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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
1
Prime Minister demands a House of Commons vote of confidence amid war leadership debates. The government plans to push an amendment funding pay for service members, as opposition questions its loyalty and potential resignation if a majority is not secured.
Two days remain for the county Red Shield War Fund drive as 85 men pledge to raise 5000 to meet the county goal. Doak, the War Fund chairman, says cooperation is essential and urges volunteers to solicit contributions, noting that progress has been slow and theaters between shows could boost receipts.
fragmented wartime dispatches describe American bombers penetrating Germany and approaching coastal France for Luftwaffe disruption. scattered notes mention Romanian oil and battles near Odessa and Nikolaev with references to Indian Gurkha troops and various towns amid a siege and mortar fire.
The Do than Chamber of Commerce and the Alshams Extension Service sponsor the Eighth Annual TriStates Fat Show at Rameeva Live stock Company on North Foster street. More than 100 calves, raised on home-grown feeds, will enter the ring at nine o'clock with 4H Club members and FFA boys from Houston, Dale, Coffee, Geneva, and Henry counties. Calves are weighed for prizes in heavyweight, medium weight, and lightweight divisions. A five dollar bonus is awarded to each club member if the calf grades good or better. Calf grading opens the show to insure checks for members before events begin. Regular calf sales start at noon.
In Oklahoma's special congressional race Democrat W. G. Stigler led Republican E. O. Clark with 21 405 to 17 674 votes as 19 of 331 precincts remained. Republicans blamed the New Deal machine while national figures called the results insufficient to sway November.
Allied air forces attacked over a dozen targets from Dutch New Guinea to the northern Solomons. Bougainville Rabaul New Britain Kavieng New Ireland Wewak and Hansa Bay were hit with 292 tons of bombs each. American destroyers shelled Pityitu Island. Bombers from the Solomons dropped 46 tons on Raoul. Kavieng airfield runways were rendered unserviceable by 50 tons. Keima Dutch New Guinea saw Catalina fire a Japanese merchantman. Empress Augusta Bay and surrounding Bougainville fronts faced sustained air strikes.
Nat C Faulk managing editor of the Eagle since 1940 was accepted for special Navy duty and sworn in today at the Birmingham Induction Station He becomes the 13th Eagle employee to join the armed forces Faulk served The Eagle for about eight years prior to his promotion and joined the news staff in 1961 remaining with the paper for the rest of his tenure
Washington AP reports a shift in farm deferments as Major General Hershey agrees to leave deferment decisions to local boards. The Tydings Russell plan replaces the unit system with a “regularly engaged” yardstick for essential farm production. A new bill may ease sanitary service rejections for farmers with handicaps.
President Roosevelt could win renomination on the first ballot at the Democratic national convention, polls show solid support across many states. Backers estimate at least 6 percent of the 1,760 votes, with 315 delegates already backing Roosevelt and 126 more pledged from 17 states, plus 478 from 17 more states expected to align.
Heavy rain drenched western Georgia and parts of Alabama overnight, prompting flood warnings. Officials estimate road damage already near two million dollars as water levels rise. Talbotton and Columbus report multiple inches of rainfall with forecasters predicting streams to crest Friday, threatening towns along the Doasna and Elowsh rivers.
Washington AP Under Secretary of War Patterson told the House Military Committee that 3,500,000 men aged 18 to 37 should be conscripted or shifted to essential industry. He urged extending use of 4-Fs in war work and proposed legislation to compel service for those physically disqualified.
Allied headquarters said Indian Gurkha troops pulled back from Hangmen's Hill near Monastery Hill after two weeks of siege as heavy artillery and mortars hammered Crasino area. New Zealanders also withdrew from Atlt 202 slopes, reflecting high ground losses and difficulties in wounded evacuation and air supply amid German resistance at the Continental Hotel sector.
American Flying Fortresses struck deep into central Germany while Liberators bombed the French coast as Lt Gen James H Doolittle announced a new monthly record. He said more than 2 100 German planes were destroyed in eight weeks and that 37 000 tons of bombs have fallen on Germany and occupied territories since Feb 1.
A Mississippi Senate inquiry committee told Governor Thomas Bailey that a Delta State Teachers College instructor’s alleged advocacy of racial equality was not supported by available evidence. The notice comes amid broader wartime dispatches from across the globe.
Allied fighters in India Burma zone claim a major air battle with Japanese forces. They downed 24 planes in northern Burma while Japanese ground forces press near Imphal Ukhrul and Tid- im Imphal roads. Stilwell cites 6423 Japanese killed in northern Burma since Oct 26 with heavy losses on both sides and Allied air power targeting military targets across Japanese occupied Burma.
Soviet forces push toward Odessa along a 175 mile front as Kolomea falls to the First Ukrainian Army in a bold tank and infantry maneuver. Other columns strike from Nikolaev toward the Black Sea port, with troops crossing front lines to seize rail junctions and towns near the Rumainian border.
Dothan ministers will lead special prayers when invasion of Europe begins. Rev. G. Ralph Madson, president of the Dothan Ministrial Association, announced plans after a Civilian Defense suggestion. Citizens are to hear guidance from their ministers at 8:00 pm if invasion day occurs, with further details to be announced at Sunday services.
State Senator James A. Simpson, candidate for the U S Senate, will speak tonight at 7 o'clock over a statewide radio hook-up from Tuscaloosa. The broadcast, via WAGE in Dothan, links other Alabama stations to allow listeners to hear Simpson and challenge incumbent Senator Lister Hill.
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