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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1948
Page
13
Government plans to label certain foods as best buys with a federal symbol to guide consumers and ease price pressures. York and Lancaster Pennsylvania will test the plan starting May 10, with a 150 recipe booklet to accompany the rollout.
The Houston County Social and Professional Workers Council heard a explain merit system for Dothan by Joseph Wilson personnel director at its Friday meeting. Rev E Tipton Carroll introduced him. James J Burleson named chair of the house and reception committee. A message for Rev G Ralph Madson, injuried in a car crash near Moultrie, Ga was approved. The May meeting will be the last until September with twelve agencies represented by 24 attendees.
Montgomery cap) Gay owns BO Folsom spends the temporary clerk hire fund at 144,432 yearly. A bill sought to cap the fund at 3,500 annually, but the governor pocketed the measure. Three new administrative assistants were added to the clerk hire payroll, totaling 47. they serve the liquor board’s law enforcement division: Chester Davis, Clem Frizsle, and John Mebivale, at 240 dollars a month each.
Montgomeyehy Abr-Toa bids totalling 1.84 145 were submitted to the State Highway Department for road construction projects in 19 Alabama counties. The projects are awarded to bidders listed in the notice.
Fragmentary text references Gereva and street names, a Florida state connection, and a construction company with a $71,926 figure. No clear event, date, or identifiable parties beyond Barbour County mentions.
The WAGF radio station announces a change in broadcasting strength and frequency today. The transfer of control lists M. Ford Construction Company Lafayette as the contractor with a charge of 82.97 dollars for the work.
The system will increase power from 398 watts at 140 kc to 1000 watts at 1330 kc starting this morning. The higher power applies to both day and night operations. The text also oddly notes that berries and plants are not berries.
AP report says Clyde Hendrix, a Negro resident of Decatur, was injured fatally when struck by a freight engine late Friday night. City Detective R. A. McMurdo said crewmen described Hendrix lying on the tracks and attempting to lift him failed as the locomotive passed over the body.
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