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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
2
Loyd L. Lewis Dies at Age 4 He Year
Loyd L. Lewis dies after brief illness in the year noted. The report provides limited readable details about his family and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd L. Lewis
Dies Alte
Short Hiness
Wartime Policy Pressures and Allied Strategy Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR notes describe wartime policy debates and military strategy writings. Mentions Koiso and Japan, German reverses, and calls for strengthened defenses and supply lines. The text references total war concepts, Allied resilience, and efforts to sustain the war in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ueges
Europe
Koiso
Red Army advances near Warsaw threaten East Prussia
Russian forces push toward Ostroleka and near East Prussia as the Narew front falls closer to Warsaw. Soviet attacks from Volo min and along the Narew corridor topple fortresses, destroy bridges, and inflict heavy German casualties. The drive aims to cut off German escape routes and accelerate the Warsaw front collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murny - Severin
Orsove
Danube
Vielent
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Narew
Germany
Arrmiy
Red Army
Tito
Balkans
Transylvanian Alps
Great Plain
Budapest
Hungary
Hitler
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Volomin
Praga
Vistula
Ostroleka
Izvestia
Lewis Family Obituary Recalls Service in Canars Cemetery
The obituary notes burial at Canars Cemetery under Ward-Wilson supervision. Surviving spouse and children include Mrs. M. F. Dickerson and Mrs. J. E. Markham of Web Route One, Mrs. W. C. Fails of Dothan Route One, and five sons: J. C. Lewis in Chattahoochee, Mla, E. L. Lewis of River Junction Florida, C. K. Lewis of Keyton Route Two, RC. Lewis of Headland Route One, and Homer Lewis of Mobile, plus three grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed as Luther Danz, Henman McEnos, Sid Foc Tester, Andrew Dickerson, Idus Markham, and Cutt Sti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canars
Ward-Wilson
M. F. Dickerson
J. E. Markham
W. C. Fails
Dothan
J.C. Lewis
Chattahoochee
Mla
E. L. Lewis
River Junction
Fla
C. K. Lewis
Keyton Routs
RC. Lewis
Headland
Homer Lewis
Mobile
Luther Danzy
Henman McEno‘s
Sid . Foc Tester
Andrew Dickerson
Idus Markham
Cutt Sti
Battle Front Advances Across Belgium and France Told
Allied forces press into Belgium and France as units reach Gent Armentieres Lille Boulogne and Calais while British French Canadian and Polish troops seal off key ports. Americans 400 miles from Cherbourg prepare for next push as German defenses tighten and interference from a sponge on an ironing board appears among stray notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Reich
Gent
Holland
Tommies
Courtrail
Armentieres
Lille
Merville
Lys
Channel
Pas-De-Calais
Dover
Folkestone
Normandy
England
Boulogne
Marquise
Calais
St. Omer
Cassel
Cherbourg
Germany
American Casualties Prove Overestimated Invasion Losses
Secretary of War Stimson said casualties during the Normandy invasion were about half of prior expectations for the first three weeks, and July August losses were slightly less than estimated. He listed June total losses around 42,000 of an 81,000 forecast, with 93,933 battle casualties and rest from accidents and illness. Combined Army Navy casualties through August 21 reach 365,749.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
France
Fascist Movement In Argentina, Says Hull
Secretary of State Hull asserted a Fascist movement exists in this hemisphere with its headquarters in Argentina. He said Argentina officials must clarify their stance on accepting refugee Nazis before he comments further. He also noted U.S. hopes Portugal and Switzerland will prevent war criminals from entering their countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Argentina
United States
Portugal
Switzerland
Dewey Fireworks Rally Opens Campaign Effort Tonight
Dewey begins a wartime style campaign with a rally in Philadelphia tonight broadcast at 9 pm under Republican sponsorship. The speech outlines postwar job plans and a Pacific trip, with Roosevelt preparing his own political move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessas E Dewey
New York
E Pallecger
Gut Koosevet
Pacific
Una
Phladelphie
New Lunas Cormitee
Roosevelt
Washington
AFL Teamstershion
No Mercy For Huns from Moscow Paper Says No Mercy For Huns
Izvestia the government newspaper in Moscow urges mercy for Germans, citing Pope Pius XI and others. It condemns harsh action against Hitlerites, mentions Dutch refuge Doorn Castles and German air raids, and notes calls for peace in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Izvestia
Londoen
Utes
America
Frederick J. Libby
Niconel Council For the Prevention of
Germany
Dorothy Thomeson
Bourgeois Family Bounces Back After Hazardous Week
In Baton Rouge the Bourgeois family endured a perilous week with Pat Jr. injured in a collision between a truck and a train, Pat Sr. struck by a motorcycle, and Pat and parents burned in an explosion aboard a cabin cruiser. All hospitalized by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Pat
Pop
Balkan Armistice Talks Seen As Soviet Pressures
Fragmented OCR reads of a wartime dispatch describe Bulgaria facing armistice terms with the Allies after Soviet diplomats and Ambassadors shift to Egypt. It notes evacuations of Yugoslav territory and Soviet pressure on Bulgaria to negotiate, with a focus on maintaining Allied terms and relief from German influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
Yugoslea
Akersquepaickes
Egypt
Cansus- Sen
Cure
Bulgaria
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