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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1943
Page
7
AP reports discussions on extending income tax filing deadlines amid uncertainty about war conditions. Helvering and others cited authorities for extensions with or without penalties, citing the need for justification and possible corporate relief.
Fragmentary wartime notes describe Rommel’s troops attacking along the Mareth Line and British countermeasures. Mentions casualties, convoy damage, and German pressure toward Smolensk and Moscow with mentions of Japan raids and cargo ships sunk.
Philadelphia AP report cites Polish refugee Dr Waclaw Szubiewicz as saying synthetic rubber and related plastics will drive a postwar economic boom. He describes producing butadiene from alcohol to form synthetic rubber and notes both synthetic and natural rubbers will be used. He advocates alcohol as a stabilizer of the economy and mentions plans for a GBR plant under Pub licker Commercial Alcohol Company.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted two to one to confirm former Texas Governor James V. Allred to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The nomination, urged by Louisiana members and Senator O’Daniel, follows a contentious Texas political contest last year.
Vice President Henry A Wallace warned in an Ohio Wesleyan broadcast that a third World War is inevitable unless Western democracies and the Soviet Union reach a satisfactory postwar understanding. He cautioned that rearmament by Prussia, anti-Russian bias in governments, and failure to ensure full employment could provoke renewed conflict and Communist agitation.
The seventh annual TriState Fat Stock Show and Sale will be at Ramary & Long Live stock Yard on April 1. Judges named are Joe Storey Quincinus Ga Crabtree Albany Ga and F R L Zighar Bessemer Ala. CD Swaffard W H Gregory Athens Ga and Jones Percell will handle classes and eligibility rulings. About 750 catalogs have been printed for mailing to county agents buyers and sponsors Arthur Johnson and Arthur Toneson. Roughly 125 purebred animals are being selected by 11 Club members forHouston County term te Me.
London AP reports Soviet forces surged west and northwest of Gzhatsk driving into more towns and fortifications as Hitler’s retreating units pull back toward Vyazma and Smolensk. The mid day communique notes heavy German losses and captures of gun positions and war materiel.
Washington reports show administration aims to balance farm labor demands with military strength. Selective Service outlines a four point draft reform to favor farm workers and men over 35, possibly into the services. A Byrnes led panel prepares Roosevelt recommendations to address manpower without cutting armed forces. The White House committee, including Baruch Hopkins Leahy Rosenman, agrees no reduction in 1843 military strength, targeting 10,800,000 total.
US heavy bombers raided fourm and Rennes in Brittany at a key rail junction to Lorient Cherbourg and Rouen as Spitfires escorted the attack. Hitler's secret police arrested 34 at Charlottenborg outside Berlin on Feb 25 in a crackdown on rightist groups. Rep Dondero accused indirect newsprint curtailment to suppress press freedom.
Washington reports no American food ships have left the United States for Martinique since troops landed in North Africa last November. Undersecretary Welles said the issue was not being discussed further and urged listeners to draw their own conclusions.
WALINGTON AP Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey has filed an appeal with President Roosevelt to grant Kay Kyser the orchestral leader 1 A draft classification as a morale booster and essential worker. The appeal seeks an occupational deferment for Kyser, whose activities in morale building are cited. Appeals to the President are not decided by a board but reviewed by him.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will lift bakers wax use restrictions on bread for home use, ending a wartime ban after consultations with the War Production Board. The change, to take effect immediately, applies to all bread but excludes some material types.
Emil Soeth, 50, claims to have lived on walnuts and jackrabbit meat for seventeen years while never earning money or buying items. Deputies investigated after a dispute over land, with Soeth paced in a jail cell expressing worrisome views about society and the world’s collapse.
Washington AP The House Wage and Means Committee tentatively approved the source collection feature of a pay as you go income tax system. A 2 percent withholding levy would apply to the taxable portion of pay envelopes and salary checks. The committee plans to vote later on the Rus plan which proposes to ship a year as a means of transition to the current collection system.
Allied air power from the Solomons to Burma pours bombs on Japanese targets amid reports of a new Pacific phase. U S communiques and warship crews suggest a wide Allied offensive shift, boosted by Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces wrecking a Japanese convoy off New Guinea last week. Japanese headquarters offered a grudging admission, framing it as a partial acknowledgment.
Washington AP The CIO argues that wining war production needs more than legislation to curb absenteeism. Dr Raymond Wah urges a broad plan including housing, health, and child care to keep workers at full efficiency. A House committee considers draft measures as part of a coordinated war effort.
ATLANTA AP reports a landing barge with nineteen aboard ran aground near Carrabelle Florida after the ramp lowered during night maneuvers. Fourteen soldiers from Camp Gordon Bennett were rescued with two officers and three unidentified men.
President Roosevelt signed legislation to permit the merger of the Western Union Telegraph Co and Postal Telegraph, contingent on an approval plan from the Federal Communications Commission. The action consolidates two major telegraph firms under federal oversight as part of a broader communication industry reorganization. The bill was framed to advance a consolidation plan and awaits regulatory validation before taking effect.
Allied headquarters in North Africa report Rommel’s initial assaults on the British Eighth Army failed, with German tanks and infantry driven back toward the Mareth Line near Medenine. British forces, aided by heavy anti tank and artillery fire, halted the Axis drive, inflicting tank losses while Rommel retreated. The article notes Allied air and naval activity and patrols securing Italian troops west of Gabes, while asserting the British line held and that the Axis planned no further advances for now.
Victory gardeners may buy dry peas and beans for planting weed control without set rates. The Office of Administration said local ration boards can authorize these purchases with certificates from the boards. Other public responses clarified eligibility and process.
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