Enterprise Mother Receives Card From Son After 14 Months
Mrs Patrick of Enterprise received a typed war card from her son Water J Baker Patrick after more than a year of silence. The message from Camp B10 in the Philippines said he was well and hoped to return home soon. The family had moved to Ozark, and the card was mailed to their old Enterprise address.
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Camp Rucker
Irs
Berths Patrick
Swemstrese
Patrick
Enterprise
Patnck
IMI
Philippees
Buster
Pearl Harbor
Dely
Valentine
Bataan
Patrick Wee
Corrigedor
War Department
Corrixedor
Bry
Tokyo
Corrgedor
The
Patricks
Philippine Islands
Ozark
Three Wiregrass Soldiers Wounded in European Theater
Three Wiregrass soldiers were listed as wounded in action by the War Department. They served in the European area and include Technician Fifth Grade James F. Batchelor, Staff Sergeant John L. Baxley, and Private Grady Carr, sons of three local mothers from Arizon, Slocomb and Pinckard.
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War Department
James F. Batchelor
Dorie Jones Batchelor
Arizon
John L. Baxley
Mae Jane Baxley
Slocomb
Grady &. Carr
Nancy J. Carr
Pinckerd
Night Day Trial Murders Sherrill Near Old Normandy
Sherrill was shot and beaten to death near Old Normandy on May 17. His body, found in another county the next day, bore pistol wounds and severe beating marks. Misa Yates reported the shooting to Tullahoma police at dawn. Her tale of a khaki-clad stranger and assault prompted a reward later funded by her father as he and his sons were arrested two weeks afterward.
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Sherrill
Old Normandy Roar
Misa Yates
Tullahoma
American Armies Push Through Verdun Region in World War II
Allied forces drive across the Meuse toward Sedan Verdun and Commercy as Patton and Hodges’ units advance on a broad front. American spearheads reach within miles of the Belgian border while Montgomery’s 21st Army Group tightens the noose near Le Havre and Dieppe. Front dispatches report German retreat across northern France with crossings at Sedan and Meuse crossings near Verdun.
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Meuse
George S Patton
Verdun
Scia
America
Belgium
St. Dizier
Conmercy
Germany
Saer
Ous Argonne Forest
John J Perehing
Duchy of Luxembourg
Metz
Commercy
Toul
Mane
St. Mihiel
Courtney of Hodges
Patton
Prrabhing
France
Sedan
Ile
St . George
Third Army
Keim
Leas
Meare
Maginot
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
River Meuse
William Stith White
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Eberbach
Seventh Army
le Havre
Abbeville
Flanders
Rouen
Dieppe
Somme
St Amiens
Mailly
Arres
USO Radio Quiz to Feature Broadcast in Dothan
The USO club plans a radio quiz from WAGF studios in Wiregrass area. Robert McHugh will MC as 66th Division soldiers visit Camp Rucker join in. Quarters donations drive BI prize money for correct answers, up to two dollars per response.
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Samme
Vsu
Strie
WAGF
Wwe Wiregrass
Ares
Robert McHugh
USC Club
Dothan
Camp Rucker
Women Are Opered Post War Training
Women in the Women’s Army Corps may train for postwar careers while serving now. Montgom ery Recruiting Station says high school graduates will receive three to four months of technical training to handle hospital duties such as administering blood plasma, x raying bones, assisting in dentist work, and managing medical records. Information available at Room 315, Post Office Building, 2 to 5 p.m.
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Womenn's Army Corps
Montgomery
Hgh School
Von Kluge Reported To Have Taken Life
A London radio report quoted an unnamed correspondent as saying Field Marshal Gunther von Kluge committed suicide. The CBS shortwave station and BBC broadcasts over recent days had circulated rumors of his death in various forms.
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von Kluge
New York
Gunther von Kluge
London Radio Today
CBS
BBC
Western Allied Drive Near Paris and Brest In Fast Push
Allied forces press toward Paris as First Army patrols reach within one mile of Compiegne and Americans push on Brest while British and Canadian units advance across the Somme and toward Dieppe. Reports say three German field marshals and an army commander were dismissed or wounded, signaling leadership changes at the German high command.
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Creth
Bresle
Fouquerettes
Beauvais
Creil
Crepy
Bethancourt
Harmont
Somme
Amiens
Pas de Calais
Formene
Goumay
Totes
Dieppe
Brittany
Brest
Jine
Daoulas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Guenther von Kluge
Kerl Rudolf Gerd
von Rundctedt
von Kluge
Brederenor
Erein Rommel
War Demobilization and Reconversion Bill Passes House
The House passed the War Demobilization and Reconversion bill in a rapid vote and sent conferees to meet with the Senate to bridge differences. It seeks to unwind the wartime economy while differing from the Senate plan on unemployment compensation and federal job retention. Senators and White House advisors discuss cost of living and purchasing power as major factors shaping the program. The House and Senate plan also diverge on provisions for federal civilian employees and hardship case support. Both chambers plan routine sessions through the holiday until Tuesday.
