Ussery Funeral Conducted Today
Alfa Ussery chief radio engineer for the Alabama Highway Patrol was killed in an automobile accident near Troy while returning from Dothan with passenger Mrs Lowell Waite. Two other occupants survived with minor injuries as crews installed a new two way radio system.
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Montgomery
Alfa
Eld
Bet Igsery
Alabama Highway Patrol
Yetterdas
Troy
Mra
Lowell Waite
St Petersburg
Fle
Fellosimig & Re
Caririe
Jodey Abe
Pleely
Mrn Ustery
Concen
Dothan
Usserg
White
50,000,000 Unsold In State Bond Quota Urged to Sell Bonds
Alabama state campaign head Ed Leigh McMillen urged house to house and shop to shop calls to lift the War Loan total near 50 million short of a 106 million quota. Jefferson County stood at 22,080,350 against 31 million. Kate Smith completed an 11 hour CBS bond drive raising 30,407,550 in War Bond pledges.
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Birmingham
Ed Leigh McMillen
Alabama
McMillan
Jefferaorx
New York
AP — Radio Songstreas
Kate Smith
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Brich
Adobe
CBS
Salerno fighting extends as Allied lines tighten
Lt Gen Mark W Clark reports his troops met small enemy rearguards while German forces rely on mines and demolitions. British on Clark's left shift to the west end of the line as the Fifth Army pivots north. Salerno plain shows battered remnants of German armor and equipment as heavy losses are claimed. Berlin radio notes Allied strength expanding in Italy to ten divisions with three new formations, including airborne and Third US Infantry Divisions.
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Mark W. Clark
Clark
Salerno
Fifth Army
Salerno Plain
London
Belin
Associated Press
Sslernc
Maly
Bznd Airborne
Promoted to Sergeant Clenney of Abbeville Serves in England
Corporal Ralph G Clenney son of Mr and Mrs A D Clenney of Abbeville has been promoted to Sergeant. He is serving with the US Army Air Forces in England and entered service in February 1942, shipping overseas in July.
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Ralph G Clenney
A D. Clenney
Abbeville
Clenney
US Army Air Forces
England
Churchill silent on Marshall plan for European war effort
British and Allied officials discuss a proposed appointment of General George C. Marshall as global commander in chief for the European theater. Churchill, in Parliament, declined to comment on Washington reports and emphasized coordination and swift offensives to keep Germany off balance.
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Western
Europe
Pinus
Windlew
Minne
Gorbec
Eli
Nat
Germany
Offi
Lundom
Muaball
Marshel
Hoosvevelt
Marshall
Joseph T McNarney
Prioe
Churchill
Church
Mediterranean
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
George C. Marshall
Charles Taylor
Mrs Elizabeth McCoy Dies At Newville
Funeral services for Mea Elizabeth McCoy were held at Fellowship Church with Rev Merk A Lower Jr of Abbevilla officiating. Burial followed Bland Funeral Home handled arrangements. Surviving are two daughters Mrs S P Cutchen Headland and Mrs Bryan Summers Griffin plus four sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Active pallbearers included Annip Tones Brytus McCoy Robby Mc Coy and others.
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Ageraise
Elizabeth McCoy
Elgbis
Ff Newise
Aled Sunde
Ner Burme
Heid Moguay
Merk A Lower, Jr
Abbevilla
S .P. Cutchen
Headland
Mre Hryan Summers
Grifin ‘Sa Souraun
Julie
Lone Selectee Reports To Army Officials
Meyston County reports a lone selectee, Clarence Lo Weeks of Dothan, awaiting assignment at the reception center for permanent duty. Officials stress youths over age limits should register and notify boards of changes to prevent misreporting.
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Meyston County
Aaid
Legey
Clarence Lo Weeks
Dothan
SS Army
Fost McPherman
Receplon
Aleo
War Loan Message Urges U.S. Participation
The document discusses U.S. wartime bond purchases and financial support to aid Allied victory. Morgenthau notes U.S. munition aid helped repel Germans and asserts increased Third War Loan participation will sustain and possibly grow American assistance to the Allies and the Soviet government.
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United States
Senate Delays Baruch Testimony On Draft Deferment Bill
A quiet move in the Senate seeks to delay Baruch's testimony on the Wheeler draft deferment bill until Tuesday. Wheeler, dubious if Baruch can speak fully, notes the administration ally’s latest survey of manpower. The panel plans to await broader War Manpower Commission developments before acting.
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Washington
Senate
Bernard Bi
Baruch
Military Affairs Committee
Houge Military Committee
Naa
May
New York
Chicago
Production push for heavier bombers faces design holds
Nelenn said production has risen to sustain the fighting fronts despite design changes. He noted that while gains are sharp, Allied air warfare and new combat areas drive higher demand from Britain, the Soviet Union, and other Allied forces for American planes, prompting projected rapid production and quality improvements. A cautious note mentions Army protests over optimistic schedules.
