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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
4
A high wind event caused property damage and a dwelling collapse in the Selma area. One person was seriously injured while others reported outages and downed power lines. Local authorities investigated as weather conditions affected the south central region.
The text fragment references British gallons and production metrics but lacks clear context, dates, or names. It reads as an incomplete note about quantities produced and measurement units, with no verifiable event, place, or person.
NEA service reports Boys Club of America pre service training for youths as a path to military readiness. David Armstrong notes his three sons participate while officers advise on future fits. Courses include military swimming, jujitsu, wire crossing, and motor mechanics. Fifty states showcase demonstrations in hundreds of towns.
Marianna, speu n5 Meg Truth Hodges, named welfare supervisor for Jackson. The article lists department staff including Catherine Campbell, Alma Sapp, Hazel Dickenson, Fia Dickerson, Gertrude Wi, Alice McPherson, and Bruce Singiery.
The Alabama Court of Appeals ordered new trials for Arthur Kelly Deal and Cecil Barnes. Deal, convicted of second degree arson in the Abbeville Hosiery Company fire of November 1940 and given four years, had his case reversed for insufficient evidence. The court also remanded Cecil Barnes’s robbery conviction in Covington County for a new trial after reversing his 10 year sentence.
New York AP report on Young Bop Allen whose 14 piece band suffers constant replacements as Army enlistment disrupts the lineup. He notes only one original member remains and bidding for replacements is high due to dwindling available musicians.
STRAWBERRY PLAINS Tenn AP His old Easter jinx follows Sgt. Robert White from Camp Perry as a series of illnesses and mishaps plague him each Easter. Influenza mumps measles flu pendictis appendectomy hospital stays mark years 1936 1940 1941 1948 and 1950s.
Robert Vanderford of Knoxville Tennessee unable to walk for two months due to rheumatism turns unusable radios into scrap metal for a drive aiding aid efforts. He collects and donates the usable metal to support the scrap effort amid local shortages.
Betty MacDonald reports that Korean agents claim Japan plans an invasion of the United States between June and October 1943. They allege 10,000 American-born Japanese, plus 2,000 additional Nipponese, are organized for an assault from the Kurile Islands via Alaska to the Pacific coast, with Tojo guiding leaders Miyazaki and Shunroku Wade.
The Smith family from Greenville announces military service across generations. Mr Smith, a St Johns shipyard pipe fitter in Jacksonville Florida, has sons Tom Raymond and Leon serving in Coast Guard and Army among others. Dorothy 18 completed ship fitter course and plans to join the shipyard workforce. Mrs Smith, a former taxidermist and Smithsonian affiliate, trained as a ship fitter helper after a lifetime of expeditions.
Auburn Dreaght winds in the Northwest have impacted winter wheat and vetch crops. The story urges Alabama farmers to save winter seed for home use, plan to seed vetch and lupines next fall, and prepare to save clover seed where possible. Austrian winter peas yields are uncertain this season.
Scientisia travels to view a solar eclipse while clouds threaten the schedule. Haan warns that delaying action could place Japan in a near bombing range and force withdrawals to defend the home islands. He argues the Japanese people support their government and resent American pity, risking broader regional mobilization.
A brief item notes a teen from NEWDOWS and references four harp with emery wheel builds. The text includes fragmented phrases about ages, names, and possible workshop details, but remains unclear on a coherent event or outcome. No definitive dates, places, or organizations emerge from the readable fragments.
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