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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1943
Page
1
The combined Dio United Charities Chest War drive looks set to close over the weekend with promised contributions arriving by tomorrow night. Camp roster pledges are substantial and the effort has mobilized over a hundred volunteers in Dothan and Houston. The drive aims to aid the ailing and injured while honoring servicemen missing in action.
President Roosevelt told reporters Moscow postwar peace may lead to United Nations meetings. He said a possible conference with Stalin and Churchill remained undecided while noting closer coordination for military operations and supplies. He expected Hull home soon and joked about consulting the Senate.
The Associated Press report notes 2,700 killed or captured recently with estimates of Axia Russian deaths reaching up to 5,000 and escalating war duration. Elsewhere reports claim moves along the east bank and Allied advances on the front as Germany and Italy defenses resist.
Allied forces push through the collapsed Massico Trigno line as the Fifth and Eighth Armies advance in central Italy. Venafro loom s as a key target while Isernia and Garigliano river areas are reached. Montgomery’s forces rout resistance near San Salvo.
Washington AP military experts say German rocket guns cannot stop U S bombers. They cite the Wilhelmshaven raid as proof with Luftwaffe losses and high Allied bomber success. Countermeasures include more P 38 Lightnings and P 47 Thunderbolts and belly tanks to reach targets.
NORFOLK VA AP Three Navy men are missing after a landing maneuvers near Boenokee In land off the North Carolina coast. The Fifth Naval District announced the search was in progress this afternoon. Washington AP Russia and Czechoslovakia completed preparations for a 10 year defensive alliance against Germany and Conch. President Benes will Moscow to discuss security.
RAF Mosquito bombers and American heavy bombers struck western Germany and northern France in a coordinated night raid. The bombardment followed earlier daytime and night attacks, including a record Wilhelmshaven raid and a large 4,000 ton combined assault on the Reich.
The War Price and Rationing Board via OPA sets price limits on eggs through November and December due to expected shortages around Christmas. Best grade consumer price capped at sixty five cents a dozen. mixed country eggs set at fifty five cents to consumers, with producer to retailer margins of forty seven point one cents. Top prices apply to Group One stores and are lower for other groups. detailed weekly rates are provided for specialty, extras, and standards.
Melbourne AP reports a wartime account by Keith Godrids, a Melbourne merchant marine engineer, describing German prison camps. He details the killing of Russian women and children, forced burning and exposure, after escape from a Hamburg camp. The testimony cites brutal treatment and mass deaths.
Washington AP report notes Senator Willis R. argues only the principal Allied powers can form a postwar peace nucleus and warns against a United States of the world with a federal army. He says world security must rest with United States Great Britain Russia and China for some time rather than an imminent global enforceable order.
A dozen Democratic Senators urged President Roosevelt to broker a compromise on the subsidy issue to prevent a repeat of last summer’s floor clash. They proposed continuing price guarantees to producers on certain commodities while abandoning consumer subsidies aimed at lowering prices.
Three nominations are required by law for the County Service Officer post to handle veteran claims. A report says only two names were submitted by the Dothan and Ashford posts, creating a delay before the county Board of Revenue in Hebvenue.
Stockholm AP dispatch cites Social Demokraten saying Finland instructed Juha Paasikivi to prepare a trip to Moscow to discuss a separate peace. Paasikivi helped end the 1939 40 Finn Ru war. No official confirmation. Helsinki and Stockholm reports vary. A renewed push to exit the war with Germany reportedly under way.
Hollywood AP report says Lou Costello returned to radio after eight months illness to perform with Bud Abbott. His infant son drowned at the Castell o estate in Van Nuys just hours before the broadcast. Costello persisted, delivering jokes while concealing his grief, and later departed with his physician.
The Wet labor Board weighs the coal miner wage contract between John L. Lewis and Harold L. Ickes as production slowly resumes after a three day strike. A vote is expected in the afternoon with a likely approval, though an overnight change remains possible.
Allied headquarters report heavy naval losses as Japan pressed toward Bougainville. A task force of 12 ships failed to approach within 40 miles of Empress Augusta Bay, losing one cruiser and four destroyers sunk or damaged while U S ships retaliated in a two hour battle off Bougainville.
High officials in Tokyo met with representatives from five puppet governments to outline a four step approach toward permanent world peace. Meanwhile Allied naval forces reported sinking or damaging 14 Japanese ships as part of the war effort. The Burmese premier, Manchukuo leader, and other regional heads attended the assembly, with claims of Japanese wheat crops and influence in the South Pacific. Chinese forces claimed gains along a 90 mile front in the Yangtze valley, while Japanese communiques reported Allied losses off Bougainville. American and British bombers increased raids in Burma as Chinese jungle columns, aided by U.S. air power, moved 100 miles from India into northern Burma with minimal resistance and some casualties.
A coroner's jury at Gordon found Wash Parramore died by being struck by an eastbound train after his body was found along the Atlantic Coast Line tracks. The state toxicologist supported the train death conclusion. Sheriff Farmar and Coroner Lane noted no further causes were found.
President Roosevelt announced a three nation agreement between the United States Great Britain and China on a continental Far East operation. Key figures Attwell Chenault Bomarvell Mountbatten and Chiangkalahek attended Chungking talks to outline military plans and supply considerations as Somervell returned to the United States.
In Kentucky election results, Sim eon G. Willis, 63, Ashland attorney and former State Court of Appeals judge, is set to become the sixth Republican governor next month. The GOP also claims the lieutenant governor and five cabinet posts while Democrats hold only the attorney general office. Final margins show Willis leading Donaldson by about 4,000 votes with May winning the lieutenant governor race. Republicans gain strength in the state legislature though Democrats likely retain control of both chambers.
Soviet forces reported sweeping advances across the eastern Ukraine and Crimean fronts. Moscow claimed control of the Dnieper from Gomel to the bend near Zaporozhye and pushed toward Kiev andPoland, with massive German losses cited and Red Army gains near Kherson and the river mouths.
ALGIERS AP The French Committee of National Liberation refused to treat Moscow conference tripartite decisions as binding. It said Germany fate cannot be decided without France and any binding action must involve French participation under conditions aligned with its interests and sacrifices. France was not invited to Moscow.
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