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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1945
Page
5
War bond officials report weekend E category sales of 11082.25 bringing total E bonds to 269,929.50 toward a 377,000 county quota. Other bond series have met goals. Officials urge residents to buy E bonds as Christmas gifts to boost the county's total and prove an enduring investment.
President Truman vetoed a bill to grant Vice Admiral rank to chiefs of Naval Bureaus and Rear Admiral to assistants. He called for delaying permanent rank increases until Congress sets the postwar military structure and higher command ranks across ground, sea, and air forces. The White House also signaled a forthcoming message on unifying Army and Navy.
Mobile County coroner Dr. H S J Walker announced autopsies on a man and woman found in a tourist cabin near Mobile. The woman, Thelma Padgett, 24, died of a broken neck. The man's remains were sent for toxicology tests. he was Ernest B McArthur, 20, of Mobile.
Washington AP report says Rep Keefe questions whether a Senate House committee is investigating Pearl Harbor or Governor Dewey during a charged Pearl Harbor hearing. The dispute centers on committee staff, Percy Greaves, and remarks by Greaves as Vice Admiral Wilkinson testifies about naval intelligence.
Mrs Willie H Baker owner said the Dothan Steam Laundry fire on Friday morning destroyed the laundry plant and that a loss statement and rebuilding plans would be announced as soon as possible. She noted the dry cleaning machinery is being prepped for use and a partial restart may begin within a week.
TEHRAN AP reports Tabriz the capital of Azerbaijan province fell to insurgent forces after overpowering the small central government garrison. A Iranian general said Russian troops restricted the garrison and confiscated officers side arms as insurgents surrounding the barracks took control.
Fire Chief Floyd Harris reports a stove oil explosion yesterday morning damaged the kitchen at 409 South St Andrews Street. Firemen extinguished the blaze before it spread to other parts of the house owned by W F Smith.
AP report from Tokyo notes Prince Fumimaro Konoye's suicide shock to Emperor Hirohito's status and potential abdication talk. The event comes as Privy Seal Lord Koichi Kido surrenders and Ozaki hints abdication through reign name Showa change proposal amid Diet scrutiny of imperial stability.
The United States and Canada begin joint defense planning for attacks from Asia or Europe via the North polar regions. Six observers accompany a Canadian Army Air Forces 81 day Arctic expedition named exercise musk ox to gather military and scientific data across 300 miles through previously impenetrable territory.
Tokyo AP reports the Japanese Cabinet in an extraordinary session decided to dissolve parliament and call a general election around January 24. The Privy Council approved a new election law extending suffrage to about 2 million women and 3 million young men.
The Soviet Union United States and Britain opened talks in Moscow to bring their nations closer on world peace and atomic energy control. Molotov hosted with Byrnes and Bevin attending as Harriman and Kerp joined the delegation and the mood was cordial with routine procedural discussion likely to follow.
American prosecutors read captured German plans showing a 1941 Goering drawn program to starve Moscow and Stalingrad. The scheme aimed to export Ukraine grain to Germany and seize food for German use, risking millions of Soviet deaths as the four power tribunal heard testimony. Kaltenbrunner was excused for medical reasons as the trial entered its fifth week.
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Japanese General Tamoyuki Yamashita after he sought review of a Philippines Supreme Court decision. The stay follows earlier orders from Secretary of War Paterson and petitions challenging the military commission's jurisdiction. The case also includes requests to bring Yamashita to Washington for hearings before the justices.
The defendant Elizabeth Dunigan received a four year penitentiary term for assault to murder in Houston Circuit Court last week. The Eagle’s Sunday headline wrongly claimed the baby was dead. that was not true. The infant and mother were hospitalized after the baby was found in a pit.
Six people killed and more than 60 injured when the Florida-bound Silver Meteor crashed into the Sun Queen near a village in northeast South Carolina before dawn. The impact hurled locomotives, a coach, and four sleepers from the Silver Meteor. the Sun Queen’s dining car and four coaches derailed. Names include W. W Shoemaker of Raleigh and engineer James Ferrell of Richmond.
A Navy Hellcat on its last self powered trip taxied along Dothan Main street to Howell school campus for exhibit as a bond drive award. Lt Thomas L Berring Jr and Ensign C W Webb piloted the planes from Norfolk to Dothan and onward to finish at Heddland for bond sales.
Dothan logged its coldest day this winter as temperatures fell to 22 degrees with a 1 degree below freezing mark. The Southeast faced two cold waves from the northern plains, Alabama statewide saw frigid readings, and officials warned of more sub freezing weather as forecasts called for Wednesday.
In Yokohama the first war crimes trials begin with five Japanese accused of atrocities against Allied POWs. Tatsuto Tsuchiya, nicknamed Little Glass Eye, will be arraigned for aiding the March death of American Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas. Prosecution by Maj. Louis Geffen and Lt. David I. Day Jr. Nearly 400 Japanese facing atrocity charges.
Government fact finding resumes in the oil wage dispute as CIO seeks 30 percent raise. Sinclair Oil releases 11 properties amid a 181 percent weekly pay rise for a 40 hour week, while GM and CIO UAW begin talks. Panels operate without statutory authority, relying on voluntary cooperation as Congress pauses action until January.
Mance Reese, a Negro held in the Houston County jail, has had his clothing sent to Auburn for examination by the state toxicologist. The arrest followed a Monday night attempted attack on the wife of a young Army officer near Young Junior High School.
Gen George S Patton sits up in his Heidelberg hospital bed for the first time since the crash eight days ago. Army officials report rapid improvement as he battled paralysis from a spine injury and once declared this a hell of a way to die.
Miss Fran Mallette of Houston County and Miss Emilee Watton, a tenant agent, left this afternoon for Auburn to attend the annual Alabama Extension Workers conference. The event will begin today and run through Thursday with sessions for county home demonstration and extension staff.
The CIO United Auto Workers strike widens as Kaiser-Frazier becomes the union’s latest target amid wage talks at Ford and GM. A. J. Taomag leads the conference with Kaiser-Frates officials while Ford and GM reject the 3 percent demand. Pickets clash with police at Willow Run and other plants as Ford hints at a wage offer and production lags due to parts shortages. Henry Ford cites no unauthorized work stoppages since V J Day despite the wider industrial pressure.
The wage and profit issue stalled the governments wage price panel at its first hearing on oil disputes. CIO Oil Workers and oil industry reps pressed the board to decide wage questions before continuing. Union general counsel Walden urged the panel to clarify its authority affecting wages versus prices and profits.
Washington AP Navy officers testified at the court martial of Captain Charles D. McVay III that Japanese submarine activity in the Philippines Sea prior to the sinking of the USS Indianapolis was not on a scale to cause the disaster. McVay, commander of the Indianapolis, is charged with negligence and inefficiency. he is to take the stand tomorrow, his counsel said.
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