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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1943
Page
5
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The Houston County Chapter of the Farm Security Administration Marketing Group will hold its annual meeting at 2 pm Friday in the Morris County courthouse courtroom. George R. Welch serves as secretary and treasurer and will be the principal speaker addressing farm equipment needs for the year.
Houston Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at 11 am Friday in the main dining room of the Houston Hotel. George Malone, chapter chairman, says a Board of Directors for 1943 will be elected and a report of IMS activities will be given. The public may attend and vote if they joined the Houston County Chapter by the last Roll Call Drive in November 1941. A luncheon will follow at 12 noon in the Houston Hotel Coffee room to elect officers.
Morris M. Borland, Houston County FRA supervisor, announced Area FSA Director Mary M. Larkin visited the local FRA office this week. The visit aided new county home management supervisor Miss Mary B. Arant in preparing farm programs for 194%. Arant was transferred to Dothan from Vernet Ala where she served as home manager and supervisor for Lamar County.
Funeral services for M D Whiddon fifty seven of Dothan route three who died last night at home after a long illness will be held today at 3 30 p m at Elma Church with Rev H E Craughn of Dothan officiating Burial will follow in Selma cemetery with Ward Wilson directing He was a member of the W O W and had lived in Houston County all his life Surviving are wife four daughters Mrs Tessie Hyatt of Dothan route one Mrs Louise Meadown of Altha Fla Mrs Melva Watford of Dothan route two and Miss Vernon Whiddon of Dothan route three four sons Mildie Whiddon of San Francisco Cal T J and L C Whiddon of Dothan route three and Thaxton Whiddon of Dothan route five two sisters Mrs Annia Kemp of Quitman Ga and Miss Lotis Whiddon of St Louis Missouri four brothers Lonnie Whiddon of Graceville Grady Whiddon of Nethan Buddy Whiddon of Graceville and Stancil Whiddon of St Louis Active pallbearers Otis Whiddon Gery Hickman Ewell Hickman Lloyd Hickman Rob Wood and Bascom Grana
City police reported twenty seven arrests over the weekend led by Chief M Tatum. Eleven were for disorderly conduct and vagrancy, two for liquor law violations, and others for drunkenness. Wille Marrill, a Negro woman, was held on assault and battery after an afternoon cut on Range Street.
A Japanese supply drop bound for Guadalcanal was struck as American forces repelled the mission. Parachute bundles were bombed and shot down. only one torpedo hit, with destroyers nearby. News notes movement toward Guadalcanal and Rendover Island, amid air attacks on the escort group.
In Tunisia Allied aircraft including American bombers and British fighters shot down 28 enemy planes and damaged others while advancing near Foudouk and Pinchon. American anti-tank crews and planes aided French infantry as tank-supported units reconnoitered near Medien E Bab and Tebourbs road. Allied claims credit 23 Axis planes destroyed with seven Allied losses.
AP reports during a United Service Organization show "Hit The Deck" at Camp Butner North Carolina pianist Dave Gordon searched for a woman’s missing friend Ada Lubin a soldier stationed there He meets Abe Lubin who reveals his relation ending the inquiry with a surprising connection.
The White Book notes urged urgent talks between President and Konoye to settle Pacific issues. Nomura spoke of a meeting to avert conflict, while Grew reported army and navy support for a summit. Hull resisted, Japanese pressure grew, and, failing talks, Japan sent Saburo Kurosu to Washington as planes approached Pearl Harbor.
A task force attacked by planes from a Japanese carrier force targeted a capital ship. From 11:12 to 11:20 am the battleship engaged 20 enemy dive bombers and shot them all down. A torpedo plane raid followed, with one penetrating. the plane was shot down. A third attack of 24 dive bombers and torpedo planes caused one hit and wounding Captain Gatch, who later returned to active duty.
Five figures on the 1941 assessments were not immediately available while 1942 total assessments reached 298,821.34 with collections totaling 252,1040.83. The note highlights the tiny precision instruments such as microscopes used to inspect bomber parts.
Two Dothan hospitals Fraxier-Ellis with 66 beds and Moody with 58 beds were approved by the American College of Surgeons after a December survey. The ACS, with about 23,000 surgeons, notes its work to raise hospital standards nationwide. The 1942 survey counted 2,989 approved hospitals amid wartime population shifts and new military camps in Dothan.
The First Baptist Church announced officers and committees for the year. Officers include J. Robert Ramecy as clerk and J. W. Parkman Sr. as treasurer with L. J. Thomas Sr. as associate treasurer. The Deacons list Rev. Sam Reeves and many members, with J. W. Parkman and others among the signatories.
Deputies Stangle and Horn responded to a street brawl in Smithburg Maryland where a neighbor captured the melee on a home recording machine. Horn planned to seek warrants for dis orderly conduct and present the recording to the judge. A local automobile dealer services buggies and cutters as a sideline during this period.
Army dispatch describes mop up operations against determined enemy units near Buna Government Station. The foe appears short of ammunition and food with more than 200 Japanese dead in the Government Station sector and about 450 killed near Giropa Point where General Stuart tanks supported by Australian infantry operated. American forces seized the Government Station through swinging door tactics and pushed along the coast establishing a beach corridor while inland troops cleared the center. Isolated pockets remain tonight.
Mrs Thomas Millerick arrived at city hall at 6 30 am on the first day of collection marking 28 years of punctual payments. The item notes her steady habit and the broader theme of civic duty alongside a separate sentence on the value of maintaining comfortable war planes for efficient operation.
Poll tax payments in Houston County are behind. Tax collector A W Gawitney noted only 702 voters have paid, versus 1,200 the previous year. The Houston County Board of Registrars will meet January 11 to register new voters.
The article outlines proposals to curb federal powers and restore state control amid World War II demands. It notes $220,000,600,000 already appropriated with much still unspent, and a possible $100,000,000,000 request. It warns of tighter price controls and manpower acts, rising costs, and potential new taxes including a pay-as-you-go approach.
Distinction notes that Woodrow Wilson served as a mentor to Wesleyan University and was a history professor there from 1888 to 1890, while also coaching a college football team. The AP piece highlights his unique role as the only U.S. president to coach college football.
In Concordia Kansas itinerant assessors push a free enterprise stance as housewives react to doorstep visits. The feature notes the new line aligned with the times and quotes a door to door crusader declaring himself a last stronghold of free enterprise.
Pvt Levy Melvin of Fort Riley was assigned to supervise four men to be vaccinated. He stood in line with the others and says before he could get his turn he was vaccinated again. Obsolete machinery once used in auto production now dominates the manufacturing of certain skiplane parts.
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