07 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
1
Amid stalemated lines near German airfields, American forces push through waterlogged terrain at fortifications and rail targets. Reports describe heavy fighting involving Mark IV tanks and U S air power, with units advancing along the road to strategic positions as Pearl Harbor echoes in air battles.
AP reports Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau addressed the convention opening session. He urged farmers to have a voice in global and domestic policy, arguing that world peace hinges on farmer input and that government should not dominate domestic affairs. He warned against artificial subsidies and called for reform as wartime subsidies end. He claimed farm people can better advance peace than any single group and urged direct mechanisms over broad international accords.
In a terse bulletin the Seprerad chamber reports a unanimous decision extending the mandate. Details are limited as text is fragmentary but the core outcome was a broad approval by the body. Officials linked to the motion could not provide additional context in the brief entry.
London dispatch reports Teheran promises of coordinated Allied offensives from east west and south. Hitler faces outmatched forces as United States Britain and Russia pool vast resources, with Allied superiority in land sea and air growing daily and Soviet strength expanding beyond prior estimates.
Atlanta and Memphis see continued strike by more than 1,500 truck drivers and helpers. Atlanta city drivers vote to stay out until retroactive wage increases from the War Labor Board are granted. Road drivers join the action, pledging to remain out until the wage decision is resolved.
A thief snatched a brown purse in a downtown department store lounge, stealing $40 saved for railroad fare to bring Camp Rucker soldier and his wife home for Christmas in Ohio. The loss shattered their travel plans and prompted local help to replace the funds.
President Roosevelt vetoed a resolution to commemorate December 7, labeling it not worthy of a holiday. He praised wartime mobilization with Army numbers rising to 2.3 million and U S forces expanding globally, countering Axis claims of American weakness.
Washington AFP reports the Senate nears approval of a plan to set aside economic stabilizer Vinson’s rejection of an 8 cents per hour wage boost for 1.1 million non operating railroad workers. Senator Truman indicates a likely passage that would overrule Vinson’s Little Steel formula constraint, allowing the raise negotiated last August.
Washington AF The Senate Finance Committee met in executive session today in a rush to place on the books the new 2.14 million added revenues before Christmas. Indications show the measure may face pushback when compared with the Treasury’s 10.5 billion revenue increase request, as lawmakers work behind closed doors. The outcome likely won’t alter the tax impact on the average taxpayer.
A U S Public Health Service spokesman described the rising flu rates across the country as a normal seasonal increase after reviewing the latest figures for the week ending Navy 27. He noted that 1941 figures were far higher but did not indicate a serious epidemic then.
Pearl Harbor reports two years after the attack, the US Navy announces expanding air power delivering heavy blows against the Marshalls and New Britain. Carrier task forces smashed targets at the Marshalls while MacArthur notes attacks from Rabaul to Cape Gloucester. Washington says 30,000 invasion craft and barges are being produced as 71 more enemy cargo ships are sunk, bringing total Japanese ships destroyed to 16.
AP reports Pearl Harbor, two years after devastating attack, awaits new phase of Pacific offensive. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reviews carrier task force results from his Fear Harbor headquarters as ships raid Marcus, Wake, and the Gilberts.
Washington experts forecast the war against Germany ending in the third year of American participation beginning on the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor. They expect at least two more years of fighting with escalated offensives against Germany and Japan, and a possible Balkans invasion as part of the Teheran decisions.
The city commission discussed renewing the stray dog round up at its regular meeting. A recent drive to impound unvaccinated, untagged dogs was announced but no applications were on hand for the dog catcher job.
London AP reports a conference in North Africa among President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Turkey's President Inonu. The talks address Turkey's future role with the Allies and may influence Mediterranean strategy amid wartime diplomacy.
In Moscow Izvestia declares full satisfaction with the Tehran meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. Premier Stalin’s safe return from a hazardous 4109 mile trip prompts editorial praise of Allied unity and the agreed plan, especially the pursuit of the second front.
Attorney T. FE. Buntin is exonerated for not cooperating with the Police Department. City Commissioner Clyde L. Cos says the issue was coordination, not operation, praising the police and City Attorney’s office for following legal procedures at a City Commission meeting.
Soviet forces push through Ukraine from the Dnieper to threaten Kirovograd, severing a German rail line between Smoela and Zaanenks. They overrun multiple towns including Telbulevo and Znamenka, with heavy German losses and large Soviet gains near Ol is Pindovka, Alexandriya, and Dikovkse, while other columns advance toward Charkazy and Rogachev rail centers.
Recorder J I Vaughn heard charges in Recorder's Court about enforcing an ordinance regulating electric phonographs or juke organs in public places. The restaurant operator faced a similar complaint across the street at the Recreation Center, with police pursuing cases against all operators who played the machines outside allowed hours. City Detective Taylor Ficka noted no known exceptions and said cases were being brought against violators.
Washington AP reports War Manpower Commission notes no draft call reduction before end of February. They foresee no need for national service legislation as manpower in armed forces and industry adjusts. New WMC figures show total labor force by July 194? at about 66,900,000, up 400,000 from last July and 1,800,000 above then.
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