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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces report fierce German defense as American and British units push toward Caen and St Lo. Airpower and armored spearheads drive toward Perieria and Villers Bocage while fronts shift along the Orne and Caen sector, with Montgomery praising progress as Me Headquarters notes gains and stubborn enemy counterattacks.
Allied forces press three Italian front sectors near Florence Ancona and Livorno advancing from Amo river bridgehead south of Cincelli toward Arezzo and Florence. Poles push near Ancona up to three miles on Monte Bogo as Americans approach Livorno and Pensacco, while French hold Poggibonsi.
The American Legion urged the Democratic Platform Committee to adopt a postwar plan for an Association of Nations with force as needed to preserve peace. Louis A. Johnson presented the resolution from the Legion's postwar group, stressing national interest first while supporting international cooperation. The American Farm Bureau Federation pressed for postwar farm programs to boost production and consumption, and other demands urged a quick peacetime program.
In Huntsville the Lincoln Mills of Alabama kept production on a curtailed basis amid a walkout by striking workers. About 40 percent of the day shift reported for work, with roughly 5 percent yesterday. H. S. Williams of the CIO Textile Workers Union described the dispute as unfair and said union officials and government agencies were trying to restore full production.
Barred from active participation in the campaign, Boy Scouts plan a telephone canvass of households tomorrow to enlist help for Thursdays waste paper collection. Merchants are urged to involve employees Wednesday afternoon and residents to place salvaged paper with normal garbage. Clyde Coe, city commissioner, orders garbage trucks to spend Thursday collecting paper.
Public utility rates in Dothan will drop as a five percent surcharge on water light and gas is discontinued in August. The move follows a 1941 loan to fund Nipier Field from a joint city county land purchase in Dale County. Auditor treasurer J L Vaughn said July bills will set the final payoff and a surplus exists to retire the debt, with $70,900 warrants bearing 2.2 percent interest. Probate Judge Saxon Poyner chaired the county board.
Allied air forces launched a massive daylight raid into eastern Germany targeting Peenemunde and Zinnowitz rocket facilities while additional bombers attacked the Normandy front. Over 1 000 heavy bombers and fighters joined in the assault as raids extended to Berlin vicinity, Bavaria, and western Prussia amid ongoing aerial battles.
Two Navy ammunition ships exploded at Port Chicago 35 miles from San Francisco killing 200 to 250 Navy personnel and nine officers, injuring hundreds, and leveling the depot area. Civilian deaths were not confirmed though 150 civilians were injured by debris and shattered buildings. The blast shattered Port Chicago and nearby Suisan Bay, with reports of a mile high flame and widespread damage.
Russians prepare for a major Pacific offensive with new developments seen near Guam and across the area. Admiral Nimitz reports sustained carrier bombardment destroying shore defenses while Japanese air capability on Guam appears reduced. MacArthur strikes hit Japanese merchant shipping and air bases as Allied forces press across the central Pacific and western Carolines.
War mobilization chief Byrnes and Senator Barkley press Wallace as Roosevelt signals delegates must decide the Democratic Vice Presidential pick. Roosevelt says he would vote for Wallace if a delegate, but the convention opens tomorrow with final say. The letter from President Roosevelt was released by convention chairman Samuel Jackson.
Washington AP reports that Britain, Russia, and China will meet within three weeks for the first general international talks in a quarter century on world peace. The United States outlines a plan for a UN Assembly of allied nations and a big four council, with input from other nations. Britain and Russia are expected to present plans similar in core aims. Talks likely to begin early in August, announced after a State Department briefing.
New York AP reports Gen Yo Shijira Umezu was named chief of the Japanese Army general staff, a post long held by Tojo, who remains premier and war minister. Umezu, former commander of the Kwantung Army and ambassador to occupied Manchuria, follows upheavals that displaced Sugiyama. No clear sign Tojo’s power will diminish. Tojo, in an early Tokyo broadcast, urged the nation to rally and said the real war is yet to be fought.
Bascom N Timons veteran Washington correspondent and Democratic vice presidential hopeful says he lacks strength his camp plans to win by not taking clear stands. He proposes a unifying platform opposing Civil War repetition, Johnstown flood, Chicago fire, and short skirts on hobby horses, while joking about a Bricker ticket alliance.
Stay at home orders issued by county health authorities to curb infantile paralysis keep Dothan children under sixteen indoors through August 15, following Dr Burkett’s request after two Houston County polio cases. With kids home, local five and ten cent stores and news counters see reduced traffic as adults buy supplies elsewhere.
W A Austin and C M Ling warn Houston County farmers the peanut worm or cutworm outbreak threatens the 1944 crop. Ruffin reports widespread sightings. an inspection on Do tan route one shows heavy infestation. This marks the first peanut worm appearance in the southeastern states. control steps urged.
Moscow reports indicate a major Soviet offensive may be underway across Poland and nearby regions. Red Army units push toward Lwow and Galati gap while threats press on East Prussia and along the Bug and Vistula corridors. German broadcasts cite Russian thrusts near Kowel and near Grodno as battles intensify from Suwalki to Brest Litovsk.
London AP report states German captors have shot 33 Allied airmen. War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the Commons that Eden had announced on June 23 that 30 had been executed by firing squads. The remaining three killings’ circumstances were unclear. Protests have been lodged through Switzerland, the protecting power, and the killings are being reviewed by the war crimes commission.
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