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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
4
Hundreds of Gypsies from across Australia traveled to Sydney for the funeral of Mary Sterie, 75, queen of the Sterie tribe. The coffin lay in state, wine was poured, coins thrown, and a brass band played as mourners wailed and packed the parlor and cemetery.
The Army and Navy in Winston-Salem merged their headquarters without await Congress. The Arab ground forces organized reserve corps moved to a vacant store, and soon the Naval reserve followed. The Army offered space and the Navy accepted, ending in a shared facility.
In Madison Wisconsin a recent ruling held that unborn foxes are not eligible for state bounties. Fred Cooper trapped a female fox that gave birth to an unborn litter. The case settled with bounties paid only on the old fox and the one already born. The narrative includes a ritual ending with wine and coins at the grave.
In Montgomery AP reports the Southern Railway's $21.75 million property tax assessment was raised from a tentative $18.25 million after a Revenue Department hearing. Railroad officials claimed errors inflated value including ICC valuations and earnings averages. Chief examiner YP Hamilton suggested about $25 million, near the proper figure, possible court appeal indicated.
Seattle report on births and deaths for April shows births up 46.5 percent from a year earlier while deaths declined by five percent. The release highlights a marked surge in births and a drop in fatalities within the state.
Austrian-born June H Marks 23 tied the knot with a former U S Army sergeant in Buffalo New York. The pastor urged church members to attend after a friendless wedding seemed likely, drawing about 500 attendees to St Johns Lutheran Church. The note mentions the Ivory Gull sighting about 350 miles from the pole.
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