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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1945
Page
10
The column jokes about a young man of twenty three to thirty three and his prospects after education. It contrasts parental advice with a belief that what is worth having requires waiting and working for. The tone mocks impractical worries about a future husband.
Disjointed notes discuss a relationship crisis, urging a young woman to avoid breaking up another woman's home. The speaker pleads for restraint and hints at a schoolgirl crush that should fade as time passes.
An overnight visit to relatives preceded a claim that Lambert shot himself in a chair. Deputy reports dried blood on the chair and shirt, suggesting hours since wound. Powder burns on the head and a pistol butt wrapped with a sock are noted as investigators continue.
Pearl Harbor AP report says American carrier planes damaged or sank about 13 000 tons of Japanese shipping at Formosa ports on January 2 1945. Navy communique cites destruction of major ships and targets including four medium cargo vessels and three destroyers. additional air bases and installations hit at Takao Sakishima and Iwo Jima. Liberator raids on Iwo Jima and attacks by Second Marine aircraft wing against Babelthuap and Yap noted.
Announcement from the Office of Price Administration outlines new validation dates for red and blue ration stamps. Red stamps gain extended validity through March 31 and others through June, while blue stamps cover processed foods with new point values. The policy aims to prevent overnight cancellations as supplies remain low since the war began.
Captain Johnston of the Mth Division commanded a heavy weapons unit near Geilenkirchen Germany. He crawled 1200 yards under fire to pull his company from a trap and later guided it to a reinforced position. He killed 20 enemies and captured 86 prisoners in one assault and, using a tank, his unit eliminated seven more Germans at 50 yards. He earned further praise for clearing a mine field with a trench knife, revealing 18 explosives beneath the snow. His wife, a Florala Alabama teacher, plans to move to Oregon after the war. He met his brother in a captured German town, while another brother serves in the Navy fighter squadron in the South Pacific.
Rome dispatch reports growing discussion that Germany may be pulling back from the Italian front. Observers cite explosions behind enemy lines, renewed barbed wire and minefields, and large German supply stocks in the Po Valley. Despite this, reports also indicate continued strong artillery fire and patrol actions limited by snow and mud.
In ongoing World War II reporting, tanks and artillery were destroyed while air forces raided targets in Luzon and Formosa. Japanese forces, airfields at Tuguegaran and Aparri faced damage. bridges and dumps in the Cagayan valley suffered destruction. A Japanese destroyer was attacked off Dutch Borneo, and night sorties targeted Takao.
A Methodist group outlines plans to build an education building south of the church office on Caledara Street at an estimated cost of 50 thousand dollars. An active fundraising campaign starts with a February banquet. a general committee includes J. W. Kelly R. H. Hodges Harrison Lucien W. Watson Dee Rhyne J. A Ormond and J. W. Hightower with subcommittees to be formed.
In five groups the church outlines consolidation and construction to meet expanding membership and educational programs. The Rev. Dan Wlutsrtt shepherds the project as pastor, emphasizing spacious facilities and adequacy for ministry and outreach.
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