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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
4
The text appears to describe a partial record about parachute research or deployment at an Imagine depot in Macon with references to endurance, bearing, and seed related details. It hints at a person named Ward and mentions utilities at Behe De, but the fragment is unclear and many terms are garbled.
Ozark American Legion Post and Legion Auxiliary will hold Memorial Day services at the Dale County courthouse on May 3 at 2 PM. Florence State commander G S Barnard and adjutant James Saliba will speak, with a color guard, Boy Scouts, and local school children participating. A veteran from the 334th Infantry Camp Rocker will lead the bugler. John Ward Jr. is noted as a relative who served and lost at Corregidor.
Memorial ceremony details show Commander W E Snuges presiding over a Les nais and Auxiliary members tribute. Mrs Hurley T Riley was to deliver a short response before children, mothers and fathers of service members rise for recognition.
Gas ration books and related coupons were reported stolen in Columbus. The theft includes ration sheets for kerosene and fuel coupons, with authorities noting loss of value and potential misuse. Police urge vigilance and investigation of missing documents.
A Dothan area soldier received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on February 23, 1842, during combat at an airfield in India. The citation notes Sergeant Drinkard moved to cover and exposed himself under enemy shell fragments, seeking medical aid after being struck.
Abbeville will host a town meeting for war at the high school gym tomorrow night at 7:30 led by chairman T. F. Ward. Major Owen J Jones, Camp Rufher intelligence officer, and Lieutenant Gubbins, Camp Barker chaplain, will speak. A Memorial Day service honoring Henry County war casualties will follow conducted by Rev. Mark A Lowery Jr.
Funeral for Katy S South of Cordele Georgia, who died in a hospital of burns weeks earlier, will be held at 3 pm Saturday at 292 North Herring Street, with burial in City Cemetery.
Engineers rushed a gas line to the north to relieve an impending water shortage across the river near Vanp Robinson. The emergency concept notes that the Crosstown project would tie in and affect water delivery to the region by the weekend.
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