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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1943
Page
2
A chaotic news conference features President defending the New Deal while addressing healthcare reform. He cites internal ills and a plan dubbed the New Deal seeking broad political support, as critics challenge which laws apply if the patient improves. The New York Herald Tribune reports from Washington.
A Houston County election panel led by Judge Saxon P. Poyner approved a list for upcoming primaries on January 11 and February 8. The plan assigns two election presiding teams per beat with voting machines to be available in Cowarts and Granger, following a rotation pattern. Names listed include Y. A. Wells, Ashford, and several local officials who will oversee polling in Beats One through Five and others. The full roster and beat assignments are detailed, with adjustments anticipated in Beats Eight and Nine.
British raids strike Germany and Biscay targets while Italian and German forces push in the Adriatic. Allied bombers hit fields near Rome as Reds widen control west of Kiev. U.S. Marines advance toward a key New Guinea port amid Western front developments.
Allied forces led by Canadian troops press north along the coast toward Pescara and Rome amid snow. Heavy bombing targets airfields near Centocelle and Gampino while reports say Rome may have been bombed. no Allied confirmation yet.
An Army First Lieutenant from Fort Benning arrived in Dothan to take control of the Bay Line under President Roosevelt’s seizure order to keep rail service running. Lieutenant Cliffourd Brown reported in, as J A Streyer, Bay Line president, confirmed officials posted notices across the line.
Absentee ballots for the special Democratic primary have arrived at the Houston County Probate Office and will be available until January 4. Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner said ballots arrived yesterday with 26 distributed so far. He noted only one request had been received before last week, and January 6 is the last day ballots can be issued.
Albert Gore congressman from Tennessee’s Fourth District enters Army service as a Volunteer inductee. He will be sworn in this afternoon at the induction station and plans to return to Washington before duties resume.
Three operating unions, after resisting arbitration, agreed to call off the nation wide rail strike tomorrow. President Roosevelt ordered military operation to protect war transport, with the Army already running the carrier since Monday night.
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Marines pressing from Cape Gloucester New Britain toward the enemy airdrome despite stronger Japanese ground resistance and heavy tropical rains. Tank support and 150 tons of bombs by planes aided the push to two miles offshore and within one and a half miles of the target. MacArthur says American air fighters and naval guns repelled air attacks at Arawe, 62 miles southeast of Cape Gloucester, shooting down 37 enemy planes.
The nation’s railroads under government control asked for immediate examination of public safety benefits from radio telephones on moving trains. They petitioned the Radio Technical Planning Board with private experts seeking board membership. Officials anticipated an early reply from Dr. W. R. G. Baker of General Electric.
City and county police investigated a wave of burglaries in Dothan. Malone Motor Company on South Street saw cash stolen from a shattered skylight entry. Tut's Snack on Montgomery Highway was found hit, with a ham cigarettes bread and milk taken. Police found no clues linking the incidents. Local officers suspect a skilled thief group may be involved.
Allied invasion command structure nears completion with British leaders named to head naval and air components under General Eisenhower. Admiral Ramsay will command the naval forces and Air Marshal Mallory leads the air arm, with Sir Arthur Tedder named deputy commander in chief.
Five AP reporters in London note the Mediterranean basin will dominate early 1944 operations as Allied strategy shapes around Italy’s actions. The piece predicts Mediterranean campaign objectives, with speculation on a wider European plan and timing for major moves as the year unfolds.
London AP reports a combined warship and air action sinking three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France. The Admiralty and Air Ministry note further details await, with no British losses reported. The operation follows the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst and broader actions reducing German destroyers.
A draft board in Houston County will depart Friday morning for Fort McClean where physicals will be conducted prior to induction. After examinations at Fort McClellan the group will return home and those accepted will be given notice a few days before reporting to reception center. Names listed include Jack Fidward Floran and several others transacted from other boards.
Flora Lewis reports that Allied leaders consider dropping a formal peace treaty with Germany and instead issue a simple declaration of peace. Belgian General de Baer proposes a UN court for war criminals, while a long translation period and international law hurdles would precede any treaty. He warns that ending war does not erase Nazi legal structures or allow immediate German reorganization.
In Atlanta AP reports authorities questioned an unidentified man in an Army uniform about five weeks. The man used the name Robert Lee Garter and carried papers with that alias. Police found documents, an enlisted collar insignia, a strip bun ticket from Camp Rucker, and a note indicating another name Sergeant Albert Cortex Camp Parker Alabama.
London AP reports the Red Army has recaptured Korosten in north Ukraine, a vital rail and highway hub west of Kiev. Soviet forces push toward Zhitomir, retaking Radomyshl and Prasilov, with heavy guns close to Korosten’s defenses as they press a new winter offensive.
An unidentified Black man, alleged to have harmed a police officer, opened fire in downtown Birmingham. Police exchanged gunfire, wounding and fatally injuring the suspect after a chaotic late afternoon confrontation witnessed by thousands. Assistant Chief Morris Coushnawald noted possible prison escape clues from the suspect’s clothing.
More than a dozen volunteers offered to donate blood to a young man at a Houston County hospital after a failed prior transfusion. Relatives initially paid for a transfer, then welfare officials relayed donor terms. The hospital lining up eight volunteers, four with the required blood type, to await a second transfusion.
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