Mrs Laura Clark Dies At Headland
Mrs Laura Clark dies at Headland after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Headland Baptist Church with burial in Headland Cemetery. Survived by husband James F Clark. daughters Mrs Donalsville Ge Me and Mass Nr Clark. sons Dr Dean Dothan and Waster Dros Clark. four sisters including Mrs Henry Jiapes Newton and Mrs Byrd Oza. several nieces and nephews.
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Frances Clute
Seturdy
Ile Ane Headland
Czar
Motuara
Burueng
James Feta Cliath
Suiree
Donalsenville
Mass
Clark
Headland
Britney
T Dean
Dothan
Waster
Dros ‘Clark
Giier Dean
Dion
Aueiers
Henry Jiapes
Newton
Benyeyr
Herey Byrd
Bewish Deen
Akron O
Arrest in Theft Of Public Safety Item In Henry County
Henry County Sheriff George Gamble reports a Black suspect Amos Mathis in custody over the theft of a public safety item from a motorcycle dashboard in Dothan. Police say the item was recovered at his Hawks Alley home under doorstep. Gamble confirms item ownership.
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Henry County
Sherff
George Gamble
Dothan
Amos Mathis
Eddie Kriles
Kelley
John Hilean
George Garrett
Mathis
Hawks Alley
Nea
Gamble
Kelley J
Alabama Rep Hobbs Denied Federal Bench Slot
Washington reports that Rep Sam Hobbs D Ala will not be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Alabama lawmakers who urged his appointment were told the efforts were futile. President Truman reportedly cited commitments by the late Franklin Roosevelt.
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Washington
Tne
Capital Hill
Sam ‘Hobbs
Alabama
White House
Hobbs
United States Court of Appeals
District J of Columbia
Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
City Representatives Discuss Urban Highway Plan in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama executives from city governments and the State Highway Department debated a $7,000,000 urban highway development program. Executive Director Ed Reid of the Alabama League of Municipalities said definite recommendations will be made at next Thursday’s session. Prospects for federal highways within urban areas were examined under the 1944 Congressional act.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ed Reid
Alabama League of Municiplities
Medical Society To Meet Tonight in Houston County
The Houston County Medical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at the public night at 8 p.m. in the health building auditorium. Dr. WT Burkett serves as secretary. A round-table discussion on postwar medical problems is planned.
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Houston County Medical Society
Regula Health Building
WT. Burkett
Corporal Floyd Darling Discharged After Five Years Service
Corporal Floyd Darling, husband of Mrs Elma Burdick, was honorably discharged from the U S Army after five years service. He spent 32 months in the European theater with the Eighth Air Force and earned four battle stars, the American Defense Ribbon, and the Good Conduct Medal.
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Floyd Darling
Elma Burdick
Newton
U.S
Darling
Eighth Air Force
Man Who Collected Nanogenerian Death Data Dies At 90
London jape obituary of Claude Baker Gabt a retired physician who spent 30 years collecting death counts by age and gender. He clipped names from London death lists and filed yearly scrapbooks. He noted women live longer than men and found clergy widows showed higher longevity among nanogenerians.
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London
Claude Baker Gabt
Per Aone
Mar
Baker
the Times
Governor Names Veterans' Board
STGOMERY AP Gar y Sparke claims NY created State Board of Affairs naming four siganves from American Legion and veterans groups as board members. Appointed to four year terms expiring Sep 6 1949. includes C C Horton Courtland Past State Commander, Preston Clayton State Senator, Hugh N Starnes, and others. Board supervises department operations and benefits under law.
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Stgomery
Gary Sparke
Claiing
State Board of Affairs
Naniza
American Legion
Ose
United Spanish War Veterans
C.C
Horton Courtland
Witham &Err
George
War correspondent Tate joins Pacific press conferences
Tate, a former state figure, becomes accredited war correspondent with private signal press briefings in the Pacific. Her sister, Mrs. J. P. Prutt, Humboldt, Tenn., announces the achievement. Tate has worked with the American Red Cross in uniform presence and served as public relations officer, sharing the distinction with three other women reporters. She studied at Troy State, Norval, and previously worked in Washington, DC, before joining Red Cross duties.
