Cheves Named Head Of Allied Supply In China
Maj. Gen. Gilbert Cheves takes over Army Services of Supply in China after boosting Calcutta dock capacity. He pressed for Chowringhee Park storage, seizing space with MP protection, mobilized thousands of troops to docks, and secured needed freight cars despite British delays.
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Cheves
China
Preston Grover Wew Delhs
Majer Gilbert Cheves
Army Services of Supply
Calgate
Tom
Army Service Forces
Calsetta
Robert Nevland
Tennessee University
Oubt
Calcutte
Arimage
Creeves
Goltdozen
Georgia
Atlanta
Calcutta
Chowringhee Park
Sorage
General Headquarters
Camp Rucker Donates to Charities In War Fund Drive
Capt Richard F Berry, local chairman, announced Camp Rucker civilian employees and military personnel contributed about 4800 to the Nations War Fund Drive. Nearly all services participated generously, with contributions exceeding last year by 272. Funds will be shared among Coffee Houston and Pike counties, and checks sent to the state chairman. Capt Berry thanked contributors for their generous manner.
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Richard F. Berry
The
Nations War Fund Drive
Camp Rucker
Rumipalgn
Houston
Igke
National War Fund
Berry
Soldier Cecil B. Hornsby Killed In Action
Private Cecil B Hornsby son of Chester Hornsby of Samgon Route Two was listed among U S soldiers killed in action as released by the War Department today. He was killed while serving in the European theater, according to the announcement.
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Cecil B Hornsby
Chester Hornsby
Samgon
U. S
War Department
Demonstration Club Plans Formulation Event
Demonstration club members organize a planning meeting to prep for upcoming demonstrations on proper methods of preserving foods and other club activities. Leaders and speakers from many communities are listed as assisting, including Mrs H E Dees and Miss Elizabeth Brunson among numerous others from Columbia Memphis Smyrna and Vicksburg.
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Houten Cou
Ty Baume Py
Mass
Fran Moleseen
Meeurye
Yars
H E Dees
Barbertte Arthur Tindell
Big Crees
T. W. Southerland
Center
Henry Dyson
Columbia
A .K. Jordan
Cowart
A P Ivey
Crosby
Wavse Aivey
Dupree
L . Welford
Gordon
Jessie Howell
Grangerburg
Cash Money
Elizabeth Brunson
Harmon
C W. Clesrmar
Hicks - Beulah
V. T. Kallingsworth
Jebucca
L. A. Roney
Kinsey
HS Cherry
Magnolia
JB. Davis
Memphis
J F. Watson
Enon
L. C. Smith
New Providence
L. KK
Eubanks
Pansey
A Hollis
Pilgrim Best
Frenchie Watson
Pleasant Plains
Pearl
Martin
Rehobeth
Cal
Brinks
Selma
J. P Whatley
Smyrna
Jack Cheshire Taylor
Lee Cameron
Amon Hil
C. D. Whitten
Webb
Sim Weeks
Vicksburg
Proclamation Calls for Fanatic Nazi Loyalty Amid Setbacks
The text recalls a German appeal admitting poor progress since Russian forces breached the Romanian front on the Don in November 1842, noting disintegration of Italian and Hungarian units and severe strategic consequences. It urges fanatic devotion to Hitler and vows victory despite obstacles, insisting that sacrifice of life may be needed to preserve life.
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Russian Armes
Don
Hitler
Germany
Flying Tigers face scattered convoy in Leyte area
A vivid AP dispatch from Spencer Davis describes the Leyte sea area as a Christmas tree of Allied positions, with pinmarked HQ maps. A daytime Japanese air attack on ships off San Pedro Bay caused fires and damage to multiple vessels, while several enemy planes were shot down.
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Carigara Bay-Ormoc
San Pedro Hay
Leyte
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Davis
Soldier’s Father Recalls German Watch Gift
A former Houston County resident, A L Dupree of Bainbridge Route Three, visited The Eagle with a German made pocket watch from his son, Sergeant James D. Dupree, serving with a First Army tank unit. The watch’s double case, outer protective shell, and identical numerals to American watches were noted along with a mailed straight razor. The package took 47 days. Sergeant Dupree has served ten months overseas in a ten year career, with Fort Benning and the Canal Zone earlier. His wife Berlie Brown Dupree and two children live in Vicksburg, and she received kid gloves as another gift.
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Abby Ellard
A. L. Dupree
Houston County
Eagle Office
James D. Dupree
Dupree
First Army
Army
Fort Benning
Canal Zone
Berlie Brown Dupree
Vicksburg
Tyupree
Fugitive Officer Charged With Theft
Former Army lieutenant Robert G Kaslow, 20, is sought after escaping Craig Field guardhouse before a trainer plane left with no clearance. A second similar aircraft was wrecked at Higgins Field. Kaslow faces charges of theft of government property and desertion amid a 30 year court martial.
