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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1944
Page
7
Consumers are told to use blue points and stamps while blue tokens remain valid for ten-point purchases. From October 1 to 9 retailers may exchange small blue token lots for ration evidence, while larger deposits go to OPA accounts. Red tokens stay unaffected.
New York AP report says Goldie Steinberg 41 was arrested on homicide charges after confessing to striking her son David with an axe and holding him face down in a filled bathtub until he died. She said he was troublesome and ungovernable, demanding discipline.
Dr A H Collins district OPA director announced that coal and wood heating and cooking stoves will be removed from rationing on October 15 while kerosene and gas stoves remain rationed. War Price and Rationing Boards will issue certificates until that date with no quota restriction and dealers may use certificates for orders through November 1. OPA said civilian supplies of these stoves are now ample enough to lift rationing limits.
City police reported one of the quietest weekends on record with 21 arrests and fewer than half taken into custody. The report notes it as a notably calm period compared with recent months.
The report lists 21 cases with 15 for drunkenness, five for disorderly conduct, two for assault and battery, and one for carrying a pistol. The sheriff’s office logs 16 arrests including nine for vagrancy, five for public drunkenness, and one each for assault and battery and burglary.
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