Funeral Rites Held For Representative Henry Meagall
Funeral services were conducted here for Representative Henry Meagall 70 D Ala who died of a heart attack. A House committee was named to transport his body to Ozark for final rites Thursday at 11 am. Members of Congress and Senate officials were named to represent the ceremonies and deliver eulogies.
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Warrington
Henry Meagall
Ala
James Shera Montgonl
Stes
Deering
Bhagall
Mplain
D-Tex
Bieagall
Ozark
Breaker
D-Mass
Majonty
Represer- Vivon
World Today reports headline bold and scattered
The World Today Chronicle describes RAF air raids over German positions, American troops pressing through island defenses at Abemama Tarawa and Makin, and halted counterattacks near Zhito and Zhitomir. It notes moves by Marines, the Eighth Army, and Allied efforts in Chernyakov and Kiev regions amid heavy fighting.
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Atockholm
Forma
Abemama Atoll
Tarawa
Makin
ULA Ad
Ziitomir
Kiev Bulge
Zhito
Chernyakov
Eighth Army
Alfedena Im Iniand
Plans For Prisoner Camp Here Studied By War Department
The War Department weighs a permanent prisoner of war camp in Dothan using the old CCC site on the Dothan Headland highway. About 250 Italian prisoners would be housed, with 40 at Headland and 150 in Dothan fertilizer plants, supervised by US MPs. Local utilities share costs. agriculture prioritized.
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War Department
Dothan
J. R. Brackin
U, & Employment Service
T 2
Ccc Alto
Dothan-Headland
Fla
Brack
Wer
Brackin
Commission
Rawlings McKinney
Era
Srackin
Judge Halstead Delays Soldier Casess in Houston Circuit
Circuit Judge D C Halstead yesterday continued the cases of Private Tom Gibson and Private Arthur DeMeo charged with carnal knowledge of a twelve year old Lineville girl. Other criminal trial items included a case of leaving the scene of an accident and a guilty verdict with fines.
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Clrcuit
D. C. Halstead
Tom Gibson
Arhur Tdemeo
Lineville
Houston
Lipoesia
American Forces Land On Abemama In Gilberts Invasion
U S Marines expanded the four day offensive by landing on Abemama atoll while fierce resistance continued on Makin and Tarawa. Adm Nimitz announced the Abemama assault as naval support remained in Truk vicinity, signaling a widening push into the Gilbert Islands and deeper engagement with Japanese defenses.
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Pearl Bargor
United Sates
Evastoria Gilberts
Tesches
Abemama Atoll
Adm
Chaster W. Nimitz
Makin
Tarawa
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Truk
America
Norton tips politics as price aid fight nears vote
Washington AP reports House Labor Chair Mary Norton says anti subsidy forces turn food price relief into political football and warn consumers are being sold down the river as the CCC extension and end of consumer subsidies loom. She argues inflation will spur women to political action. The bill would extend CCC authority to July 1 1945 and ban all consumer subsidies.
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Washington
Mary Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Womge
America
Fara
GOP Bloc Denies Political Slap From Older Group
Washington AP report notes 16 Republicans in third terms forming a drive for action to press unfinished business. The group nicknamed the Commandos protested long recesses and pushed for votes on mubai dita and taxes, while opposing Democratic leadership and seeking to energize Congress with targeted action.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Mubai
Tandra
Rand
Republican House
Bandis
Action Committee
Democrata
Congress
Kegro Attacker Put In Juvenile Court
A Circuit Court order issued by Judge D. C. Halstead placed a 15 year old offender under juvenile court authority. An accompanying affidavit from the boy’s mother, Janse McSwaln, confirms his age and involvement.
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Kegro
D. C. Halstead
Janse McSwaln
Chiang Kai-shek To Join Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Talks
A London rumor suggests Chinese generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek may join a forthcoming Allied leaders conference with U S President Franklin D Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin. The aim is to solidify Moscow decisions and advance postwar collaboration among the four powers.
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Daniel London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Bialin
London
Moscow
Pre-War Fathers Face Slower Service Men's Vote Bill
The Senate wrangled over a bill to allow absentee ballots for 10,000,000 uniformed personnel. Democrats and Republicans traded charges of motive as they debated sending the measure to the elections committee for revision. Senator Lucas accused Republicans of stalling to preserve the old system, while Senator Brooks argued GOP support exists but opposed broad absentee access.
