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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
1
Washington reports say Democratic Leader Seors not seen adjourning before Labor Day. Senate plans extend beyond Labor Day while House races through three main bills. A Senate probe into Vaughan gifts and gifts to Washington figures continues, with Mundt and McCarthy pressing for answers.
SILEM CROSS ROADS SC UP wire reports a Saturday night heist at J. We, Ladd's country store. Two armed men bound owner and escaped with 4000 in cash from register and pockets plus a tin box containing 3400. Sheriff Rabb reported no motive or suspects and fingerprints were requested. owner freed himself after being bound. One shot fired during the robbery left no injuries.
A 21 year old Miles Lambert Jr of Tallahassee was killed after mistaking carbolic acid for a drink. He poured the contents on his head and died soon after. family found him at home. Police said the death was due to fumes and the incident appears accidental. Lambert was employed at a local bakery.
Senator Walter F. George, head of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined a six point tax reduction plan to spur business. In a radio interview he urged tax credits on dividends and other incentives, argued for cutbacks on excessive government spending, and called for aligning foreign outlays with reduced, responsible levels. He warned the current tax burden hampers economic expansion and urged targeted deductions for earned income, long term research, and creative talent.
George Elder, a two year Pacific veteran nicknamed the Alabama nature boy, was detained in Blount County Jail after being found living as a hermit in a Montvale Springs camp. Officers feared he was a long-sought murderer while Elder, claiming to camp near Rome Georgia, described leaving a Birmingham mill job and said he heard whistles and horns that drove him away. His gear included a rifle and tools, and he said his parents live in Abanda, Alabama.
Opelika Alabama. Boykin Smith aged 54 drowned yesterday in Dudley's Lake while swimming to check turtle baskets. The drowning was witnessed by his son Dallas Smith who helped recover the body.
Mrs Patricia Wallace Vanderbilt wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr was stricken at the Vanderbilt Fifth Avenue home and rushed to Doctors Hospital with partial paralysis of the back neck and leg doctors planned tests to determine the exact nature of her condition The Vanderbilts had just returned from Europe where Vanderbilt planned a leisure tour and the family was viewing film reels when the illness occurred The article notes the couple married September 3 148 and mentions a daughter Nannette seven from a previous marriage with a prior spinal creamal lis reference is unclear
In New York a steel industry expert told a Presidential fact finding board that recent steel profits were unusual and unlikely to continue. Dr. Jules Backman of New University testified that first quarter profits peaked as ingot capacity ran at over 100 percent for three months, a historic high. He cautioned against expecting ongoing ultra high operations and profits as the pace eased.
In Louisville last night a gunman opened fire injuring two officers. Patrolman John H. Tenny died and Patrolman John A. Ross remained critically wounded. Police arrested Earl D. Bircham after a pursuit and a gunfight in which another suspect, Willa Curtis Bierce, was seized. FBI linked Bircham to multiple bank robberies, including Nashville’s Centennial Bank heist.
ATLANTA UP report on States Rights leaders veering from the Democratic Party with a hands off stance toward the national committee. Thurmond and Carolina officials noted resentment as internal revolt rumors circulated about a Thurmond bid. Alabama committeeman Wilkinson resigned, Louisiana and Mississippi members voiced amazement at the stance. South Carolina leaders said invitation status mattered little as party confusion persisted. Turn To 16 On Page 2.
Senators Vandenberg and Dulles moved to shave about 161 million off the administration foreign arms program of 1.45 billion. They proposed amendments tying aid to a North Atlantic defense plan, allowing recapture of equipment if the program fails, and enabling Congress to end aid without a presidential signature. They urged reducing Western Europe aid to 1.0 billion and delaying cash and contract authority outlays into the next year. They also sought a 1950 shift toward NATO guided policy and to strike 195,000,000 from the package to curb overseas munitions production until NATO agreement.
A chartered four engined airliner carrying 55 aboard crashed into the Atlantic off Ireland ten hours after takeoff. Survivors numbered at least 31, with four dead and three missing. The plane, bound for New York, carried 47 emigrants to Venezuela and nine Americans. Rescue boats from a British fishing vessel and an Irish steamer recovered survivors as the Stalberg headed to Galway with the injured and shocked passengers.
In Colombia a DC-3 crashed into a hill near Madrid killing 23 men and nine women aboard with many leaping out before impact. Bodies were scattered within a 600 yard radius. The Saeia Company aircraft was en route from Bogota. In Turkey a two engine C-97 crash near Ankara killed four British and three Turkish Air Force men after takeoff.
Three Alabamians died in weekend crashes and several others were injured. A 12 year old farm boy, Charten Hobbs, was struck by a truck while selling watermelons near Athens. Max Gosdin, 20, of Cragsville Route 1, died at Albertville hospital after a crash Thursday. Norvell L. Bentley, 18, of Dawjoo n, was killed instantly in the Albertville crash.
Montgomery AP reports the Senate Finance Committee approved an 18.564 million dollar absolute appropriation bill for the next two years with an additional 125 thousand for anticipated raises for circuit judges and solicitors. A pay raise for solicitors moved to the Governor, while judges’ raise passed the Senate and awaits the House. The panel boosted public health by 150690 and welfare by 1000, backed by 290 thousand per year interest on barber bonds, funded from the general fund, lifting the total to 918.94 million as the year’s revenue outlook.
Automonic accidents in the Wiregrass over the weekend left one man dead and four injured. Fountain Hurt, 56, a Negro from Etba route four, died after the car on Alabama Highway 83 left the road and overturned three times on a curve. Hart died at Enterprise hospital after arrival. Two other Negroes, Massey and L C Rowe, were listed in good condition. L C Rowe was charged with driving while intoxicated. In a second crash five miles west of Elba, two Negroes were injured when a car overturned on a curve on Alabama Highway 52. Edd Bar Marshall, 30, and Vernon Waters, 22, were taken to Enterprise hospital with head injuries. Marshall was charged with reckless driving.
About 25 million West Germans voted for a right wing government in the first democratic election since 1933. The CDU led by Konrad Adenauer topped 40 percent of the vote, with SPD and FDP following as major rivals. Communist candidates won no seats, and a rightist coalition is likely in the new Bundestag.
The Economic Cooperation Administration authorized France to buy 20 million dollars worth of cotton from the United States under the Marshall Plan, part of total authorizations reaching 6.39 billion. Aid to Korea rises to 84.021 million for recovery, and France also receives 972 thousand for industrial metals and horsehair from UK and Latin America. Turkey remains a major recipient with 1.595 million to buy US wheat.
The House Ways and Means committee tightens near final wording of a new Social Security bill to raise benefits for about 2.8 million retirees and survivors, expand federal public assistance, shield totally disabled, and raise payroll taxes. The proposal would lift top insured benefits and broaden government support beyond current coverage. It also seeks modest expansion of public aid and creates new protection orders for disabled beneficiaries.
Vice President Alben W. Barkley, after a Kentucky weekend with Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, returns to Washington. The pair, linked by gossip, offered no public confirmation of romance as Barkley planned a Springfield Illinois appearance for Democratic Governors Day. He quipped at Paducah airport about crowning a queen of his own someday amid a reception of beauty queens.
Washington dispatch reports a new agency FB. L. Jr aimed at federal workers especially clerks and typists. Backed by the Federal Recreation Association, experts from Virginia Farmrel discuss etiquette and culture in a Detroit kickoff at a cafeteria venue.
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