Yankees Sweep With 2-4 Over Cards
AP report on a game where the Yankees defeated the St Louis Cardinals 2 to 0. Bill Dickey hit a key two-run homer for New York as Metheny struck out twice and a late rally yielded no runs for the Cardinals. The line score shows no errors and 10 hits by the Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parx
5&T
Bill Dickay
New York Tankens
He. Louis
Papty
Yankers Creszit
Metheny
Jekanem
Mid-South Truck Drivers' Strike Grows Freight Delays
In Nashville Tennessee and across the Mid-South, freight lines congested as a fifth day of driver strikes continued. Memphis locals voted to work conditionally. Nashville Birmingham and Philadelphia locals idle, threatening further load and unload delays. Union leaders linked the stoppage to wartime pay and vacation concerns, with about 3,500 drivers striking and officials watching for broader actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naseville
Tenn
Mid
Kalpern
Memphis
Barton Brotherhood Ofers, Chauffeurs
AIL
James Anneringen
Ie Mamphis Jocal
Med
Neshville
Birmingham
Phils
Nnmare
Cen
mid-South
Harrison
WLB
Verrioon
Eirieg
Laundries
Bulk
Allied and Axis Moves Across Fronts Amid River Standoff
Fragmentary battlefield notes describe mud slowing Army flanks, stiff German resistance along the Volturno and Adriatic fronts, and Allied hammering actions. Mentions air support, partisan activity, and promises of strong backing for invasion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volturno
Adriatic
Balkans
Kommand
Muorater
Goesfield
Peairfield
Kolou
Red Army
Chelke
Vitoheh
Pastes
Newsprint and Wrapping Paper Faces Deep Cuts Across U S
An official forecast warns pulp and paper shortages could force a 52 percent cut in newsprint and wrapping paper fees unless 38,500 additional pulpwood cutters are found in the United States and Canada. The ANPA urged tariff revisions to ease the shortage and expand imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pub- Makers Association
Combined Producerion and Resources Board
Combined Raw Materials Board
United States
Linwood J
Boren House Committee
Cranston Williams
ANPA
Congress
U. S
Canadian
Naming Of Service Officer Postponed
The county Board of Revenue postponed appointing a county Service Officer after Clarence May withdrew his application. With May out, two candidates remain: Alice Register of Dothan and Joe Kannady of Ashford American Legion Post. The two posts agreed that two nominees would be from Dothan and one from Ashford. A letter from the American Red Cross offered to perform this service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Revenue
Clarence May
May
Alice Register
Dothan
Joe Kannady
American Successes Undermine Japanese Worry Over Setbacks
A press dispatch cites AP sources describing American advances in the central and south Pacific. It notes 5000 Japanese casualties around the Solo Mons area, losses of Vila airfield and Kolombangara, Wake Island bombardment, and the fall of Fiekata Bay seaplane base as U.S. forces gain strategic positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central
South Pacific
Tojo
Japan
Gay
William F. Halsey, Sr
Solomons
Vila Airfield
Kolombangara
U. S
Bolamon
Wake Island
Mid - Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Wake
Fiekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Kolom
Amendment Clarifies Gas Tax Exemptions in Walden Law
The county Board of Revenue adopted an amendment to clarify tax exemptions for tractor fuels. Houston County oil firms pressed for the measure, led by Pat Poyner, with Earl M. Hearne of the Alabama Petroleum Industry arguing the changes. Supporter J. Brady Trawick opposed in a deadlock vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walden
County Board of Revenue
L. O. Boswell
J. Brady Trawick
Pat Poyner
Houston County
Earl M. Hearne
Alabama Petroleum Industry
Hearne
FDR Seeks Open Citizenship for Chinese in War Policy
President Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal the Chinese exclusion act and grant citizenship to Chinese residents, linking the move to wartime unity with China. He noted a quota of about 305 Chinese could enter annually and framed the measure as a long overdue correction and a sign of friendship. The House Immigration Committee backed repeal to establish a quota based path to citizenship for Chinese in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Java
House Immigration Committee
America
United States
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Jewish Americans in Cracow Reported Shot by Gestapo
French agency report via Nowe Drogi states all Jewish American citizens in Cracow were executed by German Gestapo. In Washington, the Supreme Court refused to revisit a June ruling striking down Florida's attempt to impose inspection on federal fertilizer distribution to AAA programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Nowe Drogi
Cracow
Poland
Gestapo
Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Showdown Fight Shapes On Plan For Sales Tax
Washington AP reports a heated opening to a new tax battle as the House votes for a 25 to 40 percent Victory Tax credit and schedules broader reform. The measure links a postwar refund scheme to tax relief, while debates grow over a 10 percent retail sales tax amid partisan lines and committee maneuvers led by Rep Robertson and Rep Dingell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Victory
Ways and Méanes
Robertson
D-Va
Dingell
D-Mich
Americans occupy Vila airfield and Kolombangara Island
Allied headquaters in the southwest Pacific report a largely quiet conquest as American forces take Vila airfield and all Kolombangara Island after landing operations began October 6 and ended October 9. No Japanese troops remain alive. Wrecked enemy aircraft and ammo dumps indicate a hurried retreat from the central Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Vila Airfield
