Recall Of Stilwell Triggers China Crisis Anxious Pace
A recall of General Stilwell deepens China's political and military crisis as Allied planners weigh strategies against Japan. The move, announced by the White House, risks delaying Free China efforts and reshaping Allied command in Asia, with Chungking facing four weeks of critical decisions on war strategy and future leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Chungking
Chiang
China
Philippines
Japan
Ian
East Asia
Ais
Mwell
India
White House
New Delhi
Associated Press
World Today briefs on European fronts and MacArthur run
Allies patrol north of Antwerp after restoring estuary cleanup advances. Reports of strong counterattacks near Hedmere and Osdo on the upper Tisza. Italy gains slow progress in Malogna as British forces in Greece renew operations. MacArthur continues command of naval forces with 1,300,000 ships in action.
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Antwerp
Ug Breda
Naxis
Hedmere
Baltic Sea
Osdo
Tiszane
Out
Hungary
Italy
Greece
MacArthur
Naval
Charities Chest drive near goal with $10000 left
City school system faculty join the War Chest drive as officials report $23 210 raised of a $33 000 goal. Two weeks in, one more week is needed to reach the quota with Napier Field and Camp Rucker未 reporting but expected to add about $2000 and Newsroes in Dothander pledges near $1000 within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities Office
Charities Chest Office
Napier Field
Camp Rucker
Hartford Operators Suspended By OPA
Hart ford filing station operators Athum Lee and Jack Byrd are suspended from handling gasoline for 75 days with 15 days active and the remainder in abeyance for compliance. They faced charges of gasoline shortages and failure to keep required records. William N. Lanier of Standard Oil was suspended 90 days but stayed pending further compliance for delivering gasoline without receipts while ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athum Lee
Jack Byrd
Hartford
Waa
OPA
Mont Borsery
William N. Lanier
Standard Oi
Ford
Lanier
Lee
Byrd
Jap Prisoners Shot in Mutiny at Fitzsimons Hospital
Three Japanese naval prisoners who failed a suicide attempt weeks earlier were shot and killed at Fitzsimons General Hospital after rushing guards in a mutiny attempt. General Omar H. Qua de said a board would investigate. a guard is held in technical detention.
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Denver
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Omar H. Quade
Quade
Icers
Pacific Fleet report of major Japanese losses at sea
US Pacific Fleet announces after Manila battle that 24 Japanese ships sunk, including four carriers and two battleships, with 13 more crippled and 21 others damaged. Nimitz calls it decisive victory while noting Australian cruiser Australia damaged and Allied casualties high.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
Chester Wy. Nimitz
Japan
Nimutz
Australia
Tokyo Radio Today
Manila and
Clark Airfield
Lamon Bay
Luzon
Smitz
Philippine Sea
Pacife
Nimitz
West Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
California
Pennsylvania
Lexington
Wasp
Coral Sea
Midway
Guadalcanal
Final Rites for Mrs. J Adams Held at Howard Grove Church
Mrs. J Adams 76 died after a brief illness at 1113 South St Andrews Street. A Dothan resident 17 years she attended Howard Grove Church. Funeral 3:30 p m at the church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters and five sons and four sisters.
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J. Adams
South St. Andrews Street
Dothan
Howard Grove
Howard Grove Church
Chirch
Oscar Love
Ashford
Charlie Hall
Cottonwood
Lewis Womack
Joe Adams
Walter Adams
Panney
Haley Adams
Barney Adams
Harvey Adams
Armeda Brown
Cottamwood
W. M. Marrow
Mia
Cynthia Smith
W. L. Booth
Aynford
Roosevelt Maps Final Program For Brisk Close
President Roosevelt, returning from a long campaign drive, outlined the final closing schedule for his fourth term bid. He plans New England appearances and likely Boston events as polls approach, after three days of rallying in seven states and addressing large crowds in Philadelphia and Chicago. He emphasized correcting Republican misrepresentations and warned of further campaigning before election day.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Roosevelt
New England
Boston
Ft Wayne
Ind
Philadelphia
Chicago
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Tinois
West Virginia
New York
Tiinois
Ilinois
Clarksburg
British And Yanks Make Gains On Italian Soil
In the Fifth Army drive southeast of Bologna American infantry with tanks advanced north of Marana and reached Cassalecchio two miles from the Bologna Rimini Highway. British troops moved up Highway 67 toward Forli while more German contact was maintained. Adriatic mud and floods slowed patrols near the Bevano River southeast of Ravenna.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Italy
Marana
Cassalecchio
Bologna - Rimini
Castel San Pietro
Bosco and
Serra
Forli
Adriatic
Bevano River
Ravenna
Death ruled acute alcoholism for Dothan man in jail cell
Coroner John Ingram ruled Chester Pierce of Dothan died of acute alcoholism after being found dead in a Houston County jail cell Saturday evening. Two physicians found no injuries. Pierce had been jailed on a public drunkenness charge and placed alone pending transfer with other inmates. A relative said he had heart trouble and had been drinking earlier that day.
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John Ingram
Chester Pierce
Dothan
Houston County
Courcer
Pierce
Sheriffs Office
Allpen
Last Rail Escape Line Blocked By Russians In Hungary
The report notes a wartime backdrop as forces block escape lines in Hungary near Roche. Authorities forecast a large turnout in the upcoming presidential election, with estimates ranging from about 44.1 to 44.6 million voters, including millions of service members. Official counts vary by state as registration totals exceed prior records in California and Indiana.
