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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1943
Page
6
Volunteers from four civic clubs and local churches organize a breakfast at 0:16 to kick off the Chest Campaign in Houston County. About 100 solicitors will seek to meet a $51,500 quota for seventeen War Chest agencies and local organizations.
A northbound Bay Ling bus with about twenty passengers overturned on the Campbellton Highway twelve miles north of Dothan near Big Creek. Nineteen people were injured, including the bus driver Cohen Cain of Panama City Fla, with many treated and released after ambulances ferried them to a Dothan hospital. One unidentified passenger refused hospitalization. The wreck occurred when the bus swerved to avoid Wallace Malone’s truck and struck the road shoulder, traveling about 65 yards before stopping near No 6.
Allied forces press west across Italy striking Nazi positions as a man advances toward Rome. Cannalia and Teporta are reported in fighting along a broad 18 mile front. meanwhile a large mass is reported in Melitopol with other fronts in Crimea and the Donbass area.
Seventeen of Alabama's 81 union mines reopened today while surveys show most of the 22,000 idle miners have not heeded John L. Lewis's return-to-work plea. Operators report some mines, including Dolomite shaft and Bradford slope, back to operation though many mines remain idle. In Indiana, miners resume at two closed shafts but statewide they show slow compliance with the production appeal as 17 shafts were to reopen by tomorrow.
The Atlantic Coast Line Havena Special derailed between Petersburg and Richmond near midnight. One soldier was killed and at least seven others injured as four Pullman cars left the rails and the train crashed through the last car. The dead soldier’s name was withheld pending next of kin notification. The first section, nearly an hour late, and a later section were delayed by the wreck as crews cleared the site.
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts civilian food supplies may be smaller next year though production should match or beat this year’s record. Abundant cereals expected, with per capita supplies of poultry eggs fruits vegetables potatoes and beans high, but dairy and certain staples may face shorter allowances.
Washington AP reports the Sterling trend shows more stills but smaller capacity. In September 1943 the District of Columbia Maryland North Carolina and West Virginia seized 140 stills, up from 88 in September 1942. Alabama Florida Georgia and South Carolina saw 252 seizures, up from 230. Kentucky and Tennessee had 38, down from 53. Nationwide total rose to 4, stills, from 455 previously.
The Army Air Forces announces a nationwide WAC recruitment effort opening tomorrow at Napier Field. Women may join the Air Forces branch and select their preferred assignment from eighteen occupational fields, including trainer operator radio operator and weather observer. Training Command at Fort Worth will direct the effort with a network of training establishments nationwide.
Lindsay Warren told the House Military Committee that Army contracting officers let hundreds of erroneous claims stand, including charges for fake teeth liquor and juke boxes. He opposed War Department seeks to give contracting officers final control, cited 270 cases GAO flagged, warned of fraud coverups and lavish officer conduct amid escalating costs. He argued regulations enable grand cover and hinder fraud detection, urging slowing of current settlement procedures.
Washington AP report: House tentatively approves increases in service dependents allowances. Monthly payments set at 50 dollars to a wife, 80 dollars for wife and one child, and 20 dollars for each additional child. Senate figures matched. 163 to 4 standing vote, roll-call later. Earlier, CIO proposal for 55 dollars to a wife and 90 to a husband was rejected 148 to 140.
The No one Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to reject new taxes but left room for a national sales tax if revenue needs rise. NAM chair J Cheever Cowdin, of Universal Pictures, told the Ways and Means Committee that administration plans to raise 10500 000 000 via income taxes are unrealistic. Treasury currently projects 44000000000 in next year’s receipts, with existing laws expected to yield 38000000000.
The OWI reports American air forces destroyed about four Axis planes for each American craft lost from 1941 to 1983. Navy air arms reported four to five enemy planes per U.S. loss. Six months into 1943 saw enemy losses surge, with total box scores listing 5,340 Axis planes down and 1,239 American ships lost.
An Associated Press inside story reports the Johnson family in Congress forming a bloc with about ten members. They plan a luncheon in the House restaurant to celebrate their numerical edge over rivals like the Smiths and Browns and to publicize the clan's supposed superiority while balancing power on close votes.
Soviet forces advanced west of the Dnieper creating two new breaks and securing bridgeheads on both river banks. Russian troops widened a widening river bend breach near Dnepropetrovsk while another crossing north of Kiev established a bridgehead at Lvar. Heddrmy units held in reserve and pushed to consolidate.
Allied airmen claim 104 planes shot down in the Southwest Pacific with Lt Gen. George C. Kenney’s forces tallies including 62 bombers and fighters. Reports describe Friday and Saturday battles around Oro Bay New Guinea and Rabaul as American P-38s intercepted Japanese waves.
Reports from London and Cairo describe ongoing heavy fighting in Yugoslavia as Partisans and allied groups clash with German forces across Bosnia Dalmatia and northern Italy. Attacks target railways and towns around Split Emoteki Tuzla and Trieste amid claims of Croatian coastal control and shifting fronts.
RAF Mosquitos bombed Berlin and western Germany with no losses overnight as fighters hit targets in occupied territory and aid the Allied offensive. American Fortress raids on Schweinfurt spurred renewed air activity. German airfields, shipping, and rail targets were attacked, while London endured a two night alert with fatalities and damage reported.
A Monday meeting of Farm Security Administration officials from seven Southeast Alabama counties focused on progress of Farm Ownership and Rural Rehabilitation borrowers over the past year and planning. J C Lewis outlined program steps, and district production records showed 104% of targets with 4000+ FSA families in District of Alabama producing 23,549 tons of peanuts, 15,768 hogs, 297,472 chickens, 401,734 eggs, and 11,283 bales of cotton while seeds and canned goods totals rose.
Allied reports show Fifth Army under Lt Gen Mark W. Clark has pushed beyond the Volturno, seizing Nerrone and Ruviano and driving toward high ground. Eighth Army patrols push west into the Apennines toward Rome, with reinforced landings on the mainland and continued bombardment of enemy positions and supply routes.
U S House leaders push a plan to grant 200 million dollars yearly to common schools while opponents rally to pigeonhole or defeat it. With debate resuming, several Southern lawmakers admit the outcome will be close as the measure contends with tax and commodity credits questions and urgent legislative business.
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