Nominations Called On Scout Committee
A meeting at Registers Cafe led by Tex Benner Stout will nominate officers for the Houston County District Boy Scout Committee. The November district meeting will vote on nominees and plan efforts to expand troops and units in Dothan. Blount will preside as group reviewers are named for upcoming advancement at the Presbyterian Church tonight.
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Houston County District
Boy Scout Committee For Law
Scouters
Registers Cafe
Benner Stout
Tomight
Nevemiur
Mam
Scout
Dollan
W. M. Blount
Board of Review
Presbyterian Church
Souis
Convicts Escape Across Georgia Prison and Car Pursuit
Derby pack of inmates led a prison office breakout in Douglas. Byrd seized a gun and fired, freeing seven convicts who commandeered cars and fled along a rain soaked highway toward Taltoall State Prison. Georgia officials, including Wiley Moore, ordered pursuits and investigations as police recaptured some and recovered vehicles while others were abandoned in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warde C. H. Shaw
Douglas Camp
Byrd
Dervons
Cox
Eastman
Jones
Mra G. H Mingledortr
Douglas
Mra. Mingledortr
Department of Corrections
Atlanta
Frank Bobanon
Stephens County
Kennett Brasel
Evans County
Charlies Bryant
Fulton County
Bill Byrd
Hubert Cunningham
Floyd County
Laury Harry
Spalding County
Charlie Head
Muscogee County
Carl Morris
Edward Pressley
Troup County
Eugene Beardott
Richmond County
Raymond C. Wiliams
Moore
Hin Ex
Cape
Walter B. Stone Dies At Madrid
Walter B Stone of Madrid died at home of his parents following a two week illness His funeral was set for four o clock at a local church with burial in the nearby cemetery He is survived by a son a brother two sisters and several other relatives including his grandfather and aunters from the Stone family
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Pesviceas
Wainer
Blane
Sir
Mia Jo
Stone
Madi
Delmu
Arity
Leen
Wiliam Henry Bigbe
Siviet
Funeral services for Mrs Fanny Forrester conducted at Cowarts
Funeral services were held yesterday at Cowarts Baptist Church for Mrs Fanny Pickle Forrester seventy one who died late Saturday at her home in Cowarts. Burial followed in Smyrna cemetery with Fellows and Forrester in charge. Surviving are two daughters two step daughters two sons several grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Fanny Pickle Forrester
Wnn Ding
Cowarts
Vinees
Cowarts Baptist Church
Joe White
Smyrne
Fellows
Forreater
Second Trial Opens In Blue Slaying
BESSEMER Alabama AP Defense motions challenge Jefferson County secret jury law delay the second trial of Dr James Howard Blue accused of shooting his wife in their home last May Judge Gardner Goodwyn overruled a bid to delay the case And a grand jury probe was promised after veniremen list concerns The State Supreme Court denied a request to recuse the judge from presiding at the trial
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Bessemer
Ala
Jefferson County
Todey
James Howard Blue
Gardner Goodwyn
George Ross
Jefferson
Alabama
Tne
Roderick Beddow
Dr. Blue
Jefferson Secrat
Goodwyn
State Supreme Cowl
Blue
Gesaemer
Cantinnued From Page One Four to one against at armi stice
The text discusses odds on an armistice by Christmas and by February, noting a broker's view on bullion moves. It mentions Lloyd's policies, a "peace policy" linked to shipbuilding with war contracts, and reflects on sensational but unverified British headlines. A German officer-turned-pundit forecasts a Nazi crisis and potential revolution as Gestapo silence backfires.
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Dimaelf
Lloyd's
Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Census survey figures by state large versus small totals
The census survey reported per state contrasting figures for a yearly total and a prior year. States listed include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia with population numbers showing substantial year over year changes.
