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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1943
Page
1
In Houston area politics for next year play a minor role with only the Education Supervisors race in focus. Dothan may elect a City Commissioner with potential contests around the $110 monthly seat and possible reshuffles as Governor and local observers speculate on appointments and department heads.
Allied headquarters reported a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers were sunk in the Vella Gulf area of the central Solomons during an hour long engagement. A third destroyer was probably sunk. The action aimed to intercept supplies to Vila on Kolombangara.
Washington report shows the Office of War Mobilization must recruit 700,000 new workers for the aircraft industry over the coming year 1944. Baruch, advising Byrnes, reviews data indicating a need for about 56,000 additional employees monthly to reach peak production. A WPB report provides an early view of the manpower challenge facing U.S. airplane manufacturing.
Houston County will join Alabama in a postwar term-to-market road program under Sparks administration. County road supervisor Fred L. Mullins said surveys are underway and by November 1 three projects totaling 27 miles of paved road should be completed. The program total calls for 206 miles of paving with about half funded by federal aid and shared costs by county and state.
Houston County motorists must present all gasoline ration books to the War Price and Rationing Board for tagging changes to 1644 license numbers. About 4,000 books require certification, with 104 license tags issued October 1 and current tags expiring November 1.
Official figures show Alabama cities and counties will gain 292 372 and 28 from State liquor profits for the first six months of the year under a new distribution plan. Counties get 40 percent and cities 0 percent of profits over 2.2 million, with city shares partly earmarked for welfare.
The Houston County Board of Revenue will nominate three persons for the Houston County Board of Tax Equalization. The Board of Education and the City of Dothan will each nominate three. smaller municipalities will nominate one each. The Governor will appoint one member from each group, with terms beginning October 1 for four years at eight hundred dollars annually.
London dispatches report widespread speculation of a coup or major political move in Berlin aimed at replacing Adolf Hitler. Broadcasts say Nazi leaders join army and air force chiefs at Fuehrer headquarters with Japanese ambassador in attendance. no Italian envoy mentioned.
Soviet shock troops push deeper into Ukraine. Gralvoron captured near the Kharkov Bryansk railway, with gains of seven miles, 70 villages overrun, and a pincher thrust toward Kharkov and Bryansk. Berlin reports a Russian advance near Chuguev and Zolochev amid a widening front.
Washington AP reports a campaign to make VP Wallace head a new food production and rationing agency to supplant the War Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration. Speaker cited support from AAA figures and former Agricultural Adjustment Agency officials, with rumors linking Wallace to oversee general food direction.
In an interview from Washington Admiral Ernest J. King argues U S aid must pour into Russia and China to exploit manpower and geographic advantage against Germany and Japan. He says Allied forces should divert German troops from the Russian front and notes difficulties in supplying China while outlining broad wartime strategy.
Washington AP reports the Capitol cleaning crew faces arduous tasks with two years of dirt buildup. Arthur E B Cook uses high pressure hoses for exterior work while indoors a team of women and men scrubs marble walls and ceilings. Crystal chandeliers require multi step cleansing including detaching each piece and washing in five waters.
AP dispatch reports General Lewis B. Hershey saying Selective Service is on the plateau as the nation plans across the next year. He cited a need for about 2,000,000 draftees and outlined deferments for essential workers, including aircraft, shipbuilding, and farmers, while stressing postwar training to reduce rejections.
Dallas AP reports about four thousand Axis prisoners helping harvest Southwest crops to ease a farm labor shortage. More than 149 contracts cover prisoners from 15 to 200 sent to Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and New Mexico under supervision of the War Prisoners of War branch. Contracts and prisoner numbers have grown since mid July with many more prisoners expected to work on farms.
The Brazilian passenger steamer Bage was torpedoed off Sergipe on July 31, with 78 passengers and crew reported missing. The ship carried 129 passengers and a 102 crew, and 41 were accounted for. Some survivors arrived at Aracaju, suggesting the sinking occurred near the coast. The vessel carried rubber fibers and cotton, and 14 Brazilian ships had been sunk by submarines up to that date.
Technical Sergeant Will J. Orr, son of Mr and Mrs Jeff Orr of Dothan, is decorated with the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in air missions in the Southeast Pacific Area from September 23, 1942. The award, conferred by Lieutenant General George Kenney, honors his courage, service to the combat organization and country.
Allied campaigns in Sicily and Italy push toward split German lines. Troina falls after five days of brutal fighting as American and British forces close on Etna corridor. Italian resistance collapses with surrender flags as 128000 prisoners are reported.
Detroit based Price Administrator Prentice Brown announced a 10 percent increase in sugar allotments for commercial users such as bakeries candy makers and soft drink firms effective within days. He suggested it could foreshadow broader rationing across all sectors and pledged a Washington announcement on the general petroleum situation. Brown declined to say if Midwest concessions would be included.
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