Nazis On Verge Of Invading England In 1940 Vision
London report outlines a scaled invasion plan by Germany, detailing 2500 barges to ports along England and the North Sea to land Hitler’s forces in a five week program aimed for mid September. The strategy hinged on destroying the RAF and bombing London to break morale, with the RAF under heavy odds but staving off the invasion.
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Germany
London
Britain
England
Ikennel
North Sea
Scout Meeting Set For Enterprise
George W Simpson deputy regional Scout Executive of Memphis will attend the Enterprise Executive Board meeting tonight announced by A. W. Tex Bennet. Plans for future Scouting activities and committee reports will be made, and the 164 budget, likely the council's largest, will be adopted. Attending Dothan members include Rev. Sam C Reeves, J W Wilson, Myer Blumberg, W. M. Blount, Rabbi Alfred Wolf, Dr W T Burkett, W. J. Jones, and the Scout Executive.
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George W Simpson
Memphis
Dothan
Enterprise
A. W
Tex” Bennet
Benner
Sam C Reeves
J W. Wilson
Myer Blumberg
W. M. Blount
Alfred Wolf
W T. Burkett
W. J. Jones
Seout
Diplomats debated at sea how to fill key State post
Number 8 continues discussing U S policy in the Mediterranean Committee and the Italian armistice. Wellen’s successor after a Har Harbor vacation faces a tough choice as friction with Secretary Hull persists. Possible names include outsiders to the State Department and Louis W Douglas, former War Shipping deputy, former budget director.
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Wellen
Har Harbor
Hull
Dothan Branch Laboratory to Stay Open Amid War Strain
The Dothan Branch Laboratory will remain open serving Houston Henry Geneva Dale and part of Canton counties. The Sture Hesth Mirector cited wartime losses of staff and funding as factors but announced plans to enlarge offices repair and other improvements to handle increased workload of about 2 670 specimens per month. County officials aim to hire a qualified technician to cover reporting and salary costs.
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Qos Sra
Preaent Laboratory
Petacone
Ajabssnna
Coraisia
Belfims Werat
Falusne Sorkere
Tech Nichang
Monigoz
Sture
Tigher
Dothan
Houston
Henry
Geneva
Dale
Cattee
Avatin
Montgomery
Bta‘e
Wot Burkett
War Bond Drive Nears Quota in Dothan Campaign
County War Savings staff announced total war bonds near 1.75 million with Goodrich-Alivertown and Disan Shapa workers reaching or near 100 percent of their pledges. Rallies planned in Ashford and Cottonwood, a dance at Dothan Country Club, and an auctioneer event by Albert Logue as the drive pushes to meet remaining six day targets.
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Abermaid
Clyde O. Levern
County War Savings
Goodrich Alivertown
Dothan
Lovern
Levern
Dothan Country Club
Yes Stone
Martin, ‘Theatre
Pyith Albert Logue
Russians Push Across Front From Smolensk to Dnieper
Soviet dispatches report major advances along a broad front as Red Army forces drive toward the Dnieper from Demidov to Zolotonosha. Kiev is menaced from three directions while Demidov falls after two days of heavy fighting. 8,000 Nazis killed in Demidov clash. Anapa cleared on Kuban, and 1,200 Germans killed with 200 captured in harbor actions.
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Klev
Kremenchug
Usceper
Russia
Poitave
Dentaen
Charlie XII
Peter Ibe
Red Army
Likana
Nerty
Golovach
Seu
Yelnya
Smolenak
Demitov
Kiev
Wexstone
Dnieper
Demidov
Smolensk
White Russia
Joseph Stalin
Tyeski
Ukraine
Ostraluchye
Pereyaslav
Italian Front Reports Capture Hits and Battle Near Salerno
Reported captures include Males north of Campagna and Avigione location. Cenosw near Taranto and Grit of Taranto also said captured. German communiqué notes enemy gains near Con. Nurev and Salerno area battles continue with lines shifting as forces regroup for next round. Northwest African Air Forces pursue Naz communications near Naples.
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Campagna
Avigione
Salerago
Acerno
Avleling
Salers
Sanles
Italy
Salerna
Saaine PO
Aa Militaary
Sald
Naz Communications
Naples
Mitchells -Uranders
Invadera
Bridges Pond
Tranapa
Invitation for construction bids for county mental health center
A damaged notice outlines plans for a county park site mental health center with architects and several contractors invited to bid on drawings and specifications. It notes the project is funded by the Public Buildings Administration and lists anticipated bid dates and material specs. The article also includes unrelated WWII navy remarks and a private graduation notice.
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Worae
Pulte
Washington
Waly County
Park
Dietrihurian
Boe Tolman
Mateons
Buildinga
Alatris Hutlan
WF Reynolds
Prihlhe Thaldare
Expected Here At Children's Clinic
About 125 children in Houston County are to attend a First Presbyterian clinic starting at eight in the morning. Fifteen or twenty will be new parents. All children will receive a complete exam, with rechecks for those already examined, as attendance declines. Dr. WC Hennon, an orthopedist from Mobile, will conduct the clinic with health nurses assisting.
