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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1944
Page
2
A nine ship titled Mallette Will was launched on July 2 at the Dees Carl EK Land site near Car University. The project involved Carl FE Ladd, a former director at the New York Extension.
Wiregrass residents of Dothan and surrounding areas are invited by Colonel Charles J. Daly to attend a fast moving baseball game and a parade review at Napier Field this afternoon. Aviation cadets from upper and lower classes will participate in a two-squadron formation preceded by the Field Band under Warrant Officer John R. Cpanesworth. Col Daly Major Frederick Weaver and Captain Gerald E Grant will review the cadets as prospective Army Air Forces officers pass by. An RAF material exhibit including an AT and a P-40 will be viewable near the parade grounds with parking arranged nearby. The Kepier Field Gruffies vs Manama Flyers service league game starts at 2:43 pm on the post diamond, with Manama currently leading the league. Ceremonies are noted to be held at Jones Construction Company in Panama City.
Cadet Jack Key Howell of Graceville Florida, son of Mr and Mrs J F Howell, has been transferred from the Naval Air Station in Memphis Tennessee to the Naval Air Training Center in Pensacola Florida for intermediate training. Upon completion of the intensive course at the Annapolis of the Air, he will earn the Navy Wings of Gold and be commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve or a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Reserve.
The Naples area spotlight shifts to Napier Field where Pvt Jack Horton of Andalusia leads the mount as Napier faces Marianna and Spence Field in a pivotal league championship decider. Cadet retreat parade impressed Con Daly, prompting ongoing Sunday parades and baseball games at Napier Field.
Marianna special report notes Mason Sanders, 28, son of R B Sanders, Ameri can Oil local manager, was killed in action in Italy on June 22. Inducted November 3, 1942, in Tren ton New Jersey, he served in the engineering corps. At his Marianna home telegram arrival was received by four sisters and their families: Mrs C W Roberts of Bell, Mrs Raymond Riles Jr, Mrs R W Hall of Ocala, and Miss Alda with her parents who moved from Trenton last April.
RATION CALENDAR lists processed foods and fats stamps A through 28 valid indefinitely. Blue stamps AA through Z and A' valid indefinitely. Sugar stamps 33 and 32 valid indefinitely for five pounds each. Stamp 40 good for five pounds of home canning through February 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps One and Two in Book Four valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons AltZ valid through September 21 for three gallons each.
Hartford special representative Lyle Ormsbee aided in organizing a Lions Club. At a Method Church meeting J A Anderson was named president A L Hawley secretary treasurer Lex Goff Corbitt Ist vice president and the Rev W O Calhoun chairs membership. Further officers and committees to be announced.
One Dothan soldier and four others from Wiregrass area, all in the Ninth Infantry Division, received the Combat Infantryman Badge for actions in the Cherbourg Peninsula. Awards were made in England as Allied operations began. Recipients: PFC Charles M. Moore Dothan, SGT William C. Smith Elba, PFC Joseph E. Pagan Jer Pagan, PFC Walter P. Eubanks Eufaula, PFC Roy Henderson Headland. AYREN MUSICAL GROUP: Aken Musical Convention set for Hartford High School auditorium on Sunday, July 23.
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