18 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1943
Page
1
The committee addressed infant health concerns and a milk brand shortage. Secretary Lee said complaints have been received and the group will meet to ensure essential foods remain available. The aim is to guarantee adequate staples for families amid supply issues.
A garbled notice notes the death of a city commerce official connected to Wash and interstate matters. It mentions his orientation and a term of a presidency or recognition, with references to a world day. The fragmentary text emphasizes a solemn passing and a commemorative period.
AP report details multiple tornado and wind damage across Georgia and Alabama. At least 12 killed, 38 injured. fatalities include a Williamson County farm family and a Fort Benning worker electrocuted repairing storm damage. Graves Station deaths and extensive property destruction documented. civil defense mobilizes in Griffin and Fort Benning areas.
Sheriff B G Farmer and deputies cracked down on speeders over the weekend charging two Camp Rucker buses and one Airport Bus Company driver with speeding. Drivers named Grady Daniels Roy Quinn Bgwera and L Stephenson were identified. Additional charges included ten public drunkenness cases, assault and battery and malicious injury to animals.
Allied air forces reported three waves of Flying Fortresses attacked Rabaul New Britain Sunday night sinking or damaging five merchant ships totaling 25 000 tons. Aerial bombardment set fires across the harbor and nearby installations while all planes returned safely.
Houston County War Price and Rationing Board officials announced a delay in tire inspections. The deadline for commercial truck tires moved to February 28, while passenger car tires remain due by March 31. The extension sans stated reason applies to all truck tire inspections.
In Dothan and the Wiregrass area a rising number of citizens display Stars of Honor, emblematic proof of support for the armed forces. The Ragis reports growing requests as new volunteers join and others seek these silver emblems. The Eagle office sells them for 25 cents each, 40 cents by mail to cover postage and handling.
The Senate confirmed Senator Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan as price administrator and to run rationing programs. The nomination was approved unanimously by the Senate Banking Committee and endorsed by Minority Leader McNary after Ferguson voiced no objection. Brown, 53, will take over the Price Control administration succeeding Leon Henderson who resigned for health reasons.
Washington AP reports American bombers pounded Shortland Island in the Solomons and ground forces on Guadalcanal killed more Japanese troops. Prisoners were taken as mopping up continued, with Navy communique No. 54 detailing bomber raids on Kahili and Bougainville areas and large fires aboard targets in the Pacific theater.
Gessner T. McCorvey of Mobile was reelected chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee on the eve of Gov Chauncey Sparks inauguration. Walter Price and Robt W Gwin were named officers, with party votes and bonds discussed. Sparks was inaugurated as Alabama’s 43rd governor, pledging racial harmony amid wartime conditions.
City police reported only routine arrests over the weekend while officers were kept busy rounding up the usual drunks and disorderly individuals.
Los Angeles AP reports disruptive affidavits surfaced as prosecutors seek mistrial in the Errol Flynn statutory rape case. Deputy DA John Hopking cited new affidavits from accusers and alleged witnesses claiming prejudicial statements. Flynn's attorney Jerry Giuster vowed strong opposition as affidavits allege deceit and perjury surrounding key examinations.
Cairo AP reports the Eighth Army advancing in Libya after breaching Rommel's defenses at Buerat E Meun. British forces near Ben Wid and Tauorga and Bir Dufen push toward Tripoli, with air power continuing the campaign. Prisoners taken as the line extends over 80 miles.
Allied air forces from the east and west struck Japanese targets in Burma and southwest China. Allied bombers and fighters damaged warehouses, gasoline dumps, munitions, and aircraft at Bhamo. Curtiss Warhawks and RAF planes fought over Yunnan and Rethedaung, hitting airfields, river craft, and dispersal areas amid weekend operations. Japanese raids troubled Chittagong.
CHICAGO AP Postmaster General Frank C Walker was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Edward J Flynn who resigned to become minister to Australia. Walker, long expected to lead, was elected without opposition. Culbert Olson praised his leadership for the 1944 campaign and reforms. Emma Guffay Miller seconded the nomination, stating the President deserves a strong hand in Frank Walker.
Soviet forces press the Voronezh front offensive sixty miles west of the Don along the Kupyansk Kharkov railway as German lines withdraw under sharp assaults. Mixed German Hungarian units retreat in disarray while fortresses fall and counter attacks fail to regain ground.
Pennsylvania strikers reject the War Labor Board back to work ultimatum as 12,500 miners in 33 mines stay idle and 1,000 more in a fifth mine join the walkout. The WL B contemplates government settlement action while officials warn of war production danger and possible presidential overstep.
Washington reports a broad investigation of the radio industry was proposed after the House Rules Committee approved Rep Coxs inquiry into the Federal Communications Commission. Buenos Aires says Germany will withdraw Capt Dietrich Niebuhr accused of sinking merchant ships. London reports air raid alerts and British ships shell Italian shore targets in the Mediterranean.
British official reports describe a night raid on Berlin by heavy bombers as retaliation for London fighting back. Luftwaffe losses were heavy, with 22 bombers reported down and strong anti air defenses in London causing multiple German aircraft to fail to return. Berlin suffered extensive fires but emerged amid a wider exchange of air power as Britain maintained a strong defense.
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