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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1945
Page
9
John B Tnett professor of physics Taigeme college and Dr Fred ena L Broan professor at Mary Balducn College seek overseas assignments for a year to inspect college practices for U S soldiers. Dr Brown and Dr Datho have opened the initiative because of their existing duties with naval programs and teaching duties.
Failing veterans are expected to attend a program headed by Professor Francie W. Sears of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The war department program includes Dr Karl Compton and other prominent figures, with Mrs Caroline Justiss Datin noted as a graduate of Davidson College, teaching at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton for several years.
Sergeant Alvis Kirkland of Headland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Palen W. Kirkland, completed a tour in the Aleutian Islands and arrived in the Pacific theater of operations for further duties.
A public relations release states the man was inducted into the Army in April 1941 and assigned to the 13th Engineer Combat Battalion within the 38th Cyclone Division of the Sixth Army on Luzon. He trained at Camp Blanding Florida and Camp Claiborne Louisiana before overseas deployment. A lighter aluminum lifeboat is noted for reduced weight and corrosion resistance, improving deck stability.
Army engineers surveyed navigable rivers of the Middle West to locate sunken wrecks containing metals and other salvageable materials for potential scrap.
Ww W. B. Mason, longtime Big Star manager on North Foster Street, is transferred to the Albany, Georgia store effective immediately. M. D. Butter, former Eufaula manager, will replace him. Mason began in Dothan in April 1942 and the new manager is from Cuthbert, Georgia with 15 years in the company.
Gilbert McDaniel, son of Mrs. Juanita G. McDaniel of 04 South College street, formerly a linotype operator at The Dothan Eagle, now serves overseas in the Army. He sent a copy of The Tiger's Tale, a four page service paper for the Tenth Armored Division based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, dated May 25, 1945, featuring news stories, photos, and a pin up. The issue includes General F B Pricketts photo on page one and a Dachau prisoner scene on page two. McDaniel, a technician fifth grade with the Third Tank Battalion, has been in service since 1942 and overseas nine months. The Tenth Armored Division served with Pattons Third Army.
Dalmon R. Roberson and Cyrus W. Ross of Midland City served 482 days in combat with the 976th Field Artillery Battalion of the U S Seventh Army. They landed at Anzio, fought from the Anzio beachhead to the Rhine, crossed into Germany, and witnessed the surrender. The unit fired 100000 rounds, contributing to the push through the Siegfried Line and into Austria.
Notification of the death of Pfc John H. Hayes on October 24, 1944, reached his sister Mrs. C. L. Hall of Cattonwood. Hayes served over nine years in the Army Air Corps, went overseas in 1940, was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held as a prisoner until his death aboard a sinking Japanese vessel en route to Japan from the Philippine Islands. Survivors include his sister and two brothers Emitt and Seaborn Mayes.
A study notes male sikworms fly directly toward a mate after emergence, traveling in a straight path despite distance, wind direction, and indoor conditions with closed windows, suggesting strong pheromonal or navigational cues guiding pair formation.
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