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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1948
Page
5
CHICAGO AP. Cash corn fell for a third day as prices weakened across grains on the Board of Trade. May and July wheat and September oats hit new seasonal lows while July wheat and September corn showed the largest declines. No. 1 yellow corn sold at 1.81 to 1.82 per bushel, down about 6 cents from Friday, with oats and soybeans also easing on the day.
A quick idea to add a sweet bite with greens. Roll peanut butter into small balls, dust with powdered sugar, and serve as a light salad accompaniment.
Hal Boyle reflects on a magazine piece about a chimpanzee acting almost human and muses on libel and humor. He jokes about Hollywood openings with Dorothy Lamour and Lassie, notes August divorce reports, and recounts a Washington taxi passenger missing his family tree, illustrating human comedy and oddities.
Cadet Capt George Vance, 16, son of Mr and Mrs George N Vance of 510 W Main St, returned from a three week Western Canada goodwill tour with 28 CAP cadets. He and 23 Western cadets flew to Calgary and Vancouver while Canadian cadets visited the U S. the trip featured visits to logging camps, a major paper mill, and a banquet with RCAF officials. Vance noted sleep deprivation, Canadian receptions, and government support for the CAP exchange. He praised Canada’s scenery, fishing, and parliaments in Victoria while remarking on cultural differences and the CAP’s structure.
Washington reports Brazil plans a multi million dollar aeronautical technical center near Sao Paulo to educate engineers and officials from Brazil and the Americas. Four institutes will cover aviation research design engines air transportation and airport services under United States experts. By 1950 electronics meteorology schools open.
Wilmington College students and even alumni helped construct a new dormitory as the campus reopens. President Dr Samuel Marble joined in, wearing dungarees, after a mass meeting explained funds could not cover rising building costs.
A fragmented report notes labor figures reaching about 45 008 dollars as part of Wilmington’s ongoing tradition. The passage hints at the community’s long history of funding college structures over 75 years, with an emphasis on local architects and labor contributing to the project.
Texas has the largest sulphur deposit in the world and supplies the majority of the United States sulfur.
In a brief business note the longtime editor of the Record, Bugg, who previously owned the paper for three years, is shown selling it to Henderson early this year. The text also mentions routine tasks like hanging heavy news.
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