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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1946
Page
1
An insulated asphalt distributor purchased by the county for 2 93.75 delivered this week. County Engineer Milton Lurie reported the 800 gallon capacity unit is mounted on a truck and will be used to lay temporary sur faces on county roads. Only paving project underway now in the area.
Guy Alton Palmer Jr a 900 S St Andrews St was injured Sunday afternoon when struck by a car near the Selma Street intersection He ran into the street while recovering a shoe thrown by a group of boys Investigating officers reported the accident occurred about 430 pm Albert Jesse Allums drove the automobile and no charges were filed The hospital described Palmers condition as good
G. L. West was arrested by state and county officers about four miles south of Cottonwood on a charge of possessing an illicit distillery. Deputy J. T. Casey and investigator R. B. Phillips led the raid with state investigators. West was released from jail today on a $300 bond.
Geneva County will close its 18 white and eight Negro schools at noon tomorrow for Christmas, reopening Thursday Jan 2. Superintendent J J Collins said ten linen rooms operate in White Hartford Hecoda Bellwood Oak Grove Hidla Lowery and Negro Slocurmb Hartford Geneva Samson. Ten tons of potatoes were distributed free to schools with lunch rooms by the Federal government.
A hearing reveals spending limits for committees under the act, with $64,000 per campaign and no cap on number of committees. Testimony links funds to political operator Cecil Travis and Ross Collins system, while inspectors note transfers and field-work costs tied to the Doxey campaign and the Collins force in Mississippi. County officials plan road surfacing on the Columbia Cedar Creek route next year.
The speaker urged keeping the ideal of unity in coins and documents, noting it sustains resilience through disasters. He warned against anti Jewish prejudice, citing Jewish farmers and workers in Palestine and urging Americans to support equal opportunity. He praised Byrnes, criticized Wallace, and warned of global hotspots, urging congressional action to advance foreign policy and aid to UNRRA. He warned the world awaits American economic leadership amid a technological age.
Hairy waht pee held at To opr tarsht at the home of Mie Ave tas moda Wo Main street. Albom are expected to ati a.
An emergency board urged that non operating workers on 11 short line railroads receive the full 18 1 2 cent per hour raise granted to operating workers earlier. The lines listed include Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, and Port Utilities Commission of Charleston. Sixteen cents of the raise would be retroactive to January 1 and 12 cents to May 22.
The Southeast Alabama Scout Council Execu tive Board schedules a 2 p.m. Wednesday meeting in Ozark at the courthouse and will visit the proposed camp site. Scout Executive J W Cooke announced the inspection will include George Simpson deputy regional executive from Region Five in Memphis Tennessee arriving in Dothan for the tour with board members.
Three fires, two of them oil-stove types, kept Dothan firefighters busy yesterday. A Negro house at 405 Long Atlanta Street suffered slight damage from an oil-stove blaze. Clyde Tindell was listed as owner and Colin Lewis as occupant. Grass fires at Third Avenue and Airport Road caused no damage.
Police search for a Negro suspect described as a purse snatcher who grabbed a purse from Mrs. R. B. Ray in front of St Columba Catholic Church on Main Street in Dothan. The victim’s purse held $5 and a few chances.
Number 8 University System of Georgia official Folsom reiterated support for interim committees and stated they would be created even if a special session is needed. He noted he is studying if recess committees could be formed during the Legislature's organization session that starts soon.
Troopers of the Alabama Highway Patrol in the Dothan area will receive new uniforms during the Christmas holidays. The Dothan station yesterday received a shipment of 15 complete sets for patrolmen in the section, including two shirts one pair of trousers a tie and a cap.
Roosevelt plans a personal tour across Georgian provincial towns Rostov and Warsaw then Paris on the way home. He refused to name the institutions visited by the couple and said he has seen many high Soviet officials but will wait to identify them in his articles. He emphasized no government invitation and that the trip is self initiated for learning within time limits.
On January 13 Folsom said he would ask an interim committee to study proposed changes to the state's labor laws and urge labor organizations to submit recommendations. He declined to state whether he would back a wage hour law like the one defeated in 1945.
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