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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1943
Page
3
Merchants are invited to a meeting about Office of Price Administration rules and wartime price controls. The session, announced by authorities, aims to inform local traders on compliance, reporting requirements, and penalties for violations. Local business leaders and associations are urged to attend.
Houston County principals will gather Saturday at 8 AM in the county superintendent’s office at the courthouse. Superintendent Baxter announced all principals must bring their papers on promotion standards for all grades.
Wilkerson chair of the Potwar War Voice and Rationing board announces offices will close tomorrow to speed clerical work. People with business with the board should not visit. staff will move to clear backlogs. Additional gasoline ration books will be issued and new forms handled to reduce delays.
February receipts at the Dothen post office totaled 8 733 66 dollars, up 1 250 45 from February last year. Postmaster Mrs Melone announced the gain despite armed forces mail being free this year whereas last year service members were required to mail their letters.
County welfare supervisor Mrs. C L Collins announced that 17 relief checks amounting to 6483 dollars were issued last month to 47 aged persons 113 families with 322 children 21 kind 24 handicapped persons and four children in boarding houses. About 92 applications were approved but funds were unavailable. 40 aged persons 23 families with four children and 24 handicapped persons were approved. Welfare board members include Albert Logue chairman 8 P B Poyner John Bell Mrs J J Flowers Mrs HOH Qdem Gordon and Dr D M Phietes.
A booklet presenting opinions of doctors on the causes of epilepsy will be sent free on request. Write to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, for a copy.
A series of talks by Army chaplains from Camp Rucker and Navy chaplain Fred will begin Wednesday night at 7 at Fire Baptist Church. Pastor Joe Hey Bain C. Heroes and Chaplain Paup K Brown from Camp Rucker will inaugurate the series with Rev. Mr. Reaves assisting. The Baeracca Clase sponsors attendance at the service.
Do thantod law enforcement officers praised a quarterly FBI conference held at the federal courthouse last night. D. E. Brown led the session focusing on sabotage espionage and internal security with updates on enemy activity and methods. A Georgia Auburn football game film was shown as a highlight. Another conference is planned for late spring or early summer.
The interview extracts Jinnah arguing for an immediate provisional government to aid the Allied war effort. He describes a Pakistan plan contingent on a postwar plebiscite, with Muslim participation if partition is chosen and guarantees against allege fraud. He states fear of a continued crisis harming India’s role in the Allies.
The Mossten Counts tenant pur chase Ganmillee met today to con s. ec appl alors for loans and to appresse farm lands which mugnt te Duetty tre Feria Security, Adminetiate Mork M. Borland, Vounty PSA supervisor, announced. Members of the comBattee Bre, Preston Wattid of Cottonwood, route two Eagar fi Ivey of Webb. and Carente Mesduas of Ashford. Toste two
Fred Mullos the county road supervisor said preliminary work on a 63 acre tract on Cottonwood Road for a warehouse and shop would start tomorrow. Ground is dry enough for grading, foundation, and steel framing work with a 15 day foundation phase, then a factory supervisor will oversee steel framing. A survey of the Gilley Mall Project and road bridge work will begin soon as Houston County competes with Henry County for the project.
Miss Mary M. Larkin, district FSA home management supervisor from Troy, led a conference with home management supervisors from four counties to discuss accelerating the program and coordinating district efforts. The meeting focused on improving rural household services, training, and resource distribution across the region.
The speaker argued that Sikh protection could be secured by constitutional guarantees and inferred that a federal government should similarly protect Muslim interests, questioning the difference in approach between a Moslem government and the federal government.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and roles from a county food production meeting and notes a soldier graduation. Items reference Morris Morgland supervlsor, Migs farkin, Lilian D Gibson, Hoy tole, Ellen G Burne, Jesse Matthews, Mary Brant, Mary Ken Carpenter, all tied to Houston and Geeets counties. Private Hughie B. Chumney is noted as a soldier graduate.
A report notes the [Mr and Mrs A EB Chumney] have graduated from the field named in the article, with the proclamation that the publication relationships office appointed today. The text is fragmentary but confirms a formal educational milestone.
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