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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1945
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text includes subscription rates and notices about obituaries and misstatements of fact in The Earl, with references to Alabama addresses, rates, and a religious biblical quote. The readable content is sparse and mixed with garbled phrases.
The Willow Run bomber plant completed its war work as the last Liberator was rolled off the line. The Army said more four engined bombers were unnecessary and production shifted to other aircraft. The plant built billions in aircraft value and symbolized American industrial vigor amid wartime effort. It notes rail and bus congestion burdening veterans returning home and calls for voluntary avoidance of nonessential travel or rationing to ease the system.
Pleas from President Truman and the Office of Defence Transportation urge restraint as this summer will see heightened discomfort and delays for those making unnecessary trips. Trains and buses already carry far more passengers than comfortable capacity.
The erstwhile Lord Haw Haw William Joyce will stand trial in a British court for high treason at the Old Bailey July session. He argues United States citizenship due to birth in Brooklyn. Britain contends he is a British subject and will be tried as a traitor. The piece notes potential acquittal, but asserts Joyce cannot escape justice, whether in Britain or the United States.
Washington debates the wartime three way ties as U S officials flag German contacts with American firms in Spain and Argentina. DuPont minutes reveal intent to restore I G Farben participation postwar. Leopold seeks aid from Britain and the U S for a Belgian return from Salzburg, while coffee prices face possible boosts due to Brazil’s shifting supply and labor costs.
An extraction of diverse wartime notes covers Molotov recording a press conference, Senator Hatch delaying anti-poll tax bills, Surplus War Property Board plans moving war plants to major manufacturers, and heroic acts aboard the carrier Franklin. It highlights long conference recordings, wartime industry concentration, and 37 hours of continuous duties by Captain Gingrich and Ed Rivers during Franklin’s crisis.
This column argues for salt and nutrition as defenses in polio and pellagra. It references Hickory North Carolina hospital cases, salt tablets, and Parke Davis products. It highlights heat and humidity as factors, praises Dr Tom Douglas Spies and his Birmingham clinic, and urges wider distribution of nutritional cures to curb pellagra deaths.
In a rural letter, a farmer plans a week of practice to meet Wallace Malone in a milk milking contest judged by Reynolds May Joe Sanders and Charlie Adams. He reflects on 30 years since milking, debates bets of 325.00 War Bond, and vows to prove himself. The piece also reports on a stray dog incident near N Foster Street with five dogs killed after a gunshot, and urges owners to control pets to avoid neighbor harm. A grim note on weather mentions no rain and a looming roof removal as the writer grumbles about crops and hard times.
Radio listings show Wayne King. Men of Vision. Rogues Gallery. Detec tive series Quis Ride and Jon Kelly. Langford and Spike Jones. Blondie Dagwood. Lal Blows. Jerry Jaynes. Doctor. Five Minute News Pariod. Sundays Mercury Go Hound. Magazine Drama and Guest M. D. Walter Winchell. Hollywood Mystery Theater. Aloum of Pamillar. Phi Spitaley. Mogt Me At Merky's. We the People. Foot in Heaven. Greenfield Village Chavel. Comedy segment.
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