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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
2
Houston County farmers mobilize dusting with tractors aircraft and other machinery as pests threaten the peanut harvest. County farm agents report widespread use of equipment and crews racing to finish before the next crop cycle, warning the current worm generation poses the main danger to yields.
Probate Judge Saron Poyner mayor board to establish paper ballot boxes at Crossup and Grangerburg for voter convenience in this county part. Only 100 registered voters BE at present. voting machines not required when under 100 votes cast. Ratcliffe Promoted to Captain in Quartermaster Corps War Department confirms First Lieutenant Fred Hamilton Ratcliffe of Elba.
About thirty Lions Club members will gather at Napier Field Officers Club for a weekly luncheon hosted by Charles Daly and Fred Brookins. The program includes songs, a talk by Colonel Daly, a tour of military and aviation sites, and a follow up luncheon with visits to factory and train facilities.
Reported maneuvers show Red Army tracing Craiova to Timisoara railway to outflank Hungarian and German forces in the Eastern Carpathians and push toward Budapest with Romanian and Chinese Allied forces. Tito isolation may end within hours as Belgrade sees rebellion against the collaborationist regime. Russian thrust in North Poland advances, taking Wyszkow northeast of Warsaw and reaching the Narew.
The Paris radio said Germany evaluated the White Russian front while Transocean claimed premier Konstantin Muraviev barred Bulgarians from listening to radio. Brazzaville cited Ankara about Mihail Antonescu and a Romanian officer arrested in Bucharest. the former premier was reportedly detained as Romanian patriots hunted other fugitives.
The forecast advised farmers to watch rain prospects to avoid wasting poison. Daily updates will appear in the Eagle and be broadcast seven times on WAGF with times listed. The period forecast calls for afternoon thunderstorms tonight, clearing tomorrow morning then more showers and cooler highs. Ferdinand von Zeppelin is noted as a German airship builder who fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Washington speech outlines Army demobilization after Germany's defeat. Most soldiers will ship home slowly as occupation forces rise in Europe. Discharges favor those with dependents, long overseas service, or combat records, but units will not be released intact. Top Pacific needs and special qualifications shape who leaves first. Western dispatch notes broader policy amid postwar adjustments.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt tells Alabama housewife Evergreen that her stance on the Negro question has been distorted. She says she has never advocated social equality and calls for equal rights and opportunities, including employment, education, justice, and voting, while stressing democratic principles and global cooperation.
Technical Sergeant Luther F. Weed, son of Mrs James N. Weed of Ozark route 4, has been awarded the third oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial combat. An aerial engineer on a Bell Liberator heavy bomber with the Eighth Air Force in England, he has completed 24 bombing missions over Germany and occupied territories. He entered the Army November 22, 1941, and has been overseas since May 4, 1944, after studying at Ariton High School.
JWB announces high holy day preparations for servicemen at four Mistovsky installations. Special Rosh Hashanah services will be held at Camp Rucker for the 66th Division and other units. Temple Emanu-El in Dothan will host services conducted by Rabbi Alfred Wolf with WACs from Napier Field and Marianna Army Air Field invited. Transportation for service members is arranged with post chaplains. Last week memorial services honored Major Allan Morris of Camp Rucker’s Station Hospital. The Allan Morris Room will be named in Rabbi Eman-El’s Study with a plaque to be unveiled after dedication ceremonies.
The article notes that legislators will work with the State Bar and a legislative council to draft up to date constitutional changes. A 1943 interim committee was tasked to suggest revisions and improve modern legislative processes including apportionment, while Boswell’s group weighs reapportionment and voting rules.
In late war reports Allied forces pushed toward the German frontier with Namur Liege and Dinant captured or threatened. British Second Army nears Rotterdam as American First Army penetrates Belgium toward Aachen and the Metz region. Swiss and Paris radio updates place Seventh Army linking with Patch’s forces in Central France amid heavy bombing in Germany. Increased potash supplies may boost mixed fertilizer production for cereals and crops.
Richmond Flowers of Dothan has been promoted to First Lieutenant and serves as adjutant of the station hospital at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. He previously commanded the medical detachment and has been at Fort Clethorpe for 13 months. Commissioned July 7 1943 he studied at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and earned a University of Alabama law degree in 1941. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J J Flowers of 208 North Oates Street.
Four defendants pleaded guilty to public drunkenness before Judge J Norton Mullins Jr who fined each five dollars and costs. Three others pleaded guilty to vagrancy and were fined one dollar and costs. One defendant was found not guilty. Twenty nine cases appeared on the calendar as some defendants failed to appear and alias writs of arrest were ordered. Several cases were continued until next Wednesday.
Allied forces pressed toward Rimini with heavy opposition from anti tank guns and self propelled weapons while British ships bombarded Rimini from the sea. The Fifth Army stabilized high ground west of Florence and pushed a column toward Pescia as German resistance near Florence persisted amid minefields and unexplained blasts. Allied air forces continued targeting Adriatic communications and bridges.
Allied forces report a largely unopposed advance up the Saone valley with German garrison forces fleeing Monaco after American cruisers and destroyers shelled Nazi batteries near Monte Carlo. Navy notes ongoing activity of batteries in the Monaco area as Allied operations continue.
Washington AP reports James Byrnes War Mobilization Director announced removal of various fruit spreads jams jellies and fruit butters from rationing effective September three 194? and slated further unwinding of controls by OPA as weather spreads canned vegetables and related products also drop from the list citing government policy to lift wartime restrictions as feasible.
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