Perfor Strike At Heart Japanese Air Industry Raid
A World War II era report describes a strike near Kyushu involving Japanese air industry targets. Allied communiques claim ships and air assets faced heavy anti airfire with Superfortresses and fighters in action. Observations note undercast conditions and reconnaissance results with damaged and destroyed assets. Continued coverage promised on page two.
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Perfor
Japanese Air Industry
Island
Kyushu
World Today report on fronts and battles across Europe Asia
The dispatch summarizes Allied advances near Aldenhoven and Cologne, German countermoves near Warm Wet Gank, and two front lines in the West and East. It notes Japanese air activity around Leyte and broader Asian theaters with various troop movements and clashes.
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Associated Press
Festen
Alles
Bierman
Bilder
Fieenhower
Burgundy Gate
Gank
Aldenhoven
First Army
Cologne
Saa
Berlin
Latvia
Miskolc
Hunigtsely
Movakian
Superioris
Heart of Japan
Manila
Leyte
Rewna Fevestan Army
Action to reverse recent price rises amid wartime controls
The AP report describes an imminent move to curb rising living costs tied to the Little Steel wage formula. Chester Bowles will hold a news conference to detail tightened fair prices and stricter rules on extraordinary price increases, with Vinson backing a firm OPA stance and broader interagency cooperation.
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Sterling F. Green Hington
Mary Petimice
Chester Bowles
Fred M. Vinson
Bowles
Vinson
OPA
War Food Administration
Germany
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
War Labor Board
Wiliam H. Davis
WLB
CIO
Nubbins Hoffman Taken To Hospital
In Denver a boy named Forest Hoffman age unknown was rushed to a Denver hospital in bad shape after a Christmas celebration. The child, son of Marshall and Mrs Hoffman of Cheyenne Wyoming, had opened gifts from Maine and Florida then traveled 100 miles by car to Denver for a urologist examination. Dr. Ge B Savory, the physician, said the condition was serious and that the bladder illness described as incurable might threaten the boy’s life before December.
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Denver
Iry
Forest
Nubbins) Hoffman
Marshall Hoftman
Chayenne
Wyo
Maine
Florida
Cheyenne
Ge. B. Savory
Nubbins
Two Items Left To Be Decided At Air Parley
The International Civil Aviation Conference moves toward final agreement on global air regulation with two key questions unresolved. The U S Canada and Great Britain debate free transit and capacity adjustments while plans for a world routes authority and operator rates proceed, with nations to fix routes and stopping points for foreign aircraft entering air space. The draft foresees a central advisory authority and data collection, likely including economic controls.
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Air Parley
S. James J. Strebig
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Plans For Early Meet Of Big 3 Delayed
Washington AP reports plans for a three leader meeting among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin are delayed with hopes now for a parley early in 1945 The shifting postwar conference schedule may push the anticipated United Nations gathering at Dumbarton Oaks to spring rather than winter and a Big Three meeting could come sooner if key veto questions are settled.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
London
World Peace Organization
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Shackelford Dies Unexpectedly in North Carolina
Leonard Townsend Shackelford, a former Dothan resident, died unexpectedly at his Whiteville North Carolina home aged 64. Born Belectle Alabama he spent 20 years in Dothan as a traveling salesman and moved to Whiteville four years ago to enter the potato chip business. Surviving are two daughters Mrs W Perry Calhoun Dothan and Mrs Clark Jones Newton NC a son Technician Fourth Grade Joe F P Shackelford US Army in France a brother Spamic Shackelford Greeley CO and a niece Miss Kittie Parker of Whiteville who will accompany the body to Dothan along with several other nieces. Funeral services will be held at the Whiteville Methodist Church followed by services here. Local arrangements are by Johnson Wilkerson Funeral Home pending arrival of the brother. Pallbearers listed with several honorary names.
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Leonard Townsend Shackelford
Dothan
Whiteville
N. C
Mr. Shackelford
Belectle
Ala
Elmore County
W. Perry Calhoun
Clark Jones
Newton
Joe FP
Shackelford
U. S. Army
France
Spami¢c Shackelford
Greeley
Col
Kittie, Parker
Methodist
Johnson & Wilkerson Funeral Home
J. C. Knight
Alvin Gwaltney
Kens Forrester
Jun
Joe Sanders
Solomon Baxster
Henry Purswell
Doc Stephen Lyon
Fox Knight
Asa Lisenby
Houston Barksdale
Bill Knight
Vandy Forrester
Ford Nordan
Hunter Ennia
L. Hilson
J. L. Bracewell
F. M. Gaines
Wiley Deal
Cecil Calhoun
Louis Oppert
Jay Har Jdy
K. Sapp
Marvin Brooks
B.iante Ma
Dothan Launches Rural War Bond Drive With Rally
County and rural volunteers launch a two prong drive to raise war bond quotas. Pat Poyner chairs the effort as 59 workers gather at City Hall to start a rural canvass aiming to meet a county goal of 1 769 000 and a ward total of 5205 000 by the December 16 deadline. Albert Logue reports progress with Searcy of Vicksburg first to fundraise.
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Dake
Dunad
Coubty
Quinn
Duran
Vicksburg
Searcy
Pat Poyter
Poyner
Houston County
George Urges Lower Postwar Taxes And Debt Cutting
Washington AP Senator George D-Ga.i urged lower postwar taxes and immediate start on paying the public debt when peace comes. He warned high taxes would brake business activity and urged easing the tax burden as war ends. He outlined budget ranges from 16 to 22.6 billion dollars and called for debt retirement begin immediately after wartime expenditures end.
