Houston Needs Much More Bond Drive Progress
Houston County aims to raise 2,182,000 in the Third War Bond Drive which ends Thursday with only 109,000 left to reach the goal. County leaders report strong cooperation across Dothan and Ashford despite masked delays as bonds purchases continue.
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Houston County
Clyde Es
Dothan
LaFayette Street
Loverr
Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Campa
Lovern Dened
Oth Fara
Portrait Presented to Bates for Years of City Service
At a regular City Commission meeting in Dothan a portrait was presented to retiring City Commissioner Bates by donors as a token of appreciation for his long service. Dr Bates expressed gratitude and said the gesture and the cooperation of city employees were deeply moving as the city prepared for a new year with Clyde Coe to chair the next term.
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Services Commission
Bates
Nda
Combo
Ission
Re Y. Malone
Hye
Wade
City Hall
British Eighth Army breaks German lines near Salerno front
Allied forces push across the Salerno area in Italy as German resistance crumbles. Soviet troops sweep and recapture a 1920 village along a 750 mile front. German cities face continued RAF bombing as the war widens.
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Associated Press
Ivasion
British Eighth Army
Forgia
Italy
U. Fifth
Salerno
Germs
Split
Yulavia
Adriatic
Caucasus
Imhd
Weezer
Hamburg
Soviets Threaten Three Vital Nazi Bases
Soviet forces report gains along the Dnieper from the Zaporozhye region to Gomel in White Russia and toward the eastern bank. The Red army presses at Kremenchug near Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk while Nazi defenses crumble in places. Russians nearing encampment on a 400 mile eastern bank stretch as they advance from Gomel to Smolensk.
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SY Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Russia
Gomel
White Russia
Red Army
Kremenchug
Kiev
Dnepropetrovsk
Smolensk
VFW Chief Urges Broader Benefits For War Veterans
New York AP report on Robert T Merrill urging an 11 point veteran welfare program to supplement Roosevelt’s plan. Merrill argues six point plan is insufficient to meet postwar needs for 11 million returning service members. He outlines education aid, care, pensions, and job preferences, plus veteran widows and orphans rights.
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New York
Robert T Merrill
Chfief
Veterans of Foreign Wara
Roosevelt
Merrill
VFW
Merritt
Five More Join Guard Company at Dothan Headquarters
Five new members join the Alabama State Guard Dothan Headquarters and Supply Company increasing roster strength to near full. New inductees are James A. Dees Woody Willams J N Muilina Jr J T Brock Jr and Wallace Scarbreign. The unit has standard equipment including shotguns for each member Thomsom light arms and ammunition. Training in chemical warfare will be provided for absent members and rifle-range practice planned soon. Meetings are held Mondays at the Armory on the Montgomery Highway.
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Fiva
Dothan
Alabama State Guard
Alto V. Lee, III
James A. Dees
Woody Willams
J. N. Muilina, Jr
J. T. Brock, Jr
Wallace Scarbreign
Lee
Dauphin Island
Mobile
Aumist
Montgomery Highway
Arouad
Heavy Hike Seen In New Tax Bill
Senate Finance Chairman George foresees a broader income levy in the next revenue bill. He outlined steps Congress might take to reach a target of about 10 billion dollars annually, including raising normal and surtax rates to 32 percent for lower income brackets and abolishing the 5 percent victory tax.
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Jack Bell Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance
Congress
Treasury
Railroad Board Recommends Pay Hike For Workers
The Emergency Board urged at least four cents an hour raise for 300,000 operating railroad workers under the Little Steel formula. The 2 to 1 vote favored the increase despite opposition for a higher 7 1/2 percent rise. The plan, effective April 1, 1943, could be overridden within 30 days by the Economic Stabilization Director.
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Washington
White House
Railroad Emergency Board
Roosevelt
Little Steel
Emeargency Board
Merchants Vote to Extend Thursday Half-Holiday
At a Retail Merchants Association meeting in the city, merchants voted to keep stores closing at noon each Thursday and on Thanksgiving, with Christmas hours to remain open. Ed Craxford led the motion to continue closing, which was unanimously approved as over fifty members attended.
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Retail Merchants Association
Ed Craxford
Planes To Blitz City With Handbills
A Dothan paper blitz is set for Wednesday afternoon with Napier Field planes bombarding the city with handbills promoting the Army film This Is the Army. Wirepress premiere at Marzin Theaters Monday evening. Lions Club Dorthan sponsors ticket sale for Army Emergency Relief Fund to aid military personnel and dependents. Handbills will be multicolor and dispersed across the business district.
