Third District Democratic Committee Sets Primary Dates
The Third Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee rescinded a prior resolution and urged a special primary for January 11 to fill the late Henry B. Stengall’s seat, with a second primary on February 8 if needed. It also fixed December 20 as the candidate qualification deadline and set an entrance fee of 50 dollars.
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Third Congressional District
Democratic Executive Committee
Henry B. Stengall
Be iang Strategy Revealed Be iang Strategy Revealed en TOREAP
Dated from Lisbon and Cairo a wartime conference outlines a route to Iran. Talks involved Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai shek with Stalin and others. A Reuters dispatch from London and New York describes the plan broadcast by War Information.
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Reuters
Pews
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Harlin Fun Te
Peace Rumors Stir Congress Over Nazi Truce Talks
Washington AP reports peace rumors persist in Congress as senators weigh German terms and possible ceasefire prospects. Senator Austin cautions he has no concrete knowledge but leans toward credence of reports hinting at terms and a potential end to hostilities by next summer or later.
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Jacke Bell Washington
Congress
Abe Batara
Seney Austin
R-Vl
Min‘amber
Senate Milieu Affairs Committee
Germany
World War II update from British Eighth Army fronts
The British Eighth Army reports a winter defense line beyond Sangro with advances inland including Berth of Venairo and near Doleper bend. RAF air support targets German positions as U S forces press into France and Holland while rumor and propaganda swirl around German plans and Allied coordination.
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Vailey
Sangro
Venairo
Boies
Bateway
Minsk
Doleper Bend
Smaela
Raf Ty
Wretan
Germany
Reich
Titeline
France
Holland
U. S
Friction Reported Between Police and City Attorney
City Commissioner Clyde L. Coe said antagonism has developed between the City Attorney's office and the police department over recent incidents and urged action to restore cooperation. He did not name officers but recalled a dispute during the vacant Houston County Fair. Recorder J. L. Vaughan endorsed expanding city laws beyond state provisions to sustain convictions in Recorder's Court, noting lenient prostitution statutes. City Attorney T. E. Buotin made no comment on the charges. A habeas corpus hearing before Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner involved the policy on legal commitments and jail for defendants.
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Clyde L. Coe
Cos
Houston
J. L. Vaughan
Recorder’s Court
T. E. Buotin
Saxon P. Poyner
Cooper Reassigned To Rent Post Here
Charles M. Cooper resumes duties as director of the Columbus Georgia rent control area after a month and a half, returning to the same post. Col Y B Spooner and Col James L Daniels announce occupancy guidance aligning post commands with Federal Housing Rent Control regulations.
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Charles M. Cooper
Columbus, Ga
Dothan-Ozark
Mr. Cooper
Y. B. Bpooner
Camp Rucker
James L. Daniels
Napier Field
Medy Lg
Some Senators Shy From Talk Of Early Peace
Washington observers view German peace overtures as a Nazi propaganda effort to counter anticipated news from Roosevelt Churchill Stalin talks. The meeting, possibly including Chiang Kai shek, may be imminent and could shape months ahead. Hull warns peace chatter aims to sow confusion in Allied ranks.
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John Mrightover
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
London
Germany
Hull
Quirk In New Coal Pact Prompts Hint Of Further Trouble
Washington report notes a quirk in the pact between Interior Secretary Ickes and John L. Lewis fueling friction. It helps explain coal price rises despite WLBO approval not for a wage raise but for higher earnings. A supposed 8 percent production gain from extra work time under the agreement is disputed, signaling potential further coal crises.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
Iches
John L. Lewis
Solid Fuels Administration
War Labor Board
WLBE
Ite
Fred M. Vinson
OFA
Vinson
Solid Fuels Administrator
Ickes
Last Minute BULLETINS New York Harbor to Receive Nationals
The diplomatic exchange ship Gripskole will enter New York Harbor tomorrow morning to return 1,236 United States nationals and 221 Canadian amas interned by the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. The notice also mentions a veteran bill requiring bi-partisan supervision of balloting. Interstate Commerce Committee favorably reports a proposed isolation measure and other wartime labor adjustments.
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New York
New York Harbor
United States
Pearl Harbor
Advances Reported In White Russia Ukraine Dnieper Offensives Renewed
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces renewing the Dnieper offensive on six fronts in White Russia and Ukraine. Red Army spearheads reportedly captured Stryeshin near Zhlobin and seized about 40 villages. Movements centered on Gomel and the Zhlobin corridor as troops closed toward the Gomel fortress rail hub.
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White Russia
Ukraine
Dnieper
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
White
Russia
Tyree
Gomel
Rokcasovsky
Stryeshin
Zhlobin
Aussies Close In On Japs At Bonga
A U S A G E article reports U S military disclosures on secret weapons. The Army Air Force has learned to mount 75 mm cannons on B 25 Mitchell bombers, first to carry such heavy firepower, sinking a Japanese destroyer in the South Pacific. The Navy has also developed a potent ordnance sensation.
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OM Ready
Washington
Hitler
U. S
U. S. Army Air Force
Navy
Army
Russia
South Pacific
Bombers and Allied Forces Press New Guinea Advance
Allied troops and airpower push toward Mopys in the New Guinea jungle as Australian forces reach within a mile of the objective. Liberators drop 84 tons on We wak, while Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay operations continue with heavy bomber strikes and minimal Allied casualties.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Aps -Selson
Battssburg
Mopys
New Guinea
Tanka
Douglas MacArthur
Bongalee
Sattelsberg
A Spokeaman
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Adm
William YW. Haleey
South Pacific
Rougainville
Vandegrift Named Marine Commandant
Lt Gen Alexander A Vandegrift was appointed commandant of the Marine Corps effective January 1, succeeding Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who retires due to age. Secretary of the Navy Knox announced at a Marine Corps press conference with Holcomb and Vandegrift. Vandegrift, 54, has 34 years of Marine service.
