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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1943
Page
3
Dothan Junior Chamber of Commerce launches annual membership drive. CJ Thomas Jr, chairman of the campaign committee, announces two new appointees Charles Senna and Alvin Roberta to aid in recruiting. Target goal set at sixty members.
Light warranty deeds were filed yesterday in Hove town County probate office. Records include transfers from Mrs Cora Cunningham and J E Woods to F G and Lille Quattlebaum, Floyd Carroll and Minnie Carroll, C E Fuller, Vera Sheban, Tom Murray and Eleanor Boyd, Dothan Realty Co to Troy Childe, and others in Fairmount and Northwest Hill additions.
Allied updates place Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark in command of a newly activated U S Fifth Army to join British and French forces in Tunisia. Canadian officers arrive to gain experience with the British First Army as Axis pressure and French- American actions shape the North African campaign. Five Henry VIII wives are noted with two executed, two divorced, one died, and the sixth survived.
Task force bombardment of the Munda airfield on New Georgia is followed by aerial combats over Bougainville where Wildcats and Marauders engage Japanese aircraft. Four dive bombers are shot down, two more likely destroyed, and two US fighters are lost. Flying Fortresses attack a Japanese cruiser and a transport in the Shortland Islands area with unclear results. About 44 Japanese were killed in mop up on Guadalcanal Mount Austen.
The first session of the 77th Congress opens during wartime. Rayburn defeats Martin for Speaker 217 to 308 amid full galleries and party tensions. Senate and House proceedings show strong Republican presence, with war focus and vows to curb bureaucracy.
President Roosevelt faces war tasks as Republicans and Democrats prepare for a reshaped Congress after the election. In the House, 222 Democrats to 206 Republicans, with a nearly wiped out Democratic majority. in the Senate, Democrats stronger. Rayburn nominated for Speaker by Democrats. Martin for Republican leader. The minority party pledges cooperation in wartime, tax curbs, and constitutional protections, while vowing to curb federal powers and support small business.
License receipts at the Houston County probate office for 1943 were about fifteen percent higher than the previous year, with estimated totals for motor vehicle, hunting and fishing, and privilege licenses not yet available. Two Ozark youths received commissions as second lieutenants in the Armored Forces at Fort Knox, Ky. Preston B. Mixon Jr. and Joe M. Mercer, sons of local residents, were assigned to armored divisions after graduation.
Gordon native William F Hannah Lee has been promoted to captain at Camp Stewart Go He served eight months as motor transportation officer for Camp Stewart Service Command and was called to active duty March 1 1942 with the Quartermaster Corps He earned his commission in WA A through CMTC attending Fort McPherson Fort Jackson Fort McClellan He attended the first CMTC camp at Fort Jackson in 1921 He is the son of Mr and Mrs J F Lee of Gordon and married Lois Meadows of the county board of education at Gordon He has two daughters Annajeanne and Martha Marta.
A massive fire swept through a one story lakeside nightclub structure in the Gresham district. At least 27 people were injured, seven critically, with many suffering burns to the face neck and hands. The blaze raged for hours amid freezing streets and icy lanes hampering fire crews. Four bodies were recovered from a washroom where victims likely sought safety. The building, valued at 200000, housed a cocktail lounge and restaurant and was linked to a syndicate once including Ray Gchalk. Eyewitnesses report a flareback and rapid spread along ten alleys as patrons rushed for exits. Firefighters reported heavy gas and wood finish fires and auxiliary hospital staffing rushed to treat the injured.
The Giraud government has offered no public plans or negotiations with the Fighting French. De Gaulle asked to meet on French soil on Christmas Day. Potain’s shadow weighs on North Africa amid Nazi propaganda two years into occupation. The US and Britain appear to let the French settle their own politics despite Harold Macmillan and Robert Murphy’s presence. Observers doubt direct mediation by Allies. Giraud prefers building a large French army over politics.
The article notes a proposed borrowing of 70,000.00 from public warehouses, with Roosevelt reducing the figure while seeking additional credit. It also reports rumors of an anti inflation program under discussion by government economists, proposing higher taxes and savings measures totaling between 10,000,000,000 and 20,000,000,000.
Washington AP reports the government orders reserving creamery butter production for armed forces and allies starting Feb 1. About 515.6 million pounds of butter will be set aside for war needs this year, leaving around 1.19 billion pounds for trustees. Secretary Wickard says the curtailment allows roughly 33 pounds per person in 1943 versus 6 pounds per year ago. Citrus juices, except nonconcentrated grapefruit, are reserved for war use with civilian supplies largely unaffected due to ample orange and lemon crops and large grape fruit and tangerine harvests.
Approximately 725 relief checks totaling 6418 were issued to aged persons families with children and disabled residents in December per County welfare supervisor Mrs C L Collins. The board approved 41 aged persons 40 families with 122 children one blind person and 31 handicapped persons while 13 applications remained pending. Six applications were ruled ineligible and 16 cases closed due to death soldiers allotment or employment.
Miss Sybil T. Bell of Dothan has been called to active duty with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and will report to Fort Des Moines Iowa this week for training. Police reported a quiet day with three arrests two white men for assault and battery and a Negro woman for drunkenness.
Funeral services for Henry Grady Underwood fifty one who died Monday at the Veterans Hospital at Qutwood Ky will be held tomorrow at 10 AM at Rebopeth Church with the Rev C C Balcom officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge A lifelong Rehobeth resident and World War veteran he was a member of Rehobeth Church and the Masonic Lodge and superintendent of Rehobeth Rundsy School since 1929 He also served as a Rehobeth school bus driver Surviving are his wife two daughters Betts and Phoaba Neil Underwood of Dothan route one his mother Mrs Mary Underwood of Dathes route one two brothers Josiah Underwood of Dothan route one and Willie Underwood of Dothan route two Active pallbearers will be members of the Masonic Lodge with Masonic rites at the graveside.
The Ches ter R. Vickery post American Legion postpones Thursday night meeting to allow Legionnaires to attend a gas defense school at City Hall. The next meeting is set for Jan 21 per Commander G N Shoop who urged participation in the defense activity.
An examiner said many appeals are filed and few more weeks would be needed to adjust the program for Houston County. He urged essential war effort truckers with insufficient gasoline to contact him. Twenty seven applications were filed yesterday, Baggett reported.
Number 4 continues on page one. George Washington Carver, working in his Tuskegee laboratory, declined offers saying helps the Southern farmer helps the South. Frail health worsened after a visit to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. He died of heart disease after ten days in bed. Funeral planned for tomorrow or Friday with burial near Dr. Washington's grave.
Houston County FSA reports show clients paying off more than due under the Tenant program. About 81,000 Clubs include former tenants and sharecroppers who have paid $1,008 or more since June 30 143. Honorable mentions go to local residents with payments above $590. Supervisor Borland notes total due for 162 farmers was $449.44 while they paid $1,600.28 in aggregate, averaging about $500 per family, illustrating growing purchasing power from diversified yearround FSA farming.
Russian troops swept into Nalchik and Prokhladnenski after a night assault, capturing towns as they pushed from Mozdok toward Rostov. British observers noted the rapid advance followed the collapse of major German resistance, raising fears for the Axis army east of Rostov and the defense lines along the Kuban.
Fifteen thirty five shimala were injured with two dying during transit, and the unit reported the animals were not delivered in good condition.
A Lawrence Lowell 86 longtime Harvard University president emeritus died today at his Boston home after a short illness. The educator led the university for three decades guiding its growth during the century old institution’s era.
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