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Washington
Mvre
House
Senate
White House
Bernard Baruch
George
D-Ga
Military separations totals and naval discharges reported
The article details total separations of 1,279,000 officers and men with 967,000 discharged, 74,000 dead, 72,000 prisoners or missing, and 166,000 other separations. Navy and Marine counts reach 254,831, coast guard data unavailable, plus 23,544 killed, 4,466 POWs, and 9 missing in action.
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Naval Service
Marines
Coast Guard
Belgian exile details crown prince's line and war resistance
The report notes a former Belgian cabinet minister's son in exile, the princess of Rethy rejecting succession, and Leopold's children taken to Germany after staying at Laeken Castle. It mentions Nazi deportations, resistance campaigns, and a Belgian underground army awaiting Allied aid.
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Ter
Rethy
Leopold
Josephine Charlotte
Prince Baudoin
Albert
Germany
Laeken Castle
Brussels
Crowson Wounded in Action in European Theater
War Department announced today that Private Joseph F. Crowson husband of Mrs Beatrice H Crowson of Geneva route one has been wounded in action while serving in the European area.
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Joseph F. Crowson
Beatrice H Crowson
Geneva
War Department
Josiah Morgan Dean Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Josiah Morgan Dean, who died at his home in Hartford, were held Thursday at Pleasant Hill Church with ministers C. C. Balcum, Howard Trawick, and Mr Murphy officiating. Survived by wife, five sons, four daughters, two brothers, one sister, and several grandchildren. Holman Funeral Home in charge.
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Jonas Morgan Dean
Hishore
Hartford
Pleasant Hil Church
C. C. Balcum
Howard Trawick
Murphy
J A. Dean
Copley
C FE Dean
M. M Dean
J. T. Dean
Hartford Roe
J. C Dean
Columbus
Pear Lee
Flurry Announces School Instructions for Examinations
Bruce Flurry, superintendent of the City Schools, orders students to take examinations to place in proper classes when school opens. Last year’s 19 courses must report this Saturday, September 9, at the designated school. First graders and new pupils should register on the same date to attend the school of their choice.
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We Dothan
Bruce Flurry
City
Azid
Legionnaire Protests Plasma Commingling
Fort Worth Texas Frank A Ogilvie past commander of an American Legion post said he sent a telegram to President Roosevelt protesting a Washington plan to commingle Negro and white blood in plasma. He cited a pamphlet about a Labor Day protest in front of a Washington blood donor center urging Negroes to oppose segregation of Negro blood donated for plasma.
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Fort Worth
Frank A. Ogilvie
American Legion
Roosevelt
Washington
Ogilvie
Porter's Fairyland ends swimming courses after two weeks
The beginner junior and senior life saving courses taught by Miss Ann Louise Berman at Porter's Fairyland closed Thursday after 271 participants completed the required hours. Rabbi Alfred Wolf of the Houston County Red Cross announced course completers, listing names of beginners juniors and seniors, plus officer wives who finished a Napier Field pool course under Lt. Walter J. Goralewicz.
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Ann Louise Berman
Porter
Fairyland
Alfred Wolf
Houston County
American Red Cross
Martha Camp
Jean Camp David Anderson
Carlos Oppert
Mary Virginia
Battlefront updates show slow Soviet advance in Warsaw sector
From front lines reported by Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton, Allied and German forces clash as the Soviet advance nears Ishpani, while Romanian authorities restore traffic for civilians near Constanta under Red Army supervision. Tolbukhin’s patrols push along the Romanian frontier as the Danube operation resumes with Malinovsky. The northern front sees the first definite offensive near Ishapna, but heavy German concentrations cloud prospects for a sustained push.
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Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Bucharest
Red Army
Black Sea
Constanta
Feodor I. Tolbukin
Westh
Danche
Malinovsky
Po Siccess
Warsaw
Theussians Lesshan
Williams in Training at Keesler Field Bomber School
Private firm class Thomas Ward Mack Kel Williams, son of Mrs Wickly, wounded hands, 30 South Appletree Street, has begun training in the B-24 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field Ming, the Public Telephone Office announced today.
