Jail Fire Plot Aided By Inmates At Local Jail
Investigators from ASC identify John Lloyd fed as the Federal suspect in a jail fire on the third floor. Prisoners Bedsole Stallings and Batchelor aided in freeing a Negro deputy Heflin and sought to cut the telephones during the disturbance. Deputy Adams learned of the uprising and relayed details to the sheriff’s office as the scene unfolded.
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T. Casey Dal
JL. WS. Ailsup
ASC
Mers
John Lloyd
Internal Revenue
Wemmering
Cuey Sudage
Montgomery
Heflin
Monto
Percy Abuky Negro
Volun
Gedoe
Grapith Bedeole
Batchelor
Wid
Casey
Adams
Weghone
Agen
Stallings
Sulings
War Bond drive in Houston County progress report
Houston County reports partial progress toward its Seventh War Loan tally with about 1.006 million raised of an 1.817 million county goal. Officials urge small wage earners to invest up to the limit, promising a barbecue and public program to boost bond sales before the deadline.
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Kurlon County
Hower
Gordon Air
Houston County
Marines Strengthen Bridgehead In Naha Amid Pacific Push
Fragmented World War II dispatch notes Marines extending gains southward from a bridgehead at Naha. Frontline mechanized units advance as Pacific campaign accelerates from Luzon to other theaters. Reports mention Yanks near Santa Fe and Chinese forces seen around various frontline towns amid Japanese countermeasures.
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Naha
Pacific
Secret Papers Brand Nazis Of War Guilt
Major Henry G. Flitt of the 11st Airborne Division, a Jewish officer from New York, captured Julius Streicher disguised as an artist on a Bavarian farm in a dramatic act of justice. Streicher, author of the Nazi Nuremberg laws, was known for persecuting Jews. This NEA Telephoto captures the moment.
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Julius Streicher
Nurnberg
Maj
Henry G. Flitt
11St Airborne Division
N. Y
Streicher
NEA
Hitler Documents Boast Of Plans To Crush European Nations
Berchtesgaden AP report cites private notes by Adolf Hitler in which he says Germany aimed to crush Czechoslovakia and Poland as preliminaries for future war. He asserts Germany was superbly prepared and could not waste wartime opportunities. Note records, recovered and partially charred, are used as evidence in Nazi war guilt discussions.
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Hitler
Alvin Steinkopf
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Aivision
Berlin
Prohibition Amendment Battle Delays Alabama Senate Floor Vote
Alabama Senate sparred over a statewide liquor ban proposal as Lieut Gov Handy Ellis overruled a committee path and sent the measure for a floor vote. Senator St John urged three readings without committee referral, while the presiding officer cited a state supreme court ruling. A tangle of parliamentary maneuvers then sent the bill to the Temperance Committee for review.
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Montgomery
Handy Ellis
Senate
Ellis
Alabama Supreme Court
Varnon L. St. John
Lawrence
St. John
Temperance Committee
Lawrence County
Landy Ellis
Preston Clayton
Barbour
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Stettinius Returns to Help Settle Debated Issue
United Nations conference moves toward limiting big power veto power in a proposed world security council. Stettinius returns from Washington as committees aim to finish work, with small nations pressing for restricted big power authority and U S draft statement promising access to security council for all nations without blocking charges.
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John M. Higbtoweer
Associated Press
San Francisco
Stettinius
Washington
Truman
New League
World Organization
Security Council
United Staes
Russia
Yalta
Council
United States
Diplomas Awarded To Dothan High School Boys In Service
Nine diplomas were presented at Dothan High School last night to boys in service, including William Ray Cherry and James Robert Shofner. Three in uniform also received diplomas, with Benjamin Cox Rountree and Alfred Ernest Bryan earning Navy certificates. Edwin Blitz and Mary Frances Wynn named Good Citizenship winners by the Exchange Club.
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Dothan High School
William Ray Cherry
Bobby
Clements
Marian
Hanahan
Mil
Allen Merril Knight
C. K. McMoy
John Malcolm Palmer
Ernest Cochran Pollan
John Philip Shealy
James Robert Shofner
Paul Burkett
Graham Milton Everidge
Gaston Maurice Fletcher
Benjamin Cox Rountree
Alfred Ernest Bryan
Navy
Edwin Blitz
Mary Frances Wynn
Dothan Excup
Dona Change Club
Dothan High
Autos To Trickle Off Assembly Line
DETROIT AP America’s automobile industry plans a gradual return to car making after three years of wartime focus. The War Production Board grants authority to produce 200,900 passenger cars this year but requires the industry to secure its own materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
America
Induntry
War Production Board
WPB
French Group Arces Break With Spain
Paris reports a French Foreign Affairs committee urged France to sever relations with Spain and push for Franco’s removal. It called Franco’s regime a menace to world democracy and demanded Laval be handed over, noting Spain’s prior refusal and Allied prompts.
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Paris
Carmine
Spain
France
Franco
United States Senate
Ger de Gaulle
Italy
Pierre Laval
Laval
Germany
Old Republic
Barcelona
United States
Great Britain
Communist Party
L'Unita
Rome
Drastic Reduction in Industrial Use Of Sugar Forecast
Congressional food investigator says OPA will curb industrial sugar sharply, halting about 944 supply and setting new third quarter cuts effective July 1. Industrial users may face 40 percent or less of 1941 levels, with some indication of a 30 percent floor as civilian consumption gaps widen. The plan aims to cover a 450,000 ton deficit from April.
