George W Walters Dies In Florida
George W Walters dies at his home near the Richter community between Graville and Chipley Florida. Survived by daughters Mrs Maron Brows gio and Mrs J D Rich ter Gracer lie Mire Wordell Mes ser Cottendale and Miss Bosoie May Waters Graceville four sons Quincy Watters in COC Watters Graceville Jesse C Walters US Army Henry Watters US Navy four brothers Jack Capp and Bud Walters Hartford and Yack Watters Slocomb three veterans Mrs Luke Bobs Sincomb Mr Mollie Fatterson Pierals and Mrs Rachel Blount Panama City funeral services 3 p.m. at Union Hill church with Rev Jobs M Rich officiating. Burial at Union Hill cemetery with Blackburs Funeral Home in charge.
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George W Walters
Aimty
Richter
Graville
Chipley
Maron
Horace Frown
J.D Richter
Gracer'lie
Mire Wordell Messer
Jesse C Walters
Army
Henry Watters
U & Navy
Jack
Capp
Bud Walters
Hartford
Yack Watters
Slocomb
Vetera
Luke Bobs Sincomb
Mollie Fatterson
Pierals
Rachel Blount
Panama City
Vic
Margarine Sale Debate and Tax Effects Highlighted
The article notes objections to selling margarine at market value while urging repeal of a ten cent per pound tax on yellow margarine and a quarter cent per pound tax on uncolored margarine. It cites two thirds of national grocers unable to cope with taxes and claims millions lose access to low cost spreads. It lists annual tax burdens on manufacturers wholesalers and retailers for colored and uncolored margarine.
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Wutter” Folme
Incomplete Roll Call of Assigned Names and Stations
Sergeant Benjamin F. Boring of Denver and others are listed with states and ranks in a fragmented army roster. The document names Lester F Miller from Hartford Connecticut and Narbart Ehrich from Brooklyn New York among several Pvt. Leroy Reith of Denver and Pvt. Rodney Ly Graham of Atoks Oklahoma, showing a partial personnel list.
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Benjamin F. Boring
Denver
Cole
State Met
Lester F Miller
Hatford
Conn
Narbart Ehrich
Brooklyn
Leroy Reith
Rodney Ly Graham
Atoks
Okla
Roosevelt Seen Improving After Illness Report
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt is improving with fever gone and moving toward regular work. He spent the morning in his bedroom and planned to use the study this afternoon. No outside callers were received as the White House kept to routine Tuesday.
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Washington
White House
William D Hepeeti
Roosevelt
Government deferments and civilian war work details
Roosevelt outlines civilian deferment patterns in war departments and private industry. He notes many draft age workers in Navy and Post Office are engaged in war production or essential government work. Data covers single and married men, fitness, and various deferment reasons amid full and part time federal staff totals and payroll policies.
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Navy
Noose Welt Seld
Post Office
Roosevelt Wald
Heald
He Neld
Roosevelt
Strife Over Lettered Athletes Sparks High School Walkout
A student walkout at Montgomery High erupted over the policy of wearing school athletic letters. The incident involved claims of force to remove a sweater bearing letters, with allegations against Vaughn and Walker and assertions from Avant about misconduct. Superintendent Flurry met with participants and warned that disciplinary action or policy changes would follow after reviewing records and club rules.
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Board of Education
W OD
Rip” Hewes
US Navy
Hawes
Young Avant
Montgomery
Avant
Charles Moody
Hewes
Vaugan
Vaughn
Walker
Ben
Alrike
Diacuss
Famiue
Flurry
Echoe
Jettere Flu
George Zhinden
Elriking
Ahin- Gen
Gordon Wine
Gald
Schow
W R Livingston Dies In Hospital
Funeral services for Wiley Livingston were held at Goodwater Church near Witksburg after his death at Wel vane Hospital Montgomery following a ghortiness. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He was a World War veteran and lived in Wickeborg. Surviving: wife, a sister list including Mrs Tom Hagies of Panama City and others, a brother LeRoy Livingston of Washington DC. Active policesters named P T Thomley Tillis Thomley, Mark Colina, Mitch Thomley, Tom Hagler, Bill Gree.