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Thomas Ward Mack Kel Willams
Mra S F. Wickly Woundedhams
South Appletree Street
Keesler Field
Ming
Mack Kelly Wounded In Action In Pacific Theater
Mr and Mrs Flora Kally of N St Andrews Street receive notice that their son Mack Kelly serving in the U S Army has been wounded in action in the Pacific theater, with details of the incident limited in the official notice.
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Flora Kally
St Andrews Street
Mack Kelly
Army
Armistice Day Dry Celebration Planned in Dothan
Local reports say Dothan will mark Armistice Day with a dry celebration as Germany nears surrender. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board orders two liquor stores and beer retailers to discontinue sales “during the new armistice day” and halt related alcohol sales.
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Germany
Alabama Alcohola Beverage Coctrat
ABC Board
Europe
Number 5- (Continued From Page One) Bombing Report
The article notes heavy bombardment with over 110 vessels sunk in the harbor and ten acnes. American corps acknowledge loss of 44 planes, likely undercounted. Tokyo names Gen Naosaburoe ek Sanao Okamura for possible invasion prep. In Southwest China, American forces strike enemy positions along the Burma Road.
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Tokyo
Naosaburoe Ek Sanao
Reyeiji
Okamura
China
Torde Flames Peer
Burme Road
Allied Advance Across Gothic Line Sees Key Positions Fall
In Italy, Sixth Army forward elements reach near Monte Gridolf while Monte Della Croce falls, as Germans retreat toward main defensive lines. Florence area gains are reported with Amo River patrols failing to contact Germans. Adriatic operations receive air support and naval action near Pesaro with Loyal and Un dine bombarding gun positions and transports.
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Dey
Pesaro
Monte Gridolf
Apper Dines
Guine
Florence
Amo
Flovence
Vincigliato
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Loyal
Pesara
Mines reopen after August 16 strike with union demands
The Fuels Administration announced in a statement that the struck mines will reopen on Monday after the August 16 walkouts. It urged workers to return to work and cited demands by supervisory workers seeking company recognition of their clerical, technical and supervisory unit linked to the UMW district 50 catch-all union, involving fewer than 300 employees.
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Solid Fuels Administration
UMW
District 50
Allied forces push through France as 19th Army seeks escape
American Marines land in a small harbor between Ra Honneau and Pomergues near Marseille as Third Army armor drives toward the German withdrawal route from the Rhone valley. Roads show heavy Allied pursuit with abandoned equipment marking the chase. Reports note German resistance and threats of a secret weapon while weather favors blitz advances and rail targets are hit in Northwestern Italy.
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Marseille
Third Army
Argonne
Germany
Rhone
Lyon
Patch
France
Richter
Westwall
Seventh Army
Europe
Mediterranean
Italy
Wodehouse Acknowledges Mistake Over Radio Remarks
British author P G Wodehouse apologized for a remark about Germany on a radio broadcast during a 1946 Paris stay. He said the comment misrepresented his intent and recalled letters about his wartime life in internment camps and later transfer from a Paris villa.
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Dos
Wade
Bouse
Jeeves
Prilbous
Bniteip
United States
Landon
Ie Francs
Tae Heei
Wert
Paris
Mustang air raids destroy German planes on three Rom field
AP reports U S 18th air force Mustangs destroyed ground and aerial targets in three Romanian and German fields over two days. Commanders Bondeker and Davis led raids near Reghin and Gros Waldein, with mass strafing and minimal Mustang losses.
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Rome
U.S
Cant Alfonzo W. Davis
Omaha
Neb
Groszwaldein
Ramanis
MAAF
En Manan
Danube
Reghin
Bondeker
Shorty Villain? Soldier Remembered As Best Damned Man
Number 3 continued from page one shows a frontline action where a lone pistol user named Shorty led two others with carbines to bait German fire. Shorty died after a burst from the enemy machine gun, praised by officers as the division’s best damned soldier. Maj Nathan M. Quinn and Sgt Joe Plotnieck recount his fearless stance and bold spirit.
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Shorty
Machingun
Nathan M. Quinn
Spencer
Maus
Joe L. Plotnieck
Himore
Torco Port Laundry and CEE Facilties Note
Fragmentary note references Torco regional facilities including a port laundry and a CEE unit. Readable text is sparse and lacks clear events, dates, or named organizations to establish a full news item.
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Torco
Kennedy Is Speaky at Wild Life Men
In a county gathering officer Joe B. Dykes received a conservation commission from Rev. MA Rant at the First Church. Dykes will assume his duties September 1 as the other county appointee Sem Hanae Bax had served for years. Present were attendees from various points and next session aims to unite local associations across the county.
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W. A Pensacola
Fever’s Club
G. E. Pace
Amos E. Lawis
Joe B. Dykes
MA Rant
First Church
Sem Hanae
Bax
Satan
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