Baby Found After Abduction At Mobile Navy Yard
An Army man and his wife celebrate the recovery of their newborn missing from a crib a day earlier. A 35 year old worker’s wife faces federal charges. The infant was found at the Gulf Shipyard Navy station and identified by Capt. Suter. The suspect was arrested by federal agents after leaving the Navy Station.
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Ibbaticchio
City Hospital
Rotary printing press patent by Richard M. Hoe in 1843
A report notes the rotary printing press designed by Richard M. Hoe, patented in 1843, marking a milestone in press technology. The item highlights Hoe's innovation and its impact on printing speed and efficiency for newspapers and books.
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Richard M. Hoe
Coal Shortage Pressures Dothan Winter Heating
A Dothan survey shows many residents bracing for a brisk winter as coal supplies tighten. Dealers report orders booked through December 1 with some turning away regulars to prioritize loyal customers. Increased wages and heat needs push some wood users to coal while supply after December remains uncertain due to mine conditions.
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Dothan
Desiers
Tragic Potomac River Girl Found Dead on Golf Course
Washington AP report describes a 14 year old girl found garroted on a public golf course near the Potomac River. She wore a coat with large white buttons and bobby socks and appeared raped. Police traced a school class ring to identify her. The scene showed evidence of a bitter struggle and blood at a nearby spot. Investigators suspect an attack at the course and a later drag of the body away from a roadway to avoid detection.
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District of Co
Tire quota cut for Houston County month
Officials announced a reduced tire allotment for Houston County for October. The county receives 510 passenger car tires and 19 small truck tires this month, down slightly from September.
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Houston
Negro Women Fight With Beer Bottles at Corner Store
Two African American women, Bessie Mae Snell and Ola Mae Jennings, fought with beer bottles after an old grudge at a Blickshear and Powell streets store. They suffered facial wounds and were jailed on assault and battery charges after officers arrived and separated them.
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Powell Streets
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Ola Mae Jennings
Snel
Jennings Worman
Eddie Kelley
Three Guest Speakers At Lions Luncheon
Do than Lions Club heard three guest speakers at a Thursday luncheon. Dr. A L Dickerson of Humbalt Tennwin conducted a revival at Lafayette Street Methodist Church. J P Peacock led evangelistic singing. Lieutenant Exel Dyar recruiting officer for the WACs in Alabama spoke. Committees were named for Christmas parcels to oversers with Wallace Scarborough Horace Burch and Don McCarty on duty. Boy Scout hut committee reported flooring and roof incomplete. Ed Wells Ted Halman L G Nicols and HHL Ader named to furnish the hut.
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Humbalt
Tennwin
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
J. P. Peacock
Exel Dyar
Wacs
Alabama
Dothan Lions Club
Wallace Scarborough
Horace Burch
Don McCarty
Ed Wells
Ted Halman
L. G. Nichols
Hhl Ader
Egg Price Ceilings Set by OPA for Fall and Spring
The OPA fixed egg price ceilings and sales levels for the final two months of the year and all of 145. Retail prices rise for fall and fall for spring compared with previous periods, while OPA says the plan does not raise the annual average egg cost to the public, but allows farmers full parity each month.
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OPA
Allied Push in Europe Reports Major WW2 Developments
The report describes German refitting near Nancy and an ongoing battle near Sivry on the Vosges front. Canadians breach the Leopold Canal pocket south of Schelde and approach Maldegem, gaining a bridgehead near Antwerp. British and American forces reinforce the Nijmegen corridor as operations continue. Dunkirk evacuations complete and German claims of encirclement of Aachen hinge on Ubach drive.
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Garner Attending Baptist Seminary
The Rev Alto Garner of Dothan is among 45 Alabama students at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville Ky for this session announced by college officials. He is a Dothan High School and University of Alabama graduate with an A B from the university in August. Garner was ordained in December 1942 and has pastored Village Springs Pine Flat and Greensboro churches in Alabama and served as assistant pastor at Greensboro.
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Dothan
Alabama
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Dothan High School
University of Alabama
First Baptist Church of
Village Springs
Ala
Pine Flat Baptist Church
Suttle
Greensboro Baptist Church
Greenaboro
Cancellation Of FDR Appearances
Washington AP reports White House officials deny claims that President Roosevelt’s campaign appearances or public rallies were canceled. The New York Times had said party leaders were informed a White House ruling barred in person appearances, possibly by the Secret Service. The White House said leaders overstated hopes for speeches in New York and elsewhere. Traditionally Roosevelt closed Brooklyn rallies and Madison Square Garden events before elections.
