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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
2
Burial services were held with pallbearers listed and Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in charge. The obituary notes Remus W. Rollins of Jacksonville Florida with service details and family names.
Bombers conducted a daylight raid over Franconia Thuringia and Saxony hitting military targets in central Germany. Fortresses led by Mustang, Lightning and Thunderbolt escorts flew from Britain while weather limited damage assessment. This marked a rare daylight attack over the Reich since the prior weeklong offensive.
A funeral is planned today for a mother and her infant, with pallbearers listed including Henry Wells, Wells Gh Hele, TCG Welsh, Martin Wells, and Magn Jaded Ward-Wilson in charge. The cortege will proceed to a local cemetery as arrangements are finalized by the family.
The annbal rounds of the club championship at Dothan County Club were extended to Saturday officials said. Thursday results included Fa Crawford over Wyatt Oates and Leon Harvard over Carl Scracherbauer with Fred Moseley defeating George Spann. Championship contenders include Ed Crawford vs Horace Hall and Leon Harvard vs La Bruce Hanaghan, with Press Thornton Jr defending champion. Other matchups fill subsequent flights and byes across six flights.
New officers of Chester R Vickery Post No 12 American Legion were installed with T. Whatley succeeding Alvin Mount as commander. Others include Alto V Lee III as first vice commander J B Hunt second vice commander Curtis McQuagge adjutant Roy Hull service officer Clyde Peterson chaplain and Alford Brown sergeant at arms. Special guests were Clarence Horton state commander and two past state commanders Erwin Lehman and George L Cleere. Cleere urged welcoming World War II veterans and using Legion facilities to assist them. The Napier Field Jamboree Band provided entertainment.
Mouston Counts have been planted to protect the peanut crop, with about 80,000 stems expected to be harvested as fiber is saved. The report notes continued efforts to safeguard yields and stabilize the harvest, referencing local agricultural initiatives and county plans.
The Navy Department announced that Newell of Cracewdie has been wounded in the line of duty. The report notes Newell served with USMC and was the son of Mrs pateh Fo Newell.
The factory itself could be easily adapted to the manufacture of tractara needed by the world’s nations and the agricultural expansion that must come to feed people and industry the raw materials they must have.
A heated exchange centers on alleged comments about Jewish voters and the New Deal. Fish denies endorsing sectarian rhetoric and reiterates opposition to injecting race or religion into politics. Hagerty cites a Post interview claiming Jewish votes split between Roosevelt and the New Deal, while Fish denies favoritism and condemns bigotry.
Allied forces in Normandy claimed over 40 German tanks destroyed including 60 ton Tigers and more than 65 damaged by fighter bombers as air and ground pressure split enemy formations. British and Canadian units then halted counterattacks south of Caen while American spearheads advanced toward Coutances Le Deshayes and Mont St Lo.
American forces advance along a 13 mile sector from St Lo toward Caumont driving Germans from the Coutances pocket and enclosing more of the front. Field dispatches report 3,000 prisoners taken in two days as US troops tighten the ring.
A baseball game between Dothan and Abbeville is set for tonight at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium, starting at B. Bm. Dothan, formed in early May, has 11 wins in 14 games this season, many against servicemen’s teams. Several Dothan players are veterans of the class D League from years past.
A detailed Saturday radio lineup lists WAGF programs from early morning to night. It includes news briefings, musical variety acts, theatre and drama, and syndicated shows. Notable items feature AP News updates, The Staffords, Movietime, The Islanders, The Wiregress Four, and Grand Old Opry segments among many others.
The federal housing drive targets prompt permits for property owners to participate in a reconversion program. Remodeling of 18 units is planned for Dothan to ease housing shortages. Occupancy will be limited to essential workers in key wartime industries such as fertilizer plants railroads food processing and related sectors.
A London and Moscow led brief describes German setbacks from a sweeping Soviet advance toward Warsaw and beyond. It notes 3,632 towns fallen to 1.5 million Soviet troops, with German casualties possibly rising past estimates and several fortress cities besieged. The Vistula front remained unclear as Russians pushed across broad plains toward the Reich.
Prominent nurse Mrs. Vesta Hart of 1784 Delaware Ave NE Atlanta Georgia endorses Retonga. She credits it with prompt relief from years of indigestion gas pains nervousness and sluggish elimination and says it improved appetite sleep and overall well being. Retonga is described as aiding vitamin deficiency and digestion and is available at local drug stores in Dothan.
Paragraphs describe limited advances by the Eighth Army with no casualties. April movements show 15 miles east to the southeast of Florence as clear of the enemy. In the Tiber valley forces capture Citerna, five miles southwest of San Sepolcro, amid ongoing engagement.
An all day Fifth Sunday Seven Shape sing will be held at Enon Church of Christ Sunday beginning at ten a m. The public is invited to attend.
The page shows mixed cotton quotes for New Orleans and New York with multiple months, highs, lows, and closes. Figures include 227, 2104, 2102, 2086, and 2072 across Dec May Oct Dec, indicating erratic trading activity and varied settlements amid a volatile period.
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