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Birmingham
Craig Field
New Orleans
J. K McDuttie
Robert G Kaslow
Johnson City
Apeat
Rene Pype Probate Obsiegef
ATC
Higgins Field
Arthur F. Carrell
Gulfport
Missour Field
Col McDuffie
Kaslow
Abbaticchin
Aire
US v. Dislanet
Mobile
Navy indoctrination at Grewe Lakes announced
Edward L. Cobb of Dothan route two begins Navy indoctrination at the Naval Training Center Grewe Lakes. Public Relations Office of the Ninth Naval District released the notice today.
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Cobbin
Edward L. Cobb
Dothan
UW. Naval Training Center
Grewe Lakes
Ninth Naval District
County tax board faces limits on auto tax hike
Judge Poyner noted the county Board of Tax Equalization lacked authority to approve higher automobile taxes. The panel had already earmarked funds including $100 to back the Sixth War Loan Drive and to support local schools, towns, and the state.
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Fee
Poyner
Board of Tax Equalization
Juke Joint Altercation Leaves Couple In Hospital
Isaac Tee and Lillian Johnson, both Black, were hospitalized after a Saturday night brawl at a Baptist Bottom juke joint. They reportedly stabbed each other during a struggle, with the man pierced in the chest and stomach and the woman struck on the head and arm. Authorities say the pair had been together about a year and deny knowing who started the fight. No charges filed yet.
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Isaac Tee
Lillian Johnson
Dothan
Baptist Bottom
JT. Casey
Casey
Circuit Court Opens With Civil Calendar
A four day Houston County circuit court session opened today with Judge D. Co Halstead presiding. The term is expected to conclude Thursday afternoon and follows a non jury civil court held last week as the second court session in as many weeks.
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Houston County Circuit Court
Evi Jury
D. Co, Halstead
Japanese Yank Says America All Right During War
excerpt from George Saito to his father recounts how Calvin died a hero while serving in France. He urges pride in volunteering and praises America as a good country despite past tensions. Includes notes on Kiichi and Riichi, Japanese Americans at Amache camp who later joined the Army.
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Belmont Mass
Aps
America
George Saitox
Ns Ferner
Kacni
Cabin
Arbor
Italy
George
War Department
Stozo
Kiichi
Rasde
Calvin
Cal
Riichi Waa
Monka
Japan
Ethel Barrymore Taken to Hospital in Critical Condition
New York AP reports veteran actress Ethel Barrymore was admitted to Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital with pneumonia and a cardiac condition. The star, 53, canceled a Friday performance of Embroined Heaven after influenza. Doctors noted improvement yesterday but a pulmonary congestion and high fever developed today. heart condition listed as fair.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Flower Fifth Avert Hospital
Kaufman
12 Arrests on Minor Charges Reported
Deputies and State Highway Patrol reported a quiet weekend with 12 arrests for public drunkenness and two for gaming. The highway patrol noted no automobile accidents, while additional arrests included reckless driving and improper brakes.
Underground Dogs Rescued By Owner
LANSING Mich AP Those coon dogs that joined the underground are back home today. Early Maynard of Lansing hunts elsewhere in the future. Maynard's two hounds chased an elusive race into a 24 inch county drain. With blueprints and permission a group dug into the drain four feet deep and freed the dogs Sunday over two miles from where they entered.
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Lansing
Mich
Holt
Maynard
Small Allied Advances Reported in Vosges Front
In the Vosges foothills Allied forces made small gains on the Seventh Army front east of Bruyeres with captures at Le Belle Les Maitresses and La Chapelle near St Die. German resistance near Metz remained strong while forces southeast of Aachen and in Holland saw no action due to bad weather.
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Page One
Morhange
Metz
Seventh Army
Bruyeres
Vosges
le Belle
Les Maitresses
St. Die
la Chapelle
First Army
Germany
Aachen
Holland
Two Dobermans Attack Child on Woodland Drive
A child named Sandra Ray was bitten multiple times in a front yard on Woodland Drive by two large Doberman Pinscher dogs yesterday afternoon. The victim, a first year pupil at Highland School, required stitches as witnesses screamed. The owner rescued the child. doctors said rabies shots are unnecessary after the dogs were examined.
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Woodland Drive
Sandra Ray
Raymond H Ray
Thompson Apartments
Highland School
Sandra
Supreme Court to Hear ICC Transport Fare Protests
Washington AP says four states Alabama Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina petitioned the Supreme Court to review an ICC order requiring intrastate passenger coach fares to rise to at least 3213 percent above interstate rates. The ICC argued higher intrastate fares reduce undue discrimination against interstate commerce. The states Vinson and Bowles appealed after district court rulings denied relief.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wounded Will Be Moved Near Homes
Under the Navy policy convalescent centers on the West Coast will be moved to nearer hospitals. Capt. F H Haigle says Sixth Naval District patients will go to facilities in Charleston, Partis Island, D C, Asheville, N C, Cuba, Ga, and Jacksonville Fla. They will reach by train and ambulance. The plan begins with about half the contingent initially.