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AY Douglas B. Corneli
Washington
George D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
George
Choctaw Wells Yield 365,627 Gallons
In Choctaw County a seven-well field produced 365,827 gallons, with H. L. Nupt and the Hunt OW Co. of Dallas Texas paying a late inspection fee of 2 percent amounting to 140.91 dollars. A. B. Tucker of the State Revenue Department reported the figure. The Alabama oil history note cites the state's first oil well being brought in earlier this year.
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Montgomery
Choctaw County
A. B. Tucker
Alabama
Tucker
H. L. Nupt
Hunt OW Co
Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn Mailbag Includes Indian Letter
In Washington the Speaker Sam Rayburn office received a letter from an Indian place addressed to The Secretary of the Parliament U S A with unreadable hieroglyphics. A Kansas City writer asked for an investigation. Page 2
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Washington
Sam Reyburn
India
Germans Driven Back As Red Army Strikes Front
Allied reports say German forces were pushed back along the western front as Soviet units close on escape routes. Moscow claims encirclements and advances near Miskolc and Liepaja with battles around Eger and Csaba. Berlin counters that Soviet efforts failed to break Axis lines.
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London
Red Army
Reops
Ennemy Roops
Miskolc
Hiungar
Eger
Losone
Rudion Y. Malinovsky
Secon Ukraine
Csaba
Szirma
Berlin
Liepaja
Jelgava
South In Line For 600 Million Waterways Fund
The South seeks about 600 million for postwar waterways and harbors projects. Key items include the Tennessee Tombigbee and Alabama-Coosa corridors and Savannah and Mississippi basins. Senate debate centers on fast passage and a potential amendment by Senator Aiken.
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Virginia van der Peer
Washington
Senate
Jan
Itature
Coatly
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Ediston River
South Carolina
Savannah River
South Carona
Georgia
al- Istoona
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Yaro River
Missisnippi
Yvaonah
Clarka Hill Reservoir
Jacdsateville
Miami
Florida
Tennesser - Tombighee
Eisenhower Calls for Steady Pressure On All Fronts
Supreme Headquarters reports General Eisenhower urging intensified pressure along the Western Front with greater supplies to sustain a long campaign until German collapse. He praised the Belfort Rhine breakthrough, warned of continuous, mounting effort at home and abroad, and emphasized teamwork among ground, sea, and air forces while noting German manpower and supply shortages.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eienhower
Western Front
Eisenhower
Hay
Belfort
Th Rhine
Stetes
Ans
Tt Nome Sronte
Volkastrum
Cigarette Shortage Puts U S Troops in Paris Under Ration
In London and Paris reports state American and British forces face cigarette shortages as Washington debates policy. British packs cost about cents for 20. British soldiers receive limited weekly rations. Supreme Headquarters promised a report on the situation in Paris and other rear areas where U S soldiers await cigarettes.
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London
Washington
Army
Comitat
Pastis Supreme Headquarts
Caldiers
Dr Allen D Albert To Lecture Tomorrow On Role Of America
Dr Allen D Albert scheduled to lecture tomorrow at 8 p m at the county courthouse on America's role in world affairs The event is the final in a four lecture series sponsored by the Dothan Rotary Club to promote international understanding Albert a former journalist diplomat and long time commentator on city development he has lectured for Rotary clubs across the country and will address Dothan High School students with public attendance requested at admission charged by the club
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Allen D. Albert
Role of America
T the
Dothan Heavy Club
Aduérbed Weiter
Ed Nee Fen Co Vines
Columbus (Ohio
Nees
Minneapolis Tribune
Aesistant
Chicura Century of Progress
Corm
Japan
China
Albert
Fie Rotary
Chicago
New York
Bostin
Minneapolis
Omaha
Rik
Blue. Heron Faun
Paris
Mlinote
Ang Dlaw
Chicago Rotary
Dothan High School
Puidie
Doihan Rotary Club
Ny Adinission
James Scheduled To Be Tried Today
Montgomery court docket shows James and others slated for trial today on charges including murder and related offenses. The case involves a 19 year old Maxwell Field soldier Drew and an indictment tied to a fatal stabbing and a claimed confession later repudiated.
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James
Belfort Taken by Allied Armies in Rhine push
Allied forces press toward Belfort as six armies advance along the Rhine front. Seventh and Ninth Armies, plus British forces, break through near Saarbrucken and Aachen while pushing toward Cologne and Metz. German resistance stiffens with tank counters as leaders report rapid Allied gains across northeastern France and western Germany.
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William Frye
London
Rhine
Amulhatre
Colum
Germany
Helfurt
Eisenhower
U. S
Saar Heulin
Seventh Army
Sarrebourg
Mulhouse
Legond Aachen
Arties
Basier
Belishroopa
Holland
Mazia
Mazia From the West Banks of Thi Mane
Itukr
Cologne
Aache
Third Army
Metz
George S. Patton
Ige
Yeflea
Saat
Feuiquemont
Uf Suerbrucken
Leilin
Moselle
Rhineland
Towa
Aldenhoon
Ninth Army
Freischenhoven
Gerewaweller
Nedermerz
Uppersangen
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Ioe
Re Gity
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Tegalife
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Clyde T. Coe
Rawlins
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Sam Rayburn
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Aiken
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Supreme Allied Concaliber
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