Britain stocks up Azores air and sea protection
Britain's Prime Minister announced steps to strengthen Allied capability against Nazi U-boats by basing ships and air units in the Azores, with President Roosevelt kept informed. Spain and Portugal aligned to preserve peninsula integrity, but U.S. ships would not be based there though increased protection is expected along Atlantic routes.
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EC. Dantel
Porte Pa
Britain
Azores
Church
Amores Hea
Laken Oo
Ugal
United Ta
Ordinance Sets Up Taxi Fees In City
City Commission passed an ordinance setting taxi fares within the city in two zones effective immediately. Zone One limits fares to 30 cents for one passenger, 20 cents for two, 20 cents plus 0.25 per extra passenger. Zone Two allows 40 cents for one passenger and 25 cents for each additional passenger. Additional charges for bags, groceries, and luggage are capped, and operators must post rates inside vehicles.
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Spring Street
Belme Street
Werby Park Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Stataaroa
Genee
Mt Shell
Clwrn
World Today reports German gains near Rome and Dnieper actions
British and German forces engage in artillery operations through mud and rain in the North of Rome and along the Dnieper corridor. Red Army reports unclear advances near Gomal and Rost, with activity concentrated on bridge areas and supply lines after Pearl Harbor era wording.
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Lamb Ge Deterrman
Rome
Gerkecht
Dniepr
Red Army
Gomal
Nevy
Reds Threaten To Cut 1200 Mile Nazi Front
London report says Soviet troops on the left bank of the Buzh river opposite Gomel aim to sever White Russia from German forces in Ukraine by widening a western corridor. Moscow radio says the front is active on three Dnieper bridgeheads and pressing toward Vitebsk while threatening Crimea from the north.
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London
Buzh
Gomel
Tos
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Dnieper
Kiev
Wester Vitebsk
White Russia
Crimea
Breakfast To Spur Join Chest Drive In Dothan
The Dothan United Chest drive opens with a breakfast at the Houston Hotel on October 10 to review plans and energize volunteers. J Frank Rushton of Birmingham will speak. Fred Moseley and Alto Lea head the drive with Lawrence Oakley arranging. Rotary pledges full support and twenty members to canvass.
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Dothan United
Houston
Myer Blumberg
United Cheritiea Chest
J. Frank Rushton
Birmingham
Alabama War Chest
Fred Moseley
Alto V. Lea
Lawrence Oskley
Harry Hell
Blumberg
Moseley
Lee
Rotary Club
Mozeley
L. N. Hutchison
Bill Harden
J. W. Gregory
J. E. Owens
A. D. Aseery
Saxon F. Foyner
Frank Gwaltney
C. G. “Buck” Evans
Harry Hall
Albert Logue
E. B. McDaniel
Amos Jonas
Bob Werd
Hees Forrester
Lawrence Oakley
Dougie Ballay
George Forehand
Tom Murray
Pat Foyner
Herman Blomberg
Hiewants Club
Exchange
Licas
Government to draft workers for coal mines on war basis
London reports the government will draft men to work in coal mines under the same mobilization rules used for military service. In Chicago an Associated Press dispatch notes famine rationing will ease on certain items, with further wartime measures cited as Germany actions unfold.
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London
Louisiana Guardsmen Advance to Install Blaize as Sheriff
Louisiana state guardsmen move past a barricade toward Pointe-a-la-Hache where Plaquemines parish deputies, who had resisted Gov. Sam H. Jones, lay down their arms and concede to seat Walter J. Blaize as sheriff. The dispute spanned four months with authorities resisting Jones before the militiamen were deployed.
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NEA
Louisiana
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Plaquemines Parish
Sam H. Jones
Walter J. Blaize
Parish
Jones
Blaize
Freight Piling Up Higher In Southeast Amid Strike
ATLANTA AP Representatives of the AFL Teamsters Union met with U S Labor Department conciliators as a week old strike by Southern truck drivers spreads. About 25 local union business delegates from Georgia Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Mississippi and Louisiana attended a conference with Labor Department official John Lacy while Local 729 of East St Louis IL halted work. More than 25 million pounds of freight were tied up across Birmingham Memphis Atlanta Nashville New Orleans and St Louis with 4800 idle in major centers. The operators await War Labor Board action on a proposed salary increase.
