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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1943
Page
4
The Dothan Eagle page prints a mix of war commentary and notices. It features Associated Press crediting, subscription rates, and a column on morale and mobilization. The text cites McNutt and calls for a balanced home front strategy while maintaining war effort focus.
Dr Alberto Guant Uruguay foreign minister and vice president elect rode a packed Miami to Washington train. He invited three Marines to share his compartment and paid their Pullman surcharges, illustrating the goodwill of American hospitality toward Uruguay amid his Washington visit.
Manpower officials alarmed by labor shortages debate shrinking the planned 11 to 15 million man army. McNutt tells committee that war secretary Patterson floated huge totals, but recent Allied North Africa successes and strong naval actions reduce need for a continental defense force. Submarine threat remains, complicating large force deployments.
William M. Jeffers, former top railroad executive now in charge of the rubber program, attacks Army Navy and bureaucratic delays. He contends expediters block steel for synthetic rubber plants and urges presidential action to grant key men freedom to run the program.
A garbled wire service style excerpt mentions General Eewohawer and General Audaieon with Ab Had forces. It cites Lieut-Gen Myliney and Rostov drive, promising self defense and coordinated orders. Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson of Sweden is referenced.
The article details how Waterman Steamship Company vessels, including the West Kyska, earned large incomes per voyage transporting supplies to British ports in the Red Sea during wartime. It notes government favoritism, high insurance costs, and substantial per-ship profits, with several ships listed by name and income figures.
Cox and Bulwinkle push the Ways and Means stance to uphold committee precedent. Administration supporters for Marcentonie fail. Senate newcomer F H Moore hires high priced secretary Harry Wirick, while income taxes stay low. Army nurses struggle against WAACS WAVES recruitment. Congress opposes the $25,000 salary cap, warning revenue and incentive losses.
Ovie Tindell and his two sons from Dothan route one found a rattlesnake hole while heading home for dinner. They fetched a four foot eight inch rattler with eight rattles and a button from two holes near a stump. The family urged wood cutters to be careful and stay alert for rattlers.
The report lists 43 373 people killed and 64 361 injured by enemy bombs in Britain from mid 1916 to January 1942. It notes last year’s worst month was April with 131 deaths and 8 900 injuries, and December had 34 deaths and 55 injuries.
Roosevelt orders miners back to work after fuel shortages while unions are blamed for coercion and political shifts. The piece argues the war era policy spurs compulsory labor, cites Wagner act gaps, and criticizes McNutt and unions as shakedown forces harming workers and the nation.
Officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold their first meeting of the year Thursday at 10 am at the Chamber offices at City Hall. Officers are Archiey Carmichael, President. Raymond Spann, vice-president. and Charles Adams, treasurer. Directors include Jeste Fore reater, Clyde Coe, J. S. Spann, C. Lovarn, Horace Hall, E. M. lWetts, A. 1 Astery, John D. Ayres, J. H. Bryson, Albert Togte, Amos Jones, and Herman Blumberg.
Total machine tool production rose from 775 million dollars in 1941 to 1.5 billion in 1943, nearly doubling and equipping the automobile industry two and a half times over.
A cluttered listing of tomorrow and Tuesday radio programs includes music, news, dramas, and variety shows featuring artists such as Fred Waring, Gracie Fields, Red Skelton, and Johnny Presents Hollywood. The piece ends with a wartime safety note from Ned H. Dearborn urging home safety advocacy by the American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries to support the war effort.
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