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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1950
Page
2
Candidate Misty sets campaigning speech in Wiregrass region this week with a stop in Arkansas on Friday. An Enterprise resident, Dean’s List honoree and local professionals are noted amid scattered mentions of a hospital context and a March meeting of Houston County American chapter board directors.
Housum County extension workers will attend a district conference in Ozark on Wednesday. County Agent C. M. Ling said the meeting will focus on the use of visual aids in extension work. Several district agents and home and assistant staff are listed among attendees.
City Engineer records show permits totaling 230000 for new residential and 290705 for sona traction and repair. Flowers Crawford obtained a 20000 filling station permit for Standard 641 on Bevt Main near Bay Line. Residential and nonresidential repairs totaled 1790 and 210310 respectively with a private garage 850 and an 390 shed also recorded.
After Henderson is argued, tomorrow will hear G W McLaurin’s appeal from Oklahoma attending the University of Oklahoma while barred from white students. The court will also hear Haman Marion Sweatt’s case against the Texas white law school exclusion, with Sweatt refusing to register in the newly established state Negro law school.
Bednasek, a 22 year old University of Iowa senior, faces a first degree murder charge for the death of Margare Jackson in what prosecutors seek a life sentence for. Defense argues accidental death during a choking incident. Jurors deliberated as closing arguments neared, with the defense challenging the severity of punishment.
Cottondale High School juniors and seniors will hold their annual prom Friday night at the Tee Pee on Chipola Junior College campus in Marianna. Chipola officials have turned the Tee Pee over to Cottondale for the event and the host class will cover expenses. Marilyn Barber will play piano for a special program during the affair.
Two Wiregrass war brides became American citizens in Montgomery after a naturalization ceremony in U S District Court. Mrs Janne Frangelosis Chestnut of Dothan and Mrs Andree Marie Brancoise Weed of Ariton were among ten who were naturalized by Federal Judge OB Kennamer. The Daughters of the American Revolution followed with a program celebrating the new citizens.
A fragmented quote suggests officials assured individual farmers they will receive information and instructions. The speaker faults broader claims of knowledge about peanut and cotton programs, insisting farmers deserve official guidance before acting.
Funeral services were held for William Edward Mullins 74 who died Sunday in Enterprise hospital and for Frank Pilcher 70 who died at home on Dothan route one. Mullins widow two daughters two brothers three sisters and five grandchildren survive. Interment at Daleville Cemetery. Pilcher survived by his sister Miss Mary Lou Pilcher brother Will Pilcher and several nieces and nephews. Ward Wilson Funeral Home directed both arrangements.
A new Negro Scout Troop organized in Henry Coury with Shortervise School sponsoring. Unit 207 has ten boys and adult leaders Charlie Davis Carl Spann William Butler and Atlas J Sankie as scoutmaster. Renewal of Negro Troop 76 charter at Abbeville reports seven Scouts sponsored by Mary Magdalene Baptist Church. Henry Jones is scoutmaster with James Vaughn Tony Martin and T B Gamble as troop committee.
Geneva P T A sponsorship presents the first of three Cub Pack organization meetings Tuesday at 7 20 p m at the Community Center. The series continues Thursday with a final session on Tuesday, April 11. Committee members include Reginald Hatcher Pearce Ardrews Gid Morris and N F Nolin with John Morris as chairman.
Dothan Negro Beverett was sentenced to 13 months in prison by Federal Judge GB Kennamer in Montgomery for theft of government property. He was arrested invardossa, Ga, after a Ye. heck from another Dothan neighbor and arraigned here last week on charges brought by the Postal Inspector.
The report describes gun goals tied to a Nationalist blockade near Shanghai as Reds consider using former Nationalist transit planes from Hong Kong. Briton Geurt allegedly handed planes to the Reds after Maj. Gen. Chennault’s claim of purchase. Explosions damaged seven aircraft, with mixed timing and unclear aftermath.
