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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1944
Page
8
A reader asks if marrying a shiftless, spendthrift partner will work. Dorothy Dix notes nagging harms marriages and urges wives to treat husbands as respected guests, not slaves, to restore harmony. She argues discipline and appreciation curb conflict and improve home life, citing personal change as proof.
Private First Craig James Nall of Webb route one, awarded the Purple Heart for Pacific theater injuries Aug 5 1945, has been moved from New Caledonia to a United States hospital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mor Nall and enlisted February 2, 1943.
Hartford special report describes a bond sale by paratroopers from Napier Field Fort Benning. Officers McKee Ward Woodie Wolford and 24 paras staged a fundraiser in Hartford Square raising about 5340 in bonds. Local chairman says the Hartford quota is 100000 with around 40000 E bonds counted and the city expected to go over the top.
The Houston Probate office issued marriage licenses this week to multiple couples. Names include Jame Thomee Petty and Monroe vile Ali with Emma Vonoille. Johnaga Gordon and Fern Aubrey Kaum of Cottonwood. Jeli Dunford and Nelson Dickey of Johnson City. N Frances Ryder of Johnson City and Ralph Marion Smith of Loveland and Loja Lisenby Hatfield of Dothan. Also listed are Sergeant Vincent Francis Hink and Elzabeth Emma Mando of Philadelphia. Lyte Howard Amberg and Ruth Ame Na Skoe of Wisconsin. Norman Teahan and Honora Harrett of Albany. Sergeant Earl B Rogers and Mary Heron Kelly of Hartford. James Cochran and Lucille Warren of Dothan. Lieutenant Hugh K Hare and Annette Schmidt of Houston. Bryant Whitaker and Miriam Hughes of Dothan. Robert McCoy and Winnet Lane of Dothan. Glenn O Brown and Mary Louze Alardy of Feldland.
The War Department announced the promotion of Second Lieutenant Oliver Alfred Eggers from Hartford route one to First Lieutenant in the Infantry. Separately the Navy Department listed Seaman 2nd Class James Dougles Meek, son of Carly Meek of Elba, among those reported missing in action.
Private Precila T. Bedsole of Columbia route one arrives in England with a large group of infantry soldiers to aid training for the invasion of Europe. Many in the unit previously fought in North Africa including battles over beaches, airfields, and forts in Morocco and Algeria, and later at German positions in Tunisia.
Aviation Cadet Robert W. Hays of Dothan reports for duty at the RAF Bombardier School in Carlsbad New Mexico for Public Relations duties today He is the son of Mr and Mrs Homer Hepley of Bloomington Indiana Private first class Charlie Beck of the U S Army arrived on an island in the Southwest Pacific his wife Elizabeth Beck was notified today Sailor Promoted Farry Blumenfeld of Dothan advances from seaman second class to petty officer third class Yeoman Third Class
Houston County Selective Service Board One dispatched a group of registrants to Fi McPherson Georgia for Army duty after preinduction exams at Fort Oglethorpe. The men leaving include Charlie C. Braner Charlie W. Boyett George W. Martin Marshia E Moore Elvin E. Walker Harry K. Wilkes Levanda Elis Sr and Theo Frank Willford.
A series of birth notices records a daughter for J. D Green of Dothen route five named Jennifer Lynn Lynn. Private N. L. Collins wife Mrs Collins of Camp Clark Missouri formerly Newton route two welcomed Brenda Sue January 21. G. C. Granger and wife Cottonwood route one welcomed Tullis Wayne January 5. Wade P. Eagle and wife welcomed Wade Hampton January 22. M. Barnes and wife welcomed An Bellis January 60. Theron Wayne Wells and wife welcomed Theron Wayne February 4. Dewey Clower and wife welcomed Depthea Ann February 10.
The list records deaths of Willie Thomas Donne sixty four Bellwood Ala Pille Powell Deal fifty two Echo Charlie Weed fifty of Arton John Auatlo Lyne fifty eight Ashford Hubert Hamm twenty two Headland Mrs N G Wood fifty Abbeville Andrew J Morrow sixty seven Elba Henry Leo Riley forty four Headland Daniel Cameron ninety one Ashford route one and PFC Norma W Howell wounded in action per War Department dispatch naming four hundred ten U S soldiers wounded in various theaters.
Four Houston county youths Buford L. Hughes Riley J. Mendheim Jack H. Paar won and Charley L. Meadows were accepted for aviation cadet training with the AAF. They attended meals at home while awaiting assignment to training.
Second Lieutenant Vester G. Thomiey was wounded in Thaly on Oct 21 13 and awarded the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster. He informed his parents Mr and Mrs Dalton Thomiley of Dothan. Thomiey is recuperating in a North African hospital.
Samuel J. Cox Jr of Moultrie Georgia formerly Dothes is promoted to first lieutenant with the 13th AAF Overseas in the South Pacific. Cox serves as a navigator aboard a heavy bomber and has been serving since March 1943 after graduating from Dethan High School and attending Monroe Louisiana navigation school. He worked as a radio announcer before enlisting.
A trolley car fire killed one person and injured fifteen as flames and sparks erupted from a control box near the vestibule. Passengers fled, glass shattered, and several were cut by flying debris during the escape, with many leaping to the pavement from the moving car. Mrs Clyde Guep was among those injured.
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