Ten Arrested Here In Bolita Lottery Racket
Police reported a bolita lottery operation in Dothan led by Atlas Fulford and Hillery Shivers. Runners confessed to selling tickets and distributing a 15 percent share to each, with tickets, balls, and a drawing setup seized. bonds posted ranged to 1,200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Craughon
W. C. Farmer
Eagle Staff
Dothan
Atlas Fulford
Fulford
Hillery Shivers
Cotton Club
Ruriners
Shivers
Craughon
Carl Gordon
Broughan
Gordon
Mose Smith
George Spann
George Jones
Eugene Schuler
L. C. Hollis
Mary Jane King
Negro sought in Dothan woman's slaying
Authorities hunted Jack Gordon a Dothan Black man believed to be the knife killer of Eva Mae Johnson another Black woman slain at her home Last night Witnesses said Gordon forced entry attacked Johnson slashing her arms and chest as she fled into another room He followed and stabbed her multiple times Onlookers tried to intervene and Gordon fled The dying woman died at Dothan hospital with fourteen knife wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Gordon
Eva Mae Johnson
Jang Gordon
Saé
Sty
Dothan
Eddie ‘D. Kelley
President Truman Arrives in Bermuda on Southern Cruise
President Truman lands at Bermuda aboard the Williamsburg for a 36 hour visit. The presidential yacht, trailing the Weiss, docks at the U S Naval Base to refuel and resupply as part of the southern cruise before Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Truman
Bermuda
Hamilton
Truman
Williamsburg
U. S. Naval Operating Base
Great Britain
Potsdam
Germany
Weiss
Gulfstream
Cannel
Trere
Washington
Labor Day
British Reports Soviet Armament in German Zone
The British government said it received secret reports that the Soviet zone in Germany was producing war materiel and hinted at diplomatic action. A Foreign Office spokesman noted the issue violates the Potsdam Agreement, and Britain may also have radar equipment sales to Sweden for rocket tracing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Boyle
London
Germany
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Sweden
Scandinavia
Britain
Ernest Bevin
V.M. Molotov
Bevin
Molotov
Berlin
WAA Halts Sale Of Camps Pending Inquiry
The War Assets Administration ordered a halt to transfers of 53 surplus camps and war plants to educational and non profit groups while Congress investigates the gifts. The order follows disclosure that Thunderbird airfield was sold at 100 percent discount to a new institute and blocks further $13 million in property transfers and leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Assets Administration
WAA
House
Thunderbird
Ariz
American Institute For Foreign Trade
King Cotton Escapes Doghouse As Spot Price Rises
The report notes cotton's upbeat outlook as spot price hits 35.72 cents a pound with a 1946 crop forecast around 9.29 million bales. Texas leads predicted production, while Alabama Florida Georgia and other states would see substantial earnings at 35 cent prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Cotton
A. F. Mahan, JR
Washington
Dixie
Agriculture’ Department
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Meat Ceilings Restored as Coal and Oranges Rise
The Associated Press reports OPA plans price increases for coal and coke by 30 and 18 cents per ton, with orange retail prices rising about half a cent per pound as supplies arrive. Meat ceilings are to be restored toward late June levels, and flour gains of seven cents per hundred pounds are set to offset higher wheat parity prices. Bread prices to drop by a cent match the bread rise earlier this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Ind
Porter
Agriculture Department
Col Armstrong to Attend Air University Class
Colonel Burton W. Armstrong, longtime Air Training Command officer at Keesler Field Mississippi, has been chosen to attend the first class at the Air University Maxwell Field Alabama for nine months. He has served as director of administration and services at Keesler and has frequently led during temporary absences of General Hugh P. Rusn. He will be accompanied by his wife and two sons to Montgomery for the Air Staff and Command School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton W. Armstrong
B. W. Arrmstrong
West Main Street
Dothan
Air Training Command
Keesler Field
Miss
Air University
Maxwell Field
Ala
Col. Armstrong
Armstrong
Briz
Hugh P. Rusn
Kelly Field
Texas
University of Alabama
Pacific
Flying Training Command
Randolph Field
Tex
Montgomery
Air Staff and
Conmand Schasl
Bank Robber Foiled by Helpful Shoppers in Fulton
Bank robber Hocace E. Gooch, 31, entered the Bank of Fulton and took more than $6,000 after forcing the manager to surrender cash. He was recognized by bystanders, chased by witnesses, and captured five hours later in the home of Corinth taxi driver James V. Benson, who claimed Gooch hired his car and paid for fares and a car purchase. Benson says he did not know of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Whitehead
Whitehead
Lilly Whitehead
Benson
Gooch
Corinth
Wiregrass Coliseum Plan Drafts $25 000 Local Site Need
The Eagle reports state funds up to two thirds of a coliseum cost for a Wiregrass project with $25,000 local share and site of 20 to 25 acres. Local civic groups meet at City Hall to map action and secure a smaller center under a 1945 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
Nivegrass
Montgomery
Birmingham
State Agricultural Board
Agricultural Center Board
Expy
Yugoslavia Crisis Upsets Procedure At Paris Conference
