Arrival of largest Atlantic convoy reshapes war outlook
AP reports Britain and Pacific forces revealed a North American arrival of the era defining convoy. 167 ships carried over a million tons of food and equipment across 26 square miles as German U boats returned to raiding methods. Alexander says Huntly’s optimism about the war’s end was misplaced. U boats are now described as shy and cautious compared with earlier raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Frye
Britain
North America
Alexander
Huntly
Atlantic
Soldiers storm at strikers near KC plant clash
In Kansas City Kansas, soldiers disrupted picket lines at a bomber plant halted by a labor dispute. Uniformed servicemen urged workers to return home or join a conciliation meeting as miliary police monitored unrest. No injuries reported amid window smashing and placard tearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cet
Twins Born to Couple at Hartford Star Roadside
The report notes the birth of twins to a couple near Hartford Star on Friday afternoon. Each weighed about four and a half pounds. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tew. grandmother is Mrs. Vanlanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gitle
Raymond Tew
Eva Route
Hartford Star
Bay Line Terminal Destroyed By Fire in Dothan
A major blaze destroyed the Bay Line Railroad terminal and warehouse on east Main street yesterday. Firemen and volunteers battled the flames for over two hours as the wooden one story building, about 100 yards along the tracks, collapsed into tangled wreckage. The loss amount was not yet determined. Spectators gathered as flames rose, and Fire Chief Jay Johnson called it one of the city’s worst fires in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Line
East Main Street
Jay Johnson
Dothan
Keith says West Virginia chapter of society rejected
Gadsden editor Walling Keith says applications for a West Virginia chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Southern Accents were rejected. He notes interest from Richmond and Charleston, with plans for boards and statewide help to protect Charleston accents, and mentions Knoxville under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Walling Keith
The
Gadsden Times
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
West Virginia
Society
Virginia
Keith
Richmond
Charleston
Broadway
Petworks
Aachen Surrenders. Canadians Drive On Toward Schelde
Allied forces report Aachen capitulated to American troops at noon after a brief siege as Canadian and British units push forward in the Dutch Belgian border region to open the Schelde estuary for Antwerp. Canadian spearheads reach toward Roosendaal and Esschen while British troops advance near Calmpthout and Maria Ter Heide.
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Howard Cowan
London
Aachen
First Aay
Schelde
Antwerp
Netherlands
Baas Queuse
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Courtney M. Hodges
Gerhardt Wick
Wick
Germany
Fuehrer
Cologne
Wuestwezel
Breda
Esschen
Roosendaal
Canadian First Army
Calmpthout
Maria Ter Heide
Invasion Of Norway Seen As Imminent
London AP reports say Norwegian government in exile received word of imminent Russian invasion of Norway through the Finnish Norwegian border. German operations in Finnmark reported as towns in northeastern Norway face raids. Colonel von Hammer cites German disengaging moves on the Finnish front and Russian reinforcements gathering on the Norwegian Finnish border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norway
Finnmark
Ernst von Hammer
Russians, Romanians Drive Across Tisza River Front
Russian and Romanian columns crossed Hungary’s vital Tisza River defense line southeast of Budapest and cut German escape routes by reaching the Danube. Berlin claimed breakthroughs inside East Prussia as Red Army forces pressed eastern fronts with fresh troops, signaling a shifting and intensified campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischee
London
Hungary
Tisza
Budapest
Danube
Berlin
Goldap- Gumbinnen
German East Prussia
East Prussia
Associated Press
Cleere Is Pleased With Guard Training
DAUPHIN ISLAND AP Several hundred pounds of lead were poured into sandbanks on the Alabama State Guard range as 88 home front guardsmen completed special machinegun training under Federal Army officers. Col Walter M Thompson commanded the Sixth District Fourth Service Command and expressed high satisfaction with the week of training. Brig Gen George L Cleere Adjutant General and guard commander said the program has earned nationwide recognition and prepared the State Guard for any eventuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Island
Alabama State Guard
Home Front
Walter M Thompson
Fourth Service Command
George L. Cleere
Guard
Philippine Invasion Preparations Shown by Fleet Officers
High ranking naval officers from the Third and Seventh Fleets pose at Advanc ed Allied Headquarters of the Seventh Fleet. The meeting outlined preparations for the invasion of the Philippines. Front row includes Vice Admiral T. B. Wilkinson, Commander Amphibious Forces Third Fleet, Vice Admiral T. Kinkaid, and Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey, leaders of Allied Naval and Amphibious forces in the Southwest Pacific. U S Navy photo.
