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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1943
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR recounts athletes and awards with scattered names and incidents. References include swimmers and cross country figures, a Wells alumnus, and a public dispute over rationing books. The read is inconsistent with many garbled phrases and missing context.
AP selects All-Star team from Texas colleges with wide representation for the first time. Notable picks include freshmen Soth from Texas and M Bryant, and Jin Hallmark as ace passer and runner. First team features Parker and Croft, Maluberg, Flowers, Bryant, Hale, Calaben, Hallmark, Ellsworth, Maliols with multiple Texas and Texas A M players.
MONTGOMERY AP The State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Saturday hiked to allow use of whisky by licensed retailers and secured a holiday supply of wine. The weekly whisky quota for dealers rises from seven to ten cases. Two quarts of wine are available weekly at state liquor stores, but the liquor ration remains one pint per person per week. Ration cards presented by non-owners will be confiscated and cards are not transferable even within families.
A list of new books received by the Houston Memorial Library was announced yesterday by librarian Misa Theale Johnson. Titles include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Batty Smith and The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, among many others. There are so tslatde in Lake Champlain.
Dothan High plans to field a football team next fall with Ray Henderson elected captain and Hal Money as the other returning senior. The banquet praised a strong season despite two losses. Superintendent Bruce Flurry signaled optimism while noting transportation and staffing challenges.
The government authorized a nine cent boost in the calling price of corn from 107 to 116 dollars per bushel, with similar adjustments for oats, barley, and sorghum. Prices are set to be effective for six days, stabilizing distribution and addressing inequities in prior regulations.
London AP reports Germany refused to acknowledge Sweden’s protest regarding the arrest of about 1 200 Norwegian students at Oslo University. German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop urged Sweden to mind its own business as Stockholm had urged Berlin to cancel arrests and deportations of students charged with illegal activity against Germany.
An unclear AP report describes a disrupted convoy in Tennessee where a driver tossed a cigarette butt from a truck window, misperceived as the tail light of the vehicle ahead, highlighting confusion in a tense march with the Second Army nearby.
A Dothan minister proposes inaugurating Peanut Bowl games after the war. Rev. Clement Ritter urged a high school football bowl at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium featuring the champions of south Alabama and north Florida. The speech came at a Tiger banquet at the Houston Hotel.
MONTGOMERY AP A sport town awaits Saturday’s standalone clash on neutral ground between Boys' High of Atlanta and Meridian High. Both teams arrived undefeated, but Friday night Miami High defeated Boys' High 37 to 7, cooling any late favorites.
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