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Atlanta
AFL Teamsters Union
U.S. Department of Labor
Robert Borden
Birmingham
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
John Lacy
Labor Departmente Conciliation Service
East St Louis
Ill
P. H. Hall
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
St. Louis
John G. Caley
Office of Defense Transportation
Florida
Caley
Mississippi River
War Labor Board
WLEB
WLE
Washington
Borden
Tara
Ban On Weather Reports Listed
Washington AP lifting censorship on weather forecasts shows high command confidence in continental safety from enemy air attack. Censors allow official forecasts usable with limits on wind direction and barometric pressure. Newspapers previously limited to publishing within 150 miles. General Arnold notes small scale attack threat. weather info easing seen as benefit outweighing drawbacks for aviation shipping and other essential activities.
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Washington
United States
Byron Price
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Mediterranean War Group May Pattern Others
The Military Commission for war born issues in the Mediterranean could foreshadow a broader set of Allied commissions for other regions. State Department officials expect a general pattern to be devised at the Moscow conference. The group will report to Britain, America, Russia and France on Mediterranean administration, especially Italy, with recommendations to the four governments on military matters.
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Wis
Washington
Algiers
Moscow
Mediterranean
Italy
Traffic Campaign Here To Continue In Dothan
Rigid enforcement of traffic regulations will continue under Police Chief J F Craughon with no discrimination. Commissioner Clyde Le Coe told the City Commission the laws will be applied with little common sense to avoid hardship for those with legitimate reasons. Doubts arose about stop sign and red light enforcement but double parking and over parking remain priorities. The traffic lanes are meant to help motorists, Coe said, and there will be no relaxation of the campaign if it is to succeed.
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Dothan
J. F. Craughon
Clyde le Coe
Coewald
Congressional Probe Demanded Over U S Lend Lease
Senator Ellender urged an immediate Senate inquiry into lend lease costs after publicizing a Stettinius letter. He said Russia’s reverse lend lease was limited to repairs and servicing from Soviet ports and pressed for concessions on oil tin iron ore and rubber. Senator Wheeler backed the call for a full investigation before more funds are spent.
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Washington
el Jender
D-La
Russia
United States
Ellender
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Louisiana
Senate
Roose ‘Velt
Senator Wheeler
D-Mont
Fix
Tom, Dick
Harry
Wheeler
Wheelar
Renatos
End Lease
Wacs Are Happy Survey Reports
In the Fourth Service Command a survey of WAC personnel shows most are properly classified and satisfied with their duties. The report highlights overall positive attitudes among service members in the unit.
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Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
Man Who Doesn't Like U S Has Invitation To Get Out
In New Haven Connecticut AP report judge Carroll Hincks invited Stanley McCarthy to leave the United States after he pleaded guilty to failing to report for induction. McCarthy, a Hartford resident and U S citizen, said he would not fight for a country that had not done anything for him. The judge noted no legal right to expel a citizen and did not state a penalty if McCarthy refused. pace 2
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New Haven
McCaraky
United States
Moaraky
Hincks
McCarshy
McCarsky
U S Chamber Proposes Retail Sales Tax as Replacement
The U S Chamber of Commerce backs a federal retail sales tax to replace the administration plan for a $10.5 billion levy program. Spokesman Ellsworth C. Alvord criticizes income tax hikes and outlines a uniform tax on aggregate purchases with no exemptions, to be paid by purchasers and rounded to whole cents.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ellsworth C. Alvord
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Ratall Gales
Organisation of Business and Commerce
Alverd
House Group Revives Kilday Draft Proposal
The House Military Committee revived the Kilday Draft Bill as a response to pressure for prewar fathers to be inducted and for national quotas. It would set statewide draft quotas, create four induction categories with prewar fathers last, and may be added to a Senate compromise bill.
