Rumors Swirl Over Hitler Illness and Proclamation
A London report cites doctors and Nazi officials discussing Adolf Hitler believed gravely ill. Sources mention Sauerbruch and Rommel associates, alleged drafts of Mein Kampf, and a contested radio proclamation attributed to Hitler or his circle as German leaders respond to rumors and a thwarted putsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan F. Chester Yuna
London
Hitler
Far Morrell
Horste
Erne Rommel
Sauerbruch
Mos
Feaxbruch
Hitlerseu
Fuschrer
Sauerfenk
Fuehrer
Mein Kempf
Seeee
Ialee Himmier
Howter
Wich
Hemler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Dath
Berlin
Wrk
Pork shortage blamed on wartime demands
A War Food Administration report states the pork shortage is driven by nationwide market pressures and military needs. It notes hog production is concentrated in certain regions and that feed and processing delays may extend three to four weeks or longer for some supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
World War II fronts shift as Allied push nears Metz
Patchy World Today dispatch notes Patton pincers toward Metz while Demara retreat through snow. Reports hint Hitler may be dead or evacuated. Russians advance in the south, British patrols in Italy near Ravenna, and American shipping faces renewed enemy action as MacArthur maneuvers in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yronf
Patton
Metz
Demara
Hitler
Apeat
Tery
Ravenna
Macrthur
Ormor
U. S
Linchow
China
Monor Taken Pressures Great On Budapest
The Red Army moved deeper toward Budapest with Monor captured 14 miles southeast and forward positions seized within 30 miles east. Communiques claim German forces driven from key lines along the 50 mile Budapest Smolnok railway as Soviet columns push from Ujszasz toward Farmos and Mezokovesd while counterattacks by German and Hungarian troops fail to dislodge them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Budapest
Danube River
Monor
Mogecon
Monoz
Budapest Smolnok Tunk
Ujszasz
Budapest - Szolnok
Sapiogyorgye
Tepioszele
Farmos
Moscow
Skoplje Stermen
Tio
Skoplj
Yugoslava
Belgrade-Athens
Balkans
Berlin
Ito
Danube Hiver
Apatin
Yugoslavia
Mezokovesh
Mezokovead
Miskolc
William Frye
Third
Metz
Saar
Thionville
Moselle
Defendea
France
Southeas
Moelle
Mullins Reemployed For Two-Year Term By Revenue Board
The Houston County Board of Revenue reemployed Fred ZL Mullins as county engineer for two years starting January 15, 1945 with salary split 50-50 by county and state. The vote was three to two for Mullins amid debate on road department management and related matters including bond purchases and auto expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Board of Revenue
Fred ZL. Mullins
Mullins
W. Perry Calhoun
Barniman Summerford
Calhoun
Brady Trawick
Lee Cameron
Cameron
Summerford
Trawick
L. E. Boswell
Sexon P. Poyner
Boswell
State Highway Department
Il Summerford
Ail Me
Poyner
Tye
Allies Press Forward In Leyte Island Battle
American forces seized a 2,300 foot peak above the Ormoe corridor and tightened their squeeze on about 45,000 Japanese defenders in the climactic Leyte fight. The 24th Division pushed toward Mt Catabaran and advanced three miles at one point, while main Carigara Bay Ormoc Road progress continued with tank and air support despite heavy opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoe Corrdor
Leyte Island
Ormoe
Poin
Mt Catabaran
Carigara Bay- Ormoc
I . Douglas MacArthur
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Ormor
Fighter Ace Zemke Missing In Action Over Germany
Missoula Mont colonel Hubert Zemke, famed as a top American fighter pilot known as Zemke the Mighty, is reported missing in action after his Thunderbolt group was escorting bombers over Germany. Zemke, 31, had refused promotions to stay in combat and led a feared unit with 28 planes destroyed in air and ground during the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Engilend
API
Hubert Zemke
Missoula
Mont
Europe
Germany
Zermke
Zemke
Zemmke
Francis 5. Gabreski
Civ Pa
Zemske
American Army Air Corps
University of Montana
Russia
Red Army
Pear Harbor
England
Nazi Resistance Southeast Of Metz Becoming Spottier
Allied advances near Metz intensify as American forces breach the fortress ring, capture forts, and create a crossing over the Moselle at Thionville. Patton’s wedges threaten rail lines while Seventh Army pushes villages west of Dieuze and near the Vosges, with heavy fighting through mud and fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Wert
Verny
Pommerfemx
Llehen
Coro
Dieuze
Morhange
Acros
Moselle
Thionville
Bermering
Lidrezag
Patton
Seventh Army
Ratobervillera
Bruyeres
Ft Die
Vosges Paous
Rhine
Bemsin
Thornville
95Th Infantry
Supeme
George 8. Patton
Saar
Koenigsmacher
Tronville
Third Army
Cain - Sur - Seine
Alabama Voters Defeat Amendment Three in State Plebiscite
Unofficial counts from 1,904 of 2,200 boxes show Amendment Three to create county primaries for parties failed 34,438 to 47,641. Other amendments fared differently with Nos. 4 and 6 rejected, Nos. 1, 2, and 5 approved. sheriff term extension narrowly pending final tabulation. Presidential electors Roosevelt led with 163,597 to Dewey 35,550 in the same precincts, while Lister Hill led Posey 162,770 to 34,577.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Montgomery
Houston
Walker County
Roosevelt
Dewey
Lister Hill
John Posey
Aus
Dewey And Family Arrive In Georgia Sea Island
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey arrives at Sea Island Georgia with wife and two sons Thomas Jr 12 and John Martin 8 for a vacation away from his campaign. Secretary Paul E. Lockwood and family friends join the party. He plans swimming golf and relaxation for possibly two weeks with politics off during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island Beach
