Southwest Hunts Oldtime Bad Man
Matt Kimes, last of the fascist chieftains who terrorized the Southwest, was sought in Oklahoma City as the FBI charged him with planning the Morton Texas First State Bank robbery last Sept 5. He allegedly used a canvas from the state penitentiary while serving two life terms and led an outlaw gang famed for double and triple bank robberies.
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Oklahoma City
Matt Kimes
Southwest
Pretty Boy Floyd
Kimes
FBI
State Penitentiary
First State Bank
Morton
Tex
D. A. Bryce
Bryce
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
First Indonesian Peace Discussion Without Results
Batavia Java AP report on the first conference of Dutch Indonesian and British leaders ending without a peace formula for Java. Aneta quoted nationalist extremists as declaring war to the death against the British. Thousands of armed Indonesians massed in Jogjakarta. fighting continued at Soerabaja as British forces advance cautiously.
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Leif Erickson
Batavia
Java
Aneta
Jogjakarta Radio
Jogjakarta
Soerabaja
Committee to Study Possible Purchase of Napier Facilities
A city county committee will meet at the Chamber of Commerce to decide on sending a representative to Washington to discuss purchasing Napier Field facilities with the Surplus Property Board. The group aims for postwar use of the air base benefiting Houston County and nearby towns. The lease area is jointly owned by Dothan and the county.
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Washington
Napier Field
Marrow
J. H. Brennan
Chamber of Commerce
V. H. Brygon
Chamber
J. F. Spann
I. C. Bates
Brenner
Army
Brennan
Namer Field
Houston County
Dothan
Saxon Poyner
Dale County Board of Revenue
Iiqure
Brannan
Dale County
Houston County Aid of Revenue
County Farm Bureau Signs 1302 Members For 1945 46
The Houston County Farm Bureau reports 1302 members joined for the 1945 46 year at the West Crawford Street curb market. A week extension was voted to reach the 1500 goal as Walter L. Randolph outlined farm policy, wartime price safeguards, and postwar economic outlook.
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County Farm Bureau
Houston County
Boureau
West Crawtford Street
Bureau
Walter L. Randolph
State Bureau
Randolph
Houston
National Bureau
Dec. J
Steagall
Farm Bureau
Japs Made Prisoners Work a Mines Barefoot In Winter
In a closing chapter of a prisoner memoir, Technical Sergeant Hughy K. Cox recalls mistreatment by Japanese guards in Kyushu mines. He describes severe winter conditions, shoes in short supply, and prisoners maiming themselves to avoid hard labor. Cox, from Slocomb, recounts weight loss from 380 to about 213 pounds after three and a half years captive, and notes Japanese threats to retaliate if self harm continued.
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Hughy . K. Cox
Stocomb
Ralph M. Daughtry Slocomb
Hughy K. Cox
C. A. F.cox
Sf Slocomb
Kyusho Land
Japan
Ergeant Cox
I Slocomb
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Irgeant Cox
Tere
Dothan Commission and FWA open talks on youth center plan
Dothan City Commission and the Federal Works Agency began negotiations for converting the Dothan Recreation Center into a temporary youth facility. The move follows a recommendation to end activities by December 3 due to staffing at nearby camps, with the center site owned by the city and equipment provided by FWA.
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Dothan Recreation Center
Ray
Cit of
Dothan
The
Federal Works
Nylon hose contribute to spur Victory Bond drive
Robert Ramsey urged Houston County residents to buy Victory Bonds to aid troops returning by next Thanksgiving. The Deihan Stk Hosiery Mill donated 12 pairs of nylon hose for use in promoting purchases. Bond sales Friday reached 7,275.00 in one series. no other series sold. A radio program by Albert Logue might move to Thanksgiving Day.
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Robert Ramsey
Houston County
Victory Laws
Ramsey
Deihan
Ramsty
Albert Logue
Kace
Chiang Forces Quit Manchurian Capital
Chinese Nationalists retreating from Changchun amid fears of a Communist coup while fighting in Manchuria. Reports say four U.S. equipped divisions advance from the Great Wall into southern Manchuria, with Communists dug in near Changchun and Russians reportedly withdrawing. Marines and Chinese Communists exchange fire near Tientsin as the tone rises over Manchuria threats to China-Russia relations.
