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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1946
Page
5
A company of 646 convicted soldiers stands at attention on a Granville Wisconsin drill field as they begin a program offering parole eligibility. The men, sentenced by general courts martial for offenses including desertion in the face of the enemy, insubordination, assaults on officers, robbery or manslaughter, are serving long prison terms in Army facilities across the United States.
The Army runs a reform program at a former county jail where inmates receive schooling in common and high school subjects, trades training in printing sewing and carpentry, and psychological support. About 70 percent are desertion or AWOL cases, 20 percent involve compound offenses, and 10 percent violent crimes. Some sentences were clemency reduced. inmates may gain trade skills and regain soldier status if they reform.
See how peacetime planners suggest repurposing chemical warfare tech at Pine Bluff and elsewhere. From smoke and flame projectors to decontamination gear and gas masks, officials outline many applications for industry, agriculture, aviation, and public safety in a postwar era.
Ds. SS. M. Brownlee of Birmingham spoke to Negro Ministers in Dothan on The Preacher His Master and His Methods at a Baptist Minister's Conference regular meeting. The event was part of Negro Baptist Training Education Week aimed at preparing religious readers for service in church work. Attendees included J. W. Harris B. F. Magwood C. T. Hayes and others. Army reinduction notes followed with comment on recruits taking the chance.
William P. Moss of Dothan paid 202 in settlement proceedings for price control violations during the past week. James H. Marho announced that 206 Alabama merchants paid 1644.60 collectively, with auto dealers overcharging on used cars contributing the largest shares. The note cites citrus juice canning data for 1995 with government purchases accounting for half.
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