Thomas E. Dewey
South Georgia
New York
Sea Island
Thomas, Jr
John Martin
Paul E. Lockwood
Cat
Logan
Dewey
Goll
Americans Evacuate Liuchow Air Base as Japanese Gains
U S air base at Liuchow destroyed and evacuated with most evacuation by air Maj Gen Wedemeyer’s HQ said over the weekend US 4th Air Force struck Japanese targets in French Indo China and disrupted rail lines Chinese reports claim Liucheng Liuchow the Liuchow area and other targets fall to Japanese advances along routes toward Canton and Manchuria details note radar stations and river craft destroyed or disabled
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liuchow
Choungking
United States
Albert G. Wedemeyer
U.S. 4Th Air Force
Indo China
Yochow
Kwengik Province
Canton
Manchuria
China
Wedemeyer
Linchow
Sit Transport Command
Claire L.) Chennault
Perfansport Command
Air Pemier
Kwangsi
Liucheng
Lichow
Kweichow
Saipan
Livchow
Chienkiang
Yungning
Nanning
Recommendations For Air Group Consideration
CHICAGO AP Establishment of machinery to adopt world standards and procedures for aircraft operation was recommended to the International Civil Aviation Conference. The goal follows U S aims to standardize aviation activities including communications, traffic control, licensing, registration, and meteorological data exchange. Committees will report on airports and customs pre Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
T P Wright
Paris
Chinese Quisling Wang Ching Wei Dies at Nanking
The puppet China's President and Premier Wang Ching-Wei, 62, died in a Tokyo-reported hospital from diabetes. Plans for a state funeral were under way in Nanking as a central political council meeting named Chen Kung-Po to act as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wang Ching-Wei
China
Nanking
Quisling
Tokyo Radio
Central Political Council
Chen Kung-Po
Legislative Council
Chiang Kai-Shek
Payroll tax freeze faces tight fight in final congress
As the 78th Congress closes in, a sharp battle forms over freezing Social Security taxes. Without action, the payroll tax will rise from 1 to 2 percent on January 1 for both employers and employees. Legislation to hold the rate is under House and Senate consideration, but faces administration opposition and may require a war rider or inclusion in broader bills. Other agenda items include a postwar highway program totaling 1.475 billion dollars, renewal of the Federal Crop Insurance Program, a Flood Control bill, and extending courts martial statute of limitations after the Pearl Harbor attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Giandont Etem
Nigon
Pearl Harbor
Committee Recommends Hard Peace To Break German Industry
The War Mobilization Subcommittee led by Senator Kilgore urges dismantling Germanys key steel and chemical industries to prevent rearmament and curb the international cartel system. It envisions a targeted disarmament that removes major indirect munition sectors and strips German industry of Pan German ambitions, while avoiding a pure agricultural outcome. Dewey campaign note appears on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tdni4
Germany
Kilgore
Ud-W.va
Hitler
Fighth Army Patrols Cross Ghiaia Canal Near Ravenna
Allied communique reports Fighth Army patrols crossing the Ghiaia Canal below Ravenna moving into thick pine forest four miles south of the city. German withdrawal in the area suggests a possible pullback from Ravenna as the Eighth Army stalls. further progress is claimed along the rest of Forti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Patrola
Fighth
Ghiaia
Ravenna
Bag Uty
Atlantic
Eighth
Forti
Cigaret Rationing II Weighs Across Washington
An AP report states War Food Administration officials consider rationing cigars amid civilian shortages. Officials note supply tightness may persist, with enforcement challenges and uneven coupons.
Tirpitz Sunk by RAF Bombers in Tromsø Fjord Action
London AP reports official confirmation that the 41,000 ton German battleship Tirpitz was sunk by RAF Lancasters from No. 5 Group Bomber Command. Thirty Lancasters led by Wing Commander J. B. Tait attacked with 12,000 and 12,600 pound bombs, scoring direct hits that caused the battleship to capsize and sink. one aircraft is listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British
Air Ministry
RAF Lanrastern
Tromee Fjord
Norway
Aly Ministry
MAF
Bomber Command
J. B. Tait
Dro
Dec
Rauldron
A. G. Williama
Tirpitz
Misseng
Miss Louise Pelham Dies After Illness at Dothan
Miss Louise Pelham a longtime science teacher at Dothan High School died in a Dothan hospital after an extended illness. She was about 50 years old born in Alexandria Alabama and held a BS from Alabama and a master's from Columbia University. She taught in several areas before moving to Dothan in 1920 to head the science department, retiring in 1930. Funeral arrangements through Ford-Walden Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Pelham
Dothon High School
Dothan
Analite
Alexandria
Als
University of Alabama
Columba Unversity
New York City
Ista ™An
Ena
Selerce
High Chool
Hetur
Beptborg
Saulty Sonnsay
Ford Walson Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
World
Biber
The
Revenue Board
Gen. Patton
BY C. Yater McDaniel
Selons
Veg Urensee
Servus
Nied
Sanny - Sur-Nied
Henry
Chateau - Sallns
Chateau - Salling Forest
Chateau - Brehain
Ovon
Datham
Fourth Armored
Rodalbe
Georgia
Review OF the Week
Pectic Ocean
NEA
BY James Marlow
Ghiaia Canal
War Food Administration
Fryenus
Tye Walard
Danny Hell
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Chester Boviers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!