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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1945
Page
2
In Bristol England Britain signals readiness to accelerate overseas trade as Germany’s defeat nears. Lord Woolton urges cautious policy while government contemplates lifting export restraints and advancing postwar commerce steps.
In Athens an easing of Greece's truce situation followed reports that many ELAS hostages were released. A Swiss Red Cross delegation returning to Athens after ten days in ELAS territory said the ELAS central committee authorized the mission chief to take possession of all hostages not deemed responsible for the Greek unrest. Lt Gen EB M Scoble, British Commander, authorized talks with ELAS for a prisoner exchange, and ELAS reportedly signed the Geneva convention.
New York AP reports William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, named Nazi agents by the FBI, will be tried by a military tribunal at Governors Island in secret. No trial date set. Army to issue bulletins twice daily with progress updates.
The report details American advances across Luzon with air strikes targeting rail networks and enemy armor. It notes landings on Mindoro and Marinduque, minor Japanese air opposition, and moves toward Rosario, San Felipe, and Binalonan as artillery duels persist in the Benguet mountains.
Amid heavy snow and stiff German resistance, Allied units advance along multiple fronts. The Seventh Army presses toward Strasbourg while the British Second Army seizes Stevensweert and Bretheren. First Army makes gains around St Vith as Patton’s Third Army pushes toward Houtfalize and Diekirch, and Dutch borders near Nijmegen remain contested.
The Agriculture Industries Committee heard a lukewarm reception to a measure by State Forester Jake Stauffer proposing a tax to raise about 900000 yearly. He argued funds plus state aid and federal support would fund expanded forestry operations for fire protection. Timberland owners and the state are expected to oppose the levy as committees adjourned until January 30.
Firefighters reported a small blaze at the Gulf Service Station at 200 North Ontea Street yesterday afternoon. An old heater sparked, flames stayed in a limited area, and damage was described as negligible. Separately, Napoleon I reportedly offered 1,000,000 francs in 1810 for the best flax vein spinning machinery.
The piece discusses possible outcomes if Jones remains RFC chief with Wallace likely to be confirmed. Wallace could attract small business, labor, and Negro group support for a 1948 Democratic bid, while Truman rejects executive ambitions and aims to return to Congress, serving as a White House Senate liaison. Also mentions practical advice about keeping machine oil handy.
FAIRMONT Minn AP Vane Earl Fitz ends a eight hour test of Work or Fight by quitting his machinist job at Fairmont Railway Motors. The Martin County draft board then issued his induction papers for February 2 after he previously failed in three enlistment attempts due to vision issues. Fitz, a lifelong athlete, kept fit with daily workouts at the county fair race track.
Washington AP reports the Allies signed an armistice with Hungary on Saturday. Moscow announced the pact, with Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov signing for the United States Britain and Russia. The accord ends Hungary as a major Nazi ally, though German influence remains via Szalasi's government and satellites in Slovakia Bohemia Moravia Northern Italy. The armistice text will be released at noon tomorrow Eastern War Time.
Number 2 (Continued From Page Ose) reports the Volkssturm battalion 212 called up with grim resolve as Soviet forces drive west through Poland. Stalin's order notes Gen. Ivan Petrov's Fourth Ukraine Army has captured Presov, Kosice, Bardajov, and Sacz in Eastern Slovakia and Southern Poland, with pursuing troops on the heels. A Czechoslovak corps under General Slobode aids the push, the front collapsing as Germans retreat toward Moravia.
London dispatch reports Himmler and Albert Speer rushed to Silesia to mobilize the Volksturm and evacuate movable industries. Front line radio says civilians are joining the fight, miners conscripted, as Allied and Moscow broadcasts warn of ongoing reverses and a brutal war of nerves. The piece also cites North Carolina’s motto and a historic Canadian trade union note.
The account recalls FDRs first wartime inauguration with heavy guards and a concerned nation. Roosevelt, flanked by family and officials, delivers a decisive pledge to seek total victory and lasting world peace amid war realities. Attendants include 50 injured veterans in the White House crowd.
T D Samford of Opelika addressed the association’s annual meeting urging all out support of the war effort on the home front. He warned attorneys to keep the judiciary honest and praised Gen Robert E Lee’s principles as guiding today’s fight, invoking Nelson’s Trafalgar message that England expects every man to do his duty.
A House committee debate on a national service bill to 18 to 48 year olds may stretch Monday as Rep Stewart proposes blocking unions from forcing workers into war jobs. Oklahoma objects to draft boards forcing men into union work in a closet shop. The bill replaces old provisions with punishment fines up to 10,000 dollars and five years for refusing essential war work without board approval.
King Of Belgium Held As Hostage Number 12 continues on page one. Discussion centers on tax policy and revenue use including reducing property tax, funding schools and hospitals, or saving for lean years. Gov. Chauncey Sparks backs a building program while many call for income tax repeal. A constitutional amendment on income tax will go to voters in 1945. Delegates from county and municipal groups brief state leaders on needs and possible legislative actions.
Complete figures on the annual March of Dimes drive are not yet announced though donations to date total about five hundred. Booths at Mein and Foster streets have not opened. chairman Ted Bauman stated the update was pending as of Saturday.
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