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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
9
Montgomery AP report shows the Industrial Bureau advising war workers to stay at their posts. Officials say employers must provide immediate information on employment, while plans to address the emergency rise amid concerns about premature layoffs.
Alabama increased jobless benefits to twenty dollars weekly for twenty weeks in 1945. The Industrial Relations Director advised war manufacturers to inform his department and the U S Employment Service of John.
District official stresses OPA tasks persist amid ongoing wartime shortages and rationing. Officials urge continued cooperation with supply agencies to curb price abuses and maintain fair distribution of essential commodities. Local notices warn of enforced controls and timing of price checks.
Officials at the unemployment competition agency call for immediate submission of complete facts regarding the separation of each employee. The request aims to document reasons, dates, and outcomes to resolve benefit claims and verify eligibility. Submit all pertinent documents and communications.
Gen Omar N Bradley was sworn in as Veterans Administrator succeeding Brig Gen Frank T Hines who led the post 22 years Hines remains administrator of reemployment and retraining The two conferred with President Truman and Bradley indicated a temporary assignment of three European theater aides and advisors in his series of news conferences
Pte Teese Strickland of Slacomb after eighteen months with the Fifth Army in Italy is back in the United States as a patient at the RAF Regional and Convalescent Hospital in Coral Gables Florida. He earned the Bronze Star for rifleman service, saw action at Anzio near Rome and Florence and in the Apennines. He witnessed Fifth Army columns move from Cassino to join defenders of the Anzio strip after long months of heavy fighting.
The Associated Press notes area residents arriving overseas including Pie. Shellie P. McKnight of Newton and Pie. Ralph Armstrong of Geneva aboard the Sea Porpoise in New York, Pie. Dasset J. Killingsworth of Dot route on Cape Flattery, and Pir. Marine Campbell of Dothan aboard the Victory due at Hampton Roads. Veteran service lists praise Combat Infantryman badges and three battle stars for valor in France and Europe. William F.B. Rayhan’s son arrives at Prowquice Pele Army Air Field aboard an Air Transport Command plane after four months overseas as a tank driver in Europe.
fragmented OCR story mentions Hogan and golf return with unclear context and many garbled names and phrases. references to bonds and war effort appear, but details are unreadable and names are unclear. The readable elements suggest a sports and war bond mixed item with no coherent event.
CHILDFEASBURG The Alabama Ordnance Works once a major explosives producer in the South is nearing shutdown. Commander Keldsen says personnel reductions are already underway but a usable force will be needed during decontamination and hydrodeal phases. Wind up production is expected in eight months with contract terminations and decontamination plans. The plant opened January 1942 and employed about 12,000 workers at peak with around 5,000 remaining on site.
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