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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
1
AP report on the crafting of deferment policies for fathers under wartime orders. Testimony before a House committee discussed occupational grounds for deferment and the timing of father eligibility, with references to June July and October dates and potential changes affecting family heads and the Navy manpower plan.
MERY Ala AP The lead unit of trucks highways from 000 pounds was passed by lene today with a provision to increase the effective tax surplus debate continues in the House. Rep ABooten Randolph faced questions over the conference report while Rep Mark Hade proposed using the excess for property taxes. Rep W C Beebe indicated he would seek week delayed action as the House schedules further debate on pensions and tax measures.
A World Today briefing reports British bombers striking Ruhr targets for a fourth night while Allied air forces press offensives in Italy and the Mediterranean. It notes fighter sweeps, artillery duels, and patrols in Rostov and Bizerte with US and Allied forces on alert in the Pacific and European theaters.
Six members of the Hawes Agriculture Committee pressed President Roosevelt for a single director over all food program aspects. They named Ches ter Davis as czar candidate, while Byrnes warned against price ceilings triggering inflation. conference also touched on expanding Commodity Credit Corporation authority.
Allied air forces bombed Messina in east Sicily with two ton blockbusters and incendiaries on Sunday night as preliminary raids continued. The Northwest African Air Forces delayed a full assault for the second straight day, according to Eisenhower’s communique.
Allied HQ reports U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators hit Rabaul New Britain with nearly 60,000 pounds of bombs and destroyed a 4,000 ton transport at Humboldt Bay Dutch New Guinea. Bombs damaged 11 Japanese barges along the New Guinea coast while strikes targeted Kaloane Babo and Tuam Talend. In Burma, Allied planes pounded Akyab Bay of Bengal base. in China, Chiang Kai-shek’s forces claimed success along the upper Yangtse river front near Ichang and Linyang.
A resolution to lay a sanitary pipe line on the Atlantic Coast Line right of way at the Faulkner Packing Company, now operated by Kingan Packing Company, was approved by the City Commission after railroad permission. W C Faulkner requested larger facilities to remove waste materials due to inadequate current line. The resolution was the commission's sole official action beyond routine matters.
London AP Civilian casualties from UK air raids last month rose to 584 killed or missing and 733 hospitalized due to severe injuries. Compared with April 171 killed and 205 injured, January 1943 had the previous high with 323 killed and many injured.
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported a steady growth in the American submarine fleet with losses replaced many times over. He noted U S submarines have sunk 12 more Japanese ships and damaged five, bringing total vessels destroyed or damaged to 256. He cautioned on timing of any sizeable movement and said the fleet increase is monthly, not rapid.
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell returned from Allied strategy talks in Washington and warned of a hell of a hard job ahead to defeat Japan. He stressed UN determination to act soon, noted improved coordination with CHINA and the Mediterranean’s shipping impact, and praised Chinese forces with US Air Force support. Major General Claire L. Chennault accompanied Stilwell to Washington and returned to China on June 4.
London AP reports Soviet midday communique says German infantry supported by tanks and planes counter-attacked four settlements northeast of Mtsensk in the Orel sector. Russian forces repelled the assaults with heavy losses, about 71 German officers and men killed in one sector, while three Nazi planes were shot down.
Houston County Selective Service Board No Three announced the Army and Navy inductees. Army selections: Harold L. Deal Henry J. Clayton Roy E. Hunter Adjer H. Johnson. Aviation cadet Fred L. Fellows Jr awaits active duty. Navy inductees: Walder Bruner William C. Hall Arthur Roney John M. Blackshear Charles E B Parrish. Army recruits depart for Fort McPherson reception center Thursday morning.
A wartime yarn from PFC. C. H. Harrison describes a May 13 1942 raid on Cagliari Sardinia led by Captain Harold W. Dieter and Lt. Fenton W. Nash with Major General Doolittle's Strategic Air Forces. The report frames a routine mission as high drama and American valor.
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told food trade delegates that price controls need subsidies to work under the current statutes. He asserted subsidies are specifically authorized and warned that without funding the program could fail, threatening broader war aims.
AP dispatch reports a convoy of 28 Dallastraden ships reached Gibraltar from the Mediterranean, escorted by King George V Formidable and U 9 vessels. No Allied confirmation yet. Peanut crop value set at 300 million dollars, with over half marketed by Southeastern farmers, per Bal Stevens of the Southern Western Peanut Association. Pacific Movement leaders found guilty of conspiracy to violate wartime laws. judge to sentence later.
German papers from Bern report mass evacuation of western German cities after 180 raids by Alles planes and 600 air alarms. Nazi press urges residents to host refugees as cities like Duren and Duemweldorf face heavy losses. leaders stress duty and shared hardship while host and refugee tensions arise.
Turkish officials say the Ay rao border with Turkey will close at 0 clock tonight with no clear reason or duration given. Admiral Sir John Cunningham, new chief in the Levant, arrived from Cairo and met President Inmet Inany, Premier Luken Saracoglu, Foreign Minister Numan Menemenologlu, and Chief of Staff Marahal Bevel Cakroak for talks.
U S air fleets resume daylight raids on Ruhr targets with Oberhausen the focus. RAF heavy bombers attack steel and coal hubs while German claims of past hits are noted. Allied fighters sweep Pas de Calais and raids extend to rail and water transport along the coast. Casualties and missing bombers are reported as observers describe fires and smoke across the Ruhr.
In the Midwest a trucking driver and grain firms describe an unprecedented hunt for corn. They say yellow grain is bought at ceilings, sold to farmers for feedstock, and moved to marketing terminals, risking a broader disruption in corn refining.
The Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Congress tax experts pledged to pursue a tax bill this year to raise about 18 million dollars in revenue for Roosevelt’s goals. Chairman Doughton said early talks and possible hearings may occur two weeks before Congress reconvenes if a summer tax plan is adopted.
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