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Wiley Liningston
Montgomer
Goodwater
Witksburg
Ray M J Baidein
Midland City
Buriel
Forrester
Camilla
Mac Burns
Lumber City
Pope Hulltt
Levern
Frank Patton
Louieville
LeRoy Livingston
Washington, D. C
P. T Thome
Tillis Thomley
Mark Colina
Mitch Thomley
Tom Hagler
Bill Gree
Newton Route Two Soldier Killed in Pacific War
The War Department announced Private Clifton A Chambers of Newton Route Two was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific. Next of kin is listed as his mother Mrs Louis Dell Chambers of Newton Route Two.
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Clifton A Chambers
Newton
Southwest Pacific
War Department
U. 3
Louis Dell Chambers
Tax plan debates heat up as sales levy gains favor
Discussion on a national retail sales tax intensifies as Rep Geerhart urges enactment. Committee estimates higher alcohol taxes could raise 500 million annually while staff proposals push postal, gasoline, and luxury excises. Tax staff favor broader levies and a sales tax path, aiming for under 2 billion in new revenue.
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Geerhart
R.calif
Treasury
Congressional Tax
Congressional
Gearhart
Rep Robertson
D.-Ve
Congress
Mall l
Colin F Stam
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue Oitielsts
Striking students visit Eagle office as talks urged
About 75 students marching downtown sought to present their side of the school dispute at The Eagle office. They were told to return to class and settle differences by other means. Four police officers were called after cars carrying strikers circled the campus and were dispersed with no incidents.
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Viase
Eddie Kelley
Two Women Enlist in WAVES from Dothan Station
Two women from Dothan have joined the WAVES and will report for training. Juliietta Caswell of Midland City and Ming Mary L. Brackin of Dothan passed recruitment at the Dothan station. They are awaiting orders to report to Hunt College in New York for a training period. Chief Petty Officer J H Hutchins announced the station’s director Hilds Minton noted strong interest and interview opportunities for women aged twenty to thirty six.
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Dothan
Navy
Birmingham
Petry
J. H Hutchins
Lodsy
Juliietta Caswell
Midland City
Ming Mary L. Brackin
Dusy Street
Hilds Minton
Hunt
College
New York
Hutchins
I Wave
Minton
WAVES
Abe
Dress Revue Set For Home Club Meet
An upcoming Dress Revue will feature senior program participants at the Houster County Achievement Day to be held tomorrow at Young Junior High School. The event showcases garment renovations such as repurposing shirts into women's mitts and blouses, with each of the county's thirty clubs expected to participate.
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Tee Hewsie
Dees
Houster
Young Junior High
Mins
Garmants
Migs MaMette
Poll tax repeal push echoed in Senate debate
Senator O Mahoney urged a Constitutional amendment to outlaw the poll tax describing it as a political tool rather than a voting qualification. He noted eight states have eliminated the tax and warned that a legal approach risks future minority suppression. He said a Senate majority might pass the bill but two thirds to invoke cloture unlikely.
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BMT
van Nuys
D-Ind
Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Judiciary Committees
O’mehensy
Senate
Mrs Branton Dies Near Dothan at 71 After Illness
Funeral services for Mrs S A Branton, seventy one, who died at her home on Dothan route two after long illness, will be held at 2:00 p m tomorrow at Rehobeth Church with Rev G C Balcom officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Wad Wilson in charge. A member of Rehobeth Baptist Church, she lived in the Rehobeth community all her life. Surviving are her husband, six daughters Ethel Skipper Hartford route three, Tl.ahie Kirkland Cottonwood route two, Linig Branton Dothan route two, Lome Redmond Bay Harbor Fla, June and Mabel Branton Dothan route two, three sons Espy and Buddy Branton Bay Harbor, Shelley Branton Cottonwood route two, a brother Sid Clark Dothan route one, sister Mary Mapper Clarksville, and thirty one grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be Alfis and Alfred Kirkland, Cyris Skipper, Jesper Emfinger, J W Kornegay, and Carlos Redmond.
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Branton
Dothan
Rehobeth Church
Balcom
Burles
Wad Wilson
Rehobeth Baptist Church
Branton Hed
Rehobeth
Mre
Mary Mapper
Clarkavnella
Pallbegrera
Alfis
Alfred Kirkland
Cyris Skipper
Jesper Emfinger
J W. Kornegay
Carlos Redmond
Senate Debates Emerge Over Treaty Ratification Strategy
The article recalls Senate maneuvering as Pepper and Hatch attack broad interpretations of the revolution while Connally faces heckling and Ball notes the risk of repudiation without final treaty signature. Barkley signals plans to speak as debate continues into the second day.
