Dothan Eagle Publishes Week Summary For Soldiers
The Dothan Eagle issues a locally edited recap for service members overseas. It distills the week’s home news to keep soldiers informed and connected to events in Dothan and surrounding areas.
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1943
Page
7
The Dothan Eagle issues a locally edited recap for service members overseas. It distills the week’s home news to keep soldiers informed and connected to events in Dothan and surrounding areas.
Chief Petty Officer J. H. Hutch ing said five seventeen year olds were accepted for Navy enlistment through the Dothan recruiting station. Recruits listed include Hulan Filip Woods Colquitt Ga Joe Cutchens Dothan route three James Bertram Berry Georgetown Ga Beauford Henrold Johnston Third Avenue Dothan and Froward White 210 North College area Dothan.
Obituary snippet lists several individuals with ages and rough locations including Bluffton, Gracenis Fla, Blakely, and Orark. Names appear garbled. Mentions Mrs Bill Faisoz and others with ages from forty to ninety three.
Marriage licenses issued include Robert Silas of Dothan route three and Geraldine Holmes of Dothan route three. Also listed are London Rudolph Womack Gordon star route and Eloise Pavik Gordon. Comminick Berlucci from New York and Mildred Earl Elliott of Zlocomb. Doyle PF from Derby Philadelphia and Mary Lou Hass of 30% South East St. Raymond Jefferson Bright Foundtsin City Tenn and Lucille Tice Punsey. Cecil Emmatt Thomas Newton route one and Verne Mae Head Newton route one.
Aviation cadet Joseph Ross Hornsby son of Bev M. Hornsby arrives at Freeman Army Air Field to continue his nine week twin engine advanced flying school. Upon successful completion he will earn silver wings and be commissioned as second lieutenant or flight officer.
Captain William F. Lee of Gordon attached to a quartermaster truck regiment has arrived safely in India, his wife being advised. Lee, a reserve officer, was called to active duty on March 1, 1942. Private Floyd T. Powell stationed at Macon Georgia has been awarded a good conduct medal, reported by his wife Essie Comerford of Midland City. Powell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Powell of Houston Arkansas.
Eleven more Wiregrass youths have been accepted for enrollment in the Navy through the Dothan recruiting station. Chief Petty Officer J. H. Hutchins announced Friday. Names include Walter Ennis Cosby Ashford Hervey Arthur Ward Newton Lawrence Horn Daleville Edward Gordon Hagler Ayton James Max Jackson 38 East Commerce Street Dothan Bernadine Grady Dykes Ashford John Nesbitt Dashierd Lonnie Allen Cabb Daleville Noah Wicker Hutto son of N. T. Hutto of Dothan. Hutto recently graduated as honor man from recruit training at the U S Naval Training Station Great Lakes IL and has been recommended for Yeoman third class. He is home on boot leave with wife and parents and a graduate of Dothan High School.
Shelly I Thomas of Dothan completed an eighteen week officer candidate course at Camp Lejeune Va and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the U S Army. He is an Eagle advertising department employee and currently home on furlough. Also reported is Captain Clyde Tindell promoted to major. he serves in North Africa with the Sixteenth Service Squadron, U S Army Air Forces. His wife Franca McLure and daughter Nancy reside at 206 W Adams Street in Dothan.
A list of newborns with parents and addresses including Keener, Barney. Nemet Wade Hampton. Ensign and Mrs Turner Murph. Mrs Kes bets Selis 401 North Bel street. Hugh Lidnon Smith of Bridgeport Connecticut. Chaplain and Mrs Hugh Emmet Milson. Thomas Henry Adams Crestview Florida. Robert Burdeshaw Headland. Lyle Peterson 1201 South St Andrews Street. Howard Doster 203 North St Andrews Street. R M Hinson Enterprise. Dates range October and November with names such as Mary Flicketh, Margaret Ann, Norma June, Judith Susan Nanis, Hugh Emmett, Thomas Henry Jr, Carolyn Ann, Sharon, William Matas.
Private Fred L. Fellows Jr. of Ashford enters a five months course at Williamsport Pa to qualify as an Aviation Cadet in the U S Army Air Forces Flying Training Command announced by the public relations office. Sergeant George Harris has received his gunners wings from Fort Myers Fla and visits his parents in Dothan before reporting November 1 for assignment in Salt Lake City Utah.
Private first class Earl Tatum Jr. of the U.S. Marine Corps is stationed in New Zealand as part of the Marine band detachment. The Dothan native previously served on Guadalcanal as a hospital corpsman and enlisted in January 1942.
In New York AP reports a boxing card at Madison Square Garden features Tami Mauriel and Lee Savold in a ten round bout amid a return to the Garden after a month. Both Boxers from Bronx New York and Paterson New Jersey. Mauriel favored to win, Savold seeking a stronger performance than last year. The event marks boxing’s return to the arena after travels and promotions set around the equator reference.
CobS IA seeks a crowd of fourteen thousand and a fifty thousand dollar house in a bold real estate play. The plan involves attracting large public interest to secure a high turnout and a premium property deal.
The War Department announced today that three Wiregrass men have received temporary promotions. First Lieutenant Charles Rudolph Bonneau of Ellis in Field Artillery is promoted to Captain. Second Lieutenant Henry Dan Walding of Ozark route one in Infantry and Second Lieutenant Robert Foster Smith of Lipcomb in Air Corps are promoted to First Lieutenant.
A dense list of Saturday radio programming spans morning to late night on WAGP and CBS NBC networks, including AP News updates, musical shows, variety programs, and serials. Notable entities include Fred Waring, Amos and Andy, Jack Benny, and the Grand Ole Opry, with mentions of The Cisco Kid and Ellery Queen. The piece ends with a statistical fact: 2,981,000 miles of rural roads in the United States.
Fragmentary OCR reads ind of old fashioned mutton fuel with Grand’s mediated reference. The readable text is limited, unclear about events, people, dates, or places.
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