County drives third loan to raise Houston quota
Committees listed to raise 2 182 000 for the Third Wet Loan Drive announced by Ctrte Levern of the county for Savings Staff. Women’s committees expected to be formed later today. Committee chairs include Worert Melone Logue Rivenbark Wilkerson Oakley Williams and others.
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Houston
Ctrte Levern
County
Lovern
Banking and Investment
Az Worert
Wallace Qmelone
Oakley
Cochairman
RL Willams
Ashford
W. A
Tera
US Refuses ad Leased Aid for Argentina
Washington reports that the United States rejected Argentina’s request for lease led materials and war implements amid fears of Brazil’s power. Foreign Minister Begundo Storai conveyed the plea on August 5, while Secretary of State Hull delivered the flat denial. The Argentine cabinet issued messages without comment, claiming alliance status though neighboring states severed relations. Hull warned of espionage ties as Argentina pressed its stance.
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Washington
Brazil
Argentina
Molle
Buenos Aires
Moemi
Eatry
France
Hall
Invasion advances reported across Europe and Pacific
World Today reports Allied landings in Italy near Gulf of Eufemia as Eighth Army strengthens bridgehead. Soviets claim progress near Stalingrad with heavy German losses. Allies tout advance toward northwest Europe while Pacific operations target New Guinea and French coast air raids.
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The
Associated Press
Gulf of Eufemia
Italy
Estat
Eighth Army
U. S
Seventh Army
Russia
Berlin
Ger- Reus
Staling
Klevke
Milion
Alca
Lac Mdamaus Arca
New Guinea
Fisota
Amicasile
France
Second Front Plans Ready Marshall Says
General Marshall announced Allied plans for a northwestern European invasion and broader triumphs over Japan are nearly complete. He noted the Casablanca conference outlined the second front and confirmed air and other operations. Victory by certain was stated, with the war’s end not yet in sight.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Europe
George C Marshall
Japan
Army
Casablanca
Marshall
Stimson
FDR And Churchill See Shared Peace Plan
Washington reports Roosevelt and Churchill agree on a postwar peace treaty to be drafted slowly after the war. They also signal possible talks with Stalin to discuss military and postwar collaboration. The Anglo American chiefs of staff will stay in force to enforce any agreement.
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Fdr
Churchill
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
America
Britain
President Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Russia
Roosevelt
Roosevelt To Open War Bond Campaign
President Roosevelt will launch the $25 billion Third War Loan Drive with a 10 minute radio address at 8 p.m. Dothan Time. The program will feature an all star cast from motion pictures and radio, with Roosevelt speaking around 3 40 p.m. local time. Treasury officials praised press support across the nation as editorials and front page coverage surge to promote the drive to sell 50 million individual War Bonds in September. More than 30,000 newspaper advertisements are planned, with total ad space expected to top 73 million lines valued at about 4.86 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dothan
Hollywood
Teasury
War Finance Division
Nation
Divison
Chicago
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Herbert E. Gaston
Treasury
Houston County Aims for 2182000 War Loan Quota
Houston County targets a 2,182,000 quota in the Third War Loan Drive starting tomorrow. The drive cites past success when Dothan and Houston County residents exceeded the previous April quota, funding two Flying Fortress aircraft. The piece urges continued enthusiasm, stating we did it before and can do it again.
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Houston County
Dothan
Clothing Leaders Called To Meeting In Houston County
A leadership training session for all clothing leaders of Houston County home demonstration clubs will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Singer Sewing Machine Shop on North Foater street. Miss Levice Ellis from Auburn will demonstrate care and use of machines. Attending leaders include Mrs J. J. Bond Bay Springs, Mrs O. V. Kirkland Barver, Mrs A. D. Barbrey Cameron Ball, Mrs B Gamble Center, Mrs Eugene E. Baker Columbia, Mrs Dewey Watford Cowarts, Mrs W. F. Moore Crosby, Mrs A. D. Lamb Gordon, Mrs J. M. Newton Grangerburg, Mrs C Ingram Harmon, Mrs Tul lu Woodham Hickabeulah, Mrs J. B. Smith Jellico, Mrs M. L Thomas Kinney, Mrs Leon Clark Madrid, Mrs John Hilson Magnolia, Mrs Roy Harris Enon, Mrs Evra Golden New Providence, Mrs W. J. Herris Pansey, Mrs Zera Southerland Pleasant Plains, Mrs W. G. Reeves Pilgrim Rest, Mrs Joe Frank Hadden Renebeth, Mrs Alma Williamson Selma, Mrs E. J. Whidden Smyrna, Mrs E Le Sallere Union Hill, Mrs Elis Jarvis Webb, Mrs Harold Hartzog Vicksburg.