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Howard Fleiger
Washington
Congressional
OPA
Anderson
D-Nm
House Food Committee
Second Superfort Raid In 48 Hours Hits Tokyo
Guam AP report says Allied air and ground forces press the Okinawa push near Shuri with 32nd and 184th regiments advancing south and west of the fortress as Marines clear Asato Village and Neha. Japanese counterattacks are repelled while Maj. Gen. Archibald Arnold’s units maintain pressure toward a new defensive line 149 miles south.
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Bamilton W. Faegn
Guam
Shuran
Okinawa
Seventh Infantry
Yonibaru
32Nd
East Coast
184Th
Archibald ¥. Arnold
Shuri
Asato
Shori
Neha
Lemuel Shepherd, Jr
Leathernecks
Fire Bombings Batter Tokyo As City Burns Again
A massive air raid dropped more than 4,000 tons of bombs on central Tokyo including Harunouchi and imperial government centers. Smoke covered wide districts as Shinagawa and Marunouchi suffered major damage. Other fleets struck Tokyo Yokohama, with B29s and Superfortress craft aiding from Guam Iwo Jima and Kyushu.
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Saipan
Tokyo
NEA
Heart of
Nippon
Guam
APY
Harunouchi
Imperial Government Center
Shinagawa
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Bay
Coicago
Azzie Street
Marunguchi
Imperial Hotel
Frank Lloyd Wright
Japan
Sla
Marunouchi Buuinese
San Francisco
Iwo Jima
Tokyo + Yokohama
Domei
Superforia
Kyushu
Honshu
Kanmon Strait
Toyama
Thuredsy
Tokyo Radio
Legation
Education
Minister of Transport
Last Nazi Bigwig Heinrich Himmler смерть and capture notes
British authorities debated whether to hold a funeral for Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler in Allied presence. Himmler killed himself with poison in a Lueneburg villa after arrest near Bremervoerde. Reports describe his capture, disguise, and the cautious handling by British officers as details emerge.
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Williams
Bon
Second Army Headquarters
Second Army
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
the & S
Lueneburg
Naz
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Air-Sea Rescue Plan Boosts Morale of U S Fliers
A story from the Pacific theater describes Josephine, a modified life raft system aboard mustangs, as crucial to air-sea rescue efforts. The Reuters style piece notes the combined Army Navy program, designed to aid pilots who ditch or bail out at sea, boosting morale with enhanced survival gear and communications.
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U.S
HY Flames
J. Strebig
Frees Aviation
Armed Forces
Pacific
Josephine
Tokyo
7Th Fighter Command
Japan
Planet
Army
Navy
Ga Two
Mindanao Battle Survives Destroyer Laffey’s Stand
The destroyer Laffey fought off a fierce May 18 action off Okinawa, taking a dozen strikes from Japanese planes. Forty crewmen were killed and scores wounded as the ship, under Comdr Frederick Becton, remained afloat and refused to abandon ship while guns kept firing. Page 7 reports the epic tale of endurance and sacrifice.
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RICHMOND K_ TURNER
Okinawa
NAVY
Laffey
Jees
Frederick Julian Becton
Hot Springs
Ark
Destroyers
Frank Manson
Tahlequah
Oklo
Manson
Almoa Rountier
TL Pav
Dhawand
Alarvcard
Doughboys Begin Mindanao Mop Up In Philippine Campaign
American forces push toward final clearance of Mindanao as Japanese troops retreat into mountain strongholds._macArthur reports the Mindanao campaign has entered the mopping up stage with heavy cave clearouts and advancing Doughboy units from Davao to Imapala and Davari while Australian troops seize Cape Mayer on New Guinea.
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Fred Rampaok Manilaap
Mindanao
Frountain
Philippine
Sto
Savre Highway
40Th
Americal
Macelajar
Davao
Tatomo
Lime
Cavan Gul
Jounlas MacArthur
Mindanas
Progress Bui
Epokestian
Noronger
New Guinea
Cape Mayer
Wewak
Soldier Sentenced For Striking POWs
Washington readers learn that a soldier was sentenced to hard labor after a court martial at Le Mans on October 31, 1944, for punching a German prisoner of war. McCormack urged reconsideration and restoration to duty, citing wartime POW treatment and appealing to Gen. Crane.
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Washington
Congressivtel
Arnoy
Gertie Pickeaners
Demerath
eCopmick
Matsachusette
Regeters
Tee Byearald
Xaldies
Pxt
Jsopneph Metsee
Warchester
Idase
le Mans
Prince
Fran Geran
McGee
Cramer
Judge Advocate Generals Office
McCormack
Justife
Germany
Alan
Cherie
Bumper Wheat Crop Seen Despite Rains
The Middle West faces wet weather delaying plowing yet forecasts point to a bumper wheat crop and strong yields overall. Agricultural statisticians expect 75 percent of the crop sown in some states by week’s end, with earlier progress at five percent.
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Middle West
Tinois
Towa
Leslie M Carl
Federer
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Precision Sattrument
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Xokwsan Machinery Co
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Bupar
20Th Aire Force
Heowar
Zst Bomber Command
Himmoler
Bremervoerde
Hamburg
Hitzanger
Himmiler
Tut
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Himmier
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