Germans Fail To Stabilize Front In Central Italy
Allied reports say German forces eight divisions strong attempted to hold the front in central Italy but failed to stabilize it. American advance pushed past Bologna and along the Florence Bologna road, with forces reaching near Castel San Pietro and pushing toward the Po Valley while German efforts to strip rail and factory lines continued.
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Noland Norgared WE
Iezn Fifth Army
Italy
Bologna
Wolking
Albert
Fifth Army
Jay
Alps
Florence
Hopes Dim for Dothan East Air Route Reopening
Johnson of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce says federal help is being sought to reopen Eastern Air Lines Route 40 north south through Dothan. He cites radio facilities near Muscle Shoals as a bottleneck and notes the Alabama delegation is pressing the War Department and Aeronautics Board to complete plans.
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Alr Lines
Dothan
East Air Lines
Muscleils
Thut Johnson
Dothan Chamber of Emerce
George Jews
Alabama
Johnson
Ofse
Eastern Air
Uscle Shoale
Stern Air Lines
Yeaster
Ieon Aald
Chamber of Merce
Triwate
Greatest Allied Air Blow Hits Germany in Coordinated Assault
German supply lines armament works airplane factories and explosives plants were struck by the largest Allied aerial attack of the war. From 6005 to 7000 Allied planes over the Reich faced heavy flak and fighters as more than 18000 tons of bombs dropped in 24 hours. German cities burned while losses included 11 German fighters destroyed and 22 US fighters downed.
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Bi Henry B. Jameson
London
Germany
Reich
U. S
Austria
Hun Zerg
Neu Western Front
Leipzig
Messerschmidts
Focke-Wolfs
Master design for world security concluded at Dumbarton Oaks
A master design for world security was formally concluded at Dumbarton Oaks. The plan resembles a League of Nations style with an assembly and a council, but key issues remain over veto rights for aggression charges by major powers. A compromise may require a Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting to finalize voting rules.
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Dumbarton Oaks
John M. Hightower
Washington
United Nations
League of Nations
Assembly of All Nations
Russia
United States
Britain
Dothan Plans National Business Women Week
Dothan business and professional women join nationwide observance from Oct 6 to 14 marking National Business Women's Week tied to the silver anniversary of the National Federation. Rawlins McKinney, city commissioner president, issued a proclamation urging citizens to participate under the theme Are We Part Time Citizens.
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Dothan
National Federation of Enainear
Rawlins McKinney
City Commission
McKin
Escaped German POW Captured After Hepcat Encounter
Second Lt. Robert E. Berry of Jackson Mississippi, returning from a P-51 mission, captured an escaped German prisoner of war while questioning a man in an American captain uniform. The two were taken away by military police after Berry challenged the man’s identity in a jocular exchange.
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Robert E. Berry
Jackson
Miss
Jeave
Berry
Fifth Army
40 Volunteer Workers To Aid War Charities Chest Campaign
Approximately 40 volunteers on the Special Gifts Committee of the Combined War Chest Charities drive will meet at the Dothan Recreation Center at 10 am Tuesday to launch their phase of the campaign to raise a quota of 23000. The drive officially begins October 27 with a Houston Hotel breakfast. Chairmen Jimmy Dees and Paul Gamble plan the Special Gifts drive, with the bulk of funds going to the Alabama War Chest for 22 relief agencies and the rest to nine Dothan area groups.
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War Chest Charities
Dethan
Jimmy Dees
Dothan Recreation Center
Houston Hotel
Dees
Paul Gamble
Dothan
Houston County
Alabama War Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
County Tuberculosis Association
Dependent Children
Cripple Children
Hospital Fund
Christmas Basket Fund
County Welfare Department
County Board Nears Budget Talks On Big Fund Requests
The county Board of Revenue is set to meet tomorrow as requests for over 15000 dollars loom. Officials indicate a cool stance toward the appropriations amid budget preparations for next year. Earlier reports named 15000 for a county wide rat extermination program and 1500 to aid in Bang's disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Revenue
Bang
High School Student Dies After Falls From Car
Lou Merle Trawick a 16 year old Geneva County High student died in a Dothan hospital after a Friday afternoon fall from a moving car while riding with friends advertising a Geneva football game. Funeral services were set for two o'clock at the residence with Rev. R M Holmes officiating. Burial followed at Center Ridge cemetery near Ozark with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva in charge. Surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs Shelley Trawick a brother Ross Trawick of Dothan and a sister Mrs Melza Smith of Jackson Miss.
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Lou Merle Trawick
Geneva County High School
Dothan
Geneva
R. M. Holmes
Center Ridge
Ozark
Pittman Funeral Home
Shelley Trawick
Ross Trawick
Melza Smith
Jackson, Mies
Russian Tank Troops Drive Forty Miles Into Hungary
Russian tank forces surged 40 miles into prewar Hungary as they overran 300 localities and closed within 75 miles of Budapest. Moscow said mobile Red Army units bypassed heavy resistance, capturing key rail hubs and pushing toward Vienna, while Tito’s partisans reportedly linked with the Austrian Freedom Front on the Yugoslav border.