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J. J. Bond
Bay Springs
O. V. Kirkland
Barver
A. D. Barbrey
Cameron Ball
B. ¥. Gamble
Center
Eugene E. Baker
Columbia
Dewey Watford
Cowarts
W. F. Moore
Crosby
A. D. Lamb
Gordon
J. M. Newton
Grangerburg
C . Ingram
Harmon
Tullu Woodham
Hicka Beulah
J. B. Smith
Jellico
M. L Thomas
Kinney
Leon Clark
Madrid
John Hilson
Magnolia
Roy Harria
Enon
Evra Golden
New Providence
Mra
W. J. Herris
Pansey
Zera Southerland
Pleasant Plains
W. G. Reeves
Pilgrim
Paratroops Seize Airstrip Near Lhe
HOUSTON Texas AP two more deaths in hospitals today raise toll to fifty from the Gulf Hotel fire in downtown Houston yesterday. Forty four bodies were found and eleven others remain hospitalized in serious condition. Officials and the National Board of Underwriters began an investigation into the fire’s cause, believed to have started in a closet and baggage��room.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Hotel
National Board of Underwriters
Other Jap Landing Fields Menaced By Allied Units
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific report parachute artillery at Nadzabarport firing on Japanese targets. In Markham valley toward Lae, Australian infantry routed hundreds of Japanese troops near Singana plantation, 10 miles east of Lae, after landing on the New Guinea coast 48 hours earlier. The advancing troops move west along the Huon Gulf toward Lae.
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Vern Haugland
Southwest Pacific
Nadzabarport
Markham Valley
Lae
Singana Plantation
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Lae Istaelf
Meet The Nisei Guards For Nazi Peanut Harvesters
Houston County farmers who contracted with the War Department for German prisoners of war saw guards arrive in what they thought were Japanese uniforms. The guards are Nisei Americans born to Japanese parents, fluent in English, with limited Japanese reading ability, serving with the 422nd Infantry in guarding Afrika Korps prisoners.
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Houston County
War Department
Tothan
Ube
Orland Jd, Russall
422Nd Infantry
Unconditional Capitulation Report From World War II
Allied dispatches report Stalin announcing Donets cleared of Germans and stalino captured. Eisenhower proclaims Italy's unconditional surrender after Badoglio government agrees to a military armistice approved by Allies. Italians urged to cease hostility as Allied planes drop pamphlets over Italy.
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New York
Stalin
Moscow Radio
Federal Communications
Stalino
Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
United States
Hitler
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Tunisia
Sicily
Aled
United Kingdom
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
Natons
Tutian
Itasis
Marshal Badoglio
United Nations
Tiritiah
Messina
Rome
Badogno
Hadegi
Germany
1943 Cotton Crop Forecast Drops to 11.67 Million Bales
Washington AP reports the 1943 cotton crop forecast reduced by 679,000 bales to 11,673,000 bales due to hot dry weather in the western belt. The August forecast had indicated 12,558,000 bales with 88 percent crop condition on Sept 1, yielding about 2587 pounds per acre. Abandonment and area data are provided for Missouri and other states, with harvest area around 21.9 million acres and varying yield indicators across regions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Allied Bombers Strike Across Europe in Daylight
Fleets of American bombers and fighters swept Europe by day as Amiens and Abbeville endured heavy attacks. Mosquito aircraft pounded airfields and rail hubs while German defenses claimed a Mosquito was shot down on the German Dutch frontier. Air Ministry said western Europe offensive continued into a seventh day with night raids by Monom— Monom? and daylight strikes extending pressure on German targets.
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London
RAF
Italy
Western
Europe
Amiens
Abbeville
Berlin
Ministry of Information
Fritiehalrnits Sabineting
78 Dead Counted In Train Wreck
Philadelphia officials report the death toll from the Labor Day wreck of the Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional Limited at 78 with 23 unidentified victims. Railroad workers search the wreckage along the northeast Philadelphia curve as officials prepare a joint hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Pennsylvania Public Service Commission to determine the cause, blamed on a journal bar that overheated and caused a wheel separation.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Ita
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fennaytvaals Pub
Uc Servics Commission
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Usta
Singer Sewing Machine Shop
Foater’ Street
Mias
Fran Mallette
Levice Ellis
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Lhe
Texas Hotel
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Lewis Hawlina
Donets Basin
Red Army
Ukraine
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