Mrs. Sarah Byrd Last Rites Held
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Byrd aged eighty nine died Tuesday at her Hartford route two home. Funeral services were Wednesday at Mt. View church with Reverends Davis and Colles presiding. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Holman of Hartford in charge. She is survived by two sons J Roand Byrd and W L Byrd of Hartford. two daughters Mrs Mary F McClenney and J J Sallera, both of Hartford. and two brothers J A and B T Kin naul of Hartford.
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Pussial
Sarah Elizabeth Byrd
Hartford
Mt. Wead
Davis
J. J. Colles
Tourtel
Holman
Moscow conference clause eyed for postwar world peace
Number 20 continues with Senators debating a postwar international organization. He supports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee action in inserting clause four of the Moscow conference, proposing a postwar International Organization to keep the peace. Connally revolution referenced.
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Senate Foreign Relations
Connally
Marianna Paratrooper Is Nazi War Prisoner
Pvt 621 car Albert Calloway of Marianna, a paratrooper, was captured in the North African theater on September 15, according to the War Department which notified his mother Mrs. Ella Wasi. His brothers Prenton and Angus Calloway were stationed at St. Thomas Air Field and Dothan Field, Alabama.
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Marianna
Albert Calloway
Marianne
War Department
Ella Wasi
Pvt
Calloway
Prenton Calloway
Cpl
Angus Calloway
Mre
St. ‘Thomas'Ie Air Field
Stopher Fleld
Dothan
Alavame
Probate Office To Close Nov 11 For Armistice Day
The Houston County probate office will close Wednesday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day. Motorists have seven days left to purchase automobile tags with the deadline set November 15.
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Houston County
Daadhine
Parish House Opens Recreation Project Dance Tonight
The parish house club of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity launches a weekly recreation program for Dothen teens tonight at 7 30. Rev G Ralph Madson says teen boys and girls from all denominations are invited with parish members providing chaperones. Activities include dancing and games supervised by the church.
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Episcopal Chereh of the Nativity
Dothen
Ralph Madson
Madson
Time-Limited Shoe Refund Stamps Lifted Indefinitely
Special shoe ration stamps issued for refunds will no longer have a W-day time limit effective Nov 9. Stamp Book Four will be valid indefinitely while the 30 day hardship rule remains for certain cases. The War Produce and Ration Board says the change removes temptation to miss deadlines and helps those in urgent need of shoes.
War updates and political notes mix with wartime statistics
Military actions across white Russia and the Caucasus are reported as troops advance and fronts shift. A board session considers a service office and potential revocation. By contrast detailed war material losses show Germany’s strain with hundreds of aircraft, tanks and artillery destroyed or captured as Moscow marks the anniversary of the February Revolution.
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West Bank
Diner
Kley
White Russia
Novokhovansk
Vitebsk
Moscow
Cunenn Venmaula
Berlin
Tenadensty
Caucasus
Kerch
Iss Ta
Tyely
Two Nazi Spies Die in Allied Executions
In Aleppo area the two captured Nazi spies face firing squads as Allied soldiers watch. Each man is shot by two noncommissioned officers using revolvers, while a photographer from Yank Military Weekly documents the execution.
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Syria
Levant
Caugut
Aleppo
Planulog
Cppes
Gswa
Apithera
Aiadf
YANK
Army Weekly
Deeser
Coal wage talks threaten plan amid mine shutdowns
The article recalls union positions on a $150 daily wage rise, with many miners in Pennsylvania Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and West Virginia returning slowly to work amid ongoing strikes. Production is down sharply as Alabama reports reduced crews and Birmingham districts see coal shipments dwindling, threatening larger implications for prices and ownership.
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Nembera Shoud
Yotaa
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkanasa
Barackville
Grant Town
Ohio
Docking Valley
Big East
New York Cotton Readiness Figures and Dinner Plans
The article notes women turning to ration and cookbooks for daily meals, replacing prior reliance on bank book guidance. It discusses household planning during shortages and the shift in domestic routines as readers seek practical advice for dinner and groceries.
Allied Forces Push in Italy as Dawn of New Breakthrough Emerges
American units crossed the Upper Volturno river to seize high ground overlooking the upper valley while forces to the east captured San Agapilo and Carpinone near Tserma. The RAF and 35th Air Force joined in striking German communications as Montgomery defeats a second landing attempt near Pescara and Tetonia.
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Montgomery
Nadiang
Trigne
Tsernia
Volturno
Venafro
San Aga“pilo
Tsermas
Carpinone
Tserma
35Th
United States Air Force
12Th
RAF
London
Berlin
Pescara
Adriatic
Sir Bernard le Montgomery
Tetonia
Senate debates on postwar international cooperation plan
Senators push to approve a Connally resolution endorsing US cooperation in a general international organization for global peace. Senator Walsh supports a cautious stance, denying any mortgage on the next generation. Amendments aim to offset Moscow-agreement language and avoid a broader binding commitment.
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Walsh
D-Mass
Washington
Aps
Senate
Moscow
Hull
US Cooperation
McClean
Dark
Connally
Barkley
Fragmented wartime account of mass delousing and deaths
Number 14 continues a report describing soldiers women children and elderly herded into compounds. Delousing under extreme heat, then driven into the snow where hundreds died. Rude scenes include food thrown over wires as Rumatlans attacked and bodies lay on the ground amid collapses.
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Godridge
Auto and truck collide at city intersection no injuries reported
City Detective Wen Herring said the auto driven by Thad Mulkey and truck driven by J. P. Everett collided at Booth St Andrews and Selma streets early this morning. No injuries reported, no case opened, cause of crash not revealed.