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Senate
Ball
R-Minn
Pepper
D-Fla
Hatch
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Papper
Barkley
Presents Outlive Kings
An odd comparison shows the average life span of U S presidents measured at 609 years while European hereditary monarchs historically lived about 536 years according to the note. The figures appear humorous or hyperbolic rather than factual.
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United States
Europe
Hian
What Price Education in Oxford in Early Times
In the 1st century a misunderstanding of terms shows educated readers: Oxford students with money shortages could seek patronage at noble homes for support. A cultural note mentions gifts brought by the stork from China, notably pickled pig feet, offered to women after childbirth due to calcium.
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Oxford
China
Barrels Of Fun Mark Raleigh Capitol Stairs History
Circular stone stairs in the North Carolina capitol at Raleigh retain traces of barrels used to roll whiskey during Reconstruction era legislatures after the Civil War. The worn steps stand as a historic reminder of past disturbances and social strife linked to the era.
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Raleigh
N.C
Mississippi Source Insight by Henry Rowe Echoo joraty
A fragment notes the Mississippi origin as a 32 000 acre source discovered in 1882 by Henry Rowe Echoo joraty, highlighting historical exploration claims and naming ambiguities.
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Mississippi
Henry Rowe
Solicitors push final drive to meet charity goal
Number 16 continues from Page One as solicitors visit list holders to secure donations. The drive, which was 7,900 short yesterday, aims to reach 24,000 in cash and pledges at the Charities Chest office. Moselay says donors give for the spirit of giving, with 23 agencies to benefit in Dothan and beyond.
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Beeligved
Charities Chest Office
Moselay
Tojo Claims Axis Victory Still Uncertain
Japanese premier Tojo, in a Tokyo broadcast via Associated Press, said Italy's withdrawal from the war does not end the struggle for Axis victory. He warned that the United States and Britain face a strengthened national fighting structure and expressed sympathy for the Italian people while pledging support for India's independence effort.
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States
Britain
Tokyo
Associated Press
London
Tojo
Diet
Italy
Japan
United States
India
Miners Walkout Hits Alabama Coal Output
Virginia report notes 54798 mines failed to operate as 3 men did not appear. Proposed contract would add up to 120 a day by extending work day and underground travel pay. Appalachian operators oppose it. In Birmingham Alabama output rose slightly as 27 000 union miners returned to pits amid gas supply concerns. UMW says workers are streaming back with hope most return by mid week.
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Page Cor
Davis
Ualpehan
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine Workers
UMW
Dramatic account of German factory bombing by Americans
A witness describes the Oct. 9 air strike on a German Focke-Wulf factory near West Prussia. In minutes the facility was flattened with almost all buildings destroyed and hundreds dead or wounded around the target as American forces conducted a great military stroke.
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Ery
France
Martemurg
Prussa
Focke - Wulfshereft
American Flying Fortress
McLaughlan
Surprised by Japanese Exit From Beach Installations
The speaker notes that the Japanese may have used lumber for new installations on the bile and admits surprise that they withdrew. He recalls landing without fire and fearing the enemy remained hidden in the hills, believing some may still be ashore.
Front confirms German stand along Italian line amid crosses near Vasto
Official front dispatches show a major German defense planned from Mondragone to Venafro and toward Vasto as Eighth Army crossed the Trigno near its mouth seven miles from Vasto. Montgomery’s forces push Bojano and advance between Spineto and Petrelia as British Canadian and Indian troops roll forward along the Adriatic front. Boybaans noted as a crucial Manchurian crop with vast yearly production.
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Mondragone
Muassico
Rocchetta
Sparanise
Venafro
Italy
Vasto
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Trigno
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Bojano
Winchlaturo
Montgomery
Germany
Spineto
Petrelia
Palais
Rural School Enrollment Report Highlights County Figures
County supervisors report enrollment data showing 4,349 students and a rise in overall participation. The superintendent notes shifts in gender participation with more boys moving to military service and girls aging into other roles. The office plans a Thursday meeting to discuss wage adjustments and initial sports offerings for the new term.
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Sciencata
Baxter
Bizter
Healen
Pala
Heig
Giao
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B. P. Rasnberg
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