Inventor builds auto safety light switch for headlamps
Dothan 30 year old Edgar Adkins developed a magnetic safety switch that automatically powers auxiliary lights when headlights fail. After eight months of work the compact device activates during headlight outages, tests at 65 mph, and is now pending a patent with manufacturing in an Atlanta firm plus orders from nine states.
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Sre Seman
Edgar Adkins
Dothan
Edgar
Atlanta
Adkins
Edgar Adkins Cabove
Eagle Staff
Standard Oil Company
Burma
Panama City
Ito
Suses
Edward’s
Faver
Geneva Veterans Progress In Farm Training Program
Geneva County veterans make steady progress in a farm training program begun September 1 1946. Chief Instructor John C Hart notes growth from 18 trainees to 377 with 21 teachers. day classes started November to enable outdoor field work. Programs involve the county board of education state board of education and Veterans Administration.
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Geneva
Geneva County
John C. Hart
Hart
J. J. Collins
Veterans
County Board of Education
State Board of Education
Veterans Administration
Fadette
Malvern
Sloconsk
Tate
Black
Hartford
Oak Grove
Coffee Springs
Samson
Open Pond
Hacoda
Enterprise Rotary Hears Dr Calhoun
The Enterprise Rotary Club noted Dr Calhoun’s address and highlighted an agricultural sponsorship for an upcoming show. The committee includes Willie Reeder, Russell Speed, and Lowe Edwards. Attendance reached 90.91 percent in March, the highest since December 1944.
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Rao xv Fores
Kate FC
Waa Cae Haves
Reta Om
Pat Stoex
East Coffee County
Braxton Rowe
Army Day at Armory features Army Navy game film
Enterprise reports a film of the 1947 Army Navy football game will headline Army Day events at the local Armory. Open house runs 4:00 to 10:00 PM with continuous film showings from 6:50 to 10:00 PM. A downtown display of National Guard equipment and a heavy-gear exhibit will accompany the celebration amid refreshments for visitors.
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Enterprise
Tom Bowden
933
Field Artillery Battalion
Pest
Bowden
Plains
National Guard
Drunken Driver Fined in Geneva Collision
Oscar Harden’s parked car on Edwards Street was hit Thursday night by a Geneva man, Lawrence McNeal. Deputy Sheriff Nedra W. Watkins said McNeal was charged with drunken driving and fined $108. The incident occurred near Harden’s residence when his car was struck by a Geneva County vehicle about ten oclock.
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Enterprise
Oscar Harden
Lawrence McNeal
Geneva
Nedra
W. O. Watkins
Coffee County
McNeale
Sire
Harden
Edwards Street
Geneva County
Death rate of white girls 10 to 14 falls to 0.4 per 1200
The death rate among white girls aged 10 to 14 in the United States for 1947 dropped to 0.4 per 1 200. This marked a spectacular decline in child mortality within this demographic.
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United States
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Birmingham
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Scranton
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Florida
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