Assembly To Revamp Penal Setup
AP dispatch reports Georgia Governor urged a special session to overhaul the penal system. He called for a single executive head of corrections and abolition of certain punishments, citing three reports praising reform. Proposals include a central receiving station, proper prisoner classification, juvenile handling, and tougher transfer rules.
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Etargall
Georgia Ly
Pt Committee
Bly Chambers
Senate Press
Frank Gross
House Spesk
Roy Harris
Emeral Arnell
Assembly
Car
Allied Forces Press Germans Back Across Fronts
The report describes German withdrawals and Allied advances on multiple fronts as American and British troops push toward key objectives. Soviet actions along the Dnieper and Mediterranean operations shape the broader effort, with air and naval support shaping suppressive campaigns.
Shipbuilders pledge greater production on Victory Fleet Day
Washington AP report notes more than a million American workers in 70 shipyards and 350 factories joined Victory Fleet Day observances. Workers signed pledges to boost shipbuilding, with President Roosevelt urging Americans to buy extra War Bonds to fund war materials for victory at sea.
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Washington
Baltimore
Roosevelt
United Nations
Five Alcorn County men indicted in Draft Board case
CORINTH Miss AP Dena sty Marshal Leon Potts said yesterday that five Alcorn County men three draft board members and a supervisor and his employee had been indicted by a Federal grand jury in Oxford Miss in charges tied to the Selective Service Act Potts said L Dick supervisor of the fourth district recently nominated for a second term was charged with using his connection with the board to threaten a man James Parons with induction unless he supported the supervisor politically
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Corinth
Miss
Denasty
Leon Potts
Alcorn County
Board of Supervisors
Oxford
Potts
L. Dick
Fourth District
James Parons
British Dutch sink enemy supply ship off French coast
London dispatch reports a fully laden enemy supply ship was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast by joint British and Netherlands navy units. The communique says another enemy cargo vessel likely hit.
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London
French
Cercorte
House Ways and Means Opens Wide Study of Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal the renegotiation law for recovering excess profits in war contracts and pushed ahead on a new general revenue act. It set hearings to start next Monday and aims to have a bill on the President’s desk by January 1, with hearings shortened by no witnesses on four topics.
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House
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufactures
Eleven Policemen Take Radio Examinations
Eleven members of the City Police Department sat written examinations to become licensed two way radio operators. Inspector H B Moo supervised at Dothan, including Captain J E Craughon and officers Hickes Strickland Herring Hobby Hilton Palmer Tindell Holland Capps and Kailey. Radio equipment install is finished at headquarters and radios will be installed in two patrol cars once FCC licensing is granted.
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Headquarters
Radica
Federal Communications Commission
Allies Tighten Ring Around Finschhafen Base
Allied forces press toward Finschhafen from the Huon Gulf coast as Australian units advance eastward from Lae and jungle troops align on the Jafen flank. Japanese defenders, already stretched, face encirclement on multiple fronts as operations unfold in the New Guinea theater.
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Olen W. Clements
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Lae
Jena
Four Days Left To Meet Houston War Bond Quota
Houston Countland pressed toward the finish in the Third War Loan drive with $182,000 needed by Thursday to hit a $2,182,000 county quota. Officials stressed continued effort to push the campaign over the top despite leading the race against the deadline.
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Houston
Senate panel halts poll tax bill action for 30 days
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a decision on House approved poll tax repeal for voting rights. A public hearing is set for Oct 5 with Attorney General Biddle invited to testify on constitutionality. Committee members indicated the move aligns administration positioning.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
van Duys
D-Ind
Atetorney
Hiddle
Biddle
Genator McFarland
D.-Ariz
House
Senate
Police and Deputies Arrest 57 Here This Weekend
City and county law enforcement report 57 arrests over the weekend, with the sheriff 32 and city police 25. Among the cases, 28 individuals were taken for vagrancy, four for public drunkenness, one for reckless driving, and one for issuing a bad check.
Big Armies Instead Of World Police Force Proposed
Washington officials favor keeping national armed forces to deter aggression rather than creating a universal world police. They argue language, tradition, and operational differences among nations would hinder a truly international force. Secretary Hull’s policy emphasis remains on willing cooperation and showing readiness to use force if necessary.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Poth
United Nations
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Princ
Hulls
Hull
U. S. Engineers Build Tokyo Road Into Burma
American Army engineers on the India Burma frontier hack a jungle road toward Burma, called the Tokyo Road by engineers, 3000 miles from Japan, to supply early attacking forces and link with the Burma Road as Chinese and Indian troops assist the effort against Japanese forces.
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Preston Glover
India-Burma
India
Burma
Tuskegee
Alabama
Japan
Ite
Badoglio May Pivot to War With Germany as Allies
In southern Italy the Badoglio government presses to win Allied support as an ally. American and British troops resist welcoming Italians as comrades in arms and fear civil rulings affect Allied forces. Badoglio, King Vittorio Emanuele III and Crown Prince Umberto rule from a southern town serving as provisional capital.
