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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
7
Dorothy Dix humorously surveys the impossible standard for wives asking them to be a perfect blend of beauty intelligence domestic skill and adaptability. She notes husbands expect craving a flawless companion while real life demands juggling conflicting roles and tastes. The piece lampoons the absurdity of universal female perfection.
A fragment discusses marriage ideals focusing on wives as social accessories. It contrasts pretentious, cosmopolitan behavior with domestic roles and hints at male disappointment when wives cannot meet lavish appearances on modest budgets. It notes money and status influence marital satisfaction and gender norms.
In North Africa Captain Clyde Tindell and his brother Captain James Le Modell, both sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tindell of Dothan, unexpectedly reunited after a year and a half apart. A letter to their mother described the moment a dusted Army vehicle pulled up and the brothers, 90 miles apart, spotted each other. Prior to overseas service Clyde had been at We t ersboro South Carolina and Jimmy at Tinker Field Oklahoma. Censorship kept exact locations and units undisclosed.
United States Marines in the south Pacific mention planning fishing trips home in letters from Private first class James A. Pitts of Dothan to his parents Mr and Mrs B B Pitts. Pitts says he would enjoy a fishing trip back home and notes he is currently fishing but for those in water. He has been over Beas for nine months and was recently promoted to private first class.
Obituaries detail Mrs B W Clendinen aged 82 of 1300 5 St Andrewa St and Mrs Kitty Clyde Weaver aged four of Blakely. Also listed are Mrs Sallie Lyon Davis 52 Headland Joseph Asa LaGrear 76 Ozark Rev A Ho Lynch Bowl ov Tx John Samuel Maddox 81 Dothan route three Marion Frank Dinard 73 Hartford route one H C Skipper 64 Dathan route five James M Parker Webb route one. START FRE-FLIGHT Asbury Flowers Jr and William Buren Moody registered Wonston County Selective 7 Gervies Beard Me Dus have to Rene ues te Re Rat I 1 Pri ef Giessle reported Tuesday. er we Feet Mecellen
Becond Lieutenant Charles A. Grice son of Mr and Mrs C K Grice of Nashville Tennessee and formerly of Headland is cited for meritorious achievement in action against the enemy and awarded the Air Medal at Allied headquarters in Australia He was among 13 pursuit pilots engaged in escorting bombers and transports and diving at low altitudes to attack installations and equipment He was an aircraft company employee before enlisting in August 1942 He attended Georgia Military College and is a grandson and nephew of local residents
Eleven Wiregrass area ROTC juniors from Auburn are placed in Army Specialized Training Program centers awaiting OCS. The group includes Woodie W Cauley Dothan Lewey F Harris New Brockton Ralph Killebrew Abbeville James R Martin Elba William W Nordan Abbeville Loya Norré Dothan John E Oates Abbeville Jamen Pridgen Enterprise Gareth H Jordan Cottonwood Phillip W Latts Midland City. Lieutenant Joseph R Hornsby transferred to Gunter Field for basic flying training after primary training at Wawthorne School of Aeronautics. Aviation Cadet Tom T Fellows completed basic flying training at Malden Army Air Field.
Relatives report Staff Sergeant Eddie Livingstone of Tothan has arrived safely in North Africa after joining the Army in July 1941. He has a brother Charles serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the South Pacific. Wilburn Dunning Jr of Dathan has been promoted to pharmacist’s mate third class in the Navy, stationed at Naval Hospital San Diego, California.
Funeral services for Technical Sergeant James M. Parker twenty one of Webb Route One who died in a Des Moines plane crash were held at Webb Baptist Church with Rev. Dean Medima and Givens officiating Burial followed in Webb city cemetery Ward Wilson in charge Surviving are his parents a brother and a sister and numerous pallbearers including L B Whaley J D Whitehead Roy Whitehead D C Kirkland James Knowles and Dewey Raley Honorary pallbearers are a long list of local figures and physicians
Marriage licenses listed include Mice Crawford Adams Pangey and Frances Watkins Pansey. Lewis V. Naylor Newton and Mae James Lakeland Fla. Tultis Callaway Ashford and Lee Esther Martin Columbia. Altoy L Sneller, 21, son of Mrs James Sneil of Ashford, enrolled for advanced aerial navigation at Army Air Forces Navigation School San Marcos Texas for an eighteen week course covering radio dead reckoning pilotage and celestial methods.
FPulvary First Claus Car L. Cobia son of Mrs E J Cobia of Head land route three completes training and graduates from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command at Chanute Field Illinois. William B Griffin Jr of 407 Headlang Ave now in training at Massachusetts State College as an aircrew member of the 58th College Training Detachment. Griffin a 1948 Dothan High School graduate and former assistant grain store manager prior to induction.
Navy lists Charles Harding Barnes of Abbeville among 92 casualties on Tuesday. He is reported missing with three dead and twelve wounded among the names, including Ewell Norman Barnes as his father.
The War Department said Private Marcus A. Faulkner of Midland City died of disease in a Japanese prison camp after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Next of kin listed as his father W. G. Faulkner of Midland City route one.
A long column records births to numerous families with July birth dates. Names include William Henry Shields Connie Sue Ethridge Connie Sue Rupert Charles Jr Alexander born to A J Reltenghi family, Rupert Charles Jr, Jan Preston, Robert Earl, Carolyn Yvonne, Lora Ann, Garey Joseph, Carol Weston, John, Larry James, Edward Ronald, Sarah Gale, Glenda Lou, among others.
Corporal Clarence L. Johnson nephew of A. B. Pradahan of Hartford Route Two was promoted to sergeant as reported by relatives. Johnson is stationed in Wisconsin.
Ex War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis, reflecting after resignation, says no magic formula or quick orders can solve food troubles without a detailed enforcement blueprint. He criticizes piecemeal handling, notes resistance to price ceilings, and urges a campaign to shift civilian consumption toward less in demand foods while educating the public.
The passage critiques perpetual shocks to families driven by half season needs and rising costs. It argues men blame wives for shortages and expenses while husbands demand the impossible, forcing women to juggle tight menus, meager dinners, and dowdy dress to meet expectations.
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