Women's clubs push third war loan drive in Houston
Campaign aims to raise funds for bombing campaign and pursuit planes as part of the American Federation of Women's Clubs effort. State chairman Mrs McGriff urges Houston County clubs to meet a $15,000 quota. total Federation goal tied to war bond purchases and bomber production.
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Federation of Women's Who
Houston County
Houston
Witn Es
Mra McGriffield
Europe
Fedal Women's Clubs
Federation of Women
Mrs McGriff
Federa
Health Department Laboratory to Stay Open in Dothan
State Health Department plans to keep the laboratory operating through staff cooperation. Dr B F Austin announced that Mrs Mooty and Mr Cooper will remain on duty or return as needed, ensuring continued public health work in the area. Central lab transfers for certain specimens will wait until Miss Page returns to Montgomery.
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Amranel
State Health Department
Dolan
B F. Austin
Jna
Dy Austin
W. P Mooty
C. W. Cooper
Is. Mooty
Mooty
Coop
Austin
Dothan
Montgomery
Cenl
Invasion News and Allied Advances Reported
AP dispatches depict Germany retreating under Allied pressure as Naples harbor is blocked by Nazi demolition squads. Soviet forces claim gains near Poltava and the Dnieper while Russia threatens a key city. Allied air raids hit Nantes airfields as Mackinnon leads a seaborne push toward Finschhafen in the Solomons.
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Associated Press
Germany
Naples
Russia
Poltava
Dnieper
Ukraine
Keystone
Nantes
France
Bmnover
Mackinnet
Aveallan Trippe
Finschhafen
Gedoon
Arundel
Solomons
Stalin declares Polish border breached as Poltava falls
Premier Stalin announced Soviet forces captured Poltava on the Vorskla river in Ukraine after a rapid offensive that also reached Gomel in White Russia. The fall eliminates a major German base above the Dnieper, with Gomel rail center near Kiev and Smolensk, about 150 miles from the old Polish boundary.
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James MN Long
London
Joseph Stalin
Poltava
Ukraine
Gomel
White Russa
Marshal Stalin
Vorsila
Berlin
Dnieper
White Russia
Moscow
Kiev
Smolensk
Vorskla
Viraine
Kharkov
Detention Homes Proposed in Alabama for Prostitutes
Alabama plans two detention homes to treat diseased prostitutes with a vocational program. Dr. B F Austin, state health director, says federal support is being redirected after delays. Locations eyed are Fayette and Birmingham in former NYA sites, with capacity about 200 women each and staff provided by the Public Health Service.
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Alabama
B. F. Austin
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Fayette
Birmingham
NYA
Austin
Public Health Service
Henry County War Bond Drive Reaches Quota National Aid
Headland reports the southern half of Henry County met its 148 500 quota in the Third War Loan drive on Wednesday at 2 pm. Dink Balstead led the campaign with J S White LT Shetfala Abbeville directing the northern section. By Friday of last week Headland had 205 408 on hand after passing 107 000, with 13 women coordinating at homes, businesses, and farms. southern sellers show 430% toward completion in three days.
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Henry County
Dink Balstead
J. 5. White
Shetfala
Abbeville
Headland
RAF Renews Night Attacks On Reich
Allied air forces pounded Europe in 18 hours with a RAF raid on Hannover and attacks on Nantes Emden Oldenburg and Vannes-Maucon Ker-lun-Bastard in France. U S Marauders hit Conches and other airfields. The Hanover strike hit railway and rubber works amid large fires. 26 bombers were lost.
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Reich
Gladwin Hill
London
Europe
Hannover
Nantes
U. S
France
Air Ministry
Emden
Germany
Oldenburg
Bremen
Vannes-Maucon
Ker- Un-Bastard
Fivereaux- Fausille
Paris
Meraudery
Full Scale Father Draft In Alabama Slated For Oct. 18
Col James T. Johnson announces Alabama will begin full induction for pre Pearl Harbor fathers around Oct. 18. Agricultural deferments require definite proof of farming production. The state surveys show reserves meet quotas to Oct. 1 without calling fathers with young children. Local boards will require proof of deferment grounds and reclassification risks for those not meeting farm outputs.
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Montgomery
Ala
James T. Johnson
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Alabama
Al- 30
Johnson
Washington
State Military Affairs Committee
Col Johnson
Australians Aim At Finschhafen In Quick Thrust
Australian forces land above Finschhafen on the Huon peninsula under naval and air protection. Japanese air units attempt to strike ships but are repelled as P-40s down four bombers and five fighters. Allied ground actions also report gains on Arundel Island and nearby areas, with further moves toward Vila and other targets in the New Guinea and Solomons theater.
