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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
4
AP report from Jacke Hewes NE Washington describes teens seeking structured after hours activity amid wartime boom. High school youths proposed a night club using an old creamery site with police and school board backing to curb delinquency and provide purpose during World War II era.
A scrambled listing outlines a radio day with various acts and times. Notable items include Abner Serisi skit and Horace Hleit.al eo fown Mesting of the Alr peak Valley Cuye Drama, Five Minute News Period, The Col. Stoopnagla Variety, Nesbitt bade, Wisner dparts Time, Garry Moors Camiel Shaw, and Paul Schuberte War Autlyic. Additional entries mention a Danve Orchestra and Paul Schuberte, with 10:00 news and Fred Waring program components.
President Roosevelt praises complete mobilization for the war, urging full employment of labor and maximum food production while promoting War Bonds. He highlights the Merchant Marine, praises Russian resilience, and vows punishment for Mussolini’s fascist regime. Actions connect home front and battlefront, declaring no clear separation between fronts.
Mail Sergeant Harbert T. Fleming of Dothan was killed in the collision of two medium chambers at MacDill Field Florida July 2. Funeral services were conducted at Judson Church in Abbeville with Rev. Mark A Lower Jr. officiating. Surviving are his wife Mary Murphy Fleming, his mother Mary Fleming, four sisters, and two brothers in the U S Army and North Africa.
The Alabama State Guard announces the annual encampment on Dauphin Island from August 23 to September 12 led by acting adjutant general Colonel Robert Joerg. Readouts show First Infantry Regiment units from Florence to Athens attend Aug 22–23, Second Regiment in central Alabama Aug 29 to Sept, and Third Regiment across Dothan to Selma Sept 8–12. Guardsmen will be housed in wooden barracks.
Elberton Ga AP Two farmers on a shared, unsigned arrangement run Esper Hall’s Rock Branch farm under a conservation program. W H Seymour and L C Teasley produced 37 bales on 169 acres compared with a 12 bale prior yield. They manage separate accounts but operate the farm as one, with the landlord leaving decisions to them as crops are worked out. The program includes strip farming and other practices.
Trent Culver of Midland City graduates from Blytheville Army Air Field with a second lieutenant commission as an Aviation Cadet. He is the son of Frenk B. Runer Jr. and attended Dollins High School. His father served as a sergeant major in World War I. a brother studied at Cleveland.
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