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Washington
Senate
Elections Committee
Lucas
D-T
Brooka
Brooks
Tara Te
Bill To Retard Induction Sent To White House
Washington AP reports McNutt warned he would resign as Manpower Commissioner if Roosevelt vetoes the new father draft act. The bill sent to the White House by the Senate would slow prewar father induction and alter Selective Service procedures, with officials saying it won’t overhaul current drafting. McNutt called the bill sabotaging sound administration while urging stronger authority over civilian manpower.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Inday
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Bhis
McNint
Banate
McNutt
Lewis B. Heeshay
Selective Service
Forder
WMC
Johnson
D.cole
FBI War Of Nerves Nips Axis Spy Plots Against U S
Washington AP report details how the FBI counterspy network foiled German espionage and sabotage plots in the United States. Gmen captured 23 members of the Frederick Duquesne spy ring in New York as J Edgar Hoover asserts the nation’s counterespionage history remains unmatched and continues to deter Axis efforts.
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FBI
U. S
Frank Weller Washington
Hiter
G-men
Hitler
Germany
Allen
Frederick Duquesne
New York
J. Edgar Hoever
Russians Batter Down Nazi Drive In Kiev Sector
AP Moscow reports German main counterattacks widen a 20 mile front from Chernyakov to Korostychev as Red Army units press in Ukraine. Frosted roads dry, enabling mobile guns to probe flanks while heavy air raids strike German shipping and Baltic port targets.
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Ay Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Ukraine
Chernyakov
Korostychev
Irosan
Rechiton
Dolaper
Poyth
Dnepropetroves
Red Mar
Svenska Dagbladet
Bagus
Ba Ue
Taililin
Rigs
Libes
Window
Estonia
Tarvie
Sth Army Repels German Attacks In Central Area
Allied forces report a sharp German counterattack northwest of Agnone was repelled by the British Eighth Army after two hours of fighting. Agnone fell to Montgomery’s troops on Sunday and enemy positions were driven from high ground near Alfedena. U.S. troops destroyed a German machine gun position north of Montsquila inland.
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SY Noland
Norgaa
Allisd
al. Giera
Hea
Eighth Army
Agnone
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alfedena
United States
Montsquila
Jase
Tara
FDR Seeks New Funds for Discharged Vets from Congress
President Roosevelt urged Congress to fund mustering out pay unemployment allowances and Social Security credits for service members. He called for a uniform unemployment insurance system for the Merchant Marine and armed forces, with mustering out pay paid in installments rather than a lump sum, and provisions to bridge gaps until veterans can rejoin private work. He left amounts to Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Legisde
Bus Line Garage Razed By Flames
A fire destroyed the Airport Bus Company garage on East Crawford Street and damaged a nearby residence on Booth Fouter Street. The blaze, starting around 2 o'clock, spread to a smaller garage and required about thirty minutes of firefighting to control. Damaged vehicles and oil soaked structures were reported. cause believed to be from a heater.
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Airport Bus Company
East Crawford Street
Overan
Booth Fouter Street
Mediaale
M Heater
Patton apologizes for striking a soldier in Sicily
Allied and theater leaders disclosed Lt Gen. George S. Patton Jr apologized to Seventh Army officers and men for striking a wounded soldier in Sicily. An Army statement noted Patton was not relieved or reprimanded and remained in command as Eisenhower’s forces continued operations. The episode, debated since last August, drew wide attention among troops in the theater.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
George
Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Peldler
Campelea
Patton
Dwight D. Ciseshower
Petton
Elsenhower
Elas
Patton Incident To Be Settled By Army
Washington sources say Congress will let the Army handle the Patton incident in which General Patton allegedly struck a soldier in a hospital tent during the Sicily campaign. Kilgore urges clarification and adherence to Army regulations, noting Pershing’s stance on discipline. Eisenhower had previously rebuked Patton and soldiers, and Patton apologized to his command.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Patton
Sicily
Anator Kilgore
D-W. Ve
George 8. Patton, Jr
Wer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Kilgore
Pershing
Industrial Area Smashed: 1 000 Killed, Injured
Berlin suffered another heavy Allied air raid as 1 000 or more killed or injured and vast areas burned. Stockholm, London, and Berlin reports detail the destruction of residences and government buildings, with estimates of dead and missing rising in the night.
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SY Bobert N. Sturdevant
London
Berlin
Dows
Argest Elty
Dowstown
Hamburg
Stockholm
Afiontidninges
Thoredey
English Channel
Reich
Aftentidaingen
Tos Meny
Radsorce
Britain
Mockholm
Albert Boear
Mimitlona
Aftonbladat
Brandenberger Tor
Purtser Plats
Spears
Germany
Speer
Joseph Goabbaels
Hemburg
Unter Des Linden
Alexander Pinte
Friepdricitreme
Zurich
Boon
Bariln
Blockholm Aftonbladat
Workmeney
Lees
Swediah
Pope
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Pacific
Rabaul
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Ional Group
Steagall’s
Gilberts
Abemama
Abamame Atoli
Terawa
Maio
U.S
GOP Bloc
Chiang
Fdr
Stalin
China
Bill
Kiev
Dnieper Bend
Sth
Army
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