Selma Parachutist Drowns in Reservoir
A Selma parachutist died by drowning after a Liberator crash near Iunsbury. Cpl Jann T Mele of Seta, Alb. was recovered at Westover Field Massachusetts where the bomber was based. Army personnel found a parachute earlier at the reservoir’s edge.
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West Hartford
Besemnor
Harviertt
Mi Feel
Wmeeca
H. J. Ondersonth
Melin
Wren Author
Tes
Westover Field
Mass
Fers
Tees
Melvin
Auihorities
Precinct Division Ruling Blocks Board Authority
Probate Judge Saaon Poyner reported that the Attorney General’s office in Montgomery said the County Board of Revenue cannot divide a voting precinct with fewer than a specified number of voters. The ruling also says the Board cannot call an election in a precinct to decide if a division is possible.
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Saaon P. Poyner
Attorney General's Office
Montgomery
County Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue
Oice
Beer License Fees Set By County Board
The county Board of Revenue fixed beer license fees for the sale of beer at the same rates as last year. The first establishment pays ten dollars, the second thirteen dollars and thirty three cents, the third seventeen dollars and seventy seven cents. Each additional establishment costs one third more than the previous license.
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County Board of Revenue
Wounded in Action Robert D Adams in Mediterranean
Staff Sergeant Robert D Adams son of Mrs Belle D Adams of Geneva has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, the War Department announced today.
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Robert D. Adams
Belle D. Adams
Geneva
Mediterranean
War Department
Records Use To Be Discontinued
The article notes records being discontinued with new lines and forms to be implemented. It mentions an official statement from the Office of Pey Advance and details a transition away from older record formats. The piece references a forthcoming change affecting East Coast usage and a shift in record keeping starting February.
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Washington AP
Pee Advan - Uwaion
Lorisis
Lange
USO Club Week Program Highlights Dance and Activities
The USO Club outlines a busy week starting with a Wednesday dance featuring music by the Southernaire. Tonight at 8 30 pm there is a regular arts and crafts session and a pie bingo contest. Tuesday includes roller skating and a potluck game night, plus a free length movie “Coney Island” on Thursday at 8:30. Friday hosts a dance for officers of the 66th Division and Saturday ends with the final dance backed by a military band.
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USO
Coughters
Max! Iex
Muse Br
Mintary
Crippled Children's Clinic Set for October 13
The Houston County Crippled Children’s Clinic will be held in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church on Friday October 13. Dr. WwW. C Krannon of Mobile will oversee examinations with orthopedic nurse Miss Hilda Holtebeck. Mrs. C L Collins announces the event open to all under 21 regardless of race, with about 100 children expected to be examined.
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Houston County Crippled Childrens Clinic
First Presbyterian Church
C. L. Collins
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Www. C Krannon
Mobile
Hilda Holtebeck
Mariebeth Turner
Alabama
Dothsa
Welfare Department
Fish jubilee floods Mobile Bay shore crowds
The Mobile Bay area observed a “fish jubilee” as thousands of pounds of flounder crabs and shrimp washed ashore along the eastern shore at Daphne in Baldwin county. Residents and visitors collected fish in baskets and sacks while heavy rainfill reached 7.08 inches the greatest since October 17, 1927. The event is linked to sudden freshwater influx from tributaries mixing with Gulf saltwater.
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Mobile
Mobile Bay
Daphne
Baldwin County
Tenjans
Gulf of Mexico
Siegfried Line traps and camouflage chief components
Reports describe the Siegfried Line defenses with trap layouts and camouflage. Fortifications feature concrete walls 6 to 12 feet thick sunk 50 feet deep, reinforced by steel plating, with periscope-directed cannons, electric systems, kitchens, laundries, libraries, and dormitories. Camouflage includes barbed wire entanglements and landscape blocks embedded 10 to 15 feet deep to blend fortifications with surroundings.
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P. Lochner
Cevs
Snl
Weele
Siegfried Lane
Siegfried Cine
Spann Low Bidder On County Insurance
Spann Low Bidder On County Insurance is named by the county Board of Revenue as the insurer for automobile and 17 trucks. The contract sets liability limits of 10000 for personal injury and 3000 for property damage. Four bids were received. Spann’s low bid of 37846 was about 20 dollars below the second lowest bid.
