Allied Fronts Join to Advance on Rome
Allied and Fifth Army forces massed north of the Anzio beachhead as they pressed to break out toward Cisterna and Terracina. German resistance persisted along the coastal highway, with reports of heavy fighting and strategic pressures on the offensive toward Rome.
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Rome
Mpward Kennedy
Gua
Maly
Fifth Army
Batiza
En Tire
Ferrucina
Anzio
Ramee
Terracina
Bond Officials Plan Campaign Tomorrow in Dothan
RUDY BROWN reports Alabama’s quota in the War Loan drive stood at 102 million dollars with a nationwide goal of about 9 millionl? county officials plan a meeting tomorrow at the Houston Hotel to map out county campaigns. Pat Poyner, county War Bond chairman, says efforts will focus on selling E bonds and small wage earner investments as inflation countermeasures with postwar planning discussed.
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SY Rudy Brown
Aladama
Houston
Howfir
Veung
Bemngton
Pat Poyner
Orly
Poynst
World War II Battle Updates From Southern Europe
Allied forces reach a beachhead at lasis and press contact on the central front while German counterattacks and air raids target western fronts in France and Belgium. Soviet reconnaissance continues with sporadic thrusts toward the Ural line as campaigns unfold in Asia with moves near Tengchung and Loyang.
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Europe
Lasis
Central Front
Stort
Wast Wall
France
Aachen
Germany
Russia
I. Ama
Talween
Tengchung
Ae Gabe
Loyang
Mower
Sith
Tre Alefields
Maffia
Dothan High School Diploma Exercises Highlight Wartime Graduation
Dothan High School awards diplomas tonight to 94 graduates of the 143-44 class in a wartime ceremony themed The American Way Is Our Way. Valedictorian Lille Joyce Thomas and salutatorian Ellan Todges speak, with veteran acknowledgments and music, as Diploma presentations are made by Principal T. G. Vaughn. Junior High School graduation also honors 152 members, and all city schools close tomorrow with report cards issued to students.
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Manberg
Dothan High School
At & Pur
Lille Joyce Thomas
Ellan Todges
Clagg
Page Register
Chaellen Aimms
Kathryn Ward
Roy Young
J. W.colings
James Ralph McLeod
Billy Joe Mengheim
Bond Wallace Miar
Riley Houston Newton
Calvin Coolidge Tidwell
Thomas Ward Williams
George Zbinden
Carv
Bate
T. G. Vaughn
Young Junior
Clty
Missing in Action Lt Mal Allender Details
War Department notified that Lt Mal Allender, a pilot with Alca holic Tax Unit, assigned to Dotha in the past year, has been missing in action after a rotation over Europa. He was in England less than three months and is the couple’s only son from Shelbyville Indiana.
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Ww. P. Allender
Shelbyville
Ind
Tax Board Convenes In Dothan June 5th
The County Board of Tax equalization will convene Monday June 5 and remain through July for a discussion of taxation affecting county finances and related matters at the office of Tex henessor G Collins. The three member board, composed of Chairman Otis Mims FR L Coz.
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County Board of
Tex Equalization
Gusenemants
Tex Henessor
G. Collins
Threeman Beard
Otis Mims
L Coz
Break With Finns Seen By America
Washington reports officials foresee possible Russian break with Bulgaria within days. Such a move would likely force a reconsideration of an American break with Finland, as both Balkan and Nordic fronts tighten. U.S. policy toward Finland, unchanged after its rejection of armistice terms, could become hard to justify if Russia aligns with Bulgaria.
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John M Hightower
Washington
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Romanie
Feitler
Balkan
Germany
Rusia
United States
American Submarines Sink 15 Japanese Ships
American submarines continue to sink Japanese vessels in the Pacific including a destroyer and transport. The Navy reports 15 more ships sunk or damaged, bringing total Japanese losses attributed to American submarines to 726, with 573 definitely sunk, 1 probably sunk, and 115 damaged, involving tankers, cargo ships, and other vessels as patrols reach near Japanese shores.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
New
Japan
America
Slee
Medical Treatment Plan For Venereal Disease In Dothan
Recorder Vaughn outlined a program to offer medical treatment at Pensacola hospital at government expense to women in court for vagrancy and minor charges who are found infected with venereal disease. Participation is voluntary and based on an honor system. noncompliance could result in rearrest and forced service of the sentence. The plan aims to reduce venereal disease, with cooperation from Army and Cuban health authorities, noting a previous surge in infections amid transient prostitutes.
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Recorder's
vVenerea
U. S
Pensacola
Fii
Vaughn
Army
Dathen
Nan
Dothan
Army plans boost ammunition and artillery production
Official sources disclose a new program to rapidly expand plant construction and reopen closed facilities to meet heavier artillery and ammunition demand for potential inland fighting. The plan targets guns including 155 mm howitzer and 240 mm weapons, with TNT, powder, bags and nylon bag supplies rising to support intensified production over the next 18 months.
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Waerhington
Beschhelds
Europe
Pew
Italy
Dewey Still Short est Ballot Clincher For GOP Nomination
Dewey remains short of the required support to clinch the GOP nomination as delegates meet to finalize state delegations. Indiana has 79 votes set for June 12 while Nevada votes on June 10. Tennessee will select one more on June 1 and Puerto Rico and the Philippines each add two delegates.
