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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1945
Page
13
Alabama foresees peacetime job growth after wartime output. Officials expect employment to rise about 24 percent, with new manufacturing projects and retooling to sustain peacetime production as Alabama transitions from 1940s wartime activity. Thomas W. Marur, sale chairman of the committee, comments on the plan.
Yesterday in Marve based findings praised Alabama’s business and industrial firms for employing trained workers and modern machinery. The study projected widespread opportunities for new industries and expansion of existing ones, suggesting a national job impact if other states matched Alabama’s employment rate, estimating millions of peacetime jobs.
A CED survey reported by chairman Martin predicts widespread employment in Alabama for all who want to work. Local committees under four district and six county chairmen coordinated the study, with leaders Barrett Shelton Decatur, Milton Fies Birmingham, R H McClure Montgomery, and J R McRae Mobile guiding the effort. The survey excluded agricultural, educational, construction, government, forestry and fishing, small business, and self employed workers.
Boots announced, with Martin of Alabama Power noting a planned expansion and improvement program costing six to eight million dollars. Part already underway, rest to speed up as industry revives and skilled manpower becomes available.
Burkett county health officer urges parents of entering first graders to provide birth certificates for enrollment. Immunizations for typhoid smallpox and diphtheria are required and available at the Houston County health department on Monday and Sunday mornings year round. Certificates not on file must be established. records and necessary papers are obtainable at the health department.
Montgomery Ala AP Labor Director Emmett Brooks said Alabama law does not mandate severance pay or advance notice of termination. He noted confusion among employers and workers about termination notices and severance, and mentioned Wage Stabilization Act concerns and a removable termination bonus approved by the WLB. Also reports from Marianna list weekly livestock auction prices and cattle, hogs, and other items.
Ozark baseball travels to Wiregrass Memorial Stadium to face the Independents led by manager David Edgar. Wagner carries 2B duties as Acree starts with Weeks catching. The Independents aim to rebound after a 4 win loss record while a 3 PM first pitch is slated.
The article describes air disturbances not as vacuum spaces but as pockets created by changing ground temperatures and other conditions. It notes that air pockets affect aircraft behavior and are influenced by terrain and atmospheric factors.
Funeral services for Mrs J S Grissett seventy one of Cathay route one who died at a local hospital will be held at 10 30 am today at Pleasant FOI church with Rev W D Whiddon officiating Burial will follow in the Pleasant Wild cemetery Ward Wilson directing She was a member of the church and had lived in the community seven years Surviving are her husband eight daughters and three sons including Beatrice Snell grove Coy Parker Cecil Masters Glenn Maddox Wesley Smith Harry Hoy and Cecil Hamm Ed Lee plus others
Fragmented OCR text lists numerous personal names and places with unclear connections. It mentions farmers, partners, and multiple individuals in a garbled sequence, suggesting a local notice or notices of land, sale, or tenancy with uncertain actions or outcomes.
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