Location Of Yank 9th Army Clothed In Strict Secrecy
Allied quarters emphasize mystery surrounding Sampson's Ninth Army and possible integration into a Sixth Army Group on the Western Front. Details blur with conjecture as reports note operations south of the Lore River and purported coordination with the American Seventh Army.
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Yank 9Th Army
Howard Cow
Italy
Germany
Sampson
Ninth Army
Seventh Army
Dasight D Eisenhower
Simpson
Ninth
France
Sam Magill
Lore Hiver
Orleans
Itchy pimples kill romance advertises Peterson's Ointment
An old advertisement claims scratched pimples and skin blemishes ruin romance and promotes Peterson's Ointment as a quick remedy. It promises money back if one application fails to delight and notes the product also soothes irritated feet and toe cracks.
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Peterson
Alabama to Observe Thanksgiving on Nov Twenty Third
Alabama to observe Thanksgiving on November 23 as dictated by Governor Chauncey Sparks. He stated the proclamation will declare the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day, aligning with Congress. Uncertainty over the date this year arose due to five Thursdays in November.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Congress
Tickets On Sale For Dothan High Band Concert Series
Tickets for the Dothan High School Band concert series go on sale Friday at the football game with Eufaula. Band director Howell Hampton announced the series begins in January and proceeds fund travel for the team to Montgomery for the Trojan-Lanier game. Tickets will be sold by band members after their halftime performance.
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Dothan High School
Eufaula
Howell Hampton
Hampton
Montgomery
Cotton Warehouse Blaze Reported In Small Fire
A slight blaze occurred at a cotton warehouse causing minor damage. Crews were on scene to extinguish the flames and prevent spread while an investigation into the cause continues.
Two Enter Pleas On Vagrancy Charges
Two defendants entered pleas on vagrancy charges in Cannon Court today. Judge J Noron Mullins Jr imposed fines of five dollars and costs in one case and a dollar plus costs in another. The docket noted recent weeks and a guilty verdict in a separate public order case with fines and costs.
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Tec Cele
Cannon Pleas
J Noron Mullins, Jr
Crippled Children Clinic Here Friday
A recurring crippled children clinic will operate Friday at the Presbyterian church, with staff including Dr W C Hacane and nurse Hiloe Holte. The event serves both white and colored children, offering examinations and tests, and is supported by Houston County departments of Health and Welfare.
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Crippled Children Clinic
Erppard
Cnpre
Hiloe Holteeck
Spatf
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Kirkland
Funeral services were held for Mrs Les Rivalend Kirkland 62 who died in the home Pansey on Monday. Burial was in Ashford under direction of Fellows and Christmas. Surviving are her husband Clarence and six Kirkland children. Army service members include Foy, Arthur, Virgel, and Webb Ligon Kirkland. Addie Mue Kirkland of Dothan listed as daughter.
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Feneral
Les Rivalend
Lome
Pansey
Liberty Church
J. W Yeoman
Ashford
Sit Vons
Clarence Kirkland
Webb Ligon Kirkland
Hrady Kirkland
Foy
Arthur Kirkland
Army Overseas
Virgel Karkland
Addie Mue
Political clash over taxes and race marks campaign conflict
Number 3 continues from page one with Brnker urging local governments to tax federally owned property to maintain financial independence. Rep McCormack accuses Dewey of injecting racial and religious issues into the campaign. Senator Pepper cites a letter attributed to Dulles threatening party revolt if Dewey loses, while Dulles declines to comment.
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Brnker
Weratchee Wash
McCormark
D Mass
Buslin
Dewey
Pepper
New York
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Senate
Roosevelt
Polish PM Invited to Moscow Talks With Churchill
London reports the Polish government says Prime Minister Stanislaw Adrkolajczyk has been invited to join conferences between Churchill and Marshal Stalin in Moscow. The invitation to Polish Foreign Minister Tadeusz Romer supports rumors of a pivotal Soviet-Polish alliance amid Churchill’s Moscow visit.
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London 1
Ministry of Information
Stanislaw Adrkolajczyk
Prie
Churchill
Marshal Stain
Moscow
Tadeuz Romer
Cnchill
Alabama Proclamation On Constitutional Amendment Vote
A dated proclamation from Chauncey Sparen Governor and Sthy Pool Secretary of State announces an election within Alabama to vote on a constitutional amendment. It specifies dates, such as November 7 and 13, 1944, and outlines how the election will be conducted at polling places statewide under existing law. The document cites legislative authority, publication requirements, and the seal of the state.
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State OF
Alabama
Tgw
Alabaama
Ewing
Neench County
Great
Mont Vomery
Anguat
Iied
Chauncey Sparen
Sthy Pool
Cook Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Irby Cook of Chipley who died Monday at Dotha Hospital were held this afternoon at the Methodist Church with two ministers officiating. Burial followed in Glenwood Cemetery under Blackwin Funeral Home direction. Surviving are his wife Rebecca, two daughters in Louisville and Lomsville, five brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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Irby
Cook
Chipley
Methodist Church
R. J. Mills
T. O. Baldwin
Glenwood Cemetery
Blackbwin Funeral Home
Rebecca L. Cook
William Fussell
Louisville
Robert Gray
Lomsville
I. E. Cook
Athen
J. A. Cook
Eatwen
W. M. Cook
Boxton
B. W. Davis
Dallas
Texas
G B. Cook
Atlanta
A. P. Carter
Athens
Cecil Cowell
C. E. Tharp
Kenry Willams
Kily Crowell
Soviet forces drive toward Memel and Belgrade fronts
A Reuters Moscow dispatch says Red Army artillery shells Memel front as Soviet tanks push toward Memel from north and east. Red Star notes advances on two highways, encircling German pockets. Soviet air and naval forces attack Memel Riga and ships. towns southeast of Memel fall. Allied operations also threaten Belgrade with rail and highway route cuts and advances along the Morava River.
