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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1943
Page
3
London dispatch reports the Moscow Conference of the Big Three is expected to begin within days. Cordell Hull and Anthony Eden may meet Soviet leaders, but transportation delays could push back the opening.
Health officer Dr. W. T. Hurkett urged cooperation to improve reporting of suspected communicable diseases in Shale lawn. Physicians then parents guardians teachers hospital officials and clergy are responsible for reporting cases to ensure prompt public health action and confidentiality.
Dr Burkett cites a failed city and county effort in Cotfe County to safeguard the public from typhus. He notes daily new fever cases reported to the health department and around sixty Houston County cases this year with fifteen in September. He laments past health gains and urges proper public health procedures.
CIO walkout shuts entire second shift of 6000 workers at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Kearny New Jersey with 1000 to 4000 on the third shift leaving, threatening spread to the 20000 day workers. Leaders say action was unauthorized and sent to the Senate Truman Committee for study. Managers cite late dismissal of five stewards as triggering the stoppage.
The article notes pending fees appeal to the WIB and the WSB policy leaning toward cases with workers who have left. Miners’ actions hinder contract completion as they remain out of the mines. The WLB augments benefits boosting vacation pay to 50 dollars per man for a 10 day week with overtime. fuel reserves in the district are very low due to the work stoppage after the UMW contract expired and blast furnaces running at capacity.
Eddie Doyle known as Talking Jim, convicted of the fatal shooting of Albert Gelas, was granted parole today in Montgomery. A Houston Circuit Court jury sentenced Doyle in March 1634 to life. The parole decision follows years of confinement and appeals.
Commissioner J W Daughtry of the Middle District reports two Dale County Negro men, Edd McGee and Lasaie Mathis of Oxark, face internal revenue violating charges after a wreck in Coffes County. McGee was jailed after a preliminary hearing. Mathis was treated and jailed. A vehicle carried 28 gallons of moonshine. McGee injured in the crash, Mathis knocked unconscious. Bond set at 300 dollars.
The article notes the B-29 as a longer range higher capacity bomber than existing models. General Henry H. Arnold says the Liberator and Flying Fortress will still be produced while the new bombers are developed. WEB executive vice chairman Charles E. Wilson says bomber output will rise eightfold by next April, despite early model delays and crew training needs.
Fifth Army headquarters reports tanks and tank destroyers joining infantry in a furious drive across the Volturno flats north of Capua. Engineers lay bridges as engineers attempt to push men and matériel through flooded watercourses toward Cafarzo and higher ground east of Capua, while American troops threaten the German left by gaining a road paralleling the river.
A petition to form a Demys Cup Bank with capital of 825000 has been filed with Secretary of State Joho B Willlees. Signers include J. R Verm and W. H Haddork from Damascus and O. C. Jinks of Colquitt. The bank would be organized in Damascus with a first board including Jinks Vapn and Haditocy.
Fortress bombers pounded 72 factories in Schweinfurt destroying bearings crucial to German war production. Allied losses were severe with 128 American aircraft shot down. Germans claimed heavy raids, while survivors described fierce fighter opposition and large-scale destruction across the residential core.
New wartime labor rules restrict work transfers and hiring in the Southeast. The region faces six to seven million workers affected as the UAES and USES enforce availability certificates, approve local hires, and cap transfers to keep skilled labor in essential war industries. Areas from Georgia to Florida see designated labor shortage zones, with counties and cities listed for revised standards to sustain the war program.
In the northern Solomons near Rabaul heavy raids hit gun positions and airdromes, with two large enemy cargo ships sunk in Buke Passage and 12 of 25 Japanese interceptors downed with no allied losses. Additional reports show 21 Japanese planes shot down in the same sector previously, while weather and spotty anti air defenses affected results. Catalinas bombed a Japanese convoy south of New Ireland with weather hampering observation, patrol craft attacked barges, Liberators damaged a freighter, Australian Hudsons damaged a 1000-ton vessel in Koepang harbor, and Catalina aircraft attacked a small merchantman off Timor.
The plan envisions two main data streams to classify registrants. Schools will forward records of graduates and leavers for ta classification, while state files will be checked by medical field agents through court and hospital records to verify mental health and conditioning for service.
A survey of six mining companies with over 60 000 workers in Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky and Illinois shows a production drop. Average miners produced 560 tons daily in August 1941 four months before Pearl Harbor and now dig about 457 tons daily, a decline of nearly one ton per day per month since the union contract expired April 1.
The CIO president urged Congress to raise corporate income and estate taxes and to adopt the Wagner Murray Dingell social security bill expanding unemployment, old age, disability and health insurance benefits. He argued for a 90 percent excess profits tax without postwar credit and higher rates on profits above 4 percent of invested capital. The push followed claims of growing support for a 5 percent levy with no exemptions.
The article notes five senators visiting fronts, with Rus sell, Mead, and Lodge on the Appropriations Committee. Mead led a Truman group inquiry into Lend Lease distribution and postwar airfields funding, while Butler and Nye push for further investigations independent of the Truman plan. Harry Hopkins is criticized as running the program, described as donating rather than lending, amid calls for committee weedings and broader scrutiny.
AP report notes Sparks, a likely Udely candidate, opposes hand picking of convention delegates. He argues for delegates elected by popular vote, citing improved representation and direct public choice. He recalls past practices as flawed and asserts the people should decide presidential support through elections.
German forces blew up the greasi dam five miles NW of Zaporozhe to stall the Russian advance and disrupt Crimea garrisons believed to exceed 100,000 troops. Moscow confirmed dam destruction and questions persist on Russian troop movements as Melitopol falls and Soviet columns push toward the Dnieper plain. A double prong push looms with forces and tanks entering the area north of the Sea of Azov and an amphibious Crimea assault planned across the Kerch Strait.
A World War II update reports Red Army tank corps breaching German defenses above Kiev and encircling three Nazi divisions on the Dnieper. Gomel faces capture as Red Army spearheads move toward the Sozh River. Nazi incendiaries target Kiev and Gomel as casualties rise by thousands. The piece also notes political pledges on education and economic plans, with Alabama leaders cited.
Chicago market update lists Wheat Osta with December 5 figures showing 17 percent, May in May 0 percent, and July 1 percent moves. Trading notes indicate price shifts across contracts and the commodity’s current stance.
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