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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1945
Page
4
NEA Service dispatches from London quote Piess warning that Nazis wage a large scale war of nerves against the Allies. Reports describe disguised battalions behind lines, plans for poisoning officers, sabotage of bridges, and spied covert operations in occupied Belgium as espionage heats up in the coming months.
A historical note promotes rapid treatment of bronchitis using a creomulsion style preparation said to expel mucus and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes. The fragment hints at herbal or medicinal aids and a commercial tone from an era of patent remedies.
Spies captured and saboteurs halted as Belgium and France alarmed by Nazi actions. Broadcasts urged civilians to flee before advancing German forces, signaling a deliberate campaign to terrorize populations. Authorities tightened manhunts as Allies faced intensified propaganda.
A veteran war correspondent recalls frontline life with the 45th Division in Sicily and Italy, then shifts to home front observations. He praises American workers, blood drives, war bonds, and rationing, while cautioning against German attempts to sow panic and morale fears behind Allied lines.
A large Guild luncheon in Washington featured Ruth Bryan Bobbs and Secretary Edward Stemnmus discussing Dumbarton Oaks and U.S. foreign policy. Secretary Forrestal noted submarine losses and victories, while Katharine Lenroot shared birth statistics challenging wartime myths about family trends.
Labor and industry notes cite small excess profits and worker pride while blood services expand. Whole blood now flown to Europe to support plasma use, with procurement limited to New York and Washington donor centers and potential expansion as needs arise.
A wartime editorial notes tin cans contain at most one and a half percent tin and at least 98 and a half percent steel. It argues steel supplies durability while tin provides weather sealing and insulation, urging salvage of tin cans as a crucial wartime contribution.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports Georgia Representative Robert Ramspeck proposes a five dollar head tax on 25 million Democratic Party members in good standing. The plan sits between earlier fundraising schemes like the PAC push to “Give a Buck to Re elect Roosevelt” and Roosevelt's One Thousand Club.
A highly sensitive electrical instrument named two torquemeter measures torque in the hollow steel shaft joining an airplane engine to its propeller. It helps pilots adjust engines for maximum economy, promising 5 to 15 percent more miles per gallon of gasoline.
Allied signal corps teams in England perfected invasion comms by running a vast 900 switchboard telephone network. The system connected with radio links, tying together army and navy units for coordinated operations.
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