Civil Aeronautics Administration approval details airport proposals across states with federal contributions. Alabama shows Huntsville Municipal 60000, Auburn Opelike 20780, Roanoke Municipal 13000, Montgomery Dannelly Field 139565, Anniston Municipal 27820, Childersburg Municipal 103068, Clanton Grane Field 4208, Marelieralx Trirties 59000 totaling 3610100. Cotton futures mixed in New York and New Orleans trading. Nashville electric service noted as Tennessee Authority power distributor by kilowatt demand in 1940.
President Truman argues against disclosing executive papers, claiming it would impair government efficiency and threaten innocent individuals. He cites historical precedent from Washington to Taft and asserts constitutional authority to reject congressional demands. Meanwhile Gordon Gray is reassigned to secure hard currency for foreign aid, with Frank Pace Jr. set to succeed him, as the administration seeks to sustain Marshall Plan financing and counter Communist subversion.
President Truman criticizes the new farm measure for sustaining artificial price supports and causing surplus stocks. He argues Congress must address core flaws in the farm program rather than patching it with makeshift rules, while noting limited relief for cotton and some improvement for potatoes. He condemns a peanut provision as a temporary aberration and warns of worse cotton acreage allotment effects.
Dr. and Mrs. Don F. Wilson of 34 North Lena Street canceled their Florida trip when a Florida Highway Patrol sergeant interrupted to relay the death of Mrs. Wilson’s mother, Mrs. Sadie Miller. Their son Don Jr. learned of his grandmother's death Saturday morning and alerted authorities as the patrol tracked the couple to Daytona Beach. They were bound for Kansas City for the burial Thursday.
A 31 year old Dothan Negro, J. W. Smith, is held for assault with intent to murder after a shooting with a .22 rifle on Paterson Street left the victim with abdominal wounds. Smith walked into the police station late yesterday as officers sought him. Police reported urban riot related tensions and said the victim remained hospitalized. City officers also arrested 41 people for public drunkenness over the weekend and cited speeding and disturbing the peace. Local Masons' meetings and related lodge activities are on schedule this week in Dothan, with Houston Lodge 488, Dothan Lodge 436, and Dothan Commandery holding sessions.
A fragmentary remark discusses a potential one price system for peat or similar crops, noting objections and possible implications for other years and crops as President Truman comments on policy.
Livestock arrivals tally 550 cattle and 700 calves at major market outlets in Albany, Columbus, Thomasville, and other Georgia sites plus Dothan and Jacksonville. Hog market remains steady. prices vary by weight with midday plant quotes for barrows, gilts, sows, and feeder pigs. Receipts indicate moderate activity and steady to higher bids for stocker hopefuls and calves. hogs show stronger bids for lighter weights and mixed for heavier lots.
A two hour session for Cub leaders will be held at First Presbyterian Church Friday from 7:80 to 30 p am. Scout Executive Robert McAughty announced teuing including courses in three crafts a new game two new ceremonies and a brief session of pack administration. Craft topics include pan-net mache finger painting and lead printing. Leaders from Enterprise and Ozark are to attend with pack members of Doran unite.
A censuse summary in Cousty jail finds forty inmates during an inquiry led by a jailed enumerator who requested anonymity. The report notes the unexpected discovery and details remain limited.
A Senate hearing was scheduled for Thursday at 10 30 a m EST to address McCarthy accusations against American Far East expert Lattimore. McCarthy claimed proof would support his charges while Lattimore dismissed the assertions as pure moonshine and unmitigated lies amid the wider anti communism inquiry.
A pre dawn blaze in a 40 foot trailer house in Lubbock Texas killed three persons who were sleeping when the fire broke out. Fire officials said the occupants had been sleeping at the time and authorities were investigating the cause of the blaze.
The Ozark Dale Sunny War Memorial Library reveals weekly bookmobile visits with times and stops listed for Thursday and the coming week. Routes include Granite, Corinth, Peeble’s Store, and Granthome with morning and afternoon pickups.
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