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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1943
Page
7
A Daily Reader column weighs in on soldiers wives who date others while husbands are abroad. Advice argues no single standard for flappers, noting the term originated in England and should not define dress or conduct.
City attorney Thomas FE Buntin spoke at the Dothan Betsry Club meeting on "Bales' Rights." Club members Guy Hardwick and Robert Ramsey attended, with Elarl Hearms and Fred Moseley chairing the Wer Chest Drive and Alisa V. Les speaking on behalf of the drive.
The Alabama Public Service Commission on file its first application for an airline permit by Watergouam Airline Co Inc of Mobile. The plan seeks three routes linking Mobile with Muscle Shoals via Montgomery Birmingham and Huntsville and other cities. Officers listed include Roberta BE president Roy Keeley VP GM T N Stevens VP and general counsel H C Slayton secretary treasurer. Hearing possible if requested. commission uncertain on route jurisdiction.
Dorothy Dix advises a young man to judge flirtations by true intent and warns women to ignore insincere compliments. A schoolgirl seeks help about a married man harassing her. Dix urges informing the father and ending the danger at once.
A garbled report notes poster receipts for the first quarter of the year amount to $434,081 more than the same period last year. It cites September totals of £1,082,822 with a claimed twelve percent increase over the prior year, attributed to Mrea Y. Mailons.
Tokyo radio reported that the passenger and cargo ships Gripsholm and Tein Mars are expected to enter a London port on Friday, signaling a scheduled arrival as war traffic updates continued.
A fragment discusses evolving teen slang with terms like adoles cent girls called flappers and Hep-cat as the newer label, noting no reference to clothing. The snippet contrasts older and newer vernacular, hinting at social labeling of youth without detailing outfits or context.
The Tela Mars ship will exchange nationals from North and South American countries with Japanese evacuees from Murmugao. The move responds to the Gripeocim crisis with broader regional cooperation.
Wartime editors describe seventeen relief agencies folded into a single National War Fund to simplify giving. Donors contribute to one fund covering USO China Relief British War Relief and others, with proceeds aiding servicemen families, children, and community services at home and abroad.
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