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Surveau
Yin Minga
Ao Noy
Staten
Alabama
Arizone
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Hilrory
Kentuck
Louisiana
Miaulasippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Allied and Axis battling across Italy and the Adriatic
Reports from the front describe Allied advances along the Adriatic coast and into central Italy with the Eighth and Fifth Armies pushing through towns near Vasto and Casabordine, while Yugoslav coast bombardments near Split and Bar continue. Australian and South African air forces support strikes on harbors, ships, and rail targets as American air units fly missions over the battle area amid ongoing operations and casualties.
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Eighth Army
Sinello
Gaeta
Fifth Army
Fifth
Calabritto
Tearnia
Adriatic
Glas
Vasto
Selcus
Durazzo
Split
Bar
Yugoslavia
San Giovanni di Medua
Borbor
Ancona
Caseina
U.S Sth
Seelworkers Map Fight On Wage Ban
The United Steelworkers CIO board met in Philadelphia to plan lifting the Little Steel wage ceiling. They seek increases for 808,000 steel workers, arguing profits and prices rose while wages lagged. Allan Haywood of CIO says unions will push to raise wages next year. Willam Devin recommends scrapping the Little Steel formula, calling it overdue.
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Unites Steedworkers of America
CIO
Eve Oday
Ena
Uniles
Php Murray
UEW
Iha
Allan Haywood
Nations Organization
CTO
CIO Uniona
WLE
Willam B. Devin
Irisidest Wallace
Haywood
Davist
Une
Ozark Club Week Program Sets Activities
Ozark Community Club officials announced a schedule of events for the week. Tonight at eight, a bingo party. tomorrow at ten thirty a bridge party. teen dance class at three forty five. adult dance at eight. Matrons Study Club meets Wednesday afternoon with a dance in the evening. Thursday features a teen age dance at 3:15. Friday includes a luncheon at 1 and a Tank Destroyer Co. dance at eight. Saturday closes with a dance at eight thirty.
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Ozarh
Ozark
Theese
Center In School Strike Pushes Avant Toward Navy enlistment
Seventeen year old Dothan High student W L Avant, central to a recent school strike over alleged mistreatment by principal T G Vaughn and manual arts instructor E W Walker, has applied for U S Navy enlistment and left for Birmingham for two physicals.
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W. L. Avant
Dothan High School
U. S Navy
Birmingham
Dothan High
Avant
T. G Vaughn
E. W. Walker
Montgomery
Dothan
Sidney Lanier
Bougainville Landing Aims to Shield Rabaul Air Strikes
Allied forces established a foothold on Bougainville last Monday to protect bomber raids on Rabaul while a renewed Japanese effort to reinforce from Truk was repelled by coordinated air attacks from U S carriers and Allied bases in New Guinea and the Solomons. Meanwhile Private Ferron W Masters arrives at James town College for Army instruction before Aviation Cadet training. A note urges saving tin as submarines require about three tons of it.
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New Britain
New Trench
Bougainville
Rabau
Rabaul
Truk
New Ireland
New Gainea
Solomons
Japan
Nouth Pacific
Pacific
Allied Planes Strike Burma Rail Lines In Air War
Allied aircraft targeted railways between Naba and Mogausg and routes along the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay and near the Chinadwig river. Bombs hit locomotives, water towers, bridges, and buildings. the Bammo landing ground was damaged. river steamers, supply dumps, and railroad yards at Palelk and Rathedaung were bombed.
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New Delhi
India
Burmag
Bbhamo
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Chinadwig River
RAF
Thr
Chin Hills
Alewa
Palelk
Outh
Medwom
Rathedaung
Orth
Akyab
Ozark Legion Plans Program For Nov 11
Ozark Dale County Post No. 2 American Legion will hold a November 11 ceremony at the county courthouse at seven pm Mae Crandall Ozark recreation director announced. Colonel Lloyd Spooner Camp Rucker commanding officer will present a movie at the meeting. Public invited.
