13 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1943
Page
1
Civic club representatives and volunteers plan to canvass the city to raise part of a county quota of 381,000. The meeting is Friday at City Hall with Al Flowers co chairing the Second War Loan drive in Houston County. The Rotary Club has adopted its share of organizing workers.
PTS AcleLate reports early momentum in war bond purchases as the city commission approves a 100000 government bond buy. Cochairmen plan Kiwanis Club meeting to outline participation while actual counted quota remains 881000 dollars in cash, with other subscriptions still pouring in.
The report notes Allied pressure on Rommel from two sides with advances toward Enfidaville and near Tuna, while Pacific theater talks of 200,000 Japanese troops north of Australia and intensified air activity at Port Moresby. European fronts mention German radio claims and Russian counterpressure as mud slows ground fights.
In Washington Republicans use a discharge petition to push a pay as you go tax bill out of Ways and Means and rerun a vote on the Rums plan for a one year income tax skip. Democrats oppose a broad abatement while a Democratic bloc seeks floor passage for a compromise tax measure canceling part of 1942 taxes. The plan faces procedural maneuvers under an open rule to allow the Rums substitute.
The city adopted a resolution authorizing the auditor treasurer to buy 100000 in U S government bonds maturing in 12 years for 74000. The bonds will be deposited until maturity and likely used to retire school debt. A sinking fund amendment was discussed but rejected. No formal action on police salary increases.
Washington reports the House Appropriations subcommittee heard that Sao Paulo Brazil can produce cotton for about 5 to 10 cents per pound, with costs as low as one cent per pound in some cases. Wheeler of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations testified Brazil’s output, now about 21.5 million bales, could expand given cheap land and wages, and is directly competitive with U S cotton due to similar varieties and use of American gins.
Under an agreement led by Feetail Merchants Association chair Harvey McBryde, Dothan stores will observe a summer half day each Thursday from April 29 to August 26. Most firms will close at noon, with many restaurants cafes and drug stores joining. Some merchants favored Wednesday closings and a broader change, but the majority kept Thursday as in previous years.
In the Solomons and Kiska area American air power struck five times Sunday and Monday. Japanese anti aircraft guns were silenced as fires were started in camp areas. Navy and Army bombers reported direct hits and ongoing pounding of enemy positions in the north Pacific.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended abolition of the Farm Security Administration and ending parity payments on key crops, as it sent a $707,040,844 Agriculture Department supply bill to the floor for the next fiscal year. The panel also proposed a cut to New Deal programs and outlined total funding and parity figures, including $193,623,000 for the 1942 crop year.
War Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt warned that by end of 1943 the armed forces will be restricted to men without dependents under 38. Chairman May of the House Military Committee said he will push Senate approval of a House-passed bill granting deferments to men with children and called for a congressional review of manpower.
The AP dispatched item notes a 3 to 4 cent per pound cut in snap bean prices and a 1.5 cent per pound drop for cabbage after new price ceilings take effect at midnight. Also included is a report from Los Angeles on Kay Kyser being rejected for military service after special X rays. In Albany Georgia, bonds of 7,500 each were posted in federal court for three officers under indictment for fatally beating a Negro prisoner, Robert Hell. At Alcatraz, four long term convicts in uniforms overpowered guards and leaped into the bay. one or more were later recovered from the water.
The Howa Ways and Means Committee pressed for dollars and cents data on reciprocal trade pacts with 27 nations as Commerce Secretary Jemsen Jones urged renewal. Nelson Rockefeller warned treaties bolster friendship and inter-American ties while Republicans questioned the program’s implications for postwar trade.
A sailor from Enterprise once listed as missing is now reported dead, and another man from Abbeville is listed as missing. The brief note indicates these are casualty updates related to World War II era reporting.
Washington AP report shows Treasury receiving a flood of dollars for a $12,000,000,000 Second War Loan campaign. Secretary Morgenthau opened the drive at Carnegie Hall urging full public participation. He warned that heavier sacrifices will be needed as war demands grow, calling it a people’s war.
Navy Secretary Knox said it’s impossible to determine if Japan has built up forces north of Australia for attack or defense. He noted no clear concentration points and said an Australian assault would require a massive force, casting doubt on Blamey’s claim of 300,000 troops and a large air force ready to strike any time.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill says Allies are gaining in U boat warfare while Soviet aviation pounds Nazi supply lines. Front action includes German raids halted near Leningrad and Kursk raids where nine German planes were downed. heavy artillery along the Rostov and Ilmen areas.
Allied leaders warned that Japan has massed large air forces and first line troops above Australia while preparing a renewed bid to regain initiative in the Southwest Pacific. General Blamey said Japan is concentrating effort to regain parity and mastery of the air, despite Allied air success that knocked out about 37 of 100 Japanese planes in the recent Port Moresby engagement.
The report notes Frank Knox warning of heavy March U boat losses and Churchill refusing to share precise details. Berlin radio claims U boats sank 21 ships totaling 134,500 tons and torpedoed six more in attacks on a North Atlantic convoy, the Caribbean, and off the South African coast.
Dothan recreation center equipment arrives and furnishings remain to be installed delaying official opening. City officials, led by City Clerk, report that federal funds for operations and maintenance are still under discussion after a prior denial and financial records could not show feasible operating plans.
Six Negroes arrested on vagrancy charges under a work or fight order backed by the police and sheriff. Sheriff Farmer says they refused to work and will be investigated. if charges prove true, action will be taken. He notes work is available and the Employment Service can help. Defendants have not yet appeared in court.
Allied armored units pressed Rommel toward Enfidaville and Djebel Djebina as British First and Eighth Armies advanced on several fronts. Casablanca reports noted Italian divisions captured, Axis withdrawals into the Tunisian tip, with Allied air power pounding bases and ports from Bizerte to Trapani.
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