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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1944
Page
2
A training session was conducted Friday at the county office for the Houston County 4-H club. Officials organized the meeting to improve leadership and community service skills among members.
A county agriculture program yesterday included thirty four feeders from eight clubs presented by Mrs Mamie Whisnant and Agbureau specialist from Agbure who oversaw the demonstration. Leaders from Bay Springs Cameron Mill Center Dupree Gordon and Harmon attended with Mrs Gilmore Hollis Phillips Forrester and others present as the club leaders prepared for the February meeting.
Pearl Harbor AP report details the Mars flying boat Mara departing from the Bay to Perry Harbor with 30 crew and 14,000 pounds of cargo from San Francisco. The 37 1710m plane, powered by four 2300 horsepower engines, covered roughly 2,400 statute miles at an average 185 mph in about 13 hours. Skippered by Lt Comdr William A. Coney, the crew waited two hours after arrival for daylight. The ship, praised as a great Navy asset, has 30 more on order and previously logged a 160 mph average on a trip from Patuxent River to Natal, Brazil.
Savannah AP reports Henry Ford's 6 acre Georgia plantation plan to house 100 Japanese evacuees faced backlash. J F Gregory declined a permanent relocation citing potential friction and mismatched expectations from evacuees and officials. Plantation grows rice lettuce cabbage broccoli for commercial markets.
Richmond Virginia AP reports Mrs J L Clark found a clover with six leaves in a yard she tended. The discovery surprised neighbors who hoped for luck from odd leaf formations. No injuries or broader events tied to the find were noted.
The boat Marg arrived in Hawaii yesterday, completing a flight of 15 hours and nine minutes from Alameda, California. The arrival marks a notable long-distance journey ending in Honolulu.
The Office of Price Administration announces that Green Stamps K L M remain valid until March 20 while Blue stamps gain a uniform 10 point value. Consumers are urged to spend Green stamps before using new Blue stamps to avoid confusion as both series expire.
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier U S Hancock slid down the ways in Quincy Massachusetts marking its keel ceremony at the Fore River shipyard The sponsor Mrs DeWitt Ramsey wife of Rear Admiral Ramsey named the carrier after a historic patriot The event contrasts with smaller vessels and echoes past carriers Lexington and Wasp in memory of naval aviation milestones
The piece notes war to postwar labor changes with servicemen returning, women leaving factory work, and fewer incentives for wives to work outside the home. It flags risk of permanent shifts of women from industry and calls wartime job safety progress into a postwar factor.
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