Bomb raids over Iwo Jima and Honshu stir warnings
Reports from press agencies say B-29s raided Iwo Jima and attacked Honshu in a series of air operations. Japanese sources claim damage to several Liberator bombers and state additional raids on the Marianas. Broadcasters urge stricter air defense as Tokyo warns of further enemy attacks in the Kanto region.
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Tee
Presa Parkes
Gar Tox7o
Kanto Sree
Taiko
Te Federal Communications
Coamlnion
Ig Ie
Iwo
Yoru Islands
Tokyo
Hi Radio
Honshu
Kanto
Wem
Marianas
Sgorbris
Dammh
Tinian Islands
Miriatss
Wittase
Death of John W. Newton at age eighty five
John W. Newton longtime resident of Houston County died at home on Dothan route two after a brief illness. He was eighty five. Services will be held at Ble Creek Church with Rev. Howard Trawick. burial at Winding Creek cemetery. Survived by two sons B H Sewlan and J K Newton. a daughter Ada Newton. a widow. four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Active pallbearers named Ellison WR Leslie Smith Clarence Oliveeth Auburn Barber Arthur Tale Dan Murphy.
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John W. Newton
Houston County
Skee
Dothan
Ble Creek Church
Howard ‘Trawick
Mr. Jackson
Slocomb
Offi
Ot Wilson
Windig Creek
Geriing
B. H. Sewlan
J. K. Newton
Debe
World War II Unified Lines Report Shaky Fronts World War II Update
Fragmented OCR report notes rising intensity near Errth Forest area and Maas Meuse vicinity at Empel. Tokyo claims 4 Superfortresses over Ag area with no bombs dropped. American planes raid Bonins inland. Red Army pressure near Budapest. Allied and Chinese reports mixed with unclear casualty data.
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Warrenn Powis
Errth
Maas
Meuse
Empel
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Bonins
Large Vote Cast In Early Hours At City Polls
Voters flocked to Houston County polls in a brisk morning, with Roosevelt at 92 and Dewey 15 in absentee counts. Amendment results ranged from One to Six, with mixed outcomes. Courthouse, Ward Four, led local turnout at 350 votes by noon. City Hall and other wards followed. Absentee box totals and cross ward voting patterns indicate turnout may surpass pre race forecasts. The Eagle will compile returns for AP distribution and wire coverage.
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Houston Couty
Roosevelt
Dewey
Nat C. Fadle
Dothan
Houston
Ward Four
City Hall
Iale Motors
Ture
Reinforced Nazis Battle Reds To Hold Budapest
Soviet and Nazi forces clash on Budapest outskirts as Red Army troops press to encircle Ferihegy airport amid Stalin’s order of the day promising near decisive victory. Moscow reports no major changes on fronts as Nov. 5 actions unfold.
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Red Army
Wmaky
Budapest
Ganges
Reds
London
Stalin
Hungary
Germany
Ferihegy
Moscow
Clean-Up Drive To Close Campaign Is Planned For Friday
A clean-up campaign to finish the third annual combined Alabama War Chest United Charities Chest drive is set for Friday. Officials say the drive is about four thousand dollars short of the 39000 goal, with Napier Field Camp Rucker and Dothan Negroes expected to contribute. J P Culver, president of the Dothan United Charities Chest, notes about one thousand dollars remains to be raised. Turn to No 12 on Page 23.
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Napier Field
Camp Rucker
Dothan
J. P. Culver
Dothan United Charities Chest
Dr Ne Yong Park To Lecture On New China Topic Here
Dr Ne Yong Park will address the Institute of International Understanding at the county courthouse Wednesday night at 8 o clock. Sponsored by the Dothan Rotary Club the lecture titled The New China in the New Pacific fits the theme New Forces in World Affairs. Park, born in Manchuria and educated in Europe and America including Harvard, is well known for his Far Eastern history work and fluent English lecture style.
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Ne-Yong Park
Institute of International Understanding
County Court House
Dothan
Institute
Simon Davidian
Park
Mid@e West
Pillsbury
University of Minnesota
America
Beirest
West
Pearl Buck
Arthur N. Holcome
Harvard University
American Armada Sinks Six Jap Warships Near Manila
AP report says six Japanese ships were sunk or damaged near Manila by U S carrier aircraft from the Third Fleet. The attack followed MacArthur’s forces landing in the Central Philippines on Oct 20 and added to cumulative Allied enemy losses. The raid struck several airfields and damaged or destroyed multiple ships and aircraft, with Nimitz reporting no losses for the Americans.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Manila
Philippines
U. S. Third Fleet
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Manila Bay
Clark
Batangas
Lira
Legaspi
Lusang
MacArthur
Cebu
Negroes
Leyte
Clark Field
Chester Ww. Nimltz
Tokyo Radio
Uni
Fresh Snap Beans Price to Rise in Southeast Markets
Fresh snap beans will cost about $1.45 per bushel higher from November 1 to 9 and again through November 30, as Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announces a mandatory price action. The OPA cited hurricane losses under the disaster clause to compensate growers across the Southeast.
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Houston County
OPA
II Board
New Tales Of Jap Atrocities Told
San Francisco report details brutal acts by Japanese in the Netherlands East Indies. Descriptions include villages near Medan and on Java burned with inhabitants shot or killed attempting escape. A document titled Japanese Atrocities in Occupied Netherlands Indies outlines mistreatment of POWs and civilians.
