem Pleo
Inlm
Terracinta
Foria
Terncan
Terracina
Campadimele
Fico
Withi
Whailovic
Joan Bree
Romise
Nischeine
Mihalovic
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Myitkyina
Johannes Bisskowitz
Poland
Sedan
France
Kesselring
Whit King
Draft Board
U. S
Milton B, Wallace
Nea Thephoto
Theut
Richard HL O'Kane
Tang
Truk
Navy
State
Republican
Charles Lilienthal
James M. Long
Supreme Invasion
Eisenhower
Aides
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