Registration Starts In County Tomorrow On New Ration Book
Dothan schools announce tomorrow and Friday registration for War Ration Book Four at Young Junior High and North Highland. Negroes register at North Highland. Pansty is excluded, residents must go to Ashford. Each family member must present a No. Three Ration Book. Registration runs 2 to 6 pm tomorrow and 8 am to 6 pm Friday. Outside Dothan sites include Ardilla Ashford Brannon's Stand Olombit Cottonwood Cowarts Dupree Gordon Harmon Jellico Kinsey Vicksburg Madrid Webb Taylor and Rehobeth. Book Four replaces Book Three and covers emergencies. About 45,000 books expected.
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Treumands
Houston
Bruce Flurry
Dothan
Young Junior High School
North Highland
Teing Board
Qutalde Dothan
Ardila
Ashford
Brannon's Stand
Olombit
Cottonwood
Cowarts
Dupree
Gordon
Harmon
Jellico
Kinsey
Vicksburg
Madrid
Webb
Taylor
Rehobeth
mtaMion
Tf 9
Services Accept S From Houston
Service officials said a selection of volunteers from Houston and nearby areas will report for duty this month. The notice, printed as page 1 item 12, outlines the selective service boards and the armed forces' ongoing recruitment and deployment plans.
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Mit Grafteen
Cunty
Bervica
Allied and Axis War Updates Across The Front
Military fronts show Fifth Army retreat as Nazis adjust strategy toward Rome. British Eighth Army advances five miles near Ancona and Pescara. Liberator raids target key railway bridges. Russia reports gains along the Dnipro as Allied ministers meet in Moscow. In the Southwest Pacific, Japanese losses include planes and transports near Rabaul and New Guinea. In the Balkans, Yugoslav Partisans resist German landings on the Dalmatian coast amid reports of two MOA captures and Tokyo signaling provisional governance in India.
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Proag Maly
U. G
Fifth Army
Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ancona
Pescara
Russia
Rede Aveep
Dnipropatrovale
Staten
Moscow
FDR May Seek More Subsidies to Control Food Costs
President Roosevelt, ready for another clash with Congress, plans to argue for continued federal subsidies to keep food prices down. He may outline broader inflation concerns in a forthcoming food message, defending subsidies as a relatively small war cost. Farm groups split on subsidies, with the National Farmers Union backing them and others opposing, favoring price supports below market levels.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Farmers’ Union
James G. Patton
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Patton
Farmers Union
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Edward A O'Neal
Farm Bureaus Federation
O'Neal
House
Discharged Vets To Receive Government Lapel Buttons
Washington AP reports a government issued lapel button plan for honorably discharged service members. Senate Naval Affairs Committee Chairman Walsh announced the Joint Army Navy Personnel Board approved the buttons to help draft age veterans discharged for physical reasons who could not wear a uniform.
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Washington
Walsh (de Maza
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Joint
Army - Navy Personnel Board
Armed Services
House Members Hear Convincing War Progress Report
House members received a concise, firsthand progress report on the wartime effort from General George C. Marshall, Secretary of War Stimson, and other top military leaders. The briefing occurred behind closed doors at the Congressional Library auditorium, delivering a detailed overview of ongoing operations and strategic aims.
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Washington
House
George C. Marshall
War Stimson
Congressional Litrary Auditorium
Marshall
Willkie Weighs 44 Prospects With Republicans
Willkie plans speeches in New York New Jersey and Massachusetts in coming weeks with a possible entry into the 1944 Republican nomination not expected before the new year. He emphasized support for strong international cooperation and a straight forward party platform.
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B. D
Harold Oliver Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
GOP
Wilkie
Syracuse
N. Y
Jon R. Hanley
Flo
Waller Edge
Boston
St Louis
Willkie
St. Louis
Hesla
Republican Party
Air Cadet Killed In Napier Field Training Crash
Cadet Lee McBride Morrow of Aliquippa Pennsylvania was killed when his training plane crashed near Headland yesterday morning. Instructor Second Lt Donald Albert Gantter is in critical condition at the Station Hospital. A board of qualified Army Air Forest Officers was named to determine the accident cause.
