Governor Sparks Pledges Anti-Poll Tax Push
Gov Chauncey Sparks tells graduates at Dunman College he will push an anti-poll tax measure and criticizes current wage and labor aims. He urges graduates to work for reform amid calls for minimum wages and hours while defending individual contract rights.
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Sparks
Marion
Chauncey Sparks
Dudnan College
Weung
House of Representatves
Ptubirauul
Judson
Avlee
Waa Wecessey
Hunters gain wartime limits freedom in British Columbus
In British Columbus Canada hunters are not subject to wartime restrictions, allowing broader activity. The statement asserts no wartime controls affect hunting in this area, noting accessibility for local sportsmen.
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British Columbus
Canada
Two From Area Among Army Dead
The War Department reports two local soldiers killed in action in the European region and one wounded in the Pacific. Pfc. Robert C. Patterson of Blountstown was killed in the Pacific, husband of Beatrice W. Patterson. Pfc. Thomas E. Hunt of Quincy and Jack J. Coleman of Geneva also listed among casualties.
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War Department
van Pie
Jack J. Coleman
Malcolm Coleman
Geneva Rauie
Pacific
Robert C. Patterson
Beatrice W. Patterson
Blountstown
Pacific Region
Thomas E. Hunt
Mary Hunt
Quincy
15 Year Old Girl Accused Of Bigamy
A 15 year old girl faced juvenile court authorities in New Haven on bigamy charges. Justice of the Peace Joseph McGovern heard the case after she appeared in Bridgeport claiming to be Beaurout Bod it gave her age. Detective Simon Reise said the girl and Pi Pelecia were paired in the incident. The girl claimed she did not know why she married.
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Meath
Euthorten Deckines
Tiel
Searcan Weil
FF Bea
Loeuterant
Simon Reise Uug
Peilecia
Kesfug
Gisi
Medal of Honor Citation Recalls Lindsey's Heroic Creek Haunts
President presides over Capitol ceremony honoring Infantryman Lindsey of the 16th Regiment First Army First Division for heroism near Hamich Germany on November 16. Wounded, he led, bayoneted, and captured enemies while accounting for 20 killed and three captured. recipient also wears Silver Star and Purple Heart. Lindsey born May 1 1821 in Isney Alabama. enlisted February 6 1940 in Montgomery Alabama.
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Congréss
Lindsey
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Trman
White House
Congress
First Army
Hamich
Germany
Isney
Ala
Montgomery
Jake Lindsey
Mobile
Washington
Luftwaffe Production Slump And Armament Flaws Noted
Wartime memoir passages recount Hitler’s frustration with light armament on planes, the need for heavier guns, and poor aircraft utilization. Goering and Himmler discussions highlight losses from planes burned before air combat. By August 1944 German output rose to 5100 aircraft, with 3500 new builds and 1500 salvaged units, then declined as the war neared its end.
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Page Opr
Messerschmitt
Hitler
Shookiap
Vitler
Goering
Hiller
Luftwaffe
Drunkenness Leads Week End Arrests
Four or more persons faced charges during an eight hour period as Cay and county officers logged drunkenness arrests. Three DWI charges were filed by City police, five by Highway patrol, with statewide efforts amid prohibition enforcement. Public drunkenness and disorderly conduct also appeared, with 29 people detained by City police and additional arrests by the sheriff on related counts.
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Auipolge
Cay
J. £. Draughoo
Cuberg
Chargie
Qilef
Alabere Siete
Ciy
Sheriff's Office
Dothan Officer's Lost Money Found
A Navy Lieutenant on leave recovered his purse containing gasoline ration coupons and about 185 dollars after Alabama Highway Patrol located the likely spot near Clanton and traced the loss to a wife’s pocketbook slipped from a car. The purse was found intact by Patrolmen Henry H. Glenn and Milton J. Brown.
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Montgomery
Ala
Navy
Alabama Highway Patrol Patrol
van B. Gilbert
Dothan
W. J. Williams
Clanton
Williams
Henry H. Glenn
Milton J. Brown
Fepc Bill Faces Senate Opposition and Floor Debate
Five days after introduction, five senators have not yet approved the FEPC bill to create a seven member agency to prevent employment discrimination based on race color or creed. Southern Senators threaten filibuster, while the wartime FEPC remains temporary. Mrs Norton seeks to move the measure from the Rules Committee to the floor for immediate debate but the petition needs 218 signatures. fewer than 100 have signed it after about three weeks.
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FEPC
Executive Department
Norton
Rules Committee
Messare
Rep. Cox D-Gaisside
Yugoslav Withdrawal From Austrian Border Reported
British and Allied observers note Yugoslav forces begin moving out of Austria toward the border after talks with Gen Keightley. Trieste reports say Tito’s troops withdraw from Klagenfurt area while Allied authorities seek an accord with Tito on Italy. Second Lieutenant Charles B. Whiddon earns the Air Medal for meritorious bomber operations over Germany and occupied Europe.
