Moscow Parley Favors New Allied Unity and Cooperation
At a Moscow banquet, Premier Stalin praised Allied aid and urged postwar cooperation. He highlighted American and British planning and the U S Merchant Marine, thanking Ambassador Harriman and Secretary Hull. Churchill echoed admiration as leaders pledged unity. no medals were worn, and the gathering included about 50 statesmen and officials.
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Daniel Deluce
Moscow
Churchill
Jennier Stalin
Pirodonovka Palace
Stalin
Rusia
Red Army
Russia
United States
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Cordell Hull
G. Lomin
Areien Commissariat
Tain
Bannet Hall
Roosvelt
Molotov
Ide
Tonother
World Today Front News From Multiple Theaters
Western Front reports Americans near Aachen and Metz fighting. German commander rejects surrender. Third Army engages near Metz. French Army advances in the south. Dutch, Belgian, and German positions shift around the Scheldt estuary. Eastern Front sees large Russian offensives north of Warsaw. Memel and Tilsit pincers. Yugoslav Hungarian frontier rail line disrupted. Southern Front notes rain slowing British Eighth Army in Italy. Garande port captured. Greek activity limited. Pacific Front reports carrier air strikes toward the Yukku Islands as Japan hides. Garakaya Inlet Palau group completed conquest. Asiatic Front cites 400,000 Chinese cut off in eastern China. India recaptures Cele in near Burma.
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Associated Press
al- Dana
Garande
Island of Fu
Greece
Yukyu Islands
Span
Japan
WU. S. Ree
Garakaya
Palau
Chiang Rerts
China
Tire
Empire
Cele
India
Burma
Yanks Stage Surprise Attack On Ryukyu Isles
Leeds officers in Jefferson County capture two escapees from Kilby prison after a night of robberies. James D. Ellis, 24, shot three times and taken to Hillman hospital. Briton Trammel, 30, surrendered uninjured. Edward Weems wounded in Roebuck during related hold up.
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Leeds
Kilby
Jefferson County
James
Milton Isbell
James D. Ellis
Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
Trammel
Ellis
Battle
a_ Birmingham
Roebuck
Edward Weems
Weems
Ruckers Fighting 81st Takes Island
American carrier planes struck the Ryukyu Islands in a bold late war attack within 200 miles of Japan. Ninety planes were destroyed or damaged and 58 ships were sunk or damaged in the four wave raid. Tokyo claimed 400 attackers and two Japanese ships shot down. Nimitz said only light losses and severe damage to shore facilities, while most ships remained undamaged.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Presse
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo Radio
Formosa
East China Sea
Nippon
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Merc A. Mitscher
Tokyo
Nimitz
Nim
Ternte
Tuberculosis cases in Alabama top national rankings
Alabama reported 2,894 TB cases in 1949, out of 118,042 nationwide. Officials cite high Negro population as a key factor, noting California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia reported more cases. Houston County saw 25 cases last year, 15 of them among Negro residents.
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United States
Alabama
State Department of Health
National Tuberculosis Association
California
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
State Health Department
South
Houston County
Terracing School Plans Formulated Near Dothan
A county wide terracing school will be held near Dothan from October 24 to 27. C M Ling Houston County farm agent announced that the first two days cover instruments water disposal design and the last two days field work including terrace building with various equipment. J B Wilson extension agricultural engineer will assist along with selective tractor dealers cooperating.
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Dothan
C. M. Ling
Houston County
Ling
J. B. Wilson
Extension Agricultural Engineer
Sil Focal
Chest Charities Drive Ready For Week Start
Chest Charities group launches the Special Gifts drive with a breakfast at the Houston Hotel Tuesday. Volunteers aim to raise about 20000 by Saturday, with 19 workers handling more than half the 33000 quota for Dothan and Houston County. Chairman Jimmy Dees praises early efforts and urges greater focus as the drive begins. Turn to No. 15 on Page 2.
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War Chest-Charities Chest
Houston
Charties Chest Office
Dothan
Houston County
Jimmy Dees
Doihan Recreation Center
Charities Chest Office
W. W. Folsom Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services for W W Folsom aged 74 who died at his Do than route one home after a long illness will be held Thursday at 11 a m at Little Vine Church with Elder F A Collins officiating. He spent his life in the community and was a 43 year member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife three daughters Mrs B L Tolar Ashford route two Mrs Annie Laura Campbell Dothan route one and Mrs Luther Moore Columbus Ga a son Wilburn Folsom Jr Dothan route one nine grandchildren nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Active pallbearers are R B Head Wade Clark Shelly Clark D Stephenson Pete McCloud and W E Bennafield Ward Wilson Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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W.W. Folsom
Dothan
Little Vine Church
F. A. Collins
Primitive Baptist Church
B. L. Tolar
Ashford
Annie Laura Campbell
Luther Moore
Columbus
Wilburn Folsom, Jr
R. B. Head
Wade Clark
Shelly Clark
D. #. Stephenson
Pete McCloud
W. E. Bennafield
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Slowed By Mud Yanks Reach Livergnano Near Bologna
American troops advancing toward Bologna amid rain and mud reached the southern outskirts of Livergnano eleven miles south of the city. British Fifth Army captured Mount Ceceani and Mount Freddo, while American forces moved into Gesso near Imola and seized Mazeratolo and Campagne.South African troops clashed near Grizzana on the American left as the Eighth Army pressed along the Adriatic front with ridge gains near Monsigallo and Mount Farneto despite ongoing rain and limited air operations.
