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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1943
Page
6
War Department urges immediate stoppage of circulating round robin letters known as Mound robin or Group sewsiettera. Officials warn such correspondence can reveal troop movements, unit locations, and secret weapons details to enemy agents. a concerted effort to halt the mailing is underway at Napier Field and across services.
Lieutenant Nane Stokes a WAAC recruiting officer from Abbeville will visit Dothan City Hall Friday to interview applicants for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The 5 p.m. meeting follows a WAGF radio address, as SE Alabama hosts a 30 day recruiting tour. Lt Stokes spoke of WAAC expansion plans to 600000 members and will also address Headland women at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Betty MacDonald reports on Australia’s women who man tractors and cranes, filling roles once done by men as Japanese threats loom. Mrs Herbert W Evans says about 60,000 in military service with thousands more in the Land Army. Leave House supports service women with 24 hour passes and meals. Women serve in essential industries and welcome American troops, sharing wartime doughnuts and coffee.
An amendment to the meats fats rationing regulations authorizes regional directors in Atlanta and Dallas to approve temporary reductions in farm butter points to prevent waste in localized emergencies. The move targets flush seasons when farm butter prices are low and sales lag, allowing regional action to curb spoilage and maintain ration integrity.
Catherine H Love, extension clothing specialist, offers pointers on caring for washable dresses. Treat fabrics gently, hang damp dresses to shade, fasten before hanging, repair promptly, replace missing buttons, use mild soap, rinse well, avoid wringing rayon, iron on the wrong side for shine control, and avoid press over rough textures.
Washington AP reports a Senate dispute over the 620 million agricultural appropriations bill. Proposals would raise farm price ceilings and provide the REA 30 million dollars for cooperative loans. Senator Bankhead moves to suspend rules to advance consideration amid a point of order against a Russell proposal to let the REA borrow 30 million from the RFC for cooperative loans.
Butter may be sold or transferred at reduced point values fixed by the director of food rationing. Regional or district offices or focal boards may impose further constraints appropriate to local situations.
The Senate farm bloc showed its strength by passing an amendment to raise soil conservation payments from 200 million to 400 million dollars. It also adopted amendments to continue parity payments for basic crops including wheat cotton corn rice and tobacco and approved related federal insurance measures.
Ray Woond Hutto sixteen died at his Hartford home after a porch lightning strike. His father and relatives were nearby. others suffered only a shock. Funeral held Tuesday at Pond town church with A D Thames officiating. Survived by parents Porter and , four brothers James Alfred Henry Cratua Ralph and Billy Hutto all of Hartford.
Auburn extension home demonstration agents announce the Wartine Food Reserve Program to teach rural, town, and city homemakers canning, drying, brining, and storing methods. Nineteen temporary assistants join nineteen regular agents for the summer in June and July, training in Auburn before county visits.
Hart ford route three residents Mary Rue and Oulda Lou Hutto are noted in a brief community item. The notice records their names and address on Hartford Route Three.
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