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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
7
Postal clerks adopt a borough and street number system in New York City to replace memorized street names. Mail to "Bronx 63" or similar will include borough and winner number, shortening delivery time and reducing errors in the post office.
The wartime postal plan introduces numbered postal divisions to speed mail routing. Major cities including Chicago San Francisco Washington DC and Cincinnati are cited while New York City reports many postal workers joining the armed forces and others resigning for war plant work. The system aims to standardize addressing nationwide after a Boston trial failed twenty five years ago. Residents will learn their division number from their post office and notify correspondents.
Fragmented OCR text suggests Roper leads state labor federation amid discussion of reforms and investigations. Mentions delegates, final session, potential store department, and references to Rickenbacher and other figures in a busy meeting agenda.
A wartime dispatch notes jungle camouflage uniforms shipped to U S troops in Alaska and Aleutian theaters. It describes reversible suits with leafy helmet covers, improvised tropical huts, and oddities from front line life. The piece mixes humor and hardship as soldiers adjust to harsh climates and scarce resources.
Alabama Supreme Court ruled a proposed War Emergency Council to manage an emergency fund is constitutional under the state framework, but members cannot be paid 410 daily. The decision, urged by the Senate, states legislators serve only for expenses, and the bill remains pending in the House. Justice Joel Brown offered a separate view on potential fiscal abdication if the bill becomes law.
Ration points will unlock big bargains at A&P as shoppers are invited to browse a wide selection of rationed foods at down-to-earth prices. Includes laundry products and insecticide items among the noticeably varied stock.
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