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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
3
A 1919 style broadside urges President Wilson to arrest John L Lewis and UMW leaders for treason and draft coal miners to end wartime strikes. It argues a strong executive response is needed to halt labor unrest and preserve war production, warning Congress to act now.
This item presents a Bible verse from Zephaniah about the day of the Lord and a short couplet by Gay contrasting fault finding in others with self-critique. It reads like a compact religious quotation page entry with two verses.
Editorial condemns United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis for shutting down coal mines. It argues strikes threaten war production and national security, calling Lewis little better than a dictator and urging strong government action to protect 120 million Americans.
The article argues wartime driving restrictions cut accident deaths from a wartime peak to about 230 Memorial Day weekend, noting prior records of 480 in 1942. It urges planning a nationwide postwar standard speed limit to save lives, warning that highway expansion without speed control risks higher tolls, and credits wartime discipline for safer roads. It also criticizes political tensions and calls for prudent, safety oriented motoring as America resumes peacetime travel.
A grainy column traces Yamamoto and Glassford’s Tokyo encounters, a Mapleleaf Club ruse, and Yamamoto’s shift to anti American stance. It then shifts to a Maryland senator’s widow and orphan protection plan, a Mayflower Hotel sighting, and a War Department poster featuring Malcomy Debris. The piece closes with a troubled cadet’s fall from aviation training and a harsh wartime social panorama.
Swedish observers describe Stalin returning to Pan Slavic goals as a tactic to aid Allies while fearing Russia as a neighbor. They see Moscow as potential ally or future threat, noting Sweden’s conservative economy, strong unions, and social services, with interest in trade prospects and caution about Comintern revival.
United combat lines and shifting strategic moves outline a tense period as Nazi and Allied forces watch for a major breakthrough. Reports center on Hitler probing Allied moves, possible Gibraltar concentration, and looming offensives aimed at Russia or Italy, with millions involved and air losses cited in May.
A race of airpower intensifies across the front from Leningrad to the Bea of Azov as both sides probe deep into enemy lines to disrupt communications and supply. Hitler battles dementia over a land strike while Stalin awaits a coordinated Red attack amid Anglo American plans. In California a parrot AWOL from Elisabeth Dickinson’s home distracts with barking and whistling as a novelty note.
In Oklahoma Dr U S Cordell, a 72 year old heart patient, claimed to foresee his own death within an hour or two. He examined himself, named the day, and though he did not die as predicted, he napped the following afternoon and never awakened. The piece notes nine government owned buffalo herds in the U.S. and Canada’s Douglas fir reaching 300 feet.
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