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On Tate
Ehter
AL W. Tate
Newton
Pacific
J. P. Pruvtt
Humboldt
Tenn
Mac-Ann
le Joned
Japa
Red Cross
Norma Wilson
United, Press
Jarquaine Cochranwoof
Libsamie
Shelly Mydangee
S Tate
Troy State Norval
Washegton
Innee Wak Fall
Help for GIs Home Front Battery D Antiaircraft unit
The public relations office reports Pte Wallace of Battery D Antiaircraft Artillery aided preparing ammunition for shipment to the United States. The unit worked in Antwerp Belgium area as part of Army signals. New York Cotton market aims to close in March.
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Wallace BE
Dothan
Autuma
SEC Exec Group Sets Meeting On Rule Change
In Birmingham AP report says SEC executive committee will hold a full conference to consider Dr Duncan's amendment making ex service men immediately eligible for athletics at any school. The move, urged by Auburn President E N Dunn, prompts strong Legion criticism for reviving pre war transfer rules and could affect Auburn players Harris and Smalley who enrolled at Alabama before service.
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Birmingham
E.N. Duncan
Auburn
Southeastern Conference
Duncan
Duneisa
Wiesehaul
Harris
H. M. Smalley
University of Alabama
Alabama
Sma' Ex
Altenay
Gily
Sparks Pays Tribute To American Press
Montgomery Alabama Gov Chauncey Sparks declares a debt of gratitude to the press for its valuable service to democracy. The governor proclaims National Newspaper Week in Alabama, aligning with a nationwide movement and urging all to recognize the press as an inherent right of free people worldwide.
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Sparks
Survivor details of Tang submarine disaster and O Kane fate
The account describes Cmdr Richard H O Kane of Durham NC as skipper of the Tang who could not avert a freak torpedo defect that wrecked the submarine. Decker and others escaped the sinking craft and endured hours in the sea before rescue by a Japanese destroyer. The group endured exposure, torture and forced marches, ending up in Nagasaki with scarc e rations after capture at Ofuna prison camp.
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Decker
Tang
Cmdr
Richard H. O'Kane
Durham
N. C
O'Kane
Ahso
Monson
Formosa
Nagasaki
Japan
Ofuna
Japanese Surrender Ultimatums North of Sumatra and Luzon
Reported orders give Japanese units 48 hours to surrender in southern Johore and 45,000 troops in the Singapore area, with evacuations to begin. In Luzon north region 10,000 troops reportedly surrendered to American forces under Major General Beightler as Allied rescue operations freed prisoners from Bataan, Corregidor, Wake, and Fudon. A 24 member rescue team, including five American nurses, transported 608 former prisoners to Yokohama after seizing a Japanese troop train to Kobe. In Formosa Formosan task force moved prisoners from the island. Seventh First naval units held Port Darwin, while efforts pressed against a POW camp at Mukden.
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Aomori
Mutsu Bay
Ominai
Sin Pure
Singapore
Pam
Thursia
Johore
Manila
North Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Buckeye
Kobe
Batusa
Corregidor
Wake
Fudan
Yokohama
Guam
Formosa
Port Darren
Manchivia
Mukden
Tax policy talks and war-time tax repeals debated
George proposed cuts to individual taxes as a temporary measure with per cent reductions yet to be set. Reforms may hinge on committee work and a transitional tax plan aligned with Truman’s modernization goals. Knutson urged a two per cent levy as a possible addition.
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George
Knutson ReMinnt
Truman
Joint Taxation Committee
Heavy Coffee Consumers in New Orleans Per Capita
New Orleans consumes more coffee per person than any other U S metropolitan area. Residents use two tablespoons per cup and many children begin drinking the beverage at age ten or younger.
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New Orleans
United States
Let Bloodthirsty Takahashi Rule Manila Executions
A wartime diary passage recalls a grim scene in Manila where Japanese forces executed three men at a cemetery. Tomoyasu, Takahashi, and others orchestrated a brutal ritual, with the bishop’s intervention failing to halt the killings. The narrator notes the beheadings and mass deaths at Santa Tomas and nearby graves, as soldiers fired into the grave.
