New Police Chief Draughon Promises Firm Enforcement
Police Chief J B Draughon, appointed by Commissioner Clyde L Coe, says the force will enforce the law with firmness though not all changes are ready. He notes vacancies to be filled after Oct 15 and anticipates only gradual adjustments while pledging full cooperation from all department members. Fire Chief J E Zetar remains in command with full authority. Commissioner Coe will oversee department efficiency.
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J.B. Draughon
Pasoriay
Clyde L. Coa
M. Tatum
Telay
Dranghon
Dutien
Draughoo
Race Department
J. E. Zetar
Fire Department
Ziglar
Coe
Moseley to Lead Joint Chest Drives in Dothan
Fred C Moseley was named chair of the combined War Charities Chest drive set to begin Oct 19 by the Dothan United Charities Chest directors They also appointed a committee to select a co chair with Alto V Lee eyed for the role The budget was pegged at 31500 for the drive with kickoff Oct 18 Myer Blumberg was chosen president of the Chest succeeding Albert Logue J P Culver became vice president The outside city drive will be directed by Solomon Baxter and C M Ling The effort supports seventeen war service agencies and five local groups including the Salvation Army Boy Scouts Crippled Children’s Fund Tuberculous Fund and Underprivileged Children’s Fund
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Dothan United Charities Chest
Fred C. Moseley
Moseley
Alto V. Lee
Myer Blumberg
Albert Logue
J. P. Culver
B. W. Pearson
City of
Dothan
Solomon Baxter
C. M. Ling
Blumberg
War Service
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Crippled Children's Fund
Tuberculoass Fund
Allied Fifth Army advances near Rome in Italy
Allied forces push inland toward Rome with the Fifth Army claiming gains near Montes Vehio, seven miles southwest, while the Eighth Army support reports indicate German lines at Turmoil and near Napoli. RAF heavy bombers strike targets including Frankfurt and Ludwigshafen as Northwest African Air Force bombers hit targets around Athens. US forces report carrier operations and naval actions in the Pacific with ships and bombers targeting Japanese positions as overall action slows in some sectors.
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Associated
Frees Thvabion
Fifth Army
Rome
France
Algiers
New Yorker Proposes 10 Percent U S Sales Tax to Revenue
Francis M. Lemay reports M Y Seidman chair of New York Board of Trade tax committee urged Congress to adopt a ten percent national retail sales tax. He said it could yield about six billion dollars and should have no exemptions. He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee amid doubts over broader income and excise levies.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Congress
M. Y. Seldman
New York Board of Trade
Seidman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Taher
R-N
House Appropriations Committee
Byrd
D.-Wa
Turn
Draft Substitute Bills For Wheeler Plan Awaited
Washington reports the Senate moved to the action stage on the father draft issue with leaders counting on a decision this week. Administration leaders prepared substitutes to the Wheeler bill postponing drafting of pre way fathers and a Bailey amendment would bar able bodied draft age non fathers from federal employment unless indispensable. A Taft option may be dropped as the debate proceeds.
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Montana
Balley
Washington
Army
Navy
Taft
Nazis Say Corsica Evacuation Ended
Berlin radio reported that Corsica evacution is complete and Nazi troops moved to the Italian mainland to defend the southern European flank. Bastia, Corsica’s last major town, was occupied by French forces yesterday.
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Corsica
London
Berlin
Reuters
Bastia
House Group Pushes Higher Dependents Benefits
William F. Arbogast reports House Military Committee members back boosts to dependents allowances for servicemen. Aiming for about 70 to 75 dollars monthly for a wife with one child, with 29 dollars per additional child, they say current Senate figures are too low. They seek Labor Statistics data and favor no increase for a wife living alone while maintaining 22 dollars toward total payments. Debates continue on first child payments between 18 and 25 dollars.
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William F. Arbogast Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
House
May
D-Ky
Subcommittee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Security Agency
Rotarians Land War Bond Drive Leaders
Rotarians pinned flowers on two members in recognition of outstanding service. Clyde Levern, chairman of the Houston County War Savings Staff, and J Albert Logue led Houston County beyond its Third War Loan Drive quota by 25 percent, earning the honors.
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Dethan
Wrose
Clyde Levern
Houston County War Savings
J. Albert Logue
Houston County
Levern
Nazis In Aliceville Camp Still Expect Victory
ALICEVILLE Ala AP The nations largest internment camp for German prisoners of war sits near the town in a fenced area of barracks and towers. Guards patrol constantly while prisoners improvise facilities and even draft plans for a sewing pool in the recreation field as they endure confinement awaiting a hoped future triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliceville
Ala
Thetation
Cvvera
Freg
Prince
Yanks Win First Series Game 4-2
President Roosevelt lauds the American Federation of Labor for achieving a “splendid task” by wage earners in war production and urges continued effort to stabilize prices and the domestic economy. He sends felicitations to William Green and delegates, praising munitions output and shipyard work across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor Convention
William Green
Yankees Beat Cardinals In Erratic World Series Opener
At Yankee Stadium New York wins 4 to 2 over St Louis in a comedy of errors with Spud Chandler pitching seven hits allowed. Cardinals strike first but fail to score after early threats as the Yankees take the lead and control through mid game.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
Sth Louis Cardinals
Spud Chandler
Cardinals
Klien
Lindell
Walker
Stainback
Musia
Editorial: The Enemy We Face in the Southwest Pacific
An AP excerpt from Allied Headquarters recounts the beheading of a 23 year old American airman by Japanese officers Komal and Tsukioka under the Samurai code. The diary from a captured Japanese soldier reports the execution with graphic detail and notes subsequent actions.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Komal
Tsukioka
Douglas MacArthur
India
Japan
Transport Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Salamaua
MacArthur
Tal
Komai
Ua St
Koma
Osamune
Russians Renew Big Scale Attack In Caucasus Area
Soviet forces face renewed German counter attacks along the long front while reaching progress in White Russia and the Kuban. In Vitebsk, Gomel, and Mogilev sectors Red Army gains are reported as Red Star editorializes on repelling counter thrusts to sustain the broader offensive.