Kolombangara Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Palma
Vila Landing
Vila
Solomona
MacArthur
Kolombangsra
Arude
Blackett Strait
Dothan Flyer Downed Packers Fight Reich Raid
United States bomber Eight Day joined raid on Munster over England with Lt William Gabriel from Bookana Washington stating they were knocked out of formation after repairs. Bombardier Lt Dean Ferris from Willsburg helped extinguish a wing fire, while Sgt Thomas Griffe and Sgt Leroy Brandnick claimed success against Me 210s in defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L Goldberg
United States
England
Muenster
William Gabriel
Bookana
Wash
Dean Ferris
Willsburg
Thomas Griffe
Six Mile Run
Focke - Wulf
Leroy Brandnick
Shackrabbit II
Bruyning
Ture
U S Bomber Raids On Nazi Territory Reach New Record
Allied air strikes over Nazi territory produced heavy losses for German defense as American bombers and Thunderbolts hit key transport hubs at Muenster and Coesesta while sustaining aircraft clashes near Enecheda Holland. The weekend campaign reportedly involved large bomber formations and numerous escorting fighters, with significant enemy planes downed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
London
Muenster
Coestela
Commcunique
Abo
Enecheda
Holland
Dellava
Wake Island Bombardment Sets Pacific Record In Tonnage
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Wake Island, then Japanese-occupied, pummeled by a two day air raid that dropped 320 tons of bombs in what officials call the greatest weight of explosives unleashed on a Pacific target in a single operation. The raid marked a devastating blow to the Marines defending the atoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harrfor
T. H (Ap
Wake Island
mid-Pacific
United States Navy
Airo
Pacific
Yugoslav Partisans Drive Nazis Back Across Front Lines
Allied reported Yugoslav partisans gained momentum in Croatia Slovenia and adjacent areas as they captured several towns including Cacen Bijeljina and Kamnica amid attacks on key railway routes. German forces were described as retreating toward Trieste and Flume while trains and communications were disrupted.
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London
Guéile
Yugoslavia
Trug Tita
Blavonia
Slovenia
Hosnia
Frea
Racin
Tig Sinonian
Cacen
Zagreb
Vinkoci
Ljub- Hana-Trieste
Gorizia - Flume
Susak
Fino
Redio Yeaterday
Trieste
Flume
Grew Urges Immediate Offensive Against Japan
In Schenectady spoke to Union College graduates with President Ryan Fox reading messages. Joseph C. Grew urged a prompt crushing offensive to force Japan's unconditional surrender now. Wendell Willkie argued leadership must well up from the people as the war aims hinge on Allied victory and a path to permanent peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
Joasph C. Grew
Japan
Wendell L. Willkie
Grew
U. S
Tokyo
Willkie
Union College
Dizon Ryan Fox
Gaw
America
United States
Axio
Europe
Russians Push Across Dnieper in Major River Crossing
Soviet forces and large reserves crossed the Dnieper to reinforce bridgeheads north of Kiev. Pravda reported deep penetration behind German lines with capture of defenses and western-bank settlements as tanks and heavy artillery aided the push. A guerilla contingent supported the Red Army, complicating German efforts to halt the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Ilmore
Moscow
Dnieper
Kiev
Communist Party
Pravda
Dlepatch
Defengs
Dniepar
Rad
Tarm
County Re surveys Highway Project Amid Delegation Talks
A Henry County delegation and Houston County officials adopted a resolution for a re survey of the Gilley Mill highway project. The plan splits bridge and road maintenance by county with a straightened route avoiding a deep gully, promising quicker completion and lower long term costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Gilley Mill
Houston County Board of Revenue
E. T. Killabraw
Gordon Mobley
Helesburg
Oscar Gamble
J. L. Mullins
Howton
Omuz ‘Pea Creek
Houston - Henry
Flouston County
Houston
Jina
Omusace Creek
Mullins
Fifth Army advances under heavy mud and German resistance
Allied dispatch reports Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s Fifth Army pushing through Hulian mud toward Pontelandolfo, 12 miles from Benevento, with no immediate Volturno breakthrough as German fire, flooded river banks, and bridging hazards slow progress. Eighth Army under Montgomery also makes limited gains along the Adriatic front amid continuous pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaars
Aligiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Pontelandolfo
Benevento
Volturno
Eighth Army
Bir Barnard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
Woelturno
Clark
Valles
Naples
Voluntary Manpower Control Is Unproven Says McNutt
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, told AFL delegates that voluntary manpower control has not yet proven adequate and outlined six conditions to meet. He warned that some call for national service and noted the need to speed transfers, raise productivity, hire and keep workers in less glamorous jobs, recruit more women, and accept contract withholding in tight areas. He cautioned wage adjustments may influence manpower outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Boston
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
ALF
McNutt
Chaca’ McNutt
Traffic Cases Made In Week-End
City police continued a drive to enforce traffic rules in Dothan with 23 cases booked over the week-end. Among them two for blocking a fire hydrant, eleven for double or over parking, seven for running atop signs, and three for running red lights. The hydrant violation carried a five dollar fine, as did running a ped light.
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Dothan
Cleven
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