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Wen Herring
Booth St. Andrews
Selma Streets
Thad Mulkey
J. P. Everett
Wade
Louisiana Named For U S Judgeship
President Roosevelt nominated Elmo Pearce Lee Sr of Louisiana for a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship covering Texas Louisiana and other Southern states. The vacancy arose after Judge Rufus E Foster died and the earlier nominee James V Allred of Texas faced Senate opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elmo Pearce Lee, Sr
Louisiana
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
Lee
James V Allred
Allred
Tle
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
Rufus E. Foster
Refugees Say Rome Mined By Germans
Refugees arriving in Bari from Rome report heavy mining by German forces. They say Nazi engineers mined ministries hotels bridges and the main aqueducts with time devices to detonate after Allied occupation. Germans aim to destroy government records and loot valuables while mobilizing Italians for forced labor.
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Wes Gallagher
Bari
Italy
Rome
Naples
Eternal City
Vatican City
Mussolni
Nazia
Germany
Local drive to fund war chest distribution outlined
Number 12 outlines a fundraising drive with $31,500 expected. Of this, $16,500 is for local work and $18,000 goes to the Alabama War Chest. Sixty percent of War Chest funds go to three agencies: USO, War Prisoners Fund, and United Seamen's Service. Six area groups in Dothan will share the remaining $18,500 including Boy Scouts and several charitable funds.
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Alahama War Chest
U90
War Prisoners Fund
United Seas Men's Service Aid
Dothan
Boy Scouts
Cripted Children
Cripted Children A Fund
Underprivileged Children'a Fund
County Tuberculogia Association
Chrismas Basket Fund
Milk Fund
Mrs Dixie Maddox Buried At Webb
Funeral services were held at Webb Baptist church cemetery Alabama for Mrs Dixie Ophelia Maddox sixty four who died at her Marionna home after long illness Directing arrangements were Near Funeral Home of this city Surviving are two sons Herman in Venice Florida and Ted at Fort Knox Ky since 1936 she came from Houston County Alabama
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Baptist Church
Webb
Alabama
Mis
Dixie Ophelia Maddox
Marianna
Herman
Venice
Florida
Ted
Fr Knox
Maddox
Houston County
Allied naval forces hold after Japanese air attack at dawn
American warships remained afloat after a 67 plane Japanese raid that morning, shooting down 17. Ground combat pushed into the Solomons, with Marines landing at Empress Augusta Bay northwest of Bougainville. Japanese positions near Purasis Island and along a cape were driven back as Allied troops seized Treasury Island inland near Rabaul amidst heavy losses to enemy air power.
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1St Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Bula
Purasis Island
Treasury
Mono
Rabaul
Headquartered
Mitchella
Tobere
Costello's Ordeal After Son's Tragic Pool Accident
While rehearsing at NBC Costello learned his year old son fell from a playpen into a pool. An hour and a half of efforts failed to revive the child. Costello, recently recovering from rheumatic fever, lives with wife Ann and daughters Carol Lou and Patricia Ann. Abbott praised Costello's fortitude and mourned the tragedy on air.
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Costello
NBC
Ann
Carol Lou
Patricia Ann
Abbott
Mar
War Dept notes limits of Nazi rocket weapon accuracy
The War Department discussed new Nazi defensive weapons and stated that guns and cannons cannot achieve accuracy with rocket guns, highlighting inherent weaknesses in rocket weaponry despite recent developments.
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War Department
Lions Hear Plea To Aid Girl Scouts
Second Lieutenant Tg aa a former member of ted Ry as Lites Club led a drive at Liang fureting with Jacquelines Fuller. Garg ty Troop 3 members urged support for the Lad Club movement as talks continued. President James Deesalee announced a board meeting for Tuesday night and that all board members were expected.
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Tgaa
Ted Ryas Lites Club
Liang Fureting
Quarisrmastes Oo Jacquelines Fuller Ang A
Brest
Garg Ty ‘Troop 3
Heme, Ing and
Sakes
Lad Club
James Deesalee
Direcors
Boa
Alleod
Geneva Leads Stat Report On Typhus
Geneva reported a total of 25 typhus cases last week, leading all counts. Covingtonvale had five cases, Houston three, Coffee and Pike two each, and Henry and Jeffere one each, with last week up from 11 and the year’s total rising weekly.
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Montgomery
Siste Hearn
Eid
Geneva
Covingtes
Vale
Houston
Eich
Pike
Henry
Jeffere
Cubs Meet At First Baptist For Pack Progress Night
About fifty Cubs and several parents attended a Cub Pack Threg bey meeting at the First Baptist Church, sponsor of the Pack. Cubmaster John J. Aatleford led the program with songs, prayers, pledges, and a speech by Sam Meeks. Advancements included Wolf ranks for Randy Chork Billy Blount Pat Jones Jr and Larry Knowles and Bar rank for Char Grackley Johnny Hamilton.
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Tex” Benner
John J. Aatleford
Graves Knowl
Pat Jogp
Thraa
LC Smith
Den
Mra W. Jackson
Mn Stanley Liebert
Sam Meeks
Stanley Liebert, Jr
C. Stevens
T Pack
Cubs
Advancin
Randy Chork
Billy Blount
Patrics Jones, Jr
Larry Knowles
Wallace Scarborough
John Cutw Rheay
Tommy Oakley
Jimmy Howell
Norman Andrews
Jo. Moody
Earl Robinson
Job Howard
Char Grackley
Johnny Hamilton
Number 15 Clues of Foul Play in Negro Death
Reports discuss possible foul play in a Negro death with speculation over a head wound and whether the injury came from a train collision. Toxicology and investigators seek to clarify circumstances surrounding the suspect Patramore at the railroad, as authorities pursue a clear solution amid prior convictions and acquittals connected to related killings.
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Cers
Patramore
Tlon
Curtis Warren
Donalsonvilla
Merchan
Warren
Berett Lovelace
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