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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
2
LW Gropar and county health officers inspected food handling firms in the county detailing conditions observed. Dr Burkett noted artery conditions in Dothan and urged compliance while Claude Owens campaigned for sanitation improvements.
John C Knight dies in Florida after a long career in the Dothan area. Survived by his wife and two sons James C Knight of New York and Sergeant Jack Knight of the Army, with brother T Knight and sisters Mia Shackelford and Mae Knight. One nephew J C Knight of Dothan. Funeral details not provided.
Reports detail 1943 wage demands, union security pushes and War Labor Board influence as lines and non operating groups clash over closed shop plans. Separate items note a single real estate record in Houston County, and three Navy enlistments in Dothan with names Chandler Wise and Blackmon.
Reuters from Allied headquarters reports German recapture of crossroads west of Mateur while British and Canadian forces gain hill positions near Jebel Azmah. US Rangers and Commandos participate in dawn attacks as paratroopers behind enemy lines are claimed. Luftwaffe activity limited by weather as Rommel’s pursuit continues with patrols.
Solomon Harter, county superintendent of Education, announced transfers for three principals to fill vacancies. J J Collins resigned from Vicksburg, M L W Merritt moved from Webb to Vicksburg, B D Cumbe from Harmor to Webb, and A B Wicdeor from Cottonwood to Harmon. Superintendent Baxter cited Collins resignation as the reason.
Number 11 continued notes Thomas Kennedy of the UMW condemning the walkout while three local unions vote to strike and workers at another colliery quit. The strike began December 1939 in one mine and spread to nine, sparked by a fifty cent month union dues rise approved at a Cincinnati UMW convention last October. wage demands were two dollars per day. Separately a Federal Grand Jury indicted 29 anthracite corporations and 26 officers for fixing prices from 1939 to spring 1942, with industry counsel Merritt calling the action a subsidizing of buyers and joking that the case should be United States versus Santa Claus.
Col A Muenter executive officer at Napier Field and Brig Gen Manley commanding Camp Rucker will each make a statement on military authorities attitude toward the problem. The public is urged to hear the broadcast.
A report on WPB proposed a controlled materials plan to begin in six months to prevent paralyzing competition over facilities and raw materials. It cautions against relying on muddled postwar ideas and calls for an economic general staff and a Director of War Mobilization to centralize procurement. In Kansas City, a local AP note mentions a tribal birthday party honoring Capt H HH Pteet in a Pacific battle zone, with elders insisting on ceremonial hand-kissing.
President Roosevelt spoke to Congress on wartime aims and postwar planning. He described strategic air power against Japan, emphasized Allied unity, and urged a durable peace with work opportunities and social security considerations. He praised wartime production gains and an armed force expansion from 2 million to 7 million, noting a large but insufficient 1942 output.
In a wartime address President Roosevelt reports sharp rise in U S production detailing anti tank and artillery output, notes 10 26 008 080 rounds of arms ammunition and twelvefold increases in key war materiel while stressing democracy’s capacity to supply allied forces and deter the Axis. He warns against lax controls and urges unity to defeat Germany Italy and Japan.
A garbled passage references pool hall, Kiley, and wartime themes with Roosevelt. It hints at battles in the Pacific and New Guinea, defensive planning, and transport losses while describing a shifted strategic view during the war period. Names and specifics are obscured by OCR errors.
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