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San Francisco
Lidice
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Far East
Medan
Umara
Java
Netherlands Indies
Ths
Premier Stalin Brands Japanese As Aggressors
In a Moscow address on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Premier Stalin denounced Japan and Germany as aggressive nations and called for their disarmament under a postwar peace-keeping organization. He argued that aggression preceded mobilization and cited Pearl Harbor and other wartime losses to illustrate the threat posed by aggressors.
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Moscow
Stalin
Japan
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Hongkong
Singapore
Great Britain
United States
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic
Soviet Union
Brain Specialist Examines Hitler Revealed? London report
AP dispatch notes unconfirmed claims that Adolf Hitler underwent a neurological examination at Berchtesgaden. Speculation places him in seclusion near a castle at Klengenheim while fortifications near Saalsburg Berchtesgaden area are completed. He has not appeared publicly since the July 26 bombing attempt.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Klentheim
Saizburg Berchtensgaden
Ilier
Gormez
Fierce fighting as Americans press near Aachen area
A brisk AP dispatch reports gravely intense combat in the Wassenack area between American Doughboys and German forces. US troops hold the lower mile of the village while bombers and artillery target Nazi positions in the north. Front reports confirm renewed resistance near Vorsenack Schmidt and Jurtgen amid a strong German Roer River line.
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William Feye
London
Wossenack
Burrang
Cologne
Tong
Aachen
Wassenack
Front Dispatch
Supreme Headquarters
First Army
Front
Jurtgen
Schmidt
Vorsenack
Associated Press
Vossenneck
Hurlgen
Roer River
Yank Battle Veterans Press On In Leyte Advance
American base veterans push through Japanese mountain defenses toward Ormoc on Leyte Island as heavy U S bombers hit Cebu Negros with large loads. Japanese reinforcements linger along the shell-raked highway while fresh charges are repelled and crews fight to close the Ormoc trap.
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Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Philippines
Caro Rita
Bay
Ormoc
Ormor
Leyte Island
Linen
Ormoce Vally
U. S
Cebu
Negros Islands
Lahub
Negros
American Units Hit Hard In Nip Ambush Near Leyte
American forces in the 24th Division near Pimumopoan on Leyte suffered heavy casualties as Japanese reinforcements and captured U S equipment aided a network of ridges from Pinumopoan to Ormoc. Some units were encircled, supply trucks came under fire, and dawn brought partial withdrawals with ammunition exhausted. Tec Sgt Ernest Payne and Pvt Monras Bagge reported Japanese use of U S equipment.
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Fred Hampson
Lieyte
Philippines
Army Radio
Pimiamopoan
Ormoc
Leyte
Pinumopoan
Ernest Payne
Tekemah
Neh
Pvt
Monras Bagge
Wedbville. Wy
Fire Damages 37 Cotton Bales at Houston Warehouse
Fire started from an unknown source while the sprinkler system was out of order yesterday at the Houston Warehouse on North Foster Street. Chief Jay Johnson said 37 bales of cotton were damaged and later removed. building damage was negligible though officials investigated the cause.
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Houston
Oon North Foster Street
Jay Johnson
Kinoke
First Day Attendance For Blood Testing Falls Short
Attendance at Houston County and Dothan blood testing stations yesterday totaled 2,044 and 499 at City Hall Dothan. Moody Hospital 175 and Negro Hightend Baptist Church 205. County totals by site include Vicksburg 321 and Smyrna church area 749 among others. officials expect higher turnout today.
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Houston County
Dethan
James Brown
Dothan
Brown
Moody Hospital
Vicksuburg
Cowart School
Smyrna Church
Cottonwood
Corinth and
Peasant Shade
Beulah
City Operating Costs Rise, Dothan Fiscal Year Report
Auditor-Treasurer J Vaughn releases a financial statement showing Dothan’s operating costs rose to 668077.04 from 592875.32 for the prior year. The report covers Oct 1 1843 to Oct 3 144 and notes cash balances, War Bond investments, and revenue sources including water rights licenses and police fines.
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Napier Field
Roosevelt Seeks Fourth Term As American Chief
Wartime electorate rushes to polls with record turnout predicted, targeting up to 40 million votes. New York districts report early ballots and orderly voting amid wartime emotions. arrests for illegal registration noted. Truman votes in Missouri. Bricker casts early ballot amid cheering. Women appear to vote in strong numbers, defying expectations of a powder-puff influence.
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Tee Associated Press
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New York City
Bronx
Manhattan
Harry S. Truman
Independence
John W. Bricker
Renuhlyen
At a Glance Election Ballot Snapshot
Officials estimate a 44 million vote total with 3,462,000 service members. Polls open around 6 a.m. EWT in the east and close by 11 p.m. EWT in the west. Weather expected varied, not extreme regionwide.
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U. S
Atate
Election Eve Voter Turnout Seen In Key States
Pennsylvania could deliver 35 electoral votes decisive in a close race as voters rally nationwide. Reports from Kansas City to Louisville show brisk turnout and heavy rural voting in Ohio amid heavy anticipation. Dewey urges universal vote while Roosevelt cites duty to world and country in a high stakes national moment.
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Pennsylvania
Keahy
Armed Services
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Detroit
Louisville
Chicago
Ohio
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wac
Abany
Hyde Park
Barkley Race Noted With Interest in National Election
Washington AP report notes that top public figures await verdicts as voters choose party lineups for the 78th Congress. Key races include Alben W Barkley of Kentucky facing James Park in a battle that could affect Senate control and House seats amid a broad Republican effort to win seats from Democrats.
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Ernest BR. Vaccaro Washington
House
Senate
Maine
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
dJamea Park
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