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Moscow
London
Reuters
Red Army
Memel
Red Star
Hern Capwred Psdange
Niemen
Ty Memel
Lithuania
Tilsk
I Tantry
Red Air Force
Memek
Riga
Chust
Konigsberg
Rigs
Bagianan
Liepaja
StopaNutiv
Debrecen
Cachoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Budapest
Szolnak
Belgrade
Nis-Belgrade
Veliko Plana
Morava
Americas
Patroo ‘Forest
Bais
Luneville
Epinat
Maiere
Meiz
Schelde
South Beveland
Antwerp Park
Schelde River
Grave
Bezin
Breskens
Flushing
Leopold Canal
Lower
Dunkerque
La Don Thomas Meets Brazilian General
A fragmentary report describes La Don Thomas meeting a Brazilian general and other military leaders amid wartime events. The garbled text references Sepber S43 and battles near Tamet, with mentions of General Mary Clark Sin Ar Fors McDeer and other figures, but the narrative remains unclear.
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la Don Thomas
Firat Clauss Lo Dos Toomer
Doren
Sain
Barry Gary
Ligtra
War of Es
Mary Clark
Fors McDeer
Ac Poraing
Els Tong
As Arms
Pas Theolor
Wenurg
Tun Pic
Dorian Als Srekinet
Brezil
Sears Ltb
Aachen Siege Tests German Resolve As Allies Close In
Allied forces press Aachen siege as German garrison faces a final ultimatum. American and Canadian units push toward the city, with air alarms across the Reich and heavy fighting around fortifications. The capture would signal a strategic pattern for German defenses and influence subsequent battles along the Western Front.
Budget committee to distribute war relief funds
The budget panel, with ten Dothan groups, will allocate part of a drive’s funds. Of $33,000 to be raised, $17,605.89 goes to the Alabama War Chest supporting 22 war relief agencies.
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Dothan
Alabama War Chest
McElroy Succumbs After Long Illness
Obituary note reports the death of McElroy at age 73 after a lengthy illness. He was a longtime member of the Headland Avenue area church and left four sisters and several nieces and nephews. Services are planned at Dibery Church with burial in Liberty Cemetery, Ward-Wiley Funeral Home directing.
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Dornan
Ieces
Fiveis
Dibery Chisin Sola
A. D. Zoinden Offeising
Rum Plant Gay
Liberty Cemetery
Ward - Wiley Funeral Home
Strangemenie
Aachen Surrender Ultimatum Battles Rampage Continue
Allied forces press toward Aachen as German leaders balk at surrender amid a looming artillery and air barrage. U S dive bombers bomb the city while reconnaissance and counterattack action build around the surrender attempt. Prisoners and SS guards are reported, with a whisky ration incident noted among captives. Master Sergeant Riley M. Howell receives the Bronze Star for meritorious acts in the New Guinea campaign. Cotton futures show slight activity with Oct through May contracts trading near 22 cents.
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Germany
Aathen
Fuehrer
Nonn
Aachen
Ehlets
Witid Aachen
An Vilicer
Ifere
Artiery
Imo Aachen
Carty
Cruewix
Earth
Howell
Riley M. Howell
L. A. Howell
Midland City
John C. Persons
Dist Infantry Division
New Guinea
Columbia Baptists Convene Thursday Meeting Plans Amid Turbulent News
The Columbia Baptists, an association of Houston County churches, announce their Thursday gathering at Elma Baptist Church for the 5th annual session. Moderator Yates Willoughby will preside, with reports on religious literature, Christian education, and various missions. Evening services feature temperance updates and a missionary sermon by T. Witih Tipton, recently repatriated from China. Outside Aachen, army engineers test a new explosive weapon as part of a separate war update. A cemetery work is set for Union Hill Church on October 18.
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Columbia Assocon
Houston County
Elma
Joan BD. Edens
Roby
Lee
W. AL OU
Greves Knowles
B. D. Cumbie
B. O. Wells
RL Gaines
A. 2. Zbinden
Sam C. Reeves
A. M. Skipper
J. L. Vaughn
J. E. Wood
RB. C. Perry, Jr
W. T. Burkett
W. H Tipton
China
Gripspolm
T. W. Wit
Aachen
Ube
Effer
Poe
Uns
Lew Beapuo
James Hutson
Aathen
Pacific Fleet poised and Palau islets seized amid war drives
The report notes Japan’s claim of a capable Pacific fleet while Allied forces advance. Amami Oshima to Miyako Island are listed as attack ranges. Army 1st Division completes conquest of Garakayo islet in Palau within 24 hours, the tenth Palau island taken. Morotai’s defense disrupts reorganization as 18 barges are sunk or damaged. Chiang Kai-shek mobilizes 40,000 regulars in Eastern China. Western Africans retake area near Burma border. Wheat and oats futures listed under Chicago commodities trading.
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Itz
Tokyo
Amami Oshima
Japan
Kyushu
Miyako
Formosa
China Coast
Philippines
Garakayo
Palau
Palau Islands
Philippine Archipelago
Morotai Island
Wlowdolk
India
Burma
W. J. Slim
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American High Command
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Cottonwood Highway
Chicago
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R.L. Williamson & Associates
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Dothan, Ala
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