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White House
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New York Times
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Secret Service
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Madison Square Garden
Student Sentenced For Killing Teacher
Lucien Carr a 19 year old Columbia University student was sentenced in general sessions to an indeterminate term in Elmira Reformatory after pleading guilty to stabbing to death former St Louis teacher David Kammerer 38. Kammerer was found in the Hudson River August 18. Carr confessed he stabbed him tied his hands and feet weighed the body with rocks and tossed it in the river following a quarrel over an indecent proposal.
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Columbia University
Elmira Reformatory
St. Louis
David Karmerer
Hudson River
Karmerer
Carr
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Kammerer
Georgia Supreme Court denies Republicans ballot effort
Georgia Supreme Court refused to order a slate of Presidential electors backed by the Republican National Committee onto the November ballot. The result leaves six Dewey-Bricker electors and a fusion slate with six unpledged Independent Democrats opposing the Roosevelt-Truman ticket. The ruling upheld Fulton County Superior Court ruling dismissing the mandamus.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Republican National Committee
Dewey-Bricker
Georgia
Fulton
John B. Wilson
Wilson
National Committee
Simple Rites Held For Sister Aimee
Eight family members attended the simple funeral service for Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson held yesterday at Glendale Mortuary. Rev. Watson B. Teaford of Angelus Temple spoke, noting her work as a religious leader. Aimee McPherson died September 27, and thousands are expected at public services Monday at Angelus Temple at 1 p.m. Pacific. her 1200 pound bronze casket will go to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale for burial.
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Aimee Sempla McPhernon
Glendale
Mortuery
Watson B. Teaford
Angelus Temple
Teader
Rolf McPherson
Minnie
Me) Kennedy
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cardinals and Browns Battle Through Till Fourth Inning
The long scoreless tie breaks as Marlon Zarilla and Christman drive in runs for the Browns in a marathon inning sequence. Kramer's seventh strikeout highlights a pitching duel with Wilks and Schmidt handling key moments for both clubs.
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Kramer
Browns
Fred Schmidt
Hayworth
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Christman
Kurowski
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Musial
Walker Cooper
McQuinn
Ozark Baptist to Screen Norway Film Sunday Evening
Ozark Baptist Church will host a 7:45 pm worship service on Sunday October 3 with Chaplain C KE Anshus of the 200th Field Artillery Group sharing a two thousand foot film and lecture from occupied Norway. The program includes music and singing as the minister Reverend John B Johnson Cusplain notes the aims to highlight spiritual values and wartime experiences.
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Peanaut
Marianna Eleven Meets DeFuniak Tonight at Baltzell Field
Marianna Bulldogs travel to DeFuniak Springs tonight for the third football game of the season. Coach J F Culpepper notes last year’s standouts June Sims Robert Finch and Henry Burke among an otherwise mixed lineup with several regulars sidelined by injuries.
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Alabama
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June Sims
Robert Finch
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Roosevelt Address Denounces Fear Propaganda as Threat to Democracy
The President denounces a nationwide fear campaign as a plot to sell democracy to Communists. He warns it echoes Mussolini and Hitler era tactics and criticizes Congress for funding such rhetoric at taxpayers’ expense, calling it fringe politics.
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Rotary Institute outlines themes for world affairs program
Number 15 outlines the Rotary Club Institute with the theme New Forces in World Affairs and talks on The New China in the New Pacific Asia's Position East and West Australis New Zealand and the Island of the South Pacific The Role of the North American Continent President Victor Mavity says the program aims to educate the community about the background of the current global war and the challenges for a durable peace after victory. Lectures will be given to Dothan High School students before evening forums.
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Aussia
Australis
New Zealand
South Pacific
Victor Mavity
Rotary Club
Ite
Bes
Dothan High School
Red Army gains central Carpathian ridge control in WWI era report
High Russian officers confirm the Red Army has won control of the central ridge of the Carpathian Ukraine sector. The report notes embittered fighting along the eastern frontier and northern Transylvania highlands as German and Hungarian units mobilize to counter a Russian drive, amid inflation of wartime tensions.
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Carpathe-Ukraine
Hungary
Transylvania
War Updates from Pacific Front Report
Continued from page one, six indicates more U S planes and 33 additional Japanese ships accounted for. A freighter and eight destroyers seen at Iwo Jima suggest Japan might reinforce the Volcanic Islands garrison. Nimitz says Palau invasion costs 13,043 Japanese lives and 1,000 Americans killed with 280 missing. Tokyo reports heavy raids by bombers from Petrelu airfield on other Palau Islands.
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Palau
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Bes
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Tokyo
Petreliu
Paint Islands
Retonga Endorsed By W J Taylor In Tenn Farmers Testimony
W J Taylor of Georgetown Tennessee praises Retonga as priceless for distress and weight gain. He describes relief from long standing indigestion constipation and low appetite after using Retonga a herbal tonic fortified with Vitamin B-1. He notes improved meals strength and reluctance to use strong laxatives with many people asking his secret. Adv in local cash drug store.
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Tenn
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