Survey Under Way On Control Project
A survey to estimate the controls for stopping buldings in the business district is being conducted in Dothar by Harry C Essex and R Wight of the Public Health Service. The survey will cover the entire business area and is led by Dr. W T Burkett, county health officer, with Tom Seog oos of USPHS At Igniz as senior rodent control inspector. Homecoming day at Friendship Church near Buya will feature ordination of deacons, Oct 29 with services starting at 10:30 a.m., dinner served afterward, followed by singing. all past members are invited.
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Dothar
Harry C Essex
Ypime
R Wight
1 & Puble Health Service
Arisma
W T. Burkett
Tom Seogoos
USPHS
At Igniz
Itgrem
Friendship Church
Bma- Your, Fin
Toret
Navy in Pacific Exchange of Losses Reported
The report details American and Japanese losses with ships sunk and damaged. It notes the Princeton and escort carrier as sunk, several destroyers and PT boats lost, and Japanese claims of sinking carriers, cruisers, and transports. Both sides tallied ships damaged or sunk between Oct 1 and Oct 3, including multiple aircraft carriers.
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Princeton
Caver
Beteship
Imperial Headquarters
Filipinos greet American planes with cheers
A veteran recounts the arrival of American planes over the Philippines, noting the crowd’s recognition and pride. He recalls the shift from a defensive to an offensive posture, saying the bombardment signaled a turning point and increased confidence.
Evacuation and recapture shift in Pesaro war theater
A fragment notes that Canthused From Page Def ied that the pore of Pesaro and Karcenes had been evacuated in Hungary. German forces reportedly recaptured Myreghers and released about 56,000 Hungarian prisoners.
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Page
Pesaro
Gnd
Karcenes
Mylreghers
Jatty
Allied forces push two miles toward Ravena on Adriatic coast
Rovers Vanguard Eighth Army units advanced about two miles nearer Ravena in the Adriatic drive and established a bridgehead across the Berano Eheran Highway six miles below the city. Navy rain impeded progress and slowed movement on all fronts.
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Rovers
Eighth Army
Raveno
Adriatic
Berano Eheran
Notable state officials named in public safety frame
The list includes rector, Department of Public Safety. George Blas Jones, secretary to the governor. Chief Justice Lucien D Gardner. Judge Charles R Bricken, presiding judge of the Court of Appeals. and Colonel James T Johnson, Jr, state director of the Selective Service System.
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Department of Public Safety
George Blas Jones
Lucien D Gardner
Alapara
Navy reports show Pacific fleet crippling Japanese power
The Navy released resumes of 163 major warships noting 16 battleships and 87 cruisers on Pacific duty and four battleships with 10 cruisers in the Atlantic during the Southern France invasion. It named two new battleships the Wisconsin and Missouri and two battle cruisers, plus eight new cruisers and a new pocket battleship class.
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B.S Edwards
U. S
Atlantic
France
Warship actions in Pacific and Army promotion noted
The article recounts the actions of the Birmingham and Mobile cruisers at Bougainville and Wake Island, the Tuscaloosa’s role in Normandy and Southern France, and notes Sergeant Clyde Douglas’s promotion to staff sergeant in Italy. It covers engagements, bombardments, and ship damage with dated events from 1943 to 1945.
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Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Birmingham
United States
Wake Island
Tarawa
Gulberts
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Teeland
Casablanca
Normandy
Cherbourg
France
Iles St Marcout
Ne de Tathou
Jesup
Douglas
Clyde Douglas
Sgt
Mra. M. BD
Collins
Newton
Italy
Witnesses clash as Fancher trial seeks truth in Florida case
A courtroom saga unfolds with interruptions as the defense and prosecution spar over testimony on Major Sealey and Major Longley, the mental state of Mrs. Fancher, and the grandmother’s death. The defendant’s statement ties family pressures to the slaying, while doctors describe feeble mindedness and wandering behavior amid a flurry of prior marriages and travels.
