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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
1
Hubert Rhaddis of Athens Alabama, an undergraduate at UNIV, is tallied as a standout student. His figures claim 2,204 classes attended, 6,000,000 words written, 125 gallons milk consumed, and 7,683 hours slept over four years.
New York reports the conviction of Mrs. Arthur Reisman on first degree murder for slaying Virginia Leigh, the secretary to her husband. The sentence could reach 20 years. sentencing set for December 28. The jury rejected mercy, and Reisman remains remanded.
The page notes mixed commodity pricing with oat grains and cotton, Chicago butter and hog markets showing steady to lower trends, and Savannah naval stores with rosin and pitch futures. Hogs were described as lightweights strong then heavy, with top quotes around 9.60.
A survey shows many firms boosting Christmas bonuses for workers, reactivating the era of generous holiday checks. Companies issued increased year end bonuses, stock dividends, and payroll additions, with examples across banking, manufacturing, and retail. Notable raises include City National Bank of Manhattan supplementing pay, Peabody Furniture distributing 100 for 130 staff, and Homestake Mine workers each receiving 110. The broader effect sent about 800,000 extra dollars in circulation through Land and Deadwood areas as merchants counted impact.
Local leaders and business figures including A B Blount Ed Wells of Consolidated Produce Co and W D Matone rally support for a 780000 bond issue to fund a shirt factory plant in Dothan plus a paper box plant. If funded the project aims to hire at least 350 workers with a 1500000 payroll and spur subsidiary industries. Four more shirt plants planned in nearby towns.
The department's smallest truck cracked a wheel and failed near a corner while answering a grass fire on Mer ring Street. It left service for days for repairs as firemen and the ancient unit assisted the newer large truck to reach the blaze, barely moving under 15 miles per hour.
A close attended the party at the Tro cadero cafe before police tied the actress Miss Todd to a death scene. Whitehead found the body and several figures including Gruamac Marthe Ford Jewel Carmen and Ernest Potera are questioned. Detectives weigh misidentification as they piece together a possible kidnapping and murder scenario.
The first Dowling student, L. Beker, passed the Lis O. exam under Inspector Hughes at Montgomery Municipal Airport. The test covered traffic rules and practical driving, with a written portion and right tests.
Nath er time resident of the ction died at the family home Thursday eight. She was 78. The funeral and burial will take place at Cowarte cemetery at 11 o'clock Saturday morning with Rev J M Blankenship officiating. Surviving husband J M Dickerson and six sons E K J and M F F Dickerson of Webb County. W Le Dickerson Enterprise and F E Dickerson Cowarts. Dowling Griffin Funeral Home, Inc, in charge.
A federal prisoner was freed after taking a pauper’s oath before U S Commissioner Boaty B Whid claiming inability to pay a $100 fine for an Internal Revenue violation. He had served 30 days in Houston county Jail before the oath.
G J Pacific Gr and KO Wil liama return from a four bit al hees trip to Pensacola. Wil lama remarks down there they don't know there was a deproa tation.
Christmas, Frott announced that 48576 persons were now employed by the WPA in Alabama but only those paid through the period ending before Christmas would receive Yuletide checks. Washington dispatch notes relief figures and the fate of the $4 billion Works Progress Administration fund as President Roosevelt discusses year-end balances and ongoing public works.
Dec 20 report from Ozark recalls the funeral for Bom Matthew age two, who died when a pile collapsed at a pig farm yard. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs C C Matthews, was buried under debris as workers attempted to move wood. Authorities described the accident as a fatal incident at the farm, with a family sorrowing in the wake of the tragedy.
In HC Temple files suit against Dr. AR Gissendanner for $2000 damages claiming assault and battery on January 1, 1935. Judge Halstead set a new trial after a circuit court term where the jury favored the defendant.
In a rapid court action youths Louis Onteen and Jack Watson faced 18 month sentences for Dyer Act violations. They were indicted after a theft and sent to Chillicothe Reformatory, Ohio, following a U Drive rental automobile wreck near Enterprise. The quick transfers marked one of the fastest moves in this division.
Child Astin Crane died riding a new bicycle when it struck a rock and was run over by a lumber wagon. He was pronounced dead and his funeral is planned for today. Courts in Houston and Henry counties will recess from Saturday to January 6, with no court orders issued by Judge Halstead. U S freight activity: railroads report 615,247 revenue freight cars for week ended Dec 14, down 21,898 from prior week, up 5,035 from 1934, and 5,818 from 1933.
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