Americans Finding German Populace Cooperating Well
HAL BOYLE reports from Kornelimunster that an Allied military government officer says Germans are cooperating with occupying troops with few civilian incidents. Strict curfews and travel limits shield soldiers as officers note Catholic influence remains weaker than in central Germany. The burgermeister oversees distribution while locals bear food needs, with interpreters aiding billeting and supply arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle Kornelimunster
Isnde
Germany
Amercan
Nan Solvers
Shale L. Tulin
Norwalk
Coan Tulin
14-Maen Outhit
Reich
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Creomulsion for bronchitis and cough relief. It touts a blend of time tested medicines with no narcotics and urges readers to consult a druggist for a bottle with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Civilians Describe Occupation Life and Repression
Interviewed civilians recount strict German rule in occupied areas. They say restrictions are harsh yet tolerable, fearing torture and executions promised by occupiers, while some express relief that civilian harm has not escalated. Officer Sgt Joseph B McLemare from Athens is noted among the detachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Tury
Tulin
Hitler
Miliary
Joseph B McLemare
Athens
Alz
Nelson eyes China role in postwar trade plan
The former WPB chairman, with two aides, could expand his role as Roosevelt’s envoy on overseas trade. His China trip aimed to speed the Chinawar effort, but he also plans to exploit China’s labor for postwar industrial recovery by importing American machinery to cut Japan’s economic edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Hoosevelt
Nelson
Chungking
China
Japan
Contested Exchange Recounts Shooting Near Courthouse
Griswold described a confrontation with Dozier near the courthouse ending with Griswold firing his pistol after Dozier allegedly pushed him and reached for a hip pocket. Dozier’s claim and other versions are noted as investigators await the coroner’s arrival and police briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Patroul
Man Coggins
Dozier
Undefined excerpt on war dances and ceremonies
Segmented OCR shows fragmentary lines describing cruelty and the coming of the Aner tens with dances likened to a Horlen rug cutting in grass skirts and an untutored rendition of the Anvil Chorus, indicating a chaotic war scene recital.
Contisned Fram Page Gre of this amount
An uncertain fragment notes approximately five hundred dollars will be allocated to the Alabama War Chest for distribution among the 22 agencies it serves. A soft wall brush is suggested as the best tool for keeping tainted walls free from dust and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama War Chest
Norris Brothers Wounded in Action Across Fronts
The Norris family reports James A. Norris wounded in action in France. Brother Sgt Luther M. Norris was wounded in North Africa. Another brother, Marine Sgt Elton O. Norris, was injured in the Pacific theater in an accident while serving overseas.
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R Norris
Hasfurd
James A Norris
France
Norris Wherr
Artest Bt
Norrise
Luther Mo Noms
Elton O Norne
Oceanside
Cal
Elton
Norris
Youth Seeks Dog Help From General Bradley
A Cedar Grove youth appealed to General Bradley to persuade his father to buy a new dog after their family pet Skippy died in an accident. Bradley replied from his field HQ describing five month old wirehaired terrier pups, urging patience until the war ends and offering to chat later about dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H Traphagen, Jr
Rugby Road
Cedar Grove
N. J
Gen. Bradley
Paris
Traphager
Abraham Lincoln
Skipsy
Sil
Bob
Bazo
Bradley
Missouri
Bill
Skippy
Gentral
U. S.A
Junior Red Cross Completes Projects
The Dothan Junior Red Cross chapter sent Christmas aid to area headquarters in Atlanta with 40 posters 3D figures 250 tray favors 500 ice cream spikes 2 centerpieces and 1 frustrated poem. Mrs Minnie T Heard announced plans for 500 Navy menu covers by November 1. Second Class Petty Officer A B Dickson son of Mr and Mrs M D Dickson recently returned from the South Pacific is at Newport awaiting next assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Red Cros
Atlanta
Minnie T. Heard
Navy
Fire damages mattress factory on North Gates Street
Fire this morning damaged a mattress factory operated by ET Hatcher at 71 North Gates Street when sparks from a stall gunning machine ignited loose cotton. Several mattresses were damaged by fire and water, but the building damage was minor, fire officials said. The alarm sounded around an unknown time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ET Hatcher
North Gates Street
Jay Johnson
No Resumption Of Coffee Rationing
Significant statements from Byrnes claiming no return to coffee rationing. He cited a 12 month supply, monthly imports, and boosted stockpiles while noting civilian access remains. Officials acknowledged rescue measures and a tentative plan for distribution to field offices as stocks stood at 670 million pounds on Sept 1, up from 487 million in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bymes
Bray
USA
Amerean
Vhal
Cotter
U. S
Byrnes
Price Aatuustistion
Automobile Smashes Into Penney Building
Private Cabrera Lorenzo, a Camp Rucker soldier, drove a vehicle that crashed into the Penney Binding smashing shop on Foster and Troy streets. The car reportedly shifted to reverse, leaping onto the sidewalk before striking the building. Lorenzo claimed the car belonged to Lt. W. D. DeGraessi of Napier Field, and two women had offered it to him. He was released to military authorities. city police filed no case.
