26 Oct 1944
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
1
Consumers report that incorrect stamps were accepted for gasoline, with No 14 fee stamps recorded in the A and B books. The War Price and Retaliation Board warns operators to observe stamp validity, noting No 16 or No 8 stamps were used instead of No 13. No 1 or No 15 stamps are valid until December 13, per officials.
Rabbi Alfred Wolf of Temple Emeth will address the student body and faculty at Alabama Polytechnic Institute on Oct. 38 under the Jewish Chautauqua Society. The speaker, born in Eberbach near Heidelberg, studied in Berlin, received a Hebrew Union College scholarship, and has served as substitute rabbi in Toronto before his current clerical role in Dothan.
Hassell cites Alabama jails needing cleanup and better staffing after state prison inspector Valmon J Stewart listed conditions including broken plumbing and failure to follow venereal disease examination laws. The report urged improved safety and humane treatment of prisoners.
London AP reports Col Gen Heinz Guderian has taken charge as Commander in Chief of Nazi armies on the Soviet front. The Foreign Office confirms Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt as Chief to the West, with Hitler previously splitting northern, southern, and central commands.
Arthur Johnson of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce said the War Production Board Office of War Utilities asked merchants and towns to dispense with decorative outdoor lighting through the 1944 holiday season as a fuel saving measure. Indoor Christmas lighting remains permitted in stores and homes.
The piece notes several prominent Democrats opposing the New Deal and weighing votes for Dewey Bricker. Senator W Lee O'Daniel promotes anti Roosevelt messaging via the ODaniel News while pressuring for a Washington housecleaning. Rep John N Costello backs the ticket citing disfavored leaders, and Senator Ellison D Smith pushes anti fourth term efforts though not clearly pledging Republican support. Potatoes and gold are mentioned in passing as unrelated economic notes.
Hop Barnes delegate for the DButian Exchange Club reported to the Exchange National Convention in Toledo Gide. He presented the convention findings at the weekly noon meeting in the Houston Hotel dining room. Harry Hall spoke for the International Understanding initiative sponsored by the Dothan Rotary Club, but the program ran for four consecutive Wednesday nights beginning November 1 in the courthouse.
Chicago crowds heard Governor Dewey charge that Roosevelt lent his name to form a $1000 club to influence policy and present public facts to Congress. Democratic officials deny authorization, while Bricker and Dirksen assail Roosevelt's alignment with Hillman and Browder. Truman prepares a farm policy speech as Ball shifts parties, signaling unsettled independent voters ahead of postwar strategy.
A frayed ad lists prices for fruit and produce including bananas oranges grapefruits lemons and vegetables with regional origin notes and bulk rates. It also states Alaska forest size and opens a probate notice for Albert Dean estate in Houston County Alabama with bond surety Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York and a hearing date of November 3, 1944.
Amid the Leyte Gulf battle Gen MacArthur’s forces, supported by Kinkaid, repelled a Japanese carrier strike off Surigao and sank ships as American P T boats engaged. Carrier aircraft drove off enemy planes while battleships fired, with Japanese battleships left burning and retreating as Allied ships pressed the action off Surigao Strait and San Pedro Bay.
Allied forces report heavy fighting near Herogenbosch with bridges and rail routes under threat as Dutch campaigns press toward Moerdijk. Canadian troops storm forts south of the Schelde estuary while U.S. forces advance near Epinal amid Vosges counterattacks repelled.
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