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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1944
Page
3
Ale V Las DT of Dothan was named as one of four vice presidents of the Jaycee chapter after its convention. Birmingham was noted in the report with Jean P F Rabaris of Syisennge also named among the leadership.
Willie F. Sheehan eighty two died at his Clio home after services at Homes Church near Ari loa with Rev Otto Marty in charge. Survived by a daughter Pestils Thompson of Clio. Burial to follow in the church Hasdjand Merteary.
A wartime reminiscence recounts the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in April 1942. It notes Japanese advances, the death march to Cabanatuan, and the brutal captivity of American Filipinos, with references to Maj. Gen. KE. B. Kiley and Col E. P. Williams and the Voices of Freedom broadcast.
An Office of War Information official said a list to guide draft boards in deferments for men under 26 will be issued within days. The plan, led by Paul McNutt’s inter agency committee, aims to delay older men and prioritize essential war production and support roles including lumbering, fishing and health services. Local boards will assess each case for war contribution, with exceptions possible to retain coal miners under 26 in production.
Continued from page one, the dispatch notes air thrusts against Dagua Boram near Wewak resulting in five parked planes destroyed. Buildings and gun emplacements were demolished, and one Allied plane was shot down. Earlier communiques described Wake Island and western Hollandia raids, signaling a westward Allied advance.
Private First Class Joseph P. Glaquinto, a Marine from South Amboy, New Jersey, earned his first five notches after guiding tanks into Japanese-held territory. He recalls knocking out three Japs with grenades and a fourth behind a blockhouse, then capturing a belt buckle with the Japanese navy emblem. The night raid yielded six quarts of sake and a brutal, close-quarters fight as the unit pressed the advance.
Number 14 continues from Wave One detailing Gillette's push linked to a possible fourth term, his support for Hull as nomination choice, and Iowa’s planned convention instructions. Roosevelt allies reshuffle to secure survival for several senators, including Tydings and McCarran, amid renewed intra party tensions and Wearin’s shifting affiliations.
Wartime dispatches report Hungary largely controlled by German troops with a Nazi puppet government in Buda pest, while the Third Ukraine Army under Gen Rodion Matinovsky advances on outlying villages near the Black Sea port of Odessa, threatening Axis evacuation by sea and tightening pressure on Romania and Germany.
More than 1 500 Allied planes including heavy bombers Liberators and fighters struck targets across Germany and Belgium. Key missions hit Brunswick factory complexes for fighter aircraft and Hasselt rail junctions while RCAF Spitfire units patrolled over France. German radios claimed heavy defeats and warned of more strikes as crews reported dramatic air battles near Berlin.
Fragmentary text from New York references state conventions and delays affecting political activities. Mentions Republican curiosities, large meetings, and planned events including Minebar, Mine Compactiont, Nin Male Phemosy, and eight ip Arissaa with dates pulled from the garbled OCR.
The Centinnsd Premier Page One notes enemy aircraft activity over the Italian front with patrols along the beachhead and shelling along the Garig Mane River. It cites a German Luftwaffe battalion back in action, U S and British craft sinking an E boat near Elba and Leghorn, and widespread bombing hitting Mestre Bologna Treviso and Florence Rome routes with 157 Nazi planes down by anti aircraft fire since Anzio.
The senator's office released a letter noting bombings of artillery targets in Rome and urging a two party commission with the Pope as impartial chair to demilitarize Rome. It argues the plan would not disrupt Allied military aims and warns German rejection would reveal their disregard for Rome's religious significance.
Fragmented wartime note questions Russia's civilian strain under Allied praise. It cites Allied chiefs admitting they seek true conditions, noting Russian gains but limited domestic impact. The piece mentions children using wooden bread spools to blow bubbles as a stark image amid the war talk.
The 10th Indian Division, once cut off, broke through Japanese road blocks to bolster the Plain of Manipor defenses. In the north, Chinese forces push down the Mogaung valley toward Wak, while Japanese units edge toward Shadurup. Allied air power bombed and strafed Japanese positions and communications across Burma.
An Allied communique notes especially successful operations on the Arekan front with an English battalion taking an important village position and inflicting heavy casualties southwest of Buthedaung. Japanese activity near Kohima is described as prowling, while BBC broadcast from U.S. government tanks mentions Bose’s Indian National Army aiding the Japanese.
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