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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1943
Page
2
The United States Navy reports renewed air assaults against Japanese forces on Kiska. Allied planes conducted operations across the Aleutian chain with activity noted near central Alaska positions and southern approaches.
President Roosevelt and Foreign Secretary Eden reported full agreement on postwar political and military issues and foresee talks with Russia and other United Nations members soon. They noted exploratory conversations with China and Latin American nations and outlined plans to activate postwar cooperation across hemispheres. A global food conference is set for April 7 with 38 nations invited.
British fighters swept over France in an offensive patrol morning raid. RAF squadrons returned from Cape Gris Nez after damaging a heavily loaded enemy merchant ship. The force targeted rail and wireless works in Brittany and Findnoves in Holland while no attacks were reported on Germany that day.
Barbour County resident Evans posted 300 bond after being charged with possessing a distillery outfit and mash for distillation. Deputy Clerk Daughtry of the Southern Division reported the bond and case details.
A vast wood and steel plant built by H. K. Ferguson Co. under Firestone supervision, with Blas-Knox equipment, stands to meet Army and Navy needs. Financed by the Defense Plant Corporation, it will be operated by Copelmyer Corp. None of its rubber goes to public use.
Reported airfield bombing at Gasasta New Britain with 1000‑pound bombs and strafing of barges and personnel near Madang New Guinea. Japanese mixed force of 22 bombers and fighters challenged Allied air and ground units over Bengal and Arakan fronts with several losses and damaged targets including Regaungyaung and Katha.
The article notes next year’s budget aims include $3,082,103 for functions of the department, $400,000 for preparations, and larger recommended sums of $35,700,000 for maintenance and improvement of diver and harbor works, $11,000,000 for Mississippi River work, and $8,724,000 for the Panama Canal. A token $100 is proposed for flood control, with plans to shift funds after the war ends to support reservoir projects. Total bill stands at $280,8145, down from last year and under current estimates.
Slaughter permits must be obtained from the Food Distributive Administration beginning tomorrow as announced by the Office of War Reformation. Farmers slaughtering meat for home use are exempt unless any portion is sold. State boards will issue permits in each county except Birmingham and Montgomery, with Dr Grin Barth and Dr Frank M Welch handling Birmingham and Montgomery centers respectively. Permit numbers must be stamped on each wholesale car of meat before sale.
Amid stalled talks for anthracite miners, the United Mine Workers push a 12 a day wage rise from 508. With 100,000 miners involved the talks cover most of hard and soft coal sectors. Contracts expire April 30 as committees chaired by John L Lewis and Major W.W. Incliz press demands including overtime, vacation pay, seniority rights, and portal-to-portal pay.
Gover nor Henry F Schricker of Indiana urged the Interstate Commerce Commission be allowed to decide regional freight rate disputes unhampered by passions. He cited four industries that are now dormant or declining due to South competition and urged parity rather than protection. Georgia public utility commissioner Walter J McDonald defended parity while opposing rate adjustments, warning equalising rates could raise South pig iron shipments and cost existing South advantages.
A gang abducted two youths and abducted a girl after forcing them from a car near Forest Park. Police questioned three young men and a city-wide manhunt followed. Miss Helen Priebe, 18, released on Archer Avenue and State Street, later reported her abductors intended to kidnap her for ransom.
Debates over pay as you go and a 20 percent withholding on wages set the House at odds, with Democrats and Republicans briefly united then split. The Rumi plan failed, Democrats and some Republicans pressed for a current basis tax bill, while others prepared for a renewed vote after Easter.
The report outlines a program with seven points to relieve the dairy worker shortage. It would urge dairy workers in industry back to dairying and exempts some over 45 from the draft. It also permits farmers to take conscientious objectors relieved from draft duties to aid mobility.
Allied air forces pound Rommel’s retreat along the Tunisian coast from Tunisia and Libya. About 300 of his vehicles destroyed or damaged as British and American units press tight toward the Gabes Gulf. Prisoners total near 13,000 with new captures at El Guster and Sedjenane as Montgomery’s Eighth Army closes.
An 8th item reports that rent violations were few as CPA rules enforce a 37.50 ceiling while some cases, such as Mrs Carroll's, saw rents rise to 60 with added equipment. Tenants may sue for treble damages for excess charges. Investigators conduct house to house checks to assess compliance.
War bulletin reports five loaded supply trucks seized as Germans attempt a new river crossing. In the Rus siangaaid sector Nazis renew furious assaults after a relative lull, with 500 officers and men killed and 15 planes shot down. Soviet forces in the Caucasus report bombing enemy concentrations and a Kuban Valley stronghold captured, with 150 Germans killed. U S material aids Russia as Maj Gen Korolev notes American engineers delivering trains to Teheran and ports. A plan to recap rubber into 140000 tons of reclaims after today’s release of overage Mab and transfer to inactive status in Enlisted Reserves is outlined, with exemptions for agriculture or essential industry requests.
AP reports a large Nazi-led pursuit in Norway as German troops retreat toward Rjukan and nearby towns. Norway’s underground presses claim continued labor unrest, with up to two percent of workers staying away from their jobs amid food shortages and illness.
Former Highway Patrolman H B Steely testifies Senn was charged with driving while intoxicated in 1642, later reduced to reckless driving and pled guilty. records show warnings and multiple suspensions, appeals, and fines up to 825. Department of Public Safety and court actions conflict over who governs license suspensions.
Overloading your tire mirrors under inflation effects and a small air pressure increase can offset the added weight. The guidance implies adding a few extra pounds of pressure to compensate for the load.
An explosion during a training exercise at Camp Swift Texas killed eight soldiers, including two officers and six enlisted men, and wounded five others. Names and details are withheld pending an officers board investigation.
Washington AP reports new evidence in a federal probe of shipments of defective steel from Carnegie Steel Irvin plant. Senate War Investigating Committee Chairman Truman says fraud extended upward into Carnegie-Illinois hands organization. Robinson provided statement to Clark urging swift justice for all guilty parties.
Georgia exhibitors display prize cattle in the Wiregrass farm program to aid Army and war workers. Clyde Coe announces cash premiums as business firms of Dothan help expand the Fat Stock Show. A. D. Carmichael credits area youth and FFA for leadership and praises county agents and assistants for growing the Tri-State Fat Stock Show into a premier southern event.
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