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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
2
Burglars entered the Garrison Dry Cleaning plant on South Lena Street by tampering with the front door latch. About 60 in cash and merchandise were taken. A sharp bong was found on the desk of manager C. FE Gerrison. Patrolman Hobby said the burglary was not discovered until this morning and the full loss is being tallied.
Napier Field hosts a Rotary Club event on Monday August 7 at 130 pm with Col Charles J Daly inviting guests from Napier Field. Victor Mavity presides as club president after a vote approving the plan and visitors will lunch with officers before a field tour and regular business session.
The APS is reporting 36,000 idle workers across Philadelphia and Montreal as strikes shut transit and industry. In Detroit and surrounding areas, unions push for contract terms while manufacturers face walkouts and lockouts. Key plants including GM Chevrolet gear division and John A Roebling's Sons face stoppages, impacting hundreds to thousands of workers amid ongoing labor disputes.
County agent urged farmers to coordinate tractor use to save labor and asked end picker operators to repair equipment and stock peeling wire. Early estimates indicate Kiwanis Lions and Exchange Club meetings to be held at the club in successive months.
Cadet graduation ceremony at Napier Field will include Major Daly and Colonel Shatlenberger as speakers. Second Lt Russell Moore of Moultne, Georgia is named outstanding cadet with wings pinned by Miss Martha Louie Dian of Jackson Tennessee. Napier Field Band, pre graduation dance, and officers club lem dance follow the event.
City detective Hugh McElvain a native of Geneva County has resigned from the Dothan police department effective last night. He had served several months and was assigned to a prowling car. Chief Draughon said the resignation was given without notice and no reason was stated.
The county agent estimates 800 pounds per acre yielding 30 000 tons of peanuts 9 000 tons of oil 12 750 tons of peanut meal and 50 000 tons of peanut hay. The crop value in Houston County runs about five to six million dollars this year.
A collision occurred yesterday near Wie waterséction f Wastingtoc and Sosta Appice involving a truck and a car. Authorities led by Mrs Flora Sean investigated. injuries were not recorded and the vehicles sustained damage.
In wartime conditions farm prices and earnings rose while debtors risk foreclosure when peacetime returns. Analysts warn that buyers paying inflated prices for farms and land could face economic ruin as farm commodities and real estate soften.
Number 6 continues from page Oxes detailing distrust of Negro help in shops and plants. Complaints span aircraft, utilities, textiles, railroad, machinery, and public utilities with major counts from New York Philadelphia Detroit Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco and St Louis. FEPC runs 12 regional offices while New England and central northern states report the fewest complaints. Each region reports 16 noted cases.
The report notes a peanut pest demonstration in 13 Alabama counties with caterpillar threats. It also details a land sale in Houston County Circuit Court involving Travia B Gissendenner and Evelyn Gleven dsoner Todd, with parcels in Dale and Houston counties and a 15 foot right of way through Pinechard and Leesbridge roads.
General Montgomery described the near front as the next phase of battle near Caumont with 30,000 German prisoners captured as D-Day nears. He told the Associated Press progress was excellent and that he was very satisfied with the whole turn of events while standing near an apple tree. He added a note about the U S war correspondent on his cap and his blue eyes sparkling.
A page one report says a work stoppage caused hospitalizations and indoor disturbances by wandering groups, while 140000 of 800000 area war workers were kept from jobs by downpours and transport delays. Draft boards reclassify 500+ workers to 1-A as violence eases. Civite League placards urge neighbors to cooperate. Taprooms and liquor stores stay closed.
Rep Bonner predicts war nearly over and strong public optimism. Rep Woodrum cautions Europe’s path remains hard and warns against premature victory celebrations. The group agrees morale could suffer if postwar plans appear rushed.
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