Germans Face Setbacks Amid Soviet Dnieper Push Near Kiev
London AP dispatch reports Soviet forces widening bridgeheads on the Dnieper’s west bank and driving a new push north of Kiev as the Red Army appears to strike with increasing momentum. Berlin claims German air power is on the defensive. Red Star cites a shift away from earlier offensive tactics.
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Gilmore Wostow
Red Army
Pes Gee
Elev
Delpet
Banopaper Tavestis
Kiev
Topgatia
London
Asmirea
Dnieper
Berlin
Uberaine
Red Star
Nikolai Denisov
Bovistairmen
Cam
War Ration Book Four registrations set for Oct 21-22
Houston Countians will register for War Ration Book Four at seventeen Houston County schools on Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22. Teachers will serve as registrars under the supervision of the War Price and Rationing Board and county and city school superintendents. Applicants must present War Ration Book Three for each family member and one member may register for the family. Registration hours differ by day, with afternoon and evening slots, and sites will include Columbia, Gordon, Cottolwood and other centralized locations.
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Houston County
War Price and Raioning Board
Bruce Flurry
Solomon Baxter
Wng
Young Junior High
Flurry
Sok
Columbia
Gordon
Cotteewood
World War II Update: Allied Advances Across Italy and Eastern Front
Reported British Eighth Army riverside thrust toward San Croce in central Italy and a major push north of Kiev with forces reaching Vitebsk. In the Pacific, Australian and New Zealand troops shift toward the Balkans area as heavy reinforcements move forward.
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Neemailea
Italy
Cap Bax Croce
Riccia
Bonefro
San Cree
Plunge
San Croce
London
Naples
Kiev
Vitebsk
Allen
Dnieper
Pacific
Mead
Guinea
New Zealand
Sald Sg
Balkans
Kiwanians Back $31500 Drive For Houston County
Kiwanians pledge full support to the Dothan United Charities Chest campaign as a $31500 quota is set for Houston County. Twenty six Kiwanis members named to solicit funds, while special gifts and group enrollment committees begin work ahead of the Tuesday kickoff breakfast. Col. James L. Daniel Jr pledged voluntary cooperation from Napier Field officials.
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Dothan
Dothan United Charities
Cheataras
Kiwanis Club
Houston County
Tuesaday
Fred Moseley
Alabama War Chest
United Charities
Sam Stephens
John Wedell
Jim Wilson
Clyde Coe
Raymond Spann
T. G. Hagler
L. J. Thomas
J. I. Vaughn
Harry Cannon
Sam Heeves
Roy Hit
Philp McLaughlin
J. P. Culver
Whatley
T. A. Shealy
W. V Sullivan
C. T. Collins
A. Be Blount
W. R. Jordan
H. A. Hicks
Harry Martin
T T. Skeer
G. N. Shoop
Frank Pridgen
Myer Blumberg
Napier Field
Houston Tobacco Draws Good Price
Houston County yields indicate tobacco adapts to local climate and poll. A grower, Arthur D. Unsery, reports five years into the program that Houston growers earned an average of 40.3 cents per pound versus 28 cents in the Georgia bright leaf belt. The six-crop county sample suggests strong profitability for the venture.
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Houston County
Arthur D. Unsery
Georgia
Bright Leaf Belt
Growacca
Ummery
Allotments Debated As Group Re-Writes Father Draft Bill
Washington AP reports House action on boosting benefit payments to dependents of enlisted service men was delayed by the death of Rep Creal. Debate shifts to Friday with amendments proposed by Rep. Lander Martin to raise monthly payments. House panel backs lower figures. Subcommittee rewrites Senate draft deferment, aiming to keep prewar fathers drafted after nonfathers.
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Washington
House
Creal
D.-Ky
Rayburn
Lander Martin
Massachusetts
Rep. Clason
R.-Masa
Senate
House Committee
Muay
Costalio
D.-Calif
Churchill Warns of Hard War Ahead for Britain
In the Commons Prime Minister Churchill urged the British to avoid optimism about a sudden collapse of the enemy, saying the worst fighting of the war lies ahead for the British people and that no immediate attempts at settlement would be made.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Chary
Albow
Hand
Presa
Tate
Europe
Pacific
Congress
Churchill of
Briain
Poorer and Less Gasoline Seen For U S Motorists
Washington AP report from OWI says civilian gasoline will decline in 1944 and 1945 as more fuel is shipped abroad. Domestic supply will worsen with rationing likely, and quality may drop due to increased tetra ethyl lead use in military fuels. Off the highway consumption also inflated past allocations.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
East
Southeast
Midwest
Pacific Coast
OWL
Rocky Mountains
Allied Push Clears Central Italy Strongholds
Allied forces battered enemy positions in central Italy as the Eighth Army seized Frieccia and Bonefro while advancing along the front. San Croce fell in a northward spearhead movement, with Riccia captured and British troops reaching near the San Croce area. Along the Adriatic flank Montgomer y’s command moved four miles beyond Termoli amid German resistance.