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William F. Bonalliet
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Finschhafen
Lae
New Guinea
Arundel Island
Solomons
Peace- Ume
Song River
Lee
Finnchhoter
Huon Peninsula
MackArthur
New Britain
Rabaul
Arundel
New Georgia
Saga Karasa
Vila Acrona Blackett Strait
Hirolorabangara
Vila
Medang
Finarhiofen
Pare
Defeat Of Wheeler Bill Is Predicted By Administration
Washington AP says Bernard M Rarich, unofficial White House adviser, testified before the Senate Military Committee on manpower as evidence grew that leaders would shelve the Wheeler bill to postpone the draft of pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Barncn urged reliance on Army high command and its needs to finish the task. An elderly woman supporter of Wheeler blamed exempting fathers married since Oct 1940 for harming mothers and their sons, naming Mrs Margaret Horvath of Maryland.
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Washington
Bernard M Rarich
White House
Senate
Barncn
Army High Command
Wheeler
Dmont
Anna
Reyneldn
D-Nc
Margaret Horvath
Maryland
Paris Above as Thunderbolts Rattle the Sky
American pilots at a USAAF fighter base in England see Paris below while dogfights rage above. Thunderbolts 2 to 4 miles over Paris produce a vivid, thunderous chorus of engines and guns. Debris signals a dramatic air battle, with parallel reports guiding readers to a related item on page 11.
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England
Paris
Eiffel Tower
U.S
Aten
Tura
Four Diplomatic Posts Await Final Decision
Four key diplomatic postings in the United States relations with Russia and the postwar order await executive action. Names tied to roles include Sumner Welles, William Harriman, Averell Harriman, and Robert Murphy, with discussions on a preliminary U.S. Soviet agreement and potential ambassadorial appointments to Moscow and the Soviet Union.
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Richard G. Malbock
Washington
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Sumner Welles
Adyajra
William Hoftandiey
Moscow
Vyazheslav Morotes
Anthony Freon
Mesara Rooarvelt
Churchill
Stalin
Hu Ja
Last Minute Bulletins from AP Newsroom
In Jacksonville the St Aehan river ablpbuilding plant halted work as general manager To O Mahoney ordered yard clearance pending a labor dispute settlement. In San Francisco Mira Vicanor Roosevelt arrived after a tour of New Zealand and Australia and spoke of gratitude to her son Lt Cole James Romevelt Roosevelt.
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Fla
St Aehan Iver
Liberty
O'Mahoney
SAN Francimo
Mira Vicanor Roosevelt
Thert
New Zealand
Austistia
Cole James Romevelt
Mia
Roosevelt
Vondul
US Maps Program For Food Production in Liberated Areas
US officials outline a plan to map food production abroad to ensure global food supply. The program, to be administered by a federal agency, may be led by the Office of Economic Warfare or Agriculture, with foreign policy supervision by the State Department.
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Liberated Areas
Washington
Plana
Ilea of Economie Warfare
State ‘Department
Gene Cara
Sinofar
United Nations
Rolief
Wclentiata
Mev
Funds For Post War Home Financing Seen Ready
FHA commissioner Ferguson said the agency is prepared to resume mortgage insurance activity in the postwar home field at a moment’s notice. He noted a potential half a billion dollars in insured loans could finance construction of about 100000 homes, with more funds possible for the postwar program. He spoke at the Mortgage Investors Association of America meeting, citing more than five and a half million families helped to buy homes in nine years.
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Almer Ho Ferkman
Federal
Haneing Administration
FHA Fa
Fergusen
FHA
Andreas
Bualnesa
Mortage Invokers Agtacnian
Ameren
Allied drive tightens hold on Corsica and southern Italy
Allied forces press 10 to 15 miles inland in Corsica as German retreat faces combined air, sea, and land pressure. Bombardments target ports and docks near Bastia Solenzara and Napels advance shows Italian front gains as British and American troops push toward the Adriatic with Potenza Aviginana and Acerno noted in advance.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Ena
Corsica
Bastis
Coas
Solenzara
Bastia
Italy
Maarahat
Albert Kenselring
Naples
Nazi
Airioa Aeeking
Nazia
Russia
Natdlera
Merial
Adriatic
Salerno
Potenza
Sala Conalfing
Mottola
Taranto
Navy To Hurl All Weapons At Enemy
Admiral Ernest J. King told the American Legion that Navy strikes with all weapons will be coordinated and overwhelming. He cited recent Pacific blows on Marcus and Gilbert Islands as the shape of things to come and stressed unity across Navy branches and the growing role of naval air power in projected combat.
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Nab
Ernest J. King
U. S
National Convention
American Legion
South Pacific
King
Pacific
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