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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1943
Page
3
A mechanised division of the SB Army requires 28 Oty galaene of gasoline every hour to stay in motion. The origin of the carphen traces to China and India and its import into Europe and a large country is noted.
In a Saturday exchange, Mra W S Studd becomes owner of The Gadsden Times and RK HO Mooney takes ownership of The Rome News Tribunune, with Mooney remaining publisher in Rome and Bruce Shelton named editor publisher in Gadsden. James Mann moves to Rome as VP. Hornady returns as editor.
Police report two cars, a taxi and another vehicle, collided late Friday at South Appletree and Lefayette Street. None of the occupants was injured. Drivers listed as B C McCrea and C F B Riley. City detectives Wen Herring and Henry Athing investigated at police headquarters.
Early yesterday a stove ignited walls at the residence of LC Knight on 3 N Outen Street. A kerosene container broke and kerosene leaked, catching fire from flames but the blaze was extinguished before spreading, said Assistant Fire Chief Jay Johnson.
Major General Clair L. Chennault, commander in China, noted Japanese planes did not raid unoccupied China in a June debate, suggesting Japan needs planes elsewhere. The piece parallels early Guadalcanal actions, citing a sudden Rendova Island deck attack and leadership changes in the South Pacific under Ghormley, Halsey, and MacArthur, then notes Hornady's newspaper career.
Reports from San Juan and Rio de Janeiro describe Navy talks between Vice Admiral John H Hoover and Admiral Georges Retert on the future status of French Antilles. Provisions and food shipments may be redirected to Martinique and Guadeloupe depending on acceptance of the United Nations cause and allegiance to the French National Committee of Liberation. General Henri Giraud travels toward the United States on a likely stopover at Martinique as a delegate from Algiers to Washington.
Allied Liberators raid Sicily and Sardinia targets in coordinated offensives described as the heaviest action yet by Cairo command. Bombs hit airfields at Lecce Grottaglie and San Pancrazio while Palermo and Catania suffer heavy destruction. 74 Axis planes claimed down. Pilot Charles Hart noted as first American Negro ace to destroy an enemy plane.
The article notes that many motorists still need to buy federal stamp stickers and warns of inspections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. It also reports the City of Dothan receiving FCC and WPB approval to operate its own radio and broadcasting equipment, with police cars to have sets for direct patrol communications.
Senator Taft led a move to cap subsidy payments at 525 million for the year, arguing the rule does not stop rollback payments to processors under the subsidy plan. The plan funds butter and meat subsidies costing about 400 million yearly, financed by RFC, not CCC, triggering farmer complaints of being squeezed.
GOP and Democratic lawmakers plan a summer speaking tour to urge early U.S. postwar strategy. The two-person teams will cover from New Hampshire to California, funded by allied groups, led by Ball and Fulbright with participants including Truman, Judd, La Follette, and Maybank.
Rationing restrictions and uninterrupted operation of many war plants were cited as reasons for the driving setup. States reporting traffic drowning and missile congestion deaths in order were Arkansas 100, California 200, Illinois 001, Iowa 430, Florida 200, Nebraska 001, New York 202, Ohio 101, Oklahoma 100.
The text notes the Civilian Conservation Corps effectively ceased at midnight June 30 though it continued operations pending potential reconstruction by Congress. It reflects the transitional status of the agency impacting consumers and farmers alike as legislative action lingered.
The piece analyzes German radio and Paris broadcasts used to manipulate occupied populations. Satire on liberation, Goebbels’ hope-building tactic, and rumors of an invasion timing are described as tools to provoke optimism then disappointment among civilians and Allied observers.
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