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Nelenn
WPB
Britiah Soxviet
Fragmentary War Education Debate Ties Nations
Fragment from page one discusses an international office of education and its noninterference stance in shaping political destinies. It argues against coercive or prescriptive political education and notes a separate point about Mediterranean pumice supplies used in Europe.
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International Office of Education
Marshal’s wartime rise from slow start to Army chief
The article chronicles George C. Marshall’s career from a slow ascent to general officer to Army chief of staff in 1941. It notes his early delays in promotion, Pershing’s praise, and his pivotal role modernizing the Army, developing armored forces, and shaping a larger, global war structure. It also highlights his background from Uniontown and VMI, his teaching and planning work, and personal details of life at Fort Myers and interactions with Pershing.
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Ore Nicer
Yourg
Marshall
Pershicg
Meuse-Argonne
Meranall
Europe
America
Marehall
Tham
Merahall
General Staff
Oura
Uniontown
George Catlett Marshall
Home Guard
Union Army
Weat Point
Rata
Chief of Staff
Fort Myers Vn
Prapace
Douglas South Freeman
Robert E Lee
Walter Reed Hospital
John J Pershing
P V Pardon Dies At Marianna Hospital
Marianna special funeral services were held Monday at the Chapel of Bengeree and Neal for Philly Victor Parton age 75 who died at Jackson hospital September 17. The Rev W D D of the Baptist church officiated. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery with Sangarea and Neal directing arrangements. Surviving are his widow Minerva Pardon three daughters Mrs J H Clary Mrs Virginia Clark of Marianna and Miss MoE Bunch of Saint Louis Missouri and one son Ceplein Phillip V Pardon Jr USA of Edgwood Arkansas Maryland
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Marianna
Bengeree
Neal
Philly
Victor Parton
Jackson Hospilst
Officisliog
Rev. W. & Burma D. D
The
Baptist Church
Tever Went
Riverside
Cemetey
Sangarea
Mra
Minerva Pardon
J. H Clary
Virginia Clark
Mariange
Mia Moe
Mrs C J Price Dies In Hospital
Mrs Leonora Pierce Price aged fifty two wife of Dr C J Price of Alford Florida died in a Dothan hospital after a brief illness. She had lived in Alford and Cottondale for twenty years and was a Baptist. Funeral services will be held today at 4 pm at Louisville with Rev A B Tantom and Rev Mr Mortzasaetin officiating. Burial in Lomayville cemetery under Blackburn Funeral Home Chipley Florida. Surviving are her husband three daughters two brothers two sisters and several in laws and step relations.
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Leonora Pierce Price
C. J Price
Alford
Fla
Dothan
Dinosa Bhe
Cottondale
The
Baptist Church
Louteville
A. B. Tantom
Mortzasaetin
Lomiayilie Cemeery
Blackburn Funeral Home
Chipley
Clarence Morgan
Ft Gennes
William J. Happera
Decatur
Mias Robbie
Jean Price
F. D. Pierce
T. L. Pierce
Birmingham
F. B. Pierce
C. Pierce
Jacksonville
Community laboratory status in doubt at city meeting
A 2 o'clock meeting at the County Health Office on North Andrews Street sought to decide the future of the local laboratory. Officials and citizens hoped for continued operation, with Dr. Austin to present plans to keep it open. Mrs Mooty may stay until December 1 and Mrs Cooper plans to return later this year, though health-related leave had paused her work.
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St. Andrews Street
Austin
Itte
Mra W. F. Mooty
C. W. Cooper
Allied plans loom for Balkans and Western Europe attack
The piece notes a Cairo announcement of Allied control in the Aegean and rumors of a Balkans thrust. London papers praise Churchill's call for a Western Europe strike when ripe. It cites RAF strength versus German air power, with about 5,000 first line German planes, 2,000 in the west.
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Cairo
Aegean
Coe
Cos
Leto
Samos
Balkans
London
Italy
Churchill
Aepean
London Morning
Eddrees
Soviet Push To Dnieper From Chernigov Marks Bold Advance
Dispatches report Red Army forces breaking from Chernigov toward the Dnieper with an open road ahead, seizing Gomel rail links and targeting White Ruthenia. Soviet rockets glow over Moscow as forward thrust combines with heavy artillery, despite stiff resistance and fuel shortages.
