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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1943
Page
5
The Dothan Eagle lists subscription options by carrier mail and Sunday mail service with various durations and prices. It includes a postal address section and telephones for departments, noting a miscellaneous charge for cancellations or changes to service.
A short reflective verse cites biblical themes of kindness, wisdom, and righteous living. It attributes a message of divine delight in justice to the Lord and ends with a personal attribution. The text blends scripture with devotional commentary.
A wartime message outlines Allied plans after the Sicily landings, predicting a second front in Italy. It claims Gen Montgomery with the Eighth Army and American troops may push toward Rome, while options include Balkans, Southern France, or further Italian offensives as the war strategy unfolds.
The editorial notes the fifth year of war with mixed news from Sicily. McCloy reports 7500 American casualties in the 38 day Sicilian campaign, while urging resolve and sacrifice at home. It warns of future heartaches and urges support for war bonds and production to shorten the war.
The message mocks Adolf Hitler promising intensified Allied strength and imminent collapse. It notes the Nazi leader’s deceptive assurances and urges acknowledgment of Allied advances, warning that civilians endure raids while sheltering and awaiting the end of the conflict.
Washington reports a behind the scenes struggle between Donald Nelson and Harold Ickes over diverting Sitka spruce timber from Olympic National Park to big West Coast lumber firms for mosquito bombers. Nelson pushes park timber use. Ickes argues Canada and park restrictions should stay. The dispute involves Weyerhaeuser influence, WPB lumber divisions, and objections from former executives.
The piece reports on Communist influenced control of the National Maritime Unions in New York, detailing a World Telegram demonstration with an alleged 2500 sailors, many not verifiably sailors, pressed to patrol for suppression of dispatches. It notes Curran’s leadership, calls for Coast Guard power shifts, and cites War Shipping Administration figures on ship allocations to allies.
More than 400 Scouts are working in Covington Geneva Crenshaw and Henay counties picking cotton pulling corn shaking peanuts and digging sweet potatoes. Four Troop Three members will distribute Treasury posters in Dothan for the Third War Loan Drive starting Sept 9.
An analysis of the Italy invasion as a continuation of the North Africa campaign. It weighs strategic outcomes including air bases, the Italian navy, and the broader impact on Nazi strength, with notes on potential Allied operations toward southern France and the Balkans.
Auburn reports farm service tires may be recapped with truck type camelback. Current supply is not enough to loosen rationing further but sufficient to permit recapping. Those seeking recapping must obtain fashioning certificates calling for the service.
Ten Dothan firemen attend a three month firefighting course taught by Jay Johnson and supervised by T A Donson at Dothan High School. Courses run daily from eight to ten a m with calisthenics and all phases of firefighting included.
In New Orleans a compact device devised by Higgins Tod atrey Fins promises to generate up to four ounces of water from seawater using heated vapor and a filtered intake. The unit, strapped in a pocket or life raft, could be deployed quickly for emergency hydration, with a rescue scenario described for pilots.
North Carolina accounts for about 7 percent of all cigarettes smoked in the United States while women are a growing share of workers in meat production. Washington tea operators handled over 521 million servings last year and iced tea plus coffee lead warm weather offerings in the Army.
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