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Raymund Eo Span
Pearl Harbor Facts Hidden Says Solon
Rep Harness claimed abundant evidence shows advisers warned Washington of a Japanese carrier headed toward Pearl Harbor 72 hours before the Dec 7 attack. He accused generals Short and Kimmel of withholding truth and suggested a court-marshal follow. Also noted Private James Sheloy Haviges arrived safely in France with wife Ruby Hodges reporting his Army enlistment in November 1942.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Weus
Walet
Short
Hawaii
Hess
Cluef
General Sheet
Husband
Kimmel
Pear Harbor
Vievarwigs Harness
Rodges
France
James Sheloy Haviges
Newville
Ruby White Hodges
Hodges
Anniston Ordnance Depot Destroyed Report
Anniston Ordnance Depot suffered a major fire with a warehouse destroyed and several other structures damaged. An Army Board of Inquiry was announced to investigate the blaze and assess losses. The depot was operated by the Anniston Warehouse Company and there were initial reports of material damage and ongoing inquiries.
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Annistur
IAPO
Naterialy i
Ulanence Laezet
Hamid FL
Odgers
Goriinchideit
Reptallabia
Uamu
Maletaas
Appeasement Seen In Little Formula Documents
New York Times reports a wage freeze plan tied to Roosevelt. A small National War Labor Board panel will deliver a fact finding report within days. Washington article quotes Labor, Industry, and Public spokesmen. The piece notes the board may rubber stamp the President’s view while offering alternatives.
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New York
APA Des Site
Roosevelt
New York Times
Washington
Lews Stark
National War Labor Board
NWLLB
Stark
Surplus Property Bill Amended By Congress
A joint Congressional committee amended the surplus property disposal bill to let the Commodity Credit Corporation sell agricultural surpluses abroad at world prices. The plan would also allow domestic processors to buy cotton and wheat from the CCC at world prices for export processing. The measure would prohibit CCC sales in the domestic market under parity while routing some surplus abroad and granting foreign-price parity to domestic processors. The dispute over a Senate proviso on strategic stockpiles remained unsettled.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Manasc?d-Alat
House Group
I! End
Manasco
Senate
Treasury
Tran
Hull Warns Austria Time Is Almost Up
Secretary of State Hull told reporters that Austria must act soon to turn from Germany and aid its own independence. He tied Austria’s fate to its future alignment with the Allies and reminded that the Mosul? conference declaration urged independence while noting Austria’s wartime role. The exact future steps remain unspecified.
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Hull
Austria
Washington
Germany
Romania
Bulgaria
Fastfal
Austrie
Hither Hall
Streess
United States
Britain
Russia
Hiller
68 Arrests Made Over Past Week End
City and county law enforcement arrested a combined total of 68 persons over the weekend. The city lodged charges against 50 offenders and the county booked 18 for violations of the law. Of the 89 taken into custody by the city, 26 were charged with drunkenness, seven disorderly conduct, five vagrancy, three vagrancy, two assault and battery, and one each for operating a dance hall on Sunday, drunkenness and peal larceny, drunkenness and assault and battery, drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and driving while intoxicated. The county arrested 12 for drunkenness and vagrancy.
Allied Forces Break Through Siegfried Line Front Gains Across Belgium
Allied units push toward the Siegfried Line from Aachen to Kleve as American and British forces drive through Luxembourg and Liege corridors. American Seventh and Third Armies advance toward Dijon and Metz while British cross Albert Canal and Canadian troops reach Zeebrugge. Coastal operations wrap toward Calais Boulogne and Brest remains under Allied pressure.
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Dijon
Seventh Army
France
Belfort Gap
Germany
Duchy of
Luxem-bourg
U. S
First Army
Liege
Albert Canal
Hasselt
Bourg - Lenpard
Liverdam
Moselle
Nancy
Antwerp
Courtney H. Hodges
Aftibank
Tongeren
Limbourg
Maastrich
Remicourt
Hex
Tonks Theux
Belgium
Denmark
Kieve
Netherlands
Third Army
Mostlie
Saer
Metz
Patton
George S. Patton
Toul
Zeebrugge
Oostende
Calais
Boulogne
Wissant
Cites
Brest
Breton
Conquer
French Force Drives Toward Dijon as Belfort Gap Tightens
Reported fighting near Blamem 16 miles south of Belfort and 3 miles from the frontier. French pressure from the south and American units from the west bottleneck the Belfort Gap at Rougemont. Dijon’s skirts are reached, tightening escape routes for the German 1st Army and placing them within roughly 58 miles of American lines in Northern France.