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Spencer Moosa
Manchuria
Changchun
Great Wall
Chungking
Tientsin
Mat Gon
de Want Peck
First Marine Division
Chingwangiao
Trentain Peek
Trenton
World Daily News
Coongking
China
Ruana
Mysterious red fireballs chase B 29 crews in Nip raids tale
Lt Col Lewis recounts B 29 missions against Japan, detailing dramatic air raids on Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, with ghostly red balls of fire reported by pilots. He notes pathfinder roles, fighter opposition, and a harrowing Nagoya burn-out mission amid intense anti aircraft fire.
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Col
Lewis
NATO
Faulk
Cyrus Roys Lewis
Tinian Island
Tokyo
505Th
313Th
Honshu Island
Ongoya
Osaka
Hiroshima
Nagoya
Forster
Faw
Thanksgiving holiday notice for Houston County and Dothan
Office, schools, stores in Houston County and Dothan will observe a Thursday holiday for Thanksgiving. City and county schools will close Wednesday noon and reopen Monday morning. Dothan post office hours shortened. Bishop services planned at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Goldreth delivering sermon. No homecoming game this year as football schedule ends.
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Houston County
Dothan
Crawford
Delhan Ketwil Merchants Association
Joldreth
Pathan Airistorial Unie
Dathanigh
Tergrise
Bruce Flurry
Solpaos Baxter
Two Headland Youths Hurt In Auto Crash
Terry Spann a seventeen year old Headland High School student was in serious condition in a Dothan hospital after a collision at Church and Cleveland streets Mead. Miss Jackie Masters nineteen suffered shock. Curtis Lee Herbert driver of the other car was unhurt. The car driven by Masters overturned injuring Spann on the left running board.
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Terry Spann
Headland High School
Dothan
Jackie Masters
Mead
Noonerday
East South
Church
Cleveland
Meadland Kuamesa
Mies Marters
Curtis Lee Hurbert
Headland
Young Spann
Mina Massert
Smith
Harbert
Spann
Mins Mansters
Mins Masters
Nimitz Warns Merger Threatens U S Sea Command
Admiral Chester Nimitz told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that merging the Army and Navy would weaken seapower and endanger U S command of the seas. He urged adopting a National Security Council plan coordinating defense without full merger, arguing the test is how such changes affect naval power and sea control.
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Franch J. Kelly
Washington
AIM
Chester Wo
Nimitz
Congress
America
Senate
Navy
Forrestal
War On Navy
Ciicans
Eliie
Beasts of Belsen Trials Highlight Nazi Atrocities
A British military court sentenced SS officer Josef Kramer and Irma Grese to death by hanging for murders at Bergen Belsen and other camps. Three women faced the gallows, while nine others received prison terms up to 15 years. Defense plans appeals within 48 hours as the court prepares to transmit verdicts to Field Marshal Montgomery.
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Charles Chamberlain Lueneruag
Germany
AP Joxef Kramer
Irma Grease
Belsen
Oxwierim
Ail
Grese
Quirty
Frits Khan
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Snl
Yamashita Trial Hearings Highlight Navy Atrocities Claims
Manila AP report on the Yamashita war crimes trial details testimony that Japanese naval forces in the Philippines acted largely without Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's control. Vice Admiral Denshichi Chocon and Lt. Gen Shizuno Yokoyama testified the Navy bore responsibility for actions during the early 1945 period, while asserting naval units operated largely independently of Yamashita's command.
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Manila
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Adm
Denshichi Chocon
Shizuno Yokoyama
Mania
Yamazhita
Yokoyama
De Gaulle Resigns After Communist Demand Sparks Crisis
France faced a political crisis as General Charles de Gaulle announced resignation over Communist demands for one of three cabinet posts. He argued such a condition would undermine France’s policy of balance between the two great powers, the United States and Russia. The Communist party refused to back down or join appeals to reconsider, leaving the Constituent Assembly to decide whether to renew his mandate or appoint an interim president.
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Romert
Wilson Faris T
Aaps
Gen
de Gaule Juxt
Jetlerol
France
de Gaulle
United States
Russia
Ministry of Foreign
War
Interior
Durin
Communist Party
Communista
MRP
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Bandit Chieftains
Texas
Napier
FWA
Chiang
Manchurian
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Jack Bell
Mt. Niitaka
T. B. Inglis
Senate House Committee
Imperial Naval Command
Mt. Nutaka
Hitokappu Bay
Kuriles
Ing
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Toglis
Dauntry
Brewster Ur-Minned
Sit
Pacific
Atlantic
Maine
Lucas
Jap Blaster
Cheater W. Nonniz
Lewis Squadron
Kokabu
Fagie Siatl
Roys Lewis
US Command of Seas
Beast of Belsen
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