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Lee McBride Morrow
Napier Field
Headland
Donald Albert Gantter
Station
Arrbage
John Lee Morrow
Aliquippa
Pennsylvania
McBride
Gantter le
Hermann Gantter
Craigs Street
Syracuse
New York
Army Air Forest
Mother Receives Card From Jap Held Son
Mrs. E J Whidden of Dothan has received a first direct communication from her son, Marine Private First Class Willough, held as a prisoner of war. The note confirms he is alive and awaiting further contact, providing a rare personal link amid ongoing wartime restrictions and news from the Pacific front.
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Mra
Opening Moscow Talks Hailed as Successful Start
In Moscow the first formal talks among Cordell Hull Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov lasted two hours and 15 minutes. Officials said the session was satisfactory and daily conferences were planned at Spiridonovka Palace to discuss wartime and postwar matters.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Detsila Wera
Conte
Gay
Spiridonovka Palace
Eden
Hull
Twelve Firms Back Chest Appeal In Dothan
Twelve firms and organizations in Dothan have pledged 100 percent to theCombined Dothan United Charities Chest War Chest drives, as about 125 solicitors and officials began the effort to raise the $31,500 quota. Named supporters include Dothan Recapping, Deal's Juvenile Shop, Chamber of Commerce, City Clerk's Office, Jewell Box, Tee and Lea Law Offices, J. C. Penny, Porter Hardware, R. G. Shirley Service Station, I. and J. Studio, Milone Motor, and Spain-Martian Hardware. The official launch occurred yesterday morning with Turn No. 4 on Page 1.
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Dothan
Fred Moseley
Cochairman
Rive
Dothan Recapping Company
Deal's Juvenile Shop
Chamber of Commerce
City Clerk's Office
Jewell Box
Tee and Lea Law
J. C. Penny
Porter Hardware Company
R. G. Shirley
I. and J. Studio
Milone Motor Company
Spain- Marchtian Hardware Company
UMW calls mass meeting to end Alabama coal strike
In Birmingham the district UMWA headquarters summoned all local presidents and mine committees to a mass meeting to speed a return-to-work movement. The week-long walkout began Oct 13 after federal control ended, idle mines peaked at 22,000 miners, with 3,500 back at work by Monday following a request.
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Birmingham
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
James H. Terry
UMW International
UMW
Johan L
Equality for Army Air Forces with ground troops in war plan
Gen George C Marshall ordered formal recognition of air force co equality with ground troops through the War Departments field service regulation. The plan labels air forces and land forces as co equal and interdependent with air power remaining under independent command within a joint theatre structure.
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James J
Trebig Associated Presh Aviation
Washington (Ap
Army Air Forces
George C. Marshall
War Department
Mediterranean
South Pacific
Aleutians
GM President Predicts Postwar Auto Boom
General Motors chief E Wilson told an on the record dinner that postwar production will rise 25 to 30 percent from prewar levels. He said peacetime output could begin within four days after war tools are removed and that GM aims to sustain higher overall industrial production and living standards. He attributed the rise to greater employment rather than new technology.
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Gareth Muchnorek
New York
General Motors Corp
E. Wilson
Te Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
Wisson
Rabaul Bombing Nets 60 Planes and Two Ships Lost
Allied headquarters report Mitchell bombers attacked Rabaul at the Japanese base, destroying 60 planes and sinking two warships. The action follows another air strike within a week, as Japanese forces counterattack near Finschhafen and New Guinea.
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Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
Wea
Ra- Dau
New Britain
New Guinea
Solomons
Fingchhafen
MacArthur
Shea
Heavy Bombers Return To Germany Raid Western Area
U S heavy bombers aided by Thunderbolts and Spitfires attacked targets in western Germany marking their seventh major operation of the month. The raid came two days after Gen H H Arnold pledged to suspend flights if an important objective could be destroyed, despite heavy losses at Schweinfurt.