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W. W. Heechee
London
Hungary
Szeged
Budapest
Moscow
Goros
Kall Junctions
Pall
Bekescasaba
Croshaza
Ezssay
Austria
Germany
Marshal Tito
Austrian Freedom Front
Belgarde
Belgrade - Nis
Yugo- Slavis
Albania
Greece
Red Army
German East Prussia
Siaulia
Lithuania
Narew River
Pultusk
Warsaw
Berlin
Funeral of Angus Acree Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Angus A Acree former Dothan newspaperman who died Monday in a Salt Lake City veterans hospital will be held Wednesday at the Beaufort National Cemetery in South Carolina. James L Acree of Dothan, a brother, will attend.
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Angus A Acree
Dothan
Veterans Hospital
Salt Lake City
Utah
National
Beaufort
S. C
James L. Acree
Dewey Charges Roosevelt With Double Talk in WV Visit
Governor Thomas E. Dewey assails the Roosevelt administration for claiming government control of factories while disavowing Communist supporters. He accuses the administration of lip service and argues a Republican win would end a tired, ineffective Washington regime. Dewey also presses for coal industry stabilization and criticizes Truman as hand picked by Democrats.
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Gardner Bridge
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Earl Browder
New York
Ins
West Virginia
Dewer
Washington
Gortie
Harry Truman
Sidney
Allied Pilots Report Hitler Forces Fleeing
British invasion forces overran most of the Peloponnesus as Allied pilots reported German units in flight from Greece. Strikes on Athens airfields disrupted air support while Mustangs and Lightnings strafed six airfields near Athens and Salonika. German troops blocked the Corinth Canal as a Greek government in exile began administering Patras and northern Peloponnesus.
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William B. King
Rome
Peloponnesus
Athens
Corinth
Reuters
Cairo
Tommies
Patras
George II
Greece
Albania
Nold
Rion
Gulf of Corinth
Gerecé
Salonika
Yanks Strike Jap Air Bases Across Pacific Front
Allied commanders report widespread air strikes on Nipponese bases from the Kuriles to the Dutch East Indies. MacArthur says bombers hit Celebes and the Moluccas, Zamboanga, and waters west of New Guinea. Nimitz notes raids in the Northern Kuriles with ships sunk and interceptors engaged. Japanese propaganda boasted of air power while operations in China and Burma seek to block Allied landings.
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Cronin Associated Press
United States
Pacific
Kuriles
Equator
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Moluccas
Zamboanga
Philippines
Blood test program to start in Houston County
The blood testing program begins in Houston County November 6 for residents aged 14 to 50 to screen for syphilis. Health officers say stations will be within two miles of every resident and tests run November 6 to 10 and November 13 to 37. Results go to the County Health Office with confidentiality. infected individuals may seek treatment at the health department if needed. Houston is the sixth county to implement the program under the Henderson Bill of 1943, with higher infection rates observed among Negro residents in earlier counties.
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Houston County
W. Z. Burkett
James S. Brown
Dothan
Burkett
Ime
Health Department
Houston
Henderson
Alabama
Wilcox County
Sumter,Lee
Macon
Russell
Funeral Services Held For Humorist
Funeral services for humorist Irvin Cobb were held in Paducah Kentucky after his body was cremated in New York and ashes planted near a dogwood tree at Oak Grove Cemetery to honor his request. Friends including George H Goodman and Tom Waller attended the ceremony and paid respects while the event honored Cobb’s wish to keep proceedings cheerful.
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Jack Lewyn
Bolemo
Cobb
Oak Grove Cemetery
McCracken County
George H. Goodman
Louisville
Athee of Price Administration
Goodmen
Tom Waller
Paducah
America
First U S Army Breakthrough North of Aachen
Allied dispatch reports the First U S Army breaking the Siegfried Line north of Aachen and pushing three miles through fading German resistance toward the Rhine. Tanks, infantry, and air power surge east as Third Army advances across Luxembourg and toward the Moselle frontier, widening the breach along the West Wall.
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Robert Eunson
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
Germany
West Wall
First Army
Third Army
Luxembourg
Worterdange
Moselle
Reich
Holland
France
First
Ruhr
Ubach
Basweiler
Dusseldorf
Yenteshis Mame Pious
Hahim
Hurtgen
Fachénm Sammered
Fort Driant
Meiz
U. S. Seventh Army
le Thillot
Belfort
Bussang
Vosges
Rhineland
Osserndrecht
Antwerp
Schedje Ielands
English Channel
Dunkerque
Hitler
The
Vienne
Courtney H. Hodges
Merkstein
Alsdart
Hofstadt
Abweh
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Eighth Army
Fiumicino
Iis To
Martino di Bagnolo
Rimini
Than
Rooesvelt
Churchill
Stalin
Hepcat
War Charities Chest
Acree
Truman
Palau Islands
Peleliu
Babelthuap
Palaus
Jap Afr
Tokyo
Nippon
Ardon
Japan
FCC
China
High Command
Toochow
Min River
Foochow
Kweilin
Preston Grover
U.S
East China
Orang
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Europe
Liuchow Grover
Eas
Tauchow
Liuchow
Io China
Manchuria
da Carian
England
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Indian Ocean
Burma
Lungling
Humorist
Roche
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