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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1945

Page

3

Mrs Ziglar Funeral Set For Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ziglar, a former Dothan resident who moved to Tampa years ago, will be held Wednesday at Wilkerson Chapel with Reverend D Zbingen officiating. Burial will follow in Church Cemetery. Surviving are her husband Ziglar of Tampa, two sons Fred Ziglar and Paul Edwards Ziglar, a Navy service member, her mother Mary Carr of Tampa, sisters and brothers in the area.

Jewell Iglar Dothan Tempe Fla Jonsor de Wilkerson D. Zbingen Tampa Baptist Church PR Zeplar Tampa Waree Fred Qgiar Europe Paul Edwards Zigar U.S Navy Ion Zigler Mee Mary Carr Ian Kerin Poundher Gladys Lopez J. D. Carr Gean Carr Avianta

Oscar Gissendener Rites Held Sunday

Funeral services for Oscar Gissendener of Abbeville, who died in a Dothen hospital Saturday, were held Sunday at Judison Church with Rev. W. T. James officiating. Surviving are his wife Laura, a daughter Mrs. William Nelson, three grandchildren, and four brothers Hamp Dork Wyatt and Sammy, all of the Wesley community.

Oscar Gissendener Abbeville Dothen Judison Church W. T. James Eufaula Kennedy Laura J. Gissecdener William Nelson Gramichildren Abbe Wills Hamp Dork Wyatt Sammy Wesley

Ralph Wright Dies In Hospital Here

Ralph Wright sixty nine died in a Dothan hospital early this morning after a short illness. Funeral services will be held in Toledo Ohio with Johnson and Wilkerson in charge of arrangements. A native of Ohio he moved to Dothan in 1941 from Albany Georgia. Surviving are his wife Mrs Sara Wright Dothan and an uncle Frank Fashbough Monroe Michigan.

Ralph Wright North Oates Street Dothan Toledo Ohio Johnson & Wilkerson T Dothan Albany Sara Wright Frank Fashbough Monroe Mich

Six Registrants Report for Induction at Ft Benning

Six registrants from Houston County selective board one reported to Ft Benning Ga for pre induction physical examinations board officials said today. Names listed include Samuel Lee Hamilton Glennie Wiggins Espy Donald Lester Lee Exu view Morris and McGuire Tyrone Boykins. American consumers spent 21, most seven billion dollars more for goods and services in 1944 than in 1943.

Houston County Selective Board Ft. Bening Samuel Lee Hamilton Glennie Wiggins Espy Donald Lester Lee Exuview Morris McGuire Tyrone Boykins

C C Pipkin Dies At Home In Webb

Funeral services for C C Pipkin long time resident of Webb are set at Mt Anant Church with Rev Dreugin officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Pipkin moved to Nowetas County 32 years ago and was active in farming and community life. He leaves wife Berbaur County, a son Behum Pipkin, and others. Pallbearers include Willie Smith Lawrence Burdesnaw Hone Tem pie Mandy Mad Dave Brunham Hubert Meaty.

Pupben Fiasta Wenbenti Thik Burtngater Bort Liness Soyo Temenwe Mt Anant Dreugin Bure Jokuson & Wilkerson Anitne Berbaur Nowetas Wes Mewan Mt Drart Uricven Sunaeng Lee Roverts Behum Pipkin Willie Smith Lawrence Burdesnaw Hone Tempie Mandy Mad Dave Brunham Hubert Meaty

Health Department Monthly Report Highlights Diseases

Communicable diseases reported to the Houston County Health Department last month include diphtheria 10 cases gonorrhea 25 hookworm 30 malaria two syphilis 163 tuberculosis two typhus four undulant fever one cancer three. For the first six months totals from county reports list diphtheria 24 gonorrhea HB hookworm 367 influenza eight malaria 32 measles one mumps three pneumonia nine syphilis 241 tuberculosis WW typhoid two typhus 50 undulant six whooping cough four and cancer eight.

