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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
7
Washington AP reports government plans to roll back prices faced by apparel makers. The OPA granted concessions to factories, allowing about a two percent decrease in retail prices for the rest of the year, based on prices in 1939 rather than wartime restrictions. This move aims to trim average clothing costs, though not as much as initially planned.
Dr Henry A Parker of Miami Fla accepted the Dothan pastorate in a telegram of formal acceptance He will assume duties Sept 1 He succeeds Rev im C Heeves who resigned Feb to accept a call to El Dorado Ky Parker a Texas native raised in Alabama has degrees from Texas and Kentucky and 32 years old with two children He previously led the Miami church and served in Quincy Fla
Police report identifies the automobile driver as Mrs Ruby Yown of Dothan and the truck driver Ralph Ham of near Dothan after a collision at Main and Commerce streets. The car sustained slight damage and no charges were filed.
Faulkner Ice Co formerly Moore Ice Co in Dothan, located at Powell and Cherry, will resume normal operation after a fire last month damaged the plant. Officials say production had fallen to about 40 tons per day due to an exploding switch and ammonia tank damage. Repairs and a labor shortage caused delays, with workers brought in to ease the shortage.
Attention veterans. The Eagle invites honorably discharged veterans to place want ads free of charge for a week. Call at the classified department and present discharge papers or button to qualify. Veterans are urged to use this employment opportunity.
Alabama intrastate rail fares drop from 2.2 to 1.65 cents per mile effective now. Public Service Commissioner Gordon Persons says riders will save over a million dollars annually. Sample changes include Birmingham to Montgomery round trip 3.40, Mobile to Birmingham 9.20, and Athens to Mobile 12.55.
Robert Holcomb Malone forty four Dothan business man and Democratic party figure died in a local hospital at 845 p.m. after a two day illness caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a bank director, owner of the Malone Motor Co and a trustee of the Georgia Military Academy. Surviving are a daughter Mary and his mother Mrs A Y Malone. Funeral at 5 p.m. at 305 Montezuma Avenue with Rev E A Childs and Dr N B McLendon officiating, burial in City Cemetery.
A four year old boy Wallace Peacock visiting his grandmother in Grandview wandered away yesterday afternoon. Grandmother N J Hicks unable to search due to age infirmities. He walked to East Lafayette street where relatives and neighbors identified him and provided supper before police involvement. The child was later taken in charge by his aunt Mrs Couch and remained unharmed. His mother was in Atlanta on an emergency call.
Potsdam AP report notes President Truman Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin met briefly as Britain awaits July 5 parliamentary results. Cadogan will represent Britain in talks with Byrnes and Molotov while Attlee would lead talks if Labor wins. No major policy shifts expected despite campaign clashes.
O Neal a former Eagle employee elected commander of Chester R. Vickery Fest No. 12 American Legion to succeed T J Whatley Jr. at the June 28 officers meeting. He will be formally installed tomorrow at 7 45 p m by J Howard Johnson Ninth District Commander of the Legion along with Lumpkin Herlong Childs Etheridge and Acree. Whatley urged full post attendance to start the new officers’ duties with a strong show of support.
A Houston County man A F Pumphrey was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his car crashed through Washington Street at Casey. The wreck uprooted shrubbery and struck a simulated well on a house lawn. Police said he was northbound on Dusey and failed to turn onto Washington Street near the dead end. Children were nearby during the incident.
Former French leader Petain refuses to answer whether he asked to join German efforts or sought permission to deploy Vichy troops with German forces. Albert Lebrun testified of cabinet pressures and threats to resign, and of a June confrontation over armistice demands amid France facing front line collapse. Roosevelt telegram praised French courage before promising arms, as officers pressured Lebrun and Petain asserted dictatorial control.
A three point program to carry out the United Nations Charter emerged today from Senate fireworks delaying ratification briefly. The administration seeks Charter ratification with an explicit pledge to use troops for future peace, and the next fall enactment of a law expanding the Security Council’s powers.
New York AP report says Bertram M Campbell 57 a former securities dealer served over three years for forgery before case collapsed when the real forger Alexander C L Thiel confessed. Thiel admitted the forgery Campbell was convicted of and said he also tried another forgery to prove Campbell’s innocence.
Seven more parts of Japan's war machine were blasted in a major B 29 strike over Osaka Nagoya and surrounding industrial centers. The Osaka arsenal Sumitomo Kawanishi and Aichi plants suffered heavy damage while the Kure naval arsenal was shown 70 percent ruined. Air crew reports say nearly 4000 tons of explosives fell in Junth hour with 180 fighters forced down by fuel and flak, as Lt Gen Twining assumed 2th Air Force command on Guam.
Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining will command the 20th Air Force in the Mariana area while Lt. Gen. Doolittle heads the attack against Japan. The two, long involved in Allied bombing, will supervise air operations as B 29 Superfortress forces target remaining Axis assets in the Pacific. The change, announced by Army Air Forces officials, consolidates leadership for the intensified campaign against Nippon next week.
Revenue Commissioner HO Dowling announced 1944 income tax remittances total about 2.9 million dollars by the period ending date. Director 2 A Stephens noted payments were rising as the tax paying base expands, despite earlier forecasts of declines due to federal deductions. The number of tax returns has doubled in three years, from roughly 60,000 to about 120,000.
AP reports Admiral Barney urged a fast pursuit inland after coastal operations as Third Fleet closes on Japan. Carrier planes cover remnants of the Japanese fleet in the Inland Sea, signaling a new phase in naval warfare and a final plunge into Japan’s heart. The Allied team emphasizes speed and devastating air power against a doomed nation.
AP reports over 360 Okinawa based American planes attacked Shanghai amid four days of bombings. Gen. MacArthur said air strikes extended from Korea to the Dutch East Indies and Malaya. Japanese shipping and several airfields suffered damage or destruction in the Shanghai operation and surrounding targets.
The Associated Press reports the U S labor strike total surpasses 60,000 as work stoppages spread across more than twenty plants. Wright Aeronautical Corp in New Jersey drives the surge with 15,500 off duty affecting B20 engine production for Superfortresses. Unions cite plant discharges as trigger while Wood Ridge factory shows near standstill.
American B-29s struck three Japanese oil refineries near Tokyo killing 75 to 100 planes in the midnight raid. Carrier planes also hit coastal Nippon as 1,200 aircraft were reported in the previous day assault. Grounded Japanese planes were destroyed as airfields and installations on Honshu were targeted.
Manila AP dispatch reports General George C Kennedy warns the American Air Forces near readiness to strike Japan with bombs up to 5 000 tons and possibly 15 000 tons in a single attack More than 5 000 aircraft expected for concentrated air strike with at least 4 600 bomb capable planes and many strafers Turn to No 7 on Page 2.
London AP reports Britain waits for July 5 parliamentary results with no visible excitement. First returns expected around noon tomorrow local time, with most votes tallied within five hours. Conservatives and Labour may need Liberal support to form a government depending on seat splits.
Japan sustains air strikes across the Inland Sea area with 64 planes reported destroyed or damaged. Okinawa-based units retreat toward Shanghai area after attacks on Shanghai-bound convoys. Chinese troops breach Yangso gate near a former US Air Base south of Kweilin as Burma fronts see heavy fighting and Australian advances in East Borneo.
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