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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1949
Page
4
Okinawa AP reports a village bull fighting tournament where bulls fight each other in a ring much like a Japanese sumo or American sports event. Eleven pairs competed with spectators cheering as horns clashed for 10 to 30 minutes until fatigue ends the match.
Fort Worth city secretary and Birdeons decipher a curious letter asking for coyotes wolves prairie dogs and badgers. The decoded terms reveal a mix of wildlife names, turning a cryptic note into a simple animal list.
Lee E. Waggoner and his wife Dorothy formed Idaho Diving Salvage Co. Inc to salvage sunken saw logs from Couer d Alene Fond du Lac Spirit and Cocolalia Lakes and nearby rivers. They secured 2 year state leases and plan to deploy seven crews of 200 to 300 men with 14 divers to work depths up to 100 feet, aiming to produce about 40 000 feet of lumber daily while shipping gear from San Francisco.
Harris Hospital Fort Worth reported three newborn girls within a short span to four Reid couples all residents of Fort Worth or nearby Cle Burne Texas. None of the Reid families appear related.
Washington report details FBI records showing about 70,009,000 people have fingerprints on file. The vast majority come from noncriminal groups, workers, service members, and visitors, with aliens and criminals making up smaller shares. The file expanded from 810,188 to over 112 million sets in 28 years.
George McMillan a former Marine and journalist writes The Old Breed a history of the First Marine Division from Guadalcanal to Okinawa focusing on the men rather than the battles. His work draws on official records and about 400 personal interviews.
McMillan recounts the Marines first division fighting in Peleliu and Cape Gloucester, noting 6396 casualties with 621 killed and 133 missing. He describes the brutal shelling and a cave system used by the enemy, plus the muddy Pa Vuvu camp in the Solomons and a sailor’s suicide during rest. The work blends stark truth with human detail of war’s aftermath.
Oswego New York. Robert Allery, a war veteran, spent a year seeking housing at the State Teachers College campus. He learned he had been assigned three apartments for the term, but college authorities resolved the mixup and provided him one unit.
In Grand Rapids Henry Vanden Bosch, 49, officiated his daughter Doris 18 into marriage to Roger Marsman and then entered the ceremony as groom in the second half. The event blended fatherly duties with his own marriage in a single double ceremony.
James Are, a Harvard student, swam from Cambridge to Boston when the Harvard bridge was closed for repairs. He refused to cross via the Boston University bridge.
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