Axis Reverses Mount As War Enters Fifth Year
Axis powers face growing Allied pressure as World War I nears year five. Reports from Berlin claim Eisenhower pins down divisions and plan attacks from Calabria to the Adriatic. German broadcasts urge resilience while warning citizens to move belongings to safety.
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Axis
Europe
Berlin
Wooh
Eisenhower
Atrengls
Calabria
Apule
Greece
Adriatic
Bembers
Polish exile Ariet’s journey through war and escape
The narrative follows Ariet fleeing Poland, seeking refuge in France, then evacuation to Scotland, later diplomatic work, a Moscow posting after the war outbreak, and final transfer to Washington. It notes New York’s population prominence since 1820 and mentions Casa Blanca in Puerto Rico built for the Ponce de Leon family.
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Poland
Ariet
France
Arist
Scotland
Moscow
Washington
New York
Casa Blanca
Puerto Rico
Ponce de Leon
Book Lists Dates Set For Students In Dothan
AM students in Dothan City schools who did not fail a subject last year may obtain book lists for the UM3-45 term tomorrow from 2 to 5 pm at Young Junior High. Bruce Flurry, superintendent of education, announced. First time entrants may pick up lists at their school buildings on Sept 1 from 9 am to 11 am, with instruction to bring lists to speed the process.
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Dothan
Bruce Flurry
Thoze
Atudenta
Synthetic Tires Seen For Next Year
Washington reports Rubber Director William M Jeffers announced that all synthetic tires will approach prewar wearability next year. With growing familiarity and ongoing research, synthetics may reach mileage parity with crude rubber. Early tests showed about 15,000 miles, but newer materials and processes promise improvement. After talks, unions and companies agreed to curb the $85 million tire factory expansion, favoring upgrades at existing plants to meet aims for 30 million synthetic tires production.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Aose
Jeffers
Overtime Claim In Tennessee Coal Case Continues
In a Birmingham suit on behalf of nine miners from Tennessee Coal Iron & Rail road, the claim targets pay for travel time above the 40 hour weekly maximum. Travel adds two hours daily, totaling 45 hours weekly. the suit seeks overtime pay of nine and a half hours plus penalties. The case mirrors the portal to portal dispute won by CIO miners and involves wage board considerations amid potential future coal strikes.
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Tennasase Coal, Iron & Bailroad Company
U. & Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coa
Iron & Railroad Company
CIO Miner
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Utternance
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WLB
Negroes Arrested As Vice Operators
Two men James Thomas and Koimel King were arrested by city police early this morning on charges of operating a house of ill fame violating the liquor laws disorderly conduct and vagrancy. Ten other arrests made yesterday and the night included six for disorderly conduct and vagrancy and four for public drunkenness.
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James Thomas
Koimel King
Ilame
77th raid on Berio prior to new terror attack
The report notes the 77th war raid on Berio with indications of great damage. Observers along the British southeast coast heard the Berlin-bound bombers for two hours, suggesting a force equal to or larger than the previous week’s attack, which dropped 2000 tons of explosives. The German press calls it a new terror raid while British defenses claim losses for the attacker. A smaller retaliatory raid by Next planes over England caused light damage.
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Air Ministry
England
Danish King Makes First Public Appearance in Denmark
Continues from page queue report notes King Christian and Queen Alexandrine’s first public appearance since German occupation. Crowned by a German guard, they spoke briefly as Danes in Lyngby cheered in defiance of Von Hannecken’s ban on gatherings. German patrols and Gestapo tightened control of Copenhagen and major cities while Danish radio faced censorship. Reports describe mass arrests of government figures, officials, and Jews, with Prince Knud and Prince Aage interned at Hotel D'Angleterre.
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Bunday
FDR calls Pearson a chronic liar over Hull attack
President Roosevelt condemns Drew Pearson for an anti Russian charge against Secretary Hull calling the columnist a chronic liar. Pearson retorts Hull called the column monstrous and disaboliscal while noting Russian awareness of Hulls stance. The press conference underscores tensions between the White House and the press during wartime.
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Pearson
Hull Land
Pope Pius XII Urges Peace Effort and War Cessation
In a continued address the Holy Father calls for compromise and urges all belligerents to pursue peace. He recalls prior efforts to halt hostilities and stresses mediation benefiting every nation, not favoring any single country, as the fifth year of war opens.
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Alrogg¢Le
Palnx
Allied and Japanese combat actions and POW camp plans
Report details Allied advances at Sala Minaus and Huon peninsula fights with see-saw action. Bombers strike Finschhafen barges and Cape Gloucester. Arundel Island and Vila area movements noted. Prisoners of war to harvest peanuts in South Carolina and Alabama camps with 250 capacity per camp under Fourth Service Command supervision.
