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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
1
Folsom notes Hamm likely wins without runoff as State rights advocates and Democratic executives clash over party loyalty. Radio broadcasts and absentee ballot actions shape a tense statewide campaign with key figures like Lawrence McNeil and Lister Hill involved. The Monroeville area signals where loyalties lie amid reapportionment debates.
Dothan residents can expect a Safety Week parade featuring bicycles scooters and motorbikes with luminous paint for night visibility. The event, led by the Dothan Junior Chamber of Commerce, offers cash prizes for top parade entries and includes free brake and light inspections by police.
Mrs Annus Lauca Harmon Regier in Chancery reminded voters that the absentee ballot deadline is tonight at 5 pm. The office will close then and in person voting remains allowed until deadline. service members’ ballots postmarked by midnight May 1 will be counted.
DuBose pledges a bright new Alabama in three years with a program to restore tax funds to the state and boost recreation and aquatic resources. He attacks Folsom and other politicians for unfulfilled promises and argues for federal dollar matching and reduced reliance on Uncle Sam.
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia waved an olive branch to ward Greece and Italy and promised friendy cooperation with the Western powers. He proposed a nine-point foreign policy stressing adjustment with Russia and denounced warlike blocs while signaling possible improved relations with Greece after postwar strains.
BIRMINGHAM AP Col Harry M Ayers president and publisher of The Anniston Stay was named state press representative for the US Treasury Sayings bond organization in Alabama. The appointment announced by State Chairman F Levyn Mor Milian covers active participation in the Independence Bond Drive from May 15 to July 4. Ayers is also director of the Alabama Heart Association, a State Board of Education member, former Rotary district governor, and former state commander of the American Legion.
Florida Bar Association members gathered for a day conference setting attendance and meeting records. Dignitaries, including Gov Puher and Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Alto Adams, plus American Bar Association leaders Harold H Gallagher and Cody Fowler, attended and spoke.
John E Peurifoy, head of the State Department loyalty program, told a Rotary district governors meeting that there are no disloyal employees in the department. He criticized Senator Joe McCarthy's charges as baseless and urged support for a strong U.S. foreign policy amid alleged smear campaigns.
Petition filed by vote officials seeking to remain on the voters list. Six intervenors supported by the county executive committee urged the court to uphold an appointing board action. Arguments centered on authority, duties, and protest to a substitute list as the hearing proceeded.
William F. Arbogast Wallington reports a heightened push for new defense funds and extension of the draft as Congress considers adding about 950 million to the fiscal year budget. The plan splits funds among the Air Force naval air antisubmarine warfare and warship conversion programs, with party support for increases and a possible additional appropriation amid ongoing debate.
Ann Thompson of Tallapoosa County, daughter of Mr and Mrs B Thompson Davison, was named Alabama's junior dairyman champion. The announcement by John Parrish of the AP Dairy News lists her among the top young dairymen and notes her runner-up honors in the late selections.
Earl Browder testified there are no Communists in the State Department to the best of his knowledge. He refused to name individuals and said he has never met Owen Lattimore, though he knows him by reputation as anti Communist. Budenz claimed Lattimore was labeled a Communist writer by party leaders in a 1937 meeting.
An all night bargaining session failed to end the 93 day Chrysler strike while talks continue on rail and telephone disputes. In New York 15900 elevator operators and service employees began a walkout affecting about 250000 apartment dwellers as further strikes loom. Negotiations at Chrysler paused and resumed, with both sides pressuring to return 89000 workers to jobs. Bell Telephone offered a wage package to 10000 striking installation workers as a pay conference looms for CIO Communications Workers. Picketing was halted to avoid disrupting exchanges amid broad pay dispute talks. A nationwide strike deadline postponed indefinitely, with leaders considering an overall settlement.
Jacksonville contractors plan a two day meeting to discuss problems with federal and state laws and relations with other businesses. About 75 general contractors are expected to attend, according to Joseph J. Orr of the council.
Seminole County Future Farmers of America member Thomas Jones won the Grand Champion bull at the Donalsonville Lions Club Benin Annual Spring Fat Cattle Show and Sale. Billy King earned Reserve Champion with his 886 pound calf. top sale price reached 50 cents per pound.
The Navy launched a two day search off the Maine coast with patrol planes and surface ships after a civilian report of an unidentified submarine. A squadron of Navy bombers landed yesterday as the search was called off without finding the submarine. A Norfolk, Virginia spokesman said the result was negative.
Washington AP report details a proposal allowing Spain to participate in the foreign aid program amid a Senate test vote. Senators McCarran and Brewster back an amendment,.Connally notes potential votes. The measure would extend the Marshall Plan for another year at about 3.1 billion dollars, with related amendments to trim European recovery funding.
Washington dispatch reports the 1949 budget deficit nearing 2 billion this year and projected to climb to about 5.4 billion by the end of the fiscal year. The Budget Bureau and a congressional estimate foresee large shortfalls due to spending outpacing tax receipts, with weekly deficit averages around 73 million under one forecast.
Senators schedule May 17 for a Senate Public Works subcommittee hearing on federal highway aid legislation. The Craver plan calls for 1.55 billion annually for the federal aid highway system for two years and 150 million yearly for county roads, while a House bill proposes 50 million and 70 million for interstate and related programs with differing county road provisions. The interstate system would include key sections of the federal aid network as guided by the act, with funding and scope evolving through the two-year period.
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