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Roche
Hungary
Associated Press
Henry J. Kaiser
Shipbuilding Industralist
Association For Franchise Education
Wallace
Calvin B. Baldwin
CIO Political Actios Committee
Missouri
South Carolina
Colorado
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginia
New Mexico
California
Winds
Ap Dulnois
Connecticut
Ilinois
Maryland
Wisconsin
Last Ditch Battle Develops in Leyte
A fighting breakthrough at Leyte's Jaro by Maj. Gen. Fred Irving's 24th Division targets the last Japanese defense line at a key highway junction. Japanese concentrations southeast are trapped near Pastrana by a stone roadblock. Cavite bridge captured after a bayonet charge, though tape limits prevented full destruction. American losses reported moderate.
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Hampson
Leyte
Jaro
Pastrana
Fred Irving
Faro
MacArthur
Cavite Road
Cavite
Bronx
Germans Pressured on Baltic Sea and Hungary Fronts
London reports the Russians have closed escape routes for Germans along the Baltic coast with Caap near the upper Tisza captured and 190,000 Nazis pinned against the sea. In Hungary, Petrov and Malinovsky forces push toward Budapest amid stubborn resistance and Slovak partisan activity, keeping land support limited.
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Baltic Sea
London
Hungary
Caap
Cap
Tisza
Berlin
Deap
Ruthenia
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Czech
Oslovakia
Moscow
Ebenrode
Grumbinnen
Arctic
Balkans
Petrov
Second Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Budapest
Eight Hundred U S Bombers Hit Germany In Daylight Raid
London AP reports more than 800 US heavy bombers attacked Harm Munster and the Hamburg Harburg twins, targeting oil refineries and processing plants. They faced 950 escort fighters, while Mosquito raids on Berlin preceded the daylight strike.
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London
Harm
Munster
Hamburg-Harburg
Germany
Hamm
Hamburg
Berlin
Behrman Dies After Long Illness at 73
H Behrman 73 died at home 401 North Herring St at 9 30 Sunday night after a long illness He came to Dothan in 1888 entered business in 1900 retired about six years ago due to ill health Funeral services set for this afternoon at 4 at Ward Wilton chapel with Rabbi Alfred Wolf officiating Burial in Dothan Jewish Cemetery Survivors include son Sam Behrman a nephew Bernard Behrman and granddaughter Judy Behrman Active pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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H. B. Burdeshaw
Mike Sauibs
Arthur Kneyton
Chariie Adem
Ward - Wilson Fiumeral Home
De Gaulle orders disarming of patriotic militia
Paris AP reports the De Gaulle government forbids arms for all but regular army and police amid protests. The patriotic milice, largely Communist, challenged the decree via the resistance council. The government says militias may be liable for military training or incorporation into the French Army.
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Paris
DeGaulle
France
de Gaulle
Bankhead Warns farmers of GOP
Senator John H. Bankhead accuses Republicans of political manipulation against farmers while praising President Roosevelt as a friend to agriculture. He in a Birmingham broadcast criticizes Dewey and cites GOP opposition to crop support programs, farm loan policies, and the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He argues Democrats aided farmers financially and warns of Republican impacts if they win.
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Birmingham
John H. Bankhead
D.ala
Roosevelt
White House
Sen. Bankhead
Cblue
Dewey
Senate Agricultural Bloc
Ruth
Repubian
Farm Board
Congress
House
Bankhead
Kozane Captured in North Greece by Allied Forces
Rome AP reports British troops captured Kozane four miles from Salonika after a sharp fight with retreating German forces in Northern Greece. Allied communique says German casualties were inflicted and Kozane lies on a main escape route near the Yugoslav border.
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Kozane
Greece
Rome
Salonika
Alsies
German Armies Disintegrating Under Pressure
Allied columns with tanks and planes surged toward German escape routes across the Maas and Hollandsch Diep in Holland. Berlin claimed a major withdrawal toward Rotterdam as American armor closed on key crossings near Breda and Willemstad. Four pockets of resistance remained in southern Holland and northern Belgium as German forces broke apart under a concerted Allied drive.
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SY William Frye
London
Maas
Hollandsch Diep
Holland
Berlin
Radio Am
Moerdijk
Europe
Mies
Geertruideenberg
Dowstecout
Breda
Beveland Island
Walcheren Island
Beveland
Belgium
Schelde
Battle War Fronts Move Into Holland Pocket
Allied forces push from Breda toward Roosendaal as German-held forts fall back across waterways south of Rotterdam. Canadian and British troops seize Goes on South Beveland and push toward Walcheren while air support pummels targets on Walcheren Island and approaches to Antwerp.
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Schelde
Antwerp
Watcheren
Viissingen
Flushing
Middleburg
William Frye
London
Holland
Breda
Maas
Meuse
Mase Bulge
Liesel
Asten
Melset
Mara Abel
Walter von Modek
Supreme Headquarters
First Army
Roose
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Joseph Suloe
Bes
Wedemeyer
Sultan
Stilwell
The
Island of
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Haeroer
Third Fleet
0. Adams
FDR
Upper East
Latvia
Priekuie
Baltic
Liepaja
Auce
Leipaja
H. Behrman
Trew
Duren
Bemlén
Vistula
Warsaw
Trom Sexih
Hejegae
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