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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1944
Page
5
War bulletin reports Soviet and allied forces engaging east of Budapest with gains at Nagyzata and nearby rail junctions. Infantry actions south of Budapest near the Duna Pgy area and along the Sered river indicate intensified combat and shifting front positions.
Greenwood-Adams, noted lecturer and writer, speaks tonight at 8 PM in the county courthouse. His topic is Australia, New Zealand and the Islands of the South Pacific. The Rotary Club in Dothan presents the third Institute of International Understanding with no admission fee.
French Gen. Charles Guie, co prince, orders gendarmes to occupy Andorra in a preventive action to secure order along the Pyrenees frontier and safeguard roads from the French side amid winter conditions and sparse population. Weather brief notes Wyoming snow totals and cold follow.
Amid fluid fronts, British forces advance toward Italy’s Faenza region while American commands report cutting Japanese lines in the Pacific. Moscow broadcasts claim Soviet activity along the Danube near Budapest and in Hungary, as Vienna and other fronts show shifting positions.
G W Glass dies from injuries suffered in the Southern Liquid Gas Company explosion on Range street. Four firemen were burned and Ralph Culpepper is listed as satisfactory though critical. Other injured include H A Cherry Lester Jenkins and spectator A D Wilkerson. Funeral services for Glass set for Pleasant BY Church with arrangements by Johnson Wilkerson Funeral Home.
Washington AP reports War Labor Board action led Wright Aircraft Suspension Association officers to halt a strike at five New Jersey plants producing B 29 engines. WLE Chairman William F Davis said work to resume tomorrow morning after a brief huddle with Attorney John F Butter and union officers directing workers to return. About 2,900 union members were on strike at Paterson and four other New Jersey Wright Aeronautical Corp plants, idle over $2,000,000 in payroll.
Washington lawmakers discuss Secretary Hull potential retirement due to health while James Byrnes is eyed as a possible successor. Roosevelt says Byrnes will remain as War Mobilization head until Europe’s war ends, influencing treaty ratification prospects.
Highly placed congressional sources expect a decision within three weeks on whether courts martial or exoneration will result from an Army Navy board investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack. The Dec 7 statute of limitations on negligence prosecutions expires unless Congress extends it. The Army Navy board report, completed and classified, may lead to action before December 7.
Lanie W Adams of Dothan route three has become the second borrower in Houston County to receive a satisfied real estate mortgage on a tenant purchase loan under the Bankhead Jones Act. Loan of 4795 dollars made May 25, 1940 by the FSA. The supervisor notes Adams’s net worth rose from 1000 to about 12000 as he repaid ahead of schedule.
The agricultural division of the Houston County War Finance Committee today announced quotas for the farm share of the Sixth War Loan Drive opening November 20. Quotas cover bonds expected to be sold outside Dothan, with Beat One at 14000, Beat Two at 10000, Beat Four at 18000.
Allied forces push toward Metz as American troops seize forts Hubert Jussy Dange and Thionville area amid heavy snow. Seventh Army advances in Vosges foothills while British attack near Noord Wessem canals. Hitler decree tightens Nazi party control. Himmler rumored as acting leader amid weather hampering air support.
Allied Headquarters says Eighth Army crossed the Montone River over two miles northwest of a Fort on the Bologna road. Germans withdrew slightly in the Apennines to the south, with a possible fallback along the Cosina canal. The Montone crossing marks a widening advance toward Faenza on the Po Valley highway.
Zurich report cites a well informed source saying Heinrich Himmler will head Germany's defensive forces during Hitler's illness. Himmler, already head of the Volkssturm, may oversee nearly all armed forces. clarity on governing the Gestapo remains uncertain.
Safety Commissioner Circle I. Coe criticized spectators at a Monday fire explosion for ignoring police and fire orders, hindering responders and risking lives. He warned drastic measures to protect life and property, citing civilians and soldiers among those hurt.
Houston County residents were reminded by James Brown that only two days remain to have a blood test under the program. After Friday the station closes. Attendance reports show 2,255 across Dothan and county stations, with city totals modestly down from prior day. State health officials praised progress and local cooperation, noting 15,744 people tested in the first eight days of the campaign.
Captain Ellair Dent Jr of Birmingham led Lightning fighters in an Ormoc Bay dog fight against Japanese Zeros. He downed three enemy planes, fled a destroyer strafing run, survived a water landing, hiked through mine fields to American lines, and returned with a six victory credit after 21 months of oversea duty.
A London dispatch reports that German efforts toward a larger rocket have been abandoned after months of work. Sources say they concluded insufficient wire and power could reach America, delaying production of smaller weapons. The Vengeance rocket campaign caused heavy attacks on Southern England with many deaths.
Washington AP reports a cigarette shortage prompting hoarding and a growing black market as Bowles and Jones caution against rationing. Officials note misdistribution and fear driven overbuying fuel shortages with machine sales at ceiling prices leading to price gouging and potential slave labor and exploitation by some retailers.
Returning veterans including those with partial disabilities face employment challenges in Dothan, says Arthur Johnson, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. The program links employers with veterans, arranging interviews and offering counseling to fit men into suitable roles amid a manpower shortage.
American carrier planes swarmed over Manila Bay destroying two Japanese destroyers, damaging a cruiser, and sinking or damaging 11 freighters and oilers as land-based units hit Burma Road targets. Ground forces formed a loop around Japanese positions in the Philippines while air and sea units pressed strikes against Luzon airfields and sea lanes. A broader sweep in Northern Leyte Gulf aimed to trap Japanese forces near Ormoc as U S forces push to reopen critical supply routes to China.
President Roosevelt will take the oath next January 2 in a simple White House ceremony. Spending is expected to be about 2 500 dollars, with modest refreshments and no parade or inaugural ball. Invitations will go to Congress members, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and the Diplomatic Corps with ticketed access to avoid a large public jamboree.
Democratic leaders in Congress met with President Roosevelt to outline a shortened legislative program for the upcoming session. They expect the session to wrap by mid December, with Speaker Rayburn noting the President offered no new suggestions or additions to the plan.
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