Posthumous Award for Sgt Holt Lewis in France
Sergeant Holt Lewis of Pansey is posthumously awarded the Star for extraordinary bravery during a Fourth Infantry Division convoy operation in France. Despite mortal wounds he covered the withdrawal by firing his jeep’s machine gun, enabling others to reach safety and recover two vehicles. His valor reflects the highest military traditions.
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Tachncel
Holt Lewis
Mre
Nora C. Lewis
Pansey
France
le Lense
Serpeart Lewis
Lewis
Humber 4- (Continued From Page One) Promises and Power
A fragment notes that views about the promises to the One Thousand Club indicate what can happen when a group of men holds too much power. The text suggests concerns over concentrated influence and the consequences for wider society.
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Humber
One Thousand Club
Jolson Sings With 'Lump In His Throat
Jolson performed at the Army Air Forces hospital in Coral Gables after a patient named Lt Elmer H Kade transported by Gerald in a wounded condition. Jolson comforted the man and shared a hopeful message about returning next week to perform again.
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Jolson
Coral Gables
Army Air Forces Heppial
Elmer H Kade
Transport
Lewis Kan
Tedrose
Jalean
Jay de
Negro Women Jailed On Assault Charge
Two Negro women identified as Hattie Bowen and Carrie Bell were arrested on an assault with intent to murder in a razor related attack. Special Investigator Clayton Adams swore out the warrant after a courthouse sighting. Bonds set at $500 each, case to be heard Monday in County Court before Judge Saxon P. Poyner.
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Hattie Bowen
Carrie Bell’ Bowen
Clayton Adams
Saxon P. Poyner
McLeod Speaks at Lions Luncheon on Religion in Schools
Dr Norman B McLeod was guest speaker at the Thursday Lions Club discussing religion in connection with National Education Week November 5 to 11 He urged that spiritual values make a nation strong and stress the need to teach religion in public schools Cullen Scarborough sang several selections including The Swallow Dark Eyes and O Sole Mio J S Brown spoke on Blea testing cooperation as the program begins next week
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Norman B. McLeod
Lions Club
Cullen Scarborough
J. S. Brown
Allied assault nears victory on Dutch island and in Germany
Allied amphibious forces reach two miles from a junction on Westkapelle and Viissingen as dikes and dunes are seized. American drive below Aachen expands on a 4600 yard front overrunning Germeter and Vossenack near Hurtgen, nearing Surtgen. Dutch operations seize Vlissingen and three harbors, with Schelde mouth cleared and Zeebrugge snipers eliminated.
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Aachen
Germeter
Vossenack
Hurtgen
Surtgen
Berlin
Btebborn
Holland
Moerdlyk Bridge
Breda
Second Army
Patols
Meijel
Maas
Meuse
Walcheren
South Beveland
Vlissingen
Alles
Schelde
Canadiana
Leopold Canal
Zeebrugge
Knochy
Sluis
Jeyst
Beware Coughs Following Flu Experts Warn Aftermath May Lead to Chronic Bronchitis
An old newspaper ad urges readers to treat post influenza coughs with Creomulsion. It claims the remedy goes to the throat to loosen phlegm and heal inflamed mucous membranes and offers a money back guarantee if the user is not satisfied. The pitch stresses quick cough relief for chest colds and bronchitis.
Methodist Youth Fellowship Meeting at Foster Street Church
The Foster Street Church hosts a Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting led by Edward Saxon with Dr. Norman B. McLeod presiding. Janell Lane gives the devotional response, Dorothy Cannon reads scripture, and Jesson reads the congregational prayer. Main address by W Walker centers on Enduring Peace. Officers for the coming year to be elected, then a recreational program directed by Betty Shealy.
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Foster Street
Edward Saxon
Foster -Ireet Youth Fellowship
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Janell Lane
Dorothy Cannon
Jesson
McLeod
W Walker
Onstalle
Betty Shealy
Commission On Recreation
Foster Street Church
Allied air action over Walcheren and Merseburg battle reports
The spokesman says American forces probed German defenses from Waldenrath to Hurgen north of Aachen as Allied fighters and bombers press the offensive. Despite heavy opposition, bridgeshead near Rotterdam holds, with Walcheren island largely in Allied hands after Vilssingen’s fall. Jet aircraft and heavy bombers clash with German defenses. record combat results include numerous planes destroyed and top aces advancing in this theater.
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Aachen
Hurgen
Gellenkirchen
Wurselen
Walcheren
Schelde
Viisaingen
Alles
Antwerp
Americana
Maas
Meuse
Rotterdam
Little Mark
Moerdijk
Bridghead
Vilssingen
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Merseburg
Beflefield
Rheine
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Echweinurt
Regensburg
Bus missing after night in Memphis-bound trip
A citywide search was launched after a bus vanished from its parked location in the drive at 10 30 last night. Mrs Patterson said the terminal was closed between midnight and 6 am. The vehicle no trace was found as authorities reviewed the night shift schedule.
Sanderson Improves in Military Update
Mrs Lucy Z Sanderson of Columbia received word from the Adjutant General that her husband Sergeant Ernest E Sanderson wounded in action in the European theater was on October 9 making normal improvement Major General J A Ulio signed the letter from the Adjutant General
Man Injured Cranking Midway Engine at County Fair
Joe Lucky Syra, from a traveling show, suffered multiple fractures to his right arm when cranking a midway engine at the Houston County Fair near noon. Officials said he was moved to a hospital and had quit his job with the show last night, with the incident under investigation as a possible crime.
