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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1947
Page
12
A shortwave operator in Poteau heard an American soldier request a telephone call to his wife after contacting a Parti station. Within eight minutes the man was connected.
An emulsion marketed as a bland mild anodyne medium claimed to refresh and tone the skin and be useful for muscles and foes. It asserts doctors and patients sell it and promotes asking for Mother's Friend the point and lubricant.
Ashford prepares for a binding election on whether to establish a State liquor store. Supporters argue added revenue, police needs, and improved services, while opponents warn against liquor and its effects. Local officials set polling at City Hall from 8 am to 5 pm with 225 voters eligible.
Probate Judge Albert Logue will preside as Houston County Court convenes Monday morning for a light docket of misdemeanors. In London during the Blitz bombing hysteria was higher among men than women.
Ulysses McCollough was arrested Friday in Samson charged with possession of non tax paid whiskey. He pleaded guilty before Commissioner J W Daughtry and posted a 300 dollar bond. Three gallons of whiskey were found with him. ATU investigator R B Phillips led the case with state officers and Samson police assisting.
Police investigate a Malvern burglary at C. M. Segrest’s Geneva County office. Burglars broke in through a window and stole $30, a shotgun, a rifle, and two wrist watches from an unlocked vault. Sheriff W P Register and Investigator J T Burton lead the inquiry.
Clavius is presented as the moon's largest crater with a 150 mile diameter. A science note contrasts sheep ticks as insects with wood ticks being non insects.
Do Than Recreation Center releases next week’s activities under Director Crawford Moseley. Highlights include Sub-debs meeting Esquires and Aero club on Monday, square dance at 8 p.m., Sedamoc club and Follies rehearsals early in the week, plus open house for teenagers Friday and Saturday.
Lt Colonel Mark C. Bane has completed a Washington assignment and reunites with his wife and children in the area. He departs Tuesday by plane for Japan while Mrs Bane and daughters Betty and Laurie sail for Seattle to join him. Mrs Annie Laurie Harmon accompanies them to Seattle.
Ashford's new chief of peace Bill Bruner shuns a badge and pistol except Saturdays when townsfolk may not know him as leader. He has served about four months since predecessor B. H. Pate left for Dothan amid a temptation. Daytime duties fall to the chief while a night watchman handles night work.
The Ashford Merchants Association has run a Tuesday trade day for 16 weeks. Miss Annie Lou Brooks, secretary treasurer, says the event draws several hundred people each Tuesday afternoon hoping for prizes. Members show strong support, four of twenty six participate, each paying a weekly $2.75 assessment.
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