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Noland Norgared
AL Gters
Italy
Ring Aities Horthessi
Pontelando Ifo
Setze Ban Croce
Eighth Army
Frieccia
Bonefro
San Croce
Cheeper
Union Leaders Ask Striking Truckers To Return To Work
Union officials in Atlanta asked striking truck drivers in six southern states to return to work to end a week long walkout that halted millions of pounds of freight, much of it war material. Representatives delivered the plan after receiving assurances carriers and agencies would aid in obtaining a quick War Labor Board decision on a wage increase. About 8,500 of the union's 20,000 southern members were involved, with more than 25,106,000 pounds of freight stalled in Memphis Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Knoxville and Jackson Mississippi settings. A telegram from the operators pledged help in securing a swift WLB ruling.
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Atlanta
Hos
Army
U. S. Comelisation Service
War Labor Board
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Union
AFT
WLB
Robert Borden
Birmingham
South
Office of Defense Transportation
Memphia
Nashville
Knoxville
Jakoon
Miss
St. Louis
John Lacy
A. Ewing Greene
Southeastern Area Operators Committee
Price Control and Rationing to Extend Past War End
James Marlow and George Zipflee report that wartime price ceilings and controls are likely to persist after the war to curb inflation. A Senate subcommittee investigation notes potential billions held back from circulation, aiding consumer hardship in motor cars, appliances, and other goods. The planters foresee gradual resumption only as stockpiles are cleared, with little agreement on postwar tax and control timelines.
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James Marlow
George Zipflee
Washington
Senate
Belove
Bases In Azores Evidence German Influence Wanes
London dispatch notes British papers view Portugal granting Britain naval and air bases in the Azores as proof of Germany's waning strength. Some predict other neutrals like Turkey may offer military facilities to the United Nations, while Berlin downgrades the action's impact on Portuguese foreign policy.
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London
Portugal
Azores
Germany
Erie
Turkey
United Nations
Britain
Berlin
Demands For Probe Of Lease-Lend Act Grow In Congress
Washington AP demands for an investigation of the lend-lease act sharpened as Senators Nye Ellender Hatch press for inquiry. Roosevelt cautioned against bitterness while five inspectors’ observations fuel push for a separate probe. Britain and Russia figures enter debate and Allied aid is weighed against cash repayment.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Nye
R-N.d
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ellender
D.-La
Senate
Elender
China
Sald
Great Britain
Ebiender
Britain
Hatch
D.-N.m
Jamerx
Truman Committee
Labor federation panel backs executive action in Lewis case
The American Federation of Labor resolu tions committee declined to urge immediate tenting of United Mine Workers and instead urged the executive council to act on John J. Lewis' application, keeping with federation traditions and requirements. In Moscow Pravda signaled no frontier changes as the Soviet bloc readies the second front question at the Power conference.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Sovieta
Wallies
Semple
Hitler
Halians Follow Closely On Part In World War
The article notes a late World War II shift as allied powers realign with Germany exit. It cites Eisenhower announcing Italy’s government surrender and references the fall of Mussolini, the Italian armistice dated early 1943 amid Allied invasion of Sicily.
Roosevelt Cautions Touring Senators On Bitter Reports
President Roosevelt signaled less restraint on war news during a Washington briefing. He highlighted Britain Portugal Azores basing rights and the shrinking war threat. He cited U S submarine tonnage losses and total bombing effort including Bremen Vegesack sorties with vast fuel, bombs, ammunition, and crew movements.
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Roosevelt
GOP Increases Delegate Strength at Convention
The 166th Republican National Convention will have 1,088 delegate votes, up 58 from 1940, with gains for 30 states and Hawaii due to revised allocations. Official confirmation awaits the national committee meeting in December or January to set a convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Harold Oliver Washington
Hawaii
GOP
National Committee
Philadelphia
Italy declares war on Germany as Allied leaders pledge support
Washington reports Italy declares war against Nazi Germany. Badoglio informs Eisenhower that the Italian government will be formed with broad party participation, pledging democratic procedures. Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin accept Italy as co belligerent and pledge to support Italy's constitutional path while maintaining armistice terms. The proclamation cites Italian troops remaining with allies and protests German violence in Naples and other cities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Church
Statis
Italy
Germany
White House
Marshal Madesilo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Badoglio
Churchill
Stalin
Hadogiin
Hritaim
Busse
United Nations
Badogila
Lis
Marshall
Stefans
Blaitn
caTine
Eisenhower
Nazi Germany
Madrid
Greenwich Time
Ttalian
Ankara
Buenos Aires
Bori
Stockholm
Dub- Mo
Lisbon
Badognio
Badogno
Catania
Calabels
Passe
Salerno
Naples
Tisly
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