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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1943
Page
3
Dr. Gua Woodyer, professor of economics at Var br Bult University, will guest at a session addressing labor issues. The talk covers worker organization, union fees, and leadership roles, with invited members of the Dothanenic clubs to hear Dr. Dyer.
Washington AP report notes a minor deficiency appropriation bill denying federal funds to two agencies the Farm Security Administration and National Reconstruction Planning Board and prohibiting salaries for Dr Goodwin Watson William Dod Jr and Robert Mores Lovett after a subcommittee found them unfit for public office over alleged subversive ties.
Dr. W. T. Burkett reports milk delivery in Dothan has occurred without inspection. Selling or delivering milk without compliance with Standard Dairy Regulations and an active permit is a legal violation. All milk must be bottled and labeled with producer and grade. Violators will be punished.
Reports describe near Kerch Strait activity and continued land fighting around Lashchansk Donets front with artillery and trench actions. A mid day communique notes German losses, while Sevsk area clashes kill and disperse German troops. Gen Smith ill in Montgomery hospital. Market quotes for cotton and Chicago commodities follow.
Churchill urges united war effort with Roosevelt and King as Britain stresses Asia Pacific focus. He praises Eisenhower and African victory, warns of renewed German drive, and calls for single Allied command to defeat the Axis globally.
Warrants issued for the arrest of persons in venereal disease cases as health officials outline treatment requirements. Dr Burnett and the city health department urge compliance to prevent spread. notes indicate targeting of certain groups and general enforcement actions.
Two fires yesterday caused slight damage. Assistant Fire Chief Jay Johnson said the meat curing department of Lewney Jee Company caught fire from grease dripping to the floor, but firefighters extinguished it with a garden hose. A trailer on First Commerce Street ignited due to a defect, developing into a blaze.
Small distributors of meat and butter were reminded today to register with the county War Price and Rationing Board. Necessary forms have been received and rationing officials seek rapid completion of registration. Under the program all handlers of rents data and other rationed items must collect surrender point stamps and register to transfer rationed commodities to consumers.
State Salvage officials urged expanded salvage efforts at a county courthouse meeting with about 25 representatives from Houston Dale Henry Geneva and Coffee Counties. Leon Gilbert and E W N Rodgers led the program urging leaders to supervise scrap collection, with emphasis on heavy metals from farmers. County Road Supervisor Fred L Mullins was designated to oversee scrap efforts. households were urged to bring kitchen fats and grease to grocers and butchers as grease is needed to make explosives.
In Tadiana and Missouri, at West Terre Haute Indiana the levee broke forcing 6 000 residents to flee. Two State Guard units patrolled Joplin Missouri as waterworks flooded and fuel supplies dwindled. The Arkansas river overflow cut off pumps from Texas to Illinois, flooding about one million acres across Tennessee and Arkansas. Bridges washed away as flood warnings persisted after record overflows.
President Roosevelt indicated that after defeat of Germany the drive against Japan would begin shortly. Reports said Allied strategy prioritized smashing Germany first, with no major shift to Japan until Europe is secured. Churchill and King arrived in Washington as talks continued on coordinating conferences.
Dothan Kiwanis club heard District Head W E Mauggh of Ouark, Lieutenant Governor of the Fourth Kiwanis District, speak on Education as a Means of Winning War. Frank Boyd of Montgomery, chair of the Inter-Club, urged members to visit other clubs to sustain wartime interest. Theodore Jackson led a group song with Mrs B Lynch at the piano.
Mis Mary Avant Horston County boms a management supervisor and several district home management supervisors led a cheese making demonstration in Abbeville. Morris M. Borland county RA supervisor announced plans for a Farm Ownership program meeting in Troy to discuss supervision at the event.
Military reports reveal Army troops landed at opposite points on Guadalcanal and near Holts Bay as U S forces tighten a trap on the main Japanese position. Analysts weigh Japanese reinforcement attempts and possible shifts toward Attu or other sectors in the Pacific theater.
The committee reviewing bond records reports all bonds are good with sufficient sureties. Two Dothan banks acting as depositories have posted security and collateral, safely kept in safety deposit boxes.
The piece details a proposed compromise on tax abatement. George supports a 75 percent horizontal abatement with 25 percent paid over two years, noting Roosevelt would not approve full 100 percent abatement. Joint conference opens with Vandenberg predicting possible deadlock and debate over withholding levy groundwork.
A message from President Roosevelt opening the conference urged full duty to provide every person with daily bread and minimum nutrition. Judge Marvin Jones spoke for global cooperation to make the next century the people’s. A Chinese delegate warned of massive challenges while proposals included an international agricultural authority and famine relief plans. Washington reporters noted Roosevelt’s quip about press access to his bath.
Number 16 continues from Page One with a woman booked for disorderly conduct and loitering instead of vagrancy. The recorder notes the court can assess the same penalty as for vagrancy and defendants cannot dodge charges through technicalities.
The federal case involves Gaines alleging a conspiracy with Malone and others to transfer a judgment from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to Malone and use it as security for a loan. Gaines contends the loan was paid and that conspirators forged and executed actions to injure him by levying on property, with the Supreme Court noting the complaint failed to allege a lack of probable cause that the debt was unpaid.
Prohibition leaders will be given a hearing by Gov. Chambless tomorrow afternoon as the House Temperance Committee resumes consideration of a bill seeking a statewide referendum on the retention or repeal of Alabama's Alcoholic Beverage Control system. The conference was requested by Senator Brace Renderson of Wilcox and set for 1 p.m. A second joint session was requested by opponents after prohibition advocates appeared before the committee last week.
J. W. Slim Pelham of Dothan and Mary Alice Stokes of Henry County were jailed on charges of furnishing liquor to prisoners. They allegedly brought a bottle claimed to be a soft drink to the jail, whiskey was found after the jailer opened it, and the bottle was intended for women held on disorderly conduct and vagrancy charges. Stokes was free on bond, released a few days earlier.
During May, May 18, United States, British and French troops launched a strong offensive that cracked enemy lines near Tunis and Cap Bon. Col. Gen. Jurgen von Artim's forces collapsed and retreated as Allied air losses were reported in the operation.
The high court sided against the defendant asserting no right to enforce collection. The decision mentions no named conspirator involved in the action.
Unclear report details widespread flooding as embankments fail and water swamps towns and villages. Debris, damaged infrastructure, and evacuations affect thousands, while frontline raids and air alerts accompany the turmoil near the capital and industrial belts.
Reports describe ongoing tensions as Fassa istrator and factory managers push for wartime labor rules. Miners in Pennsylvania react to new calls for a truce after Ickes met with Jane and WLE leaders to review board discussions.
Readable fragments mention Germany and Japan in a wartime context. The text appears as a garbled OCR segment referencing fronts and political aims without clear events, dates, or names for precise summarization.
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