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Ozark
Dale County Post No
American Legion
Mae Crandall
Lloyd
Spooner
Camp Rucker
County Board approves condemnation for Gilly M111 project land
The County Board of Revenue authorized condemnation to acquire land for the Gilly M111 Project right of way. F L Malling offered the Solomon estate $75 per acre for about 1.5 acres. Mrs. Sam Vann of Headland slated for $25 per acre for about 3.5 acres to straighten the route.
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County Board of Revenue
F. L. Malling
Parry Calhoun
Mullins
Solomon Estate
Harriman Summer
Committee Changes Mind On Tax Again
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee again changed course on liquor taxation raising the rate from eight to ten dollars. The move would add about 487 million annually in revenue and lift the general revenue measure total to about 2.25 billion, surpassing administration aims. Committee plans to report the bill by Thursday with floor debate likely next Monday.
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Washington (Ap
House ,Ways and Means Committee
Conadershipr
Voter Registration Board Opens Office in Houston County
The Voter Registration Board in session opens books on the second floor of the county courthouse for eligible voters in Houston County. Registrars will be on duty Election Day from 6:30 am to 4 pm, except Saturdays and holidays, through November 30. The board comprises Olive Armstrong of Columbia as chair, Mrs. W. L. Lee of Columbia, and Mrs. Christine Griffin of Dothan.
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Houston County
Mien Olive Armatrong
Columbia
Mra
W. L. Lee
Christine Griffin
Dothan
Cadet Arrival for Army Air Force Training at St John’s University
Private Woolling Riley of Dothan arrives at St John’s University Collegiate Minnesota for Air Force intra ctice lasting about five months before appointment as an Aviation Cadet In the Army Air Force, public relations office announced today.
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Wiliam Robert Yarbrough
Robert Ko ¥Arbraugh
W. Hardeshaw St
Dothan
Big
69Th
Aafs Flying Trainng
Floto Wield
Clarksdale
Miss
Tow
AAR Eastern Flying Training Command
Public Relations
Sedar
Woolling Riley
Cora EB. Riley
Weat Lafayette Street
St. John’s University
Collegaiie Minnema
Caures
Army Air Force
AAF
Man Woman Booked In Prostitution Case
A Dothan tax driver Wilbure Jobagop was taken into custody this morning on charges of operating a cab for aiding prostitution. A woman listed as Annie Mea Helms was placed in county jail on orderly conduct and irregularity charges related to Jena son’s arrest. Police booked many weekend cases including traffic violations, public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, assault, gaming, and other arrests under Chief J E Draughes.
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Dothan
Wilbure Jobagop
Serry
Annie Mea Helms
Jenason
J. EE
Draughes
Johnson
Jisims
Ine
Gaid
Ten Men Die In Nellie No 1 Mine Explosion
Nellie No.1 32 mine in Boone County West Virginia exploded Saturday night at 7 20 p m. Ten men were killed and one miner survived with critical injuries after the blast trapped an 11 man section. Lawrence Vincent 23 died hours after being removed from the scene. Only a partial crew was on duty as 28 workers were underground when the explosion occurred. the rest escaped to safety.
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Nellis W. Va
Charleston
Boone County
William C. Barker
American Rolling Mill Company
Lawrence Vincent
A. Oakley
Grew To Dine With Sparks
Joseph C. Grew former U S ambassador to Tokyo will visit Montgomery Alabama to deliver three addresses Friday and Saturday He will dine with Governor Sparks at the executive mansion and be introduced at a civic club meeting Friday noon The program includes a public address at the city auditorium and a visit to Huntingdon College Saturday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joseph C. Grew
U. S
Tokyo
Sparks
Executive Mansion
Grew
State Defense Council
Civic Club
Defense Council
City Auditorium
Huntingdon College
UNRRA to be launched at Atlantic City council meeting
Delegates will elect a director general for UNRRA at Atlantic City and discuss relief and rehabilitation plans. Herbert H. Lenman is nominated for former head of the U S Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation. The world looks to UNRRA for cooperation, funding, and restoring essential services amid postwar shortages. Tunisia already boosts surplus foods to aid liberated areas through rapid recovery efforts.