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Charleston
Navy
West Coast
F H Haigle
Sixth Naval District
Sixth District
Partis Island
D. C
Ashville
N.C
Cuba
Jacksonville
Fla
Horler
Attempt On Life Of Churchill Reported
A French language enemy radio claimed an unsuccessful plot against Prime Minister Churchill and Charles De Gaulle during a Paris visit. London officials dismissed it as propaganda and bogas, noting police arrested 30 men after the Champs Elysees motorcade. The Henri-Robert station reportedly broadcast from near Berlin.
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London
Churchil
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
Pans
de Gaulle
Champs Hlysees
Henri-Robert
Berlin
Purvis Bond Set After Cottonwood Knife Incident
Purvis Lloyd Purvis of Cottonwood faced a $800 bond on charges of assault and battery with a weapon after a Saturday altercation with Napier Field employee J. K. Exum of Cottonwood. Exum suffered knife wounds to the back and was treated at a Dothan hospital. The dispute centered on a claimed $4 debt.
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Lloyd Purvis
Cottonwood
Therty
Napier Field
Cottnwood
J.T. Casey
Exum
Dothan
Purvis
Plan to curb German war power prompts new divisions alert
In a 16 speech the plan stirred Germans, as it would yield 10 new divisions. Roosevelt backs the foreign economic administration to speed studies on Germany's power and capacity to wage future war. The committee aims to eliminate all international cartels, not just German interests, to curb war potential worldwide.
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Roosevelt
Foreign Economic Administration
Germany
Wang Joins Ruling Nanking Government Lineup In 1938
Continued from page one, Wang rose to power under the Japanese sponsored Nanking Government in 1938. He had held high offices in the Central Government of China, serving as President of the Executive Committee in 1982 and as Foreign Minister from 1989 to 1990.
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Nanking
Wang
China
Navy Offers Men Training In Radio
Navy training valued at 12 000 dollars helps meet Eddy test requirements for enlistment or select service. M E Macdonald notes 38 a month plus allowances after 10 month course. Interested men should visit the Navy Recruiting Station for details and study list.
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Navy
M. E. Macdonald
Macdonald
Minor blazes cause small fires on two city streets
Firemen reported slight damage from a Saturday midnight blaze at Cherry's Market on East Main. A pile of paper sacks was set afire by an electric motor, according to Siemen. Earlier that night a short circuit in a battery cable sparked a small blaze on DeWitt Whitehurst's automobile on West Crawford street with no damage.
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Cherry's Market
East Main Street
Siemen
DeWitt Whitehurst
West Crawford Street
Police arrest 19 over weekend for drunkenness and more
City police reported 19 arrests over the weekend with 15 for drunkenness, two for assault and battery, and two for vagrancy. No arrests were made Sunday except for two last night, according to officers.
War era sugar stamp M4 validated for five pounds
The Office of Price Administration announced that Sugar Stamp No M4 in Book Four will be valid November 18 and worth five pounds of sugar. Stamps Nos 30 33 23 and 33 remain valid indefinitely.
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Office of Price Administration
Parsons Assigned to Air Transport Command HQ
Private Mildred B. Parsons of the Women's Army Corps, stationed at the Third Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, has been reassigned to Headquarters, Air Transport Command at Geaverly Point, Washington.
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Mildred B. Parsons
Cottonwood Road
Third Training Center
Women's Army Corps
Fort Ogiethorpe
Georgia
Air Transport Command
Geaverly Point
Washington
Florida Hegre Fg Charge of Burgia
A Black man identified as Jexty Lyons of Percy Pia was arrested here shortly before daybreak and held for questioning by police who charged him with banking. He claimed he was fleeing from paramilitary forces and was captured while attempting to escape with his arms raised.
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Florida
Hegre
Burgia
Jexty Lyons
Percy Pia
Meation
Pétaing
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Tibet
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Rainer Studio
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Nippon
Simon Em Koedel
New York City
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Soldier
Wille Fred Jones
Newton
Hetty Zilitzky
Chicago
Illinois
Hubert N Walden
East Komnergay Street
Johnie Lee Jones
Gordon, Ala
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Mac’s
Oates St
Texaco
B. Davis
Inclair Refining Co. Agt
CAPPS
Oates
Troy St
Volksturm
Alles
Reich
Espiron
Stockholm
NEA
Mojave
Calif
Marine Corps Air Station
Charles L. Goodwin
Parsons
Yie Diien
Colin Ware
DAY Cleaners
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