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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1944
Page
6
Dorothy Dix laments changing roles of women from homemakers to wartime workers and critics of decency as men grow uneasy about upheaval. She argues women have spurred social shifts, with factions abandoning traditional duties and altering family dynamics amid wartime pressures.
Wartime editorial voices pride in domestic work as pivotal to national effort. It laments wartime home life, notes mothers rivet factories, and warns delinquency rises when home fires fade. It lists veterans and transferred boards, ending with a note on the Army Air Transport Command prioritizing penicillin shipments.
A long OCR list names many individuals transferred from different boards for examinations and those leaving from Board Two. The fragment names numerous persons including James Monroe Holmes Woodrow Wilson Miller Morris Sheppard Dupree and others with varied spellings and likely OCR errors.
Pledges for War Bonds and stamps solicited by Scouts of the Southeast Alabama Council totaled $106,850. The drive supports effort to fund national defense programs and aid local scouting activities.
A report from Resostive A. W. Besser cites Louisville Troop 31 as leading the drive with the largest pledges. Dayton Troop LE placed second with 55100 miles, followed by Opp Tresp 3 and Troy Treep in lower positions.
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