28 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
1
Hill predicts approval of the flood bill amid political debate and local concerns. The piece notes river conditions and potential impacts on the community, mentioning proposed measures and dates under consideration.
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In Dothan and surrounding shops, cigarette stocks remain depleted despite wartime rationing. Retailers report limited supplies, often one to two packs per customer, with regulars seen buying what they can while outsiders face empty shelves. Manufacturers’ allocations drive monthly distributions, causing monthly fluctuations in brands. Local distributors warn that hoarding hurts steady customers, urging buy‑as‑needed behavior to ease the shortage.
Number 13 continues from page one and asserts the ordinance will not set a precedent in loan company cases. It bans lending at rates above legal figures and requires each company to list borrowers with the City Clerk including amounts borrowed and interest charged, while providing for books inspection by a designated inspector.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate FSA personnel scheduling a two day meeting. Content mentions dates, sessions, and possible locations but readability is poor. Key entities such as FSA, participants, and agenda are unclear due to garbled text.
Deadline for Christmas package deliveries looms with a December 1 cutoff set by authorities. Mailers are urged to send gifts promptly as there is no guarantee deliveries will arrive by Christmas.
Scouts are requested to appear before the Board of Reviews tomorrow afternoon at five o'clock in the Boy Scout office. Rabbi Alfred Wall J. L. Vaughn Arthur Johnson and Jimmy Dees will serve on the reviewing board.
The Southern Baptist Home Mission Board adopted a 1945 budget of 965000, a 10 percent rise from current operations and triple 1934, funded by the Southern Baptist Convention cooperative program, Annie Armstrong gifts, and designated donations. City work gets 110250 with eight new cities joining to reach 45 total. rural work receives 75000, under Dr S F Downs in Atlanta. Cities listed include Atlanta, Polyndus and Savannah, and Birmingham Montgomery Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia, with other allotments announced.
Edgar Smith, a Houston countian, was acquitted yesterday by a Houston court jury on a grand larceny charge. Four cases were continued, four others not pressed, and pleas of guilty led to fines. Woodrow Sutton found guilty of petit larceny after grand larceny charge, Mark Wurt pleaded to petit larceny with a sentence of one year and a day, Eva Patterson pled guilty to petit larceny with fines of fifty and one hundred dollars.
The article notes a dramatic shift in American shipyards from wartime losses to massive output in 1942 and 1943. It compares gross and deadweight tonnages, citing a move toward a new peak surpassing 9,000,000 gross tons while projections for 1944 remain favorable. It also reports local civic news about Dothan Chamber of Commerce director nominations and a city hall meeting.
Pfc Exum, of the Consrovery Corps, is awarded the Soldier’s Medal for risking his life to recover two wounded soldiers from a heavily mined pit. After detonation of booby-trapped mines injured crew, he swept the area, aided by another detector, rescued both casualties and helped evacuate them. Exum, a former farmer from Dothan, Alabama, earned the honor amid heavy enemy activity last week.
Two Miami circuit judges warned that freedom of the press is at stake as The Miami Herald and editor John D. Pennekamp face contempt citations. Robert R. Milam and allies argued the newspaper had right and duty to comment on gambling, rape and assault cases, urging the court not to branding them unworthy for criticizing legal administration.
Lieutenant Douglas Pritchett, veterans placement officer in Montgomery, spoke at the Dothan Rotary Club luncheon about GI Bill rights and plans for returning veterans. He outlined job opportunities, education, hospitalization, and vocational study, with Major Richard Gill and Lieutenant Wilson from the Selective Service present.
President Roosevelt sent his nomination to the Senate leaving the under secretary post vacant. Hull resigns after long service as foreign policy head amid postwar world organization work. Roosevelt assigns Hull to advisory foreign policy role and to preside over the UN test organization.
NEA staff correspondent reports that France will not supply aid to Spanish loyalists, as border crossings to France become impossible due to blocked roads and severe winter. Southern France hosts about 106,000 refugees from the 300,000 who fled Spain, with two main anti Franco groups the Democratic Alliance and the National Spanish Union debating tactics.
The document cites naval strength including 22 major warships and 11,000 landing craft with 50 air units. It notes prewar arms production, total military hardware surpassing vast counts, and government expenditures rising from 4.01 to 23.0 billion dollars between 1838 and 1945, highlighting wartime economic impact.
Hodges First Army hacked out a tole ad vance and reached Inden. The Seventh Army widened the corridor and overran 300 square miles of forest from which Germans had withdrawn. The juncture between Seventh and Third Armies affected by captures near Mutag and Molshem. The French First Army improved positions north of Bel fort, capturing Rimback and other villages and 1,000 Germans.
The article discusses FFI actions along the Franco-Spanish border, including a 5 mile no man’s land behind the frontier, French warder patrols, and sentry posts every two kilometers. It notes limited infiltration into Spain and questions French sympathy for anti Franco Spanish groups, while warning about potential future German enlistment and Franco’s military plans.
W oT Jones chairman of the Huston County Petroleum Jodus nacs Casino today announced that three Alabama leaders in the industry will address the live county meeting of four men to be held Thursday night at the Houston Hotel. C. J. Hans of Beningham, J HL Shermit of Pensacola Florida, and Charles EB Bramley of Mantromer are principal speakers. We expect a large attendance.
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