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Caucasus
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
White Russia
Vitebsk
Ita
Gomel
Mogilev
Red Star
U S Precision Bombers Hit Frankfurt Area
RAF heavy bombers attacked the Frankfurt war production center shortly after American daylight raids on the city. A smaller force struck Ludwigshafen as the war intensifies with multiple night blows reported in quick succession.
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Robert Studevant
London
Frankfurt
Ludwigshafen
Tore
Japanese Reported In Full Withdrawal From Central Solomons
Allied headquarters report a Japanese retreat from the central Solomons with Kolombangara island garrison of about 10,000 men largely removed. U.S. patrol planes and torpedo boats disrupted evac, sinking barges and killing many, as Halsey’s forces intercept supply flotillas in Vella Gulf and push toward final Japanese losses in the area.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Kolombasagara
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Naval Command
Halaey
Vella Gulf
Kolombangara
Admiral Halsey
Wookesman
Cholseut Ta Land
Northwest Pacific
Ramu
Interior New Guinea
Coet
Finschhafen
Madang
Beef shortage warned as cattle futures dip sharp
CHICAGO AP A livestock industry leader warned of a critical beef shortage in the making with acuter impact than last spring. He cited a 21 percent drop in feeder cattle shipments into the corn belt over the past three months versus the prior year and predicted a rise in finished beef prices early next year. George A Schmidt chair of the American Meat Institute board warned of tighter supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ames
Elim
George A Schmidt
The
American Meat Institute
British, German clash over Coo in Dodecanese
London AP reports German high command said the island of Coo in the Dodecanese was "occupied" after two days of fighting with 3,100 Italian and British troops captured. Allied communiques noted British troops fighting Nazis with no clear outcome. Coo, 23 miles long, lies off western Turkey, with mainland Asia Minor visible to the north and south.
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London
Coo
Dodecanesa
Celro
Dodecanese
Turkey
Asize
Wazi High Command
Cuba
Cairo
Ondecenese
Bunday
Istanbul
Last Minute Bulletins US ship surrenders to Portugal
An American flying fortress surrendered to Portuguese authorities after a forced landing in the feudal country, and went aloft today bearing the Portuguese ocular and manned by a Portuguese crew. John J. Caldwell of Kentucky was nominated by Roosevelt to be United States Minister to Ethiopia. Nine teen Dutch students have been executed in Holland under martial law for allegedly killing a German officer and several prominent Nazis.
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Lishon
Feutrel
Washington
John J. Caldwell
Kentucky
Roosevelt
United States
Ethiopia
Caldwell
Stochholm
Holland
Berlin
Social Demokratem
Hla Anid
Erveral
Negly
Helland
Mentha
Brenner Pass Railroad Center Hit By Bombers
Allied air forces struck at Brenner Pass rail facilities and other targets as German divisions contend with the Allied push in Italy. In Greece, air campaigns hit Menidi and Argos while British forces advance toward Pescara. Montgomery’s troops push from Termoli as Corsica is declared liberated.
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Wes Gallagher
al Giers
Italy
Kritlah
Termoli
Adriatic
Corsica
Sir Dusen
Greece
Brenner Pass
Bolzano
Aine
Fifth Army
Calore
Benevento
Tle Montesarchio
Naptes
Eighth Army
Pescara
Rome
Pomigilano
E Capadichino
Naples
Parmilianos
Coa
Dodecanese
New Basea
Germany
Holzano
Fatirosd Garda
Isernia
Mignano
Terracina
Formia
Axis Fall Not Near Patterson Believes
BUFFALO N Y AP Any optimism that Germany and Japan are about to crumble and that the United Nations are close to complete victory in the war has no basis Patterson told delegates to the CIO United Auto Workers convention Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson argued that Gen George C Marshall and other military leaders expect a long hard struggle ahead He stressed Americas main advantage is its weapon production and urged full national effort by every man and woman to defeat Germany and Japan
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Buffalo
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Robert P. Patterson
Cto-United Automoduls Workers
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Taffy
America
Patterson
State Bond Purchases Rise To 123.1 Million
Birmingham report says Alabama war bond purchases reached 312,100,000 through last night in the Third War Loan Drive. Ed Leigh McMillen, state war finance chairman, announced two days ago that the state quota was 108,000,008.
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Birmingham
Ed Leigh McMillen
State War Finance Committee
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Dargesne
Kolembangara
Ferricon
U. & Determ
Dsfonmy Etiffen
Lae
NEA
Tilta
Frank Prist, Jr
ACME
War Picture Pool
New Yorker
U.S
Rotarians
Yanks
FDR
Yankees
Jone
Kurowaki
Crosetti
Marlon
Johnson
No. 5
Kuban
Frankfurt Area
Great Air Fleet
Rhinelang
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