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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1943
Page
1
Fragmentary report notes Axis forces in the Caucasus facing encirclement as German troops move toward Mallograd and Qum with multiple divisions totaling around 270000. Desperate conditions described under enemy pressure amid Soviet commands.
An AP report states a bill revision of farm labor, including the Labor, passed the House. The measure increases farm bloc drives and labor protections, projecting greater wages and harvest outcomes. The article notes a shift toward regulated sericulture and farming sectors, with anticipated impacts on selling prices and productivity.
Washington hearings tackled farm prices and Rubber program amid friction over ballots. Samuel Foley Bronx district attorney denied improperly conducting a grand jury that cleared Edward Flynn in the New York Paying Block Case. Foley testified Flynn knew nothing of paving funds using NYC materials, while Borla linked Flynn to a garage loan and securities purchases from 1928.
Washington AP The new price administrator Prentisa M Brown plans to expand business input in drafting OPA regulations by forming industry advisory committees. He aims to reduce unfairness and impracticalities before rules take effect and to shift enforcement to U S attorneys while tightening Washington control to ease Democratic concerns over enforcement.
Under the Nations Housing Agency program for Alabama, war housing for about 17,000 workers and their families is completed or planned for early construction. The Office of War Information announced dormitories for nearly 3,780 single workers and 300 trailers for interim housing in crowded areas.
In Montgomery Alabama Rev Chauncey Sparks announces a new Alcoholic Beverage Central Board to enforce strict rules on license seekers to sell hard liquor. The board includes Ray of Birmingham as chair, John Toomey of Mobile, and A D Lee of Monroeville, a lawyer and publisher.
An Army board investigates the Jan 15 crash of a giant American Iran port plane off Duten Guiana in South America, killing 35 aboard including author Eric Knight and Nazi hunt veteran P B Foxworth. Also lost were William Hodson, 17 American officers, six civilians, and nine crew members in the disaster.
Officials of Houston County Selective Services Board No. One announced the names of registrants who will leave tomorrow morning for final physical examinations and induction into the Army at Fort McClellan. Names include Adolphus Maddox, Edgar Laddon, Kyle Cotting, Jarmmnea Helme, Dewey Harbert, William Barfield, Codis Adkinson, Wallace Cowart, James Price, Horsea Sheppard, Everett Revesa, and Edgar Revesa.
RAF raids target the Ruhr industrial area after extended Berlin strikes. Four RAF planes were reported lost. Berlin says some damage and casualties occurred. Berlin claims four-engine bombers were involved, suggesting a sizable force. Ground defenses reportedly downed about five percent of raiders, with Britain losing one aircraft.
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania United Mine Workers show only 2400 idle after a three week wildcat strike halted 1,000,000 tons of coal and cost about 2 million in wages. Local unions plan to vote to resume work while President Roosevelt prepares steps to reopen mines.
In Los Angeles the prosecution nears the end of its case against Errol Flynn on three counts of statutory rape. Capt Owen Cathcart-Jones, former aviation adviser and friend of Peggy La Rue Satterlee, is named as an upcoming witness. Peggy’s sister and mother recount visits to their Hollywood apartment and alleged gifts, while Peggy’s age claims surface under cross examination.
The Beacon Journal reports Navy investigators are probing claims that Marines unloaded merchant ship supplies off Guad Channel Island after union regulations kept crew from working on Sunday. Veterans and NMU officials dispute the scope, noting no NMU ban on Sunday labor, while naval officials in Washington consider the claims.
Washington reports a lone Japanese plane bombed the American base on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The Navy communique notes no casualties and no damage to our installations, with minor enemy activity and a downed aircraft nearby. Ground forces at Guadalcans continue small advances in the area.
Dothan merchants vote to observe half holiday closings from April 29 to August 18 1943 following City Hall meeting. Har vey McBryde chair of the Dothan Retail Merchants Association announces the plan after two motions failed. The Chamber of Commerce compromise keeps closings for naval Thanksgiving and Veterans Day with July 8 observed as a full day off.
C W O'Malley of the State OPA outlined ration banking rules to retailers and wholesalers in Dothan and Houston County. The program, effective January 27, aims to safeguard ration currency by linking wartime financial controls with national banks.
Allied headquarters report one pocket of Japanese resistance at Sanananda Point in New Guinea has been neutralized leaving three pockets still in action. Allied air forces claim overwhelming success with raids on Wewak Amboina and Ambon, sinking ships and damaging aircraft, while Japanese fighters near Wewak engaged in heavy air combat.
The Navy Department reported 95 casualties today including 14 dead and 37 wounded, with totals rising to 1,829 across Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard personnel since December 7, 1941. The grand totals list 6,888 dead, 2,900 wounded, and 11,348 missing. Names from a Navy unit were listed, including Langdale Gerald and Tucker Clarence among the wounded and missing.
A. D. Wilkerson announced formation of a price panel to enforce county price controls. Three Dothan men were named members Claude Cotton attorney Bruce Flurry superintendent and John Talley farmer and retired mall carrier. The move aims to enflame county wide support for ration measures.
Allied reports say British Eighth Army closed on Tripoli as Rommel’s retreat continued. Cairo communique notes fighting west of Hum and south of Tripoli while French and American air power aided the push. German efforts to widen a corridor into Tunisia faced strong resistance near Pont Du Febs and Fondouk El Aoueh.
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