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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
2
A radio guide lists a variety of programs including dramatic series music orchestras and dance acts. It highlights performances by noted entertainers and a Remembrance feature with a drama show and newscast segments amid network listings.
A long speculative account argues that in 1943 44 Nazi leaders including Himmler and Bormann sought to outmaneuver and purge rival generals as they faced looming defeat. It suggests pre arranged plots and purges to delay collapse and prolong the war, blaming or absolving various actors while detailing key meetings and casualties.
Program listing shows a sequence of radio and stage acts including The Cisco Kid drama, National Barn Dance, Saturday Hill Parade Orchestra, Chicago's Thester Symphony, Can You Top This, Saturday Night Royal Arch Gunnison, and The Grand Old Opry Show. Details indicate varied performances with times and network credits, reflecting a mixed rural and urban entertainment lineup.
A reader laments wartime isolation of service wives in new cities with babies, urging greater social support and hospitality for mothers left behind. Dorothy Dix urges neighbors to offer kindness, coffee, and child care to ease loneliness.
In 1920 a malarial type mosquito appeared across South America, never seen in the New World before. It is believed the invasion arrived via a single mosquito that rode as a stowaway on an airplane from Africa, introducing a new malaria threat to the region.
A Kansas dust storm in May 1984 is estimated to have moved 300 million tons of soil. Some of this material was carried to sea and deposited on ships about 200 miles from the coast in the Atlantic.
Wilkerson of the Houston County War Production Board warns consumers and dealers that certificates for truck tires 11.5 or larger must be returned to the local board by July 16. Dealers must forward to the OPA Office in Montgomery all certificates and parts where no tire was transferred and keep separate inventories of new and used tires 2.25 or larger as of July 29.
Sunday Passetts Goddard stars in The Young to Weast. Monday and Tuesday Dick Powell and Luelle Ball appear in Meet The People. Wednesday and Thursday Lionel Barrymore stars in Three Men In White. Ken Mazarad and Heat Gilson perform Daring Gun a. Laurel and Handy present Pardon Us.
A Sunday singing event outlines plans with a new secretary and committee members. The program lists Danetty and Haney among those leading the effort and sets the date for the community gathering.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Mr and Mrs Herman Hadden in France with mention of First Class Reymond Har Ge and a breeder Swellen who allegedly uses piger and euler syrup to keep a bitter mixture from settling. Details are unclear and partly garbled.
Diamond mines adopt an X ray device to detect concealed valuables. The apparatus makes hidden items glow under the ray, aiding workers in spotting concealed gold or diamonds within ore.
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