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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1943
Page
3
A community fundraiser raised 610 to aid buying cigarettes for a serviceman in need. The Lions Club luncheon heard a quiz by Al to V Ler and Linton Warres with entertainment. Sergeant Joe Christmas, a former member, was a guest.
The Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council in Enterprise adopted an 1944 budget of 8973, the largest in its history, up from 5957 in 1943. Scout Executive A W Tex Benner announced the rise and noted a proposed salary for an assistant district executive. Deputy Regional Representative from Memphis George W Simpson spoke at the meeting, with Rev. Sam C Reaves presiding.
Warrant Officer Bowden, a Dothan Alabama native and six year army veteran, speaks with calm resolve about mail delays and the dangers of war. He details his combat adventures, training as a communications specialist, and his aim to pilot fast pursuit aircraft while serving in the Caribbean, European, and Asiatic theatres.
City officials invite volunteers for a morning recreation program planned for school children at City Hall council chamber. Mrs. C Le Collins, county welfare director, urges attendance at nine o clock with city and county education leaders, civic clubs, scout executives, and welfare department members expected to participate.
Dothan to lose Postal Telegraph Co offices as Tom Murray, a local jeweler, announced lease of the space effective November 1. Postal officials had no further information beyond the closure. a two year merger with Western Union awaits formal approval. The move hints at consolidating operations and staff under the merged group, while Murray plans expansion of his jewelry business.
Geneva County Schools begin the new term with one of the largest enrollments in memory, listing increases across white and Negro faculties. Pay scales for teachers with five years experience are posted, with multiple rank levels and salary figures. several principals and staff across Geneva County and surrounding districts are named, reflecting a broad hiring and salary structure.
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. and aides return to South Pacific headquarters after inspecting advanced combat zones in the Solomon Islands including New Georgia Vella Lavella and Arundel. The visit aimed to review installations and personnel and to confer with Army Navy and Marine commanders amid continued resistance and air bombardment.
Washington AP reports new permits will replace coupons for granting special gasoline rations of 20 gallons or less. The Office of Price Administration says the method is simpler and cheaper, aiding furlough travel for service members and distribution to local ration boards.
Soviet forces reach the Dnieper from Novoromovsk and Poltava area as Germans counter with heavy resistance. Red Star reports advances from Poltava toward Kremenchug and Dnepropetrovsk while Soviet artillery targets the lower eastern shore and western bank positions.
A page one item describes heavy fighting along a five mile front between Bis-Vien Felstritz and Linhijans in northwestern Yugoslavia near Trieste, with reports of partisan shelling near Susok. Conflicting broadcasts cite German and Italian sources about guerrilla activity and rail lines near Nova lake and Novakapel.
A debate centers on delaying inductions and prioritizing unmarried workers in the air forces depot at Middleton Pennsylvania. Senator Wheeler seeks to postpone until January 1 the induction of pre-war family heads as public hearings conclude. Army and Navy oppose, citing manpower needs, while Baruch urges giving Gen Marshall full requested manpower including fathers.
The 5- (Continued from Psga One) event starts at 9 30 with a $25 War Bond admission for couples. A floor show includes a tap dancer host, two vocalists, a magician, a blackface comedian, and four other acts. Napier Field Orchestra under John R. Charlesworth provides music, with arrangements through Captain G B Gray and Major H L Harris. War Bond drive rallies in Ashford and Cottonwood conclude the week. Ashford parade includes Army planes and jeeps and a wing-dip salute. The county faces a $400 000 shortfall, but organizers believe Houston will go over the top.
Illinois accounts for less than 4 percent of U S land yet holds 61 percent of the nation s population and 54 percent of its improved farmland. It shows 89 percent of telephones and 63 percent of motor vehicles, with 6.9 percent of wealth and 8 percent of railway mileage.
Memphis expands war era production using small plants and local firms. Graves & Steuner converts a jewelry shop into a chronometer parts factory led by W. Van Hoesen. The Chamber of Commerce guides postwar growth toward skilled industries and diverse manufacturing.
Private first class Curtis Phillip Kfarrig Harris, son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Harris of Dothan Alabama, has graduated from the B 24 Liberator bomber mechanics sea school at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi. He may be sent to active duty, to a factory school for further training, or to an Air Forces Training Command flexible gunnery school as an aerial gunner.
Reports say the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen sections walk out over proposed raises. Government consideration of a railway panel and a court to review wages unfolded as trains and buses operated in an orderly manner. The union seeks an increase beyond the three cent offer. a federal emergency board was announced but not yet begun deliberations.
The latest Allied communique details heavy air and sea actions. American bombers attacked Finnchhafen dropping 21 tons of explosives while 45,000 rounds were fired by planes. Eighty five miles northeast, Japanese air units at Cape Gloucester were deterred. Large bomber raids near Amboina and Bougainville yielded fighter and aircraft losses for Japan, with ships and ground targets claimed damaged or destroyed.
The Mermbar TH analysis argues new terms would ease conditions for industries, favoring the South and West by removing rate vantages. It urges ICC to adjust structure under a congressional mandate to improve uniformity where practicable. The study by D Philip Locklin notes only the Grumman AY ker torpedo bomber weighs nearly a ton in Navy service.
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