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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1944
Page
3
Private First Class Joho A Feagin, Norte Africa veteran, writes his mother that by the time she reads the letter he will probably be in Rome. He mentions two years in the Army and his tank crew faced injuries while advancing on the road to Rome.
Houston County Red Cross reports $2,003.47 spent aiding four homeless families after the Webb tornado in April. Disaster chairman Frea Moseley said visits by Gladys Evans and George Welborze preceded the aid. Five applied, but only four needed help. two homes destroyed, one badly damaged. Clothing and household items cost $490.40, building repairs $1.48. Aid based on actual need, not loss.
J A Oppert veteran Dothan post office employee for ten years is seriously ill at his home at 219 West Crawford Street. He has been in declining health for months, worked briefly since October, and has been confined to his home since April 3. Oppert joined the staff December 5, 1922, serving regularly except for short periods as a substitute carrier.
World War II frontrier report details Allied forces advancing toward Cherbourg with heavy fighting north and east of Montebourg and Caen. British and Canadian troops shell entrenched Germans while U S and paratroopers press toward the port, with German counterattacks and armor trying to block roads and cut supply lines.
The Houston Tax Board reconvened to review assessment matters and deferred broader policy actions. Chair and members, including Fo Lo Com and W. Tuned, discussed valuations and noted a prior 6500 living value increase to 34, with property-related decisions pending.
May postoffice receipts at the Dothan port totaled 11,952.08 pounds, up about 18 percent from the same period last year, Assistant Postmaster John Hel reported yesterday. For the past two years, monthly receipts have risen, improving the office’s classification. April receipts were 41,210.55 dollars.
Reporting from Algiers and radio sources, German telegraph service is halted in northern France while Vichy tightens youth labor conscription. Underground resistance grows across France with De Gaulle hailed by partisans as the core leadership, and violence against collaborators intensifies as Allied forces near imminent landings.
C T Atkinson of Graceville Florida dies at his Graceville home Friday night. Funeral today at Graceville Methodist Church with Rev W H Wilbon and Rev J W White officiating. Survived by wife five sons including W B Atkinson and T E Atkinson, three daughters, three brothers, two sisters and fourteen grandchildren.
Fifth Army presses toward Rome area with rapid advances and overtaking battles near Tuscania and Tarquinia while Eighth Army pushes along the Adriatic front capturing Orsogna Guardiagrele Miglionico and Filetto. German losses rise with over 22 000 prisoners taken in three weeks as air forces strike rail and road targets.
A garbled list presents state counts and a Bricker pledge totals. States like New York and Ohio appear with numeric values while others are misspelled or unclear. The piece ends noting grand totals 294 and 391 and a pledge total 64.
Charleston South Carolina officials confirm that 33 Avery Institute graduates sought information from the College of Charleston about admission. Thirty two from the June 1944 class and one sophomore from State A and M College Orangeburg received acknowledgments and referrals to the board of trustees.
The sheriff said a Dothan Negro was arrested after nearly $100 stolen from a dry cleaning washroom was recovered. Grand larceny charges were reconsidered to petit larceny after a search warrant yielded a pair of shoes not belonging to the suspect. The money was later located at a different location, with the suspect admitting theft and pointing to the purse.
The measure outlines veteran benefits including 20 dollars weekly unemployment for 52 weeks, 500 dollars for each year of education plus 50 dollars monthly for subsistence and 25 dollars for dependents, a college education in some cases, and access to Federal Employment Service and Veterans Administration hospitalization.
A World War II funeral scene unfolds at a rhododendron bounded cemetery near Cherbourg peninsula. An English widow and American service members gather as four twin tailed aircraft circle, and prayers are offered by chaplains Capt. R. F. Grady Major F. J Smeltzer Lt Ford Gilbert Capt. Frank H. Losh and Lt. Dez Carty. A firing squad fires three volleys and Taps sounds while a grave remains open for unburied dead.
Lt Haynes, a Tarawa veteran and Navy personnel officer, visits his parents in Headland while on Far East assignment. He urges civilians to buy War Bonds, saying they fund life saving equipment and prove faith in themselves. He notes Japanese resolve and that American successes are reaching Japanese minds. He has served two years overseas and hopes to return soon.
Early Saturday about 12 45 a m a car carrying five occupants left the Hesdiand highway near Dothan struck a telephone pole and a tree injuring Willie Sistrank Charlie Fain and a third man Hat ed Lee Chrochran was named as driver by Patrolman J A Coan who said charges would be preferred The vehicle was a total wreck and one occupant remained unidentified Patrolman Earl Henley assisted in the investigation
Allied and German air forces clash over Normandy and beyond as Ninth and Eighth Air Forces report multiple German planes shot down while American and British bombers hit targets in France Germany and the Balkans. C-47 evacuations from newly opened landing strips near France begin medical recovery flights to Britain.
Weather hampered aerial ops over northern France as German opposition remained light with no more than 50 enemy aircraft sighted Saturday. Medium and light bombers and fighter-bombers attacked low level targets despite flak. British heavies bombed four air fields Friday night and hit the Tampes rail junction near Paris. Mosquito bombers targeted Berlin. eight heavy bombers were reported missing.
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