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Selamnua
Huon Peninsula
Finschhafen
New Ireland
New Britain
Salaragua
Salamauc
Cape Gloucester
Soloomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Vila
Kolambangara
Fourth Service Compand
Caroline
Aiken
Barnwell
Bamberg
Hampton
Alabama
Andalusia
Geneva
Enterprise
Daleville
Dothan
Viray
Suppy
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Fourth Service Command
Alabama Troop Call To Save Peanut Crop
Alabama seeks 3,000 troops for a three week harvest to save half a million acres of peanuts in nine Southeastern counties. War Food Admin Marvin Jones and War Manpower Commission chief Paul McNutt support rapid approval. camps surveyed and funds ready. Labor Day cotton picking offer noted.
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Industrial Relations Department
Morrialq
Alabama
Marvin Jones
Paul McNutt
War Department
Askested
Alabama 18
WMC
Altes
Soviet drive deep into Ukraine pins hopes on fast advance
The Russians report penetrating 40 miles into Ukraine and driving a Taganrog garrison from the city as they push toward Stalino and Mariupol. In the north a 30 mile front from Spas Demenak to Yelnya threatens Smolensk, while Kharkov area gains include village captures and destroying German tanks with 600 enemy killed. The high command delays news of central and northern front successes for Moscow’s two day celebration.
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Stalino
Azov
Mariupol
Moscow
Spas Demenak
Yelnya
Nazim
Reo
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Smoylensk
Russia
Smolensk
Kharkov
Wevan
Home Demonstration Bellboy Questioned Meetings Scheduled In Slaying Of War
Houston County home demonstration club meetings were announced by Mins Fran Manette. A schedule lists many clubs meeting at 2:30 pm at various clubhouses with names of hosts across several dates in September and October. In Indianapolis, detective Liew Noel Jones said police linked bellboy Robert Wolfington to the slaying of Corporal Ridings. Wolfington, held on $5,000 bond, reportedly confessed after information from Cor. Ridings's room where a woman was seen. Ridings’s widow Mae Little and family planned services in Green Castle and at Warm Springs. Burial set at Warm Springs cemetery with funeral director BTL Gither.
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Mins Fran Manette
Gorton Club
Cowarte Club
Mesa
Mra J. H
Touraday
Webrb
Mra & L Whitten
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Barber Club
HL E Deese
Pleasant Plains ‘Club
Locila Hatehar
Union Springs Club
Cameron Mills
Aire
Victor Arnold
Taylor Club
Mra
W. A. Kelly
Jellica Club
J. W. Drew
Pigrim Rest
Neil Casey
Hicks Beulah Club
R. V. Parker
Union Hill Club
Ed Cameron
Mt Enon
Oscar Odwin
Canter Club
Earley Gamble
Bay Springs Club
J. H. Gilmore
Wickeburg Club
Magnolia Club
G. P. Cherry
Kinsey
J. B Jarvin
Wedneday
Dupree Club
Barney Wiggins
Crosby Club
H E Bell
Harmon Club
Columbia Rfc
Meta
Dee Grubbs
Grangerburg Club
Royce Askew
Ming Malliette Wald
Indianapolis
Liew
Noel Jones
Robert Wolfington
Cnypeol
Maome L
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Wolfington
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Jog Y Corp
Corp. Ridings
G. Fowier
First Baptist Church of
Manchester, Ga
Warn Springs
Btl Gither
Greenville
Corp Francis J Emmons
Atterbun Wac
Japanese hold Marcus Island amid Pacific air raid reports
New York AP dispatch cites a Tokyo broadcast claiming U S warships and many planes attacked Marcus Island at dawn. The report notes Marcus 1200 miles from Tokyo, 909 miles NW of Wake, with Japan warning civilians to reinforce defenses as Marcus was occupied by Japan since 1899.
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Truk Island
Tokyo-Yokohama
Heart of Japan
Mareuz
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Amerian
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U. S
Marcus Islad
Wake Island
Wake
Federal Communications Commission
Minamitou Shibam
Japan
Marcus Island
Peanut harvest delayed by labor shortage in county
The county agent noted that undamaged peanuts will mature in about ten days due to favorable weather. Spanish peanuts, harvested earlier, face picking delays as labor remains scarce, with families uniting to operate a single picker.
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Wiregrass Towns Honor Gen Manley at Camp Rucker
Representatives from Andalusia Dothan Enterprise Geneva Hartford Opp and Ozark gather on General Manley’s quarters lawn to honor retiring Camp Rucker commander Brig Gen E W Manley. A silver goblet is presented to each town with Southeast Alabama inscribed on an eighth cup.
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E. W. Manley
Whegran
Andalusia
Dothan
Unter
Erise
Geneva
Hartford
Opp
Oveark
Weat Point
Rawling McKinney
Enterprise
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Henry Singleton
Joel iJohnson
Ward
Ozark
Kirke Adams
A. DB. Wilkerson
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Ale
Wallace D. Maione
Jaf Cohan
Alabama Bankers Assn
Manley
Malone
Manines
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Othr
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Lloyd S
B. W. Armatcong
W. Malone
EF Moody
Adams
Arthur Johnson
Scher
J P. Miley
Jesse B Adame Charen O
Stokes
Olarkne
Sessions
H. M. Brynon
J. C. Yarbrough
Black
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