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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
1
Assistant Chief Floyd Harris says a passing motorist may have tossed a cigarette onto a tarpaulin covered fire truck, causing a small blaze with slight damage last night in the 100 block of Foster Street. The truck driver was unnamed and the origin remains undetermined.
Dothan VA coordinators report no local ratification of Truman signed revisions to veterans on the job training pay. The change would cap single veterans at 175 and married at 200 monthly, with subsistence cuts once earnings exceed 110. Local officials say current pay often exceeds 200 and details may take months to confirm.
Lurie noted that favorable weather after the regular paving season ends in the fall. The board yesterday did not decide which roads would be first paved under the new program.
Five members of the Dothan Aero Club braved a low ceiling and hazy sky to join a Pensacola breakfast flight. The group included C. L. Poitevint Jr, Willam H. Wiggins, Earl Moody, J. J. Couch, and John C Howell Jr, all of Dothan. Twelve other Alabama planes miscalculated distance and landed elsewhere, with some visiting the USS Ranger and Gulf Air park before touring Naval Air Station. An August 25 breakfast in Marianna was invited, with tours of Florida caverns to follow. Attendees hailed from Enterprise, Chipley, Winslett, Ivey, Mobile, Panama City, Foley, and Extaw.
Cattleman A. A. Smith of Sterling and beef producer Taylor argued over price ceilings for meat and livestock. Smith warned of black market risks and higher prices if controls return, while Taylor urged decontrol. A large group of producers and packers waited to testify as the debate continued.
Allen Sinkler of Algernon Blair Construction describes tentative plans to convert 20 housing units with oil stoves and fiberboard walls for a mixed race encampment near the airstrip and pool, with white units on one side and Negro units near the warehouse area. About 75 veteran applications filed. city will not handle rentals. FPHA acceptance is courtesy to veterans. When emergency housing ends, demolition will occur and land reverts to Dothan and Houston counties.
An officer said a 16 year old suspect was arrested after entry was gained into a building through a window he forced. Nothing else was disturbed. The individual had been arrested twice recently on petit larceny and related charges and was free on bond in those cases when detained yesterday in the burglary case.
Lt. Jo J. Krause Army recruiting officer in Dothan addressed the Dothan Rotary Club yesterday. He outlined advantages and opportunities for young men enlisting in the Regular Army and was introduced by Al Winter of the program committee.
Communicable diseases reported to the Houston County health department during July included gonorrhea 25 cases hookworm 83 malaria four scarlet fever one syphilis seven tuberculosis five typhus fever four undulant one.
Delbert J. Ken ny leads Vermont GOP bid for Warren Austin s Senate seat with Sterry R. Waterman and Ralph E. Flanders also competing. Flanders backs CIO. Gov Martimer R. Proctor backs Ernest W. Gibson. In South Carolina 11 Democrats vie for governor as Ransome J. Williams pushes privatized liquor stores and pari mutuel betting looms. J M Hinton seeks to enfranchise Blacks via court challenge to primary election law exemptions.
In a sharp exchange at the conference Molotov attacked De Gasperi for evading Italy’s democratic challenges and failing to condemn Fascism. He rejected delaying peace terms over Trieste and warned that Italy must root out fascist remnants with broad international support.
John Henry Bigham a Newville resident is bound over to the federal grand jury for possession and operation of an unregistered distillery. He pleaded not guilty but remained in county jail after failing to post a $300 bond. Revenue officers seized his 30 gallon still after a raid assisted by Joe Lee and J W Hicks of Abbeville.
The document outlines five points about the Straits. It calls for open passage for all trading ships and for naval vessels of Black Sea states while restricting other nations in special cases. It proposes a joint Turkish and Black Sea country decision on a straits settlement and joint defense by Turkey and Russia to prevent hostile use.
The piece reports veterans and ex-GI groups challenging election practices across Arkansas Alabama and Tennessee. It cites armed ex-GIs seizing county equipment in Scottsboro Alabama and planning to impeach road commissioners while Arkansas and Athens Tennessee scene shifts spark upheaval. It notes Cracker party downfall in Georgia and New Orleans shifts with large Negro voting blocs. Alabama maintains restrictive poll taxes.
Be it resolved by the Rotary Club of Enterprise that the Agriculture Center Board consider the Wiregrass area as a location for a livestock coliseum. The site selecting committee is urged to study progress and choose a site within Coffee, Geneva, Dale, Henry or Houston counties for one of the coliseums to be built in Alabama.
Parish, Houston County Service Commissioner warned veterans in the area not to pay fees for processing terminal leave pay applications. He urged that the Commissioner's office and veterans' organizations will assist for free. Forms under the Armed Forces Leave Act will be available at the Dothan post office, with instruction sheets on execution and mailing to the Army pay officer.
Discharged servicemen in the Wiregrass area will receive letters this week listing new enlistment inducements in the Regular Army. More than 6,000 letters will be mailed. The letters include details on the recent pay increase and other peacetime Army benefits for volunteers.
About 11 youths pelted police as crowds gathered at Haifa docks where 1,400 alleged illegal immigrants were to be disembarked aboard ships Hagana and Jewish Warrior. British officers found gelignite on a few refugees but no other arms. A city curfew remains until order returns.
In a dispute tied to the Scottsboro legacy, insurgents took eleven heavy road machines on Saturday. Ex-GIs say they will work for free to repair the road used daily by two school buses, four passenger buses, and rural mail delivery. Samples, commander of a new VFLOW post at Pisgah, is a former armored division veteran wounded twice.
Federal Home Loans thinking of a home loan. Dothan Federal Saving & Loan Assn chartered by the government to render a specialized home loan service to this community. 107 Foster St. adv.
The Houston County school census is nearly finished with most district records turned into the superintendent of education. Families not canvassed by an enumerator are asked to call the county center and leave the needed information.
Dothan Federal Savings and Loan Assn promotes a long term up to 30 year low rate plan for buying building or refinancing homes. Chartered by the government to provide specialized home financing to the community. Ad mentions 107 S Foster St and urges readers to consider this federal plan mortgage as a safe route to home ownership.
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