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Dewey
GOP
D. Harold Oliver Aspecia
Ftaff
Nevada
Temein
Chicago
Indiana
Tennessee
Puerto Rico
Phllippines
Chamber Urges Listing Of Rooms For Army Housing Needs
Chamber of Commerce officials appeal for listing rooms apartments and houses for rent to military and civilian personnel in Dauphin and surrounding areas to ease critical housing shortages. Vacancies expected for soldiers and families at Camp Rucker and Nepler Field. Officials cite wives and children sleeping in cars due to lack of rooms and invite applications at City Hall for discussion with housing authorities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
Tooma
Wales
Civilien
Camp Rucker
Nepler Field
Officie
Parsons
Army
Red Army Massing on Front as Soviet Lines Prep Offensive
London AP reports Red Army troops massing on the front for a forthcoming Soviet offensive. Moscow radio claims readiness to free Soviet territory and pressure European nations. The daily communique notes sporadic red reconnaissance actions and four German clashes near Tirrepol on the lower Dmanter, with German losses cited.
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London
Naxis
Moscow Radio Today
Russias
Nasla
Red
Tirrepol
Dmantr Wera Repelie
Reconnais
Bomb-Hit Europe Shattered Again By Allied Armada
Chinese forces on the Salwan front occupy Tatangteu 27 miles northeast of Tengchng after destroying over 1,080 encircled Japanese who had held out since the start of the Chinese offensive along the Burne road 16 days ago. Allied fighters besieging Mythytna in Northern Burioa make slow progress. the 32nd division advances five miles along the Mogaung River as Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s headquarters report.
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Changeing
Tatangteu
Tengchng
Burne Road
Henan
Czxire
Loyang
Honan
Mythytna
Burioa
Chinews 32Nd
Millea
Mogaung River
Joseph W. Stil Onl
Fie
Bodies Of 570 Nip Deaths From Hunger Found In Jungle
Advanced Allied headquarters report 570 Japanese bodies found in the Maw Giinee jungles from hunger and privation. Allied troops push across New Guinea toward Maffin Bay, with airfields at Sawar and nearby sites observed as Yanks advance. Casualties and starvation losses noted among Japanese forces in multiple locations including Bougainville.
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Allied
New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Sixth Army
Wast
Truk
Carolines
Wewak
Thal Altape
New
Empress Ausivta Bay
Bougainville Island
Patrol i
Hollandleara
Maw Giinee
Malone Quits Post Office After Ten Years
Mrs A Y Malone resigns as postmaster after ten years effective June 40 at end of fiscal year. She cites desire to devote time to family and urges appointment of an acting postmaster and plans for a new building and equipment. Malone served since 1944 with a life appointment since 1935 and notes Alabama growth in post offices since 1985.
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A .T. Malone
Viret Seaielant
Washington, D. C
Mra Malone
Ufetimg
Melons
Alabama
Dothen
Dothan
Mra
Malone
George Andrews
General Motors Rewarded for Worker Ideas in War Effort
General Motors says its worker suggestion program has yielded nearly a million dollars in wartime savings from 1942. The system involves about 4,100 labor management committees evaluating ideas that boost production and cut costs. A War Production Board pool exchanges proven concepts, with some ideas patented and others useful across plants.
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Georgy Welke Washington
General Motors
Dena Thay
Ayetem
General Motore
War Production Board
WPB
WPBH
Berlin Bombers Feast as RAF and US Armadas Hit Europe
Berlin is struck for the third straight day in shuttle raids as RAF bombers target the city and invasion zones in France and Belgium. American heavy bombers join the assault, hitting German air bases, railroad yards, and Baltic coast targets in a seventh straight day of renewed pre invasion bombardment.
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Berlin
Gladwii Hill London
Wear
South
Barelin
France
Belgium
RY Gladwin Mitt
London
Ling Americas
Weet
Ba Hum
Cmft
Weuthers Chermasny
Reich
Muhlhausen
Gaymany
Bramsla
Chasistel
Yaid
Milwriong
Amar
Pepe Te
Parke Davis Strike Halts Production of Medical Supplies
Detroit AP report says about 1,000 Parke Davis employees entered a third day of strike over wage and job reclassification demands. Production of penicillin plasma and other medical supplies for armed forces and civilians is halted as protests block factory operations and Red Cross blood processing is shifted to other states. Международ
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Parke Davis
Detroit
Parke Davis & Co
Smith ~ Coonary
Cies
Ad Shop
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Martin Wagner
Internations
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America
Ciohs
Parte Davis Laboratories
Detroit Red Cross
Comepany
FEPC funds face partial approval from Congress
The Presidents Fair Employment Practices Committee seeks 688000 for operations but the House Appropriations Committee trims to 500000 in a bill to fund operating expenses of federal agencies for the coming year. FEPC, now independent since May, has been financed by 474083 from the president and reports rising new discrimination complaints to its Washington headquarters and 21 field offices.
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Washington
President
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Congress
FEPC
House
Sca) Year, Binca It Was Removed Tromt
War Manpower Commission
FIEPC
VEPC
the & I
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NEA
U 8
Army Signal Corps
Mal Allender
Tax Board
U.S
Neves Ie
Chamber
Red Army
A. Y Malone
James Warlow
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