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William F. Arbogast Washington
House Military Committee
Armed Services
House
Senate Military Committee
May
Task Force At Wake Island Delivers Devastating Strike
A large Pacific Fleet carrier task force attacked Wake Island for most of Oct 5 to Oct 6, destroying at least 61 enemy planes two ships and numerous shore facilities while losing 12 American aircraft. Hellcat escorts Dauntless and Avenger aircrafts roared in with 830 bombs and shells as ships shelled the atoll and allied forces retired from the area.
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Wake
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Eugene Burns
Wan
Navy
Wake Island
Japan
Marshall Island
Helllcat
Dauntless
Army Sergeant Dies in Auto Injuries
Army Sergeant Robert Holden Weeke twenty of Wickabury died in Camp Rack 1 hospital at 4 am today from head injuries after an automobile accident Sunday night near Hartford. He was driving when the car overturned. Three other youths were injured. Weeke, a member of the Army Airborne, was home on furlough. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Solis Weeks and three sisters Mrs Cart Ingram Miss TaciNe Weeks and Miss Willedean Weeks and a brother Hubert Weeks. Funeral set for 3 pm tomorrow at Mt Gilead church.
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Robert Holden Weeke
Wickabury
Hartford
Ury
Courtland Army Airbasn
Dopa
Furloth
Mra
Solis Weeks
Wishburg
Craters
Cart Ingram
Wirksburg
Mise TaciNe Weeks
Pathan
Mier Willedean Weeks
Wirkeburg
Hubert Weeks
Dothan Funere
Mt. Gilead Church
Knox Sees Sub Warfare Still Menacing To Victory
Washington AP reports Navy Secretary Knox returning from European fronts warned renewed German submarine activity in the north Atlantic is very serious. He noted U-boats back and called for continued tough submarine warfare to end the war, praising Allied cooperation and defense organization along the Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Bacratay
Knox
North Atlantic
U- Boata
Atlantic
Recife
Brasil
Breuil
England
Mediterranean
Engelod
Taraw
Shortages Add To Board's Worries On Gas and Tire Rations
County War Price and Rationing Board chair A. D. Wilkerson and the gasoline and tire panels report shortages in gasoline, tires, and coupons. Extra allotments require essential wartime work and necessity. past month demand exceeded supply, and state office appeals failed. Tires require at least 601 miles of approved monthly mileage.
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A. D. Wilkerson
Uvey
Tha
Montgomery
Air raids near on large scale hunt action advancing
Allied report from Algiers says North African Air Force bombers struck Corfu and other targets in the eastern Mediterranean for a seventh day. Liberators and Lightnings hit Corfu harbor and Garite airfield, with raids on Crete and Cos. Eighth Army fronts report artillery duels and patrol actions as German tanks challenge near Termoli.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Mediterranean
Strick
Naxi
Corfu
Adriatic
Awollen Voltarso
Cosma
Dodecanese
Airrfield
Ard
Votturas
Termos
Bir
Bernard L. Montgomery
Oald
Termoll
Eighth Army
Newber 1
New War Ration Book Four Goes Into Use
Washington AP reports the new War Ration Book Four green stamps A B and C will be valid from November 1 to 30 for processed foods, with distribution Oct 18 to 30 in nationwide schoolhouse registration and overlap with Book Two stamps until December 20. The token system arrives early next year.
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Washington
Book Four
Office of Price Administration
OPA
City Votes Funds For State Guard
The City Commission appropriated twenty five dollars per month to Dothan Headquarters and Supply Company of the Alabama State Guard for maintenance of supplies and equipment at the Armory on the Montgomery Highway. Fleet Lieutenant Alto V. Lee Sr. told the commission that current funds are insufficient and asked for city support. The company is at full strength with 36 enlisted men and four officers, and funding would cover utilities and operations, as the guard pursues ongoing work.
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Dothan
Alabama State Guard
Montgomery Highway
Alto V. Lee Sr
Lae Aecarted
LL Lee
County Board of Revenue
Tove Iommuter
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