Two More Prowlers Reported In City
Two prowlers were reported in the city lanes at 1030 p m but police found nothing at either location. Investigations noted unidentified callers and suggested the intruders might be stray dogs or animals.
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
3
AP Members Clash With Government Over News Desirability
Government officials defending press control argued AP operations restrict competition and bar memberships. Lawyers for AP editors claimed exclusivity keeps smaller papers from competing, while judges noted potential pay-for-news effects and the broader impact on the Chicago press landscape.
Auto tax stamps sold at general delivery window continues
The assistant postmaster said auto tax stamps will be sold while supply lasts at the general delivery window. By July 1, 4,970 stamps totaling $10,350 had been sold. about 250 more have been sold since then. Revenue officials began checking autos in Dothan on Wednesday and sales slowed briefly. The check will resume next week. motorists who have not bought stamps should do so before tagging to avoid explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobh Ball
Dothan
Andden Rie
Ernest
Public Interes Feeds on Budget Testimony Delay
Patterson's letter and Harold Smith of the budget bureau refused to testify citing presidential instructions. Smith said proposals to transfer FCC intelligence activities to the armed services relate to the military program and disclosure would not be in the interest of that program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Harold Smith
Budget Bureau
FCC
Smith
Miners in Fayette County Face Picket Line Challenge
Miners returned to work through picket lines at Fayette County mines while an insurgent faction linked to the United Mine Workers pressed to keep mines closed. About 17,000 miners did not work, with some women and children present as gates were stoned at nearby Relph mine. no serious violence was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsevegh
Sea Con
Feders Grand Jury
Pittsburgh
U. & Attorney
Charles F. Uhl
Gates Tains
Relph
Allied air and ground actions across Pacific fronts
Combat report details heavy bombing of Vila depot by Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers, with 21 tons of explosives. Liberators raid Kehili airfield near Lougainville, starting fires and one plane missing. Penfosi and Munda air bases bombed. Salamaua and Rendova areas see ongoing patrols, bombardments, and clashes with Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Salemena
Mitchell
Salamaua
Mitchetts
Mubo
Salamaun
Penfosi
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Timor
Timor Sea
Darwin
Australia
Bena
Solomone
Randove Island
Munda
Rendova
Dughr
Juat
Raid on Catania Deepens Axis Bombing War
Allied air forces attacked Catania with 250000 pounds of high explosives in a two wave assault while RAF bombers struck fuel depots and warehouses. US Ninth Air Force Liberators and RAF heavies destroyed enemy fighters and hit rail yards, oil storage, and industrial areas, with casualties and fires reported in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ninth Air Force
Catania
United States
Thun
Thalian High Command
Alpersone
Bicily
iBank Clearings Rise Across Region
Reported bank clearings show a sizable increase locally with figures indicating higher totals than the same period last year. The data underline a stronger financial activity as merchants and households move more transactions through banks.
All Evening Slippers Remain Rationed as New Values Set
The county War Price and Ration Board announced continued rationing for all evening slippers, including geld or silver brocade and fabric uppers. Coincidentally, point values for several rationed items were changed effective July 4, with official charts available. Meat items on the list show reduced points while potato values increase, impacting other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Bearg
Black market chickens and price ceilings discussed
The document explains illegal practices in poultry pricing, detailing how retailers and wholesalers bypass ceilings by paying above the allowed prices or hiding extra cash from invoices. It warns that direct farmer purchases can be legal only if prices stay at ceilings, and illegal if profits exceed ceiling levels or bypass regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis
OPA
War Outlays Soar Amid WWII Defense Spending Spread
Congressional figures show total war and defense appropriations near 107 billion for six months, with 25.0 billion earmarked for airplanes. War Department aviation funding tops 20.5 billion, Navy plane funds around 5.0 billion, and total defense outlays since 1940 reach over 322 billion with numerous agencies and programs implicated in rapid mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Army
Navy
War Department
Aum
Congress
OPA
WPS
Interior
District of Columbia
FDR Declines Pressure to Force Lewis Contract
President Roosevelt says he has no plan to compel John Lewis or the United Mine Workers to sign a contract. He questions the necessity of government sanctions and notes no authority to seize the union unlike the Montgomery Ward situation. He urges reviewing anti strike provisions in the new labor code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rereevek
Lewis
Hhis
Montgomery Ward
Roepevelt
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Sugar certificates mailed to applicants
The county War Price and Requisitioning Board said sugar canning certificates have been mailed to applicants during May registrations. A total of 634 applications covering 23,786 people were approved and certificates for 1197 pounds of sugar mailed. Processing for basic A gasoline cocoons will begin next week and volunteers are urged to assist in distributing the new supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County War Price and Retioning Board
Mrs Reeves' Father Dies At Union Springs