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Vandegrift
Booklet Details German Atrocities Against Occupied Women
The Inter Allied Information Committee released a seven page booklet titled Women Under Nazi Rule describing German occupation abuses. It cites hundreds of teen girls forced into military brothels in Poland, Luxembourg recruits told to bear children, and orders to create brothels in Piraeus. It contrasts with Chinese women subjected to extreme degradation by Japanese forces in occupied China.
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London
Inter-Allied Information Committee
Poliah
Nagle
Luxembourg
Gustav Simon
Germany
Phas
Greece
Piraeus
China
Booklat
Ordnance Experts See Deterioration In Nazi Equipment
Aberdeen Proving Ground officers report German and Japanese gear showing deterioration under Allied bombing and supply strain. They note German weapons still craftier, but Allied materiel outmatches. Col Eddy says Jap weapons are not truly Japanese and lag in R D. Lt Col Jarrett explains foreign hardware at a special display.
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Walter Mason
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Third Reich
Army Ordnance
Ordnance
George G Fiatdy
Fiesearch Center
Col
Eddy
G.3. Jarrett
Col Jarrett
U. S
North Africa
Ex Reichstag Member Booked For Two Talks
Officials of Yothen high school invite the public to hear Gerhart H. Seger, former Reichstag member, speak on That Man Hitler at 1 PM Wednesday in the high school auditorium. He will also address the Recreation Center in the evening on The Fusjatana as Contributor to a New World Order.
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Yothen High School
Gerhart H. Seger
Reichstag
Hitler
O'Clork
Seger
Dothan Rotary Club
Institute of International Understanding
Adolf Hitler
Wang
Jt Te
Mosquitos Of RAF Blast New Targets In Northwest
RAF Mosquito bombers struck targets in northwestern Germany and nearby Allied raids hit Belgium and France as American B-17s and fighters mauled Bremen and surrounding airfields. The Bremen raid reported heavy losses for the enemy, while crews endured extreme subzero icing on the 1800 mile round trip.
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Geremany
Alp
Rence
Holland
Joss
U. S
Bramen
Rodney E. Snow
Jamestown
N. C
Holy Terror
Richard &. Robinson
Crofton
Bremen
Fort Teneg
Noet
Chle‘vres
Dunkerque
Moorgelle
Six of 15 Accused Of Tampering Bonded
Six of the 15 persons indicted for viola tion of Jefferson County stand jury laws posted bond today at the sheriff's office in Bessemer Alabama. Names listed include Lee Chambers, R Jones, W B Wizpatrick, John W Ritchey, Jim Jones, and Lawrence French, each with bonds ranging from 1000 to 1500 dollars. Indictments were returned last week by the Bessemer grand jury. clerical work delayed delivery to the sheriff's office until today.
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Ressemer
Violaton
Jefferson County
Lee Chambers
R Jones
W. BD. Wizpatrick
John W. Ritchey
Jim Jones
Lawrence French
Bessemer Grand Jury
Sheriff's Office
Four-Mile Push Breaks Through Winter Barrier
Allied headquarters report the Britten Eighty Army breached the German Line on the Adriatic front, advancing four miles from the Gangra river. Gen Montgomery’s forces captured portions of the Sangra ridge and routed German troops from Merzagrogan, while U S Fifth Army units moved one mile forward to Castelnuovo. The offensive widened the bridgehead to about 12 miles amid heavy bombardment and rugged mountain terrain.
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Noland Norgaard
Alcierra
Gangra
Bir Berehard L. Montgomery
Sangra
Merzagrogan
United States
Fifth Army
Castelnuovo
Montaquila
Sangre
New Zealand
Montgomery
Leaders Invited To Post War Talks
The Chamber of Commerce mails invitations to business leaders across the Wiregrens for a postwar planning meeting at the Houston Hotel on Thursday night. A. H. Johnson notes the event focuses on agricultural development after the war with plastics from agricultural sources. I. McHas of Merchants National Bank Mobile will speak, with Wallace D. Malone of the State Poisoning Board presiding. Officials cite the National Committee for Economic Development backing the talks, urging broad local attendance from Dothan and nearby towns like Abbeville Enterprise Evon New Brockton Genave Hartford Ozark Columbia and Coltonwood.
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Houston
Chamber of Commerce
A. H. Johnson
Johnson
I. ¥. McHas
Merchants National Bank of Mobile
Wallace D Malone
State Pisoning Board
Committee For Economic Development
National Committee For Economic Development
Dothan
Commerce
Abbeville
Enterprise
Evon
New Brockton
Genave
Hartford
Ozark
Columbia
Coltonwood
UNRRA Committees Draw Assignments
Atlantic City AP report notes four major standing committees of the UNRRA start work early to map feeding, medical care, and shelter for millions displaced by wartime destruction. Delegates from 43 nations moved swiftly, climaxing in policy approval guiding relief and rehabilitation expenditure of about 2.0 to 1.8 billion dollars for war zones.
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Atlantic City
United Nations Re
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