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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
1
The commander notes Axis forces are trained and well equipped while Allied efforts intensify. He cites May transport totals and bomber campaigns across the Pacific, insists Japan fights to the death, and pledges ruthless but necessary actions to defeat them.
The report describes Allied and Axis movements as of June 22 with mentions of hundreds of warships, Japanese advances, RAF aerial efforts, and mounting offensives in North Africa and Europe. It references German plans, Soviet positions, and impending operations, signaling a broad, tense war situation.
The War Manpower Commission postpones the effective date of the 48-hour steel industry week from July 1 to August 1 1943. McNutt aims to free workers and extend others increasing labor force by August 1. Exemptions and schedules are outlined with emphasis on early worker releases and rapid adoption of the 48-hour plan.
In Montgomery Alabama the Senate approved a 10 percent hike on sales of wine and liquor effective July 4 to raise about two million dollars annually for counties and cities. The House already backed the measure but needs concurrence to set July 1 as the effective date. Senator Vernon L. St John urged 25 and 15 percent versions but supported the final bill. A companion House bill to referendum raising the overall sales tax from two to three percent to fund old age pensions stalled for lack of attendance.
Reports from Algiers say the Du Gaulle and Giraud executive committee faces tough talks over a house cleaning of officials in North Africa as it sessions without official statements. The new governing body for liberated French territory will operate until homeland victory, with De Gaulle and Giraud presiding alternately and members named by both leaders.
At Holtz Bay Attu American troops viewed a partially completed Japanese airfield, a 100 foot to 10 yard wide strip exposed to the bay. The site showed abandoned trucks and rollers, while Japanese rail and dirt cars lay unused awaiting motive power.
Total sales at the Houston County Curb Market for May were $1,004.98, reported by Miss Fran Mallette, equity home demonstration agent. Fresh vegetables and meats including beans carrots tomatoes fryers hens and other foods are available, with curb market hours starting at 7 20 a.m. New rules and procedures for curb market sellers have been established.
The House passed a pay-as-you-go income tax plan to shift 40 million taxpayers to a 2 percent withholding system starting next month. It would abate 75 to 100 percent of one year’s income tax and move all to current payments, sending the measure to the Senate where swift approval is expected. President Roosevelt’s stance appeared to be backing the bill.
Washington AP reports more than 400 Japanese soldiers were killed on Attu Island as three U S Army columns linked at Chicagot Harbor during May 29 30 night operations. U S forces continued mopping up pockets of resistance while authorities said organized enemy resistance was broken. Air strikes by Liberator B 24 Mitchell B 26 and Curtiss P 49 fighters bombed Kiaka with fires set at Gertrude Cove and in camp areas.
Allied air raid on Pantelleria and Sardinia continues at a ferocious pace with minimal Allied losses. The May total stands at 337 enemy planes shot down, two Allied aircraft lost. Foggia airfield heavily bombed with ground destruction reported and rail yards damaged.
China announced a major victory in its war with Japan as about 74,000 Chinese troops reportedly pierced the frontline and trapped survivors in a large encirclement. American and Chinese air support aided land forces as they retook five cities and pressed toward Changyang near the Yangtze river. Over 1,000 Japanese dead reported.
Center ville mayor Omer Carroll says two Washington officers will probe the assignment of a Negro regiment to Camp Van Dam Mina. Carroll calls the recruit ment effort fomenting race tensions. In Washington the Senate rejected 51 to 33 an amendment tying trade policy to wartime end dates. The Supreme Court agreed to review the conviction of Detroit restaurant owner May Stephan, linked to harboring a German aviator. The Office of Price Administration cut gas and fuel coupons values in the center state and bans non essential driving from three to two and a half gallons.
The Eagle highlights Lieutenant Arthur Godwin of Enterprise as a Tunisian campaign hero. Columnist Ernie Pyle recounts Godwin and Company K, 1st Infantry, in North Africa, noting Godwin’s three-year Army service and family ties to Enterprise. The piece spans Pyle’s North Africa coverage and cites Lt Cole of Worcester as company commander, wounded in action.
James F. Byrnes spoke at Spartanburg during a Cotton Goes to War celebration promising to streamline agencies into an efficient war machine. He argued the government must not demand teamwork from officials but must provide expert leadership, acknowledging human errors and the public’s right to competent governance.
London AP reports Soviet day communique says German forces launched two strong counterattacks in the Lishchansk area along the Donets front but were repelled with heavy losses. The note mentions artillery activity near Smolensk and reports Soviet detachments recapturing positions, with fighting described along Kuban and in the Rostov region.
The Houston theater enters a new lease and reopening is planned within a week to ten days. The building is owned by Mr Barnes with the former operators and tenants including Matton Dieu and United Artistas, who previously served Alabang Flomne and nearby areas.
Allied naval activity at Gibraltar involved more than ten warships as bombers pressed the softening up phase for an invasion. British Mediterranean forces tracked the ships while observers at La Spezia watched for their path, with 92 freighters reported moving toward the rock and German broadcasts nervously warning of a possible invasion of Europe.
The Associated Press reports 230 holiday deaths across the nation over Memorial Day week. Causes include traffic, drowning, and accidents, with California recording the highest total at 30. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee also show multiple fatalities across traffic, drowning, and miscellaneous categories.
Thousands of United Mine Workers members ignore warnings as a second shutdown spreads across soft and hard coal mines. Some maintenance crews remain to keep plants ready, while nonunion operators step in at scattered sites. Reports say about half a million miners are affected as negotiations stretch into a broader labor dispute impacting wartime coal supply.
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