Needs More Bond Quota Drives War Bond Drive Boosts Totals
A junior chamber report from Dothan shows War Bond sales reaching 1.8 million dollars for the year with local totals from the Lions Club at 25 thousand and a theatre auction targeting 100 thousand dollars. Activities include an auction at Martin Theatre and a Jaycee War Bond dance, with organizers optimistic the quota will be surpassed.
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Fw Dothan Lions Club
Tevien
Martin Theatre
Welock
Albert Logie
County Committee
Lovern
Overseas service members push for mail ballots in 1944 election
Preliminary measures to allow several million armed services members to vote by mail in the 1944 primaries and general election were discussed in Congress. Senator Green proposed a V mail ballot for president and Congress, with hearings planned on similar legislation. The plan envisions overseas ballots printed for V mail and distributed by Navy and Army officials, with local voting laws respected where possible.
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Nonald Hyndman
Raehington
Armed Services
Confee
Gulroan Green
R.ly
Simeon
Navy
Senate
Stimson
Knox
Ibe
Lucas
D.zil
Worley
D-Ter
Mhone Committee On Elections
Wuars
Globe
Hatchee
Congres
Congress
World War II News Digest From Allied Advances
The report cites Allied and Axis actions across multiple fronts. American and British forces raid Naples harbor while torpedo boats sink two enemy vessels. Allied air fleets pound Japanese positions in the Pacific and mining and logistics targets in Europe. Refugee movements and strategic fortifications are noted as fronts shift.
Aussie Big Guns Soften Up Nips Details Of Shore Assault Revealed
Allied dispatch reports Australian artillery pounded Japanese positions at Finschhafen New Guinea as MACARTHUR forces pressed a shore assault. More than 12,000 Japanese defenders faced amphibious landings begun dawn Wednesday six miles north of Finschhafen, following Lae and Salema captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Clements
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Finkchhafen
New Britain
Lae
Salema
Tare
Pacific Electric Railway Strike Shuts Los Angeles Transit
Pacific Electric Railway workers go on a wage strike in Los Angeles paralyzing rail and bus lines. Five of 2,600 workers struck, President Roosevelt unable to stop it, public transit replaced by private cars and other means. Army officers monitor the impact on defense plants and local mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Parifre Electric Railway Company
Roonevelt
Army To Assist Yale Mail Rush During Christmas Holidays
The Fourth Service Command will place Army vehicles at local postmasters to move mail through the Christmas holidays across Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and the Carolinas Col McCormack said the Army will assist when mail volume exceeds Post Office capacity to boost morale Soldiers overseas must receive packages by Christmas with overseas parcels required to be mailed before October 16 to ensure timely delivery.
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Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
Robert H. McCormack
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tenneasee
Carolinas
McCormack
Ofthce
War Post Office
Congress Urged to End Freight Rate Inequities
A three member board created by the 1940 Transportation Act urged Congress to remove regional freight rate inequalities and standardize classifications to spur national development. The report notes South and West rates exceed East by 39 and 28 to 39 percent, respectively, with one member dissenting.
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Washington
Congress
Nelson Lee Smith
New Hampshire
Robert E. Webb
Kentucky
C. E. Childe
Nebraska
Congressiona Action
Late Stampede Seen On Driver Permits
A rush toward Alabama driver licenses faces a deadline of September 30 with about five days left. Probate Office chief clerk J C Woodram said only a fraction of the 12 000 licenses have been sold and the office fears an end rush cannot be handled at the current pace. He noted the need for motorists to obtain licenses early to avoid delays and the possibility of requiring extra staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Hermes
J. C. Woodram
Yugoslav Forces Threaten Fiume Trieste Ports
London AP reports strong Yugoslav guerrilla units fighting German troops in Trieste and threatening the port of Fiume. The coordinated push targets northern Adriatic ports with patrols spreading 40 miles inland from the border and attracting local inhabitants to join the assault. Slovene irregulars have penetrated into Italy and occupied Kla, near the border, signaling a broader flareup with Allied approval suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Trieste
Fiume
Adriatic
Italy
Germans Prepare Strong Defense as Red Army Advances
AP dispatches report Soviet forces reached the Dnieper in force and near Tarasenko three miles from Moldova border. Germans claim heavy thrusts to hold the river line while evacuating heavy equipment and civilians from Kerch Straits bridgehead. Red Army nears Smolensk, threatening central front as Novomoskovak falls in the Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Dnieper
Smolenak
Tarasenk
White Russia
Rusdang
Berlin
Acros
Kerch
Calican
Draft Of Federal Employes Urged
New York report cites Svenska Dagbladet claiming former French Premier Edouard Herriot died in a sanatorium in the South of France. In Alabama Walker County, Aljabame By-Product Corp. mine closed amid a protest over fines from a prior unauthorized walkout. Bern Swiss agency retracted news of Queen Elena of Italy and Crown Prince Umberto arriving in Geneva, suggesting they were likely in Sicily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Finemish Radio
Svenska Dagbladet
Edouard Herriot
France
Birmingham
Ala
Aljabame By-Product Corp
Barmey
Walker County
Bern
Switzerland
Elena
Italy
Geneva
Umberto
Sia
Sicily
Last Army Among U.S. Workers, Congressmen Say
Congressmen estimate about 300,000 draft age federal workers are eligible but not yet inducted, arguing many could be placed in uniform to ease the impact on homes. May and Costello urge hearings with Maj. Gen. Hernhey to explain deferment practices and possible streamlining of calls this year and next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
May
D.-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
Lewis B. Hernhey
Rep
Costello
D-Calif
Armed Services
Costella
Nazis Report Attack On Convoy To U.S.
