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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1945
Page
2
Sgt. A. P. Maddox is listed as killed in action. The notice references his unit and service details, including association with Houston County and an employer at Napertown. The fragmentary text confirms a wartime death notice with local ties and survivor mentions.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention names and places such as Maddox Colgan and Mooods, with garbled phrases about family and allegiance. The legible bits list W. A. Maddoa Colgan and others, but the overall meaning and context remain obscured.
The passage cites post Pearl Harbor era distress over housing and labor, noting Sitid blocks in Tan and Yasuda homes, limited repairs, and a plan to clear a winter route. It also reports government talks on aid for imports, fears of shortages, and MacArthur ordering rapid financial accountability with deadlines to disclose private financial transactions and all fiscal agreements since December 7, 1941.
Funeral services for Mrs. H F Arnold fifty eight of Dothan route three will be held at 10 39 a m today with the Rev Rufus Hyrr officiating Burial will be in City cemetery Ward Wilson directing She was a lifelong Houston County resident and a Free Will Baptist Church member Surviving are her husband four sons two daughters a brother two sisters and several grandchildren Pallbearers are named local men Also noted is a Navy machinist domestic posthumous notice about a transport service and a reference to a Navy man connected to Dothan area, indicating WWII era notices.
Audrey McCliutch of Dothan dies in California after illness. Wartime aviator friends recall service with the Air Corps and shared memories of the Pacific war. Funeral arrangements via Jameson and Werson to be announced. services at J. Foster home in Slocumb with Rev. Chunn and Rev. Cal tun officiating.
Sergeant Curral, native of Manivinle, graduated from Geo Military Academy and served in Fort Knox Camp Park Desert Training Center Camp Picket Indiantown Gap before overseas deployment in September 1944. Wounded in combat, he earned the Purple Heart and served with Allied forces in Europe. he is survived by Mrs. Carrell and other relatives.
NEA staff correspondent Roselien Callaban describes Val D Or, a mining boomtown in Quebec, where ten years of rapid growth have turned a bush village into a 7300 population, with five rich mines and a flood of hopeful prospectors. The piece profiles hustling figures like Mike Matta, notes soaring rents, dining prices, and a vision by Andy Robertson to build a model town to attract more workers.
Washington AP Maj Gen Thomas A Terry earned the Distinguished Service Medal for reorganizing the Second Corps Area with headquarters at Fort Sheraton Island? He directed the handling of 160000 sick and wounded returning from the European theater and processed over half of all prisoners of war entering the country He is a native of Abbeville Alabama and a West Point graduate of 1808.
Directors of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce will hold a routine business session Wednesday morning at the City Hall Arthur Johnson secretary manager said yesterday Committee reports are expected to be made and various phases of the organizations activities will be discussed The Industrial Committee are to bring their families here and stay We will provide them with the best modern homes and schools.
Fragmentary text references a Bay area business event or sponsorship and mentions preparing four separate items. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable.
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