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Philippines
T. 8. Wilkinson
USN
Third Fleet
T. & Kinkaid
Southwest
Pacific
Daniel &. Barbey
Seventh Fleet
U. S. Navy
Unhindered Flow Of Information Needed For Postwar Peace
CHICAGO AP Kent Cooper executive director of the Associated Press said an unhindered flow of information is essential to sustain postwar peace. He told the National Editorial Association that no peace plan can succeed without guaranteeing free news. The advisory council lauded his push for press freedom as vital to enlightenment and lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
National Editorial Association
Cooper
War Chest Drive Half Subscribed
The third annual combined Alabama War Chest and Dothan United Charities Chest reached the halfway mark with about $17,000 subscribed of a $33,000 goal. Chairman Jimmy Dees urged prompt completion, noted 500 volunteers soliciting funds, and said the special gifts committee is short of about $20,000. The drive ends later this month with funds going to 22 war relief agencies and 10 local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama War Chest
Dothan United Charities Chest
Jimmy Dees
Special Gifts Committee
Crash Proves Fatal To Napier Officer
Flight Officer William P. Morgan, 20, of Napier Field, died in a training crash seven miles west of Ozark Alabama yesterday afternoon. Colonel Daly announced the first fatality in the Field’s program in 3,735,680 miles of training. Morgan, son of Mrs Annie Morgan of Talladega, graduated from Napier in 1944. A RAF board will determine the crash cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Alabama
William P. Morgan
Napier Field
Charles J. Daly
Daly
Annie 8. Morgan
Brignolia Street
Talladega
F O Morgan
No Major Cuts Seen In War Production
Washington AP reports the War Production Board now sees no major cuts in war production before victory in Europe. Since June 1 8,000 workers at prime contractors have been displaced, far less than one in a thousand war workers, suggesting employment and morale remain steadier than feared.
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Sterling F Green
Washington
Europe
Napier To Exhibit Medical Equipment And Parade
Napier Field hosts a Sunday program featuring an Army Medical Corps equipment exhibit and first aid display alongside the retreat parade at 4:30 PM. Colonel Charles J Daly invites residents of Dothan and Wiregrass to attend, with a tennis exhibition by Daly, Lt Bell, Lt Ostrey, and Alvan Silverman at 1:30 PM. Ten aviation cadet squadrons will march to drum and bugle music, led by Chief Warrant Officer John B. Worth.
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United States Army Medical Corpa
Napier Field
Charles J Daly
Hage
Dothan
Napier Field Ware
Charles J. Daly
Philip W. Bell
Edward Ostrey
Alvan Silverman
Aviation
Napier Field Drum and Bugle Corps
John BR. Charlesworth
Clayton Buhl
Paul Marsh
Georgia Tech student essays on police handling of intoxicated persons
An Atlanta Georgia Tech student conducted field research for an essay by visiting a city jail after dark. He was escorted to the fourth floor where several inmates greeted him and he recorded his observations. The judge later dismissed the charges after the student presented his notes to the police recorder.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Flay Night
Tre
Jong Tast
Enouth
Binetory
Pe Iice
A. W. Callaway
Roosevelt urges World Peace Council with U S rep armed
President Roosevelt proposes a World Peace Council with an American representative backed by Congress to act quickly against aggressors. He warns a Republican victory could hand Congress to isolationists and emphasizes a strong, decisive United Nations framework to preserve peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
NEW York
Roosevelt
World Peace Council
Congress
Foreign Policy Association
Waldorf Astoria
Council of the
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
World Organization
Holocaust Toll Rises From Cleveland Fire Disaster
In Cleveland a massive fire at the East Ohio Gas plant has killed at least 83 people with eight bodies found in a main structure and three more under a fallen wall. About 145 injured remain in hospital and 20 received care outside. Seven investigations are underway by FBI, military intelligence, police, fire officials, gas company, and coroner as authorities work to determine the disaster’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Company
of As
Stanley Orr
Cleveland Red Cross Unit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army and Navy
Gerber
James E. Granger
U. S. Invasion Drives Inland on Leyte in Pacific
American forces push along an eight mile front in central Leyte ageading toward Tacloban and Dulag after capturing Tacloban airfield and the town. MacArthur cautions Japan to honor war norms and vows accountability for past cruelties. First Cavalry captures Tacloban, securing San Juan Strait and airbase.
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Fee
General MacArthur
Philippines
Tacloban
Dulag
Leyte
Pacific Ocean
Douglas MacArthur Wiemnly
Bataan
Tacloben
Americana
San Justice Strait
Samar
Dulsy
Dutt
Sully
Leyte Valley
Dutch New Guinea
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Union
Hodgin
D. Hughes
Navy Shore
Ately
Mr. Keith
Vital
East-Prussia
Cleere
Philippine
Napier
International Council For Peace
U. S
Isles
Murlex
Spencer
Eespanalbia
I Rheit
Faure
Kont
Tarloban Aire
First Cavalry
Meaney
MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Count Huraki
Wiliam Dickinson
Richard L. Cook
Los Angeles
Joseph Cole
Plateu
Ala
New Guinea
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