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Atlantic City
Unrera
Roosevelt Nay
Herbert H. Lenman
United States Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
New York
UNRRA
United Nations
Sud
Tunisia
Former guard commander urges service officer claim help
J N Magsee former commander of the Dothan Guard Company asks the board to name a service officer. He cites ex servicemen hesitant to seek Red Cross aid and suggests the board might allow Red Cross to handle claims temporarily, noting past support for such actions.
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J. N. Magsee
Dothan Guard Company
Alabama State Guard
Red Cross
Boswell
Wage scale revision faces railroad unemploye strikes
President Vinson backs new wage recommendations for operating and non operating railroad workers amid a pending strike vote by 15 unions. The proposed scale raises by steps up to eight cents an hour, replacing the previous eight cent flat increase and the earlier 20 cent ask.
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Gan
R-Man
Jones
Basater Truman i
D-Mo
Vinama
Parmit
Unica
Commani
Leo
Vinge
Sword
Eveason
Vinson
Thia
Gtrika
Nsw
Vinnon
Japanese retaliation small as Bougainville push advances
In New Guinea, 106 enemy bombers attacked storage areas but damage was minor with fighter escort. Ground operations on Bougainville and Cosseul Island, 30 miles away, invaded November 3, are reported progressing favorably. General MacArthur’s spokesman says the next move is up to Japan.
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Markham
Ramu
New Guinea
Bougainvilla
Cosseul Island
MacArthur
Telephones Fail In City Areas Amid Storm Outages
Change manager reports Moody hospital and Woodland Drive telephones out due to water flooding two large cables. Hospital area restored, Woodland Drive expected by nightfall. E Lafayette Grandview likely by tomorrow, 75 percent of 200 phones to be back by nightfall. CAA weather: heaviest rainfall in three months. Police arrest Leander Waems for driving while intoxicated after crash on West Main Street injuring three vehicles.
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Moody Hospital
Woodland Drive
E. Lafayette
Grandview
Margica
R. J. Goodwin
City Light and Water Department
Chalvey
Andalusia
Geneva
Brantley
Troy
CAA
Tornadoes Kill Seven Across Several States
A weekend tornado outbreak left seven dead and many injured as homes were leveled and roofs ripped away across Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas. Dozens of structures were destroyed including a settlement in Mount Vernon and several farms. Among the dead were Louis Brownard and Brianne, with Mary Waypare among the victims. officials reported homes destroyed and residents rendered homeless in multiple counties.
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New Orleans
Satartay Wight
Louis Brownard
Eiget
Brianne
Mary Waypare
Maurice
Wig Ley Hingle Picouard
Mount Vernon
John Thomas
Henry Walisemon
Carrie Hill
Yalden
Misa
Ams
Cay County
Mins
Congress fights over pre Pearl Harbor draft plan
Senate and Howe Mate Committees collide over a proposed law to lower birth and induction standards. Wheeler of Montana backs a pre Pearl Harbor draft while the House rewrites to create a nationwide quota and medical commission to judge physi cal standards. The administration opposes the measure as leaders push for a compromise amid uncertain fate for many fathers.
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Mattis
Senate
Howe
iSenetor Wheeler
D.-Mont
Egen
Jabson
D.-Colp
Mark Ky
House
Salam Service
Alabama Coal Miners Return to Work Ends Four-Week Strike
In Birmingham the majority of Alabama's union coal miners are expected to return to work today ending a four week stoppage. Company and United Mine Workers officials anticipate formal settlement talks to follow as crews resume operations while maintenance shifts remain silent until new wage agreements are set. The district notes coal production will be limited until lines of pay rates and cellage are finalized.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alxbenta
Company
United Mu Workers
Tts
Union Mae
Saji
Coere
Yyignor
Cates
Et Furnacs
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