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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1945
Page
5
Governor announces Alabama state will spend $40,000,000 next year on roads schools welfare health and other services about 45 percent of gate revenues. He cites welfare and school funds rises tied to a proposed constitutional amendment Oct 2 and notes relief for aged welfare recipients if funds are released.
Alabama officials begin an inventory of state owned lands under a 1945 act to curb mismanagement. The Land Division will mail forms to state departments listing land type, condition, value and ownership. Governor Sparks cites past waste in sixteenth section school lands and other properties, with no comprehensive data available.
Approximately 125 employees of the Georgia-Florida railway walked out at 6 a.m. in Augusta in a wage dispute. Brotherhood representative W Laughlin said the strike targets a wage increase similar to boosts given by other railroads. General manager Hugh Purvis said the company would not meet the demand affecting the 406 mile line from Georgia to Greenwood, South Carolina, halting engine crews conductors and train hands.
Montgomery report on Gov Chimeccy Sparks tax diversion battle as both sides spar, with a special election set for Oct 2. N Peale leads agriculture and industry themes while headquarters open in Montgomery. Bruce Henderson to run the state committee.
The Associated Press reports a national strike total near 64 000 as more than two dozen disputes halted production. About 70 000 workers were idle in metal trades. Kentucky coal mines reopened for 3 700 workers due to a personal appeal by John L. Lewis, UMW president. Other stoppages ended at Vulcan iron works in Wilkes-Barre and Reynolds Meters plants in Louisville and Richmond, while 1 500 workers at Reynolds in New York and Glendale remained out over contract talks. No new developments were noted in continuing strikes.
Montgomery Alabama AP reports Phifer acting chief of the Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Division predicts a downward trend in 1946 vehicle license plate sales. Fewer old cars on the road and limited new production offset by potential end of war. 1946 Alabama plates will be metal with white lettering on black. sale slated for October 1.
President Truman travels home with international agreements and a heavy domestic agenda. He must finish a radio address and address outcomes from Potsdam including use of German prisoners, European relief, press access in Poland and the Balkans, and the size of the Army amid pressures from legislators. Senator Vandenberg urged guarantees of news freedom and election integrity in those regions.
Federal approval clears the way for a 180 foot concrete and steel overpass on Cottonwood Road at Bay Line Railroad. John W. Rish says funding will come from state and federal sources, with material availability affecting timing. A traffic signal system at East Main Street must be maintained to satisfy federal concerns.
An eighteen year old South Dakota woman Miss Hetty Sanderson engaged to marry Private Earl Pugh died in a car crash two miles south of Dothan on the Panama City Highway. Private First Class Carl Reid was killed and Pugh seriously injured. two others survived with minor injuries. The wedding had been planned for today and a marriage certificate was found in a hotel room.
City officials in Dothan begin drafting an ordinance to outlaw fortune telling and clairvoyance. The measure, modeled after Mobile's law, would revoke the $150 monthly license and bar fortune telling entirely, with a commission meeting expected to adopt it soon.
London reports forecast a fresh ultimatum to Japan backed by atomic threat as scientists hail the bomb’s potential. Sir John Anderson and Dr. E Slade discuss a revolution in industry and peace while British papers ponder its global impact and past German factory sabotage.
Rev Hilsman says a protest letter sent to the Houston County War Free and Rationing Board was written without his knowledge or permission though it bore his name as president of the NAACP local branch He says he learned of it from The Eagle and did not authorize its wording or signatories The letter claimed an unprovoked attack on Collins and cited OPA violation suspicions. Wilkerson cites Collins as a repeat violator of ration rules.
New York AP report shows the Cost Of Living index for average wage earners and lower-salaried clerical workers rose to 106.9 in June, up 1.2 percent from May and 2.3 percent above June 1944, with food leading the gains at 1.9 percent and clothing little changed. Purchasing power in 1923 goods fell to 93.5 cents from 95.7 cents a year earlier.
U S airstrike reports limit details as Japan admits a powerful new bomb hit Hiroshima. Tokyo radio hints leaders scramble to assess the strike on the Hiroshima Army base amid sparse U S disclosures of the attack’s impact.
CHICAGO AP Dr Walter Dill Scout longtime Northwestern president emeritus argues a single atomic bomb on Emperor Hirohito's Tokyo palace might yield the face saving motive Japan seeks to end the war. He notes Tokyo reports claim multiple bombs and the blast's extraordinary power. The Nipponese acknowledge bombing damage while downplaying its military impact.
Burbank Calif API Maj Richard Ira Bong famed American ace who downed four Japanese planes in combat hours is dead after a P eighty jet plane exploded four minutes after takeoff from Lockheed plant. Bong tried to jump clear as the ship disintegrated flames enveloped him.
Washington reports that atomic energy could shorten wartime Japan fighting and spark peaceful cheap energy development. President Truman's disclosure of the weapons drop prompts Senate leaders to act when Congress reconvenes in October. A proposed commission would oversee production and pricing, with a military panel pressing swift wartime to peacetime transition.
Houston County farmers will employ 550 German prisoners of war for peanut harvest starting September, with 25 more for the last 15 days. An Army notification sets the plan, though initial demand was 750. Ling notes smaller groups will spread labor, with three to be used per group. Tasks are increased from 14 to 24 stacks per prisoner and placks from 12 to 16. Farmers must prepay labor under a wage board recommendation.
Washington reports suggest air warfare will shift as atomic bombs expand range and reduce crew needs. President Truman described the charge as small, but official tests imply complex gear is needed. Bomber design may adapt bay layouts and single bombing runs to reach targets quickly while avoiding blast and dust effects.
Oak Ridge residents about 75,000 learned the war plant’s purpose as the atomic bomb project became public. The town’s reaction mixed surprise and exhilaration while workers continued at their posts and newspapers sold rapidly amid nationwide interest.
Dothan business leaders at a Rotary luncheon examined postwar expansion prospects, stressing the water supply as a limiting factor for industrial growth. panelists Malone Ayres Hall Bryson and Goodwin weighed future industry types, power needs, and possible regional cooperation to attract new plants.
Washington officials assess Hiroshima attack as a warning to Japan with U S leaders saying atomic energy will reshape war and peace. Truman notes possible drastic changes in defense and industry, while Japan shows no surrender readiness as US expands pressure and reconnaissance continues. Turn to No 13 on Page 2.
Manila reports Tarumi in southern Japan ablaze as Okinawa based air force hits with 400 planes in the heaviest raid yet. The target, Tarumi near Kagoshima Bay, sees factories and wharves bombed. MacArthur notes the flames rising twelve thousand feet.
The report notes Japan cancelling operations into Hiroshima where a first atomic bomb equivalent to 20.6 megatons of TNT was dropped Monday. The Imperial Command said multiple bombs may have been used. Demolition bombs from 125 B-29s hit Toyokawa naval arsenal. Over 400 Far East Air Force aircraft attacked Kyushu port Terumi day. In the Philippines American forces pressed against isolated Japanese groups in northern Luzon. In China Chinese troops captured Yeungkong southwest of Canton. Burmese patrols blocked the Mitang River north of Rangoon.
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