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Lynn
Mount
Freddo
Gesso
Imola
Mazeratolo
Campagne
Highway 64
Bologna
Vado
Biount
Grizzana
Eighth
Eighth Army
Monsigallo
Ickes Denies GOP Charge On Farm Benefit Claims
Government officials cited by Ickes and Schoeppel argue New Deal aid boosted farm value per acre from 30.10 to 95.84 while Republicans warn of heavy central directives. Ickes disputs GOP critique as West neglect charge amid Dewey Bricker western campaign push. Senator Truman counters Southern vote concerns as Bricker tours Tacoma.
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Associated Press
Schoeppel
Kansas
Interior Ickes
Benson, Minn
Dewey - Bricker
Ickes
Salt Lake City
de i Roosevelt
Acrn
West
Reclamation Bureau
New Orleans
Dewey
Govenor Bricker
Ohio
Tacoma
Wash
Aachen Falls Under Heavy Bombardment In Last Stand
Aachen, gateway to Cologne and the Ruhr, endures a blistering assault as German garrison refuses surrender. American artillery and dive bombers pummel the city while Aachen Cathedral remains unharmed, marking a turning point in the push toward the frontier.
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Cologne
Ruhr
Aachen
Charlemagnr
U. S. First Army
Charlemagne
Memel Surrounded By Soviet Forces
Soviet troops closed on Memel as they advanced toward the Baltic port and east Prussia, with Russian drives reported north of Warsaw and near Tilsit. Berlin and Moscow accounts described heavy attacks, breaches along the Narew River area, and advances threatening East Prussia and Latvia, while Finnish forces claimed success near Tervola.
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London
Kurisches Hatt
Koninsberg
Warsaw
East Prussia
Rozan
Narew
Berlin
Lomza
Poland
Allenstein
Danzig
Mel
Tilsit
Konigsberg
Roznan
Jura
Tilak
Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Tervola
Kerni
Arctic Circle
Vilmaa
Russia
Arctic
Petsamo
Finland
Rybachi Poluoskov
Fisher
Meme
Baltic Sea
Lithuania
Matler
Tauraye
Wea
Memel
Niemen
Taurage
Kirlsches Haff
Ivan C. Baugrarmian
Baluc
Port Of Sarande Falls To British Forces
Allied Headquarters announced British troops captured the port of Sarande in Albania, isolating German garrison on Corfu. About 500 prisoners were taken as mopping up continued around Gjushdle. air and naval operations supported the Balkans campaign with Beaufighters, Mustangs, and HMS Wilton shelling positions on the Albanian coast.
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Rome
Albania
Sarande
Porto Edd
Corfu
Greece
Adriatic
Corinth
Athens
Gjushdle
Balkans
Balkan
Kriz
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Senj
Fiume
Allied Flags Flying Over Thrace Province
ANKARA TURKEY Allied flags were hoisted over the Greek Thrace province as a Greek administration took charge. A Bulgarian occupation army remains, while the German retreat from the Aegean and Dodecanese has accelerated. Germany aims to evacuate top troops and materiel before Belgrade westward routes close under Tito and the Russian Army. Reports say Germans abandoned many Greek islands, with about 60 percent of garrisons at Crete and Rhodes fleeing and remaining forces likely to fight a last stand on outer defense isles.
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Ankara
Turkey
Thrace
Aegean
Dodecanese
Belgrade
Tito
Kyladon
Cyclades
Cree
Rhodes
Universal Military Training Topic For Chamber Directors
Directors of the Tothan Chamber of Commerce will discuss universal military training for young men in peacetime. They will vote on three proposals sponsored by the U S Chamber of Commerce. Proposals urge universal training, flexible schedules to minimize educational disruption, and reserve enlistment for non-regular forces after training. War and Navy Departments back universal training.
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Tothan Chamber of Commerce
T Vasmonth
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
War Department
Navy Department
Germans Refuse Surrender As Aachen Bombardment Intensifies
Allied reports say German forces rushed reinforcements toward Aachen while American artillery and air power battered the city after a 24 hour unconditional surrender ultimatum expired. Civilians moved under truce flags, but heavy fighting and bombardment continued across Aachen from west to east as Patton’s forces pressed toward Metz and Belfort.
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London
Erforial
Aachen
Germany
U.S
Charlemagne
Aschen
Berlin
DNB
Bardenberg
Poulifons
Schelde
Breskens
Gersmans
Antwerp
Europe
Zuid Beveland
Dedeward
Waal
Hurtgen
Monschau
Weuse
George S. Patton
Malxieres Les Metz
Metz
Luneville
Epinal
Mosgelotte
le Thulai
Longagoutte
Gehan
Belfort
Vosgeant Alps
Champagney Rgion
Luxembourg
Tura
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U. 5
Britain
The
Ryukyu Isles
Rucker
Ready For Drive
W. W. Folsom
Belgium
Hodges
Duren
Livergnano
Yanks
GOP
William Smith White
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
Tremendos
Boche
Cluj
Transylvania
Greged
Hungary
Eddy Gillmore
Tilelt
Enst Prussia
Niemen River
Sarande Falls
Doren
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