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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1943
Page
7
LaBrece Hanshaw states a city blackout will cover the area tonight with warnings. Civil Protection officials prepare warning equipment and urge cooperation from all agencies as the countdown begins at 9 30 pm.
Chaos during racial tensions at Alabama Shipbuilding Co yard in Mobile ended with guard patrols and civilian defense orders. About 10 workers quit, others kept working under armed oversight as officials warned against interference with war effort amid false rumors of executions. Local Negro church leaders aided patrols while federal troops and state companies patrolled at night to maintain order.
A fragmented report outlines a major aerial and ground operation in Europe. It notes RAF involvement and heavy bombardment with advancing Allied troops in September campaigns. The text mentions casualty and damage details amid continuing combat.
Edsel Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company and son of Henry Ford, died at 1:30 am in his Grosse Pointe Shores home. He guided Ford through a major shift to war production, overseeing bombing planes and tanks. His four children were at home, and the family estate awaited news. His death followed illness and a recent operation for a stomach ailment, with undulant fever noted.
A nationwide walkout by 51000 rubber workers and allied transport action disrupts wartime production in Akron as a wage dispute with the War Labor Board lingers. The board refuses to reopen discussions, signaling stalled negotiations despite hopes for coal field peace.
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill discussed wartime tax withholding plans. Churchill urged Italians to abandon the war as Russia received aid toward joint action against Japan. Churchill warned no Allied commander had been chosen yet for a major European frontend.
Washington lawmakers push a bill to cancel a full year of income tax for those owing $50 or less, and erase 75 percent of the balance for others. Taxpayers would pay 20 percent withholding on the taxable portion, with the rest due in 1944 and 1945.
The Tokyo radio appointed Fumio Go to a ministerial post and warned of an unprecedented grave situation. A German propaganda dispatch claimed a large Allied convoy paused through the Strait of Gibraltar toward the Mediterranean. Queen Wilhelmina arrived in Montreal en route to Ottawa to visit Crown Princess Juliana. Chaoess troops reportedly slowed a Japanese advance toward China near Lake Tungting, with stiff resistance and heavy casualties reported by the Central News Agency.
An emergency board of the National Railway Labor panel recommended today a general increase of cents an hour for more than a million railroad employees. The 15 non operating unions wanted 20 cents with a 70 cent minimum and a union shop. The board declined to back these proposals. The recommendations are not based on the Little Steel formula of the War Labor Board, but the emergency board said they are within terms.
In Washington, the War Labor Board decision narrows the dispute to portal-to-portal pay. It rejects a $2 daily wage rise but backs improved conditions and raises vacation pay to 50 dollars. Operators and United Mine Workers must report back within 15 days as negotiations continue.
London AP reports a large RAF bomber force, possibly up to 500 aircraft, attacking German industrial targets. The raid on Dortmund and Duesseldorf caused heavy clouded observations and uncertain damage figures. Twenty seven bombers were lost in the operations, with additional targets in Germany bombed as the offensive continued across the Channel toward the continent.
In Washington AP reports Southern congressmen hope to derail a House passed measure banning poll taxes in national elections. The vote split 264 110 led by Rep Marcantonio to protect voting rights for about 10 million citizens including 4 million Black voters in seven Southern states. A sailor leapt to railing in visitors gallery challenging poll taxes and asking why one pays to vote, identifying as Owen Jones Jr of Los Angeles.
Washington AP outlines PAYGO tax plan requiring June 15 payment of the second 1942 tax installment. If 1942 income was low, abatements credit 1942 liability. 1943 tax due through withholdings starting July 4 for wage earners. Nonwage earners estimate 1943 tax and pay remaining in September and December installments. High income brackets follow similar adjustments.
Washington dispatch reports observers doubt a summer invasion through Italy, prep talks point to Germany as main target. Air power and bombings are seen as key to forcing Italian surrender, with plans for occupation and postwar government in flux.
The uneasy calm on the Soviet front persists as Red Army air and ground operations continue. Reports say four settlements captured in the north central sector while German communications face repeated strikes, yet large-scale action remains possible as both sides exchange cannonading near Rovov and Tsithannk on the Donets. Eight enemy planes were credited as shot down near Leningrad by Red Baltic Sea pilots.
Allied Northwest Africa Air Force missions bombard dockyards rail yards and power stations at Mengina Riel and other targets in Sicily Pantelleria and Sardinia. Flying Fortresses and Liberators pound Mediterranean targets with 174 tons of explosives and heavy air attacks destroy 23 Axis aircraft in air combat.
The Napier Field Advanced Flying School holds its first graduation open ceremony with cadets flying planes in formation over the field. Colonel James L Daniel Jr will present aerial gunnery and marksmanship medals as families travel from Dothan and nearby areas to witness the event.
United States troops wiped out a Japanese position in the Chichagof valley on Attu Island as part of a three-position array. Navy communiques report air bombardment and strafing while weather conditions slow progress. additional strikes targeted Ring Cove and Rekate Bay as Allied forces press the campaign in the Aleutians and New Guinea theaters.
A bill to regulate union activities including secret balloting was introduced in the Senate by Senator Gerald Bradford of Grove Hill. The proposal mentions no state labor department and follows Governor Chauncey Sparks' measure pending in the House. The legislature also moved another bill described by Ben James Bimpeon of Birmingham 28.
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