30 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
1
W Babson Park Mamn reports forecasts on wartime price controls and supply tensions. Analysts discuss likely effects on cattle corn coffee and cocoa prices, with inventories and export markets under scrutiny.
The Marine Administration lowers point values for canned peas tomatoes and fruits effective Sunday in January. Jams and marmalades see an upward adjustment. A two point to a pound jar change and wax beans receive a one point increase.
Fragmented World Today report notes 2400 bombs on Berlin and allied advances. British and Soviet forces push into German positions with heavy air raids and ground offensives near Rostov and the Dnieper region.
Allied air forces mounted a major daylight thrust into German targets including Stuttgart Mannheim Frankfurt and Karlsruhe after the RAF delivered a heavy night blow on Berlin. American bombers escorted by fighters pressed the attack as Berlin faced possible collapse as Germany’s working capital.
Washington 4P Admiral Ernest J King says plans are ready to bring full UN strength to the war against Japan likely in 1944. Plans have progressed for months and may wait for defeat of Germany, which Eisenhower also expects in 1944. King vows continued and increased pressure on Japan.
Interior Secretary Ickes issued a coal embargo halting hard coal shipments west of the Ohio Pennsylvania line through April 1 to relieve eastern shortages. He faulted the War Manpower Commission, cited mine stoppages, and claimed distributors resist moving soft coal. About 000 tons of New York City's hard coal share were frozen for consumer furnaces.
The probate office reports 41 absentee ballot requests for the Special Democratic primary to fill the unexpired term of the late Congressman Benny Preagall. Requests rose after arrival of ballots on Tuesday with three percent issued and 15 more today. Houston County voters absent for the primaries must file by January 6, per Probate Judge Sarca FP Peyner, or risk no ballots being issued.
Washington AP reports Rep. Sheppard, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on naval expenditures, argues the United States must maintain a postwar Navy unmatched by any nation. He vows not to scrap equipment vital to defense and notes ship expansion bills totalled 54 billion since June. He predicts peak construction late next year and completion by late 1945, with emphasis on amphibious craft, crash landing boats, and tank boats amid Pacific operations and uncertain invasion damage. He warns Pacific warfare may await victory in Europe and cites broader policing duties in peace.
The United Blatas Unemployment service reports many requests from men seeking to cultivate farms on share or rent basis. Manager LL C Dennis stressed the Farm Placement section’s efforts to match applicants with farms, noting a shortage of available farms for the numerous applicants. Most jobseekers are progressive farmers, and landowners are urged to utilize the labor pool to boost food production for defense and civil needs.
Allied forces push along the Adriatic coast from Ortona toward Pescara as heavy bombardment targets Nazi supply lines in Italy. Reports of a landing near Garigliano river surface but lack confirmation from Allied sources.
Washington AP The Army keeps control of the railroads as a wage dispute spreads. Two unions signed with carriers, while eight others stay unsettled. Conductors Firemen and Switchmen delayed action to include wage terms, then sent orders without details after government officials avoided commitments. Contracts for Trainmen and Engineers include about a five to six cent an hour raise and a weekly vacation, with Roosevelt adding five cents for overtime and travel expenses.
The GOP foresees Franklin D Roosevelt seeking the 1944 presidency as service member voting becomes the year's major issue. Worley seeks a compromise on federal involvement while Ramseck argues for federal machinery to deliver and return ballots to soldiers, with states deciding ballot validity. This debate centers on how much Congress may act to facilitate service voting.
The piece reports Washington politics centering on Roosevelt as a potential fourth term candidate with a win the war platform. It notes plans to link wartime victory to postwar expansion in education health and housing and cites mixed reactions from Republicans and Democrats. Vice President Wallace endorses the slogan. Senator Hatch hints at renomination if the war continues.
London AP reporter James M. Long surveys the coming year of war noting Stalin's 1942 breakthrough proved Hitler could be beaten. The Red Army is poised for a major winter grand assault, aiming to drive invaders from the Baltic to the Black Sea and repeat the huge 1943 victory if possible.
Allied forces in the Bay of Biscay teamed Liberators with two British cruisers and RAF aircraft to sink three German destroyers and damage others. The joint Admiralty Air Ministry report noted minor damage to HMS Glasgow and HMS Enterprise, light casualties aboard Glasgow, and one German aircraft downed. Berlin claimed five British destroyers were sunk.
Allied forces pound Cape Gloucester as Japan shifts defenses along the coast and airstrip. Flamethrower actions near the enemy airbase inch toward victory while air and naval support target installations across New Britain and Bougainville.
In a steadily advancing drive tied to the Cape Gloucester campaign, Australian forces reached Blucher Point about 20 miles north of allied Finchhafen on the New Guinea coast. Enemy positions in the Alexishafen arc were bombarded by TZ tons of ordnance.
Two Dothen residents were injured in a morning crash at the intersection of Denton and Boulevard streets. Dr T K McFatter, unconscious after the impact, was taken to a hospital. Mrs Oliver McAfee and three children escaped serious injury, with McAfee treated at home by her sister Mrs James Spann.
The German propaganda minister in a Berln radio address warned that 1944 would be dangerous and difficult, with the fate of mankind at stake. He acknowledged enemy difficulties but said Germany remains economically and militarily secure for the coming final victory.
London dispatch reports a Soviet three front winter offensive moving toward the Polish frontier. Gen. Vatutin's First Ukraine Army advances within 48 miles of Gorodnitza and pushes toward the Bug River while northern and southern fronts press from Zhitomyr to Zaporozhe, aiming to breach German lines before further German advances.
Two men escaped injury when a car left the highway and struck a Coker Mixon filling station 56 miles south of Dothan. The vehicle hit two gasoline pumps, uprooted pumps, toppled posts, and collapsed a shed onto the car. Driver Cecil A Gaines of Panama City Fla said he fell asleep at the wheel. The mishap damaged the building estimated at 480 dollars.
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