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Howman
Joe *Lucky
Syra
Houston County Fair
Fifty-Four Attend Vote Machine School at County Courthouse
Fifty four people invited to a vote machine school yesterday at the county courthouse attended two sessions to learn about the machines and election procedures. Attendees will receive compensation of three dollars for service during the general election, plus two dollars per day. Nonattendees serving as election officers at the polls will be paid two dollars.
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Pitty - Foo Houston Courtand
Young Machine
Saxon P Poyner
Arnall Nearing End Of Midwest Campaign Tour
Gov Ellis Arnall of Georgia neared the end of his Midwestern speaking tour. He told an Oklahoma City audience that electing President Roosevelt could yield an economy of abundance postwar. Arnall spoke to about 1,100 at Shrine Auditorium and heads to Missouri for campaign addresses in Springfield and Sedalia. He praised Roosevelt for leadership and domestic policies while denouncing Dewey's sectionalism as Roosevelt’s vision of a common American heritage. The tour began in Chattanooga and Minneapolis before Oklahoma City.
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Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Roosevelt
United States
Arnold
E. C. Steele
Shrine Auditorium
Ship
Missouri
Springfield
Sedalia
Thomas
Dewey
Arnall
Speakers’ Bureau
The
Democratic National Committee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Minneapolis
Free-For-All Occurs At Baptist Bottom
Police were summoned to Baptist Bottom to break up a free for all among Negro residents and soldiers. One injured Black man was hospitalized. others fled before officers arrived.
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Baptist Bottom
Price Support Plan Foreseen For Cotton
Federal Reserve economist Earle L. Rauber proposes a price support program for the cotton textile industry to keep it alive amid rising competition. An unnamed cotton mill spokesman warns mills already lose market share to rayon and nylon as fibers encroach, arguing government price controls on raw materials distort the market and threaten operations.
Pecan Sales Open At Marianna Market
Pecan sales opened October 2 at the Florida State Farmers Market with 36 427 pounds sold on opening day and 12 293 pounds on October 31 second day. Top price 26 per pound for Stuarts and Suc cess, with other varieties priced from 18 to 30 dollars per hundredweight. Weekly sales continue each Tuesday during the season.
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Marianna
Florida
Hrother
van Deman
Mahon
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Eliott
Bass
Columbia
Russel
Birmingham Negro Dies In Electric Chair At Kilby
MONTGOMERY Alabama Joe Vernon a Birmingham Negro died in the electric chair at Kilby Prison today for the 1827 holiday slaying of Bennie Moe zormey a white filling station attendant. Vernon said I am ready to meet my maker after being placed in the chair. L C Bells mother Surmingham a Negro sentenced to death in the same case and scheduled to die today. Vernon’s penitence had been commuted to life imprisonment yesterday by Gov. Chauncey Sparks who cited Bell’s youth and lack of prior record alongside Vernon’s hardened criminal history as factors in the clemency decision.
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Montgomery
Joe Vernon
Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
Vernon
Hryang
Bell
Sparks
Man builds home at cost of 17.25 in Royston Georgia
Royston Georgia after a tornado on April 13 William Monroe Carrell, 75, rebuilt his home himself at a total cost of 17.25 dollars using salvaged lumber from the ruins. He gathered five by fours siding flooring and nails from nearby fields then bought 3.50 dollars of nails and 13.75 dollars for rafters with two neighbors helping once to lay the foundation.
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Royston
Wiliam Monroe Carrell
Carrell
Carrol
Carroll
Infant Burned Funeral Today
Funeral services for Martha Jean Williams one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Williams of Third Avenue Dothan were held Friday morning at Beulah Church with Rev A D Zhingen officiating Burial was in the church cemetery She is survived by her parents a sister Shirley Fay Williams a brother John D Williams grandparents Mr and Mrs John Williams and Mrs Cody Pierce and several uncles and aunts Johnson Wilkerson Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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Harvey Williams
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Chhurch Cemetery
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Conner Promoted to Sergeant in Italy Service
Corporal Glennie R. Conner of Dothan now sergeant after about two years in the services. He has spent a year overseas and his company has been cited by President Roosevelt.
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Glennie R. Conner
Dothan
Italy
Roosevelt
Mech May July Oct New York Cotton Snapshot
Market data fragment notes contract months Mech May July Oct in New York with open highs lows and closes. Prices shown include 21.50 21.62 21.64 21.58 and later 21.43 21.46 plus 20.76 20.68. Trading notes refer to 621 40 2069 and 214s.
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Dee Mech
New York
Mississippi moves to add supplemental presidential electors
The Mississippi Legislature debated a bill to create a supplemental slate of five electors to back Democratic nominees in the 1944 general election. The measure, approved by both houses with minor Senate amendments, would add new electors to replace three from the Democratic slate and two undecided. absentee voters would receive these names, and the law would define the five as qualified electors for that year. The House must act on the changes.
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Jackson. Miss
Senate
Byrd
Mississippi
House
Radio speech attacks whispering campaign in campaign notes
Frem page one reports a 15 minute radio address by the president criticizing last minute accusations as panic tactics. He says the election will hinge on the record and outlines views on war peace and foreign affairs from extensive discussions with leaders abroad.
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Frem
Welt
FDE
Japan
Ftreecom
Missing A8 Reported After Ship Sinks Off Quebec
A British vessel with forty crew members is reported missing after sinking off the St Lawrence River near Matane Quebec. Rescue efforts are underway as offshore searchers comb the area.|
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St Lawrence Evereughe
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