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Kiev
Hera
Mooscow
Chernigov
Drleper
Dnieper
Red Army
Desna
Gomel
White Ruswin
Two More Enlist In U S Navy At Dothan Station
Chief Petty Officer J H Butch ies, in charge of the Dothan Navy recruiting office, announced two twenty year old youths were accepted into the Navy. The enlistees were Williams Grady Westhers Ashford and Wheeler Blanchard Hasebury. He planned to send a contingent to Birmingham for further induction exams to determine qualifications for naval training.
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J. H Butchies
Navy
Williams Grady Westhers
Ashford
Wheeler Blanchard
Hasebury
Lamerroe
Birmingham
Hess Flight and Peace Terms Outlined in 1941 Britain Talks
The record describes Hess claiming he came to Britain on a humanity mission and detailing a proposed peace plan. It notes his assertion that Germany would be free to act in Europe, with Britain retaining its empire, and Russia to be addressed in Asia. Hess argued a blockade would force Britain to seek peace within years, while Hitler would negotiate only with a new British government.
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Hega
Hess
Hess Beaften
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Weiting
Italy
Scotland
Duke of Havouton
Lisbon
Dungavel
Berlin
Libya
Merryhill Barracks
Balkans
Fess
Hamilton
Viewag Tim
Merryhill
I. A. Kirkpatrick
Foreign Office
England
Ubon
Ritter
Europe
Russia
Asia
Russa
Iraq
Churchill
Hens
Blakely Teacher Dies In Dothan
Blakely public school teacher Ella Jonas Sixty Noe, 35, died in Dothan hospital after a heart attack. She had taught at the Blakely Public School System since 1908 and was a member of Blakely Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at the church.
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Mias Ella Jonas
Sitty - Noe
Biskely
Dothan
Astoria
Dothan Girl Joins Waves Cable Staff
Mary Evelyn Hughes of Dothan and formerly Geneva County seeks WAVES enlistment at the Dothan Navy recruiting station and heads to Birmingham for induction. A naval officer from the cable censorship office in New Orleans will interview her. If successful she joins about 50 women aged 17 to 23 assigned as chief petty officer third class.
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Mins
Mary Evelyn Hughex
Dothan
Geneva County
Dothan Navy
Birmingham
New Orleans
J. H Hutching
Miss Hughes
Hutchings
Legion Post to Hold Meeting Tomorrow
Ches ter R. Vickery Post American Legion 205 will meet tomorrow at eight at the Houston Memorial Library. Commander Alvin Mount urges full post attendance as several important business matters and an interesting program will be presented.
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Chesster R. Vickery Post
War Bond Dance Set in Dothan with Jaycee Drive Support
Lovern and Albert Logue will attend both rallies as Do than representatives. The Jaycee sponsored war bond dance at Dothan Country Club features a 45 minute floor show and Napier Field Orchestra, courtesy of Col James L Daniel Jr. War bond drive progress tops $10,000 toward a $50,000 quota, admission with a $25 bond or more. Lovern praises progress while urging continued effort from civic clubs, schools, and workers for 100 percent county cooperation to reach the milestone.
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Lovern
Albert Logue
Dothan
Dothan Country Club
Napier Field Orchestra
James,l. Daniel, Jr
Napier Field
Linton Warren
Netherlands lead UN plan faces democratic hesitation
The draft outlines a central committee of Britain United States and China under a United Nations council. The Netherlands rejected it as too powerful and incompatible with democracy. An interim council is to meet between semi annual sessions while Congress backs changes aligning commitments with national procedures.
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Netherlands
Central Committee
Britain
U. S
China
United States
Council of All United Nations
Fiest
Dogs of Defense Program Aids War Police Work
Report on Osatineed workers and trained dogs aiding guards led by Corporal Lyle and Cy. Danie Purley. Dogs receive daily care, two meals, and training overseen by handlers from Roi Neb. Various breeds including Irish setter and Labrador retriever noted. The program funds through patriotic dog owners with tiered contributions and rewards for ownership. The Black Hills region noted with population ages around five and a half years.
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Specia
Marianas
Cpl
Lyle
Danie Purley
Thirsy
Jon Burne
Alon
Matlaona
Colle
Joey Rat
Queenie
WAGS
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Ussery
Newville
Lone
Army
Admiral King
Baruch Wald
Goust
Byrnes
Weat
West Coast
Civiciana
Dothan Milling Company
Logan
J. L. Harris Roofing Co
Args
Enonzh
Rainer Studio
Cash Deeg
Walgreen
SFST
KODAK
P V Pardon
Marianna Hospital
C. J. Price
Moscow
Victory
Chan Koy
Nheir
Koshellovka
Renealovtz
U.S. Navy
RAF
Goddena
Furniture Estate
Dothan Savings & Loan CC
Blakely
Waves Cable
Legion
Faye
Black Hills
South 1
Telefe
Yonmel
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