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Wns
Major Sealey
Army
Stave
Longley
C. Warren
J. T. Caney
2Nd Circuit
Keener Baxley
Della Sims
Fancher
Tee. Coker
God
Sims
Neghbors
Sherif J. T Casey
C. J. Rebhrg
Casey
Charlie Ed Matthews
Dothan
Auburndale
Fla
Vivian Newton
Mississipp
Hounds
John Atkins
Miasiasippi
Matthews
Rockwood
Georgia
Sck
Knoxville
Hum
Belive
W. T Burkett
Tompkins Speaker At Club Luncheon
L Tompkins spoke to the Bo than Lions Club members at their luncheon meeting at the Houston Hotel dining room Thursday. Viewing the presidential races 19 which farther race presidents became presidents, and the cess is when the race presidents had become presidents on the death of Theodore Roosevelt, they attend the Ladies Night meeting of the Abbeville club to be held Monday. Nelson Fuller, resident in charge, FBL was a guest.
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L Tompkins
Bothan Lions Club
Houston
Theodore Roosevelt
Abbeville
Nelson Fuller
FBL
First Cavalry repels counterattack on Samar Island
Elements of the First Cavalry Division repulsed a small enemy counterattack at Lepaz on Samar Island. Japanese aerial assaults against ampping in San Pedro Bay and beachhead areas were limited to intermittent harassing raids causing light damage and casualties. Antiaircraft fire shot down 3 raiders, fighters claimed 14.
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Straits
First Cavalry
Lepaz
Samar Island
Ampping
San Pedro Bay
Jenkens Wounded in Action Over Holland September 22
Private first class Granville F Jenkens from Midland City route one was slightly wounded in action over Holland on September 22. He serves in a Paratroop unit. Also notes a separate treasure estimate claiming unrecovered gold and treasure under the northern oceans totaling over 2 billion dollars.
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Granville F. Jenkens
Midland City
Holland
War Department
Rabbits Signal Danger With Ground Stamps Radar Style
Rural observers note rabbits stamp their hind feet when frightened to create a loud warning sound. In other news, New Orleans cotton futures and Chicago wheat quotes appear with fluctuating highs and lows. A court trial discusses a defendant’s mental disorders and epilepsy history as testimony concludes.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Burkett
J. A. Campbell
Brill
Dothan High Band Parade Today Honors Armed Forces Navy Day
Dothan High School band led by Majorette corps will parade through downtown to honor men of the Navy Army Air Corps and Marines. The event, announced by Howell Hampton, features a four-branch tribute at the Wiregrass Memorial Station with Navy Day observances. Technician fifth grade Manson Godwin promoted.
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Dens
Dotan Rigs
Youn
Howell Hampton
Hall of Naught
Hartion Eleven
Will Bing
Spec
Lutary
Wiregrass Memorial
Navy
Army
Air Corps
Mannes
Henry County Four Quartette to Perform on WAGF Radio Broadcast
The Henry County Four Quartette known as The pride of the 7 stags, a popular Tr-State quartet, will appear Sunday at 4:30 PM on WAGF radio under Southeastern Oil Company sponsorship. They are also set to perform at the 7th Annual Frank Stamps Singing Convention on Monday October 30, opening day of the Greater Ha County Fair for 1944.
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Houston
Houston County Fair
Dothan
Ala
Roy Coner
Herbert Roney
Tessie Farmer
Roy Conner
Mia
Hollis
Henry County Four
7 Stags
Southland Tins
WAGF
Southeastern Oil Company
Will Apper
Sth
Frank Stamps
Convantie
Greater Ha
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Appletree der L. Srencee
Jack Kingry
Ole Lly
Aunt Ernie
Garrett's
Hese
Florida
Tennes
Tompkins
Jenkens
North
R. L. Williamson & Associates
Consulting Engineers — Architects Surveyors
Sears
Dothan, Ala
Harden
North Oates Street
Dothan High
Godwin
Manson
Goiwin
N Guewir
Tse Bergeent
Gouwin
Dothan Eagle
Max’s Grill
Dinis
Henry County Four Quartette
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