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Army
Nlite
Butter Ration Value Increased By Four Points
Washington AP reports that due to reduced production the butter ration value rises from 12 to 16 points starting Sunday. Pork and beef items see minor changes, with eight standard pork cuts up one point and several veal and lamb cuts reduced one point. Other processed foods also face October price changes, while meat provisions largely hold.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
MacArthur Opens New Offensive In New Guinea Area
Allied headquarters report MacArthur's forces push toward Madang as overland drive forms in Markham valley. Sagerak village captured south of Madang signals first land advance while air raids target Hansa Bay and Wewak. Australian units press from Finschhafen area as P-38s engage Japanese fighters with no Allied losses recorded.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Douglas Macarthur
Salamaua
Finschhafen
Madang
Tottering Finsenhafen
Markham
Lae
Sagerak
Sageraka
Kalait
Bept
Biz
Bransy Field
Ang
Amdhera
Hanas Bay
Midway
Wewak
Finschhafer
Buml
Naarte
Finarkhafen
Battelberg Mission
Allied Policy For Italy Unchanged By Questioning
AP dispatches from southern Italy report confusion among American and British troops about the Italian political scene as Allied operations continue. President Roosevelt urges patience while Eisenhower and Churchill await president and prime minister approval before actions, with the Badoglio government led by fascists under pressure amid Allied advances.
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Italy
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Roosevalt
Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Lutkly
Mintate
Churchill
North Africa
Vichy
Darian
Edwed Kennedy
Premidi Badoglia
Fasciat
Tern Te
Germans Move To Safeguard Balkan Region
London AP reports that after Allied forces overran Foggia, Germany quickly acted to protect the Balkans. They dispatched landing forces to Corfu and claimed to have retaken Split, previously seized by Yugoslav guerrillas, as Hitler urged urgent operations.
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Balkan
London
Foggia
Dwight BD. Eisenhower
Bernard I. Montgomery
Corfu
Recce
Split
Filtler
German Japanese Military Strength Reported Increased
Washington briefing shows Allied leaders asserting Germany and Japan are stronger now than four years ago with rising war production and manpower. Army intel notes Germany and Japan expanding resources, improving air forces, and a shift to strategic defense amid anticipated intensified Allied fighting next year.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
Ana
War Department
Robert TP. Patterson
Blrong
East Asia
MacNarney Wald
Wiregrass Board of Registrars Appointments Amid State Actions
The Wiregrass region saw new appointees to the Houston County Board of Registrars named by Governor Sparks and top state officials, including Mise Olive Armstrong and Mrs W J Jee of Columbia and Mrs Chrisinn Griffin of Dothan. Additional county board members were named across other counties with several individuals listed by name and locality, reflecting statewide appointments by the state executive trio.
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Mise Olive Armatrong
W. J. Jee
Columbia
Chrisinn Griffin
Dothan
Houston, County Board of Registrars
Chauncey Sparks
Agriculture
Jon N. Poota
John Brandon
State Board of
Propagandists Seek to Explain Reverse in Russia
Franklin Brutto reports from Bern that German propaganda centers admit the Dnieper front holds a precarious line as Nazi forces retreat in Russia. Propagandists press a new slogan gain strength through defense while arguing the shrinking Russian front frees reserves to counter Italy's growing threat.
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Russia
Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Balkan
Dnieper
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Italy
Berlin
Base Nationalzeitung
Polilic
Inter
RAF Bomber Fleets Strike Three Nazi Industrial Centers
RAF heavy bombers struck Hannover and Emden in a fast follow up to prior raids. The Hannover attack hit the rubber works and fuel centres amid flames and heavy fires. Emden, a key U-boat port, endured a second raid within 32 hours as American daylight offensives continued.
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RAF
Roker Aturdevart
London
Royal Air Force
Hannover
Asme
Hamburg
Emden
Fara Wan Arimawick
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Rai
Gummie-werke
Necond
Fortreanen
Churchill urges Britain to sustain war effort through 5th year
London AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill told about 6000 women at a government conference Britain must maintain the present pace of war through the fifth or sixth year if needed. The nation began the fifth year of World War II on September 3.
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London
Churchill
Kovernment
Firitain
Ita
Britain
Allied Drive Reaches Foggia City in Italy Campaign
British armored column advances 15 miles through Kesselring defenses and seizes Foggia air base with 12 satellites. Fifth Army under Clark pushes 2-5 miles north of Salerno. towns Liont Castalattova and Melfi captured as Germans retreat. Air base at Foggia gives Allied air reach toward Naples and northern Italy.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Albert Kesselring
Foggia
Bernard D. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Salerno
Fifth
Liont
Castalattova
Melfi
Worth
Anterno
Soma Iden
Pelagnore
14Th Panzer Divislon
Ecommunique
Italy
Fogia
Kenselring
Nelda
Germany
Ploeatoff Flelda
Yaly So Awift
Tt Jn Obvinsa
Atul Ad
Petions
Napten
Allie
Aid
Foraia
Adriatic
Witte
Nonera
Ralarno
Allien
Naples
City bases hike on juke licenses amid city action
City Commission amended the vending and phonograph license ordinance. Nonresidents operating inside the city limits must pay half the fixed license. Juke organs face a 20 dollar license. vending machines for non merchandise items pay 3 dollars. weighing machines 3 dollars. vending machines with five cent items 10 dollars. five cent items five dollars. Jewelry dealers taxed like other merchants. prior tiers for jewelry stocks over 5 thousand dollars were 100 dollars. Fake organs license set at 450 dollars.
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Pallea
Cach Juke Organ
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