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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1943
Page
3
Law enforcement officials report overall calmer conditions with most arrests for minor offenses. City and county officers say the vast majority of recent arrests cover drunkenness disorderly conduct vagrancy or assault that led to only a brawl rather than serious harm. State ABC officers note fewer arrests than in prior years while highway patrols describe routine highway cruising.
Testimony at a murder trial describes an offer of $1000 to "do the job" and a staged assault in a train berth. Ensign James and his wife were aboard when a suspect attacked and stabbed Mrs. James as Harold Wilson, a Marine private, pursued the assailant from Lower 13. A diner car cook identified as Folkes was noted as distressed by investigators.
The nation’s 300 machine tool plants use about 300000 tools to produce other tools, amounting to roughly 14 percent of total tools. Marine Corps pilots conducted live bombing experiments as early as 1020.
British and American air forces launch a coordinated offensive against northern Germany and Danish targets. RAF and US bombers raid Wilhelmshaven and Emden while Liberators strike Emden, Wilhelmshaven, and Copenhagen area, with several aircraft missing. Berlin radio notes minor German losses. raids aim to pressure talks at Casablanca and signal intensified war effort.
The report details Allied air and naval activity across Tunisia and Sicily. Bombers and fighters attacked targets including rail lines near Reggio Calabria and two ports in Messina province. Bombers hit a destroyer shuttle route between Tunis and Sicily, while ground patrols and advances near Ousseltia and Gusseltia pushed enemy troops back. Weather delays hinder tank action as US forces press from central Tunisia toward the coast near Sousse.
Commodity notes from New Orleans show wheat corn oats lard and bacon prices mixed as traders gauge demand. Market names include New Orleans Cotton and Commodities and related futures activity with occasional shifts in price quotes for oats and wheat.
Japanese Premier spoke after a New Year recess session delayed by illness. He claimed the Allies face shortages of interwar resources while Japan seeks a great ideal of worldwide peace and cooperation with allied nations. He contrasted Japan’s aims with Anglo American goals of prosperity and world domination.
Secretary Stimson reports on Axis retreat from Tripoli and steady Allied advances in Tunisia and Tunisia’s harbor being cleared for Allied use. He notes German forces near Stalingrad reduced to about 8,000 troops and Russia’s front progress while Rostov shows renewed German resistance suggesting possible Caucasus evacuation.
Berlin reports a new Russian offensive extending the southern push beyond Voronezh. Heavy fighting continues with undiminished vigor as German forces pull back to a shortened front while Luftwaffe supports ground troops amid heavy losses to the attackers.
The message to American soldiers in Tunisia expresses pride in the leaders and men, commends those who landed in the initial assault and current frontline troops, and urges continued courage with the best equipment. It salutes officers and men for alertness and pride in service, ending with Roosevelt's signature as commander in chief.
A 2 member House committee led by Rep Dough ton weighs pay as you go tax proposals and current basis income taxation by March 15. Alternatives include 20 percent withholding on current income after deductions. Senate lawmakers consider a liaison committee while Flynn’s Australia nomination faces a tight confirmation with party splits and abstentions noted. House Military Committee examines military training programs and asks War Manpower’s McNutt to testify on impact for smaller liberal arts colleges and funding.
The article reports Swedish and French dispatches claiming Hitler plans to cede direct command of German armies. It describes a potential withdrawal from Rostov toward a new line from Kurak to Kharkov, Dnieper, Crimea and Sevastopol. It notes Russian camou age and secret towns confounding German officials and mentions Chamber of Commerce efforts to boost AV Clonkers MM membership amid wartime manpower shortages.
On January 24th United States troops on Guadalcanal continued to advance westward despite stiff Japanese resistance. Forty Japanese were killed and five prisoners were captured along with some enemy equipment.
Number 15 discussion notes a heated system that is difficult to manage as gaslegging gangs may relocate west where vice persists. The OPA cautions biker markets roads are under inspection and travelers do so at their own risk.
The State Defense Council urges using patriotic youth groups to aid the greatly increased production program. It notes unused manpower in Alabama and calls for enforcing vacancy laws to mobilize eligible people for farm work and national effort.
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