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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
2
A Houston District Scouts review is set for Monday at 7:20 p.m. at the Scout office. Chairman J. Whit King will preside with board members Bam Stephens T. G. feate Amos Tiodell present.
A settlement report states two individuals, T. R. Stheile and J. W. McLaughlin of the Dr Pepper Building Company, were cleared of charges tied to alleged soft drink bottle thefts. Judge D. C. Halatead ordered the corporation liable for 910,000, with suits shifting the claim from the men to the firm. The attorney cited Schelle as principal stockholder briefly before the charges.
An assailant who attacked jailer Jaiiey Bor ie was charged with intent to commit a crime. Bond set at 191000 as officers report the suspect was arrested at Wiregrass Stadium for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Dorman, injured in the attack, returned to duty last night.
The SEC fined LSU 1000 for William Burkchnell Hayden Mayeaux New Orleans both cited, Georgia 400 for Charlie King Paris Tennessee, Ole Miss 2500 for Ronald Case Jimmy Cole Roger L Gaynor Hugh Balferd Billy Regsell all of Mississippi, and Tulane 60 for Robert Holladay Columbia Louisiana. One school Mississippi also fined 500 for Summer football practice. No players can compete in intercollegiate sport at SEC schools. Commissioner Moore away en route to Chicago. No further details given.
MOBILE AP Police fined two jitney operators and revoked their licenses for carrying mixed loads of white and Negro passengers during Mobile’s bus strike. Antonin P. Elizondo and William N. Longstreet faced Recorder’s Court action, with reliance on a city emergency licensing law enforcing racial segregation provisions.
Reports from Korea describe a stiffening of North Korean efforts along the Naktong River front as U.S. and South Korean units hold the main Pusan perimeter. Allied air power strikes supply depots and troop concentrations while Marine and Army reinforcements press counterattacks toward Chinju and Wangbun.
A southwestern cooperatives program effort cited Montgomery figures like Frank Stew art and A N Culver. The list includes committee members from Decatur and Montgomery as part of a statewide mapping and outreach initiative led by Auburn AP coverage notes ongoing work by G Hall and J Walton among others.
Livestock receipts tally at multiple Georgia plants including Thomasville, Moultrie, Albany, and Tallahassee with steady to 26 cent lower prices versus last Friday. Hog and cattle values vary by weight, with heifers, steers, and sows showing regional price ranges. Montgomery and New York cotton futures also noted with weekend hedging pressure. Evergreen trees shedding leaves noted in a brief cultural item.
Mrs Ada Lane Ard eighty nine of Seminole County died at home Monday. Services were held Wednesday at a near church with Rev Whitt Aiken and Rev Bert Newsome officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Surviving: daughter Mrs S Ci Allgood and brothers T A Drake Irena Cay J E Drake Bainbridge. Mrs Ate mur Lee Lanion sixty seven of Dothan died at home Tuesday. Funeral 2:30 p m Ward Wilson chapel with Rev Summer Wemp officiating. Interment in Dothan City Cemetery. Surviving: husband three sons three daughters one half sister and 17 grandchildren.
Planning Board approved changing a west side Third Avenue area south of Southern Wiquid Gee Company from residential B to light industry. The call session was unanimous with J H Bryson, F A Flowers, James Spann, A D Carmichael, EB J Ford, Mayor John Adkins, James T Thrower, W J Forrester, and Fred Morley present except Morley and Forrester.
Rev C W Northcutt of Curuix Memorial Methodist Church of Dothan will deliver evangelical messages at the revival starting Sunday at Rocky Branch Church at 104. Evening services are scheduled at 7 30 pm with other preachers assisting. Northcutt will also preach at Kinsey on Sunday at 11 am.
Senator McMahon said a contract is being negotiated with DuPont of Wilmington for hydrogen bomb work. The agreement, approved by the Senate Atomic Energy Committee, would reimburse core costs plus a $1 fee and cover design build and operation of new facilities for materials usable in weapons or fuels. Site timing not decided, potential expansion to 200000 acres near Bessle town, with water and power access as key factors.
After Prof Water Scofield's heart attack death, University of Alabama Civil Engineering students and faculty, with help from the Industrial Engineering department and Southern Pine Association, built a dairy farm home for his widow Ruthie and children Jimmy and Ruthie on a Marengo area site near Demopolis, a project started to honor his dream of a farm life.
Wes Gallagher, AP chief in Frankfurt, argues that Soviet readers misunderstand Western mindsets due to propaganda and limited exposure. He asserts Russia’s isolation, purges, and control hinder genuine insight, with Soviet reports unlikely to be objective or informed by real Western conditions.
An unreadable fragment discusses perceived Soviet arrogance and belligerence, mentioning ignorance and expectations of responses. The text is garbled and lacks coherent details, making it difficult to identify people, places, or events.
North Georgia ice poultry market shows steady undertone with good demand and most dealers reporting stocks cleared for the week. Some dressing plants closed today. Prices paid for broilers and fryers Tuesday afternoon and this morning ranged 29 to 31 cents, mostly 30 cents.
In Cheyenne Wyoming an unainned locomotive plunged eight miles downhill and struck a diesel switch engine over an 18 foot overpass killing three crewmen Albert Chambers engineer Thomas Harris fireman and C M Crago switchman and injuring a fourth, C Statz, as freight cars and twisted metal blocked the scene.
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