London dispatch reports German submarines attacked a heavily escorted Allied convoy bound for America. The broadcast claimed 12 destroyers and nine merchant ships totaling 46,500 tons were sunk. AP noted the claim was unconfirmed by Allies but echoed Churchill’s Commons statement of an ongoing convoy attack.
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London
Berlin
America
Associated Press
Churchill
House of Commons
Longer wait for new shoe stamps under OPA ruling
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration set a six month interval for the next shoe ration stamp starting Nov 1, up from four months, due to leather shortages and high military demand. Stamp No 1 on the airplane sheet of Ration Book Three will cover the period, with Stamp 14's expiration extended indefinitely. The change aims to stretch supplies while WPB OCR forecasts about 0 million pairs monthly for general use, 15 million for armed services and allied programs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Alan
Itavar
Nkewiga
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Civilian Requirements
OCR
Armed Services
Lend-Lease
RAF Bomber Fleet Returns To Batter Four German Cities
RAF bombers hit Mannheim Ludwigshafen Darmstadt and Aachen in a four city raid with 32 bombers missing. The attack followed a day of heavy Allied raids including Nantes and Patton raids, and intruder aircraft claimed four enemy planes. The British air ministry reported light activity over eastern England and no casualties.
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RAF
Gladwin Hill
London
Mannheim
Ludwigahafen
Darmstadt
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
Nekar
U. S
Nantes
Atlantic
France
Germany
Vichy Radio
Patia
Magasin du Midi
British
Air Ministry
Britain
England
Bamba
Mistrial Declared In Dr Blue Hearing
In Bessemer Alabama AP reports Judge Gardner Goodwyn declared a mistrial in the murder case against Dr James Howard Blue for the fatal shooting of his wife at their home last May 23 The trial began September 13 and the jury said it could not reach a verdict The physician testified Mrs Blue was shot as he tried to remove a shotgun from her hands after she allegedly threatened him and his life
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Bessemer. Ala
Healt
Gardner Goodwyn
James Howard Blue
Jry
Goodwych
Bne
Blue
Nazi Withdrawal On Corsica Slowed By Allied Pounding
Allied air and naval pressure hinders German withdrawal on Corsica as French forces occupy Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio and aim to prevent evacuations. RAF aircraft disrupt German transports while French air forces assist in the operation. General de Gaulle pauses Corsican liberation to focus on the Allied war effort.
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Corsica
North Africa
Bonifacio
Porto Vecchio
Bastia
Issland
Rera
Bonifacie
Porte Vecchin
Unjia
Eariier
RAF
Chevien de Gaulle
French
Committee of National Liberation
France
United Nations
Black man nabbed here as chicken thief
Richard Aleka a Black man was jailed yesterday on a petit larceny charge for stealing chickens in the western town area. He allegedly took fowl from Pat Poyner and Dr. Arthur Mazyck and tried to sell them in Lawn's southern section. City Detective Wee Herring tracked him after a foot chase near the Henry Green Housing Project. He was arrested after a chase and handed to the sheriff for prosecution.
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Richard Aleka
Jair Yeaterday
City Polsen
Laf Town
Offlencn
Hicks
Pat Poyner
Arthur Mazyck
Midebt
Lawn
Wee Herring
Henry Green
Wreing
Mrs Roosevelt Plans Report To President
Mrs Hicanor Roosevelt headed eastward to report to President Roosevelt after her 24000 mile 38 day journey to Australia and the South Pacific She said she aimed to learn how conditions are shaping and to interview as many men as possible on the trip The visit follows an invitation from Australia and New Zealand to report to the Mad Crom on progress and impressions from the voyage
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San Francisco
Hicanor Roosevelt
Sher
Australia
South Pacific
Plang
Honolulu
Jahe Maede
New Zealand
Allied Strike Drives On Naples Front In Italy
Fifth Army and Allied forces launched a full scale offensive against German mountain positions guarding Naples. Allied torpedo boats entered Varrona harbor in Albania sinking two enemy vessels. Oliveto-Citra and Matera were captured as Clark’s troops advanced through strong defenses. Air raids and bombardment intensified as Italian and German units clashed amid heavy artillery and minefields. The push aimed to seize Naples despite German demolition efforts.
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Associated Press
Naples
Atlania
Nagi Air Fleet
Sempling
Gerrigen
ROMIA
Bertin
Kuban Methesa
Hitler
Caucasua
Crimea
Riemer
Sertat
RAF
Soaing
Remahsn
Lery
Aled Trompe
Basa
Kimaase-tas Battlen
North Africa
Fifth Army
Varona
Albanie
Mark W. Clark
Balerio
Taland
Corsica
Matera
Alan
Italy
Palermo
Office of War Information
Wald Watlane
Germany
Clark
Certiana
Eighth Army
Geo. Clark
Berlin
Salerno
Conturil
Noutheast
Salerno i
OPA Offices Reorganized in Dothan Move Planned
OPA official transfers to Dothan and a new main office is proposed to consolidate seven scattered rationing offices in Houston County. The current North Foster Street site near the Service Mens Center will be discontinued by Oct 1, with reallocation of tasks to the Dothan Recreation Center and other locations as the plan develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Btuart X. Stephenson
OPA
Montggomery
Dothan
County War
Wortinss
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Ben
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Chamber of
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Clyde Levern
Qunty War Savings Staff
Yes
Fess
Rye
Aede
Red Army
NEA Telephoto
George M. Tsujimoto
Camp Shelby
Miss
Sally C. Tsujimoto
War Relocation Bureau
Tsujimotos
Pacific Electric Railway
Army
Yale
Kla
Red Star
Novormaskovak
Ukraine
Folkaya
Novomoskovak
U.S
In ‘Aly
Me Levis
Dr Blue
Mrs. Roosevelt
5Th Army
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