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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
1
A fragmented excerpt outlines a heated debate over a pay as you go tax plan. Republicans criticize the proposal as burdensome while supporters cite transition benefits. Details mention lawmakers Wagg Meena Beardsley Rumol and Carlson amid caucus divisions and a House floor vote threat.
Reported by observers the sector shows rising worker absenteeism with three fertilizer deliveries disrupted during practice sessions. Officials note 3 percent to 0 percent missed showings, causing weekend and Monday delays. employees cite scheduling and labor gaps impacting production.
Fragmentary text describes a local tax collector rotation in Cottonwood with names such as Walton Wraeline and Jody daxon F. Mention of a five member board and terms in Alto and Calhoun areas. Details are garbled and incomplete.
Secretary of War Stimson reported that Allied forces in Tunisia had the better of the fighting last week though casualties were substantial. He noted over 100 German and Italian prisoners and more than 100 Axis task force destroyed, with heavy American losses during the February 14 20 period. Rommel’s mobile forces were active but hindered by the Axis’s overall setback, while French and Lake Chad troops advanced in southern and central Tunisia. Allied aircraft maintained air superiority, aiding ground operations and bombing. Stimson’s preconference review signals a shift toward planning a postwar program and reveals optimistic assessments of Allied momentum in North Africa.
Washington reports Congress plans to ignore executive planning and draft its own postwar economic rule set. Senator George proposed a nine member Postwar Planning Committee with a $50,000 staff appropriation to start immediate inquiry. The group would review the National Resources Planning Board report and study the war to peace transition and long term economic expansion.
The county buys an automobile light tractor on approval and a used creosoting plant for the road department. The tractor will be inspected by road supervisor Fred Mulling, terms are conditional, and final retention depends on Molline’s evaluation. The creosoting plant, costing about $400, will be installed on Cottonwood Road to support a new warehouse shop and buildings for road maintenance, aiming to modernize the county’s road department. The plant will enable purchasing timber and bridge materials, with improvements to roads and bridges. Purchase from Malang Motor Company for the road supervisor is noted, and $35 per month was appropriated to the Heurton Material Library.
Allied air units attacked five Japanese merchant vessels in the southwest Pacific. A 7000 ton ship at Boetong Island was hit directly and left burning, likely a total loss. A 5000 ton vessel suffered heavy damage near Wewak, with other ships struck and harbor areas bombed amid anti aircraft fire. An observed coastal vessel was strafed near Boeroa Island. Akyab air raids in Burma supported ongoing Allied pressure on Japanese positions.
Cottonwood will stage a Friday night rally at the school auditorium to raise Cottonwood’s share of Houston County’s 18000 Red Cross wartime fund. Sonn Z White, chairman of the drive, will preside. Marianna Army Air base band under Warrant Officer Roy Driggers will perform. speakers include J Merten Mullins, J Albert Logue, and B P Poyner Jr, all from Dotham.
Allied forces beat back an Axis assault in the Ged fenane sector near Tamara and pressed toward Gafsa. Eighth Army reports show air combats with eight Axis planes shot down and 13 hit on the ground as patrolling and bombing continued in central Tunisia.
Washington AP says the House approved the lend lease extension for another year and a government report puts total aid to allied nations at 9.62 billion dollars. Administrator Bretonius notes large transfers and cites ratios of lend lease aircraft and tanks shipped in recent periods. Senate timing for action remained uncertain after the House vote.
The Price Administrator Prentiss Brown announced a return to one pound of coffee per person for six weeks to five weeks starting March 22. The next stamp No 2 1/2 in Book No 2 will cover March 22 to April 25, a 36 percent increase aided by improved imports. Government cooperation, including the Army, spurs the relaxation of rationing as inventories recover.
Chicago AP report says price officials may set hog ceilings at fourty to sixty dollars per hundredweight, aiming to curb high cattle markets. Hog prices hovered near 13.50 with earlier highs around 16, the strongest since October 1926, as traders watch government actions.
The Senate voted 49 to 32 against Senator O'Mahoney's farm deferment proposal. The defeat clears the way for likely passage of a rival measure directing draft deferment for workers employed substantially full time on farms. The bill, backed by administration forces, would broaden current law used by local draft boards to excuse agricultural workers when no replacement is available.
The fighting French radio at Brazzaville reported Pierre Laval, head of Vichy, may conscript French university students to work in Nazi war industries. The broadcast was captured by U.S. monitors and relayed by the Office of War Information. Widespread disorders were spreading.
Letters from the front express weary humor about delays and wartime routine. Soldiers recount long submarine patrols, rations, and trudging toward a river in heavy fatigues amid heat and danger, noting a grim contrast with daily duties and the food situation.
NEA Telephoto report notes Meads bowing before captured Japanese airmen on a South Pacific island. The prisoners were first taken to Guadalcanal, then moved to U.S. Army headquarters as natives aided their transport.
Soviet field reports say German forces fell back to prepared positions as Red Army units widened the encirclement near Vyasma and advanced along a broad front west of Grhatoh. The Telegram notes fierce fighting, tank actions, and Russian gains in several fortified locales amid heavy bombardment. reports also claim German counterattacks were repelled along multiple sectors.
London reports RAF bombing campaign devastates German industry with 2000 factories hit and 1,000,000 homeless, according to Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair. He cites Exgen, Krupp armaments, and Cologne as major targets, noting 10000 tons of bombs in March rising from February levels.
Washington reports President Heemevelt nominated two officers who led in the North African offensive. Maj. Carl A. Spaate, commander of the Allied force in North Africa, and Maj. Gen. George M. Tatton were named for top duties.
Moscow reports quote Admiral Standley saying the United States aided the Soviet Union but the full story was not told. The American embassy spokesman and several U S officials urged publication of the complete text. The claim circulated via New York datelined dispatches and various newspapers.
U S forces repelled an enemy raid in the Solomons with ten dive bombers and twelve fighters shot down, while bombers struck Japanese positions on Kiska in the Aleutians. One Japanese dive bomber and three Zeros were downed by American interceptors en route to Henderson Field.
Jersey City AP report says the Army Quartermaster Corps purchased 750 000 pairs of dice for soldiers. Major Harold R Giblin head of procurement notes the aim is to supply small morale boosters while avoiding rambling expenses at the depot.
Reported German gains near Kharkov and Amelench amid a rising Soviet push. Allied air strikes strike five Japanese ships, with further assaults on Japanese coastlines and air bases. British RAF announces intensified bombing across Europe as Allied forces press operations in Tunisia and Asia.
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