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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
8
A garbled OCR passage presents disjointed instructions about harming a person, describing forced attacks and weapon use. The text mentions a knife, blunt force, and back-approach scenarios, with fragmented phrases about leverage and suppressed responses. No clear person, place, or formal event is established.
A grim, instructional passage describes how to kill an adversary with a knife. It details targeting the neck and windpipe, striking behind the collarbone, and bleeding to death in seconds. It adds fatal takedown moves including stomping the face.
Five WAAC recruiters will visit Dothan on Saturday May 29 to interview women aged 21 to 45 for enrollment in the WAAC. Lieutenants Grace Drummond and Lilian Lockmiller lead the Montgomery office team aboard a silver recruiting trailer. Also present are Amry Bernice Andersen and staff sergeant Willis T Allan along with corporal Alexander Wright.
A training collision involving cadets caused minor injuries to Loyd R Coffman and Harold C Cobb near Marianne Army airfield. Aircraft from special Avia unit collided during routine exercise. Coffman reportedly escaped serious harm while Cobb sustained minor injuries and was treated on site.
A U S Navy officer from Guadalcanal returns to Dothan with relatives awaiting his homecoming. Captain J Draught of the police department in Bett California confirms the reunion plans and notes details of the officer's posting and travel.
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple names and titles with garbled sequencing. It references Mrs and Mr pairs, a May date, a New York City connection, and a Lieutenants mention, but the passage is too corrupted to establish a clear event or outcome.
Lowe Arthur Redding of Montgomery will leave May 26 for Camp Perry Virginia for indoctrination as a Lieutenant in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps. He will serve with the Seabees. Redding, a native of Headland Alabama, entered the State highway department in 1920.
Chester Buford Ledger a Dothan taxi driver was injured late Saturday when two soldiers riding in his cab on S St Andrews Street attacked him. Cab company official A Z Stokes said Ledger returned to the cab, was struck by a metal object, and the soldiers fled after Ledger stopped the taxi. Blood stains and the weapon were found at the scene.
Three Camp Rucker soldiers were injured when the carryall veered off a highway curve en route to Fort Benning Georgia for a baseball game. The accident occurred six miles east of Ozark on highway 27. Injured are Anthony Facisico of Montclair New Jersey Pvt Thomas B Sullivan of Seattle Washington and Pvt Thomas V Anthony of New York City. All were in Camp Rucker hospital and were reported improving.
An eight year old boy identified as J. B Trawick was taken into custody and turned over to juvenile authorities after shooting Pearlene Lawrence in the hip. The incident occurred in a Negro section off Headland Avenue as Lawrence allegedly beat Trawick's sister. The wounded woman was taken to a Dothan hospital for treatment and the youth was released to juvenile officials due to age.
Marvin Conyers Middlebrooke of 218 North Alice Street is commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The announcement from the Field Artillery Candidate School at Fort St Oklo notes his new rank and station.
Oscar W. Russell of Enterprise has been promoted from private first class to corporal. The move was announced by Colonel Miller Savage commander of Bainbridge Army Air Field. Russell joined the Air Forces on September 17, 1942 and moves to the ground forces at the Bainbridge basic flying school.
Palm Beach Florida AP Admiral Henry Arosto Wiley retired naval officer and former commander of the United States fleet died at 76 from hardened arteries. Born in Troy Alabama January 31 1867 he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1863. After navy service he served on the U S Maritime Commission and the Textile Labor Relations Board.
The Houston County probate office issued marriage licenses for the week ending May 15. Names include Wesley G Webster and Mary Ann Garner. Murray Bateon and Jackie Foy Cartwright. Malcolm Durell Smith and Minnie Ethel Walters. Jerald Quinton Daughtry and Ruthie Kirkland. Cayce F Collins and Jennie Rae Coek. John A Barber and Thelma Doria Bass. William Thompson and Dela Mue Weat.
Obituary notices list Mrs Elizabeth Frances Johnson aged 83 of Daleville Verlia Davidson age 12 of Daleville Sam Brown 57 of 202 College Street Dothan Alton Faulk 65 of 563 8 Foster Street Dothan and Mrs Ada Barfield age 20 of Dothan Route Four. local deaths noted with residence details
Corporal Thomas Z. Barfield Jr son of Mr and Mrs T Z Barfield Sr of 201 East North Street Dothan has graduated from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command school at Chanute Field Illinois He was trained in various technical operations vital to the maintenance of the nation's fighting planes.
A funeral for a poisoning victim was announced today with local officials and family members in attendance. The service honored the deceased and reflected on the impact of the tragedy on the community and area residents.
Civic clubs hear Vanderbilt Dean discuss campus leadership and plans. Attendees include local civic leaders and university representatives as the talk addresses community relations and academic initiatives.
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