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London
United States
Germany
Amercan
Schweinfurt
HH. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Ben Bernie Dies After Long Illness
Ben Bernie, veteran bandleader and early radio personality, died in Beverly Hills after a lengthy pulmonary illness with heart complications. He faced illness since a pleurisy attack in Chicago and a relapse after moving to the West Coast for engagements. He was 12 years in entertainment and helped shape early network advertising. He was married twice, daughter Jason, and leaves wife Dorothy. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Beverly
Cal
Ben Bernie
Massivo
Jstabe
Jenon Bernie
U.S. Army
Hermia Bernie
Chicago
West Coast
Tle Fife
Imever
Bernie
Chichim
Rose
Dorothy Weatley
Milami Beach
Fla
Jason
Kid
Bernin
Benjamin Anse
Jevitz
Bayonne
N. J
Ren
Benita
Nazis Hurl Fresh Units To Halt Red Flanking Drive
Moscow by AP reports German forces pour fresh divisions of men tanks and artillery into the Dalepa river elbow to blunt the Red Army flank march west of the river. Soviet breakthrough southeast of Kremenchug advances to 120 settlements and Pyatikhatke, threatening Dnepropetrovsk and evacuations along two rail junctions.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Dalepa River
Red Army
Kremenchug
Pyatikhatke
Dneprodzershinak
Dnepropetrovek
Senators Call for Open Talk on Anglo American Ties
Senator Russell of Georgia and Senator Chandler of Kentucky urged frank discussion of Anglo American relations after criticizing British operations. They warned that unresolved minor problems could undermine international cooperation and hoped for renewed collaboration in peace efforts.
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Washington
Russell
Georgia
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Ty Russell
Doak to Succeed Cooper as Rent Director in Muscogee County
Zollie Doak, rent examiner for the Dothan-Ozark Defense Rental area, will succeed Charles ML Cooper as rent director for Muscogee County when Cooper transfers to Columbus, Ga. Doak retains area rent examiner title and will oversee processing rent applications and office routine. Carroll T. McConnell, district rent executive at Montgomery, will handle all orders for the Dothan office.
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Zollie Doak
Dothan - Ozark Defense
Chrled ML Cooper
Cooper
Columbus
Ares
Dothon
Muscogee County
Doak
Dothan
Carroll T. McOnnell
Montgomery
Tokyo reports India provisional government set up
Tokyo radio says Japan established a provisional Indian government in Singapore under Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian extremist who fled India in 1941. The broadcast claims the new government will declare war on the United States and Britain immediately upon formation.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
India
Singapore
Subhas Chandra Bose
U. S
United States
Britain
Allied Gain Still Pushes Germans From Volturno Front
Allied dispatches say Fifth Army drove five miles north and east of Capua, clearing towns including Pignataro Roccaro and Dragon as Germans retreat to a mountain line near Mondragone Venafro. British Eighth Army reports capture of Petacciato and Monte Finone as they press along the Adriatic coast. Montgomery’s forces reinforce the pursuit with tanks and artillery.
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Ali Ghers
Garmans
Volturno
Massica
Mondragone
Eterllas
Venafro
Fifth ‘Army
Elvi. Lang
Naples
Rome
Capua
Pignataro
Roccarojmana
L2bert
Dragon
Alvignano
Volturna
Adrijatic
Mazi
Eighth Army
Petacclato
Termoli
Bernard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
iMonte¢ifone
78Th
Fifth Army
Mark W.clark
Nazis Fail In Move On Yugoslav Coast
Yugoslav Partisans repelled a German landing along the Dalmatian coast and two nearby islands. The defense targeted the Peljesac peninsula and the islands of Hvar and Mljet. The communique from Tito's headquarters and Yugoslav Radio said the positions remained firmly in Yugoslav hands.
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Yugoslav
London
Dalmatian
Ath
Ges
Tito’e
Trondeast
Peljesac
Adriatis
Split
Dubrovoik
16 Per Cent Slash In Newsprint Asked
Washington AP A proposed 16 percent cut in newsprint consumption for November was presented to newspaper publishers by H M Bitner of the War Production Board. Bitner urged the 16 percent curtailment over dipping into reserves, which would reduce newsprint inventories by about 10 days and worsen supply times in several regions.
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Washington
H. M. Biter
War Production Board
WPB
Bitner
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Cuyt
Vantorien
Central States
South
Weet
Industry Committee
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NEA
Waka Island
Officiel Navy
Mheeneas
Pacific
Fine En
Mikans
Tugoslav Partioana
En Cr Dalmatian
Frue
Tokyo Taporta Jape
Gevrern Wme
FDR
Dnieper Bend
Chest Appeal
Finschhafen
U. 5
iRaid
Pyatikhathe Fg
Zaramenka
Dnepropetrovsk
Krivol
Krivol Rog
Dniepar
Red
Crimea
Zaporoshe-Malkopoline
Hitler
Russell, Chandler
OPA
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