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Blamem
Belfort
Botteneck
Rougemont
Dijon
France
Red Army advances threaten Nazi hold in Eastern Europe
War dispatches describe Soviet columns pushing into Southeastern Transylvania and near the Yugoslav frontier as Major offensives loom. Reports cite a Danube flotilla toward Romania, a path for a joint Red Army Tito force into Hungary, and planned thrusts from the Vistula bridgehead toward East Prussia as the final Reich collapse nears.
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Red Army
Front
Danube
Serbia
Turnu-Sevétin
Feodor Tolbukhin
Aegean Sea
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Transylvania
Tussyan
Reich
Proposal Urges Alabama Delegation For Postwar Highway Funds
The Houston County Board of Revenue adopted a resolution urging Alabama U S representatives and senators to amend a pending Congress bill to allocate 509 million dollars annually for postwar highways. The amendment changes the split to one third population one third area and one third rural post roads, which would grant Houston County about five million dollars more. Calhoun said other Alabama counties are pursuing the same approach.
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Alabama
U. S
Congress
County Board of Revenue
Orginal
W. Perry Calhoun
Houston County
Calhoun
Vaccination Of Dogs Compulsory By Law In Alabama
Dr H Belmar county rabies inspector urged dog owners to inoculate pets against rabies amid reported infected dogs and foxes in Coffee County near Enterprise this year The quarantine period is two to three weeks and killing animals is discouraged The rabies inoculation in Dothan costs one dollar.
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Alabama
H. Belmar
Coffee County
Enterprise
Belmar
Dothan
Continued Flam Page One Reported Bombing Losses and Strikes
Bombing mission reports describe bombardment of German targets with 50 trucks destroyed six trains damaged or out of commission and 60 freight cars hit. Allied fighters escorting American bombers claimed 119 Nazi planes on the ground and six shot down in the air. Deep German penetrations met with limited fighter counteraction. Twelve bombers and 15 fighters did not return, mainly due to heavy flak, according to the night operations summary.
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Germany
Mayor Terms and City Commissioner Service Durations
The article notes a four year term for the mayor and states that Dothen city commissioners serve three year terms each, including the president. It emphasizes the differing term lengths within the municipal government.
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Dothen
Soldier Charged With Auto Thefts at Camp Rucker
Corporal Boyd from Camp Rucker is charged with auto theft involving a vehicle belonging to Puy Ue worth of Dothan. Officers say the soldier was driving the car near Nan Street after a theater incident. A vehicle description was broadcast over police radio and the suspect was arrested minutes later.
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Rucker Toler
Boyd x
Latafy
Houston & Ial
Iffs
Rucker
Puy Ueworth
Dothan Tay
T Smith
East Mor
Dostreng
Nan Street
Mpa Lake
Hetrol Radio
Houston County Officials Attend State Draft Board Conference
Clerks of Houston County selective service boards attend a statewide conference today October 2 to discuss draft operations and policies. Technical Sergeant James Strickland, son of Jesse Strickland of 8 Bingham Street Ozrt, returned from nine months in the War theater. he is assigned to the Air Car unit.
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Houston County
Selective Service Boards
Raft Board
Strickland
SETI
James Strickland
Jesse J. Land
Bingham Street
Ozrt
Wahan Theater
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Fred Herring
Everlox
Phoke Trek Reliable
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USO Club
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Pilcher Whse. and Gin CO
J. L. Harris Roofing CO
Siegfried Line
Spann
County Insurance
Solon
Anniston
Wb Unis
Hassels
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Kleveermanus
Westwall
St Ges
Courtrey H Hodges CU
Saar
Sede
Montmedy
Maginot
Duchy of Luxembourg
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New Orleans
Chicago
Tay
House
Eggeeiben
War MoubrLer Cenep Ff
Byroes Wal
Pleiog Cunciatice
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Lung
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Byres
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D.-Ga
Aiken
R-Vi
CIO
AFL
Japan
Colmer Committee
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Kid ‘Cootie
Walter Hibs, Bigris, O
Fred
Houston
Greece and
Mary
Eben
Houston Marble Works
Scie Wak
Firestone Factory
Controles
Phos
Mac’s
S. Oates St. Joi N
McLeod
Southside Granite Co
S. Appletree Cay
L. Breasea
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