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Camp Rucker
State Highway Patrol
Cabrera Lorenzo
Foster and
Troy
W. D. Sneed
Lorenza
Demonstrations by Wonston County clubs set for October
Twenty six demonstrations scheduled this month by Wonston County home demonstration clubs, led by agent Miss Fran Mallette, focusing on Care of the Sick. Events run Oct 4 through Oct 25 at venues including Smyrna, Gordon Clubhouse, Union Hall, Memphis, Center, Magnolia, Pilgrim Rest, Pansey, Selma, Cowards, Barber, Grangerburg, Crosby and Crosby areas, with hosts listed per location.
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Wonston County
Fran
Ricks-Beulah
W. FE. Woodham
Memphis
Hegene Wes
New Provindence
Doce Clark
Harper's Joy
M. Faulk
Center
Nettie Gamble
Pleasant Plains
Frenchie
Watson
Masnolia
R. S. Cherry
Kinsey
Ellis Jarvis
Tellico
Guesie Glover
Pilgrim Rest
Hugh Hollis
Pansey
Mixon
Selma
Brinks
Cowards
A. K, Jordan
Taylor
CL OW
Medlock
Barber
G. Carter
Vicksburg
Mus
J. Fh
Flowers
Grangerburg
T. W. Roberts
Columbia
Otho Morris
P. Thurkett
Crosby
W. T. Danford
RAF pilot training extended temporarily to five weeks
Ground, military and physical training will be expanded to raise proficiency of pilot candidates. The plan, announced from Montgomery Alabama, keeps Eastern Flyme Trainline Command schools in current phases for an extra five weeks starting October 1, reflecting an Army Air Forces directive due to a full pilot reservoir.
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Montgomtery
Ala
Eastern Flyme Trainline Command
Bry. Gen. Waltham & Gravely
War Department
Washington
RAF ‘Training Command
Williams dies after long illness in Graceville
M W Williams died at home after a long illness. He was a member of the Gallia Methodist Church and Bay View Lodge. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 am at Sairlee Church with three ministers officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife, four daughters, a son, a brother, two sisters, two grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed. Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
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MW Willinow
Graceville
Reser View
Als
G. F. Wihams
W. A. McCrary
L A. Register
Dothan
Hortee Wiliams
Audrey Williams
Cleetus Williams
Charlie B. Willams
W. C. Anthony
W. H. Stewart
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Four Escape Injury In Auto Accident
Four persons escaped injury when a car left the highway and crashed into a ditch on the Collownosed road near the Bay Line crossing. Driver George Koser of Dothan said he steered off the road to avoid a train, the Alabama State Highway Patrol reported. Names of the other occupants were not obtained.
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Bay Line
Alabama State Highway Patrol Office
Automivebile
Sneed
Dewey Bricker ticket eyed for postwar youth voice
James M. Tucker cites Pew as a wealthy bloc shaping Republicans while Bricker campaigns in the south. Governor Earl Warren plans a Minneapolis radio address, and Senator Truman will speak in Washington as campaigns press toward the postwar era.
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Tucker
James M. Tucker
Chicago
Dewey - Bricker
John W. Bricker
Ohio
South
Bowling Green
Nashville
Tenn
Earl Warren
California
Minneapolis
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Soldier Seeks Lost Collie Mascot in Dothan Letter
A mother of Private First Class John J Mulhern asks Dothan Chamber of Commerce for help locating Gunner the five month old collie mascot lost on a train from Panama City to New York. The dog, tagged Gunner, disappeared after being fed in the baggage car near Dothan and was traced by railroad workers to the city. Private Mulhern served overseas at the time.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
John J Mulhern
Brooklyn
Panama City
Fla
New York City
Mulhern
Pennsylvania Station T
New York
Rairoad
Gunner
Charles H. Kirksey Dies From Wounds
Charles H. Kirksey died from wounds after being seriously wounded in action near Frante Judy 13. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs Charlie E Surksey of Gordon and is survived by six sisters in Georgia and other relatives. A WAVES member and two nieces are also noted among survivors.
