Soviets Grind Down Nazi Forces In Baltic Fronts
AP dispatch reports intensive Red Army operations across Latvia Lithuania and Estonia with major gains near Jelgava and Valga. Soviet units outflanked Valga and disrupted German lines while claiming to have battered German北 Army Group positions. Berlin claimed large enemy losses as several Soviet armies struck across the Baltic region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Deluce
Af Mearly
Red Army
Grybe
Stalin
Frival
Jélgava
Sa Bastic
Notsians
Baltic
North Army Group
Maine
Prustria
Jelgava
Latvia
Astal
Rica
Lithuania
Ivan Cmbagra
Belin
Valga
Berlin
Narva
Hi‘ain
Germany
Fulu
Tallinn
Ionian
Warsaw
Dewey Train Wreck Near Castle Rock Oregon
Gov Thomas E Dewey and Mrs Dewey were shaken but unharmed when Dewey s special train collided with a regular passenger train a mile west of Castle Rock Washington. Ten cars and reporters were tossed by the impact as the Dewey train, traveling about 55 mph, plowed into the back end of the stationary train after stopping at the scene of a prior collision between freight trains. Paul Lockwood said Dewey appeared shaken but uninjured and engineers reported the moment of impact was jarring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
Thomas E. Dewey
Castle Rock
Wash
Dewey
Mrsey
Seattle
Nminee
Paul Lockwood
E. A. Wells
Yank Submarines Sink 29 Jap Boats
Washington AP reports American submarines in open waters destroyed 29 Japanese vessels including warships, destroyers, and an escort, as part of ongoing efforts since the war started. The communique notes 13 enemy ships sunk or damaged overall, with fuel supply lines a critical target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amerix
Navy
Nember
King
Lerhars
Beg
Finland Signs Armistice With Russia And Britain
The Moscow radio reported Finland signed an armistice with Russia and Britain. Official notes named participants. details to be published later. Stockholm dispatch suggested the terms were hard and included a Russian 50 year lease of Porkkala Naval Base near Helsinki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Finland
Rusia
Britain
Russia
United Nations
Stockholm
Porkkala
Finnish Gulf
Helsinki
Aeronautics Survey Questionnaires Mailed In Dothan
The Dothan Chamber of Commerce urges businesses in surrounding towns to return filled questionnaires by Friday. Arthur Johnson says the survey seeks CAB designation of Dothan as an air travel terminal and stresses full cooperation to secure favorable CAB action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Dothan
Arthur Johnson
CAB
Johnson
Chest Budget Adopted by Dothan United Charities
The budget committee adopted a 33,000 budget for the next year and a second executive committee meeting is planned tomorrow for final approval. After formal approval, a combined War Chest Charities Chest drive date will be set for September. Contributions from the drive will be distributed among eight local organizations including Acer Chos and the Alsbams War Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan United Charities Chest
Seamon
Setoder
Judge White Elected Cottonwood Mayor By 15 Votes
In Houston County Cottonwood voters chose Judge T. White mayor by 61 to 46 over J. W. Calhoun. Columbia elected E Wakefield mayor by 85 to 44 over McKennie. Ashford unopposed Max Bruner totaled 138. Council results list top vote-getters for each town. Madrid results pending though reports indicate Mrs Johnnie Andrews elected mayor with listed council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Cottonwood
Judge
White
J. W. Calhoun
Columbia
E. ©. Wakefield
W. R B. McKennie
Wakefield
McKennie
Ashford
Max Bruner
W. P. MacArthur
Joe Summerford
Eldred Patenis
Sam Pate
BR. D. Wright
D. E. Harrison
D. A Stott
Cecil Burkett
J. R. Rodney
A. D. Wilkerson
Will Irby
George Rice
C. L. Williams
J. E. Brown
L. W. Jernigan
J. E. Cook
Wyatt Lewis
Joe Beal
J. P. Jones
W. M. Lewis, Jr
R. G. Wells
E. Durrance
J. C. White
Election Day Liquor Sales Brings Charge
Police records show J. B. Collins a Black operator of a Baptist Bottom juke joint faced charges for selling intoxicating beverages during election hours. He was also charged with reckless driving and carrying a pistol without a permit after a pursuit when officers found him with a pistol in his truck. Collins denied permission for beer sales but an ABC investigator denied granting such permission. He was released on bond. Ninety thousand military vehicles and other equipment were shipped to Allied forces in early 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Collins
Baptist Bottom
J. E. Craughon
Collins
John Hillson
George Garrett
ABC
Colling
W. B. Kendricks
Draughon
Allied Planes Sweep Through German Skies
Allied air forces raided Bremerhaven and Berlin as part of a broad assault over Germany. RAF bombers dumped 420000 live bombs on Bremerhaven while Mosquitos attacked Berlin in a 179th nightly raid, supported by night fighters and intruders.
