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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
3
James Marlow reports the War Production drive urging employers to keep women at work. The Women's Bureau cites a survey of 1000 women showing foot problems and other issues. advice covers fitting jobs to women, facilities, and a woman counsellor system, plus careful selection and consideration of family duties.
A minor two car collision occurred at the intersection of Ostes and Lafayette streets last night. The drivers were identified as Lula Gardner and Tammy Boswell. No injuries were reported and damages were settled by agreement per a report to Police Captain John Hilson and Patrolman Barney Patterson.
A funeral service for Mrs. Collins was conducted at Bethlehem with Rev. Ribot officiating. Survived by J. T Cols, B. Raymond Colls, and Helton Davis Cadets Slorambrie. burial at Bethlehem cemetery with ward Wilson overseeing arrangements. Graceville mourners Frances Yevonne Mildred Bonse Grace Collins and Ruth Tew attended.
In Marianna the Second District blood bank collected 31 donors during a session directed by Dr. E H Reudiger of the Florida State Hospital Chattahoochee. The Manonis Pilot club sponsors monthly visits with technicians and nurses returning plasma for civilian hospital use. Volunteering nurses from Marianna assisted during the event held 3 30 to 4 30 p m with Miss Myrtle Hetton as chair.
In St. Louis governors call for coordinated federal state systems to end double taxation and wasteful spending. They demand reorganization of welfare programs, no political control of medicine, and federal wages and hours standards. The report urges cooperation on water resources and coordinated social welfare efforts nationwide. John Augustine Washington, heir of Mount Vernon, noted as last private owner of Mount Vernon.
A historical excerpt celebrates Coast Guard contributions in World War II amphibious operations. It highlights their swift landing craft, rail-ford tactics, and daring beach landings at Salerno, Normandy, and Pacific theaters. Admirals and officials praise Coast Guard courage and compare it to Marines, noting their essential role in protecting convoys and supporting invasions.
A DNB dispatch details extensive shakeups in the German high command. Included are Gen. Schroth Lt. Gen Specht and Gen. Kriebe amid mass promotions to tighten party control. Executions and traitor confessions are linked to a broader push for total mobilization and renewed war effort across army and home front.
Night action over the Seine and southern France sees fast barges along the river as Allied bombers from Italy pound Portes Les Valence rail yards. British and American heavy bombers fly 5,000 sorties across Germany France and Belgium smashing depots and tunneling sites. The RAF evacuation program for London mothers and children is adjusted amid the latest bombing, with changes allowing more mothers of school age children to register.
A meeting of the Dothan Seles men's Club will be held Saturday in the dining room of the Houston Hotel. Club president Dell Sellers announced the event and an entertaining program is planned. All members are urged to attend.
Returns from 312 precincts indicate Albert Gore with 21 301 votes to 6 360 for W C Lowe in Knoxville area with 2 628 for H C Low. Gore leads Turner two to one in Fourth District Democratic race as Percy Priest wins Republican nomination in Second District with 14 998 to 4 238 over Patton. Five incumbents unopposed for renomination.
Allied forces push south about 80 miles in eleven days from Mortain area toward Avranches Caen and Cherbourg while German armor withdraws. Weather improves aiding air power as Seventh Army backs away with heavy shelling and bombing along exposed withdrawal routes.
Fire at an industrial plant caused extensive damage before burglars fled with about 30 dollars in cash and around 100 dollars worth of clothing. Authorities reported no arrests yet, and officials planned remodeling and resumed work as soon as possible.
A city police summary for July shows 55 traffic violation arrests, down from 54 in June, with total traffic offenses at 740 including public drunkenness. Disorderly conduct ranked second, and July saw arrests for gambling, fighting, and various minor crimes. fines totaled about $5,825 with some appeals and jail time.
Dothan Lions Club members set aside business to host a playful mock-trial of a retired officer accused of pestering members. The audience sat as jury with lawyers, and the defendant was acquitted. W O Floyd was elected treasurer to serve the rest of the year as Troy Lewis returned after five weeks away.
Leenaiu Brooks of Kinsey area was arrested on a liquor charge tied to a raid at his home several days earlier. Five gallons of home brew were confiscated. Investigator T R Knight, who helped arrest Brooks with Chief Deputy Sheriff J T Casey, said Brooks fled the raid and was not located until yesterday.
Baltic states tanks patrolled toward Riga and Liepaja as Red Army broke from the Vistula bridgehead. Rokossovsky’s forces extended a wedge from Sandomierz while Konstantin Rokossovsky pursued a major advance toward Krakow with heavy fighting. Russian infantry crossed the Vistula on pontoons, with 3,000 Germans killed and 500 captured.
Frances Andrews a Carmel Valley socialite wife of an army corporal faces two murder charges after Jay Lovett Pretty was found dead at her ranch home. District attorney Anthony Brazil cites jealousy as motive. Witnesses note a gun at the scene and Mrs Andrews attended the youth before his death.
The article details Allied advances around Florence with Eighth Army gains near Laronolo and Montebuono, captures of Giogoli and Impruneta, and renewed pressure on German forces along the Arno front. Allied artillery strengthens river crossings west of Florence while patrols and small arms actions disrupt enemy efforts near Pontede Ta and Pontassieve.
Alabama health officer Dr. B F Austin said polio outbreaks were steady last week with 13 cases, five of which were old undiagnosed cases. New cases appeared in Chambers Houston Covington Dallas Lee Lowndes Mobile and Tallapoosa counties, signaling no imminent rise.
Oma Lee Edmondson 35 died suddenly at home in Headland. Funeral services at Headland Baptist Church with Rev. Roby J. Lee and Rev. Jeff Stinson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by widow, parents Mr and Mrs John Edmondson of Columbia route 2 4, brother Reymond Edmondson in U S Army, three sisters Annie Wood Wingatt Columbia route 1, Carl Kelly Columbia route 2, and Love Columbia route 2. Headland Mortuary in charge.
Number 4 continues from page one outlining bean kudzu and soybean worm life cycles. Adults persist beyond reproduction, with a month between moth and new generation. Entomologist warns populations may rise through October. farmers should inspect weekly and apply poison as needed before peanut harvest.
The Napier Field parade ground hosted a Sunday afternoon event as part of the third Napier parade for Dothan and nearby areas. Colonel Corries J. Daly invited residents to attend exhibitions with Avistion Cadets and the Napier Field Band. Gerald R. Plain commanded the Student Air Forces materiel unit and prepared forms for visitors. The Comex Department under Lt Eugene Cope displayed new and unusual equipment for visitors entering via the Main Gate to a fifty yard line position on the parade ground.
Headland man learns his son, Flight Officer Daniel W. Johnson Jr., is a German prisoner of war. Notification reached D. W. Johnson Sr. that the officer served overseas about five months, with a 3 percent death rate among the air forces. The record notes five months of service and a payoff of $7,500 in related matters.
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