Houston County Health Department Wight

Six Elected To Order Of Arrow At Camp Open Post

Scout Executive J. W. Cooke announced six leaders and scouts from Andalusia Troop elected to the Order of the Arrow during a week of troop camping at Camp Open Post. Elected were Scoutmasters Billy Turner and Charles Bradley and Scouts Hayward Teel Allen Jones Tae Breckgantt and Murray Finley.

Order of the Arrow National Camping Brotherhood J. W. Cooke Camp Open Post Billy Turner Charles Bradley Andalusia Tropa Hayward Teel Allen Jones Tae Breckgantt Murray Finley

Montgomery Bus Drivers Plan V J Day Holiday

Montgomery city bus drivers announced a holiday plan on V J Day pending Japan's surrender. Manager Jo Bagley said drivers would suspend operations after official word arrives, with one roundtrip completed before quitting for the day. Local 765 president C O Martin corroborated the stance, and a wage/strike talk followed with the union.

Montgomery Ala APY Europe Japan Jo Bagley Montgomery City Lines Bagley C. O Martin Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway America Afl Ions Execusive Martin

Japanese Surrender Briefing Swings Toward Final Signal

Reports from Bern and Washington trace a tense relay as Switzerland received the coded Japanese surrender note. Officials move to verify text, inform Truman, and prepare for an Allied Control structure led by MacArthur to govern Japan.

Great Britain Hussia Choa Bern Tokyo Ross James Vardaman Truman Legation Thin Aled Washington Vardaman Byres Byes White House State Department Duke of Windsor Byrnes Switzerland Hoss Edory NEC Bert Noo EWT State Byrnes Japan Adm Cnester W. Nimitz Pacific Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Allied Control Commission Moscow London Chungking State Leland Harrizon Transihe Swiss Legatum Guam Tiuman America Trumon United States

Spanish peanut acreage shift noted in Savannah theater line

The report notes that number 15 continues from page one and that Spanish peanut acreage appears about twice the four year age. The total peanut acreage does not rise as some farmers swap runner for Spanish types in Savannah Georgia while a local theater sits in active use and a golf course is referenced from 1818 publication history.

Savannah

Bryan Named Editor of Atlanta Journal

Wright Bryan, associate editor and managing editor of the Atlanta Journal, is named editor after returning from Europe where he served as war correspondent. He succeeds John Paschall, who becomes editor emeritus, and W S Kirkpatrick is promoted to managing editor.

Atlanta Wright Bryan The Atlanta Journal Europe Journal John Paschall W.S. Kirkpatrick John A. Brice Journal Company Bryan

US GDP jobless forecast for Christmas 1945

Washington economists projecting peacetime rebound warn 7 million Americans could be unemployed by Christmas with possible rises to eight or nine million next year. They expect unemployment to begin shrinking late 1946 or early 1947 but caution on the scale of decline.

Washington

State income tax plan eyed as welfare funds debated

The document discusses an income tax levy once rejected, arguing surplus funds in welfare and education could fuel extravagance. It contends that ratification would allow tax reform to reduce state ad valorem taxes, fund homestead exemptions, and redirect revenues to debt service before broader state uses.

Treasury

Officials Seek Cause Of Detroit Fire That Killed 13

Police and officials pushed a daylong inquiry into a fatal factory blaze at Export Box & Sealer Company in Detroit. The two story plant housed 180 workers, most of them women, and 13 people died while many others were injured or burned. Fire officials tentatively blamed a flammable leak from a breaching tank as a possible cause and said time records were disrupted as investigators removed time cards.

Detroit Edward W. Hall Ea de Hall Study Club George W. Smith

Meet To Discuss Tax Diversion Set Thursday At Ozark

A district meeting of the Alabama Educational Association to discuss the income tax amendment will be held in Ozark at the community house Thursday beginning at 10:30 a.m. Bruce Flurry, president of District Three, announced today. c. EL Boswell, Geneva County Representative and Ed Reed, Executive Secretary of the Alabama League of Municipalities, will speak. Representatives of the State Superintendent's Office and the Alabama Educational Association will also be present. The public is invited to attend.