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Uth
Charles F. Kurkary
Charlie E Surksey
Gordon
War Department
Carrie B. Stucholster
Kate N. Kirksey
Columbus
Frances G. Kirksey
Ic Waves
Paris Island
Mazine
Meredith
Fay Markail
Gorden
Gayle Harvey Shinhoister
U. S
Navs
George Luther Dunn Dies at Ozark
George Luther Dunn died at his Ozark home on Saturday. A prominent local businessman with the Carroll Grocery Company, he held roles on the Methodist Church Board of Stewards, the Dale County Board of Education, the Dale County Rationing Board, and the Bank of Ozark board, plus serving as vice president of the Ozark Production Credit Association. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Holman Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife, a daughter Mrs. A. H. White of Birmingham, three sons Lt George Dunn and Lt Oscar Dunn in the U S Army, Sgt Jimmy Dunn at Fort Benning, his mother Mrs. G. M. Dunn of Abbeville, two sisters, two brothers, and four grandchildren.
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George Luther Dunn
Ozark
M. ©. Carroll Grocery Company
The
Methodist Church
Dale County Board of Education
Dale County Rationing Board
Bank of Ozark
Ozark Pro- Qmiction Credit Association
Holman Funeral
German Counterattacks Stall on Allied Front Near Aachen and Arnhem
Allied and German forces clashed along a wide front from east of Aachen to Prom in the Alsace region, with no ground gained by the Germans. A four hour battle near Djallacourt northeast of Nancy followed by a Belgian theater assault, while British and American units repelled drives from the Reichswald toward Nijmegen and near Hertogenbosch. Typhoons aided ground troops as Germans fortified a retreat corridor near Hertogenbosch and the Arnhem region remains contested.
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U. S. First Army
Aachen
Prom
Djallacourt
Nancy
Belfort
Netherlands
Huissen
Arnhem
Supreme Headquarters
Reichswald
Germany
Nijmegen
Waal
Rolland
Hertogenosch
Eindhoven
Nuland
Bgerlicum
Hertogenbosch
S Hertogenbosch
Holland
Arthem
Jissel
Zinder Zee
Soldier and three Black men arrested after altercation
A soldier is alleged to have entered a tavern with a whiskey bottle and a knife, took over a table with Gray and other Black patrons, Gray knocked the knife away, the soldier hit Gray with the bottle, and Gray slashed back. The soldier was handed to military police as 22 people were arrested by the sheriff’s force over the weekend for public drunkenness and related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Curry
Gray
Prsons
Posthumous Award for Missing Soldier Shown at Home
Mrs. H. E. Peterson of route two Ashford received the Ayr Medal and Purple Heart for her son Sgt Leroy W. Peterson who is listed as missing in action after being shot down behind enemy lines during heavy bombardment missions over continental Europe. The presentation was made at her home Saturday by Capt Joseph D. Kyle and Chaplain Willam B. Gold with Assistant Deputy for Administration and Services present. Air Medal citation praised meritorious achievement and courage in combat. Purple Heart noted wounds suffered on 22 March 1944.
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Europe
United States
Peterson
Japanese Losses Surge as Allies Report Pacific Toll
The Associated Press counts at least 1,230 Japanese surface craft destroyed or damaged in the month, 303 ships definitely sunk, mostly by U S forces under Nimitz and MacArthur. The report highlights heavy transport losses and rising efforts near the Philippines, with Chinese and Allied air forces facing setbacks in Southeast China and Burma as Indian troops advance toward Tiddim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
China
Tanchuk
Claire I. ‘Chennanh
Chennrault
Palau
Nimitz
Angaur
Carson Taylor
Manila
Tapanese
Burma
Chocolate Staircase
Tiddim
No Wheat Quotas Allotments For 1945 Wheat
The War Food Administration announced there will be no wheat acreage allotments or marketing quotas for 1945. Domestic military and export needs are expected to remain high enough to avoid the need for adjusted acreage or control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
War Food Adminstration
W. B Crawley
Alzbank State Aaa Committee
Pilots Meet Tonight at Houston Hotel Dining Room
The semi monthly meeting of the Dothan Pilot Club is set for 7 30 p m tonight in the dining room of the Houston Hotel. Members are urged to attend and Mrs Asa Lisenby president will preside over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Dothan Pilot Club
Houston
Asa Lisenby
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Bright Runner
Mac’s Tire Shop
S. Oates St. John N. Mcleod
B. Davis
Sinclair Refining Co., Agt
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Troy St. C
Aunt Eunie
Garrett
Asin
Houston County Fair
Dathan
James A. Norris
Twelfth Army Group
Omar N. Bradley
Junior Red Cross
Penney Building
M. W. Williams
Pew
Whitehead
Italy
Walter TL. Whitehead
Fifth Army Field Artillery
Fifth Army
Maly
New Orleans
U.s
Charles H. Kirksey
Life Insurance
J. Whit King
Shenandoah Life Insurance CO
Porter-Farseer Bidg
Gry
Automobile Furniture
Dothan Savings & Loan Co
DRY Cleaners
S. Lean Street
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