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London
Bremerhaven
Berlin
FCC
Budapest
Weber River
Bremen
Air Ministry
Norway
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Netherlands
Germany
Eurona
Bree
Holland
Thomas L. Gates
Archibald
Wessermunde
Hungary
Serbia
Italy
Two Highway Deaths In Dale County Mishaps
One man, S. A. Woods of Dothan route five, was killed when he walked into an oncoming car near Grimes. Dr. H. C. Stovall of Midland City was injured when his auto left the highway and overturned north of Pinckard. A car carrying Stovall to a hospital struck Woods as a warning was given by a soldier nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Dale County
Houston
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Dothan
S. A. Woods
Grimes
Parolman Earl Smith
H. C. Stovall
Midland City
Pinckard
Stovall
Woods
Da“han
James Lamar Moring
Clark
Wooda
Une
Wooxls
Moring
Struth
Doughboys Clash in Palau Island Group Battles
American and Legionnaires opened a second day of their convention as war leaders outlined goals for the Pacific. Nimitz warned Palau isolation would curb Japan while MacArthur’s forces push toward the Philippines, with Arnold stressing a strong air arm and universal training.
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Palau Island
Chicago
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Army
Legion
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Pacific
Palau
Carolines
Truk
Farmat
Frank T Hines
Veterans Affairs
Europe
Berlin
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
U.S
Peleliu
Rivision
Asias
Vages
Nyarmoked
Special Forecast Today Cloudy With Showers This Evening
Today is cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and undershowers until midnight. Temperature ranges from 74 to 89 degrees. Tomorrow remains cloudy with scattered showers and little change in temperature.
Robot Bombs Hit London and Southern England
AP reports robot bombs launched from planes over the North Sea crashed on London and surrounding areas, killing women and children. Affected families, including the Chumleys, suffered multiple deaths as evacuationist warnings and blackout measures faced renewed strain amid ongoing aerial threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
North Sea
London
England
Ica
Chumley
Margaret
Strait of Dover
Dover
McKinney Elected To Three Year Term
An official canvass of the City Commission election held yesterday shows President Rawlins Merney McKinney polled 43 votes for a new term beginning the first Monday in October. With no opposition, the ballot was a formality and McKinney received credentials for another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cammishon
Yaterday
Rawlins Merney Waa
Balloury
Cy Commission
Rawlins McKinney
City Commission Grants 3000 for School Maintenance
The City Commission voted to appropriate 3000 to the city school system for repair and maintenance of school buildings at the request of school authorities. The action followed disclosure that a special fund for repairs had been expended in the construction of the elementary school on West Burdenhaw Street.
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Oto
Allied Sky Troops Break Nazi Rhine Defenses In Europe
Allied air forces pierced Nazi cross river lines across the Rhine while British and American ground units advanced toward Eindhoven and Arnhem in a bold push into Holland. British troops reported control of Eindhoven area as American armies pressed toward Cologne and Mulhouse, threatening strategic rail hubs at Eind hoven and Geldrop.
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James M. Long
London
Rhine Im Helland
Partkern Germany
Biegfried Lins
Lower
Ehime
Holland
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Arabero
Reich
Rhine
Supreme Headquarters
Arnhem
Towon
Betterdam
Ha«ne, and Amstterdam
Amikem
Neder Burn
Eleve
Berlin
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Hague
Ruine
Germany
Cologne
Arrasbourg
Mulhouse
Strasbourg
Mulhorne
Brittany
France
Geldrup
Netherlands
Kingdom
Road to Berlin Advances Across Fronts in World War II
Allied forces push from the Rhine toward Cologne with the main assault widening in Holland. Parachute drops threaten Dutch dike region as Germans report strikes near Nijmegen and Arnhem. U S columns break toward Belfort and Nancy, while Brest and Eind hoven evacuees are noted. Airborne operations create a major new menace to German defenses.
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Rhine
Berlin
Eindhoven
Holland
Brittany
Brestale
Assaul
Rhineland
Cologne
U. S
Lorraine
Nancy
Dalla
Nijmegen
Reich
Hague
Amsterdamee
Helland
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Aeronautics Survey
T. White
Enka
Signal Corps
Legionnaires
Marshall
Angaur
Jaripan
Davao
Moratai
United States
Philippine
Artemus Gates
Secretary of the Navy
Air
Chester W. Nirmitz
McKinney
Western Front
Rem
Sutalde Paluisk
Hjalian
Broln
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