In Paris the Yugoslavia crisis dominates talks at the 21 nation peace conference as U S Secretary of State Byrnes presses for satisfaction within 48 hours after Yugoslav forces shot down a U S C 47 and possibly killed three airmen. Delegates note the event hampers efforts toward early peace treaties with Western and Soviet blocs watching closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
Paris
Jamon F. Byrnes
Europe
Marshal Tito
United States
United Nations Security Council
Italy
Albania
Egypt
Austria
Russia
U.S
Hotel Meurice
Luxembourg Palace
Ralph Wuebner
WU. S. First Infantry Division
Byrnes Door
Unemployment Pay To War Veterans In Alabama Rises
In Alabama unemployment payments to war veterans rose 10 percent in July with 33,628 recipients receiving 3,216,411 dollars. The increase followed clearer reporting and backlog clearance and 8,229 veterans received their first payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala.ay
Alabama
Frank R. Broadway
Infant Strangles To Passing In Bed With Father
LANETT Alabama Infant Victor eight and a half months old was found strangled in bed with his sleeping father. The baby slipped between the bed footrail and the mattress, the cause deemed accidental by Coroner Clyde Blakely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. G. Dunlap
Xen
Victor
Clyde Blakely
Jewish Saboteurs Try To Sink British Troopship
In Haifa Bay late last night swimmers with limpet mines tore an eight by three foot hole below the Empire Rival’s waterline but failed to sink the troopship. British troops moved into Tel Aviv and four other towns amid Jewish underground threats. three attackers were fired upon, two explosions followed, yet the ship remained afloat with no casualties among crew or immigrants aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Haifa Bay
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Cyprus
Trute Zhallow Water
Ultimatum Flown To Tito By U S Ambassador
Ambassador Richard C. Patterson flew to Bled to deliver a U S ultimatum on the crisis. Posters in Belgrade urged Yugoslav men to report to military commissions within a week. Recovery and war report details followed about a C 47 transport shot down and missing crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
U. S
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
Bled
Marshal Tito
Fa U
Zagreb
Theodore Hoahenthel
Tutegeene
U.S. Aid to Yugoslavia Exceeds 269 Million Dollars
Washington records show the United States has poured over 269.9 million dollars in wartime and postwar aid to Yugoslavia. The total includes 32 million in lend-lease, and 327.6 million in UNRRA supplies, with the United States supplying a large share of UNRRA funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
UNERA
Ihe
State Department
UNRRA
World Peace May Depend On Yugoslav Reply
The United States weighs fight er plane protection for transport planes near Yugoslavia while on the Austrian Italian route. Officials say the current ban on overflight remains, with safeguards to defend American aircraft from Yugoslav fire. Belgrade reports say a U S Army transport crew and passengers captured were freed an hour before Ambassador Patterson delivered a 48 hour ultimatum to Marshal Tito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex H. Singleton Washington
United States
Tsp
Belgrade
Ang
U. S
Richard (. Patterson
Marshal Tite
Washington
U S Demands Release Over Yugoslav Air Incident
The United States contends two American planes attacked by Yugoslav fighters may not have crossed into Yugoslav airspace. Washington says 15 people aboard the two planes are still alive and demands their release in a late yesterday note to Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
United States
Yugoslavia
Nails To Be Distributed To Dealers Friday
Two carloads of nails are distributed to retailers in four peanut producing counties by the Porter Hardware Company under the Civilian Production and Marketing Administration. Farmers must show certificates from PMA offices in their home counties to buy. A second shipment is expected shortly and Brantley Hardware in Troy will distribute a similar allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Hardware Company
Advannive
Po Ama
Indoin Dale
Geneva
Henry
Porter Hardware
Brantley Hardware Company
Troy
P&ma
Thore
Herring Child 3 Dies After Scuppernong Hull Incident
Headland special report details three year old John Wesley Herring of Abbeville route one choking on a scuppernong hull yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held at Union Church with Rev. J W Kelley officiating. Interment followed at the church cemetery. Surviving are parents Henry and Mrs Herring two sisters Juba and Martha one brother Jimmy and two grandmothers Mrs West Herring and Mrs Roxie Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Herring
Henry Herring
Abbeville
Union Church
J. W. Kelley
Edison
Headland
Herring
Hull
Beesthea
Jimmy
Juba
Marthe Erring
West Herring
Roxie Parcker
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Will Russell
Coton Club
Russell
Draughon
Joseph T. Burton
Department of Public Safety
Major W. Espy
Apticulture
Poe
Robert Eunson
Byrnem
Yuppslavia
Edward Kardelj
Hi. Ro Bull
U. S. Army of Occupation
Huebner
Bull
Joseph T. McNarney
New Alabama
Lanett, Ala
APS
Placer
Vienna
Udine
Fourth Army
Patterson
eTrbissy
William Fairleigh
Richard Partridge
Chester Stratton
Yuxroslav
Russias
New Amers
Trieste
Houston
Herring Child
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