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Houston County
Weun
Mobile
PAL Me
No Typhoid Cases Here In 1942 Reported
No cases of typhoid fever were reported in Houston County in 1942 while 147 cases were recorded statewide. The State Health Department disclosed the figures noting the 1942 total was the smallest for any year covered by the epidemiological records through 1923, with prior year cases reported in thirty nine counties.
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Houston
State Department of Health
State Health Department
Telephone links New York and Moscow now open
Direct telephone service between New York and Moscow has been established, AT&T filing a tariff with the FCC. The 3 minute call at $21 to overseas rates is noted, with no details on who may use the line. The service, like other international communications, will be subject to censorship.
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Washington
New York
Moscow
Federal Communicatons Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New ‘York
Johnson urges fair study of farm production factors
Col Johnson argues local boards should base farm production assessments on dependable evidence from registrants or farm operators. He stresses using common sense to account for natural or unavoidable factors that affect output while conducting this study.
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Col Johnson
Continued Iron Page One report on war draft and Baruch remarks
1940 policy debate focuses on expanding Army to 7,700,000 by year end and drafting 446,900 family heads. Baruch supports marrying men in service, urging full manpower for Gen Marshall. Opponents plan to delay Wheeler bill or send it back to committee. Also notes draft boards to induct married men and high rejection rates. German and Allied air actions across Europe described with RAF patrols and Eighth Air Force deep into western Europe.
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Tlemarry T Heg
Midway
Solomons
Atlantic
King
Navy
Iis Integration
Army
Shreed Roane Waring
Memphis
Tenn
Moni Tisery
Warren Atherton
Baruch
Bari ‘Uch Saya
General Staff
Military Committee
Milion
Selective Service
Bernard M Baruch
War Industries Board
Roosevelt
Congreau
Senate
House
George C. Marshall
Baruch Asid
Saus
Hannover
Oldenburg
Holland
Germany
Air Ministry
Nantes
Bay of Biscay
France
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Bomb raids, naval actions and local notices contrast in wartime report
The report details air and sea actions in the Pacific including Cap e Gloucester Geemata and New Britain raids. It notes destruction of bridges at a coastal route, sinking ships near New Treving, and heavy Allied bombing in the Solomons and New Guinea. Local items announce an ice cream supper at Mt. Enon Church, a Royal Arch Masons meeting in Dothan, and a proposed club for traveling salesmen meeting at the Houston Hotel Friday night.
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Pampler Strate
Finschhafen
Liberators
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Geemata
New Treving
Solomons
Posi
Mt. Enon
Dothan
Freyd Baxer
Houston Hotel
Five Draw Fines In Common Pleas
Five defendants faced Common Pleas court before Judge Lawrence Oakley Loree for vagrancy and public drinking charges. Each vagrancy case resulted in a one dollar fine plus costs. Two drunkenness defendants pled guilty and were fined five dollars each plus costs. In total fourteen cases were on the calendar, with eight continued.
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I Court
Common Pleas
Lawrence Oakley
Loree
Public Health Service to Treat Prostitutes with Vocational Training Plan
The Public Health Service will oversee care and treatment of women and the State Held Department will arrange their transfer for treatment. An intensive eight week program will be provided, with longer care in some cases, and a vocational training component will help those completing treatment gain experience in a new field. The State Health Director says facilities exist at two proposed detention sites and awaits government approval to begin.
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Public Health Service
State Held Department
Avelin
First National Park in Arkansas Established in 1832
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas was the first U S National Park, set aside by an Act of Congress in 1832.
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First National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Dothan Lieutenant Awarded Air Medal in India
A United States Air Force unit in India announced 67 Distinguished Flying Crosses and five Oak Leaf Clusters among awarded honors. Notable recipients include Lawrence EO Skipper, KCut Air Forces, Dothan, and Wyoming Rivera among seven distinguished trout species and related listings.
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New Delhi
India
Tenid
United States Airforce
Lawrence EO
Kcut Air Forces
Dothan
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Alice
Phoe
Winston Churchill
United States
Mediterranean
Houston County Milling Co. S. Oates St
Treasury
Morgenthau
Japan
Morpenthay Ag
New York City
Vaston
Ting
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansan
Missiasippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Logan
J. L. Harris Roofing Co
Numba WH
Page
Ane
Fha Ingane
Aeven Wilson Dallare
Willams
Tacheon
W. Jackson
Fast Washington Street
Seymour Johnson Fleli
In. C
Pte Jackson
Tdohsan High Sehral
Chicago
Children’s Clinic
Telephone
Meft Dothan
Royal Arch Masons
J. S. Talley
Royal Arch
Ratner Studio
Wsigreen
KODAK
Air Medal
Wyoming
Rivera
Blumberg
Blumberg’s
Pullman and Kroehler
Lumbergs Furnitu
Saday
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