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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1944
Page
7
A Texas rulings on party ban in a Democratic primary create a blow to the vote of Lemna E faith and Halley father Coat, with officials denying participation due to a mate party ban. Southern legislators react, pledging action as the decision prompts questions about election legality and party affiliation.
The Houston Red Cross War Fund drive shows progress with volunteers and 25 business leaders assisting to shrink a $3,000 deficit. Special Gifts contributions top $18,000, while general donations lag, prompting renewed effort and talks of meeting the quota as committees report cautious optimism.
Two mobile youths were captured yesterday afternoon and returned to Dothan last night by Special Investigator T. R. Knight and Chief Deputy Sheriff J. J. Casey on a charge of stealing an automobile from the bug station Sunday night and driving it to Anabia. The boys Ralph McClengen and James Anthony Slay were visiting McClenden's grand in Newville during the eve and on their way back to Montgomery they stopped in Detem and stole the car. The automobile was a coupe and only one man was identified in orders of Dothan. Youths were started by Alabama patrolmen driving through.
AP dispatch notes Allied daylight raids near Budapest and Pacific operations with Japanese ships at Palau and Yap reported sunk or damaged. Submarines claimed 14 more losses as the war extended across theaters.
Admiral Chester Nimitz announced that fourteen Marshall Islands atolls were cleared of Japanese with minimal resistance, leaving Wotje, Maloelap, and Mili in enemy hands. New landings followed on Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Wotho, Majuro, and Arno atolls as U S forces advanced across the central Pacific.
SCOTTLORO Special To The Eagle reports James A. Simpson addressing Alabama farmers in Jackson County. He accuses CIO leaders of backing Senator Hill to serve labor interests, claims Hill’s vote on subsidies was coerced, and portrays CIO funding as a tactic to sway farmers.
In Washington the AFL opened a major challenge to wage ceilings, arguing living costs have risen far beyond the 15 percent limit since 1951. Meany urged a realistic modification, citing farmers and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A second board panel had heard CIO Steel Workers criticisms earlier.
A Liberty ship built in Mobile sustained a wine foot crack on the starboard side and several forward deck and hold fractures but reached port under its own power. The captain from Citronelle Alabama noted the ships are sturdy cargo haulers and handle rough seas.
Report on lend-lease negotitions follows a summary of Allied air activity across Europe. The piece cites large bomb tonnages by USAAF and RAF in March and notes German radio silence amid raids on Budapest and several Western targets.
In Washington AP Nye urges the Senate Appropriations Committee to publish a five month inquiry into U S spending overseas through Lend Lease and other agencies before extending the program beyond June 30 Senator Nye says the findings will shape Congress action while McKellar and McKellar aides push to avoid delay and note the report is near completion under John F Feeney’s GAO staff team
Wisconsin voters head to the Republican presidential primary amid splits. Delegation expected to spread 24 votes among Wilkie Dewey MacArthur and Grayson. West Coast candidate Basson May enter Oregon primary May 30.
AP report states American submarines added 14 more Japanese vessels to total sinks and damages, raising the confirmed loss to 517 ships while 14 more vessels were sunk off the Japanese coast including two medium tankers and several cargo ships.
Allied air forces mounted a mass bombing of Bucharest with heavy bombers and escort fighters as Russian ground forces advanced northeast of the city. The raid followed a similar strike on Budapest a day earlier, with war material flowing through rail hubs.
Allied reports say Gen. Douglas MacArthur's airmen pounded nine targets along a 1000 mile arc while Bougainville troops claimed a major victory over a weakened garrison. The blitz included dawn strikes on Truk and continued raids on Rambutyo, New Ireland, New Britain and New Guinea as enemy forces retreat under pressure.
Secretary Knox told reporters that a Pacific task force has struck Palau Yap and Woleai in the Carolines, sinking one Japanese warship near Palau and two near Woleai, with other ships at anchor damaged or possibly hit. He cautioned final totals are uncertain as reports develop from the March 10 strike.
New Delhi AP reports Admiral Mountbatten headquarters noting a lull in fighting south of Imphal with no fresh Japanese progress from three directions. Allied operations in central Burma push south in Magaung valley with heavy Chinese division involvement and intensifying combat. Allied air power targets Japanese positions in Burma while British and West African troops clear Kaladan river valley areas. In Sangshak plateau, nine hundred Japanese deaths marked a weeklong clash as Indian forces withdraw to Manipur Plain while diverting the main Japanese column.
American-born Japanese may vote this year like other Americans but many live in relocation centers and will use absentee ballots. The move followed Pearl Harbor, with about 120,000 Japanese in the country and 66,000 American-born citizens eligible to vote.
Russian forces push through three eastern front sectors toward Taal Lwow and Odessa, claiming massive German losses. Zhukov’s army encircles remnants near Czechoslovakia and Poland, with 218 tanks and guns destroyed or captured. Rail links disrupted and Romanian towns captured as the Red Army advances toward Galati and the Danube.
W H Saunders Sr of Slocomb route two died at his son's home in Dothan after a short illness. He was 76 and had lived in Malvern. Funeral services will be held upon the arrival of his other son from the U S Navy, with burial in Purvis cemetery. Burial supervised by Ward Wilson. Survived by his wife, five children, two sisters, and several grandchildren.
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