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Tomeyasu
Takahashi
Tomoyasu
Arthur H. Evans
Arcadia
Cali
Philippines Customs
Red Cross
Episcopal
Norman F. Binsted
Wes Inn
Mass
Japan
Manila
Angie
Carroll
Tomnoyasu
Stanley
Stewart
Pepper
San Marcelino
Simi
Laveack
Santa Tomas
Tukuhash
Ata
Fahashi
Takatash
Tomoyas
Funeral Held For G C Woodham Chief Pharmacist Navy
Slocomb funeral services for Grady Cecil Woodham chief pharmacist US Navy retired after 33 years were conducted at Slocomb Baptist Church officiated by Rev W M Bush. Holman Funeral Home of Hartford handled arrangements with survivors including wife Zenobia two Pensacola daughters and five brothers and three sisters listed.
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Slocomb
Grady Cecil Woodham
US. Navy
Chairman Street
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Hospital
Slocomb Baptist Church
W M. Bush
Holman Funeral Home
Hartford
Sincamb
Wandham
Navy
Zenobia A. Woodham
Rose Mary
Patsy Woodham
L. L. Woodham
Panama City
Auzy Woodham
Geneva
J .K
J. E. Woodham
Gracefollr
W. D. Woodham
Slocumb
F. K. Hudsey
G. C. Hughes
Maudie Woodham
Slocomp
Dr D P Pruitt Taken By Death Ozark Obituary
Dr D P Pruitt longtime Newton physician died at home after a long illness. He was the fourth Dale County physician to die this year. Survivors include his widow eight sons three daughters and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Holman Funeral Home will be announced later.
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Ozark
D. P. Pruitt
Newton
Dale County
Pratt
County Medical Associatins
David S. Pruitt
Rosclle
Calif
New London
Cong
Henry
Boston
Starwood
Pruitt
Kinston
Ww. A. Pruitt
U.S. Army
Philippines
Alvin G. Pruitt
U.S. Air France
James W. Pruitt
U. S. Army
Hawai
Jack Pruitt
Newtom
W. J. Forrester
M. Wiliam M Arnold
Dothan
Frances Pruitt
Holman Funeral Home
Brave end noted by Executive Committee
The minutes praise three men who faced death bravely and heroically, recording admiration for their superb courage. The 1945 copyright note indicates syndicated content with a Tomorrow feature hinting at a Japanese retort in a Yankee cunning lesson.
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King Features Syndicate
Ford Car Output in 8 Cities Tied Up By Walkouts
Ford Motor Company halted output in eight cities affecting more than 30,000 workers due to the Kelsey Hayes wheel strike in Detroit. About 4,500 workers in Detroit and Highland Park, plus plants in Footville, Chester, Pallas, Louisville, Edgewater, and Richmond faced closures. Hudson Motor Car Company idle 5,500 production workers in support of a foremen strike.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Streers
Kelney-Hayes
Industral
Ford Company
Suc Rurk
Highland
Park
Mich
Footfale
N. Y
Cheater
Pallas
Louisville
Edgewater NJ
Richmond
Calif
Loure C. Mirani
Regions War Labor Board
Miriani
United States
Hudson Motor Car Company
Mrs Lulu McCorory Rites Set Sunday at Tuscaloosa
Funeral services for Mrs Lulu McCorory 73 of Troy will be held Sunday afternoon in Tuscaloosa. She died in a Troy hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband J D McCorory of Troy two sons Bill McCorory of Dothan and J D McCorory Jr of Troy four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Lulu McCorory
Troy
Tuscaloosa
J. D. MecCorory
Bill McCorory
Dothan
J. D. McCorory
Career path of naval officer McCain in Pacific command
The account traces McCain’s rise from a distinguished service medal for Guadalcanal Tulagi operations to Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Air in Washington. It notes his late 1944 return to the Pacific to study carrier force tactics under Adm Mitscher and his command of a carrier task group, later succeeding Mitscher as Commander of Task Force B.
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Guadalcaral- Tulagi
Naval Operations
Air
Washington
McCain
Pacific
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Mitscher
Trans Atlantic air service could begin within eight weeks
Washington AP reports US and allied airlines may start limited North Atlantic flights within eight weeks using surplus four engine planes. Major routes include Pan American and AmEx to Ireland via Newfoundland, with rights in Newfoundland and Ireland, plus potential London service under wartime terms. Other AmEx paths reach the Netherlands Berlin Finland Poland Russia, Iceland Sweden and Denmark Norway as negotiations continue.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Pan American Airways
American Export Avy. Ente
Transcontinental
Western Air
Eire
Newfoundland
United States
Pan AM
Amex
London
Par American
Lordun
Netherlands
Berlin
Finland
Poland
Russia
Iceland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
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