20 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
1
City Commission approves needed improvements to Baker Lot and playing field for upcoming softball season. Recreation Director Crawford Mosley asks for portable bleachers lights and infield care. street trucks to haul materials today.
County agents predict good yields for corn and tomatoes despite past weather damage. Green-pack tomatoes press ahead, aiding market reach while acreage estimates vary. Most tomatoes clustered near Ardilia Hodgesville and Taylor with limited replanting and delayed corn by rains about three weeks.
The county hearing cited a $17 higher cost for remaining toilets and a disputed contract between Mrs. Trotter and Welch. Welch claimed a single written contract existed but she paid by completed work. Officials warned of possible license revocation if Section 17 of the privilege license ordinance is found legal, while Collier weighed eviction steps pending medical consultation.
The Dothan office of the Alabama State Employment Service reports 14 wool applications and a 34 percent rise in placements during March, while new applications decreased 269 percent. Placements up 37.1 percent from February. year over year comparisons show 62 percent more placements and a 46.6 percent drop in applications.
Morison pressed for stiff penalties against Lewis and the United Mine Workers for civil contempt after repeated defiance of a court order. He warned fines could rise daily, citing a possible $5,000 per day. Hopkins argued such penalties would grievously injure miners while defending free speech rights in the Feb 2 and Mar 12 messages.
A garbled OCR listing many churches and streets in a city area includes Baptist, Methodist, Assembly of God, Church of the Nazarene, Episcopal and Presbyterian names with scattered street numbers. Mentions morning and evening services but details are incomplete and inconsistent.
The 1948 45 membership drive for the association launched at a Dothan Hoorter Hotel dinner. Volunteers will sell season cards in five towns. 68 attendees received cards and packets. Campaign runs to noon Saturday with reports scheduled Wednesday and Friday. If budget allows, top poll artists may be invited to Dothan. Adult cards cost 6 dollars, students 3. Reciprocity expands access to nine concerts across Enterprise and Ozark associations.
Bell, NAACP member, said he would pursue court action if his application to API and the University of Alabama was denied. The Alabama NAACP branch earlier voted to use litigation to place Negroes in API and the University of Alabama. The sophomore remains undecided about the future while preparing to resume studies. Bell is married to Mary Bell a teacher in Conecuh County. His mother and father are a Montgomery teacher and a carpenter/minister respectively.
Partial returns show Christian Democrats and allies ahead of Communists in the chamber elections. Violence flared in Milan and Bologna with raids and a bomb. Smaller parties total about 16 percent, with the Right bloc and independent Socialists gaining traction amid the fading fascist-era party system. Pope Pius XII signaled a forthcoming statement amid this Moscow versus West struggle.
Fred Garner county campaign chairman announced Houston County is $760 short of its quota for the cancer control program drive. The drive ends April 30 and organizers hope to meet the target. a Coffee Day in Dothan raised $28.34. Checks may be mailed to Garner or Albert West Jr., treasurer for the Houston County Cancer Society.
The article outlines that Mr. Ussery was named executor under a will and that E B McDaniel Jr would serve if Ussery could not. It details the Fraternal and Benevolent Association, successor to the Masonic Building Association, and its asset transfer to the Masonry Foundation created on Jan 3, 1945. The foundation will operate as a charity to aid Masons and others, with Mr Murphy’s bequests redirected to it. A 1948 letter instructs trustees to fund charitable, eleemosynary needs, avoid loans, and select beneficiaries, prioritizing those in distress while investing funds for perpetuation. The letter emphasizes trustees be capable, prudent, and compassionate, and specifies that no one, including family, is barred from Foundation support.
Lake Success reports United States envoy Warren Austin told the General Assembly that Washington would provide troops to back a U.N. trusteeship for Palestine if other nations join in policing the area. He noted no tangible pledges from other U.N. members and suggested excluding Russia from such an arrangement. The draft envisions a U.N. governor general and foreign troops to maintain order if needed.
Governor James E. Folsom proclaimed June 6 as Shut-In Day and May 28 as Home Demonstration Week in Alabama. He urged Alabamians to greet and visit shut-ins, noting ex servicemen still suffer war injuries, and urged improving living conditions in homes during Home Demonstration Week.
Amid Bernie Lew is contempt ruling 75 000 miners idle in eight states with 20 000 digging in 41 mines and 4 000 already in a five week pension protest. Baldine Demarey Morgan Pa recording secretary UMW local 2563 criticizes the deal and calls it fascist to link the case to labor.
In New Orleans trading at 11 30 a m cotton futures fluctuated from 65 cents a bale lower to 50 cents higher with May at 3808 and Oct 3370 to Dec 3292. In New York vice versa prices moved irregularly in moderately active trading with May around 3821 and nearby contracts showing gains and losses amid a choppy session.
AP dispatches from Thomasville Albany and Montgomery summarize cattle hog and sow prices, receipts and trends. Hog prices for various weights range from 10 to 19 dollars, cattle slaughter and stocker values move modestly, calves fetch 15 to 27 dollars, with feeders and canners noted. Market activity remains steady to slightly up in spots.
In Lille, France, officials report at least eleven miners killed in a dust explosion at the Sailau coal mine. Six others are missing, including two girl workers and four German prisoners of war. Thirty miners were hospitalized, with five in serious condition. 363 men were at work at the time, about 15 miles from Lille.
The Enterprise Lions Club hosted Geneva Elba and Samson clubs at the V. FLOW Clubhouse on the Dothan Highway. Under entertainment chairman Frank Bynum each group performed stunts with a standout skit in soft-ball attire while a member recited Casey at the Bat. I. M. Heath prepared a barbecue with all the fixin's served at supper.
Hoffman asks the appropriations committee to approve 21 as hearings may last weeks. Of 17 European nations agreeing to mutual aid as a condition of U S assistance only Switzerland and Portugal are not paying in the first year of the four year recovery. Amounts include Austria 185.6 million, Belgium Luxembourg 295.5 million, Denmark 130.8 million, Greece 106.4 million, Iceland 10.9 million, Ireland 113.9 million, Norway 32.8 million, Sweden 28.4 million, Turkey 10 million. Bizonia gets 437.4 million, French zone Western Germany 96.4 million, Saar 15.6 million.
A section would pay half the cost of homes for seriously paralyzed veterans who are permanent wheelchair cases. Another provision allows government eviction of tenants earning above a project-specific top salary as a condition of occupancy.
Dr W F Calhoun of Foster Street church says the gram committee asked Kerlin to discuss church matters. Dr W Windham will preside. The group considers business topics and the club’s objective as all Dothan men, whether Foster Street church members or not.
A 24 year old Negro, B Smith of 704 Monroe, was jailed in Houston County on a warrant for false pretense. He allegedly posed as Joe Smith of 707 Easton Street to obtain merchandise valued at 28.23 dollars. Bond set at 350 dollars.
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