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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
7
A long, recipe rich column outlines corn chowder from the United Etaies Department style and budget menus for meals across luncheons and dinners. It includes ham and potato variations, custardlike dishes, and several Roosevelt linked recipes from the Odd Volumes collection.
ATLANTA Georgia milk prices are expected to fall as the State Milk Control Board directs plans to cut the price from 38 cents per quart. Georgia milk production is reported higher than in years, with no outside bottling imports needed, though last year 10 000 gallons per week were imported.
A Reform fire damaged a two story brick building housing Alabama Telephone Company offices and other firms, knocking out local and long distance service to Reform and nearby towns. Estimates put damage between 50000 and 8000 dollars with 48 offices burned, clerk Cox noting the exchange building burned severing service to Reform and adjacent communities.
CHICAGO UP Maggie the 18 year old chimpanzee at Lincoln Park Zoo died after years of playful attempts at Cupid by her keepers. The aging primate, described as a spinster, never formed lasting pair bonds despite numerous mates and suitors around her enclosure.
About 480 persons attended the annual Florida Yarns Bureau meeting at Florida Caverns State Park. Speakers included Hancock on Ida program and accomplishments, Frank Hertin on national legislation, R. A. Phillips on program results in the county, and John M. Kennedy on the peanut and cotton program. Membership quota set at 500 with around 460 members this year. Directors to elect new officers at January meeting. Actors as salesmen prompt for vacuum cleaner sales role.
Air Force sergeant and private pilot Albert Duncan of Polk City Florida surfaced in Montgomery Alabama after six days as a reported missing traveler. He traced his route by bus from Lawrenceburg Tennessee to Nashville and on to Maxwell Field where he arrived last night. Duncan said he knew nothing of the search and planned to return to Lawrenceburg with his plane in a few days.
In Marianna a special meeting of peanut industry executives from Alabama Georgia and Florida discussed reducing cotton and peanut quotas. Roy Parrish of Moitte Georgia led the session as talks aimed to form a committee to draft Washington proposals for January. The group seeks removal of the second permit area reduction and the voluntary area reduction.
Ward's automotive reports 1949 production expected well over 6 million vehicles in U.S. plants. Steel and cost strikes slowed last quarter but overall output rose as major automakers cut prices. UAW negotiations loom with pensions, while Kaiser faces challenges and model shifts aim to spur demand.
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