17 Oct 1945
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1945
Page
1
Army lists two recruits from a renowned armored division. The notice notes selection through the unit, with veterans and new volunteers embracing service. Details are sparse due to OCR corruption, but the core action is recruitment of notable division members.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions eye fatigue and nonsensical phrases, with scattered words like Montes aortas and Kare. No clear event or entity set is readable. the text appears as corrupted notes and stray terms without a coherent article structure.
A concise loan offer lists amounts from fifty to five thousand dollars for medical expenses school costs debts auto repairs auto financing home repairs home purchases and many other purposes with repayment scheduled monthly. The notice presents a broad loan option encouraging borrowers to apply.
A letter promotes Kellogg's All-Bran claiming lifelong relief from constipation through daily bran and water. The ad asserts Bran is not a laxative but a natural, bulk-forming food, urging readers to purchase Kellogg's All-Bran with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Dothan VFW Post Ladies Auxiliary reorganized at a meeting held in the Dothan Recreational Club auditorium. The session featured a musical program by Howell Hampson and focused on forming new committees and electing officers led by Miss Barbary Maydial as president. Veterans welcomed WWII veterans and discussed aging generation turnover and future leadership within the post.
A maritime union supporting insurgents led a prolonged strike at Invik workers in Hollywood. APL union officials and film producers sought to end the jurisdiction dispute as sheriff deputies and police moved to break up a 400 strong picket line in front of the Warner Brothers studio. Two injured and wire pickets arrested during the confrontation.
The committee reports Army spending at 47.13 million and proposes cutting 28.69 million. It raises the overall budget to 92.21 billion with heavy reductions across services. It urges rapid demobilization and discharges to fit remaining funds, and calls for a ban on new ship construction this year as the fleet shrinks.
Marine Brig. Gen. Lee B. Hermie island commander estimates 300 or more die hard Japanese soldiers remain at liberty on Guam and still elude American forces. He says they captured more than 300 and continue to kill several last week as they hide and strike. Hermie is based in Lamesa California.
Enlisted men discharged since May 12 1943 must reenlist by November 21 1945 to retain their rate. Major Jurepa R P of the Dothan office states procedures for reenlistment and eligibility for Private to Private First Class upon timely reenlistment.
Navy recruiting officials at Dothan announced ten more men enlisted through their office and sworn into the Navy at a Birmingham headquarters. Names include Louie Anderson Bill McGinty James Eugene Chancey Quilon Bergnen Kelles Willie Forehand Hildrey Herbert Arnette James Jyd Johnson Virgil Tillman Hathaway Lollie Lee Vwnim Jr.
Records show an invitation for bids issued by the County Board of Revenue in Dothan Alabama dated October 1945. The notice requests suppliers to deliver road maintenance items and related goods to the county, with bids due on the stated day in October.
Health department findings show male births exceeded female births in only three months March August and September. March recorded 108 births with 47 white male and 38 white female, 17 Negro male and 10 Negro female. overall 452 births with 335 white and 117 Negro. September peaked for white male births with 67, while white female 49 and Negro counts 19 male and 53 female. May had no data.
Ransom, a Negro, charged with grand larceny, pled guilty today before Circuit Judge D. C. Halstead and received a sentence of one year and one day in the State penitentiary. After the sentence, an application for probation was filed.
Tokyo born Iva Toguri known as Tokyo Rose was placed in Yokohama prefecture jail as U S Eighth Army officials announced. The United States Army is reassuming authority in the case following the transfer of custody and ongoing investigations into her wartime broadcasts to American troops from Tokyo.
An old advertisement claims a product called Olotment gives quick relief from licking behavior. It markets soothing cooling properties and a tube with an applicator, urging readers to pay money if not delighted. It suggests the remedy is inexpensive and accessible through a druggist.
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