Alabama Educational Association Ozark Bruce Flurry C. EL Boswell Geneva County Ed Reed Alabama League of Municipalities

Bombing of Honshu Ends With Heavy Allied Air Attacks

Allied air forces renewed a round the clock assault on southern Honshu and surrounding targets. More than 600 B-29s and fighters from the Marianas and Iwo Jima took part, hitting Maru railway yards near Hiroshima and rail shops, Kure naval base, Osaka arsenal, and Rikari arsenal as Navy and carrier air crews reported continued strikes amid poor weather. The Potsdam terms loomed as a Tokyo broadcast cited Japan accepting the ultimatum.

Halsey Third Fleet Marianas Spaatz Begn Guam Navy Domei Agency Tokyo Japan Potsdam Strategic Air Force Iwo Honshu Hiroshima Tiwakuna Kure Rikari Tokuyama Osaka

Alabama Funds Cushion Jobs With 67 Million Reserve

In Montgomery Alabama a 67 million dollar unemployment cushion funds extended benefits for about 450000 workers facing job loss. State official Frank Broadway said unemployment remains likely but temporary and that the reserve plus war bonds will bridge the gap as cutbacks already begin in industries. He projected a peak impact around 60000, noting past payments averaged 24235 weekly in 1938 and that current payments reach about 2000 weekly. the 1945 Legislature raised weekly caps and terms.

Montgomery Ala API Alabama Frank Brosdway State Department of Industrial Relevians Broseway Jsdusunel Broadway

Patrick Calls Congress to Fast-Track Reconversion

Rep Luther Patrick of Alabama urged an immediate congressional session to speed reconversion, end drafted manpower, and rely on volunteers for occupation duties in Germany and Japan. He argued volunteers would boost morale and that the atomic bomb reduced peacetime draft needs.

Birmingham Ala Luther Patrick Alabama Congress Truman Rayburn Patrick Associated Press United States Germany Japan

Indiana Congressman Aims to Ban Atomic Bomb Use

Rep Ludlow of Indiana will propose a resolution when Congress reconvenes seeking a postwar United Nations agreement to ban the bomb and to cooperate in its development only as a peace instrument with President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, and Edward Stettinius urging effort.

Washington API Rep Ludlow D-Ind Congress Truman State Byrnes Edward Stettinius United Nations Organization United Nations

Nation's Social Security Program Enters 11th Year

President Truman, delivering a tenth anniversary address, pledges to ask Congress for action to make social security a more perfect instrument. The social security board reports about 9 billion dollars in payments over the decade and 4.25 million recipients, with employer employee contributions exceeding 21.4 billion.

Washington Congress Truman Social Security Board

City limits fortune telling and palmistry in Dothan

The City Commission passed an ordinance prohibiting fortune telling and palmistry in Dothan and repealed a $150 per month license fee for such practices. The ordinance defines violations as a misdemeanor with fines from 15 to 100 dollars upon conviction.

Dothan

Mystery of false surrender flash origin in New York

AP and UP report confusion over a false surrender flash that spread via radio wires. Officials propose federal probes and a $5,000 reward for the saboteur. UP and AP executives discuss tampering risks and possible culprits in the Old South.

New York Orige United Press Japesere Aled Kent Cooper Associated Press Chester J. la Roche Amercan Breatening Co Old South Johnson Hugh Baillie UP President Cooper Bos

V J Celebrants Urged Not To Tear Up Ration Books

Montgomery Alabama AP report warns V J celebrants against destroying ration books amid sugar shortages and fuel stamp concerns. Irby A. Jones OPA South Alabama director notes replacement book delays and urges careful handling to avoid further disruption of commodities.

Montgomery Ala Irby A. Jones OPA South Alabama Jones

Warren appoints Knowland to Johnson seat in Senate

Governor Earl Warren announces Maj William Knowland as successor to late U S Senator Hiram Johnson. Knowland is a Republican and former state senator. The move fills the vacancy created by Johnson's death last week in Los Angeles.

Los Angles Earl Warren Maj William Knowland U.S Hiram Johnson

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