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Harold Alexander
Trieste
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Kleinzerling
Klagenfurt
Carinthia
Thieste
Styria
Austria
Eighth Army
Warold Alexander
Dial Occupaliu
Titu
Keightley
Tito
Italy
Newspa Per Ti Nastyy Avvenire
ASK
Charles 3B Whiddon
Beaty Whiddon
Magnolia Avenue
Germany
Europe
Eighth Airy Force
Lieut
Whiddon
Dothan High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
AAP
Simmons the Wizard of KKK Dies in Atlanta
The panic era Ku Klux Klan leader known as Imperial Wizard Simmons dies after years of retirement. His wife survives him and notes his four years of solitude since the Klan’s eclipse. Simmons guided the revived Klan during the 1920s era with Mantled robes and marches.
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Atlanta
Willem Josep Summons
Umpersi
Pest
Gop
Stone Mountain
Aljeritz
Klan
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Southland
Simmons
Oder
Slocomb Summer School Planned
Slocomb high school will start summer classes on May 28 at 6 a m with social studies taught by Annie L. Siutis and mathematics by Mrs Forbes C Phinney. The first term lasts six weeks and a second term may follow if needed. The school is accredited by the State Department of Education in Montgomery. Young men turning eighteen before normal graduation receive special consideration.
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Slocomb
Slocomb High School
Birs
Annie L. Siutis
Forbes C. Phinney
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Rail Commission Cuts and Raises Ship Rates Across Regions
The ICC proposed a three-tier change affecting class and commodity rates. Eastern territory would see a base 5 percent raise on class rates, with a temporary 10 percent increase starting August 30. The South and West would receive a 10 percent cut on most class rates, while the West of the Rockies faces no such change. Estimates show large regional revenue shifts from less-than-carload traffic if applied broadly.
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Ricky Mountains
ICC
East
South
New York City
Railroad
Eastern
Commission
Southern
Western
Reopening Plans for Regional Air Service Involving Atlanta Office
The regional office of CAA in Atlanta reports ongoing plans to reopen air service. Cooperation between Chihan Chamber of Commerce and Congressman Andrews aims for quick section. the north-south route suspended after Pearl Harbor will be restored. A new east-west route from Birmingham, Texas, via Dothan to Boston is proposed, linking major cities along the path with the same air lines as before CAB approval.
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CAA
Atlanta
Chihan Chamber of Commerce
Andrews
Peatl Harbor
Bignawvie Tex
Dothan
Boston
B 29 Crewman Henry Jenkins Completes Training in Tucson
B 29 crewman Sergeant Henry Jenkins husband of Nell Jenkins of Dothan has completed intensive training as the eighth crew member of a B 29 Superfortress at the Devig Monthan Field Tucson Arizona and will go overseas to retirement combat service the public relations office has announced.
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Henry Jenkins
Nell Jenkins
Dothan
Devig-Monthan Pier
Tucson
Ariz
Avengo
Public Relations Office
Big Five agree on regional defense plan wording shift
A regional defense agreement progressed after lengthy talks with the United States backing self government and independence terms while Britain and the United States debated inserting new language into the world charter. Language experts refined drafts as Latin American delegates reviewed and endorsed the plan ahead of a conference committee session.
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Tadey
Rusgre
World Organization
United States
Britain
Stetunius
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
United Nations
Chinese Troops Strike as Japanese Losses Reported
Chinese forces claim heavy Japanese deaths at Diungloh and Haichow Bay as coastal positions from Haikou to Hong Kong see reported attrition. A four day battle near Chungking leaves about 1500 Japanese dead, halting their second inner China offensive. Lt Gen Wedemeyer announces an American air base is now at Low Capital, Kweichow Province, 200 miles south of Chungking along the Chungking Kunming highway.
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Foochow
Diungloh
Haigchow Bay
Hongkong
Chungking
Inner China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Kweichow Province
Chungking-Kunming
Philippine Front Advances Reach key Japanese positions
Forces accelerated across Mindanao and Luzon. The 24th and 38th Divisions reduced strong pockets, opened the Sayre highway to Dalang village, and closed in on Malsybaley. On Luzon the Balete Pass and Ipo area saw cleared pockets near Manila while the 43rd Division trapped large Japanese forces around Ipo dam. Aussie veterans seized Hill 105 on Tarakan as British New Guinea troops captured Brandi Plantation near Wewak.
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Suse
Song Nuppanike
Epil
Sayre
Mindanao
Waa
Daling Village
Malsybaley
Bokidoon
Luzon
Cain
Balete Pass
Manila
Ipo
Sierra Madre Mountains
Maraking
Wawa Dam
Mankans
Bossbosa
Philippines
Tarakan Island
Borneo
British New Guinea
Brandi Plantation
Wewak
Boram
Nazi war crimes hunt continues and German devolution debated
The report notes continued manhunts for Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler and the seizure of a Nazi armored car near Neunkirchen after May 17 when Arthur Greiser was captured. Moscow commentators press British American authorities to capture more criminals while urging end to Doenitz collaboration. plan seeks decentralization under Allied supervision with trusted burgomasters.
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Pige Gael
First Army
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmier
Neunkirchen
Arthur Greiser
Pogsnan
Moscow
B. Dyin
Doenitz
Germany
Ahe
Demand for St Joseph Aspirin Confuses Shoppers
Fragmentary ad style note urges readers to request St Joseph Aspirin with claim of stronger formula and incentives. It mentions Bit and Ther a, but readability is limited. The item reads as a truncated promotional snippet offering specific brand names and encouragement to seek the product.
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