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Italy
Badoglio
Ialy
Badogno
Germany
Badognio
Wittario Emanuele
Umberto
Assiliery
Mlitary Government of Occupied Territories
AMG
Axis Enthusiasm Lacking On Third Birthday Of Pact
London dispatch says the two surviving Axis powers Germany and Japan marked the third anniversary of the Tripartite Pact with calm indifference to Italy’s capitulation. Propaganda warned satellites against leaving the war and vowed continued fight against the Allies. Germany and Japan questioned Italy’s relevance while extending Mussolini’s legacy as they pledged to press on.
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Axis
Pact
London
Axia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Aker
Voelkinches Reohachter
Asay
Tokyo
Ber- In
Arne
Fenito Mussolini
Joachim von Rinbentrop
Mamoru Bigemiten
Hed Proclaimea
Eleven Indicted in Alabama by U S Grand Jury
Commissioner J W Daughtry announced that eleven indictments were returned by two federal grand juries in Montgomery for the Southern Division of Alabama. Seven defendants posted bond, four remain in jail. Indictments allege violations of the Internal Revenue Act. Defendants include Curtin Stenaton, William Grose Mosely, Edward Rpan, J H Free, Redmond Dudley, Hugh Davie among others from Coffee, Houston, Geneva and Henry counties. The indictments were returned Thursday of last week.
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J. W. Daughtry
Montgomery
Maddie Tastriet
Alabama
Aerready
Theas
Curtin Stenaton
Willam Grose Mosely
Edward Rpann
Coffee County
Deare B. Herring
John Edward Williams
J. H. Free
Houston County
Redmond Dudley
Hugh Davie
Geneva County
Edad Horna
Henry County
Russian Army Moves on Kiev as German Crossings Fall
Allied reporting from London notes artillery fire opening near Kiev while Germans evacuate Temryuk in the Caucasus. Red Army presses to control bridges on the Dnieper with multiple river towns at risk as the Taman peninsula remains contested and Blagovenychenkaya reported captured.
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Kiev
Associated Press
London
Dnoteper
Berlin
Temryuk
Russia
Dnoepar
Tera
Stettinius Named Undersecretary of State in Roosevelt Move
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. is appointed Undersecretary of State, with Welles' post to be vacated. The change aims to project a firmer diplomatic stance and reassures Moscow and London amid looming triad talks with Britain and Russia. Welles resigns citing health. reports cite differences with Secretary Hull.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Aussia
State Department
Roosevelt
Stettinson
UIN
Ife Ofhia
Breitalo
Jtus Nia
United States
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
London
Russia
Stettlnius
Sumner Welles
Welles
Patrol Radio Set To Start Statewide Linkup Oct 1
Inspector H B Moody says Alabama State Highway Patrol radio system will go on a statewide two way hookup October 1. The Dothan office has operated local radios for over a week and other districts will join in readiness for the state wide program linking stations with Montgomery. The system will cut long distance telephone costs and improve communications.
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H. B. Moody
Dotham
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Dothan
Salem
Montgomery
Moody
van B. Gilbert
Pubic Eafely
Alabama
Allied push in Italy reaches Naples outskirts and Foggia area
Allied forces drive a widening corridor through Italy as American Fifth Army overruns Caggiano and advances near Salerno while British Eighth Army pushes up the Adriatic coast toward Foggia. The coordinated attack includes air blasts at Berne, Pomigliano, and Kalamaki, with British Liberators targeting Athens approaches and the Balkans in a strategic strike across the peninsula.
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Associated Press
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Naples
Bay
Pert i Montgomery
Eighth Army
Iea
Dniep
Riley
MACV
Badogno
Germany
Italy
Allien
Ameri 1
State Department
Brettin
Walles
Ben
Bunday
Nazi
Rheims
Noland Norgaary
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Cagsano
Bo Inileadum
Led
Broad Bay
Bernard L. Montgomery
Foggia
Cerignole
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Ofanto
Manfredonia
Acrom
Fiat
Apan
Cairo
Reuters
Balkans
Balerno
Muro
Potenza
Salerno
Ilneg
Yeasterday
Gant
Bir Bernard le Montgomery
Atella
Berno
Vesuvius
Pomiglano d'Arco
Napiea
Benevento
Calls
Na Jen
Eost
Forgia
Middle East
Balkena
Kalamaki
Athens
Syros
Aegean Sea
British
Bates to preside last time Tuesday
City Commission President J. C. Bates retires at the end of his current term marking the first time since 1942 he will not hold public office, after long service on the County Board of Revenue and later the City Council amid resignations and a return to politics earlier in his career.
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J. C. Bates
County Board of Revenue
Old City Council
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