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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1945
Page
13
The House considered a national service bill with draft provisions. It outlines the possibility of 18 to 45 year olds being drafted or reassigned, with job change options and an appeals process. Civil relief protections and back seniority for returning service members are addressed.
Three defendants, including two Negroes, were indicted last week by the Houston County Grand Jury and have been taken into custody. The names listed are Howley Vann, Fleming Hughes, and Pree Hawkins. Bonds were set and each defendant posted bond.
Dothan attorney Tompkins will preside over the regular term of County Court Monday in the absence of Judge Saxon P. Poyner, who has been confined at home with illness. About 15 cases are slated for hearing as the calendar proceeds. The appointment came from Mrs. A. L. Harmon, registrar of Circuit Court in chancery. Byron Forrest, son of Mrs. Winnie Forrest, was promoted to Staff Sergeant in Italy with the 1st Powder River Division of the Fifth Army. The article discusses wartime labor mobilization plans, outlining how workers may be reassigned from war plants to essential jobs and how draft boards and the War Manpower Commission would coordinate such changes.
The Ozark USO marks its fourth sunniversary with a 2 to 3 weekend reception at 56 North Merrick Avenue featuring Camp Rucker musicians and a speech by Clarence C. Horton Alabama American Legion commander. Private Samuel H. Patterson, brother of Mrs Bell Shlipert, has been promoted to private first class in England after 12 months overseas.
AP News features AN AMERICAN BASE IN CHINA The democratic Army forms an enlisted men’s grievance committee to defend soldier interests at a base aiding Chinese units. T-4 Ralph C. Hare of Starkville Miss leads a committee vote. several members from Georgia Missouri Minnesota Texas and more participate.
A Home Demonstration Burkett requests a club program. malarial reports prompt urgency. The article lists meeting dates and host locations, names of residents, and notes on malaria case reporting by physicians.
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