Dr. McLaughlin a well known Bullock County physician and father of Mrs. Sam C Reeves died unexpectedly at his home near Union Springs Meg Reeves left for her former home after notification of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McLaughlin
Bullock County
Sam C. Reeves
Dothan
First Baptist Church
Union Springs
Meg. Reeves
McLaughlin
Conference with de Gaulle Opens Under War Department Auspices
General Charles de Gaulle attends a conference held under War Department auspices. At the outset, a War Department statement notes that General Giraud does not wish to take a political position that could involve the French Committee for National Liberation. Giraud opened the talks by reading a prepared statement and giving an informal summary of his Mount Vernon visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles de Gaulle
War Department
French Committee For National Liberation
General Giraud
Giraud
Mount Vernon
Closure of Liquor Stores in August Proposed
Montgomery ABC Administrator Hugh Cottle says August is the target for closing. McQueen to rule on whether residents in dry counties may register. Licensed establishments will self-manage whisky rationing as ABC boards ration supply, with ration cards issued for State Stores purchases and per establishment limits based on each licensee system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
ABC
Hugh Cottle
Aftormay
William N. McQueen
Cottle
ABC Board
iMore Folks Seek Change In Names
Probate Judge Saxes Por mer notes that changing names is rare but in the past year eleven people have altered their names for various reasons. A divorces case once featured three different names in one day, and a woman restored her maiden name then remarried the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usti
Saxes Pormer
Ue Post
Porser
He Onl
L W White Dies Near Hartford
Hartford special funeral services were held today at Dundee Church for L. W. White seventy two of Hartford route three who died Sunday in a Tuscaloosa hospital after a long illness. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Holman Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs Joseph Jones of Milton Maine and Mrs Allen McCullough of Dothan tarse sons F L White of Hertford Floyd White of Chancellor route one and Emmett White of Albuquerque New Mexico a sister Mrs W H Ham of Hartford four brothers John White Martin White Millard White and C W White sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
L. W. White
Tuscaloosa
Dundee Church
Church
Holman Funneral
Joseph Jones
Milton, Me
Allen McCullough
Dothan
Tarse
F. L. White
Hertford
Floyd White
Chancellor
Emmett White
Albuquerque
Naw Mazico
Mra
Six Dothan Lawyers At Bar Convention
Six Dothan attorneys attended the two day annual convention of the State Bar Association in Birmingham. Robert Ramsey will be installed as a State Bar Commissioner during the convention. Other Dothan attendees include W L Lee Alto W Lee TIT Mortimer Harrison A K Merrill and W C Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Birmingham
State Bar Association
Robert Ramsey
State Bar
W L. Lee
Alto VY. Lee
Tit
Mortimer Harrison
A K. Merrill
W. C. Farmer
Roosevelt Lets Tax Limit Rider Pass Despite Prohibition
Congress had outlawed the chief executive's order limiting earned income to 25000 after taxes. Roosevelt let the prohibition become law without his signature as a rider on essential measure raising the national debt limit to 2100000000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
German raids hit southeast England and London daylight alert
London received its first daylight alert since June 27 as German raiders dropped high explosives on southeast England and a southeast coast resort. Antiaircraft guns fired in two districts near London while planes went overhead before withdrawing to the coast. The London blackout ended 18 minutes after the warning, marking the 650th alert of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Ambiguous Probate Fee Report Notes Filing Costs
In the probate office a note mentions completion of filings and court proceedings. A provided fee covers petition filing and recording costs, listed as fifty cents. The text is fragmentary with unclear dates or names.
Patrol Radio Tower Erected Near Wiregram Stadium
Patrol radio tower near Wiregram Stadium in Dothan area stands about a dozen feet high as part of a highway patrol radio system under construction. Sergeant Moody, overseeing two way sets, says operators must meet federal communications requirements and work from the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bargeant H. B. Moody
Kama State Highway
Thei 2
Dothan Arca
Wiregram Stadium
Highway Patrol
Mooly
Federal Communica
Number 13 Continued from page old about cotton supply
Officials quoted on page old say 1944 crop plans shift as cotton surplus declines. Consumption is seen rising to 11,250,000 bales with potential production below demand. A reserve of 10,900,000 bales exists, much of which is unsuited for many uses.
Executrix Notice of Stock Estate in Houston County Alabama
Public notice in Houston County Alabama regarding the estate of J and Daw aguenerd. It lists stock holdings including 27 shares of The Fel Inbarae and Mrs Mattie Dawony. The document references stock values and distributions with a sale date at the courthouse level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Houston County
Rousston
Fel Inbarae
Mattie Dawony
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W. V. Sullivan
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Blumberg
Charles BE. Rugg
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Jeza Henry Lewin
Timothy Pfeiffer
Cooparative
Berm
Thare
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Pfeiffer
Chicago
Associated Press
Tribune
Rouge
Chicago Sun
Prom
Marshall Field
Finth
Hie
Leas
Robert T. Neill
San Angelo
Texas
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Natt
FDR
NEW York Cotto Law
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iMore
Cation
Bonnie
John
Peru
Dothan Milling
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